The Truth In Arkansas Politics

• Fire Blanche Lincoln.com

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  A new website has come online calling for Arkansans to Fire Blanche Lincoln. We think this is a great idea!
  
  In case you missed it on Saturday, a plane was seen over the Arkansas game with the banner. Check out the story here. [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 9:28am EDT
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• Baker Leads Lincoln in Latest Poll

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  With an approval rating of 36%, Senator Blanche Lincoln appears to be in dire position to win re-election in 2010. The latest polls show state Senator Gilbert Baker with a 42-40 lead to win the seat.
  
  The same poll shows that 44% of Arkansans believe Senator Lincoln is [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 1:42pm EDT
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• Is Blanche Lincoln Vulnerable?

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  By now, we've all seen David Sanders latest article where he seems to be campaigning for Senator Lincoln. However, some of the very issues he raises as making Senator Lincoln "powerful" as he puts it, are the very same issues that prove she only chooses to represent Arkansans during an' [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 10:33pm EDT
  by The Truth

• Is Lincoln shifting on EFCA?

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  Is Lincoln shifting on EFCA?
  
  By David J. SandersColumnist, Stephens Media
  March 4, 2009
  [arkansasnews.com]
  
  With tensions mounting in Washington as business and labor groups increase pressure on Arkansas’ two U.S. senators in anticipation of vote on the Employee Free Choice Act, there are subtle hints that [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2009, 1:47pm EST
  by The Truth

• Arkansas Democrats Allow Vital National Intelligence Legislation to Expire

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  Arkansas Democrats Allow Vital National Intelligence Legislation to Expire
  Last week, Democratic members of Arkansas' Congressional Delegation joined in lockstep with their liberal leadership and left Washington without renewing the Protect America Act, which expired at midnight on Saturday. This important national security legislation gave our intelligence professionals the' [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2008, 12:09pm EST
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• This Just In: Protect America Alert

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  For Immediate Release
  Contact: Press Office
  February 7, 2008
  202-863-8614
  
  
  ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** RNC Posts New Web Video: “Protect America Alert” WASHINGTON – Today the RNC released a new web video, titled “Protect America Alert.” The video highlights Congressional Democrats’ failure to permanently update America’s 30-year-old terrorist surveillance law, [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2008, 10:12am EST
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• Mark Pryor's Obstruction Costs Americans' Jobs During Christmas Season

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  Democrat inaction may lead to thousands of "Pink Christmases"
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Cost of Democrats is adding up and this year, it may lead to thousands of Army civilians and contractors having a "pink Christmas."According to a senior Army officer quoted in a story on Military.com, "[i]nstallation operations and" [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2007, 9:44am EST
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• ABC News: Clinton Library Sells Secret Donor List

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  ABC News: Clinton Library Sells Secret Donor List
  November 19, 2007
  
  Three years after the William J. Clinton Presidential Library opened its doors, the list of donors who helped the former president build his $165 million complex remains a secret from the public.
  
  Yet the Blotter on ABCNews.com [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2007, 3:13pm EST
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• What Is Hillary Clinton Hiding Now?

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  Clinton Papers Won't Be Released Until After Election
  
  Diane Blair Papers Detailing 1992 Clinton Campaign Won't Be Released Until 2009
  
  By JAKE TAPPER
  
  Nov. 6, 2007 — Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has been taking heat from her Democratic and Republican opponents for the reams of [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2007, 7:50am EST
  by The Truth

• Tim Griffin To Be Featured In Southern Living...

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  Tim Griffin, former US Atty, in little rock and his wife Elizabeth Griffin are featured in the november southern living in a 3 page recipe filled Christmas article. Tim is joined in a picture by boyd and lynn corley of little rock. Boyd is the owner [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2007, 11:15am EDT
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• McDaniel in Clinton's Pocket?

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  AR Dem Gaz: McDaniel calls request 'cheap shot'; He says GOP chairman baiting him with call for Hillary Clinton inquiry
  
  NOTE: Milligan replied that McDaniel “might be too blinded by his role as Clinton’s campaign guru to recognize her calculating political motives, but voters in Arkansas are not.”
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2007, 8:35am EDT
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• HILL: TERROR WOULD BE GOP BOOST

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  Amazing at how wild the media went upon Dennis Miligan's statement, yet doesn't even cover a Presidential Candidate's statement. I agree, Dennis Miligan is far more newsworthy then Hillary Clinton...
  
  HILL: TERROR WOULD BE GOP BOOST
  
  http://www.nypost.com/seven/08242007/news/nationalnews/hill__terror_would_be_gop_boos.htm
  
  By GEOFF EARLE
  
  August 24, 2007 -- WASHINGTON' [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2007, 9:11am EDT
  by The Truth

• Hatch Speaks the Truth About U.S. Attorneys and Democrats

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  This is so perfect, we don't even need to comment:
  
  
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Peter Carr (202) 224-9854
  August 2, 2007 Jared Whitley (202) 224-0134
  
  Statement of Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
  before the Senate Judiciary Committee
  “Scott' [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2007, 10:38am EDT
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• Who Will Be The Nominee?

