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ROGER AILES, chairman and CEO of Fox, intentionally confusing the Democrat's name with that of Osama bin Laden. The comment prompted Democrats to pull out of a planned presidential debate that would have been co-hosted by the network...
...riverside gallows have long since been dismantled, a new call for harsher punishment of piracy—of the digital kind—was leveled against universities last Friday by the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. Rep. Howard L. Berman, a Democrat who represents California’s 28th district, encompassing Hollywood and nearby areas rich in entertainment-based industries, said that “current law isn’t giving universities enough incentives to stop piracy,” according to a statement released by the congressman?...
...Sanchez, a California Democrat, added that she is "hopeful that the Bush Administration will work with us to get to the truth of this issue, especially after reading the Attorney General's stated support for legislation that would take politics out of the U.S. attorney selection process." Following this week's hearings, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales indicated publicly that the Administration would not oppose legislation reinstating safeguards on the appointment of U.S. attorneys that were scuttled last year by a last-minute alteration to the Patriot...
...Still, Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein, the party led by Adams, have broadly indicated they're willing to work together under rigid power-sharing arrangements. That's encouraging since they're expected to run the region together in a matter of weeks. And they need to talk about the details. The DUP wants more assurances that Sinn Fein has left behind their associates in the IRA and will genuinely support Northern Ireland's police. "Sinn Fein are not entitled to be at the table until they declare themselves for democracy," said Paisley. "I'm a democrat...
...course the evangelical voters who were baptized into politics in 1976 when one of their own ran for President - that would be Jimmy Carter - were more than ready to abandon him when he turned out to be, of all things, a true believing Democrat, in favor of a divorced Hollywood actor who was elevated to political sainthood. Ronald Reagan's divorce and estrangement from children were not disqualifying - adding yet another motive for candidates of both parties to invoke him as their icon...