Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Walter Brasch
by Walter Brasch
President Bush, as has every president since his father began the practice in 1989, annually pardons a Thanksgiving turkey.
Amid hundreds of spectators, most of them members of the media, the president makes a few cute comments, issues a pardon for the turkey and a “runner-up” (in case the Main Bird [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
There you have it: “A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.”
Yep… It’s true… “A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his handling his job as president.”
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Tags: 22 Percent, American History, [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, Election '08, George W. Bush, In The News, Iraq, Opinions, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Polls, Republicans, War
Posted on July 25th, 2006 by BobHiggins
The Washington Post this morning ran an article, “Bellwethers, Eight Issues That Will Shape The 2006 Elections” or one of a series of articles which is indicative of a coming surf tide of newsprint, virtual and otherwise, which will wash up on the shores of our collective consciousness over the next dozen or so [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans
Posted on July 12th, 2006 by Nick
Deep South 1948-1960: Unlike the Outer South, the Deep South (Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Carolinas) actually took longer to move into the Republican column. Contrary to popular belief, they didn’t need the help of third party candidacies. While all the Deep South-except for North Carolina-voted for Strom Thurmond over Harry Truman, [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans
Posted on July 11th, 2006 by Nick
Whenever analyzing southern politics it is important to differentiate between Deep South (also known as “Black Belt”) states and the Outer (or Peripheral) South. Black Belt states tend to be less urbanized while blacks make up a large percent (usually over 20%) of that state’s population. Historically, Black Belt states had the most [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans
Posted on June 10th, 2006 by Nick
It is not unusual to hear that the GOP are more conservative on fiscal matters and that Democrats attachment to spending and “big government” has caused their downfall. A corrollary to this is that Bill Clinton gave the Democrats a much needed makeover and remade the Democrats into the party of fiscal responsibility.
On taxes, [...]
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Filed under: In The Blogosphere, Politics, Republicans
Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Nick
“If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen” — this quote has often been attributed to Harry Truman. Perhaps Democrats should be saying the same to Dennis Hasert. To make a long story short, Kerry turned the heat up on Hasert and Hasert didn’t like it.
I don’t know about Hasert [...]
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Filed under: Bush, Congress, House of Reps, Iraq, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on September 14th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
This Administration has done nothing while every American pays skyrocketing gas prices, and farmers and truckers pay through the nose while oil companies profits’ soar. It’s time for the federal government to take charge and investigate why prices have increased so dramatically while oil companies enjoy windfall profits.
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Filed under: Economy, John Kerry, Senate
