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LEADS FOR A LEADER 2008-08-27 23:14:32 'Barack Obama swept to the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday night, a transforming triumph that made him the first black American to lead a major party into the fall campaign for the White House. Thousands of national convention delegates stood and cheered as they made history.' - Associated Press 'Barack Hussein Obama, a freshman senator who defeated the first family of Democratic Part
TEARS FOR AMERICA 2008-08-27 22:17:46 Tonight I wept. Speeches by former President Bill Clinton and soon-to-be Vice President Joe Biden moved me to tears of hope for America.
OIL TAR 2008-08-27 20:05:39 Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada tonight tarred the Republican candidate for president, John McCain, with the historical sins of the oil industry and their Republican henchmen. It was blunt and honest.He outlined how the history of the last 100 years has been a 'toxic mix of oil and war'. The saddest irony, he said, is that we finance oil thugs around the world at our gas pumps an
LOVE TRAIN 2008-08-27 18:35:57 The roll call of states began. One by one, speakers from across the nation crowed with pride about the accomplishments of their states, their people and their leaders. One by one, they proudly cast votes for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Then came New Mexico. They had the votes that would put Obama over the top and make him the elected presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. But, instead
FAITH TO KEEP GOING 2008-08-26 23:20:24 Tonight, Hillary Clinton took advantage of the stage at the Democratic Convention to give a self-deferential reckoning of her historic run for the presidency. She gave her supporters the opportunity to honor their hard-fought campaign and they gave her the due she deserves for having fought it so forecefully.The contrast between Clinton and Obama has always been the fighter versus the peacemaker.
WAKE UP, AMERICA 2008-08-26 18:25:43 In writing this blog, I have tried to take a page from the high-minded Obama campaign playbook and outline the positive reasons why my fellow voters should support Barack Obama and the Democrats and not harangue on the myriad of reasons why they should oppose John McCain and the Republicans.One of the reasons I am drawn to Obama, is that, in spite of consistent dishonest attacks from the cabal of
SHUT THE F#%K UP 2008-08-26 00:49:00 On the night that Barack Obama garnered enough delegates to clinch the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party he gave an emotional and inspired speech. It was an historic moment. A moment when the first viable African-American candidate, after a hard-fought battle with the first viable woman candidate, took his place in history. A moment that needed to be shared by all Americans, regardle
GAVEL TO GAVEL 2008-08-25 23:21:52 When I was a young man, I was riveted by the gavel to gavel convention coverage that all the television networks at the time - ABC, CBS and NBC - provided as a public service. I joined ABC News in 1972 and worked my way up to become a network news producer for the evening news programs. From Desk Assistant to Producer, I worked with Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner, Barbara Walters, Frank Reynolds,
THE WINNING TICKET 2008-08-24 19:28:34 I believe Sen. Joe Biden was the best choice to run with Sen. Barack Obama to bring about the change we desperately need in this country. It's a winning ticket. Now, the Sen. Hillary Clinton supporters need to fully and enthusiastically campaign for these candidates. A new poll, reported by The New York Times (Delegates for Clinton Back Obama, but Show Concerns) says that 'more than half of the de
SCORING OLYMPIC PINS 2008-08-11 22:26:07 I can feel it. It's taking hold. I have no real interest in the Olympic Summer Games. I'm a winter games fan. But the fever is beginning to grip me. Not Olympic fever, pin collecting fever. It started when I was at the Sydney summer games, covering them for MSNBC.com. It's there I got my first taste, where my addiction began. I have several pin-collecting books filled with the pins that I begged f
SCARY LADY 2008-09-15 23:40:01 I am becoming increasingly frightened that Sarah Palin will become president of the United States. And so is the editorial board of The New York Times . 'As we watched Sarah Palin on TV the last couple of days, we kept wondering what on earth John McCain was thinking. If he seriously thought this first-term governor — with less than two years in office — was qualified to be president, if neces
DIMMER SWITCH 2008-09-13 14:39:56 Last month I wrote about people in this country who are 'just plain stupid'.I wrote: 'Let's live in the truth. The truth is that too many people in this country are just plain stupid. They are ill-informed and easily misled. They buy into simplistic perversions of the facts. They know too little, think too little and they listen to those that know how to influence their little minds. They can be m
IDIOT WIND 2008-09-13 02:07:42 Do we really need to see Fox's Geraldo Rivera and CNN's Rick Sanchez standing in the middle of a hurricane? Do we really need to see dozens of newscasting fools across the television dial bracing themselves against gale force winds? Are they simply 'too stupid to get out of the rain'? Do they not understand the danger of standing in the middle of a hurricane? Do we really need to see one of them k Read more:IDIOT
COUCHED IN DECEIT 2008-09-13 01:19:17 John McCain went on 'The View' today probably thinking he was going to have a lightweight, happy, chatty little session. Instead, right from the get-go he had to face tough, direct and unflinching questioning from Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. But, he couldn't or wouldn't answer Barbara's repeated question on what exactly he and his running mate are going to reform in Washington.
