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Brief SC presidential bid helped Colbert ‘touch it’

COMEDIAN SAYS BRUSH WITH CANDIDACY GAVE HIM NEW PERSPECTIVE… I THINK
Popular Comedy Central host and Charleston native Stephen Colbert told Entertainment Weekly that his brief endeavor as a presidential candidate gave him a new perspective on what it means to run for public office. Or something like that.
After the 2006 Correspondents’ Dinner [in which [...]

AUDIO: GOP announces convention changes

RNC PROGRAM CONTINUES IN FULL TONIGHT WITH BUSH, THOMPSON, LIEBERMAN
Chairman Mike Duncan and Rick Davis, campaign manager for GOP presidential nominee John McCain, this morning announced a number of changes to today’s Republican National Convention during a conference call with media and bloggers.
AUDIO (19:18): [audio:convention_conference_call.mp3]
While it was all business Monday — Republicans used an abbreviated [...]

SC will stay First in South

RNC ADOPTS SIMILAR BUT LATER PRIMARY SCHEDULE FOR 2012
The new rules for the 2012 presidential election adopted Monday at the Republican National Convention bar South Carolina from holding its primary as early as it did this year, but they also ensure the Palmetto State will once again be the “First in the South.”
Although there were [...]

Obama and Leatherman sharing talking points?

RNC VIDEO HITS OBAMA ON GAS TAX FLIP-FLOP, ILLINOIS SEN.’S RHETORIC SAME AS THAT OF FLORENCE COUNTY SEN.
The Republican National Committee released a new Web video today titled “Barack Obama’s Gas Tax Hypocrisy.” The video hits the Democratic presidential candidate for changing positions on a gas tax relief plan supported by Sen. [...]

The other Carolina has stolen our playbook

DIRTY TRICKS, WRIGHT BECOME CENTERPIECE OF NC PRIMARY
I’ll admit that, of late, I care about as much about the Democratic presidential nomination process as I do the Allendale County School System’s fifth grade science fair — although I here Bobby Smith’s baking soda volcano is totally going to beat out Susie Parker’s salt map — [...]

Baracky: The Movie

OBAMA, CLINTON GOING THE DISTANCE WHILE McCAIN TRAINS
This is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a while, and after Hillary Clinton’s decisive victory in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary breathed new life into her campaign last night, it’s all too appropriate.
I really feel like Clinton and Barack Obama are in the 15th round [...]

Obama’s two realities

SENATOR’S SECOND AMENDMENT RHETORIC CLASHES WITH RECORD
In the above clip from last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Pennsylvania, Sen. Barack Obama said there are “two realities” when it comes to gun rights in America. I’m not sure what, if anything, that means — perhaps he’s just giving due reverence to twice-also-ran John [...]

Get over it, already

LEFTIST LOONIES SET SIGHTS ON STATE CARTOONIST
I’m not really sure why the PC Police feel the need to chime in with their “political correctness” nonsense every time someone says or does something that’s seen as “offensive,” but these people need to get over themselves. If you’re one of them, please leave now.
The latest victim [...]

In NC, Obama salutes Clintons

CANDIDATE SHOOTS BILLARY THE BIRD DURING RALEIGH SPEECH
In what can only be described as an incredibly classy move, presidential candidate Barack Obama apparently flipped off his Democratic rival(s) at a campaign event in Raleigh, NC today. As you can see in the clip above, it wasn’t a blatant middle-finger salute, but more [...]

Hillary makes play for SC voters

NEW FOOTAGE EXPLAINS A LOT
I’ve always wondered what Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton does late at night when her husband Bill is off doing his “thing,” and now I finally know.
The Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, which Stephen Colbert called “a Disney movie about the news,” had footage this morning of Hillary [...]

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