Mirror and Cache index - World and business: Political news
436 votes | submitted 2008-12-01 18:41:58 by MiddleAmerica | 230 comments
Bush Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is still considering a proposal to
create a free, porn-free Internet, according to today's Wall Street Journal. Martin was Deputy
General Counsel for the Bush-Cheney 2000 recount.
782 votes | submitted 2008-12-01 17:13:20 by badqat | 289 comments
The president-elect chose former campaign rival Clinton as secretary of state, and said Gates would
remain as defense secretary, making Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S.
role in Iraq.
2057 votes | submitted 2008-11-25 17:38:13 by gnocchi1442 | 633 comments
Miami judge rules against Florida's ban on adoptions by gay people, finds 'no rational basis'
1755 votes | submitted 2008-11-23 03:56:49 by AmyVernon | 373 comments
US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average
grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said.
1041 votes | submitted 2008-11-22 01:06:30 by MercyPolitics | 491 comments
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has accepted an offer to become secretary of state. Obama tapped New
Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for U.S. secretary of commerce, and New York Federal Reserve President
Timothy Geithner has been asked to serve as Treasury secretary.
5008 votes | submitted 2008-11-21 03:49:20 by dbl7070 | 1138 comments
How clueless can Sarah Palin be? Come on! Beheading turkeys + news conference = bad idea.
700 votes | submitted 2008-11-21 04:56:57 by Burento | 125 comments
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while delivering a speech on national security at a
hotel in Washington on Thursday, CNN reported.
1024 votes | submitted 2008-11-19 18:57:18 by BrokebackCasket | 479 comments
Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house
slaves." But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as
"house negroes."
2498 votes | submitted 2008-11-18 23:46:37 by MattTW | 222 comments
A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention
centers.
2274 votes | submitted 2008-11-18 16:10:16 by MScott1234 | 519 comments
And other obvious truths that shouldn’t need proving.
3528 votes | submitted 2008-11-18 00:20:26 by sdhar23 | 940 comments
Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is
reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.
2311 votes | submitted 2008-11-16 20:24:20 by sarahlee | 294 comments
11/15/08 Scott McClellan on C-SPAN Book TV
5195 votes | submitted 2008-11-15 16:30:22 by Rizoh | 866 comments
600 votes | submitted 2008-11-13 21:27:07 by AmyVernon | 245 comments
President-elect Barack Obama said he's resigning from the Senate, effective Sunday.
2124 votes | submitted 2008-11-14 00:26:29 by authorfriendly | 760 comments
A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest advised his prishoners to refrain from communion if they vote
for Obama!
951 votes | submitted 2008-11-13 08:11:09 by Atalaya | 283 comments
Network runs correction on air after reporting an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as
the source of an embarrassing story about Sarah Palin, information stemming from a hoax.
2062 votes | submitted 2008-11-12 00:18:19 by zheisey | 556 comments
"I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said, like 'Dead or Alive' and 'Bring 'em on.' " Uh,
how about the 1,000 other retarded comments you made?!