Wednesday, May 14, 2008

President Reagan's Humor

A montage of President Reagan at his comedic best.

Clinton: It'd be 'terrible mistake' to pick McCain over Obama

Clinton says it would be a "grave error" if her supporters voted for McCain
Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain," Clinton said

Mrs. Clinton goes on to talk about the unity issue...
"I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is -- obviously I'm still hoping to be that nominee, but I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that anyone who supported me ... understands what a grave error it would be not to vote for Sen. Obama."

This has to be good news for the party elders of the Democratic Party and Barack Obama.

Clinton wins West Virginia, with race a factor

(Q) Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided victory over Senator Barack Obama in the Tuesday primary in West Virginia, where racial considerations emerged as an unusually salient factor. Clinton drew strong support from white, working-class voters who have spurned Obama in recent contests.

The number of white Democratic voters who said that race had influenced their choices on Tuesday was among the highest recorded in voter surveys in the nomination fight. Two in 10 white West Virginia voters said race was an important factor in their votes. Read on after the Bounce 2 International Herald Tribune

McCain Backer John Hagee Apologizes to Catholics

(Q) John Hagee, the controversial evangelical pastor who endorsed John McCain, will issue a letter of apology to Catholics today for inflammatory remarks he has made, including accusing the Roman Catholic Church of supporting Adolf Hitler and calling it “The Great Whore.”

After Hagee’s endorsement of McCain, both came under fire after the spotlight was placed on other disparaging comments Hagee has made in the past. The dissection of their relationship – How did the McCain campaign court Hagee’s endorsement? Did he know about Hagee’s comments at the time? – coincided partly with the attention placed on Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the former pastor of Barack Obama.

Read more after the Bounce 2 The Wall Street Journal