Obama’s speech to joint session of congress

Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of collapse. As any … Read more

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We Did It

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Two days until Election Day

I cant write any more posts until after election day. Everything that needed to be said has been said.  Obama raised enough money, put together a great infrastructure and made great advertising. At this point if he loses it is because of racism or ignorance or both. Let’s all hope that the country pulls together … Read more

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McCain making gains based on what

New polls are suggesting that McCain Palin are making gains on the back of Joe the Plumber as suggested here in this blog last week.  No doubt this is a measure of some racism in our country but mostly a sad indicator of the ignorance our country faces with voters who are woefully misinformed on … Read more

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Why Joe the Plumber matters and why Obama might be fucked

For 8 weeks the McCain camp has been hurling itself from one wedge issue to the next trying to make somethings stick to Obama and slow his momentum particaluarly among Independents. Finaly somehting has stuck and it is a perfect McCain/Palin Republican wedge issue. Joe the Plumber, also known as the everyman, white, middle age, … Read more

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Obama three for three in debates

Having just watched the third and last presidential debate as well as the one VP joke a thon it seems to me that Obama is three for three in the debates if reason, strategy and plans are the litmus of  success. Watching the insta pundits after this debate it seemed like the chant of “McCain … Read more

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Dinner conversation, Obama, and lazy black people on welfare

At a recent dinner with good friends the inescapable topic of the election came up. Now you should know that i literally train myself to stay out of these discussions lately as i am so disgusted by what has been coming from the McCain and Palin camps that i get angry.  Prior to meeting friends … Read more

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The Second Debate

In thinking about my analysis of the second presidential debate i can really only come up with one irrefutable truth about the matchup. That is that Obama not only won on most points and overall but that of the two he just seemed more “presidential”.  I just cant help but think that at this particular … Read more

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The Vice-Presidential Debate

EDITORIAL The New York times We cannot recall when there were lower expectations for a candidate than the ones that preceded Sarah Palin’s appearance in Thursday night’s vice-presidential debate with Joseph Biden. After a series of stumbling interviews that raised serious doubts even among conservatives about her fitness to serve as vice president, Ms. Palin … Read more

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Does anyone really think McCain knows what he is talking about

On issues from the economy to Iraq he is a walking contradiction and increasingly is reacting like a cornered animal that will do or say anything to win.  It is unpatriotic.

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