Thursday May 22nd, 2008 17:06 Will the missing votes make a difference?

us elections Will the missing votes make a difference?

Yesterday Kentucky and Oregon chose Clinton and Obama respectively.
In Kentucky, Clinton won 65% of the votes and Obama 30%. In Oregon, Clinton won 42% and Obama 58%.

Kentucky was dismissed by the media and the progressive blogs. Read the rest of this entry »

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Monday April 28th, 2008 14:05 Race or gender: not a way to choose

This is beginning to be too much. Some days watching the democratic candidates giving speeches, at rallies and debates, pretending to be what they are not, I wonder at how they are able to keep it up. They seem to have a stamina that we, the voters, are beginning to lose. And not just the ordinary voters but those whose jobs depend on reporting the news. I believe those especially have lost it. Read the rest of this entry »

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Monday April 14th, 2008 07:33 Back to foreclosures

On March 31st, I wrote an article which I started with ‘I never thought I would agree with John McCain!’ and finished by saying that ‘I believe he was right when Tuesday he said “it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers”.’ After publishing the article I got some mail and questions asking me if I really believed the government should not help in the subprime crisis. Several people pointed to me that doing nothing would result in hurting many people as well as the economy. I want now to go back to what I said and repeat that my agreement with McCain at that time was based on the government bailing out “those who act irresponsibly.” Read the rest of this entry »

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