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Q U O T A B L E S

October 22, 2005

 "The report strongly suggests that the politically motivated assassination could not have taken place without Syrian involvement," President Bush said about the U.N. report implicating Syrian officials.

"They [North Korea] would be willing to have the U.S. participate in the fuel cycle at the front and back end," said Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico during his visit to North Korea. "What that basically means is that the U.S. could control it, as well as the six parties."

"Some of you might remember I am the son of a mill worker," former Sen. John Edwards joked to the crowd of students at Harvard. "I went from there to being what some would say was a serious candidate for president of the United States and the vice presidential" nominee of the Democratic Party, Edwards said on his "Opportunity Rocks College Tour" highlighting the plight of Americans living in poverty.

   

J U S T   P O L I T I C S

 

Sheehan: Hillary sounds like Rush

Cindy Sheehan says Sen. Hillary Clinton sounds a lot like Rush Limbaugh in support of the war in Iraq, according to Sarah Ferguson of the Village Voice:

"My bottom line is that I don't want their sons to die in vain... I don't believe it's smart to set a date for withdrawal... I don't think it's the right time to withdraw."

That quote sounds exactly like what the few Republicans I talked to that week said. Making sure that our children did not die in "vain" sounds exactly like something George Bush says. A "date" for withdrawal? That sounds like Rush Limbaugh to me. That doesn't sound like an opposition party leader speaking to me. What Sen. Clinton said after our meeting sounds exactly like the Republican Party talking points I heard from Senators Dole and McCain."

Clinton aide stopped "Able Danger"

NewsMax is reporting on Rep. Curt Weldon's reports to Fox News:

An aide to former Clinton Justice Department official Jamie Gorelick blocked the 9/11 Commission from hearing bombshell testimony about the findings of the elite Able Danger military intelligence team, Rep. Curt Weldon said late Friday.

"The person who debriefed [Able Danger analyst] Scott Philpot was, in fact, the lead staffer for Jamie Gorelick," Weldon said.

Weldon said, "It was Dieter Snell who did not brief the 9/11 Commission. The 9/11 Commissioners were never briefed on Able Danger."

Gorelick was the lead Democrat on the 9/11 Commission. Able Danger was a military operation that was stopped from reporting to the FBI about the specific individuals who carried out the 9/11 attacks by Clinton administration lawyers.

RNC $$$ beats the DNC

The Republican National Committee raised just over $19 million in the third quarter of the year, while the Democratic National Committee raised $10.7 million.

The Republicans raised $78.5 million so far this year.

The Democrats have raised $39.2 million so far according to a spokesman.

The RNC has $34 million in the bank, while the DNC has $6.8 million on hand.

Iowa 2008 Hopefuls Up-date

Newt Gingrich will be making campaign stops in Iowa for Iowa legislative candidate campaigns on Oct. 29.

Sen. Bill Frist is in Iowa for the fifth annual Iowa GOP Ronald Regan Dinner tonight. Here is some of the text of his speech:

"I went out to South Dakota in 2004. I went out to campaign for John Thune and to unseat the Democrats' chief obstructionist. Believe me & I was criticized. The Washington punditry said it was something that had never been done before by a Majority Leader. Well . . . neither was denying a qualified nominee a fair up or down vote . . . neither was subjecting these gifted jurists — and their families — to a gauntlet of character assassination. The Democratic leader lost. We won."

"I made it clear — abundantly clear — that obstruction would not be tolerated. We were going to stand on principle . . . the principle of fair up-or-down votes. We were going to restore 214 years of senate tradition. And I made it clear that I'd use the nuclear option to do it. The result: 6 of the President's nominees — each filibustered in the last Congress — are now proudly serving this nation as federal judges."

Sen. Chuck Hagel will be in Iowa next weekend. On Oct. 30, he will deliver a foreign policy speech at Iowa State University in Ames.

2006 elections: what's up for grabs

33 Senate seats

36 Governors’ offices

435 House seats

Is DeLay's judge a MoveOn.org freak?

Judge Bob Perkins deferred further proceedings, including the entry of a plea, until a hearing can be held on Tom DeLay's defense request for a new judge. DeLay’s defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin made an issue of the $3,400 in political donations Perkins made to the socialist political organization MoveOn.org.

Fitzpatrick has website

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzpatrick investigation the CIA (Valerie Plame) leak has set up his own website. Not a good sign if there were going to be no indictments or report.

McCain & Pataki

Sen. John McCain and New York’s Governor George Pataki attended the prestigious Alfred E. Smith’s Memorial Fund Dinner in New York. McCain brought down the house when he said that he was still considering whether to run for president in 2008.

McCain said, "So, please just stop asking me." McCain pause. "Relax and enjoy the evening, Governor Pataki," he concluded.

 

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