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October surprise *
Trey Ellis in HuffPo thinks we should be afraid, very afraid of what Republicans might have up their sleeves for October: We taxpayers already have shelled out $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since 2003. They have 180,000 employees in country now building what they had assumed would be permanent bases for a permanent occupation…
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Unknowable McCain
Practically everything the American voters know about Sen. John McCain have been fan notes penned by journalists who act more like his groupies than objective observers. The real McCain is, of course, not the upstanding tower of strength who is going to defend us all from enemies within and without. The real McCain, as regular…
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McCain’s shifts
From The New Republic [John] McCain has spent years manipulating the public’s perception of his stance on abortion and reproductive health. He’s been against overturning Roe v. Wade and he’s been for it; he’s embraced the idea of a pro-choice running mate and, more recently, recoiled from it. It’s no wonder the public is confused.…
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Bush approval ratings
The Public v. McCain When the American public disapproves of Bush’s Presidency more and more each day, why does McCain continue to increase his support of such increasingly unpopular policies and positions? Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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moonshot *
Any debate where one of the parties removes their pants is a good debate. We need some pants removing in national politics. So said a commenter regarding this Associated Press story in the Minneapolis StarTribune. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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White Chicks Dig Obama
Fan Club Jake Tapper of ABC News counts the number of young white women professing their adoration of Sen. Obama in Sen. McCain’s latest web ad, called “Hot Chicks Dig Obama”. His count? Four. Just for kicks, I decided to find out whether Tapper was just being selective in his reporting. Four white women might…
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Georgian Nights and Days
A friend elsewhere (on Facebook) criticized my post yesterday about the Caucasus crisis. He said, in part: “with due respect, I’m a bit worried that even avowedly progressive people like you in America seem to hold rather one-sided view of the current South Ossetia crisis: without apparently/admittedly realising that a mirror-image history of our action…
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A Clear Voice
The United States is not speaking with a forked tongue about Russian atrocities in Georgia before the United Nations Security Council. Russia and the U.S. traded hot accusations at the Security Council over Moscow’s aggressive handling of its military operation in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia and the bombing of Georgia proper. Georgian diplomats…
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No Hillary Roll Call at Convention
The potential for Clinton (both Hillary and Bill) mischief is too great. Bill thinks he knows what’s best for Democrats and the country, and that’s for Hillary to be president. RUSH “the Great Idiot” Limbaugh (speaking alternatively as himself and Bill Clinton): Remember all those times, ladies and gentlemen, I warned you never, ever trust…
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What?
I have a million television stations as part of my Verizon Fios account. But, inexplicably, I don’t get MSNBC. I’ve tried to get to the bottom of this but, as Verizon has the worst customer service of any corporation that has ever existed on the face of the planet, I’m still waiting for a credible…