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HIGH-STICKING SARAH 2008-09-03 23:02:18 My goodness, gracious.Sarah Palin just kicked some serious butt. I swear, if she repeats this performance in the debates and on the campaign trail, she will win the presidency for John McCain.Tonight, she became the vice-presidential candidate for the Republican party and the heroine for women of the Right across America.She joked, ‘You know the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom? Li
BAD PEOPLE 2008-09-03 02:20:33 Missive TwelveTo My Darling ChildrenHere's the truth, my darling children. The differences between Democrats and Republicans are the differences between right and wrong.It's pretty simple, really. Republicans want little or no government. And so, they have always done all they can to starve it to death, with massive tax breaks for the wealthy and taxpayer-funded giveaways to big business. They can
FLAG WAVERS 2008-09-02 19:45:00 I've just begun watching the live feed of the Republican National Convention and following the highlights on C-SPAN.org and I'm already put off. There it is, as large as possible, on the giant screen behind every speaker, an immense, incessantly waving American flag. Beware the flag wavers. More often than not, they are the intolerant ones, the closed-minded ones, the singular purposed ones, the o
ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY 2008-09-02 17:00:00 I'm still flabbergasted. If the Republicans hold on to the presidency, Sarah Palin would be one heartbeat away from leading this nation. It boggles my mind. And it worries me. What the Palin Pick Says'My worry about Palin is that she shares McCain’s primary weakness — that she has a tendency to substitute a moral philosophy for a political philosophy.There are some issues where the most import
AIR SICK 2008-10-29 01:57:20 I don't usually don't cast any votes for local candidates. That's mostly because I don't follow local politics as well as I could and don't want to cast an uninformed vote. If I'm really frustrated with the state of the nation, however, I pull all the Democrat levers. That's what I thought I would do in this election.But, after a deluge of non-stop deceptive and slanderous TV ads from local candid
WALL STREET CASINO 2008-10-26 21:23:19 CBS's '60 Minutes' has an excellent report on the unregulated betting that is bringing down our economy. Steve Kroft examines the complicated financial instruments known as credit default swaps and the central role they are playing in the unfolding economic crisis. Watch CBS Videos Online
SOUND JUDGMENT 2008-10-23 22:59:32 NYT: BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT Photo Credit: Scott Halleran/ Getty Images
OOPS, MY BAD 2008-10-23 18:38:24 Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation Facing a firing line of questions from Washington lawmakers, Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman once considered the infallible maestro of the financial system, admitted on Thursday that he “made a mistake” in trusting that free markets could regulate themselves without government oversight.A fervent proponent of deregulation during his 18
PALIN'S PARTY DRESS 2008-10-22 23:21:58 Apparently, poor, threadbare Sarah Palin from Wasila needs the Republican National Committee to dress her for the party.$150,000 Wardrobe for Palin May Alter Tailor-Made Image Photo Credit: Matt Rourke/Associated Press
CRESCENT AND STAR 2008-10-21 12:33:25 I applaud Colin Powell for publicly confronting this country's misunderstanding, mistrust and demonizing of the faith of Islam. This growing religious intolerance of Muslims is unacceptable and un-American. Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, a Republican, endorsed Obama for president on Sunday, praising Obama as a candidate who is "inclusive." Powell said he had heard members of
INTELLECTUAL VIGOR 2008-10-19 11:47:54 Today, on 'Meet the Press', former Secretary of State, Republican Colin Powell, decried John McCain's troubling judgments, campaign tactics and the Republican parties' polarizing right-wing religious intolerance and strongly endorsed Barack Obama for President.He said that Obama was a transformational figure and had the steadiness, intellectual curiosity, depth of knowledge, inclusive reach, defin
THE ROAD AHEAD 2008-10-09 20:43:16 For the next week or so, I will be on the road in Connecticut and Pennsylvania working on a documentary project on HIV/AIDS and African-Americans. I'll resume blogging upon my return to Seattle. In the meantime, you can follow the candidates' road ahead with this Electoral Map. Click in the drop down menu at the top right to choose different polling results.
THE GREAT SCHLEP 2008-10-09 18:50:19 Oh, My God! This video from Sarah Silverman is too freaking funny. It's in support of Barack Obama and the Great Schlep, which 'aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor'. (Viewer discretion advised, contains expletives, and is politically incorrect.) The Great Schlep from The Great Sch
McCAIN-PALIN MOB 2008-10-09 16:15:49 Blogger Tim Russo of blogger interrupted has two sad and revealing videos about the McCain-Palin mob from the appropriately named town, Strongsville, Ohio: I direct my readers once again to my blog entry, just plain stupid. And here's John McCain, with sidekick Palin parroting in from her notes, getting their crowd to boo Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd, whom McCain called 'co-conspirators'.
