Jesse Helms

Crunch Time for Southern Electoral Votes

thedemocraticstrategist.org     yesterday   2 related          

Bob Moser makes the case about as good as it can be made, so his pre-convention Salon post "How Democrats can take back the South," along with Thomas Schaller's response, is a must-read for Dems focused on electoral vote...                    

Commentary: Forgive me if I'm straining to believe John Edwards

mcclatchydc.com     yesterday   9 related          

By John Drescher | Raleigh News & Observer Forgive me if I'm straining to believe John Edwards' version of events. Earlier that day, while campaigning in South Carolina, Edwards denied a report in The National Enquirer that he...                    

Who's the hijacker?

bluenc.com     yesterday          

I, too, have asked BJ Lawson why he's running as a Republican and received the same answer you did. Only I think that it's a perfectly valid and honorable answer. When I think about honorable Republicans in my lifetime, I think...                    

Round-up of reactions to Musharraf's resignation, Part II...

atlargely.com     yesterday   76 related          

Following up on my earlier post, I am watching in stunned horror how presidential candidate John McCain continues to not get anything regarding the foreign policy, other than the propaganda spun by the Bush administration: “The...                    

Ex-party chair does not regret resignation

charlotte.com     Aug 18, 2008          

Former Mecklenburg County Democratic Party Chairman David Erdman was the first political victim of December's controversial effort to pick a new county sheriff. Erdman resigned in February, hoping to ease weeks of political...                    

The Dirt In The Cross Story, Ctd

theatlantic.com     Aug 18, 2008   4 related          

So far, I've been unable to find any reference to McCain's story about a Vietnamese guard drawing the sign of the cross in the dirt before 1999 when the anecdote appears in Mark Salter's book, co-written with McCain, "Faith Of...                    

John McCain's Cross to Bear

reason.com     Aug 18, 2008          

The blogosphere is Huffin' and puffin' over whether John McCain's anecdote about a Vietnamese prison guard silently drawing a cross next to him in the dirt–a story he retold at this weekend's religion debate–is either A) ripped...                    

A classic returns

enterstageright.com     Aug 18, 2008   1 related          

John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has created a 35-second attack ad which is a take-off of Jesse Helms' famous (or infamous) ad "Hands". You can check it out here. You can check out the original here. Posted 5 hours, 22...                    

Round-Up

newscoma.wordpress.com     Aug 18, 2008          

As usual, this week’s roundup of Tennessee liberal bloggers covers a wide range of topics, so grab a cup of coffee and set aside some time to read the finest blogs in the state. • 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: An International,...                    

Sunday Links

thorg.com     Aug 17, 2008          

• A team of paleontologists have discovered a huge Stone Age cemetery in the Sahara desert. Here is a woman and two children who were found holding hands, arms outstretched toward each other, with evidence to suggest they were...                    

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