New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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  ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Will A  Year of Firsts Yield 
More of The Same Old, Same Old?
 
January 30, 2008
 
By RB Scott
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Note:  RB Scott, a former staff writer and editor at Time, Life, People and Sports Illustrated, frequently writes about national politics.
 
As  the barrow pit alongside the campaign expressway collects more roadkill  (Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, […]

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Boston, MA.
January 18, 2008
 
Although Irish Setters have been sleeping around the family manse for years, it is apparent that Mitt Romney has failed to absorb and grasp the subtle messages and extensions of the adage “let sleeping dogs lie.”  
That may be changing.
Romney’s flare-up yesterday (1/17/2007) with the Associated Press’ Glen Johnson at a press […]

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BY RB SCOTT
Boston, Massachusetts
January 12, 2008
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this column appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune January 11; another version was scheduled to run in The Detroit Free Press January 12th.

Several months ago, W. Mitt Romney said presciently that he had only himself to fear.
Despite his millions, the picture-perfect family that really is everything it […]

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In the Republican and Democrat debates at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, on January 5th the candidates had a common strategy: Keep kicking the presumed frontrunners when they’re down to make sure they stay down.
Sen. John McCain (AZ), Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (TN), Rep. Ron Paul (TX), Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (MA), Fmr. Gov. […]

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After Listening to Rush Limbaugh, We Were Going to Do a Story on Obama.
After Checking References, the Story Changed
Rush Limbaugh was Wrong?
Say it Ain’t So
“But I’m going to tell you, this is historic last night. Barack Obama: the first black presidential candidate to win an election in the presidential primaries, and it was downplayed […]

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Wyoming Right-To-Life Endorses Senator Fred Thompson 
Endorsement Comes Day After Iowa 
Group’s Endorsement Highlights That There’s a Long Way to Go Yet

Encouraging news the day after Iowa should remind the Thompson campaign that many grassroots organizations are just now thinking politics.
Today Fred Thompson announced the endorsement of Right to Life of Wyoming.
“We’re proud to endorse Senator Thompson […]

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For months, Mitt Romney thought IA was his to lose. And lose he did – by a whopping nine point margin. The IA caucus pitted organization against enthusiasm. This time, passion carried the day, with Hillary Clinton also losing to Barack Obama by nine points.
Mike Huckabee’s showing is even more impressive than Obama’s twin victories […]

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My wife, who is a die hard Lou Dobbs fan brought to my attention that Hillary Clinton had recently called him “full of hot air.”
In the response to this statement, Lou and crew ran this poll on their show yesterday.
The question they asked was:
Do you believe presidential candidates who support open borders, illegal alien amnesty, […]

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A California Pro-family Organization Released its Report Cards on Family Values

Campaign for Children and Families Graded Six GOP Candidates
Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee Went to the Head of the Class
Romney, Giuliani Lag Behind 
Just in Time for Iowa 
A California pro-family organization released their report card for GOP candidates on how well they defended the natural family–a […]

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Complete Listing of Ron Paul DBKP stories and videos, Pre-Iowa

Almost 40 stories chronicle candidates presidential bid
Updated daily to include new Information and stories 
With brief biography of Ron Paul
From Wikipedia:
Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul (born August 20, 1935) is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, and a 2008 U.S. presidential candidate.
Originally from […]

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The Democrat Iowa Caucuses Are Only a Few Days Away
Clinton, Obama, Edwards are the Democrat Front-runners
What do the Stars Say for the Big Three? 
We’ve put together some astrological predictions for the Democrat front runners of the 2008 Race. Enjoy!
First up is Barack Obama.
Barack Obama
The second important connection between Obama’s and America’s horoscopes is that […]

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The old year has given way to the new, a time for people to look back and assess their accomplishments, savor their triumphs, regret their failures and anticipate tackling unfinished business. No one is more backward-looking than Hillary Clinton - only she’s dialed the Wayback Machine too far to the left and is re-living the […]

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With Iowa Coming Up, the Latest Astrological Predictions for the Republican Candidates
Democrat Candidates Predictions Will Be Up Later New Year’s Day
What do the Stars Say?
We decided to look up the 2008 astrological forecasts of the Republican Presidential race front runners.
With the Iowa Caucuses set for later this week, we decided to see what […]

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Key Undecided Iowa Conservatives Start Move Toward Thompson

Fred Thompson Receives the Endorsement of Iowa State Rep. Gary Worthan

Conservative State Leader Supporting Thompson
A late movement by Iowa conservatives toward the Fred Thompson campaign was spotlighted by today’s announcement that noted Iowa conservative leader, State Representative Gary Worthan, had endorsed the former Senator from Tennessee.
Many Iowa conservatives […]

