Category: Politics & World Affairs
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Sarah Palin, John McCain’s VP pick, delivered her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night. It was not so much a speech as an angry, sarcastic tirade with a smile. If the presidential ticket of the United States were to be decided by the mean spiritedness of the candidates, then McCain and…
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What they say … and what they think.
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Right wing religious bigots routinely hear from God. They are also given to interpreting natural and man-made disasters as retributive justice wrought upon those who stray from Christian values as defined by them – not a surprising quality among the deluded and the vindictive. But where the bigots go wrong is when they start believing that…
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After hurricane Gustav’s glancing blow derailed the Republican convention for a day, the news media and tabloids are all over hurricane Bristol, the real storm which is at the center of this year’s GOP festivities that threatens to expose the hypocrisy of the party’s "Family Values" bigots. Of course, the sanctimonious right wing morality brigade…
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More on what we have learnt about Sarah Palin in the last 24 hours here and here. Will John McCain, the self styled maverick with a hair trigger temper and a penchant for shooting from the hip stand fast by his presumptive running mate or are we looking at a Republican version of the Thomas…
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The barrage of political news of the last several days inevitably brings meteorological metaphors to mind. On the concluding day of the well organized Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 28, Sen Barack Obama breezed through a powerful speech that party faithfuls believe was a breath of fresh air because it managed to disperse…
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Wow. Talk about a selection that could be really, really big. Inspired, one might even say. Senator John McCain chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate on Friday, shaking up the political world with a surprise pick at a time when his campaign has been trying to attract women, especially disaffected supporters…
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Did you hear it? Did you hear Barack Obama’s acceptance speech earlier tonight in Denver? I hope you did. It was as close to flawless as a political message can get. Joe Biden, John Kerry and Al Gore had set the ball rolling with good speeches reminding the country what is at stake in this…
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Sen John McCain’s wife Cindy McCain traveled to Georgia this week on a humanitarian mission. McCain has taken a tough pro-Georgia position against Russia since the recent eruption of hostilities between the two countries. A few posts down, in answer to Joe’s question about the Russia – Georgia conflict, I expressed my suspicion regarding the possible…
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During the much publicized Q & A session (religious litmus test, really) with Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church on August 16, 2008, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain reflected on wide ranging issues such as morality, personal tribulations and their vision for America. (McCain who went second, by the way, was not…
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I don’t know about anyone else but the upcoming presidential election has been looking more and more lackluster to me. Even my good Dem friends and numerous uplifting e-mail messages from the Obama campaign (asking for money) are not lifting my Democratic spirits. Of course, I consider the potential presidency of Sen John McCain an…
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John McCain’s campaign has gleefully painted Barack Obama as an elitist in the same vacuous mode as Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Is McCain then the "man on the ground" who knows all about the travails and tribulations of the American working class? Depends on how one defines "working class." Do working class folks know…
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I haven’t read that much on the Russia-Georgia conflict. The Russian invasion of Georgia. Whatever you want to call it. So as far as what actually happened, it’s not entirely clear to me. But anyhow, one of the most interesting (and worrying) aspects of the conflict is the role of the United States. Take the…
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Krugman on the Republicans. But I don’t know, that doesn’t sound like the John McCain I know, who is not rooting for the end of the world to mobilize his base of poison-breathing flesh zombies; not someone anyone would want to torture to stop a ticking bomb; not a leading warmonger who likes to joke…
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