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Long pilloried for being soft on illegal immigration, top Democratic officials have concluded there’s only one way they can hope to pass a comprehensive immigration bill:
Talk more like Republicans.
They’re seizing on the work of top Democratic Party operatives who, after a legislative defeat in 2007, launched a multiyear polling project to craft an enforcement-first, law-and-order, limited-compassion pitch that now defines the party’s approach to the issue.
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No matter how much the DEM LEFT sugracoats illegal immigration, they support amnesty.
The 12 million people who unlawfully reside the country? Call them “illegal immigrants,†not “undocumented workers,†the pollsters say. -
Brown boasted about his legendary frugality. "I've only spent $200,000 so far. I have 20 million in the bank. I'm saving up for her." It's true – his stay-on-the-sidelines, bare-bones primary run cost him almost nothing, at least in California political terms. But he also fretted about the impact of all those eBay dollars in Whitman's very deep pockets. "You know, by the time she's done with me, two months from now, I'll be a child-molesting…" He let the line trail off. "She'll have people believing whatever she wants about me." Then he went off on a riff I didn't expect.
"It's like Goebbels," referring to Hitler's notorious Minister of Propaganda. "Goebbels invented this kind of propaganda. He took control of the whole world. She wants to be president. That's her ambition, the first woman president. That's what this is all about."
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Since this photo surfaced the other day and the kiddies on the left suggested Sarah Palin may have had some breast augmentation, much amusement and discussion has followed, with even the guttersnipes at Media Matters getting their panties in a knot.
Well thanks to tipster Mark, we can now lay this absurd rumor to rest. As can be seen in this photo taken in Kuwait in July 2007, more than a year before most people ever heard of her, they're all real, baby.
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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) was injured by a mohair goat on Thursday during a press conference to highlight subsidies to the mohair industry.
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Uh Oh!
The goat nicked Weiner's right hand with one of its pointy, foot-long horns, hard enough to draw blood.Weiner was speaking to reporters in a park near the Rayburn House Office Building, where he was joined by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and two young male mohair goats, Lancelot and Arthur.
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In the election itself, the Republican right was repudiated by its own voters in California's last closed primary at virtually every level. Look at the endorsements of the California Republican Assembly and the results:
Governor: Steve Poizner – Lost 27 to 64 percent
Lt Governor: Sam Aanestad – Lost 31 to 43 percent
Attorney General: John Eastman – Lost 34 to 47 percent
Proposition 14: No – Republicans voted yes
US Senate: Chuck DeVore – Ran third with only 19 percentSo the Republican electorate gave the right wing candidates on average about 30 percent of the GOP primary vote. The CRA suffered a personal repudiation when its former president, Ken Mettler, was crushed 27 to 68 percent in an Assembly primary.
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Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) isn't going back to the Senate next year after losing his bid for renomination, but he wants a hand in selecting who will take his seat.
Bennett will endorse business consultant Tim Bridgewater (R), according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Bennett joins 2 other candidates in backing Bridgewater, who faces attorney Mike Lee (R) in the June 22 primary.
Bridgewater has support from most of the UT GOP establishment, while Lee has backing from Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-SC) Senate Conservatives Fund and FreedomWorks, the conservative group closely affiliated with Tea Party movements. The Club for Growth spent about $177K in defeating Bennett, but they haven't picked a candidate in the primary between Bridgewater and Lee.
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Payback time for Bennett.
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Day by Day June 10, 2010 – Party Politics
If I were the political advisers of President Obama, I would not be planning any second term festivities just yet.The Democrat Party is in disarray, fighting with their major donor unions (notably the SEIU – Senator Blanche Lincoln Arkansas fight) and poised to lose their super majority in Congress this November. Interestingly enough, President Bill Clinton has re-emerged in the political arena in Arkansas.
Might Hillary be waiting in the wings, should Obama start to collapse in the polls?
You betcha.
The President will now be looking over his LEFT and RIGHT shoulders.
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2010-06-10
- links for 2010-06-09 http://bit.ly/9qA7NS #tcot #catcot #
- Will be leaving soon for the West Los Angeles Dental Hygiene graduation dinner and pinning ceremony. So proud of my students! #
- CA-Sen Video: Republican Nominee Carly Fiorina Discusses Her Campaign Against Senator Barbara Boxer http://bit.ly/9zJMsA #tcot #catcot #
- CA-Sen Poll Watch: California Voters Heart Carly Fiorina http://bit.ly/c9g6Kt #tcot #catcot #
- CA-Sen: Carly Fiorina: 'Barbara, I'll debate you anytime anywhere.' #tcot #cagop #casen #catcot http://icio.us/z0x110 #
- Jerry Brown comes out swinging at Meg Whitman and Sprains His Brain #tcot #cagop #catcot http://icio.us/lyjoqd #
- At lively rally, state GOP Chairman Ron Nehring asks Californians to 'join with us'| #tcot #cagop #catcot http://icio.us/m45fue #
- SF, LA prosecutors to compete for California Attorney General – Steve Cooley vs Kamala Harris #cagop #catcot http://icio.us/eizh0b #
- CA-Sen: Barbara Boxer challenges Carly Fiorina to debates…and rips on her yachts #casen #tcot #catcot #cagop http://icio.us/mo1wef #
- CA-Sen: Fiorina Conference Call – Carly will debate @boxer_2010 anytime & anywhere. Issue oriented debates on TV & often. #casen #tcot #
- CA-Sen: Fiorina Conference call – Team Carly working on GOP unity tour with Tom Campbell and Chuck DeVore #casen #cagop #catcot #tcot #
- CA-Sen: On hold for the Carly Fiorina @CarlyforCA blogger conference call – starting in a few minutes or so #casen #cagop #catcot #tcot #
- Sarah Palin's backing pays off for political pals #tcot http://icio.us/xocxx3 #
- CA-Sen Video: Carly Fiorina’s Republican Primary Victory Speech http://bit.ly/btC4ex #tcot #catcot #
- CA-Sen: Barbara Boxer’s Decades of EPIC FAIL http://bit.ly/bCJvR9 #tcot #catcot #
- @jimmiebjr If you and @jstrevino want to be sore losers and Douches so be it. Guess I am just done with you both, as is most in the GOP G/L #
- @jimmiebjr Sorry but @jstrevino is over the top, and should just stop the Dems talking points. @ChuckDeVore lost – get over it. #
- Chuck DeVore's Com director @jstrevino is continuing to trash GOP nominees for CA office. Give it a rest, dude. You lost, move on. #tcot #
- CA-Sen: Enjoying the Barbara Boxer spamming of the #casen hashtag. Babs is worried, eh? #tcot #
- Day By Day June 9, 2010 – Access http://bit.ly/cOV6b3 #tcot #catcot #
- Except that it is now Wednesday – good WEDNESDAY morning everyone! HA! #
- Good Tuesday morning/afternoon/evening Flapsblog.com, Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook friends #
- @seanhackbarth There has always been a strong Dodgers Vs. Cardinals rivalry – going back decades. Had to do with owners? in reply to seanhackbarth #
- Links for 2010-06-08 [del.icio.us] http://bit.ly/9r28kS #tcot #catcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2010-06-09 http://bit.ly/9ustyM #tcot #catcot #
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