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Duke Faux Rape: Summa cum loony
2008-05-18 03:17:00
Crystal Gail Mangum has graduated from North Carolina Central University,  two of the innocent young men she falsely accused fo rape have not yet graduated. Kristin Butler, Chronicle (Duke University), Summa cum loony: In reality, [Crystal Gail] Mangum-who arrived at the lacrosse players’ party so drunk and high she could barely stand-may have feared another psychiatric commitment the morning of March 14, 2006, and so she accused three men of rape to garner sympathy. As an aside, if anyone at NCCU still believes her story, I would invite them to review court records indicating Mangum had DNA from two unidentified men in her rectum; two more in her pubic region; one man in her vagina; and four to five men on her panties-none of whom were lacrosse players (a physical impossibility because Mangum said her attackers wore no condoms during the “rape”). It would be nice to think that Mangum has turned her life around, but I’d kind of doubt it. Hat Tip:  Ace. ...
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London Times: “I knew JFK”, says Gore Vidal, “and believe
2008-05-18 01:43:00
In case you were holding your breath, and your vote, waiting to see what Gore Vidal thinks, (Is he even able to think? Seems a bit of a stretch at the off, given he apparently lost that ability 40 years gone, which was exactly when he figured out what JFK was..) “I never believed in Jack’s charisma,” Vidal says shortly. JFK, he believes, was “one of our worst presidents”; Bobby, his brother, was “a phoney, a little Torquemada”; and their father, Joseph, was “a crook – should have been in jail”. So much for Camelot. “But Jack had great charm,” he adds. “So has Obama. He’s better educated than Jack. And he’s been a working senator. Jack never went to the office – he wanted the presidency and his father bought it for him.” Well, gee… I know I feel better, now, don’t you? (Shudder) There’s no guarantee, of course, that the Democrats will triumph later this year, even if Obama does win the nomination. Does he think Obama can beat John McCa...
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Is gender feminist just a synonym for weak?
2008-05-17 23:38:00
Ever notice a gender feminist. a/k/ cow.  that had mind of her own, or actually took a stand to improve the lot of women?  Neither have I.   The cows were out in force in St Louis, Kavita Kumar,, STLtoday, “Hundreds turn back on Schlafly at ceremony” ST. LOUIS — Some felt the silent protest with white armbands and the dramatic turning of backs was disrespectful. But those who took part said it was a fitting way to show their disapproval that Washington University was honoring a woman whose views and life’s work they strongly disagree with. For her part, Phyllis Schlafly, the 83-year-old at the center of the controversy, said she thought it was “juvenile” of students who were “raining on their own parade.” But it didn’t ruin her moment, she said. At today’s commencement ceremony held on a sunny Brookings Quadrangle, Schlafly did not seem to notice the hundreds of backs turned to her while a citation heralding her accomplishments wa...
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Senate votes again against domestic oil production. WHY!!!?!??!?!??
2008-05-17 22:49:00
Look, I think Wayne Allard is a putz… an admittedly quick assessment based on limited info. But he got this one right: May 1st, 2008 - Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) joined New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, the Republican leader of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and other Republican Senators to announce the introduction of the American Energy Production Act of 2008. The bill will address America’s soaring gas prices by focusing on common sense measures that will increase production of oil and gas in America. Allard specifically addressed the critical issue regarding the needed development of oil shale in Colorado as an important piece of addressing the energy supply shortages facing the country. “North America’s 3.7 trillion barrel resource of unconventional fuels exceeds by nearly 40% the entire world’s known remaining conventional oil supplies,” said Allard. “U.S. oil shale resources alone exceed 2 trillion barrels of pot...
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Algae Diesel?
2008-05-17 21:47:00
So Business Week reports… Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. on Thursday said they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly a third of the worldwide demand from commercial aircraft, without affecting food supplies. Along with JetBlue Airways Corp. and International Aero Engines, they plan to produce fuel from vegetation and algae-based oils that do not compete with existing food production or land and water resources. Great. Now what does that do to the fish feeding on this stuff? BitsBlog Tags: BitsBlog Related posts No related posts.
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Kennedy Hospitalized
2008-05-17 18:56:00
Via MSNBC: U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy , a leading Democrat, was rushed to the hospital Saturday, according to multiple media reports. CNN said Kennedy had the symptoms of a stroke, according to Reuters, but local affiliate WHDH said his illness was not disclosed. Kennedy, 76, was taken to the hospital by medical air transport. Kennedy is the senate’s second senior member. Sister Toldjah has more. BitsBlog Tags: BitsBlog Related posts No related posts.

