There’s a lot of people that believe that Sarah Palin would be a terrible choice for vice-president, and it’s not just the liberal Democrats. Conservative writer George Will was at at a Senate Press Secretaries Association reception where he stated that she was “obviously not qualified to be President.” In an article for the National [...]
For the first time in 72 years, The (Stockton) Record, a conservative newspaper in California, is endorsing a Democrat for president. Franklin D. Roosevelt got our nod in 1936. The reasons for the endorsement of Barack Obama over John McCain are articulated in the editorial on this page. The unanimous decision was made by our [...]
There’s a handful of Obama endorsements I’d like to acknowledge in one big swoop… Comedian Sarah Silverman doing something very special to get folks to vote for Barack Obama, focusing on Florida, a major swing state. She’s teamed up with Jews Vote.org for something called The Great Schlep, which is focused on getting all the [...]
Tonight, the public may get a chance to see the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. Or not. Hard to say. A few days ago, McCain had his little freak-out, stating that he couldn’t attend the debate until the budget crisis was resolved. Never mind that the budget crisis and proposed $700 [...]
FIRST, a revealing statement from the official 2008 Republican Platform on Economy, under the subject of “Rebuilding Homeownership” : We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace and causes the free market to take longer to correct itself. We believe in the free market [...]
Unlike John McCain, who hadn’t held a press conference in 41 days, Barack Obama addressed the press today to discuss Paulson and Bernanke’s proposal for the big $700 billion Wall St. bailout. The Democratic candidate laid out his short-term and long-term goals, and even took questions from the press afterwards! Obama stated that companies that [...]
Sometimes, there’s just too much information for one day! First there’s the absurdity of the Bush administration proposing a $700 billion bail-out with no accountability: Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any [...]
It looks like the McCain campaign has developed some creative ways of disenfranchising votes in Wisconsin. Daily Kos explains the strategy in simple terms: 1. Mail forms to hard core Democratic voters, asking them to register to vote by mail. 2. Have those forms addressed to the wrong county registrar. 3. Pray overworked registrar workers, [...]
Millions of Americans can’t afford health care. Lots of hard-working taxpayers are losing their homes, going bankrupt, and struggling with very real personal crises because of unforeseen circumstances in the American economy. This week, the United States government may bail out the mortgage industry to the tune of $700 Billion, which represents over $2,000 to [...]
A tip of the hat goes out to DailyKos for pointing out this news tidbit: Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington. “We’re going to do a few new things also,” [...]
