In the wake of the fiasco that has become the attempt to bailout failed financial institution, one thing that has been a constant is the invisible role of the Bush administration in putting John McCain in a very tight spot. After a full week of a roller-coaster of political activities, we finally came to...
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“We don’t want (Hispanics) to become the new African-American community,” “And that’s what the Democratic Party is going to do to them, create more programs and give them handouts, food stamps and checks for this and checks for that. We don’t want that.”
“I’m very much afraid that the Democratic Party is going to do...
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Tags: African American Culture, African Culture, Checks, Clark County Nevada, Communications Director, Democratic Party, Didi, Food Stamps, Gop, Hispanics
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Since Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was chosen as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican party, she has gone on the campaign trail burnishing an image of a “reformer” and as someone who can get things done and “stand up to big oil”. As she gleefully mentioned at the Republican National Convention in...
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“In all due respect, people going around and… sticking a microphone while conversations are being held, and then all of a sudden that’s—that’s a person’s position… This is a free country…” – Senator John McCain
The more this campaign cycle goes on, the more Americans seem to be getting to know what can aptly be...
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Despite all the hoopla surrounding the position of Henry Kissinger and the disgraceful alacrity with which the supposed elder statesman kowtowed to the pressure from the McCain campaign to recant his own publicly available statements, Obama was right about him at the debate. I watched the CNN program called “The Next President” and Kissinger...
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The presidential debates have begun and we just witnessed the first one. While we will leave it to pundits and spin masters to debate about who won or lost, one thing that was very apparent was that should senator Barack Obama be lucky enough to win this election, he will owe an eternal debt...
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With the dizzying pace at which this years campaign is flying, it is very easy to get caught up in little things and forget the big picture. As good as the news has been for the Obama campaign this past two weeks, they can ill afford to become complacent and assume that the battle...
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If there was any doubt in the minds of supporters of senator John McCain’s presidential aspirations that the old man has lost it, the recent antics of the very senior senator from Arizona should erase such doubts. After a week of looking listless, confused and almost out of his elements, some of his advisers...
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“I know how to win wars! I know how to win wars!” “And if I’m elected President, I will turn around the war in Afghanistan, just as we have turned around the war in Iraq, with a comprehensive strategy for victory, I know how to do that.” – Senator John McCain
A lot has been...
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“To the extent that the Constitution and laws are read narrowly, as Jefferson wished, the Chief Executive will on occasion feel duty bound to assert monarchical notions of prerogative that will permit him to exceed the law.” — Dick Cheney
“Who could have imagined that different-drummer McCain would emerge as a press-conference-avoiding, media-baiting, fact-fabricating generic...
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