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By Emily Geiger
This one may actually surpass last decade’s Scumbag of the Decade, Bill Clinton. You see, John Edwards has now admitted to cheating on his wife as she was battling terminal cancer. What a guy! But one of his excuses is that his doesn’t love the mistress [...]
Senator Paul Mckinley back from Turkey...culture and education. Iowa novelist Patrick Culhane with his latest, "Red Sky in Morning". Lotsa Fair jabber.
[...]All those traditionalists high on the ten commandments - why do they hide when something like this happens? Does their Exodus 23:9 read different from mine? How about Matthew 5:38-40, the only place in the whole book where you’ll find the words “an eye for an [...]
GOP presidential candidate John McCain was at the Iowa State Fair this morning. Here's the Radio Iowa story. There's an audio link at the bottom of the page so you may listen to McCain speech, which lasted about 9 minutes.
McCain walked through a narrow pathway of people eager to [...]
By Emily Geiger
I saw an interesting article the other day about how Obama might have “Catholic problem” due to his abortion stance. Democrats have a hard time winning without taking a substantial chunk of the Catholic vote, and some of Obama’s previous votes on the [...]
John McCain is minutes from making an appearance at the Iowa State Fair this morning. It will be his second Iowa stop since becoming the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, and the fair is always a big draw for officeseekers.
McCain will talk about national issues briefly, it appears, as he makes [...]
“They’re trying to say, ‘He’s not one of us,’” Schumer said.
“I would answer back hard. What do you mean he’s not one of us? It’s John McCain who wears $500 shoes, has six houses and comes from one of the richest families in his state,” Schumer said. [...]
A veteran campaigner once offered me a piece of advice: "Jeff, being in a parade won't get you any votes, but NOT being in one will cost you."
“If he can’t find time to approve flood relief, he has the time to explain why”
Yesterday Miller-Meeks (3M, MMM or whatever the kool kids call her) challenged Loebsack to a series of debates, one in each of the 15 counties in the district. Kudos to her team for tying [...]
Go to www.barackobama.com for details on his campaign's events.
Friday, August 8:
Rob Hubler, candidate for Congress [...]
Dave Loebsack's approach to his first re-election campaign is simple. "Eventually, I guess I'll get to campaigning," the 2nd District congressman told Johnson County Democrats Thursday night, "but in the meantime, I need to do my job."
Majority Leader Kevin “Bully” McCarthy’s outburst at Republicans for suggesting extension of the federal depreciation benefits for Iowa businesses whose equipment and capital plant have been damaged or destroyed by the floods of 2008 has generated a response from Bully’s Republican opponent Larry Disney. Larry’s statement [...]
Just announced late last week, Brian is shutting down for good, and letting the domain registration expire.
I’ve found Brian’s commentary to be refreshing and entertaining over the past year tht I’ve followed him. I am sad to see him go, and hope that he’ll show up here and there.
As [...]
Today was the first day of the Iowa State Fair. I had intended to participate in the early morning event (but slept in instead) to break the record for the most corn-dogs eaten by the most people at the same time in the same place. Sounds like it was a [...]
About 3,000 former Maytag workers [...]
