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It’s the Coverup that Gets You

Take out your pencil and write 100 times, “It’s the cover up that gets you.” And when you’re done with that, write it 100 more times. That ought to be an exercise for anyone considering running for public office. It’s been some 40 years since Watergate, which inspired that cliche, yet, incredibly, the Obama administration […]

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The Real Question About Mr. Cain’s Libya Interview

Herman Cain is clearly talking nonsense about U.S. policy toward Libya during this much-criticized Milwaukee Sentinel interview this week. But the greater question is what on earth was Mr. Cain doing in Wisconsin in November? Wisconsin doesn’t hold its Republican primary until April (It has caucus meetings in February, but still…). The GOP nomination race could be […]

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Go, Hillary!

President Obama and NATO will receive due credit for the long-overdue dispatching of crazy, Libyan strong-man Mohammar Gadhafi.  But the real credit, objectively, belongs to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It was Mrs. Clinton who went out on the line — way out on the line — to convince the President that airstrikes in support […]

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Sayonara!

  It’s taken almost 30 years, but, if reports are accurate, Muammar Gaddafi is about to go down — hard. The allied operation against him wasn’t pretty, but it looks like it will accomplish its mission. President Obama and Hillary Clinton deserves a great deal of credit for taking the risk on this one. So does NATO.  […]

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