BEYOND THE PALE 2008-10-08 02:39:48 Today, Wednesday, October 8th, is the day. Today we will learn the true character of John McCain and Sarah Palin. For the past few days, they, and Gov. Palin in particular, have said unconscionable things about Barack Obama. They have purposely and strategically implied that he is 'other', willfully painting a false picture of their opponent as dangerous, reckless, dishonest, foreign, unpatriotic,
THE LITTLE MAN 2008-10-07 22:32:56 It's the little man who belittles. And John McCain, once again, in tonight's debate, showed himself to be a little man. He was smug in his demeanor and personally dismissive of his opponent, Barack Obama, whom he called 'that one'. Unfortunately, under whatever rules the two candidates agreed to in this flawed town hall style debate, they were not given the opportunity to correct blatantly untrue
DIM-WITTED UNCOMMITTED 2008-10-07 17:01:26 Tonight in Nashville, Barack Obama and John McCain face off in a town hall style debate. They will share the stage with 80 uncommitted voters. Uncommitted voters? How in the world, with only four weeks before the election, and the candidates crisscrossing the country for over two years, can anyone not have made up their mind between two distinctly different candidates? Various tracking polls show
FROM THE BOSS 2008-10-07 14:00:00 Bruce Springsteen at a Vote for Change rally in Philadelphia: "I've spent most of my creative life measuring the distance between that American promise and American reality. For many Americans, who are today losing their jobs, their homes, seeing their retirement funds disappear, who have no health care, or who have been abandoned in our inner cities, the distance between that promise and tha
FOUL CANDIDATE 2008-10-06 21:38:05 In his recent stump speeches, John McCain is demonstrating a classic example of Freudian Projection, "A defense mechanism in which the individual attributes to other people impulses and traits that he himself has but cannot accept. It is especially likely to occur when the person lacks insight into his own impulses and traits." Speaking in Albuquerque today, John McCain directly attacked
RECKLESS AND DISHONEST 2008-10-06 02:15:46 The Rolling Stone magazine website has an article about John McCain by Tim Dickinson called, Make-Believe Maverick. The magazine says "a closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty'. It's quite a read. "This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has co Read more:RECKLESS
SEE HOW THEY RUN 2008-10-05 05:43:30 With just a month to go to election day, you can expect the McCain/Palin campaign to get nasty.The New York Times website is an excellent place to follow this presidential election race for the next month. One page tracks the latest breakdown of states on the electoral map. Another follows all the latest polls. Slipping further behind in the polls, the McCain/Palin team has stepped up their dishon
SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE 2008-10-05 04:39:25 If Joe Sixpack and his ilk elect John McCain and Sarah Palin as the next president and vice-president of this country, it will mean the voters of this nation have lost their collective mind. Photo Credit: Todd Heisler/The New York Times
LUCKY THIRTEEN 2008-10-04 02:33:16 O. J. Simpson Found Guilty in Robbery TrialLAS VEGAS — A jury here Friday night found O. J. Simpson guilty on all counts in his robbery and kidnapping trial, a verdict that came 13 years to the day after Mr. Simpson was acquitted in the highly publicized murders of his ex-wife and her friend. Photo Credit: Steve Marcus/The New York Times
BILL O'REILLY 2008-10-04 01:02:15 I was a news producer at ABC News, mostly working on the evening news programs, for over 20 years. Working my way up from copy boy to producer, I worked on the newscasts anchored by Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner, Barbara Walters, Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings.I was in network news during some of its best days, post Watergate, learning from and admiring true broadcast journalist
LINCOLNIAN TRUTHS 2008-10-03 22:27:54 Wise and relevant quotes from Abraham Lincoln, pertinent to the failings of today's journalism, the belligerence of the Bush administration, the greed of corporate America, the dangers of misgovernment and the cynicism of politics: "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.&qu
REHEARSED, NOT VERSED 2008-10-03 17:57:35 Don't be fooled or swayed by Sarah Palin's performance last night in the vice-presidential candidate debate with Joe Biden. Governor Palin is not versed on world issues. She is rehearsed with pat and well-practiced answers. All of the questions asked by moderator Gwen Ifill could have been anticipated by Ms. Palin's debate coaches. There were no trick questions. So, Governor Palin was ready for ea
LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME 2008-10-03 16:00:00 Ok, I can't take it anymore. Sarah Palin is one of those precious little darlings that just can't get enough attention, who has spent her life looking for the spotlight. Now, as a bizarro world vice-presidential candidate, if she gives me that cutesy, aw-shucks wink one more time, I am going to retch. Sarah Palin Plays the Flute | Viral | SPIKE.com Sarah Palin, Hottie Sports Reporter | Viral | SPI
ANGRY OLD MAN 2008-10-02 03:47:57 I have always suspected that John McCain is a man quick to anger. He demonstrated some of that testiness in an interview with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register.
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