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...frustration of the Clintons over Obama's success deepened in the final hours in New Hampshire. Bill Clinton, who once was the charismatic 40-something himself, shook his now-snowy head in anger as he dubbed Obama's claim to have been consistently against the war the "biggest fairy tale I've ever seen." He and others in the campaign suggested that the only reason Obama was riding the wave was that the media gave him a surfboard. Hillary Clinton's frustrations became palpable when her eyes welled with tears during an election-eve campaign event...
...words, what does evolution have to do with being a competent public official and head of state? This is especially true since he has no objection to evolution being taught in schools. It is thus disingenuous to oppose Huckabee on the grounds of his Evangelical Christian beliefs, and then claim that Mitt Romney’s Mormonism should have no bearing on the race, as many Harvard students seem to do. In the end, we all know the real answer is that there is no theory of evolution, only a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live...
...candidates claim to represent change—some by talking a good line, others by waving their résumés. But only one candidate, Mass. Gov. W. Mitt Romney, can deliver. With experience to prepare him and vision to guide him, Romney will be the president who rolls up his sleeves and gets the job done...
...better quality" diamonds than Liberia. He said that when he met with Taylor in October 2000 as part of the U.N. investigation, Taylor told him that diamonds obtained by the Sierra Leone RUF militia, which Taylor is accused of supporting, probably came through Liberia, but that the President claimed to have had "no control" over the flow of illegal gems. Smillie said Taylor also told him that that "Liberia's name was misused" by diamond-smugglers. In the late 1990s, large numbers of diamonds sold in Antwerp, Belgium, were certified as having come from Liberia when in reality, testified Smillie...
...while we accept criticism of our state and society, at the end of the day we still believe in the ideals on which they rest. 75 percent of American adults are unambiguously proud to be Americans, and 98 percent of American youth claim to be. And 81 percent of American youth expressed a desire to do something to serve their country, as opposed to 55 percent of French or 46 percent of British youth , according to sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset...