MichaelW on May 09 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Media, MichaelW's Page
It should be clear by now to anyone who frequently reads blogs that the MSM is not terribly accurate in its reporting, nor does it seem to have any intention of getting better at it. Whether you think the media leans left (as I think it demonstrably does) or right, there is no denying [...]
MichaelW on May 06 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
That’s what I took from Michelle Obama’s stump speech anyway (HT: Jim Lindgren):
She tells the story of a ten-year-old girl she met in Newberry, S.C., before that state’s primary. “It was in a little beauty shop, and we were having a rally — it was me and a bunch of women and a couple of [...]
MichaelW on May 06 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page, Race, Religion and theology
I haven’t had much time to grace the pages of ASHC lately, but I was skimming through Memeorandum and just couldn’t resist saying something about this little screed:
Wright issue will haunt conservative media elite
By Roland S. Martin
CNN Contributor
Now that Sen. Barack Obama has denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many of his critics, [...]
Keith_Indy on May 06 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Keith's Page, energy
Hmmm, oil states controlling production to just barely meet 35.6% of supply so they can keep prices high. That’s bad.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_OPEC_can_no_longer_be_a_cartel.html
“We’re going to go right at OPEC,” she said. “They can no longer be a cartel, a monopoly that get together once every couple of months in some conference room in some plush [...]
Keith_Indy on May 02 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
I agree with one of the commenters over on HotAir…
How DARE they call us Indianans. We are called Hoosiers for some gawd damn reason, so call us that when you’re insulting us.
I dare him to come here and say that. It would be a tossup if he were beaten or laughed at. [...]
ChrisB on May 02 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Election 2008, Libertarianism
Some political chaos going on in the Nevada Republican Convention. Ron Paul supporters amassed at the convention in hopes of taking it over and electing their own people as delegates.
Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list [...]
Peg on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Health Care, Peg's Page
John McCain gets my vote.
What exactly is the problem with the American health-care system?
The problem is not that Americans don’t have fine doctors, medical technology, and treatments. American medicine is the envy of the world. The problem is not that most Americans lack adequate health insurance. The vast majority of Americans have private insurance, and [...]
Keith_Indy on Apr 30 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Keith's Page
The sin of omission that Hillary is committing with the re-telling of the Indiana plant moving to China (while not mentioning that it was sold to China during her husbands tenure,) is starting to gather some light. The following story was linked by the DrudgeReport today.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/election2008/story/35337.html
It’s a story Hillary Clinton loves to tell, about [...]
Keith_Indy on Apr 30 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Election 2008, Firearms, Keith's Page
Never underestimate the power of a politician to overestimate their power, especially in an election year.
Just as the signs are trending towards a “permanent” majority for Democrats, one of them has the bright idea to poke a sleeping bear.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, has introduced a bill that would allow the FBI to [...]
Keith_Indy on Apr 28 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
In searching today about the post I put up last week, about Clinton’s ad about defense jobs lost to China, I found these juicy bits…
Bayh blasted federal policies that allowed the sale of the plant to the Chinese, saying that now the United States has to buy the magnets used in its smart bombs from [...]
Peg on Apr 25 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, Libertarianism, Media
John McCain was one politician I admired greatly. While I still believe that the man is a true hero, and while I still do applaud some of what he does, the veil has been lifted from my eyes for one major reason: McCain-Feingold.
Although I, like so many others, wish that we lived in [...]
Keith_Indy on Apr 25 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
Finally, someone else is bringing up the same point I’ve been making about Obama’s remarks at that SanFran fundraiser…
For a man who clings to a racist black preacher as tightly as Obama has clung to Reverend Wright, it’s odd that he would speak of clinging to religion as a small-town phenomenon that grew out of [...]
ChrisB on Apr 25 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Election 2008, Humor
I’m sure by now most of you have heard of Tony Zirkle, the Indiana lawyer running for Congress (as a third candidate) who attended a Nazi party in Chicago. However, I found his campaign site and joy of joys, it turns out he has a message board! You’ll absolutely love his excuse for going the [...]
Keith_Indy on Apr 24 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Keith's Page, Technology
Here’s an ad some of you may not have seen. But now (wonder of wonders) since Indiana is a battleground state in the Democratic primary, it’s been getting plenty of air play during the local news programs.
Hillary Clinton:
Right here over 200 Hoosiers built parts that guided our military’s smart bombs to their targets.
They were [...]
Peg on Apr 24 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, Peg's Page, energy
At least on this topic.
Economists in general oppose a tax holiday because it would encourage consumption of gasoline at a time of soaring demand.
Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens, a longtime Republican donor, criticized Sen. McCain’s policy in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and other news organizations last week.
Mr. Pickens said suspending the federal [...]
Peg on Apr 22 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Peg's Page
Are you someone who thinks that the Republican Attack Machine is far more vicious than anything Democrats could ever dream up?
Please read this - and if you are still convinced, raise your hand.
That is - if you have never been tortured and are still able to raise your hand.
