"I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those."
-- John McCain in 2000, about robocalls smearing McCain made by the Bush campaign, some of which were made by FLS-Connect, a company owned by Jeff Larson.

"You need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers..."
-- 2008 McCain campaign robocalls reportedly linked to a company owned by Larson.

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I'm sure that nice man Mister Angler will tell us everything we need to know...

Cheney Ordered to Preserve Records in Case Closely Watched by Academic Groups

Washington — A federal judge has ordered Vice President Dick Cheney to preserve all records that relate to his office and official duties pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by a watchdog group and several scholarly associations.
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Also in the News: Hackers target Palin's e-mail account

Hackers gained access to the Yahoo e-mail account Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin uses to conduct some official state business, The Associated Press reports.

It was unclear how the hackers broke into the Republican vice presidential candidate's "gov.palin" account. (Maybe they guessed the password: "mooseandsquirrel"? - Ed.) But the AP reported that the incident raised further questions about Palin's practice of conducting official business using a private e-mail account. (Now that she's a higher-up, she can skirt the law in style on her shiny new Republican National Committee e-mail account like Turdblossom and the other big boys... Ed.)