July 6, 2008 - Spooky how this summer's movie blockbusters parallel the 2008 political landscape:
Get Smart
An eager but inept government official is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination. KAOS ens...
July 6, 2008 - It's never clear whom I'll wake up with on Sunday morning, not because I'm promiscuous, but my husband leaves the TV on. Today's early morning talking heads are reflecting on the candidates' strengths and flaws. Of interest to them is whether or not the terrorists will...
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July 6, 2008 - Dear President Obama,
Some advice from my personal experience. Keep your eye on the ball, and don't push too hard to make everyone love you. I know this from my own relationships with men. So yeah, keep you eye on the ball, or in my case balls. That's...
July 5, 2008 - In his continuing campaign to move toward what Republicans define as "the center," and in order to further alienate his supporters, Democratic candidate Barack Obama released an omnibus position paper today. The highlights are as follows:
Oil company profits, paid for by high gas prices, ar...
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July 4, 2008 - If the energy company CEOs, oil speculators, and Saudi princes ever needed a great PR line, it's now.
And here 'tis.
Oil Companies: In the Business of Saving Lives
The bad news: Fuel prices have skyrocketed.
The good news: You're around not to afford them
Yessiree. Tha...
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July 3, 2008 - Of the many important world issues John McCain and Barack Obama face this election season, none is as globally salient and ethically charged as the War on Aides. A recent strain appeared in Fl...
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July 3, 2008 - I am steaming mad at a whole bunch of things and I don't know what or whom to be maddest with. I know a lot of you on the left feel that the expression "angry right winger" is redundant, but I am usually pretty much a live and let...
July 2, 2008 - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has met with the '08 presidential candidates several times "just to talk about issues and foreign policy," according to a spokeswoman. The...
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July 2, 2008 - Just in time for the 4th, our favorite Keith Olbermann fan has come out with this summer's official Obama Jam, "Crank Dat...
July 2, 2008 - ...NOR A GOOD ONE.
The Constitution is a wacky, kinda living, kinda not, document that explains just what we Americans can get away with. It also frames the conditions within which one can run for the position where one American can get away with the most--President of the...
July 1, 2008 - If there's one thing we can agree on in the recent flap over whether John McCain's military record necessarily makes him qualified to be president, it's this: everybody "honors John McCain's service."
Even Wes...
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July 1, 2008 - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says the prospects for a Republican-led Senate in 2009 are grim. In an interview with CNN, McConnell told Candy Crowley, "We are not going to be back in the majority in the Senate next year. The numbers make that impossible." He's...