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A Hallmark moment |
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By Bill Thompson on
12/10/2007 4:23 PM
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My birthday was last month, and among the well wishers was a surprising name, state Sen. Evelyn Lynn. I received a birthday card from the senator, as did my wife about two weeks earlier on her birthday.
Normally, my Big Brother intruder radar goes off like an air raid horn in such instances, but thanks to President Bush, the Patriot Act and the CIA snoops (the ones who don't do the waterboarding) I've grown dangerously complacent about such activities. Quite frankly, it didn't faze my because I've met Sen. Lynn and she's quite pleasant.
But now, thanks to an interesting exchange between Ocala resident Steve Ellis and state
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Who's afraid of Ron Paul? |
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By Bill Thompson on
12/6/2007 9:05 AM
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In this job during election season, you get all kinds of crap — I mean, valuable information — from political candidates about their campaigns. Although this stuff can usually be immediately pitched into the circular file, the other day I was intrigued by an announcement from the camp of Congressman Ron Paul, a Republican presidential candidate.
The notice said the Texas obstetrician has been endorsed by Barry Goldwater Jr., son of the late great senator from Arizona. (Watch Goldwater's comments here.)
I was surprised to learn from Paul's press release was that Goldwater the Younger had served in Congress for 14 years, representing the Los Angel ...
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The real reason for early vote |
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By Bill Thompson on
12/4/2007 2:26 PM
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My colleagues Lloyd Dunkelberger and Joe Follick, reporting Monday from the Star-Banner’s Tallahassee bunker, pointed out that the Democratic presidential candidates to date have not run a single TV ad in Florida.
The people who know about such things say this inactivity hurts the Democrats, and gives the Republicans vying for the White House a leg up --- the outta sight, outta mind theory of political science. But I'm not so sure.
Recall that this snub is a self-imposed boycott by the Dems' candidates in response to the Democratic National Committee punishing us uppity Floridians for daring to move our primary election up so we could have a voice in the selection of the president befitting the fourth-biggest state in the country. That push led the DNC to strip Florida of all 210 delegates to next y ...
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