By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Independent voices from the TWT Communities

News outlets have reported with much fanfare that President Obama will soon fire up Air Force One and travel around the nation in campaign mode, making his case for gun control. And in its own halting way, the White House officially confirmed this Monday during the daily press briefing, where a hefty part of the questions targeted assault weapons, background check and sales, plus gun-related violence.

"Too many generals are taking orders from their privates," summarizes Rush Limbaugh regarding the ever-mutating news about former CIA Director David H. Petraeus. Alas, there is collateral damage from all the bombshells, however.

"Richer than Romney, cuter than Newt, as slick as Rick and twice as tall as Paul. Why not?"
The tidy cots, the earnest speeches, the candlelight vigil. After staging a 21-hour debate over the war in Iraq on Tuesday night, Sen. Harry Reid pined for drama, publicity and pundit chatter. Did the Nevada Democrat's dream of buzz and popular appeal come true?
The tidy cots, the earnest speeches, the candlelight vigil. After staging a 21-hour debate over the war in Iraq on Tuesday night, Sen. Harry Reid pined for drama, publicity and pundit chatter. Did the Nevada Democrat's dream of buzz and popular appeal come true?
"There's a new Reuters/Zogby poll out showing President Bush up to 34 percent and Congress at 14 percent," she said. "Maybe it's beginning to turn around. The race is to the tortoise."
"This was a buzzless venture if I ever saw one," writer Lucianne Goldberg said. "I think Reid just made people mad."