If there is one thing the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona is not, it is afraid of the federal authorities who continue to tell him to stop the law enforcement sweeps that have netted several arrests of illegal aliens. Sheriff Joe Arpaio has made news before, with his tough stance on crime, but nothing...
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I have followed politics for a long time and I have to say I have not seen such a disagreement between a single administration and a news organization as I see between the current White House and FOX News. It is getting to the point that it is slightly ridiculous. President Obama made his...
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If you have not noticed the new tag line for my blog, it says “above all, in search of the truth”. I do my best to make sure that happens on My Take. I have been a very open critic of President Obama but I have also tried my best to give him credit...
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President Obama has finally made his much anticipated speech before a joint session of Congress, in an attempt to address health care reform and the partisan bickering that has been so prevalent in the last several weeks. As I watched the live feed of the speech on CNN’s website, I was struck by one...
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This is one of those news stories that just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The public furor over the bonuses to AIG has been very loud, but it looks like AIG isn’t the only one at fault here. I don’t normally post a lot of video, but this post has two embedded for the...
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CNN is reporting that tensions are growing between Sarah Palin and some of John McCain’s top aides. So much so that they are spilling over into the public workings of the campaign. According to CNN, Governor Palin is getting very frustrated at how she feels the campaign is being mismanaged. Actually, I can imagine...
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Well, I suppose we could just say it didn’t take long for John McCain to be attacked after his question and answer session with Dr. Rick Warren at the Saddleback Church in California. As the forum was opening, Dr. Warren stated that Barack Obama was going to be first, due to a flip of...
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Just in case you are interested in the results of the Texas primary, you can go to this website to keep up with the votes as they come in.  Right now, it is showing John McCain with 54.92% and Mike Huckabee with 33.26%.  The total vote count is at 1.88%.  You can see the...
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It seems like the polls hadn’t even closed in Ohio before CNN was calling that state and Vermont for John McCain.  They are showing McCain as the projected winner with 0% of the votes counted.  I am sure they are doing this based on exit polls and while they may be accurate, I think...
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I don’t understand how the networks can call an election almost as soon as the polls close, but CNN, MSNBC, and FOX have all projected John McCain to win the Wisconsin Republican primary.  It must have something to do with the exit polls, but it looks as if they could at least let them...
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