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Tag Archives: Obama
Does (American-style) Democracy Work?
“If they lie about us, then we will correct the record,” Obama said. “But this election is too important, too serious, to be playing silly games.” The media has been all about the campaign lies this year. Factcheck.org, a site with an august history, is probably getting more hits this month than it ever has. [...]
Wait, Gore said he invented the internet?
Had to see this coming. It’s really the lowest form of debate: intentionally misconstruing the opponents’ words to make him appear foolish. So, Palin in her first major speech notes that she finds community organizing to be next to a worthless pursuit, and nobody cares. Obama says that dressing up McCain’s policies as “change” are [...]
Is this thing on?
OK, this whole “I didn’t know I was being recorded while in a television studio” thing is getting old. Here are what Mike Murphy (former McCain campaign manager) and Peggy Noonan (Reagan speech writer) said when they thought folks weren’t listening: … Murphy: You know, because I come out of the blue swing state governor [...]
The growing case for states’ rights
The idea of “states’ rights” is most often associated with ultra-right positions: those seeking states’ control of abortion and discrimination laws. During a period in which the federal government was an effective protector of human rights and liberties, this made sense. But what happens when it is the states who are protecting liberties, and the [...]
End the War
I have to say, I am disappointed by Obama’s decision to forgo public financing of his campaign. I am far more unhappy about his unwillingness to stick to a sensible position on maintaining freedom from warrantless surveillance. But I think it is especially important that he reiterate his position on ending the War in Iraq [...]
Obama as a monkey
First, Limbaugh airs a comparison of Obama to Curious George, then a T-shirt depicting the same, and now this: a sock monkey version of a black presidential candidate. Race is being openly discussed for the first time in a long time, and with it, we should expect some real ignorance to show up, and racism [...]
“That one”