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Entries for December 2006
Carter Wrenn posted on December 29, 2006 18:27
Politicians aren’t the only ones who know how to ‘spin’ facts. The City of Raleigh is doing a pretty good job too. The headline of its latest newslett...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 28, 2006 16:41
In November of 2004, after People Magazine named John Edwards ‘the sexiest politician alive’ and John Kerry lost, I thought Edwards’ fifteen minutes o...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 28, 2006 11:38
I was dead wrong about the Iraq Study Group. I said the fix was in because Jim Baker was leading the study. I thought the President would wrap his arm...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 27, 2006 11:16
Gerald Ford proved that a leader’s character can be more important than brains. Right after Richard Nixon proved that brains without character c...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 27, 2006 11:14
Four Democratic candidates for Speaker of the State House – Jim Crawford, Bill Faison, Hugh Holliman and Drew Saunders – have pledged to limit the new...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 27, 2006 11:13
It came as a surprise when Representative George Holmes landed in the News and Observer with his photograph beneath a headline, Representative Holmes ...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 22, 2006 11:31
At Christmas, I want to reflect on the Christian example being set by Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. He’s a Republican who wants to be the Chr...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 22, 2006 11:27
News reports suggest that President Bush may overrule military commanders and order more American troops into Baghdad.
Which ma...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 20, 2006 17:40
It comes as a shock: After the Mayor has spent $215 million on the Convention Center he says that’s only enough to build a “grade-B facility.” (News a...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 20, 2006 15:04
Democrats nationally and in North Carolina are zeroing in on Senator Dole in 2008. She is vulnerable – to the right opponent.
Beating an incumb...
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