CASSC: Wrong way to go.
2008-05-17 18:35:00
In all honesty, it doesn’t surprise me very much to see the California State Supreme Court ruling the way it did on homosexual marriage, the other day. While correct in terms of the legal precedent involved over the last several years, it strikes me that this ruling was the culmination of leftist activism on several levels. No, hear me out, here. It’s the kind of governmental activism that we’ve seen on the national level for generations now, where the Supreme Court is obligated by its desire to achieve a particular outcome to magically find rights guaranteed within a document written by people who had no such intention. The Constitution of the State of California is a document many times the size of its federal counterpart. One might therefore fairly expect that it wouldn’t take the California State Supreme Court nearly as long to achieve a particular outcome with such a massive document at their disposal. The only right, as a matter of fact, that one will ...
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Woman sat dead in front of TV 42 years
2008-05-17 04:39:00
THE remains of a woman have been found sitting in front of her TV - 42 years after she was reported missing. Hedviga Golik, who was born in 1924, had apparently made herself a cup of tea before sitting in her favourite armchair in front of her black and white television. Croatian police said she was last seen by neighbours in 1966, when she would have been 42 years old. … The cup she had been drinking tea from was still on a table next to the chair she had been sitting in and the house was full of things no one had seen for decades. Nothing had been disturbed for decades, even though there were more than a few cobwebs in there.” So reports the Daily Record. I’m not sure I trust this one, but it’s a weird enough story to pass along, just the same. I don’t know if I dare to comment, past this. Technorati Tags: Croatian, Hedviga Golik BitsBlog Tags: Croatian, Hedviga Golik, news of the weird Related posts No related posts.
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Mike Huckabee: Dope from Hope
2008-05-17 02:04:00
Our position on Mike Huckabee is simple. He is an idiot. Mike Huckabee another person too stupid to be allowed to be President.   Huckabee, the Dope from Hope , has beem rumored to on the top of John McCain’s short list for veep.   A thought which scares the heck out of us as  unthinkable: Huckabee for VP? Please say it ain’t so. Hopefully the idiot has shot off his own toe and disqualied himself: (CNN) – During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman. Michelle buys in:  “Confirmed: Huckabee is an idiot” SITYS. � Technorati Tags: CNN, Dope, GOP, hope, idiot, John McCain, Kentucky, Louisville, Michelle, Mike Huckabee, President.   Huckabee, Republican BitsBlog Tags: Mike Huckab...

Nightly Ramble:Hizonor,Our Anwr, Obama and Hamas, Bad news, more
2008-05-16 21:39:00
Yet another Honorable Mention at OTB’s Caption Contest It’s time to sign the petition to drill in ANWR. Baloney, James. Why would Hamas be heaping praise on Obama if not for Obama representing and promoting a policy favorable to their goals? The ruling yesterday on the homosexual marriage ban is decidedly not the end of the story, but the beginning. It strikes me that the timing on this is rather interesting, given the proximity to the ramp up to November’s election. Glenn asks some rather pointed questions. Exactly, Mike. On the money. I’d further it by saying his grandfather would do a better job of defending the country… and he’s been dead for how long? There’s one more body to add to the investigation surrounding Eliot Spiter’s misconduct. I may write more on this later, but it strikes me just now that there’s something very dirty at the heart of this… it’s the only thing that would explain this suicide.  Someo...
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Cloudy judgement, Borah and Obama
2008-05-16 17:53:00
Plembo, Daily Kos: The President’s quotation came from the last year of Borah’s life, a time when the 75 year William Edgar Borah old former Republican Presidential candidate had become increasingly erratic in his public statements on the crisis in Europe. In that context, I find myself feeling sympathy for the Senator, who may have let his desire for peace cloud his judgment. Or maybe it was the onset of the cerebral hemorrhage that would finally kill him. Either way, I can’t help think that he deserves just a little more respect than he’s been accorded by the current administration. But then, showing disrespect for, even distorting the memory of, the dead is something that that crowd seems to take particular pleasure The Senator in question is William Edgar Borah (1865-1940), and the author of the quote: “Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.” While a republican, Borah seems to endear some fondness from the ...