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  John McCain, the early frontrunner has imploded. Fred Thompson, thought by many to be the Republican savior, had a very disappointing June fundraising total it will be announced tomorrow. Mitt Romney has the money, is leading in Iowa and New Hampshire, but faces many questions from the Republican base about [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2007, 2:51pm EDT
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• Marion Berry Cashing In on Federal Service

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  Recent coverage about farm subsidies for minority farmers got us thinking. Where is the outrage over Marion Berry cashing in on his position in Congress?
  Consider if you will, between 1996 and 2000, farm and land-holding companies that Berry owns with relatives in [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2007, 9:53am EDT
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• Note to Senate Democrats: Support Our Troops!

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  “I saw a bumper ticker the other day that said, ‘Support our troops, not poor leadership.’ I agree.” (Sen. Tom Harkin press release, 9/7/06)
  
  To recap here are a few items that the Department of Defense Authorization Act would do:
  
  A 3.5 percent pay increase across-the-board for all [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2007, 2:01pm EDT
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• Mark Pryor and Immigration?

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  On June 28th, Mark Pryor's office released this statement on immgration. Pryor asserts that he opposed the President's bill because "enforcement measures are inadequate and the bill fails to effectively address the individuals who are already here illegally."
  Well we think that Pryor should [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2007, 2:15pm EDT
  by The Truth

• Beebe, McDaniel Sell Out To Gas Companies...

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  During the campaign, we brought you a series of Mike Beebe's cozy relationship with the utilities companies. At the same time he was supposed to be regulating them, he was receiving thousands of dollars in donations.
  
  Once we brought attention to obvious conflict of interest, Beebe began backpeddaling.' [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2007, 8:27am EDT
  by The Truth

• More Mark Pryor Pandering...

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  We all know that Mark Pryor is up for re-election. So Pryor thought he could score some points with the black voters in Arkansas when he called on the Bush Administration to nominate a black person to the open federal judgeship.
  Does he not realize [...]
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  Posted: July 12, 2007, 8:00am EDT
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• A Democrat Controlled "Do-Nothing" Congress

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  During the lead up to the 2006 elections we warned our readers that the Democrats were full of hate and rhetoric, but weak on alternatives. They ran a campaign of hate-speech and yet offered no substance. We have always maintained that if the Democrats are so [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2007, 8:26am EDT
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• Flashback: Hillary Becomes Issue for Bill Clinton

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  The Washington Post
  March 17, 1992, Tuesday, Final Edition
  
  Clinton's Wife Finds She's Become Issue;
  Arkansas Lawyer Denies Impropriety but Vows to Rethink Her Role
  Dan Balz, Edward Walsh, Washington Post Staff Writers
  
  On the sidewalk outside the Busy Bee restaurant this morning, Hillary Clinton stood surrounded by [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2007, 10:07am EDT
  by The Truth

• The Real Mike Beebe:

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  As Mike Beebe gets more and more comfortable serving as Governor of the state of Arkansas, we are seeing glimpses of the real Mike Beebe.
  On Tuesday Mike Beebe told members of the Little Rock Rotary club that we would support a tax increase on [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2007, 8:25am EDT
  by The Truth

• Mark Pryor: A Telecommunications Puppet?

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  Recently, Mark Pryor proposed legislation calling on the FCC to investigate BPL, or broadband over powerlines, a new technology that would make internet readily available to anyone who has electric power in their homes. This innovative technology would reduce the cost of high speed internet and make it accessible to [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2007, 8:07am EDT
  by The Truth

• Where's the Beef?

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  After almost a year and a half of a Democratic controlled Congress, we must ask - where's the beef?
  Ever since the Dems took over the Congress, we have seen nothing more than a political witchhunt against the Republican Administration. They have shown their priorities' [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2007, 8:19am EDT
  by The Truth

• More on Mark Pryor and Unions

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  How much does it take to “buy” a Senator (or for that matter a Caucus) in order to compel them into voting for legislation that is opposed by 79% of America? Legislation that is intended to subvert honest elections while encouraging intimidation and coercion? Legislation [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2007, 2:10pm EDT
  by The Truth

• OUTRAGE: Arkansas Senators Vote For Union Intimidation

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  Arkansas Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln caved to special interests of unions today when they voted for S. 800, a measure that would take away the right to a secret ballot for employees being intimidated into forming a union.
  
  This measure would have made it more difficult for [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2007, 11:51am EDT
  by The Truth

• From Our Inbox...

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  Dear Senator Hillary Clinton,
  
  Upon your return to Arkansas this weekend, the state Republican Party wondered… Would the New York Senator feel out of place? Would she worry that she couldn’t fit in? Would she be mocked for using her fake southern accent after the embarrassing ribbing [...]

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  Posted: June 22, 2007, 7:04pm EDT
  by The Truth

• The Face of the Democratic Party of Arkansas...

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  Every four years, democrats in Arkansas show their true colors by supporting an ultra liberal for President. Now the so-called blue dog democrats are supporting Hilary Clinton.
  She is scheduled to make an appearance at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at Alltel this weekend.
  [...]
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  Posted: June 21, 2007, 8:10am EDT
  by The Truth

• The Truth About "Caging"

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  The Democrats are at it again. Recently, you may have seen Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln stirring up the pot and calling for an investigation into so-called caging activities in Florida in 2004. Those of us at the Truth Blog feel we must set the record straight on this [...]
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  Posted: June 20, 2007, 7:40pm EDT
  by The Truth