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Joshua Foust on Apr 17 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Notes on the war
Cross-posted to Registan.net.
The Air Force Times reports on a rather surprising gaffe from the foreign policy Commander-in-Chief-to-be:
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona may not have been paying the closest of attention last week during hearings on the Bush administration’s Iraq policy.
Speaking Monday at the annual meeting of the Associated Press, McCain was asked [...]
Keith_Indy on Apr 17 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
Lot’s of stuff to like here…
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for a repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) on Tuesday as part of his “pro-growth, pro-jobs tax agenda.”
…
If elected president, McCain said he would make it harder to raise taxes. “It should require a three-fifth-majority vote in Congress to raise taxes,” he said.
McCain [...]
Keith_Indy on Apr 14 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
Well, it’s all the rage now. The AHA GOTCHA! moments of political campaigning.
Some think they’ve got McCain painted in a corner by the selective use of quotes:
In a speech March 25, he said: “It is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks [...]
Lance on Apr 12 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, Firearms, Lance's Page
Given the discussion at this post about Obama’s condescension, I suggest Tom Maguire’s roundup of the coverage of Obama making the mistake of speaking his mind about the rubes who he needs to vote for him:
I can’t believe that in all those Harvard classes they never emphasize that you can’t tell the rubes what you [...]
MichaelW on Apr 10 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, MichaelW's Page
I have no idea who’s going to win the election this year, but as I attempt to handicap the race I’m drawn to the old saw that the person with whom most people would rather sit down at a local watering hole and knock back a few tall cold ones with will be the eventual [...]
Joshua Foust on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Foreign affairs
What to do when no one on the presidential ballot is a conservative? Conservative historian Andrew Bracevich—who has been opposed to the war since the start yet nevertheless lost a son in Iraq—says the war is reason enough to vote for Barrack Obama.
>Above all, conservatives who think that a McCain presidency would restore a sense [...]
Keith_Indy on Mar 31 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
Temporarily for Obama… Maybe.
So far as I can gather Obama is a big question mark, who’s been ‘present’ for the voting of many important issues, but who refuses to take a stand on them.
But I can think of one thing that would make me vote for Obama.
Mrs. Clinton’s aides said they could see no [...]
MichaelW on Mar 27 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, MichaelW's Page, regulation
Some people are hoping to hoist John McCain on his own campaign finance petard. As satisfying as it would be to see the Senator receive a healthy dose of his bitter medicine, however, the complaints filed against him with the FEC will almost assuredly fail.
In the blogosphere it is the most recent complaint filed [...]
ChrisB on Mar 24 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Election 2008, Glenn Greenwald's Carnival of Fisking
If this blog is about one thing, it’s fisking Glenn Greenwald, and a libertarian examination of the world. Two things, if this blog is about two things, it’s fisking Glenn Greenwald, and a libertarian examination of the world, and a healthy open place to debate issues of the day. Three things, if this blog [...]
Keith_Indy on Mar 21 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, Keith's Page
Some interesting parallels with our current situation and the period before the Great Depression. Interestingly, it seems the Democrats are intent on not learning from history, at least not about what led us to the Depression. Or maybe they want a replay of the policies that helped drag us out of the Depression.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_shlaes&sid=alBsmRS72DyM
Schumer [...]
MichaelW on Mar 18 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
The inestimable Oliver Kamm provides a glimpse at the value our British friends find in a potential John McCain presidency:
Two points about McCain stand out. He’s not a conservative and he’s been right all along about Iraq. These are the reasons I favoured him from the outset for the Republican nomination. Indeed McCain has been [...]
MichaelW on Mar 12 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Ever since John McCain effectively wrapped up his party’s nomination, I’ve been thinking that it might not be such a great thing for the Republican ticket. Because Obama and Hillary are still battling it out for the Democrat nomination, and will continue to do so all the way to the convention in August, they [...]
MichaelW on Mar 07 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Glenn Greenwald's Carnival of Fisking, Media, MichaelW's Page
The inscrutable and vainglorious Boi from Brazil weighs in to explain why Republicans find Obama’s candidacy “scary”:
Conservatives love to claim that Obama supporters have excess reverence for their candidate and see him as some sort of transcendent messiah figure. There is a small minority of Obama supporters — as is true for most candidates and [...]
MichaelW on Mar 06 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, MichaelW's Page
Two Messiahs. One Religion. McQ considers how this might become a problem for the Democratic Party:
There is indeed a faction on the left who want a Gore presidency badly. And for a variety of reasons, one of which, of course, has to do with global warming and their belief that we’re on an [...]
MichaelW on Mar 01 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
“Why are the letters ‘NIG’ on the child’s pajamas?”
Asks a commenter — “Tom” — on my post about the new Hillary Clinton commercial, the one that shows several children sleeping and then Clinton taking a national security phone call in the middle of the night. You can see the commercial at the link, and the [...]
