Barack Obama had a testy exchange in Philly today with a man who wanted to have his picture taken with Obama. Watch the video here. According to Obama’s campaign, the man who wanted the photograph “is an eBay seller and was seeking a photo, presumably to sell online.” Maybe he was… But in my opinion Obama would have done better to smile and let the guy have the photo rather than have this testy exchange caught on film. Instead this video is...
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Elizabeth Edwards Slams McCain Health Care Plan and Touts Clinton’s
Elizabeth Edwards touted Hillary Clinton’s health care plan over Barack Obama’s today saying that the “mandated coverage” in Clinton’s plan “made it the only truly “universal” health plan.” Edwards said: “It means every American has to be covered. Senator Obama means every child has to be covered. I think we need to go the full nine yards.” Elezabeth Edwards also criticized John McCain heatlh care plan, saying, “He’s the beneficiary of some great government programs. But in terms of...
Wednesday New Left Blogosphere Support Group
Looks like I’m not the only one tired of Keith Olbermann’s anti-Hillary rants. People are tired of DailyKos. Ya know, sometimes you wanna go where everyone knows your name and they’re always glad you came. If you’re tired of getting kicked around by former friends, you’re not alone. I’m not sure how this will all play out. I hope we can all make up and focus on the issues (like making sure votes are counted properly) rather than focusing...
Michigan & Florida: Make Sure They Have a Voice
Politico reports today that the DNC and the “Clinton and Obama campaigns are considering a plan that would seat all 26 superdelegates from Florida along with the state’s 185 delegates, a Florida Democratic Party official said.” Under the plan, the 26 superdelegates would get a full vote at the convention. But the 185 delegates would have their votes reduced by half. The plan would give Clinton a net of 19 votes, since Clinton won 67 percent of the vote, the...
States File Lawsuit Against EPA to Move on Global Warming
A coalition of “18 states, two cities and 11 environmental groups” has fikled a lawsuit against the Bush administration “to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked what justices called inaction on global warming.” In April 2007, the Supreme Court said “that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is a pollutant subject to the Clean Air Act” and the court “directed the EPA to determine if carbon dioxide emissions, linked to global warming, endanger public health and welfare.” Sphere:...
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
I know many people who visited my blog on April Fool’s Day, probably thought that I had jumped off the deep end. Rest assured, I am completely sane, at least according to my own biased standards… In the spirit of April Fool’s Day past, I offer this video: Steve Miller Band – The Joker. Some of the posts in today’s Ten Post Round-Up are no joke: 1: Ignored: Voter intimidation of African-Americans in Dallas… The FBI Ignored Threats to...
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