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...Democratic argument against "legitimizing" Fox News by appearing was as ridiculous as McCain's snub of softballer King and Palin's residency in the Candidate Protection Program - and politically counterproductive, to boot. Is Fox Karl Rove's new home? Fine. Did it flog the Wright story, call Michelle Obama "baby mama" and suggest a "terrorist fist bump"? Sure. Did O'Reilly get in a scuffle with an Obama staffer on a New Hampshire rope line? Hey, who hasn't? The fact remains that - according to Pew Research - over half of Fox News' audience members are Democrats or Independents. Their votes...
...seem to be concerned about Gustav itself, given how much it has diminished. But the authorities are still concerned about the surge of water Gustav will likely send into low-lying costal areas, where many residents apparently refused to leave. Water is already being reported surging in Louisiana's boot. The surge is also expected to send several feet of water into the west bank of New Orleans' suburbs...
...nearly every stripe. But French officials have now pressured Massoud Rajavi, the leader of Iran's mujahedin opposition, to leave the Paris suburb where he has been living since 1981. Rajavi left by flying to Iraq, which has been at war with Iran for six years. The diplomatic boot was part of the French government's attempt to improve relations with Iran in hopes of winning freedom for nine French hostages in Lebanon. The French expect that Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, who spent four months of political exile in France in 1978-79, can wield influence over Lebanese Muslim...
...them black. Colin Eglin, leader of the white opposition Progressive Federal Party, called the decree ''the most severe clampdown on civil liberty and the most far-reaching denial of freedom of speech and assembly and the press in the history of South Africa.'' The government brought down this boot on the very day that a group of Commonwealth statesmen were holding a press conference in London to release a / report that denounces the South African government for blocking negotiations with the country's black leaders, especially the jailed Nelson Mandela. The so-called Eminent Persons Group that drew...
...directions when they notice me standing still and staring at signs. A college student woke me up one morning to make sure that I did not miss my stop. And a trendy man once inquired if I might be able to help him fix the buckle on his cowboy boot...