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Did US Christian Right Know Gbagbo's Other Wife Is Muslim?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsProminent members of the U.S. religious right have trumpeted their support of Ivory Coast's just-captured former president, Laurent Gbagbo -- and some of their rhetoric emphasizes that Gbagbo is an evangelical Christian, unlike incoming Muslim leader Alassane Ouattara. But did they know or care that Gbagbo, despite his vocal embrace of Christianity, has had another wife on the side for years? And that she's Muslim? Nadiana Bamba is the other wife of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, who married her in 2001. Not many outside Ivory Coast are aware of the very-married ...
Tea Partiers vs. GOP on Earmarks: A Sucker's Debate
By David Corn - Politics DailyIt makes sense that the first tea party-versus-the-GOP dust-up would be over congressional earmarks -- because this is really a dumb debate. I know that sounds uncivil and condescending. But it's the truth. Tea party Republicans seeking a suspension of earmarks are conning their followers. Perhaps not purposefully. They may not understand the matter. Here's the key fact: those much-denounced earmarks have little to do with the level of government spending. They are legislative tools used after Congress approves funding for a federal agency. Think of an earmark as a post-it note that a House ...
Kagan and Inhofe: The 'Vapid and Hollow' Confirmation Battle
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyGive Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) credit at least for not wasting anyone's time or money. Before the sun had set on the very first day of the official candidacy of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for a seat on the United States Supreme Court, the senator from the aptly named Sooner State had declared he would oppose her nomination. Team Kagan won't be pitching a shutout after all. "I am . . . concerned about the seeming contempt she has demonstrated in her comments about the Senate confirmation process," Inhofe wrote in a release issued Monday afternoon. ". . . [I]t is concerning that the ...
Democrats Leave Door Open for Gitmo Prisoners in U.S.: 'Supermax Means Something'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySenate Democrats defeated a Republican effort to prevent building or upgrading prisons in the U.S. if they will house detainees transferred from the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The measure would have applied to prisons in New York where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in a civilian criminal court, a decision announced recently by Attorney General Eric Holder. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) sponsored the amendment and told fellow senators Tuesday, "If you want terrorists here, then vote against this amendment." Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Intelligence ...
Ranking the Senators in Terms of Partisanship
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyThe Hill, one of the two dailies on Capitol Hill, has released their rankings of U.S. Senators based on partisanship.And the results will shock you. Did you know, for instance, that Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is still alive? (Whatsmore, he's ranked the 5th most partisan Republican.)More shockers abound the deeper you delve. Ted Kennedy is ranked the most bipartisan Democrat, while Pat Leahy is ranked the least. (We didn't realize Dick Cheney got a vote.) Maine's two senators are ranked as the most bipartisan Republicans, while Jim Bunning is ranked the most partisan. (Although it seems to us ...
Flip-Flopping Senator Shelby Now Says Obama Is a Citizen
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyTalk about spineless! Senator Richard Shelby (R-America Goddammit) appears to have done a complete 180 on the leading issue of today's economic crisis: President Obama's citizenship.Just last week, Shelby convened a quorum of dignitaries at the All Steak Restaurant in Cullman, Alabama, and allegedly said of Obama:"Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven't seen any birth certificate. You have to be born in America to be president."But all of a sudden, Shelby has shifted his talking points-- to the extent that he makes John Kerry's voting record seem downright ...
Status of Polar Bear Linked to Drilling
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyThe Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works heard testimony Monday on Bush Administration's delay listing the polar bear as an endangered species. The listing has become controversial because proponents of drilling for oil in Alaska argue that provisions of the Endangered Species Act could be used to slow development in regions populated by the bears if they are declared endangered. The hearing turned contentious on Wednesday when committee chair Barbara Boxer and the committee's highest ranking Republican Jim Inhofe engaged in a verbal skirmish complete with Bible quotations (audio ...
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