NOTE: ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott writes columns at Townhall.com. Here’s a glimpse of his latest, and a link to read more…
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by Scott Ott for ScottOtt.Townhall.com
As neo-lib presidential candidate John McCain heads for the Republican nomination, and a November thrashing at the [...]

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(2008-01-15) — The nomination of Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson today took on an air of inevitability, after the former senator from Tennessee announced that he believes Sen. Hillary Clinton could “whup my caboose” in the general election.
“You political journalism types flock to the guys you think Sen. Clinton could beat,” Mr. Thompson told the [...]

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(2008-01-08) — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, in conceding New Hampshire’s presidential primary to John McCain, wished the septuagenarian senator well, and noted that despite another second-place finish, “I’m still just a heartbeat away from the nomination.”

“With all due respect to Sen. McCain,” said Mr. Romney, “he’s been eligible for AARP membership since the year [...]

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(2008-01-08) — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney today came to the rescue of floundering rival Sen. Hillary Clinton after the former first lady seemed to suggest that President Lyndon Johnson had a more important role in the Civil Rights movement than did the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In apparent slap at Democrat Sen. Barack [...]

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(2008-01-02) — Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson today questioned whether political reporters covering the race for the White House have enough ambition for the job.
“Most of these journalists seem to lack what you might call fire in the belly,” said the former Tennessee senator. “When’s the last time you read an in-depth story about what [...]

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(2008-01-01) — To further demonstrate his commitment to a positive campaign strategy, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee today showed reporters a Powerpoint presentation of opposition research that his staff has compiled against his top GOP rivals and announced he would not be using any of it in his effort to win his party’s nomination.
The revelations [...]

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(2007-12-21) — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney today continued to defend his statement that he “saw” his father “march with Martin Luther King” as a figurative expression meaning George Romney supported the civil rights movement. The former Massachussetts governor added, “I also saw my Dad step off the ladder of the lunar module to make [...]

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(2007-12-16) — In the same month that presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered his groundbreaking speech on faith in America, and just days after rival Mike Huckabee apologized for suggesting Mormons believe Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers, al Qaeda lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri’s new video is another example of religious rhetoric from a public figure.

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(2007-12-10) — Riding a pre-Christmas surge in popularity, the baby Jesus came under attack this week from unnamed sources who leaked documents to reporters indicating that as an adult he had given speeches condemning lust, adultery, fornication and lying as aberrant, “sinful” behaviors punishable by eternity in a place of “weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“We’ve [...]

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(2007-12-06) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in perhaps the biggest speech of his presidential candidacy said today that despite his faith in God he will take a pledge to refrain from asking the Almighty to smite atheist Americans during his White House years.
“I will be the president of all the people,” said Mr. Romney, [...]

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