Posted on December 27th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
While most of us couldn’t find Guinea on a blank African map, it is one of the former colonies, this one French, that achieved independence 50 years ago. As noted below in a news report, it is one of the poorest countries in Africa. [When a corespondent calls a country 'one of the poorest in [...]
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Filed under: Foreign Policy, In The News, International, Stuart O'Neill, World News
Posted on November 23rd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
In contrast to the late President Kennedy:
“I think he’s impatient. I think, my summation: He doesn’t like homework. And homework means reading or getting briefed or having a debate. And part of the presidency, part of governing, particularly in this area, is homework, homework, homework.”
– Bob Woodward, reflecting on President Bush’s governing style.
H/T Political Wire
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 10th, 2008 by Michael Stickings
If you missed it, be sure to check out Frank Rich’s Sunday column at the NYT. It’s an excellent summation of the election that was. Here are a few key passages:
Our nation was still in the same ditch it had been the day before, but the atmosphere was giddy. We felt good not only because [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Michael Stickings, Obama-Biden 08, Opinions
Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
The Rude One, at The Rude Pundit writes posts that are, by definition, street language and generally rude to the Right. He always backs up his rants with facts and says them in ways that bring home the crisis America faces in ways I can only envy. It’s like having Bill Maher moderate a debate. [...]
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Filed under: Bloggers, DNC, Democrats, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, Obama-Biden 08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
From Political Wire:
John Heilemann: “What strikes me as inarguable is that Hillary is today a more resonant, consequential, and potent figure than she has ever been before. No longer merely a political persona, she has been elevated to a rarefied plane in our cultural consciousness. With her back against the wall, she both found her [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on June 5th, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
Sunday, after several days of heated discussion of the Rolling Stone article by Robert Kennedy Jr, Was the 2004 Election Stolen?, attorney Paul R. Lehto weighed in on the arguments and the issue at OpEdNews.com. In The False-Fake Debate over RFK Jr’s Rolling Stone Article Started by Salon Ignores Democracy and What’s Important, Lehto takes a longer view of the question and the consequences of the debate. Due to the probably unresolvable nature of these arguments, I think Lehto offers a perspective that is more constructive and supports Kennedy’s goal.
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Filed under: Politics, Polls
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 by Nick
On Nov. 2, 2005 as all people to the left of darth Vader (a.k.a. Dick Cheney) look for solace and comfort, perhaps most anger inducing is the fear that Democrats simply cannot appeal to “Middle America,” “The Heartland” “Joe and Mary Sixpack, ” etc. etc. First I call your attention to this article. [...]
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Filed under: Bush, John Kerry, Politics, Republicans
Posted on September 5th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
I just finished reading in disbelief this report from Brian Williams on MSNBC – Now it can be told: Notes on the eve of destruction, and I have question…
Why, if you received this text by email from the National Weather Service, and it was so “incendiary”… It contained such a strong warning… Why did [...]
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