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Brooks Knew "Shovel-Ready" Projects Were a Myth

Brooks Knew "Shovel-Ready" Was a Myth RealClearPolitics reports: DAVID BROOKS, NYT: Yes. Well, I shouldn’t have confessed this. He said this to me off the record about a year ago. But it hasn’t… JIM LEHRER: Off the record? So, then you can’t talk about it. DAVID BROOKS: …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday October 17, 2010

Pastor Wins Car for Not Burning Koran

Pastor Wins Car for Not Burning Copy of Koran The AP reports: A New Jersey car dealer plans to keep his word after offering Florida pastor Terry Jones a new car if he promised to not burn a Quran. Car dealer Brad Benson made the offer in one of his dealership's quirky radio ads, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Dems Cut Funds For Dozen House Races

Dems Cut Funds For House Races The Wall Street Journal reports: Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances. With Republicans …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Frum: HARDtalk, The Full Interview

Frum: HARDtalk, The Full Interview David Frum spoke with the BBC's HARDtalk about the GOP and the upcoming midterm elections. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orbkeeyAmr4 httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DngIS_5xUo

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Lowry: Why Texas is a Model for Growth

Lowry: Texas is a Model for Growth Rich Lowry writes: Texas already looms large in its own imagination. Its elevated self-image didn’t need this: More than half of the net new jobs in the U.S. during the past 12 months were created in the Lone Star State. According to the Bureau …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Gov Reports Smaller Deficit

Gov Reports Smaller Deficit Politico reports: The cost of bailing out Wall Street, and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was a little cheaper than the government expected, resulting in a smaller federal deficit, the Obama administration announced on Friday. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Beck Raises $10K for Chamber of Commerce

Beck Raises $10K for Chamber of Commerce Politico reports: Glenn Beck appears to have overwhelmed the servers at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by calling for his radio listeners to make today the “largest day of fundraising for the Chamber of Commerce, ever.” The call was in …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

US was Warned About Mumbai Attacks

US was Warned About Mumbai Attacks The Washington Post reports: Three years before Pakistani terrorists struck Mumbai in 2008 , federal agents in New York City investigated a tip that an American businessman was training in Pakistan with the group that later executed the attack. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Pentagon to Troops: Don't Come Out

Pentagon to Troops Serving: Don't Come Out Ed O'Keefe reports: There is uncertainty about the future of the military's gay ban, the Pentagon's top personnel official said Friday in a memo to senior military leaders. Troops also should not alter their behavior as the policy remains …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Angle Spending $1 Million A Week

Angle Spending $1 Million A Week The Washington Post reports: -- Republican Sharron Angle clobbered Sen. Harry Reid in fundraising between July and September but most of the cash is gone - she's spending an average of nearly $1 million a week in her bid to defeat the Democratic …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Wilson Lives Down "You Lie!"

Wilson Lives Down "You lie!" The Washington Examiner reports: Not too long ago, Rep. Joe Wilson -- the South Carolina Republican who famously shouted "You lie!" during President Obama's September 2009 address to a joint session of Congress -- was Enemy Number One for angry …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

Charles Johnson Disowns Geller

Charles Johnson Disowns Geller Charles Johnson writes: If you happened to read the Sunday New York Times last weekend, you might have seen Anne Barnard and Alan Feuer's profile of Pamela Geller, the extreme rightwing blogger who's arguably done more than anyone else to incite …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday October 16, 2010

General: Clinton Cabinet Member Wanted US Plane Shot Down Over Iraq

Clinton Cabinet Member: Let Iraq Shoot Down A U-2 Salon reports: General Hugh Shelton , who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during parts of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, has a new memoir out that contains this significant-seeming story: Back in the late …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Olson: Why I'd Never Vote For Cuomo

Olson: Why I'd Never Vote For Cuomo Walter Olson writes at Cato@Liberty : There are many reasons to be glum about the impending coronation of dynastic heir Andrew Cuomo, now leading in the New York governor’s race against a GOP opponent (Carl Paladino) who at first polled decently …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Prosecution: Drop Wilders "Hate Speech" Case

Prosecution: Drop Wilders "Hate Speech" Case BBC reports: Dutch prosecutors have recommended acquitting leading anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on all five charges of hate speech. They said his comments had targeted Islam, not Muslims, and he had the right to comment on …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

GOP Makes Large Leads in Ohio

GOP Makes Large Leads in Ohio WLWT reports: CINCINNATI -- A new poll released on Friday shows the Republican challengers for two of Ohio's highest offices have extended their lead. The Ohio Poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, showed …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Read: Murdoch's Defense of Israel

Read: Murdoch's Defense of Israel From Rupert Murdoch's speech to the Anti-Defamation League: You [the ADL] were founded a century ago against the backdrop of something we cannot imagine in America today: the conviction and then lynching of an innocent Jew. In the century since …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

T.A. Frank: Debate was a "Disaster" for Reid

T.A. Frank: Debate was a "Disaster" for Harry Reid T. A. Frank writes: Why Harry Reid agreed to have a debate with Sharron Angle is a bit of a mystery to me. If your campaign is based on portraying your opponent as loony, then why give that opponent a chance to look reasonable? …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Palin Promises to be "More Rogue"

Palin Promises to be "More Rogue" The Globe and Mail reports: In a speech that seemed crafted for Tea Party followers more than curious Canadians, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin used an invitation to address an upscale book club audience here to preach the virtues of free …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010

Obama: Bad Economy Gives Rise to 'Tribal Attitudes'

Obama on MTV: Bad Economy Gives Rise to 'Tribal Attitudes' Politico reports: President Barack Obama thinks that the recession has caused a temporary increase in racial tension by stoking “tribal attitude” among people in economic distress. During an hour-long town hall with …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 15, 2010