This is for Real.
Monday, January 19th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »Tomorrow morning I'll wake up and know that Barack Obama will be President before nightfall. I still find this to be freaking amazing. A new President and so far I haven't been reciting the last line from "We Won't Get Fooled ...
Saving grace, perhaps?
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | 1 Comment »This afternoon Sen. McCain addressed a rally in Minnesota and, evidently, the scary tenor of the crowds attending his events finally got to him. A woman, quivering with emotion, said she was scared of Obama because he was an "Arab!" McCain ...
Bad Moon Rising
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in News, Politics | No Comments »In the aftermath of Tuesday night's Presidential Debate, I thought the campaign was going to get really nasty as it appeared Senator McCain hadn't scored a tremendous victory. I don't want to be snide, but wasn't the Town Hall style forum supposed ...
“Shoeless Joe” Hardy or the Whine of the Ancient Mariner?
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »Oh, I was gonna write something pithy this evening about how John McCain has changed so dramatically since the 2000 campaign, but Barry Dunsmore beat me to it by a couple of weeks. Dunsmore, a retired ABC News reporter, is ...
Some dems just can’t vote for Obama…
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »Interesting article in the LA Times. Folks in Appalachia may be feeling the pain of the economic situation, but before they vote for a black man, they just won't vote at all. Be sure to check out the column by ...
The Last Nail in the Coffin…
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »Yesterday afternoon the House of Representatives failed to pass legislation requested by the Bush Administration and Fed Chairman Henry Paulson for $250 billion to bailout the financial industry. Naturally, House Republican leaders quickly blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for losing ...
The Debate: McCain Makes The Case For… Experience?
Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »Sen. McCain repeatedly said, "You don't understand" and "I went to..." So what does that say about Sarah Palin? Obama came off as very knowledgeable when it comes to foreign policy and compassionate for the little guy on domestic policy. He also ...
Lipstick on a pig…
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »On the eve of the anniversary of 9/11, the media is frothing back and forth over a GOP charge of "sexism" against Barack Obama. Obama referred to John McCain's co-opting "Change" while putting forth the same policies by saying, "if you ...
McCain: “We Republicans are the only ones who can clean up this mess WE made!”
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Yep. That, in essence, is what he said. "We came to change Washington and Washington changed us!" he bellowed. The reaction in the arena was... muted? No matter how many tales of heroism told ...
Karl Rove: “Small town mayor and short term Governor not ready for Presidency.”
Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »You read that correctly, folks. Karl Rove, whose disciple, Steve Schmidt, is now ram-rodding the McCain campaign, told CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Scheiffer that a short-term governor who was previously a mayor would not have the attributes or ...