What really happened at the White House?

What really happened at the White House?
Do you want to read about what really happened the other day at the white house?
I was really surprised to hear right after the meeting on all the news channels that McCain screwed the whole thing up. He wasn’t willing to make concessions that would allow it to [...]

Stay in and watch the debate or go see an all-lesbian Zeppelin tribute band?

Stay in and watch the debate or go see an all-lesbian Zeppelin tribute band?
Yeah, it was an easy decision. For what it’s worth, Lez Zeppelin rocked the casbah last night, belting out impressive covers of “Ramble On” and “Kashmir,” among others. They also stayed away from the really obvious song choices (thank God “Stairway to [...]

Gil Troy: The candidates’ cribs

Gil Troy: The candidates’ cribs
The Financial Times, 9-26-08
….Professor Gil Troy, a historian specialising in US presidents at McGill University in Montreal, points to several modern presidencies in which geography played an important role, shaping the narrative of the administration “both symbolically and substantively”. Jimmy Carter’s portrayal of himself as a peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia, [...]

The Sarah Palin Chronicles! 6

The Sarah Palin Chronicles! 6

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In Search of Sarah Palin -Time
By Nancy Gibbs Saturday, Sep. 27, 2008

Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Monday
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty

Watching Joe Biden buzz from network to network post debate, you had to wonder one more time: As she prepares for her own big night, is Sarah Palin’s [...]

Lawmakers report progress on financial rescue deal

Lawmakers report progress on financial rescue deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nervously eyeing the markets’ next trading session, key lawmakers in both parties and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson worked late into the night Saturday trying to close an agreement on a multibillion-dollar government bailout of distressed financial companies….
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U.S. lawmakers aim to nail down bailout

U.S. lawmakers aim to nail down bailout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders locked themselves behind closed doors on Saturday and worked into the night with the aim of nailing down a deal on a $700 billion (380 billion pound) bank bailout and halting a downward spiral in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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McCain and Obama resume campaign fight

McCain and Obama resume campaign fight
WASHINGTON/GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain accused each other of playing politics with the financial crisis on Saturday, stepping up their attacks one day after their first presidential debate ended in a virtual tie.

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what a wonderful world

what a wonderful world
Sarah Palin’s a poetic genius on the magnitude of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsburg.  The McCain camp is clairvoyent.  Barack and Michelle are in love.
Ok, that last one wasn’t supposed to be cynical — it just comes across that way when you juxtapose it with Palin’s eager spewing of discombobulated talking points [...]

Obama Wants NRA Ads Banned, unconstitutionally

Obama Wants NRA Ads Banned, unconstitutionally
Obama wants to ban NRA Ads that tell the truth about his intention to ban fire-arms. — In other words, Barack Obama not onlywants to violate our Second Amendment Rights, but also our first Amendment.
This is yet another reason why I hope he loses the election! This, I believe, shows [...]

Personal Responsibility 1776-2008 R.I.P.

Personal Responsibility 1776-2008 R.I.P.
As much as America may need the bailout,  if the bill comes out laden with earmarks and other spending that has nothing to do with the current situation, John McCain should vote against it. 
Personal responsibility is the only loser in this bailout.  Despite warnings from Alan Greenspan, John McCain, and even Presidents [...]

Palin’s an Unqualified Airhead: Flustered With Couric, Will Be Even More Flustered With Biden

Palin’s an Unqualified Airhead: Flustered With Couric, Will Be Even More Flustered With Biden

If Palin folds in front of Couric, what do you think she’ll do in front of Biden?
Palin and Biden are debating on Thursday, at Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri.  If we thought McCain appeared as a weakling, not being able to look [...]

Fundie Critic Raps McCain

Fundie Critic Raps McCain
David Brody, writing for Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network, is among those criticizing Sen. John McCain’s supposed suspension of his presidential campaign:
The real question here is did he really have to suspend his campaign and put this debate in jeopardy in the first place? You can make the argument that instead of [...]

The economic debate in the pivotal swing state of Ohio

The economic debate in the pivotal swing state of Ohio
In Ohio, a state suffering from both high unemployment and a rash of home foreclosures, “economic decline has been there for decades.

The Republicans’ case against Gov. Strickland is that he did little to stem a tide of job losses in the state in recent years. They [...]

John McCain can manipulate time, space, the weather, and see into the future!!

John McCain can manipulate time, space, the weather, and see into the future!!

Senator John McCain is a man with many superhuman powers. These include being able to see into the future, among his many other talents.
John McCain won last night’s debate….before it even started!
How else would you describe the ad which [...]

Meanwhile McCain’s own ethics scandals are brewing…

Meanwhile McCain’s own ethics scandals are brewing…
McCain has a long history of unethical and questionable behavior. Here’s the latest:
WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting [...]

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