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Endorsement from lifelong conservative Larry Hunter

Dr. Larry Hunter, a life-long conservative, wrote an endorsement that posted in the New York Daily News where he discussed his choice to vote for Barack Obama. I’m a lifelong conservative activist and I’m backing Barack Obama BY LARRY HUNTER Wednesday, July 16th 2008 I’m a lifelong Republican – a supply-side conservative. I worked in [...]

First video from Obama’s MidEast trip

The Military News Network just released some video footage of Barack Obama visiting in Kuwait. Here’s some roll of him with visiting troops, shaking hands, autographing photos, and throwing a perfect basketball shot at 3:15. There’s also some footage of Obama giving a speech to the troops. The audio is so-so, but the content is [...]

It’s all about solutions…

If there’s a common theme of of the Obama campaign, it’s all about finding solutions to problems in a rational manner. I love this little video clip. This was one of the winning entries to MoveOn.org’s Obama in 30 Seconds Contest. Reggie Schickel of Hanover, NH created this little masterpiece. If you want to check [...]

McCain blurts out details of Obama Iraq trip

Three months ago, John McCain was furious when someone in the media mentioned that his nineteen year old son Jimmy was serving in Iraq. John McCain believed that sharing this type of information with the public would create a real security risk for his son. Today, John McCain unleashed a security risk for his opponent [...]

McCain claims Obama is too much like Bush?

The John McCain campaign held a press conference today, where they made this statement: I think the American people have had enough of inflexibility and stubbornness in national security policy…We cannot afford to replace one administration that refused for too long to acknowledge failure in Iraq with a candidate that refuses to acknowledge success in [...]

Jon Stewart on Obama cartoon

After hearing Team Obama describe the New Yorker cartoon as “tasteless and offensive,” Jon Stewart of the Daily Show responded with what he wished Barack Obama would have said: Really? You know what your response should’ve been? It’s very easy here, let me put the statement out for you: Barack Obama is in no way [...]

Obama and the Audacity of Humor

The recent incident involving the New Yorker cartoon cover has highlighted one of the big problems for Barack Obama. The New York Times reports: But there has been little humor about Mr. Obama: about his age, his speaking ability, his intelligence, his family, his physique. And within a late-night landscape dominated by white hosts, white [...]

Paul Krassner on the Fear of Fun

Paul Krassner, a humorist once accused of being “the father of the American underground press,” and then demanded a paternity test, writes about the absurdity of controversy surrounding the Obama- New Yorker cover art, Jesse Jackson’s testicle taunts, and John McCain’s singing career. It’s true. The fear factor in the USA makes it difficult to [...]

Obama’s plan for Iraq

In today’s New York Times, you can read Barack Obama‘s op-ed on exactly how he plans to deal with Iraq.

McCain’s 61 Flip-Flops and the Historic Week

During the last Presidential election, John Kerry was attacked for being a flip-flopper because he changed his mind on too many issues. If changing one’s mind is political poison, then John McCain is truly “dead meat.” Steve Benen documented 61 policy reversals from the Republican nominee. If McCain wants to argue that flip-flops are an [...]

 

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