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2008-06-07T15:37:00.003-04:00

People are always asking me when I will be updating the ReidReport, perhaps not realizing that the blog is on another page entirely, and that this home page is more of what you might call a ... jump page (I used to do a full news link update on the homepage everyday, a la Drudge, but got way too busy once I started doing radio...)

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High noon

2008-06-07T15:31:00.003-04:00

Hillary Clinton suspends her campaign in Washington, in fine fashion. More

Obama and America make beautiful history together

2008-06-04T10:03:00.002-04:00

The world enjoys the moment. More

The nominee

2008-06-01T15:50:00.002-04:00

He's ahead by every metric. He's less than 50 delegates away from the new magic number. Michigan and Florida are resolved. Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for president. What more has to happen for the Clinton team to walk away? More

That's the ticket?

2008-05-14T19:55:00.003-04:00

John Edwards puts a Bubba stamp on Barack Obama's candidacy. Will Barack return the favor, by putting him on the ticket? More

The long good-bye

2008-05-09T07:21:00.002-04:00

Hell no, she won't go... More

Obama wins NC, Indiana in limbo

2008-05-06T23:06:00.003-04:00

Barack Obama crushes Hillary Clinton in North Carolina by 14 percentage points, erasing Hillary's take in Pennsylvania. MSNBC stands alone among the networks in refusing to call Indiana for Hillary. This one goes into overtime... More

Scenes from the totally un-funny and not at all ridiculous global war on terror

2008-05-01T10:42:00.004-04:00

The Bush administration has got your number ... Mandela... Plus, the politics round-up, on the blog.

Limbaugh: dreaming of riots in Denver

2008-04-25T17:02:00.005-04:00

Fat bastard

I listened to a bit of Rush Limbaugh's show today, and was struck by the extent to which he seems determined to fight John McCain to the bitter end, ridiculing McCain for his (tepid) opposition to the North Carolina Republican Party's nasty, Jeremiah Wright-centered ad campaign. But Limbaugh's other theme today was that his so-called "operation chaos" was having an impact, by "keeping the Democratic primary going" so that the Clintons can do what he feels McCain and the GOP will not: "bloody up Obama."

OK. Well guess what else El Rushbo wants his "operation chaos" to do...

DENVER -- Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments that appear to call for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer.

He said the riothttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifs would ensure a Democrat is not elected as president, and his listeners have a responsibility to make sure it happens.

"Riots in Denver, the Democrat Convention would see to it that we don't elect Democrats," Limbaugh said during Wednesday's radio broadcast. He then went on to say that's the best thing that could happen to the country.

Limbaugh cited Al Sharpton, saying the Barack Obama supporter threatened to superdelegates that "there's going to be trouble" if the presidency is taken from Obama.

Several callers called in to the radio show to denounce Limbaugh's comments, when he later stated, "I am not inspiring or inciting riots, I am dreaming of riots in Denver."

Limbaugh said with massive riots in Denver, which he called part of "Operation Chaos," the people on the far left would look bad.

"There won't be riots at our convention," Limbaugh said of the Republican National Convention. "We don't riot. We don't burn our cars. We don't burn down our houses. We don't kill our children. We don't do half the things the American left does."...

Limbaugh went on to say that "riots in Denver, at the Democratic Convention will see to it we don't elect Democrats. And that's the best damn thing that can happen to this country, as far as I can think." Though later, he began to downplay his comments, perhaps realizing, even with his drug-addled brain, that what he said amounted to incitement to riot.

Well too late, fat boy. The story is all over the Denver media. And as someone who grew up in Denver (from age 2 to age 17) let me invite Rush's flabby, pasty ass to come to the Mile High City and make his threats to wreck it in person. I dare you.

Clyburn drops the hammer

2008-04-25T12:07:00.001-04:00

"“Scurrilous” and “disingenuous” were among the words a top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives used on Thursday to describe Hillary Clinton’s campaign tactics in her bid to defeat Barack Obama for their party’s presidential nomination.

House Democratic Whip James Clyburn, of South Carolina and the highest ranking black in Congress, also said he has heard speculation that Clinton is staying in the race only to try to derail Obama and pave the way for her to make another White House run in 2012. ..."

Let the race-based smackdown begin... More

No we can't!

2008-04-22T23:40:00.003-04:00

Hillary Clinton scores a big win in Pennsylvania. Thanks, Osama bin Laden...

Remembering a giant

2008-04-04T10:39:00.003-04:00

Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. All the major news media are on board for the commemoration. More

Who's endorsing you?

2008-04-03T17:29:00.002-04:00

Jane Fonda is a natch, but Lee Hamilton is mm, mm good ... More

Technical difficulties

2008-04-03T01:01:00.002-04:00

Blogger: about as useful as a Chinese door during the Bush administration...

Several readers have emailed me regarding the apparent lack of new posts on the Blog. Unfortunately, I've been posting several times a day, but the posts are not showing up online. It's some sort of Blogger bug that I'm trying to figure out how to fix. In the meantime, my apologies. And if you have any friends at Google, kindly slap them for me.

Alphonso, out!

2008-03-31T11:24:00.003-04:00

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigns amid a political favoritism scandal, and an infamous rub on the bean... More

Family ties

2008-03-26T00:20:00.002-04:00

How are Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton like Brangelina? Well they ain't adopting Third world children together... Read more.

Mayor, interrupted

2008-03-24T16:54:00.001-04:00

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has a lot of 'splainin to do... More

Access granted

2008-03-21T01:32:00.002-04:00

State Department contract employees take a peek into Barack Obama's passport records. Was the snooping just a case of untoward curiosity, or a case of dirty tricks? More

Five years on

2008-03-19T23:15:00.001-04:00

The Iraq war is five years old. So what have we done? More

The downbeat

2008-03-17T10:17:00.002-04:00

The markets try to avoid a meltdown after Bear Stearns gets picked up in a fire sale, gas prices continue to climb, mortgages continue to implode, and President Bush says he and his crack team have got it all under control...

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Bye-bye, Gerri

2008-03-12T18:17:00.001-04:00

Geraldine Ferraro walks away with her racism hat firmly in place. More

Client 9 from Club VIP

2008-03-10T17:01:00.003-04:00

Elliot Spitzer, the do-gooder New York governor, gets caught in a wiretap, and now, he's nothin' but a John. The question is, can Johnny still do politics?

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Up South

2008-03-06T15:18:00.001-05:00

With a little help from the "guvnah," Florida threatens to roil the political process, once again...

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McCained!

2008-02-21T12:33:00.002-05:00

The Times editorial board endorsed John McCain in January ... the news side punks him today. And yet, John McCain may get the last laugh.

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The Obama moment

2008-02-12T23:25:00.003-05:00

Barack Ohttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifbama sweeps the Potomac primaries, leaving Camp Hillary to look longingly at March 4th.

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