Serbia on Thursday announced the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, ending a 16-year manhunt for the general accused of masterminding the Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst since World War II. President Boris Tadic confirmed reports that the 69-year-old had been detained by Serbian security forces, saying the capture would bolster Serbia's "moral credibility in the world".
President Boris Tadic confirmed reports that the 69-year-old had been detained by Serbian security forces, saying the capture would bolster Serbia's "moral credibility in the world".
[Former FEMA Director Michael] Brown evidently thinks he has the moral authority to condemn Obama’s handling of the tornado disaster. In an interview with Fox New’s Neil Cavuto, Brown blasted Obama for "playing ping-pong" while people died and “being more concerned with toasting the Queen” than taking care of tornado victims: BROWN: In this situation, they’re almost tone-deaf. I mean, you stop and think about it, your press office should be recognizing that the visuals that Americans are seeing is of this devastation. Don’t put a visual of the president up playing ping-pong. It’s awful.
BROWN: In this situation, they’re almost tone-deaf. I mean, you stop and think about it, your press office should be recognizing that the visuals that Americans are seeing is of this devastation. Don’t put a visual of the president up playing ping-pong. It’s awful.
I guess he should be eating birthday cake instead.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney heaped praise on House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, the architect of the GOP Medicare plan. "I worship the ground that Paul Ryan walks on," Cheney said, according to the Houston Chronicle.
"I worship the ground that Paul Ryan walks on," Cheney said, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Atlanta – John Edwards was the Democratic golden boy with the Carolina drawl, boyish grin, and flip-flop hairstyle, who came within a few million votes of becoming vice president of the United States in 2004. But reports Wednesday that the US Justice Department is moving ahead with a potential indictment against Mr. Edwards – who was also a presidential candidate in 2008 – underscore how much his political ascent was dashed on the rocks by an affair, a love child, and, allegedly, a $1 million payoff. Nowhere is Edwards's meteoric fall from the political stratosphere to social outcast more evident than in his home state of North Carolina, a mid-Southern state that prides itself on the quality of its home-grown personalities, be they actors, CEOs or politicians. These days, Edwards doesn't get invited to political events, the University of North Carolina has distanced his name from a poverty foundation he initiated, and few people come to shake his hand at UNC basketball games, for which he has season tickets.
But reports Wednesday that the US Justice Department is moving ahead with a potential indictment against Mr. Edwards – who was also a presidential candidate in 2008 – underscore how much his political ascent was dashed on the rocks by an affair, a love child, and, allegedly, a $1 million payoff.
Nowhere is Edwards's meteoric fall from the political stratosphere to social outcast more evident than in his home state of North Carolina, a mid-Southern state that prides itself on the quality of its home-grown personalities, be they actors, CEOs or politicians. These days, Edwards doesn't get invited to political events, the University of North Carolina has distanced his name from a poverty foundation he initiated, and few people come to shake his hand at UNC basketball games, for which he has season tickets.
"I need your help right now to show Barack Obama that he is no match for our conservative base," Bachmann wrote in an e-mail to her supporter list Wednesday. "We've set a goal to raise $240,000 in 24 hours, but we can only do this if you act now." At time of writing Thursday morning, the counter on Bachmann's campaign site indicates that she has raised...$165,151, far short of the $240,000 goal. Compare that to Mitt Romney, who recently staged a one-day fundraising bonanza, utilizing a nationwide phone bank, which took in a whopping $10.25 million.
At time of writing Thursday morning, the counter on Bachmann's campaign site indicates that she has raised...$165,151, far short of the $240,000 goal.
Compare that to Mitt Romney, who recently staged a one-day fundraising bonanza, utilizing a nationwide phone bank, which took in a whopping $10.25 million.