Author: Amy Ridenour

Clarence Thomas No Rubber Stamp

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Geraldine Ferraro just claimed on the Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes show that Clarence Thomas is merely Antonin Scalia's rubber stamp on the Supreme Court. Since neither Alan Colmes nor Rich Lowry (substituting for Sean Hannity) contradicted her there, ...
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On Miers, White House Arguments Improve — Somewhat

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My sense is that the White House is having a better day today than yesterday in making pro-Harriet Miers arguments. In one conference call I listened in on, which, as it was not off the record, you will probably not ...
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Whiff of Stupidity, I’d Say

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**Scroll down to the end for a link to Ed Gillespie's reply to this post** The White House treats women like morons by pointedly treating us as so dumb we need quotas, as if we women can't stand on our ...
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On Miers, White House Arguments Improve — Somewhat

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My sense is that the White House is having a better day today than yesterday in making pro-Harriet Miers arguments. In one conference call I listened in on, which, as it was not off the record, you will probably not ...
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Defeatism in Defense of the Constitution is No Virtue

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Not for the first time, my friend Mark Tapscott is bringing a fresh approach to a discussion, in this case, the Harriet Miers confirmation debate. Mark says Miers isn't the issue, the "weak-kneed Senate GOP leadership is": ...while I sympathize ...
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Access to Consumer Products a Fundamental Right?

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From Reuters: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who became internationally known for his campaign a year ago to legalize gay marriage, said on Monday he considered wireless Internet access a fundamental right of all citizens. At the rate this guy ...
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Energy Hog: A Bad Play Then, A Worse Play Now

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Thoughts from Peyton Knight: On July 15, 1979, Jimmy Carter delivered what became infamously known as his "malaise" speech. That evening he peered out into family rooms across the country, and lectured Americans for their "self-indulgence and consumption." Carter intoned, ...
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Pardon Us for Noticing

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I read this essay in the American Thinker after hearing Rush Limbaugh read part of it on the air today. When Rush read it, this section lept out at me: There is a doom-and-gloom element on the Right which is ...
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Ak’bar Shabazz: “I Like to See Black Quarterbacks Succeed”

Project 21 member Ak'bar Shabazz didn't see any sinister racist agenda in Rush Limbaugh's ESPN comments about Eagles quarterback Donavan McNabb. He doesn't agree with Rush's opinion on McNabb, but isn't provoking discussion what a commentator is supposed to do? ...
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Leftie Latinos Vy for Quota Slots

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This is what happens when you play diversity politics (from the AP): President Bush's decision to make White House counsel Harriet Miers his second Supreme Court nominee upset Hispanic groups that had hoped to see the nation's first Hispanic Supreme ...
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