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The issue isn’t race, it’s culture, (part 172)
2008-05-16 17:08:00
Jason Riley at the WSJ, notes that illegal Immigration has disappeared from the election cycle radar screen, and wonders why. He concludes after examining the situation in some detail: If American culture is under assault today, it’s not from immigrants who aren’t assimilating but from liberal elites who reject the concept of assimilation. For multiculturalists, and particularly those in the academy, assimilation is a dirty word. A values-neutral belief system is embraced by some to avoid having to judge one culture as superior or inferior to another. Others reject the assimilationist paradigm outright on the grounds that the U.S. hasn’t always lived up to its ideals. America slaughtered Indians and enslaved blacks, goes the argument, and this wicked history means we have no right to impose a value system on others. But social conservatives who want to seal the border in response to these left-wing elites are directing their wrath at the wrong people. The problem ...
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Obama is in a trap of his own making
2008-05-16 14:39:00
We know what Mr. Bush said… I posted the quote here yesterday: “Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Bush said at Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem. “We have heard this foolish delusion before,” Bush said in remarks to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. “As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.” Now, Obama comes back and says, as quoted by David here this morning: George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, Well, let’s see what Mr. Obama is so upset about. Let’s take a little trip back in time. November 2, 2007, to be exact which is when th...
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Snark of the Day: Chrissy Matthews
2008-05-16 03:45:00
Wasn’t the USS Cole under Bush? I mean, I don’t know what I’m talking about here. Chrissy Matthews , courtesy Newbusters. For once, Matthews is right.  He does not know what his he talking about.   . Technorati Tags: Bush, Chrissy Matthews, Cole, Newbusters, snark, USS BitsBlog Tags: snark, USS, Radio and TV, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Foreign Policy Related posts Snark of the Day: Sister Toldjah (0) Snark of the Day: Mike Hubbard (0) Snark of the Day: Margaret Kimberley. (0) Snark of the Day: Ed Morrissey (0) Heads of state and international perceptions (0) Flash: Chicken-Little wrong again… but why spread the doom and gloom at all? The election (0) Breakfast Scramble (0) You can smell the desperation (0) Yet more Clinton lies (0) Yes, but fear of WHAT? Are all fears unjustified? (0)

Pot, Kettle, Obama
2008-05-16 00:46:00
As attributed to the BO campaign by the New York Times: It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence to launch a false political attack. It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel. Instead of tough talk and no action, we need to do what Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan did and use all elements of American power - including tough, principled, and direct diplomacy - to pressure countries like Iran and Syria. George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the President’s extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel. This ts the entire statement as published by the Times.  If BO said any more, the Times did not see fit to publish it. The BO campaign accuses the President of making a false political attack.   ...
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Blog changes
2008-05-16 00:42:00
The experiment with those added functions from last weekend has changed. Link Summary, BitsBlog Tags, and Related posts will still be shown on individual postings, but not on the index page. This will save us some bandwidth, and help with the index load speed. Index page will continue to carry Technorati linnks, however. BitsBlog Tags: BitsBlog, Blogging Related posts No related posts.

Fred is back
2008-05-15 23:55:00
The debut column of  the newest Townhall  columist: Second, change – whether it “real change,” “bold change” or the “change we can believe in” variety others are selling – isn’t itself an innovative policy or a particularly strong leadership stance. In fact, from Burke to Buckley, there has been an acknowledgement that change in the political arena is inevitable and necessary, and we in the U.S. tend to experience it in regular, 2, 4 and 6 year intervals, so 2008 is hardly our first rodeo. The challenge for conservatives is calibrating whether the change being proposed is consistent with our principles and our philosophy, and whether that change is appropriate Now Bit may disagee, but I still think Mary Katherine is cuter. � Technorati Tags: Fred , Mary Katherine, U.S. BitsBlog Tags: new media, Fred Thompson, BitsBlog, U.S., Fred Related posts No Road to Burma (0) John McCain: Wrong on ‘torture’ (1) It’s 68 all over again… ...
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Nightly Ramble: Kos, .08%, Buyer’s remorse,the White stuff, more.
2008-05-15 22:16:00
Look, the Daily Kos is the website of Modern Democrat thought. They represent what passes for thinking in the Democrat party. They are not ‘far left‘ They are Mainstream Democrat. Are we clear on this? Why do I get the feeling that the usual hollywood corwd is going to be disappointed, no matter what happens with Obama? Look, Billy, you of anyone I know should understand that the law… any law… is by it’s very nature arbitrary, and thereby for any law to address the problem of drunk driving some arbitrary standard will be set.  That’s the nature of the government beast.  So, Olberman is now complaining, labeling Bush’s statements on how he doesn’t pay golf now because of the war is ‘ludicrous’? Hey, Baldy; What would you be complaining about if he WAS out on the course? We all know you’d be right on the front lines complaining about how such was a symbol of how he didn’t care about the troops, as if YOU do. S...
