Tag: Hillary Clinton
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bomb iran, say insane americans in new poll
from raw story: Despite President Bush’s perpetually abysmal approval ratings, it appears his increasingly hostile rhetoric against Iran has drummed up enough fear of a “nuclear holocaust” or a World War III that a majority of Americans are in favor of a US strike against the country aimed a curtailing its apparent nuclear ambitions, a…
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sanctions, protests, shills & bill
oil rises to record $91 a barrel on iran sanctionsfrom bloomberg: Crude oil rose to a record above $91 a barrel in New York on an unexpected drop in U.S. stockpiles and concern that supply from the Middle East may be disrupted… Inventories last week fell 5.29 million barrels to the lowest since January, the…
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ron paul wins another gop fox debate
from free market news: Fox news TV and radio star Sean Hannity once again contradicted a clear victory by presidential candidate Ron Paul of Fox’s own post-debate poll in the aftermath of Sunday night’s Fox-sponsored GOP presidential debate. The post-debate poll showed that Ron Paul won with 34 percent of the viewer vote. At one…
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september clearinghouse
ron paul – the internet sensation video: kevin barrett questions amy goodman on building 7 international narcotics agenda behind myanmar instability cheney to address top secret conservative policy group gun bill rewrites law to disarm more americans defense stocks hit new highs pentagon seeks $190bn war funds security company death squads timeline mukasey poised to…
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bush quietly advising hillary
from examiner: President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric so she can effectively prosecute the war in Iraq if elected president. In an interview for the new book “The Evangelical President,” White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten said Bush has “been urging candidates: ‘Don’t…
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hillary wouldn’t pull out of iraq during her 1st term
from raw story: The leading Democratic contender for the presidency was asked whether she’d pull out all troops from Iraq in her first term. She declined. “You know, I’m not going to get into hypotheticals and make pledges, because I don’t know what I’m going to inherit,” Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos,…
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media pans bush speech
from us news & world report: In a televised speech last night, President Bush said his ‘surge’ strategy has produced positive results, which will allow the US to cut the number of troops in Iraq. The Washington Post say on the front page that Bush “coined a new slogan to describe his latest strategy, ‘Return…
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hillary takes flak for mixing politics & terror
from ny daily news: Fellow democrats blasted Hillary Clinton yesterday for speculating about the political fallout of a potential terrorist attack before the 2008 election, accusing her of exploiting voters’ fears to bolster her campaign. “Frankly, I find it tasteless to discuss the political implications when talking about a potential terrorist attack on the United…
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kos faithful line up behind clinton
from kurt nimmo: It is quite the spectacle, witnessing the Bilderberger Queen, Hillary Clinton, and the CFR habitué, John Edwards, sucking up to Markos Moulitsas and the “liberal” bloggers, an easily hoodwinked gaggle the possible selectees will bamboozle next year… News for Yahoos would have us believe… “Clinton is viewed skeptically by the blogging community,…
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gravel: why hillary scares me
from huffington post: During one of the debates I mentioned that my fellow Democratic candidates scare me. Hillary’s speech last week to the Take Back America conference gives me yet another reason to be afraid. In an indignant voice she decried the Bush administration’s “stunning record of secrecy and corruption, of cronyism run amok. .…
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clintons sell their war, oil & pharma stocks for millions
from ap: Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton liquidated the contents of their blind trust upon learning it contained investments of $5 million to $25 million that could pose conflicts of interest or prove to be embarrassing to her presidential campaign. The blind trust and a bank account valued in the same range place the Clinton’s…
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the oracle of omaha pimps for hillary
from bloomberg: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will host a fundraising event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in New York this month, helping her attract donors who can write four-figure checks and court fresh faces in the investing community. An invitation for the June 26 cocktail party, whose location is still to be announced, says…
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coffin delays clinton fundraiser
from kcra: A fundraising event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was delayed three hours while the Sacramento County bomb squad investigated a coffin brought to the area by anti-war protesters. Anti-war activists Virginia and Stephen Pearcy, who made headlines in February 2005 for hanging an effigy of a soldier on their Land Park area…
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hillary & wal-mart: a match made in…
from new york times: Mrs. Clinton’s six-year tenure as a director of Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest company, remains a little known chapter in her closely scrutinized career. And it is little known for a reason. Mrs. Clinton rarely, if ever, discusses it, leaving her board membership out of her speeches and off her campaign Web…
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hillary to chair 9/11 probe committee
from raw story: Sen. Hillary Clinton announced today that, along with a New York Congressman, she will chair a probe looking into the federal government’s response and environmental clean-up efforts in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “We need to examine what went wrong and assess whether the federal government is better prepared…