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ALBANY, N.Y. – Caroline Kennedy's bid to get appointed to the Senate and extend the Camelot dynasty has run into the bare-knuckle world of New York politics, where a backlash appears to be building against her.
Some politics-watchers have accused the 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy of a series of missteps last week doing an upstate tour, when she evaded questions and in one case was hustled away by an aide after meeting with reporters for all of 30 seconds.
At the same time, some New York politicians, privately and publicly, have complained that Kennedy is jumping the line ahead of political figures with far more experience and that she has become the presumed front-runner by virtue of her name alone.
As the process has dragged on, political adversaries have had all the more opportunities to undercut her candidacy through various attacks, sniping and newspaper leaks.
On Wednesday, Gov. David Paterson said the bickering sounded "more like the prelude to a high school program than the choosing of a U.S. senator."
"She's a pinata now," said Maurice Carroll, longtime New York political reporter and now pollster for Quinnipiac University. "Until Paterson says `yes' or `no,' she's going to be a pinata for everybody to take a whack at, using anonymous sources."ALBANY, N.Y. – Caroline Kennedy's bid to get appointed to the Senate and... more
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Probably gonna beat this one. BUT IT CAN'T HURT TO TRY!!!
Unfortunately, not that happy.
There's a reason you've barely heard about it. It's because the whole thing sounds like a pile of crap. Cheney (and Alberto Gonzales) are named in an indictment alleging them responsible for abuse of prisoners in a private detention center. No, not Abu Graib. The prisons are in Texas. And the only reason Cheney's named is because he had a financial stake in the company that owns the prisons. Or something. The whole thing is really hard to figure out and as of press time, we stopped trying.
To make the whole thing even shadier, yesterday the prosecutor didn't even show up to court.
Okay, you got a Dick Cheney indictment through a grand jury and then you don't show up? It's Dick Cheney! We get that it's probably a trumped up indictment and the chances of a win are slim, but come on! Put him on the stand and try that "A Few Good Men" thing where you get him so angry that he starts confessing to shit. The first thing they should teach you in Law School is if you indict Dick Cheney, you can't puss out.
For future reference, if there are any other psycho lawyers who want to indict Cheney on bullcrap, we put together this little guide to make sure you don't blow it. It's after the jump:
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LMAOProbably gonna beat this one. BUT IT CAN'T HURT TO TRY!!!
Unfortunately, not... more
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President-elect Barack Obama's team had "no inappropriate discussions" with Illinois governor Rod
Blagojevich, according to an internal review.
But his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talked to Mr Blagojevich about who should fill Mr Obama's senate seat.
Mr Blagojevich has been accused of attempting to "sell" the seat, but says he is not guilty of any wrongdoing.
The review reveals that the US Attorney leading the Blagojevich probe spoke to Mr Obama as part of his investigation.
Patrick Fitzgerald also questioned Mr Emanuel, and Obama aide Valerie Jarrett last week about their contacts with Mr Blagojevich.
No quid pro quo
The internal review was conducted by Greg Craig, a legal adviser to Mr Obama.
He concluded that Mr Emanuel had indeed discussed potential successors to Mr Obama with Mr Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris, but that at no time had anyone from the Blagojevich camp made "any effort to extract a personal benefit for the governor" from him, or from anyone else on the Obama team.
Mr Craig revealed that Ms Jarrett, who at one stage had beenPresident-elect Barack Obama's team had "no inappropriate discussions"... more
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WASHINGTON – In a gesture of forgiveness for a decades-old offense, President George W. Bush on Tuesday granted a pardon posthumously to a man who broke the law to supply aircraft to Jews fighting in Israel's 1948 war of independence.
Charles Winters, a Miami businessman considered a hero in Israel, was listed in a batch of 19 pardons and one commutation that Bush issued before leaving for Camp David to spend the holidays. No high-profile lawbreakers were on the list.
Winters' son, Jim, had found out about his father's daring missions and imprisonment only after his death in 1984.
"I'm overwhelmed," Jim Winters, a Miami maker of artistic neon signs, said in a telephone interview. "It happened 16 years before I was born. He went to jail and he didn't want his kids to know. He was old-school and proud."
Members of the Jewish community, who adorned his father's funeral with blue and white flowers symbolic of the Israeli flag, filled in details about his father's past. His obituary in The Miami Herald read,....................
BUSH? pardon himself? has anybody actually been watching? He had Congress approval on everything. If he go's to jail so does Pelosi, Reed , and good Barney Frank, oh and a little known Congressman from Ill. what was his name again?*
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Not perhaps since John F. Kennedy's own beach photos has a nation been so stirred to seek out revealing images of the incoming commander-in-chief. Searches are soaring for "obama pictures" and, in a realm normally reserved for prepubescent idols, "obama shirtless." Yes, the man so far designated to stimulate the economy, restore American dignity abroad, and save the planet from global warming, has inspired lookups more befitting a, dare we say, heartthrob.
Reassuringly, other recent Obama searches do dwell on the more relevant issues at hand ("obama inauguration," "obama cabinet picks"). The photo exposé, however, once again underscores the celebritization of Obama (as a John McCain ad once famously pointed out).
The latest act of online voyeurism comes from a confluence of three recent pictorial events: Two include Barack Obama's return to Time magazine's cover as Man of the Year and the release of never-before-seen college photos, in which the future No. 44 posed in a Panama hat, leather jacket, and occasionally with a cigarette for a hopeful photographer's portfolio. That momentous puff induced a teacup-sized tempest as people zeroed in on the "obama smoking" pic.
The third event is his holiday trip back to his home state. The president-elect did what any red-blooded American would do in a tropical isle: He stripped down to his swimming trunks and dove right into the winter surf. The ABC video showed a fleeting rear view of Obama descending into the water, but that was enough to trigger the buzz for "obama hawaii" (+130%), "obama vacation" (+113%) and, of course, the aforementioned shirtless queries.
To those who would defend the dignity of the Oval Office and all its inhabitants, will their brains eventually soften with four years of headlines like the New York Post's "O, My Bod!" (with yet another name twist in paragraph one: "Just call him 'Ab'-bama.'"). Forget tabloids—the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported regular citizens turning into paparazzi packs. Meanwhile, a true paparazzo snuck a shot, and the hosting site was promptly overwhelmed by political oglers.
His photogenic vim and vigor have long evoked comparisons to the charismatic Kennedy, who similarly inspired a brouhaha over his beach photo. Former Vanity Fair magazine editor Tina Brown, in a CNN interview about Obama's enormous star power, claimed that Obama is aware of his appeal and "he deliberately dials back on his charisma" to spare the masses. (Brown by the way once ventured on Greek God territory and called Obama "Apollonian.")Not perhaps since John F. Kennedy's own beach photos has a nation been so stirred... more
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What would you do with approximately 250 bottles of nail polish? Why, painstakingly paint a giant colorful quilt on your car, of course.
According to The Maryland Gazette that's just what Urbana resident Jill Bell did. After finding a dent in her car's hood, she cleverly painted a Band-Aid over the unsightly bump. Chuckle. She liked the idea so much, she decided to paint her entire car with nail polish! I'm guessing (and hoping) she didn't use one of those $30-a-pop lacquers from Chanel's Moscow Collection.
Nope. What she did use? The help of others. "Lots of ladies in my church donated nail polish, and lots of ladies at Weight Watchers, too," she told the newspaper. Bell estimates that 100-250 bottles of nail polish were used to accomplish this feat — a feat that took 13 months to finish. Whoa.
More like 600 bottles, and 3 eight balls.What would you do with approximately 250 bottles of nail polish? Why, painstakingly... more
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