Casting Stones

After making a splash by implying that Bush was part of a conspiracy: In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, released Monday on the publisher’s web site, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby were “not involved” in the leak involving operative…

On Sunday Huckabee rejects the idea of the states deciding the abortion issue: Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, who is gaining in the polls, said Sunday that he believes that individual states should not be able to decide if abortions should be legal in their jurisdictions, adding that the right to life is a moral…

John Fund asks Romney about giving “the speech” and about what Rep. Bob Inglis is reported to have said to him, “You cannot equate Mormonism with Christianity; you cannot say, ‘I am a Christian just like you.'” “I don’t recall the conversation so precisely that I can describe my exact reaction to that.” Recall precisely.…

Hugh Hewitt absolutely eviscerated National Right To Life Executive Director, David O’Steen on his show over the committee’s endorsement of Fred Thompson: HH: All right, let’s go back…again, that’s bad data on your guys’ part, but I can’t substitute data. I’m just concerned about the Human Life Amendment. You guys could endorse who you want.…

When I read Gail Collins’ column I couldn’t tell if she was serious or not. It would be amazing to me that a Democrat would be happy that her candidate would rather duck the issue than answer a question as long as she has a snappy comeback line. Someone who refuses to answer a question,…

It seems to me that God-o-Meter’s quote from Paul Weyrich comes pretty close to bearing false witness. He needs to make his proof for such an allegation public or else apologize for slandering both NRLC and Thompson. Thompson’s endorsement makes perfect sense when you look at his voting record and see that he has always…

Has Howard Dean become the Democrats’ chief theologian? Will universalism become a part of the Democrat party platform? Who knew they had a position on salvation: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean came out for inclusive team prayers in public schools while speaking Sunday to a gathering of thousands of Jewish leaders, according to a…

According to Fox: Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has won the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee, the largest U.S. antiabortion group, three sources tell FOX News. The announcement is scheduled to be made Tuesday in Washington D.C. […] The endorsement follows a series of heavy-hitting endorsements for Republicans from conservative groups in…

Cause I would think 25 is a little long in the tooth. I’m referring specifically to David’s Amening this: Legacy-minded loyalists of the president, however, need to keep in mind that on children’s health insurance, preschool education and other issues, Mr. Bush risks giving historians reason to see “compassionate conservatism” as nothing more than anti-government…

Without looking like a flip-flopper and undercutting the message that he’s been running on since the beginning of his campaign. If Romney used this part of David’s speech, he would seriously be backtracking on the whole social issues he’s been running on (and using in his campaign ads): We have gotten the God of Life…

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