url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/24/cankles-make-hillary-clinton-one-of-the-girls/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; When it comes to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s fashion choices, women often talk about her trademark pantsuits and speculate that she wears them to hide her “cankles” — slang for chubby ankles. The takeaway from years of public comments about her ankles is that Clinton’s leg coverage has made American women fixated...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/24/bush-and-cheneys-relationship-was-strained-at-end-of-term-2/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; After eight years working together as possibly the closest president and vice president in U.S. history, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney left the White House in January barely on speaking terms over Bush’s decision not to pardon Lewis “Scooter” Libby. According to a fascinating article in Time magazine piecing together the final...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/24/huckabee-pac-in-trouble/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; Huck Pac, the political action committee formed by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, may have hit a rough patch. That is the conclusion reached by Arkansas Business, which cites staffing changes, poor fundraising numbers, and the closing of a related think-tank. But whether Huck Pac is suffering or simply restructuring remains something of...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/23/police-sgt-james-crowley-denies-racism-in-gates-case-refuses-to-apologize/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; In the flap over whether the arrest of Harvard Law Professor Henry Louis Gates was racially motivated, the professor, President Obama and the arresting officer have different views. “I am not a racist,” Cambridge, Mass., Police Sgt. James Crowley, an 11-year veteran of the force, told the Boston Globe. He told the Boston Herald,...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/22/sarah-palin-denies-inaccurate-ethics-accusations/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin responded Tuesday to news reports claiming new ethics charges would be filed against her, posting on Twitter: “Re inaccurate story floating re:ethics violation/Legal Defense Fund;matter is still pending;new info was just requested even;no final report.” To be clear, no new ethics charges have been filed against Palin, who steps...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/21/what-if-roberts-or-alito-had-made-ginsburgs-abortion-comment/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; The New York Times and its liberal agenda hit an all-time low when it ran a Sunday magazine story in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she assumed after Roe v. Wade that more women would be aborting babies who came from “populations that we don’t want to have too many of” —...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/21/poll-michael-jackson-congressional-resolution-oppposed-by-80-percent-of-americans/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; Michael Jackson was a talented entertainer, but he was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a global humanitarian. A Zogby poll shows that 80 percent of Americans are opposed to a congressional resolution honoring Jackson sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). Jackson Lee introduced Resolution HR600 “Honoring an American legend and...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/20/bobby-jindal-re-emerges-to-challenge-obama-health-care-reform/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was supposed to be the new face of the Republican Party. His youth, Indian heritage, Catholic faith and southern conservative values, as well as his smooth-talking, media-friendly personality, made him a contender to be the fresh alternative to aging GOP leaders. Jindal, however, had a false start in his...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/20/a-chevy-chase-family-adopts-a-green-lifestyle/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; Washington Home & Garden Magazine Having children made one Chevy Chase couple see both their home and the world differently. In the past five years, they have gone from Range Rover to Prius and from carbon footprint to carbon toe-print. “Going Green” for these parents means creating a safer home their two young...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/07/20/sarah-palin-farewell-tour-the-start-of-something-big/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC'; Since announcing her resignation on July 3, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been all over the state for what seems to be a farewell tour, Alaska style. Palin has been waxing poetic about her state, giving the impression she is moving on to greater things — a run for president. When asked by the...
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