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Benghazi, the IRS, the AP

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 4:57pm
By
Dick Ahles

What if it had been Bush?

What if the George W. Bush administration had singled out the liberal equivalents of the Tea Party Patriots for special attention from the IRS? What if the Bush Justice Department had trampled the First Amendment in its seizure of phone records of The Associated Press reporters and what if a Bush State Department, CIA and National Security Agency had messed up the Benghazi story so thoroughly?

What would the biased liberals and their lamestream media have done? Fox News wants to know and despite the source, it’s a valid question.

Memories of two really awful candidates

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:17am
By
Dick Ahles

Two Republican Senate candidates not named McMahon were back in the news the other day.

The first one, Alan Schlesinger, announced he was trying to run for office in another state and the other, Philip Giordano, was trying to get out of prison in still another state.

Memories of two really awful candidates

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:25am
By
Dick Ahles

Two Republican Senate candidates not named McMahon were back in the news the other day.

The first one, Alan Schlesinger, announced he was trying to run for office in another state and the other, Philip Giordano, was trying to get out of prison in still another state.

Dining in DC with Dannel Malloy

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 9:34am
By
Dick Ahles

Having attended a number of White House Correspondents’ Dinners back in the last century without ever hearing a serious word spoken over drinks, dinner and after dinner parties, I’m truly impressed that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was able to do so much important state business amid all that frivolity. I hope he had time to eat.

Dining in DC with Dannel Malloy

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 9:34am
By
Dick Ahles

Having attended a number of White House Correspondents’ Dinners back in the last century without ever hearing a serious word spoken over drinks, dinner and after dinner parties, I’m truly impressed that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was able to do so much important state business amid all that frivolity. I hope he had time to eat.

Dining in DC with Dannel

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 11:03am
By
Dick Ahles

Having attended a number of White House Correspondents’ Dinners back in the last century without ever hearing a serious word spoken over drinks, dinner and after dinner parties, I’m truly impressed that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was able to do so much important state business amid all that frivolity. I hope he had time to eat.

Voting in Connecticut not always friendly

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 9:16am
By
Dick Ahles

About 150 years ago, the state of Connecticut arranged to send absentee ballots to some voters who would be out of town on Election Day, but it was only for the 1864 election and the state didn’t get around to making absentee ballots permanent until 1932.

Indeed, Connecticut tended to make voting more difficult for its citizens during most of the 20th century with an instrument known as the party lever.

Voting in Connecticut not always friendly

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 10:20am
By
Dick Ahles

About 150 years ago, the state of Connecticut arranged to send absentee ballots to some voters who would be out of town on Election Day, but it was only for the 1864 election and the state didn’t get around to making absentee ballots permanent until 1932.

Indeed, Connecticut tended to make voting more difficult for its citizens during most of the 20th century with an instrument known as the party lever.

Not just a Republican outrage

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:29am
By
Dick Ahles

After last week’s gun control defeat in the Senate, Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote in The Hartford Courant that it was “an outrage that the bill received a majority vote, but because of a Republican procedure mandating 60 votes, failed to pass.”

Yes, senator, it was an outrage, as you say, but the bill was not killed by “a Republican procedure mandating 60 votes.” It was killed by a Democratic and Republican procedure mandating 60 votes, which both you and your Connecticut colleague, Chris Murphy, voted to retain as recently as Jan. 24.

Not just a Republican outrage, Mr. Blumenthal

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 10:20am
By
Dick Ahles

After last week’s gun control defeat in the Senate, Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote in The Hartford Courant that it was “an outrage that the bill received a majority vote, but because of a Republican procedure mandating 60 votes, failed to pass.”

Yes, senator, it was an outrage, as you say, but the bill was not killed by “a Republican procedure mandating 60 votes.” It was killed by a Democratic and Republican procedure mandating 60 votes, which both you and your Connecticut colleague, Chris Murphy, voted to retain as recently as Jan. 24.