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Bill Clinton On The Supreme Court?

Justice William Jefferson Clinton?
Douglas Kmiec of Pepperdine School of Law has a new suggestion for what to do with ‘first gentleman’ Bill Clinton should his wife ascend to the presidency: Supreme Court Justice.
Tossing out the idea in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal, Kmiec wrote that the “ubiquitous presence of the former president on the campaign prompts […]

Joe Lieberman’s McCain Flip-Flop

Republican’s best friend.
Chosen as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, Sen. Joe Liberman’s estrangement from the party has been an awkward one for party loyalists. His highly publicized endorsement of Republican John McCain is not only a slap to the Democrats who empowered him, but a backhanded slap as it flies […]

Huckabee’s New Ad: You Can’t Out-Christian Me

Symbolism never looked so obvious
Nice floating cross. Republican presidential front runner Mike Huckabee has a new ad out just before Christmas dripping with Jesus ooze.

http://garlinggauge.com/videos/huckabeecross.flv

Huckabee Christmas ad
“Are you about worn out from all the television commercials you’ve been seeing, mostly about politics? I don’t blame you. At this time […]

Mr. Dodd Goes To Washington: Filibusters Telecom Immunity

Modern day Jimmy Stewart
Reminiscent of the fictional filibuster by Mr. Smith, Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd’s successful eight-hour pseudo-filibuster of FISA alterations shows what standing on principle is all about.
The Huffington Post reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid conceded to tabling the act until next month.
Senator Chris Dodd won a temporary victory […]

Ron Paul Jettisons Iraq War

Iraq war forced to walk the plank.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has turned the Iraq war into jetsam. Literally.

http://garlinggauge.com/videos/ronpauliraqwar.flv

Tea Party Reenactment - 12-16-2007
Attending a Tea Paty Reenactment in Freeport, Texas, the ‘08 underdog chose to symbolically dump the Iraq war first from a slew of choices despised by libertarians and others. […]

Inside Hillary Clinton’s Mouth

Hillary invites farmers to inspect her mouth
Reported by Beth Fouhy of AP, Sen. Hillary Clinton has offered up a new method of vetting presidential candidates.
While speaking in a livestock auction barn in Dunlap, Iowa, the top-tier Democrat compared to her presidential run to cattle at an auction.
“I’ve been to cattle barns before and […]

Video: Iowa Paper Endorses Hillary & McCain

The Insiders
The influential Iowa newspaper The Des Moines Register has endorsed Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton which could be a tight match up.
See the Des Moines Register video endorsements:

http://garlinggauge.com/videos/re.flv

Endorsement for McCain

http://garlinggauge.com/videos/de.flv

Endorsement for Clinton
Hm. Four more years of war or four more years of media frustration. […]

Bill Clinton Seeds Doubt in Barack Obama

Clinton: I waited, Obama should too
Discussing the 2008 presidential election with Charlie Rose, former president Bill Clinton articulated his views on senatorial whippersnapper Barack Obama while touting his wife’s candidacy. Clinton compared his own timing for a presidential run with Obama’s, suggesting the fresh-faced senator is too green to be president.

http://garlinggauge.com/videos/oo.flv

Bill Clinton on Barack […]

Senate to Legalize Illegal Spying

Like to be spied upon?
Hat tip BoingBoing:
Tim from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, “At EFF, we’ve just sent out an urgent action alert. Monday morning, the Foreign Intelligence Service Bill bill finally goes to the Senate floor, and at noon the Senate will cast their most important votes yet on Telecom Immunity […]

Snap Shots Added to the Garling Gauge

Introducing Snap Shots
I’ve just installed Snap Shots to the site that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site and interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles and more.
Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need while other times it lets you “look ahead” before deciding if you want to follow a link […]