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Of COURSE the left wants us to appease terrorists…
2008-05-15 21:15:00
“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Bush said at Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem. “We have heard this foolish delusion before,” Bush said in remarks to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. “As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.” So says the Political Ticker at CNN Hasn’t that been their entire schtick with Iraq and Iran since day one? Look, gang, far as I can tell McCain, if he’s smart… a point I’ve long since begun to doubt… will encourage this fight. The knockout blow will be when Obama gets asked to explain ho...
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Why prices are high and where oil ought to be
2008-05-15 15:38:00
By way of Henke, I note: …it’s Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar who says speculation is behind high oil prices, and actually introduces legislation to “curb” speculation. Our next step should be to stop the speculation that is driving up prices in world energy markets. Oil company executives have testified recently that oil should be trading for about $55 per barrel, but that a frenzy of speculative investment has driven up its price artificially. That’s one reason why I cosponsored the Consumer-First Energy Act.This, says Paul Krugman, is the Republicans fault. Paul Krugman blames the Republicans for his looks, OK? That point aside, the point that Klobuchar makes is exactly the one I’ve been making here for months now. The bubble has to break, and it will soon. Meanwhile, isn’t George Soros speculating in the oil markets? Addenudum: (David L) Citing a politician, especially a United States Senator, on an econmic issue, is like bring a butter knife to a...
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It’s not a tumor recession
2008-05-15 13:43:00
The misery index is now at 8. Democrats want to portray this as the worst economy since Herbert Hoover was president. Unfortunately, the economy is not cooperating. Unemployment dropped to 5.0% last month. And inflation is at 3%. Under the Misery Index, that’s pretty much the sign of a good economy. So says Don Surber. And he’s right. Hume piles on, last night: It appears that CNN has decided the U.S. is in a recession even though the economic data do not support that claim. On its Web site, CNN posted the exit poll results from Tuesday’s West Virginia primary which asked voters if and how the “recession” has affected their family. All the major television networks use the same exit poll questionnaire. And, while that generic survey asked voters, “Has the current recession or economic slowdown affected you and your family?” Other networks, including this one, used the term “economic slowdown” when reporting the results. A recession...
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A Hospital? What is it?
2008-05-15 13:16:00
It’s a big building with patients. But what’s Glenn Reynolds doing there? Technorati Tags: glenn reynolds BitsBlog Tags: glenn reynolds, other blogs/bloggers Related posts No related posts.
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Why I don’t use government transit
2008-05-15 12:10:00
Me at Outside the Beltway, yesterday: For most of my adult life, I’ve worked in the Downtown area of Rochester, at one job or another. For the first year or so, and on and off after that, I tried using the bus. After getting mugged twice, having bums hassle me for change, (Which I never carry anyway) having people smell up the bus with various remarkable bodily functions, having one person puke on me, and having my journeys take often as not an hour longer than a car trip would have taken, I gave up on government transport. I’ve ridden on rail systems, which admittedly were marginally better, (DC and the TTC) but even in those situations, being totally dependent on such systems being on time proved problematic when they were not. I will tell you that in recent years, the TTC rail is showing signs of going the way of the less desirable bus systems, in that one of the first things I did on a recent visit to the GTA was trip over a kid in a sleeping bag coming out of the Bl...
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The Tinkerer
2008-05-15 04:53:00
Derb has decided to side with John Ratzenberger, who is on a kick to keep tinkering alive. I think they’re both right. Understand; I wrote most of this without bothering to actually read Derb’s article. The first couple paras of Derb’s were enough to set my fingers in gear, because it’s something that’s been nagging at me for years, now. I was amazed to bang out the thoughts as they occurred to me, and then come up for air and actually read his article and find so much similarity in our line of thought. I myself grew up in a mechanics’ household. I don’t think he was ever a professional mechanic, but my Dad was one of those people who could keep a car running on the fine edge for years after most people had given up on the automobile, had it towed to the junkyard, and get themselves into a newer one. He could listen to the description of a problem, visualize what was happening, and have the solution identified in his mind faster than anybody...

