Limited justification exists for Network’s apparent decision to exclude Presidential Candidate Ron Paul from its coming nationally televised forum.

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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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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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The Associated Press tried to flog last week’s hostage drama at NY Sen. Hillary Clinton’s Rochester, NH, presidential campaign headquarters into a full-blown crisis that showcased Hillary’s ability to stay cool and levelheaded:
When the hostages had been released and their alleged captor arrested, a regal-looking Hillary Rodham Clinton strolled out of her Washington home, the […]

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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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On today’s Lunch, braniacs are divided, Clinton undoes Clinton, and Tancredo scares the bejeezus out of people watching his ads. and much more. Watch now!

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Convicted Murderer Does Newspaper’s Dirty Work
Bleeding Heart Liberal Newspaper Editor Defends Publishing Op-Ed Pieces Bashing Conservatives From Convicted Murderer In Local Prison
Newspaper to convict: “Take Care of My Light Work for me, will ya?”
by Little Baby Ginn
The New Hampshire paper, the Concord Monitor invited convicted murderer and prison inmate at the men’s prison in Concord, […]

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Today on The Lunch, Fred Thompson editorializes while sliding downhill, cash picked up on the coast is spent in the heartland, Obama plays both sides of reality, and Republicans keep their wallets closed. The prix fixe special is Colbert Cutlet, served Carolina style.
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Today’s Political Lunch menu features a Clinton roast and a Waldo salad for Fred Thompson. Plus, Chris Dodd may share his nachos with you, but you’ve got to buy your own ticket to the ball game.
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On Today’s Lunch, Rob and Will cover the usual Friday 10-in-3, including Chris Dodd’s trip to the ballpark, Fred Thompson’s paychecks, Mitt Romney’s rocky trip to the Rockies, and Al Gore’s upcoming smash-hit single.
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With 400 days until Election ‘08, Rob and Will report on Newt’s political abstinence, Rudy’s moderate handicap, the power of McCain’s straight talk, a Desperate (Housewives) tour for change, and much more.
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Today on The Lunch, Rob and Will check the inbox for more hits from Chris Dodd, tune in to Romney on the radio, and discover that Obama has at least one supporter in New York.
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Though Fred Thompson finally ended his dance of the seven veils and revealed his candidacy to Jay Leno in a taped appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” it’s Mike Huckabee – who has always made the most of his limited time in the spotlight as a second-tier candidate – who’s looking sexy after Wednesday’s “The First […]

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We’re eating up the ads today on a Political Lunch special edition. Romney comes back to earth, Biden boasts experience, and Richardson gets serious.
Watch it now at PoliticalLunch.com!

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Today on The Lunch, Rob and Will play 10-in-3 with a host of unlikely characters, including a senator from Idaho and a dictator from Cuba. Also in the show, Edwards and an unwelcome guest, Thompson decides to decide, and Wyoming flexes its two electoral votes.
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The publishers of GraniteGrok - go to their site to learn the origin of the name - were good enough to provide a welcome, detailed account of Senator McCain’s town meeting in Wolfesboro, NH on Friday night, while all of his rivals but Rudy were stumping in Ames, Iowa. Here are selected excerpts; The […]

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“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” – Karl Marx
For those ever-flummoxed by the task of distinguishing the American Left (Democrats) from the American Right (Republicans – on occasion), Senator Hillary Clinton provided us all a splendid tutorial this past Tuesday, 7 August, 2007.    
Sensing the mass-coma overtaking her audience as […]

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Today on The Lunch, Rob and Will pretty much chuck that whole “ten stories in three minutes or your money back,” concept right out the window. (We’re not miracle workers.) John McCain decides to give his campaign the silent treatment, Mitt Romney gets downright ridiculous with sex ed, and the New York Times follows a […]

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Today’s episode of the Lunch takes a close look at the campaign ads candidates are running. From Romney’s “Ocean” to the Richardson “Interview”, Will and Rob serve up the television highlights.
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This past week, New Hampshire joined the ranks of the very few states who are beginning to return some rights back to the people by “recognizing” civil unions and granting some legal status to those who can qualify for the civil union status.
This is a bitter-sweet story for those of us who believe that marriage […]

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Chicago . . . 50 years ago
“. . . the V of her crotch . . .;” that’s the phrase from the novel Peyton Place that thrilled the young boy (later to be kown as ”Whymrhymer”) as he sat in his room, scanning the paperback novel for other little tidbits of delicious ‘naughtiness’. Mother did not […]

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Even his detractors will freely admit that Barrack Obama has charisma and an outstanding ability to communicate, but now the other challengers for the 2008 presidential race have also discovered that Obama can raise cash, lots and lots of it.

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The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live. The service is unique because it doesn’t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands.
In case you’ve missed the weekly stories, databases are […]

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First gypsies impersonate Dr. Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little “phishy.”
Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement:
In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after verification of […]

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Apparently, New England is not only the land of pretty white churches and gorgeous fall leaves, we’re also the land of cheapskates. In Forbes Magazine’s survey of the habits of individual state’s charitable giving, New England states were in the bottom half of the survey. Oddly, the highest ranking New England state for charitable giving […]

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I’ve had the opportunity to look at a lot of identity theft services, but until now - I’ve never run into one I considered “victim friendly.”
I’ve written off most of the services I’ve seen — either because they were financial services products (created by those who had compromised victims themselves) — or they were selling […]

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by Craig Dimitri
In New Hampshire, six-term incumbent Charlie Bass (R) is in a difficult race, against his 2004 opponent, Paul Hodes (D).  That in and of itself, would not be unusual for a Northeast Republican this year.  But what IS unusual, is that Bass crushed this same opponent - Hodes - by 20% (!) two years […]

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by Craig Dimitri 
The pumpkin is native to the New World, and its etymology stems from the first European to take the time to categorize its discovery, over 400 years ago.  In 1584, the French explorer Jacques Cartier was the first to record his finding of an unusual, orange plant, while exploring present-day Canada.  It has […]

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A survey was conducted at 15 middle schools in New Hampshire and Vermont. The study examined 4,500 students and tried to correlate the amount of television watched to the kind of schoolwork the students performed. The study concludes that the more television watched, or video games played on weekdays, the worse students performed in school. […]

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