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    Day By Day by Chris Muir July 6, 2009 – Face Time

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    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    I remember when Richard Nixon quit after losing the Californor Governorship in 1962 to Jerry Brown’s father and HE came back to win the Presidency in 1968.

    I, also, remember when Nixon came back after resigning the Presidency after the Watergate scandal to be considered a prominent statesmen – even though a crook.

    The American people have a long history of forgiving politicians over time – except in cases of personal scandal like Gary Hart or Mark Sanford.

    So, who knows, when and how Sarah Palin re-emerges on the national political scene. Flap knows one thing: there is money to be made on her celebrity status and that opportunity will NOT be lost.

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    • Opponents — and even some former allies — were quick to criticize Sarah Palin's announcement Friday that she will step down as governor of Alaska. The suddenness of the decision have some thinking that she's tired of political life; that she'll hit the lecture circuit to rebuild her financial fortunes; even that she'll become a "conservative Oprah"
      (tags: sarah_palin)
    • LAPD detectives have executed at least three search warrants in their attempt to determine whether prescription medication played a role in Michael Jackson's death.
      Sources familiar with the investigation told the Times that the warrants were part of an effort to reconstruct the performer's medical history, a task made difficult by the number of physicians who treated Jackson over the years.

      At least five physicians who prescribed medication to him are under investigation, sources have told The Times. The searches by detectives of the Robbery-Homicide Division were dated Wednesday, indicating they had been completed in the week after his death.

      A Superior Court spokesman confirmed that Judge Charlaine Olmedo signed off on three searches, but said information about what detectives were looking for and whether they found it was sealed from public view.

    • A former soldier pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers because he could not find a dentist to take on NHS patients.

      Iraq War veteran Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain.

      The 42-year-old, from Beverley, East Yorkshire, had not had his teeth looked at since seeing the army dentist in 2003. He had not been registered with a dentist of his own since 2001.

    • Democratic congressman at the World Series of Poker to rally support for legalizing and regulating Internet gambling says he thinks he can get a bill passed by next year.

      Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts told nearly 1,700 players Sunday at the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event that he viewed Internet gambling as a right that must be protected.

      Phil Hellmuth, an 11-time gold bracelet winner at series who won the main event 20 years ago, says online gambling will grow worldwide regardless of whether U.S. lawmakers soften their stance.

      A 2006 law prohibits financial institutions from taking credit card payments, checks or electronic transfers to settle online wagers. The Justice Department viewed Internet gambling as illegal even before that.

    • It will take a compromise on a government option for insurance if the Senate is to agree on a health care overall before next month's break, two senators said Sunday.

      President Obama is pushing for an Aug. 8 deadline for the Senate and House to vote on proposals that would reduce medical costs and provide coverage for the nearly 50 million of Americans who are uninsured. Obama says he wants to sign a bill by October.

      "We'll get this done because we're doing it in a bipartisan way," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. "If we can reach a compromise, we can get this done by Aug. 8 or at least get it out of committee by Aug. 8."

      Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also a committee member, said compromise is possible but that senators can't "take things off the table altogether," a reference to the Democrats' desire to include a government insurance option.

      (tags: Obamacare)
    • The nation's top military officer said Sunday he has advised President Obama to move "in a measured way" in changing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military.

      Obama as a candidate pledged to end the ban. As president, he has not said when or how he will take steps to do so, drawing criticism from gay rights activists and others. The president has pointed out that Congress in 1993 made into law a policy begun by President Bill Clinton.

      "It's very clear what President Obama's intent here is. He intends to see this law change," Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on CNN's "State of the Union."

      "I've had conversations with him about that. What I've discussed in terms of the future is I think we need to move in a measured way," Mullen said.

      (tags: gay_politics)
    • The United States would not take steps to hinder any Israeli military action against Iran, Vice President Biden said in an interview aired on ABC News Sunday.

      "Israel can determine for itself — it's a sovereign nation — what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else," Biden said. "Whether we agree or not. They're entitled to do that. Any sovereign nation is entitled to do that. But there is no pressure from any nation that's going to alter our behavior as to how to proceed."

      (tags: Iran Israel)
    • Sick. Liz Trotta, an east coast Palin-hater, attacked Sarah Palin again today. Trotta said Palin Palin has given the media "lots of raw meat" and is "inarticulate and undereducated" and hadn't accomplished anything. Trotta said Palin "brought the attacks on herself." She also agreed that Palin was "wacky and nutty" and only got ahead because of her looks.
      (tags: sarah_palin)
    • The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites.

      Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility.

      The Israeli press has already carried unconfirmed reports that high-ranking officials, including Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, held meetings with Saudi colleagues. The reports were denied by Saudi officials.

      “The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia,” a diplomatic source said last week.

    • Sarah Palin's legal councel released a statement quashing rumors that Governor Palin resigned due to a criminal investigation.

      Her attorney, Thomas Van Flein, also threatened to take legal action against those liberal blogs and the state-run media for slandering the governor.
      The Palin-haters at MSNBC better watch it:

      (tags: sarah_palin)
    • A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation: a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges.

      Despite rumors of a looming controversy after the Republican governor's surprise announcement Friday that she would leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity.

      (tags: sarah_palin)
    • If Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ’s resignation was partly based on avoiding media attention it raises questions about her potential presidential run in 2012, a top former White House official said Sunday.

      “The media, if she wants to run for president, is going to be following her intensely for the next three years,” said Karl Rove, an adviser to President George W. Bush .