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Mike Huckabee Goes A-Hunting for Pheasants
Almost Bags a Reporter
Readers ask “Is That So Wrong?” 
The Chicago Tribune’s The Swamp has a story about Mike Huckabee’s “muzzle control problem.”
According to the writer, Jim Tankersley, Huckabee and his cronies went for a pheasant hunt the day after Christmas in Iowa. Tankersley pointed out a gun safety issue with […]

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The Fred Thompson campaign Announces Latest Bus Stops
Campaigning for Support in Iowa
Energetic Campaign Battles “Lazy” Label, Non-Coverage by Press
While the press consistently ignores Fred Thompson, his campaign quietly goes about its business. What coverage the Senator receives is still marked by the “lethargic” claim.
But that’s a theme for another story.
The “Clear Conservative Choice Hands […]

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A Closer Look at the Clinton Campaign Claims of “Experience”
Just What is on the Clinton Resume

Part Two of the Hillary Clinton ‘Experience’
Patrick Healy in the New York Times has written a terrific piece on Hillary Clinton’s “experience” as Bill Clinton’s wife during his two terms as President.
Titled Resume Factor: Those 8 Years as First Lady, […]

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Part One: “I’ve Seen it Done” 
A Look at Hillary Clinton’s “Experience” Claims
Does it qualify as “experience” if you watch someone else do something?

Part One of a Four Parts on The Hillary Clinton Experience

Would a Patient Let the Wife of the Surgeon Operate?
Experience with Accents
A story appeared a few days ago in the Iowa […]

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NOTE: The piece below was published by Sunstone Magazine in November of 2005. Since, then it has been cited by many other national reporters, most recently last Sunday 12/16/07 by Tim Russert on Meet The Press. Regular updates about Romney’s pursuit of the Presidency are available at www.catchingmitt.com This piece may […]

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 Senator John McCain labeled a Report that He Pressured the New York Times a “Smear”
McCain Hired Super-Lawyer Bob Bennett to deal with Story he Denied Happened
“Gutter Politics” is Another Label McCain Used 
The expected denials of an earlier story posted on the Drudge Reports website about presidential candidate, John McCain, and memebers of his campaign staff […]

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Boston, Massachusetts
As a not-particularly devout Mormon and journalist who has tracked Mitt Romney’s campaign since it began in 1993.  My aim is to correct a number of errors in The National Catholic Register’s editorial of 12/11/2007 (Romney vs. JFK http://ncregister.com/site/article/7530/ )  and to set the record straight in a few other areas.
You wrote: “There are […]

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Mitt Romney on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday
Claims about Sanctity of Life and his Record
Were they Accurate?  Some Fact Checking
Republican candidate Mitt Romney was on NBC’s Meet the Press and made the following blanket claim: “…every piece of legislation which came to my desk in the coming years as a Governor, I came down […]

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The Press Fascination with Mike Huckabee
What’s his P-Harmony Score?
Why not Date for awhile first? 
The news these days is full of Huckabee gushing. Words like, Huckabee “surges” to the head of the Iowa Poll. Gosh, darn, look at that Huckabee go. What a “nice” guy this Huckabee is.
Makes one wonder, all these head-over-heels in love with […]

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Years ago, wise-cracking, chain-smoking, beer-drinking First Brother Billy Carter reeled me in good as he groused that he, big brother Jimmy the President of The United States of America and other Southern Baptists were forbidden to engage in sexual relations with their wives while standing.
I was astonished that any religion would be so unabashedly prescriptive. […]

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Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) have taken the lead among Iowans who say they “definitely” or “probably” will attend their respective party caucuses on January 3rd, according to The Des Moines Register’s latest poll.
This is the first time Obama has beaten Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the Register’s poll (28 […]

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I’m going out on a limb and make a prediction here and I really have no basis or strong evidence for doing so.  Just my gut instinct.  Here goes:  “Whoever wins the ‘08 Iowa and New Hampshire GOP primaries will not be the next President”.  Gosh why did I do that to myself?  Oh well […]

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Before your New Year’s resolutions have all been broken and forgotten, the presidential nominations could be a done deal, what with IA holding its primary January 3rd, followed in rapid succession by NH on January 8th , MI on January 15th and more than 20 states holding primaries or caucuses Feb. 5th. Reports the Los Angeles […]

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The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson captured The Stiletto’s sentiments to a T when he wrote in a recent column, “Finally, we’ve got a real presidential campaign on our hands. Wake up, those of you in the back row, because it looks as if the long-running seminar is finally over.” After detailing the internecine fighting between […]

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