The “I feel pretty” endorsement
2008-05-15 03:22:00
No question that on the political front, todayw as a slow news day. The big story on the 6pm (Eastern) newscasts would have been Hillary Clinton’s drubbing of Brrack Obama in West Virginia, last night.  What to do to take the edge off that wave? Arrange for Barrack Obama to get an endorsement from John Edwards… at 5:00 eastern, or so. (Note the posting time on the story.) So it is that the news coverage at 6pm was not of Obama being handed his head by HillBilly, it’s of a totally meaningless ‘endorsement of someone nobody cares about, (Edwards) of someone who ostensibly already has the nomination. (Obama) A deft move by someone who knows how to manipulate the news media. I’d say there’s a few people who are scared as hell he doesn’t have that nomination. Technorati Tags: Barrack Obama, endorsement, Hillary Clinton, hillbilly, John Edwards, news media, newscasts, Obama, slow news day, West Virginia BitsBlog Tags: endorsement, Obama, ...
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Not that, that there is anything wrong with that
2008-05-15 03:13:00
Well at least this black reverend manages to keep his allegations pausible, video: It would explain why Andrew Sullivan is so avid about BO. Hat tip:  Ace Technorati Tags: Ace, Andrew Sullivan, anything, BO, ejTmistHFw, Hat, reverend, tip, video, YouTube BitsBlog Tags: tip, ejTmistHFw, Barrack Obama, reverend, BO Related posts Who would Jesus bomb? (2) What’s wrong with this picture? (1) We’re getting porked: Time for Murtha to get the boot (1) Wabbit Season (0) Uh-oh… the Times noticed. (0) Two Million Reasons for Dirty Harry to Hate Rush (0) Trying to Pigeon hole Ron Paul… there’s only one conclusion (0) Time to boot Murtha (0) Time for Mrs. Clinton to start baking cookies (0) This isn’t the first Time for Obama and ‘bitterness’ (0)
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Nightly Ramble: What cost? Racist hicks, more
2008-05-14 22:00:00
You’re quite right, Billy, McCain may end up actually winning this thing, but at what cost to the Republicans, in terms of having to make them more like socialist Democrats? And by that same token, what is the level of damage to the country both during and after the election? That’s what I wonder. As Billy mentions, (And David confirms with a link to Sis…) HillBillary rolled West Virginia last night. That win takes on a frightening aspect when one considers what both of the candidates think about people like that which live in that state… and Kenucky…. and Arkansas.  the difference between them; Obama is honest enough to project those negative feelings. It’s amusing, to watch Patrick Healy of the New York Times blame the whole thing on racism, and Obama’s campaign is saying the same… saying the folks in West Virginia are racist hicks. Notice, please; that’s not something that was said said when Obama got something like 99...
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Bits Bumper Snicker of the day
2008-05-14 18:28:00
Honk if you’ve never seen an Uzi fired from a car window Bits Blog Tags: Just for fun Related posts No related posts.
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Dana Milbank: Cheap shot artist
2008-05-14 17:57:00
Dana Milbank once again shows why nobody… even Democrats… should take the guy seriously; 2:57 p.m., Yeager Airport, Charleston, W.Va.: A steep descent brings Clinton’s plane to Charleston’s hilltop airport. After an appropriate wait, she steps from the plane and pretends to wave to a crowd of supporters; in fact, she is waving to 10 photographers underneath the airplane’s wing. She pretends to spot an old friend in the crowd, points and gives another wave; in fact, she is waving at an aide she had been talking with on the plane minutes earlier It strikes me as possible that Milbank doesn’t understand the concept of photo-ops, and that what he describes is a matter of course for any public figure… including liberal Democrat pols… but I doubt he’s quite that stupid. I’m forced to conclude he’s just looking for… and finding… the cheap shot. A humorist he may be, but I’ll tell you what; when I see...
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Mrs. Clinton routs BO in WV
2008-05-14 02:46:00
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large, but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign but scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination The Sister is following the coverage. � Technorati Tags: BO, CHARLESTON, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, Obama, Va., victory, W, West Virginia BitsBlog Tags: Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barrack Obama, West Virginia, Obama Related posts Will the Clintons now start trashing Daniel Patrick Moynihan (0) Where’s the courage Mrs. Clinton? (0) What change BO? (1) Trail of Tears: Mrs. Clinton ends long losing streak (0) Today’s the day (0) The tears are all about her (0) The new face of Adolf Hitler (1) The Hillary we already know (0) The Gipper gets under B.J. and Mrs. Clinton’s skin (0) Sure Mrs. Clinton! (0)