Articles Written by:    ALEX SPILLIUS     

« Previous  |  Next »

Israel Prepared To Act On Iran for Firing Missiles

Jerusalem Israel's defense minister warned Iran yesterday that his country was ready to act if threatened, as Tehran test fired another salvo of missiles capable of hitting the Jewish state. Iranian Revolutionary Guards fire a missile from the back of ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS AND CAROLYNNE WHEELER, The New York Sun,  11 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Ehud Barak

Barack Obama's Change You Can’t Believe In, Parts I-III

Full coverage of the US elections 2008 It’s been an unhappy few days for Barack Obama, but more so perhaps for those among his followers who really believed in his message of change. Three incidents have shown Obama for what he is: a politician, albeit ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  20 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  Tim Russert,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

John McCain desperately seeking Hillary Clinton's women

"I assure you, with confidence, at the end of my first term you will see a dramatic increase of women in every part of the government, in my administration," McCain said at a “virtual” town hall meeting aimed at disaffected Clinton supporters, ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  16 Jun 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Chelsea Clinton,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Republican Party,  Janet Reno

National Press Club faces demands to ban Barack Obama smear merchant

A member of the club’s staff confided that the office had struggled to cope with calls demanding to know why one of Washington’s premier media platforms had been given over to Sinclair. The liberal blog firedoglake says it has 7,500 signatures an ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  National Press Club

Barack Obama fights the smears

The site may be a smart move, but there seems a danger it will amount to a bit of a love-in among Obama followers. What has really damaged him is viral emails about being a Muslim, sworn in on the Koran etc… Unless the campaign spreads its own ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Rupert Murdoch

Obama versus McCain: no more Mr Nice Guys

Somehow or other they promised a civil but keen contest on the issues. Instead we have old fashioned name-calling and insinuations. And for two candidates supposed to be willing to cross the aisle, their policies on the economy fall along predictable ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  11 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones return to haunt Bill Clinton

Full coverage of the US Elections 2008 Two women from Bill Clinton’s past have joined forces to haunt him, offering internet viewers lurid details – for a fee - of encounters they claim they had with the former US president.  Gennifer Flowers and ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  11 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Bill Clinton,  Paula Jones,  Gennifer Flowers

A Michelle bombshell?

Rumours are rife on the blogosphere that a bombshell tape of Michelle Obama ranting about white people is about to be released. Liberal commentator Bob Beckel went public with it today on Fox News, though he held back from revealing the contents of ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  3 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Louis Farrakhan,  Larry Johnson,  Central Intelligence Agency

Is Hillary Clinton a victim of sexism?

Full coverage of the US elections 2008 Yes, probably. Has it cost her the nomination? No. Sexist memorabilia (Hillary nutcrackers on sale at national airports), crass heckles on the campaign trail and latent misogyny in some of the press coverage there ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  31 May 2008
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  White House

Where Hillary Clinton went wrong

Downcast: Hillary Clinton's campaign is set to fail Until late last year, a Clinton victory was regarded as a formality by everyone outside the Obama campaign. Here’s nine reasons it went wrong. 1. Poor ground organization Her team fatally ...

From ALEX SPILLIUS, The Telegraph,  29 May 2008
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Mark Penn,  Patti Solis Doyle

« Previous  |  Next »

Who is This?

Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.

Suggest an Entry

Enter a url from sourcewatch.org or wikipedia.org:


recommend removal

close