Posted on November 14th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
by Walter Brasch
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama was called mentally unstable; his supporters were called unpatriotic. At Sarah Palin rallies, in newspaper letters-to-the-editor, on conservative radio and TV talk shows, supporters spewed hatreds, resorting to the Bush tactics of fear mongering to support their own candidate.
At many rallies, the word “kill” was often [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
by Walter Brasch
It’s a little more than a week before the presidential election, and I’m worried about what happens afterwards. I’m not worried about the candidates, the people, or the country. I’m worried about the media.
First, I’m worried about the TV ad salespeople. For more than a year they haven’t had to do much other [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, John McCain '08, News Media, Presidential Election, Walter Brasch
Posted on October 18th, 2008 by Michael Stickings
Barack Obama.
No surprise there, though the Post is hardly a bastion of liberalism and pro-Democratic sentiment, regardless of what the finger-pointing self-victimizers of the right may have to say about it.
It’s actually not a bad endorsement — well, actually, it’s quite good — with most of it focusing on Obama’s many positive qualities and policy [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Endorsements, Iraq, John McCain '08, Michael Stickings, WaPo
Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It was okay for John McCain to reference Hillary Clinton’s healthcare plan some months ago and say: “I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,” he said of her proposal. But suddenly when Barack Obama says something similar about John McCain, it’s first an assault on Sarah Palin and then [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, General Election, Gov. Sarah Palin, Healthcare, In The News, John McCain '08, Obama-Biden 08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans
Posted on September 17th, 2006 by Guest Post
Editors Note: Walter Brasch is former a former newspaper reporter and editor and a university professor. His current books are America’s Unpatriotic Acts: The Federal Government’s Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights and ‘Unacceptable’: The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina. Both are available through amazon.com and other on-line sources.
The Bush Magical Mystery Political Capital Tour
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Filed under: Bush, Iraq, National Security, Politics, Republicans, Terrorism
