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The Petraeus Report Sends the Moonbats Into a Frenzy

Leave a Comment / Anti-war crowd, Good news from Iraq, GWOT in Iraq, Politics, Terrorism / By sfcmac

General David Petraeus, along with Ambassador Ryan Crocker, ran the gauntlet of openly hostile leftwingnut Democrats and like a true Soldier, gave it to them straight and did not back down. The entire transcript of his testimony before the Congress can be found on RealClearPolitics.com Link: www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/09/reporting_to_congress.html Some of the highlights: When accused of being …

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Iraq Success Not Good for Democrats

Leave a Comment / Anti-war crowd, Good news from Iraq, GWOT in Iraq, Politics, Terrorism / By sfcmac

By Donald Lambro Thursday,September 6, 2007 Excerpts: WASHINGTON — Political cracks are appearing in the Democrats’ once-unified opposition to the war in Iraq, and a prominent independent pollster says it’s not “a slam dunk” issue for them anymore.One week before Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. military commander in Iraq, gives his report to Congress, Republican …

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Update: Boy Named Hsu Captured, Tried, Convicted, and Sentenced

Leave a Comment / Politics, Society and culture / By sfcmac

Update: 4 January 2008 A judge on Friday sentenced disgraced political donor Norman Hsu to three years in state prison after rejecting the one-time Democratic rainmaker’s bid to throw out a 16-year-old fraud conviction. Hsu’s lawyers had asked Superior Court Judge Stephen Hall to dismiss his 1992 no contest plea, arguing his right to a …

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Hillary’s Boy Named Hsu on the Lam

Craig Reconsiders Resignation

1 Comment / Politics, Society and culture / By sfcmac

By John Miller September 5, 2007 Excerpts: BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Sen. Larry Craig says he may still fight for his Senate seat, a spokesman says – if the lawmaker can clear his name with the Senate Ethics Committee and a Minnesota court where he pleaded guilty after his arrest in an airport men’s room …

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It Takes a Chinese Village

2 Comments / Politics / By sfcmac

To contribute to Clinton, that is: Following several stories about the curious contributions by Norman Hsu, a convicted felon who is now a fugitive, to Sen. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, politicians are scrambling to unload donations they received from him, including Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand. The L.A. Times reports that Clinton is donating $23,000 she …

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