MichaelW on Feb 29 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, Media, MichaelW's Page
Does it strike anyone else as tragically ironic that, if indeed John McCain were declared not to be a “natural-born citizen” due to the locus of his birth, then an “anchor baby” could be elected President but the child of an Armed Services member born overseas could not?
Think about that. Child of illegal aliens [...]
Peg on Feb 28 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
All that Pejman has to say is correct. Ignore at your own peril.
And the fat lady is already belting out her arias.
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Peg on Feb 28 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
Multiple times I have lauded the exceptional blog Booker Rising, masterfully managed by my friend Shay Riley. If you are looking for a wealth of information about the black community, a wide variety of viewpoints, articles and comments on related issues, then Booker Rising is a must-stop for you.
Shay has a feature called “Quote [...]
MichaelW on Feb 28 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, Media, MichaelW's Page
THE LATEST non-issue hyped by (who else?) the New York Times is that “some” people are questioning whether or not John McCain is eligible to be a sitting President:
The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up [...]
Joshua Foust on Feb 27 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs
Posted first on Registan.net.
Just kidding. But watch her mangle “Medvedev,” like a ninth grader on “Meet the Press”:
Does this mean anything? Not really. But given that both Clinton and Obama admitted to knowing nothing about the man they all recognize Vladimir Putin has hand-picked as his successor, perhaps the routine barbs about George Dubya [...]
Joshua Foust on Feb 25 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Foreign affairs
Cross-posted to Registan.net
Far be it for me to carry water for any Presidential candidate (I still hate them all), but some criticism just goes far over the top. Many months ago, Barrack Obama got a lot of heat from the right-o-sphere for pointing out that the high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan was harming [...]
MichaelW on Feb 25 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
The Politico notes a rather amateurish effort from Hillary Clinton:
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe accused the Clinton campaign Monday of “shameful offensive fear-mongering” by circulating a photo as an attempted smear.
Plouffe was reacting to a banner headline on the Drudge Report saying that aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) had e-mailed a photo calling [...]
peter on Feb 24 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Peter's Page
I don’t know about you guys, but this pretty much sums up my feelings about the upcoming presidential election:
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Keith_Indy on Feb 22 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
John McCain is speaking in Indianapolis today.
Some high lites
* Doesn’t think subsidies are needed for ethanol
* Speech was heavy on National Defense
* Wants free and fair elections in Cuba, will not provide aid or assistance until political prisoners are released.
* Wants to keep tax rates low, and simplify the tax code.
* We need to eliminate [...]
peter on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peter's Page
That’s the only question left after her and Barack Obama’s debate tonight, which took place about a mile and a half from my house.
I can’t believe I’m watching, in real-time, Hillary Clinton get smacked around with the campaign schtick her opponent has knicked from her own husband. The ‘92 election was Bush Sr.’s to lose [...]
Peg on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, Peg's Page, Race
Two funerals in a week. Work commitments. Continuing education. Coverage of a junior bridge tournament.
Who has time to blog?
Fortunately, my (younger) friend Shay is like the U.S. Postal Service: come rain or shine, she does it!
Millions of words have been written about Michelle Obama’s statement the other day [...]
Keith_Indy on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Keith's Page
Every good smear deserves a plea to stop the smearer and the dirty apes who support them…
One does have to wonder why the New Yawk Times would first endorse a candidate, and then publish what I would assume was to them, a scandalous article about that very candidate. One hand not knowing what the [...]
MichaelW on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Obama the Confident:
Barack Obama’s campaign, riding a wave of 10 straight victories in the contest for the Democratic nomination after wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii, today urged Hillary Clinton to bow to the inevitable and accept defeat.
Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, dismissed her camp’s hopes of making a comeback when the power states of Texas [...]
MichaelW on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
I am not a fan of John McCain, but the rumor-based smear leveled at him by the New York Times is more than a little unfair.
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 [...]
ChrisB on Feb 18 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Election 2008
Here’s a neat little test shinobi showed me in the QandO chat today. It’s supposed to try to measure your subconscious preferences and compare them to your stated preferences. I can see how this would be an interesting thing to study with the reports of exit polls, other polls and caucuses showing more support [...]
Peg on Feb 18 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
In my most recent post, I referred to the cool cash that at least one of the Democrat candidates is spreading around her community.
Cash abounds in the Democratic world! My liberal friends squeal about the money that they believe transfers from Republicans to big biz. It’s true - and that is part of [...]
Lee on Feb 18 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
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photo: Alan Chan
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Peg on Feb 18 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
Are you one of those who says there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Republican and Democrat candidates?
If so - well, viva la difference.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure more than $340 million worth of home-state projects in last year’s spending bills, placing her among the top 10 Senate recipients of what are [...]
Synova on Feb 18 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Music, Uncategorized
Last week?
…but I can no longer stand idly by and watch the media and independent voters continue to throw themselves at the feet of John McCain.
Because I’m trying to remember anyone swooning over McCain and I’m not having much luck at all.
The John McCain they fell in love with in 2000 — the straight-shooting, [...]
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