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Bill Maher's witch hunt — and the missing context for O'Donnell's remarks — Narcissism. Blackmail. Distortion. All wrapped in his trademark smirk of pallor. Yes, it's tired old liberal “comedian” Bill Maher trying to get Senate GOP primary candidate Christine O'Donnell to come …
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Christine O'Donnell's Career, RIP — Christine O'Donnell's campaign went off the rails today when Bill Maher announced that he has previously-unseen clips of O'Donnell from the late 1990s when she appeared several times on his show. In one clip, she says that she once “dabbled into witchcraft.”

Myth and Madness — Christine O'Donnell is in a fantasy world. Literally. — The pretty Palin Mini-Me identifies with the women of Middle Earth, comparing herself to the female characters in the “Lord of the Rings” novels by J. R. R. Tolkien. — “Look at the significance that he gives to Eowyn …
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Wow. — No, really, wow. — Christine O'Donnell's candidacy is evidently dead because of something she said on “Politically Incorrect” (quick, take note of the show's freakin' name) in the 1990s — but only because Tea Partiers are evidently small-minded religious bigots who will be so OUTRAGED …
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Christine O'Donnell in 1999: I Dabbled in Witchcraft
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Following Revelation Of ‘Witchcraft’ …
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Senate hopeful O'Donnell cancels national TV spots
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O'Donnell cancels “Face the Nation” appearance
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O'Donnell Said She Practiced Witchcraft
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Christine O'Donnell in 1999: ‘I dabbled into witchcraft’
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Hayworth to be Tea Party spokesman — The Tea Party is expected to announce that former Rep. JD Hayworth (R-Ariz.) will become a national spokesperson for the movement, a source close to the matter told The Hill. — Despite Hayworth's unwavering support of tax cuts enacted by President George W. Bush …
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DeMint rips Murkowski as ‘big-tent hypocrite’ — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) ripped into Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) as a “big-tent hypocrite” in a fundraising e-mail for Tea Party favorite and GOP nominee Joe Miller on Saturday. — Murkowski announced Friday that, after the primary defeat …
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Bloomberg Pushes Moderates in National Races
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Pence edges out Huckabee, Romney in conservatives' straw poll for president — Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is the top choice in a field of more well-known GOP figures, including Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, with 24% of the vote at this weekend's Values Voter Summit.
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Gingrich Calls For Federal Ban On Shariah Law In US
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Gingrich declares dual threat of terrorists and Dem establishment
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Newt Gingrich: Force Kathleen Sebelius out
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In Which Mr. Deling Responds to Someone Who Might Be Professor Todd Henderson — I had published a link and a long excerpt from Michael O'Hare's rant after reading University of Chicago Law Professor Todd Henderson. — And now somebody purporting to be University of Chicago Professor Todd Henderson writes:
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The whining of the rich — Through Glenn Reynolds …
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Reaction to Sarah Palin speech by Iowa Republican activists — Should former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin decide to make a presidential bid, Iowa Republicans voting in the leadoff caucuses would have the opportunity to give her candidacy a major boost or a setback. Here are reactions from key activists after her speech Friday night.
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Britain goes halal... but no-one tells the public: How famous institutions serve ritually slaughtered meat with no warning — A Mail on Sunday investigation - which will alarm anyone concerned about animal cruelty - has revealed that schools, hospitals, pubs and famous sporting venues …
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Internal memo accuses Sheriff Arpaio's department of wrongdoing — The Arizona lawman's No. 2 man and other top officials are accused of using the anti-corruption unit to conduct politically motivated investigations and to surveil campaign rivals. — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio received a 63-page memo from a deputy chief.
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Members of U.S. platoon in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport — AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. The U.S. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it. — For weeks, according to Army charging documents …
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