Al Gore invented the internet.
George W. Bush at least doubled it, resulting in the ‘internets’.
Now John McCain has invented the BlackBerry. For that, we both love and hate him.
McCain senior domestic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin said Tuesday the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a “miracle that John McCain helped create.”
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This is the climax of a long and successful Republican convention. I’m happy to see it end. I missed it up until the Lindsey Graham speech. I turned my television on earlier, saw Bill Frist, and shut it off. Bill Frist is, ostensibly, a physician. First, do no harm? Bill Frist was able to determine [...]
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The very premise seems ridiculous on first glance. The Senate is known as a deliberative body, but seems to be debilitative. Somewhat unlike our wackier friends in the House of Representatives, members of the Senate tend to be homogenous, think very little, and accomplish very little. They’re older, whiter, and richer. It is on the [...]
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