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• Zombie Lies - an ongoing series

  It's been a while since I've done a zombie lie post, and once again Fox "News" provides the fodder. As the Christian Science Monitor reports: Speaking on the morning broadcast (see video at the link), Fox News host Martha MacCallum reported that President Obama opted to watch an HBO' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  

• The Congressional Contests

  The media seems intent on spinning yesterday's elections as some kind of dire warning to the Democrats and progressive liberals. Maybe they just haven't noticed that Democrats won 5 out of 5 of the last special Congressional elections. And in the remarkably under-reported contest in California, the' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:37pm EST
  

• Media misses on election analysis

  I try not to read any post election analysis before I write my own obligatory observations, but a quick scan of the headlines tells me the major media is drawing the wrong lessons from yesterday's elections. Starting with the governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey -- no this is [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:05pm EST
  

• Tom Barrow, courageous

  Tom Barrow was so courageous to enter the race for mayor of the city of Detroit. He was brave enough to put himself on the line. He did not allow his past to dictate his future. He stepped to the door of doubt and kept walking. He was willing to [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:33am EST
  

• GOP alive and well, voters say

  Given Tuesday's GOP election wins, reports of the death of the GOP are greatly exaggerated. Akin to years ago, when the Democrats were declared dead after the GOP swept Congress. Last night's results suggest the obvious: Since they took over in January, Dems haven't done squat except double' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:48am EST