THE PUPPET CANDIDATES 2008-09-12 19:30:08 There they are, John and Sarah, the bubble boy and girl of politics, insulated on the campaign trail from the truth seekers, spouting overly-practiced, dishonest lines about their 'maverickism' and spreading outrageous lies about their opposition. Pull their strings and both of the Rovian dolls will distort on cue. No matter what they are asked, no matter where they go, no matter what the voters a
NO BLINKING OR THINKING 2008-09-11 23:17:04 Sarah Palin tells ABC News' Charles Gibson that she is ready to attack our enemy without blinking, and presumably, without thinking. 'In order to stop Islamic extremists, those terrorists who would seek to destroy America and our allies, we must do whatever it takes and we must not blink, Charlie, in making those tough decisions of where we go and even who we target.' - Sarah Palin The transcript
ENDING SPACE AND TIME 2008-09-09 18:41:03 Well now, all you folks waiting for the Rapture, modern science might just be hurrying it along. Tomorrow may be the beginning of the end of space and time. The world's largest atom-smasher will fire up. Fingers Crossed, Physicists Are Ready for Collider to Roll 'At roughly 3:30 a.m. Eastern time, scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, say they will try to send the fir
ITCHING FOR A FIGHT 2008-09-05 18:05:38 I am uncomfortable every time I see a group of Americans chanting USA, USA, USA! It mostly embarrasses me. That's because it usually isn't a show of humble pride, but, too often, a rabid display of ignorant jingoistic overwrought blind nationalism. It especially pains me when I see crowds burst into the chant when a political leader rails against our enemies - real and perceived. The instantaneous
SARAH THE PARROT 2008-09-05 17:33:26 Right now Sarah Palin is speaking in Sterling Heights, Michigan. She is giving her convention speech, almost word for word. She is dutifully parroting what McCain's speech writers have told her to say. The hurredly-vetted Republican vice-presidential candidate is being kept under wraps by her handlers. They don't want anyone to question her background or policies. She has no plans to make herself
BAILIN' ON PALIN 2008-09-26 20:06:42 In her well-reasoned column, 'Palin Problem', conservative columnist Kathleen Parker calls for Sarah Palin to remove herself from the Republican presidential ticket, calling her 'out of her league'. 'It was fun while it lasted.Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her
FLY IN THE OINTMENT 2008-09-26 01:39:51 John McCain, by forcing his and Barack Obama's unnecessary presences into the delicate, intense negotiations between the appropriate members of Congress and the Bush administration over what to do about our dire economic situation, has put a fly in the ointment.It would be more helpful for him to keep in close consultation with the congressional leadership, as Barack Obama has done, and let them k
RUNNING AND HIDING 2008-09-25 14:53:30 John and Sarah are doing all they can to avoid facing their opponents Barack and Joe in a debate. McCain keeps canceling campaign appearances, because his presence is apparently urgently needed at one crisis or another - hurricanes, economic meltdowns. And Palin is just plain unavailable. Well, John, we just ain't buying it. We know a dodge when we see one. So, dear John, the nation demands that y
PRETTY LITTLE HEAD 2008-09-25 14:00:00 Good, golly, gosh. Mommy Sarah has just been so darn busy in big New York City the past couple of days filling up her pretty little head with all that worldy stuff from all those smitten foreign leaders. But she took time from her busy schedule of avoiding the press corps to sit down with another mommy, Katie Couric, to talk about all she has learned. She gave naive answers to serious questions. S
MAN WITH A PLAN 2008-09-24 22:10:05 Barack Obama has outlined core principles for the legislation being considered to address the current economic crisis (see below), which he urges Senator McCain to support. They seem pretty sound. And you can read the highlights of his overall economic plan on his website. 'I believe that several core principles should guide this legislation.First, there must be oversight. We should not hand over
JOHNNIES-COME-LATELY 2008-09-24 21:38:02 I'll admit that I have limited understanding of how money markets work. To me, the stock market has always been akin to a gambling casino. I do, however, understand the powerful motivation of greed and the cost of unregulated money grabbing.So, here we are, the poor taxpaying citizens of this rich country, being forced to pay off the bad debts of the money managers - outrageous bills run up by poo
RUNNING ON EMPTY 2008-09-24 20:00:00 Keeping her busy with private little geography lessons from foreign policy experts and world leaders, the McCain campaign handlers are doing all they can to keep Sarah Palin hidden, because every time she speaks to the press she reveals more about how little she knows. Katie Couric asked Palin, in an interview on the CBS Evening News, to name any examples of John McCain pushing for more regulation
MAVERICKS 2008-09-05 16:00:00 Here's some straight talk for those so-called Western mavericks McCain and Palin. John McCain crows that he has bucked his party over and over again. That's because his party is wrong over and over again. They excoriate Barack Obama for hardly ever bucking his party. That's because his party is usually right.And let's not forget that when it mattered to go against the inertia of war, nearly alone,
HYPOCRITIC (SIC) OAFS 2008-09-05 14:45:00 Watch Jon Stewart bust the hypocritical Rove, O'Reilly and Pfotenhauer over Sarah Palin.
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