Jim Moran

Jim Moran Calls GOP the "Taliban Ticket" Always good copy, U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) likened the Republican ticket in Virginia this year to Afghanistan's radical Taliban movement in comments broadcast Sunday by WAMU radio. At a...

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...sit down. They will not shut up. Just this past weekend, Democratic Rep. Jim Moran attacked the Republican candidates for governor and attorney general in his state of Virginia as the "Taliban ticket. " New York Times columnist Frank...

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Today's Water Cooler lineup of off the beaten path online stories are: Scozzafava Robocalls For Democrat Doug Hoffman, Rep. Jim Moran compares GOP to the Taliban, and the New Jersey Dems paid for Independent Candidate's Robocalls.

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...-- openly accusing them of being like the Taliban. "I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see," Moran declared. The campaign of Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob...

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...to the GOP's: Jim Moran, a Democratic member of the US congress, said "the majority of Democrats will continue to support President Obama, but that's not to say we're going to continue on the course in which we're going". "Right now we...

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...to track all firearms purchases and more stringent gun-control laws. Moran then blamed Bush and Republicans in Congress for opposing such measures at the behest of the NRA." At the Right Wing Nuthouse, Rick Moran predicts the media will jump...

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...Moran could also be under scrutiny.) And Charles Rangel faced yet another unsuccessful GOP effort to strip him of his chairmanship as he is the subject an ethics investigation over multiple allegations. Hard as it might be to govern in...

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...Republican nominee Mark Ellmore and Independent Green J. Ron Fisher. In the June 10, 2008, primary elections, Moran defeated Matthew T. Famiglietti, with 87% of the vote. Ellmore won against Amit Singh, by 56% to 44%. History: Moran won by...

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...whoever wins tomorrow and GOP candidate Robert McDonnell will be even tougher. "I think we're going to see a relatively negative campaign," Jim Moran said. And then he was off to a rally for his brother. Meanwhile, members of Moran's...

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