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• Bill O’Reilly on “Judas” Scott McClellan

For Bill O’Reilly, the “radical left” is taking advantage of “Judas” Scott McClellan. And what is the far left, according to O’Reilly? MSNBC, the corporate media empire jointly owned by Microsoft and NBC, the latter owned by General Electric, the death merchant that donated $1.1 million to Bush for his 2000 election campaign, that is to say the neocon coup. http://www.infowars.com/?p=2429

Bill W. already posted about Conyers’ statement that he is committed to getting Rove to testify in the Don Siegelman case, even if it means having him arrested. However, this segment from MSNBC’s Verdict, where Catherine Crier explains to host Dan Abrams the process and the seriousness of an Inherent Contempt of Congress charge is was too good not to use, so I asked Heather to make the video for me. Besides, it’s small and petty of me, but I don’t think you can hear “haul Karl Rove to jail” too many times.

Cindy McCain on husband’s ‘non-negative campaign’
Cindy McCain told Ann Curry that an Obama-McCain presidential race would not be negative. However, Sen. John McCain has already run a smear ad in North Carolina against Obama and his campaign has also implied that the Hamas favors Obama for president.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that the most important thing he could achieve as president would be to deal with Iraq and the threat of al Qaeda in Afghanistan while improving "our influence around the world."

"The world wants to see the United States lead. They've been disappointed and disillusioned over the last seven, eight years," he told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an interview on "The Situation Room."

"I think there is still a sense everywhere I go that if the United States regains its sense of who it is and our values and our ideals, that we will continue to set the tone for a more peaceful and prosperous world." Watch the full interview with Obama »

Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax return

May 8 2008 | VLOGZ TV

McCain’s Big Idea: Create A Human Trafficking Task Force (That Already Exists)
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/mccain-trafficking-taskforce/

In Rochester, Michigan earlier this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) delivered a speech outlining his “vision for defending the freedom and dignity of the world’s vulnerable.” During the speech, McCain noted that “the State Department estimates that between 15,000 and 18,000 human slaves are brought into the United States, many of whom are forced into the sex trade every year.”

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Mary Tillman: ‘Pat’s death was a lie to the country’
By The Raw Story

NBC’s Meredith Vieira talked with Mary Tillman about her new book “Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman.” Mary Tillman’s son, Pat Tillman, was killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire. She believes the truth of her son’s death was covered up.

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Geraldo At Large On DC Madam With Alex Jones 5/3/08

http://www.infowars.com/?p=1914
Alex Jones’ appearance on Fox News’ Geraldo at Large, host Gerald Rivera calls for Florida governor Charlie Crist and his attorney general Bill McCollum to “investigate the apparent suicide of Debra Jeane Palfrey because if these three people (Alex Jones, former judge Jeanine Pirro, and former prosecutor Kimberly Guilfoyle) are all agreed — and I tend to agree with them — this is too stinky to pass the stink test.”

Barack Obama On Fox News Sunday: Watch Video
The Huffington Post | April 27, 2008 Fox News Sunday waited (by their own count) 772 days to interview Sen. Barack Obama -- and surprised no one by spending almost the entire first segment on questions about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, flag pins, and 60s-era Bill Ayers.

After learning that more than 17 veterans per month commit suicide while under the care of the Veterans Affairs Department, senators accused VA of withholding information about suicide rates and demanded the removal of its mental health chief.

“The culture of the VA has to change,” said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., after a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday.

To restore credibility, she said VA must take responsibility and dismiss Dr. Ira Katz, deputy chief patient care services officer for mental health.

“He clearly knew information and was holding it from us here in Congress,” Murray said.

Deputy VA Secretary Gordon Mansfield said he shared Murray’s concerns, but stopped short of taking responsibility for them.

“I apologize for the implications here,” he said, adding that he does not believe VA is engaged in a concerted campaign to withhold information.

Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the committee, backed the call for Katz’s resignation.

President Bush as conductor?



Highights from the annual White House Correspondents Dinner,
including Pres. Bush conducting the Marine Corps band.

NYT: McCain got break using wife's jet

Given Senator John McCain ’s signature stance on campaign finance reform, it was not surprising that he backed legislation last year requiring presidential candidates to pay the actual cost of flying on corporate jets. The law, which requires campaigns to pay charter rates when using such jets rather than cheaper first-class fares, was intended to reduce the influence of lobbyists and create a level financial playing field.

But over a seven-month period beginning last summer, Mr. McCain’s cash-short campaign gave itself an advantage by using a corporate jet owned by a company headed by his wife, Cindy McCain , according to public records. For five of those months, the plane was used almost exclusively for campaign-related purposes, those records show.

Mr. McCain’s campaign paid a total of $241,149 for the use of that plane from last August through February, records show. That amount is approximately the cost of chartering a similar jet for a month or two, according to industry estimates.

The senator was able to fly so inexpensively because the law specifically exempts aircraft owned by a candidate or his family or by a privately held company they control. The Federal Election Commission adopted rules in December to close the loophole — rules that would have required substantial payments by candidates using family-owned planes — but the agency soon lost the requisite number of commissioners needed to complete the rule making.>>>>