Mehlman to Quit RNC
CNN reported that Ken Mehlman is going to leave as chair of the RNC According to CNN's John King, "He's been on the gerbil wheel, as one of his close friends put it, for well in excess of six years now, and he's tired" Yeah, that, and he just got the biggest spanking of his political life.
CNN just reported that Ken Mehlman is going to leave as chair of the RNC. According to King, “He’s been on the gerbil wheel, as one of his close friends put it, for well in excess of six years now and he’s tired.”
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CNN’s John King just reported that Ken Mehlman will be leaving as chair of the Republican National Committee (i.e., head of the Republican Party) by the end of the year. Apparently Kenny’s just tuckered out. According to King, “He’s been on the gerbil wheel, as one of his close friends put it, for well in excess of six years now, and he’s tired.”
Uh, OK.
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Watch it and read about it.
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Watch Jon Stewart tear down Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman?s attempt to sell America on the outright lie that GOP?ers aren?t for ?staying the course? in Iraq ? rather, they?re out to ?adapt and win.?
Stewart: Yeah, what a--hole said "stay the course"?
[As videos of Bush saying just that fill the screen]
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has released a video titled "From NDR to Ned Lamont: The Democratic Party's Transformation From Strength to Weakness" Its message is obvious Its logic is ludicrous -- ie that only blind adherence to Bush's failed policies will make America safe (More after the jump)
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The chairman of the Republican National Committee did a surprisingly good job ducking and parrying the jabs that the "Daily Show" host launched at him over the Bush administration's record of lies and deceit. (Stewart got in a few zingers, but Mehlman is as good as they come.)
The Republican National Committee is a regular recipient of political contributions from Nick Boyias, above, one of America's largest gay porn distributors. The hypocrisy: The RNC ran an ad last week accusing Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.) of taking money from pornographic movie producers. (TPM has the scoop.)
Watch Jon Stewart tear down Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman?s attempt to sell America on the outright lie that GOP?ers aren?t for ?staying the course? in Iraq ? rather, they?re out to ?adapt and win.?
Stewart: Yeah, what a--hole said "stay the course"?
[As videos of Bush saying just that fill the screen]
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has released a video titled "From NDR to Ned Lamont: The Democratic Party's Transformation From Strength to Weakness" Its message is obvious Its logic is ludicrous -- ie that only blind adherence to Bush's failed policies will make America safe (More after the jump)
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The chairman of the Republican National Committee did a surprisingly good job ducking and parrying the jabs that the "Daily Show" host launched at him over the Bush administration's record of lies and deceit. (Stewart got in a few zingers, but Mehlman is as good as they come.)
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