Ironic Headlines of the Day (Wizbang)

Chuck Norris says McCain too old for presidency -- Associated Press

Hell, isn't 70 the new 50?

Moreover attacking a candidate as being too old to govern in advance of a crucial election in -- hello -- Florida is sort of like bashing the auto industry while campaigning in Michigan, isn't it?

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Rising health care costs put focus on illegal immigrants -- USA Today

Will conservatives blame Ronald Reagan and that 1986 amnesty law? Or will they somehow figure out a way to blame George W. Bush?

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Why Have Abortion Rates Fallen? -- Time

Good question, huh?

Of course the real question is why does that issue need to be federalized? What's wrong with letting individual states and individual voters or elected representatives determine whether or not to regulate abortions?

What say you, Patricia Ireland?

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Clinton, Obama Trade Blows in South Carolina -- NPR

If Monica saw that headline she'd blush.

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Russia bombers to test-fire missiles in Atlantic -- Reuters

Nothing about which to worry? Or are we heading back to the halcyon days of "The Hunt for Red October" and "Red Dawn?"

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Comments (4)

Or will they someh... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by jpm100 | January 22, 2008 7:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

jpm100:

Or will they somehow figure out a way to blame George W. Bush?

The article inherently does that already.

Posted on January 22, 2008 19:43

Hi JJ,An off-topic... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by ras | January 22, 2008 9:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

ras:

Hi JJ,

An off-topic econ q: Why is M3 rising (as best as can be estimated, since the Fed no longer publishes that number), but M2 and M1 are not? Is this foreign money buying US bonds or what?

Posted on January 22, 2008 21:22

"Russia bombers to test-fir... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by jp2 | January 23, 2008 1:12 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

jp2:

"Russia bombers to test-fire missiles in Atlantic"

Now that's ironic!

Posted on January 23, 2008 01:12

Chuck Norris says McCain... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Jo | January 23, 2008 6:00 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jo:

If Huckabee is elected, the stress of the job will probably cause him to start over-eating again, and we'll have a 400 lb President in office by the end of his term.

Posted on January 23, 2008 06:00

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