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Andy McCarthy on the Latest Plame Leak News

Joe Wilson may have leaked classified information. Yep – the NRO continues their parade of disinformation to excuse the criminals in the White House. Update III: JackNYC and Calmo’s comments…

Senator Lieberman Drinks the Kool Aid (Iraq Edition)

…power plants. I know, I know – HOHUM. So let’s hear from a Democratic Senator: Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., who recently visited Iraq, said Tuesday, “I’d like the president tomorrow to…

Redefining ‘Conservative’

…Over on MSNBC, chatting with Chris Matthews, conservative talk show host Joe Scarborough said: “This was a speech that really could have been delivered by Lyndon Johnson or Franklin Roosevelt……

Who Will Get Rich from Katrina?

…are clinching some of the administration’s first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. At least two major corporate clients of lobbyist Joe Allbaugh, President Bush’s…

Sliming Larry Johnson

…Schmitt v. Johnson in its proper context: This is “slime and defend” at its best. Joe Wilson said some stuff that was politically inconvenient for the White House. So the…

Fact Checking Kudlow’s Latest

…a somewhat slower economic pace inside the basic economy. Wall Street economist Joe LaVorgna points out, however, that first-quarter wages and salaries were revised up by a huge $163 billion,…