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On The Road Again… Visiting 57 States

On The Road Again…. Barack Obama’s been on the road for so damn long now he can’t remember how many states there are in America:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

Obviously Obama’s “tired” — who wouldn’t be after months of campaigning. Marc Ambinder thinks if John McCain had said it, the “media would be all up in his grill, accusing him […]

The Obama Myth Exposed

The most intriguing part of the State of the Union Address for me was watching the Kansas Governor audition for the second spot on the Obama ticket. The main lesson I took from the entire experience, however, is that Obama is playing a dangerous game by creating expectations that he almost certainly cannot deliver on.
Sebelius […]

Bono Talks to “Father” Al About Global Warming

AFP ran a very amusing story today about Al Gore and Bono at the World Economic Forum in Davos, discussing Global Warming.

Apparently, Bono has confessed that “having climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip.”

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They’re Back… And Slinging Their Slime at John McCain

They’re back and going after John McCain again… Swiftboaters Slinging Lies:
Arizona Sen. John McCain’s campaign responded forcefully today to a group called Vietnam Veterans Against McCain that has sent out mailers blasting the senator in South Carolina. On its web site, the group says the former prisoner of war and onetime Navy pilot did not […]

In The Wake of Bhutto’s Assassination, Experience Or Change?

There’s a lot been said on the candidate’s reactions in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Thursday. There was the huge gaffe from Mike Huckabee that critics have picked apart and then there was Ron Paul blaming America, which went over like a lead balloon with the wingnuts. But the discussion of the day […]

Kerry Takes on the Bush Administration as U.S. ‘Policy Discord Plays Out at Bali Climate Change Talks’

The WaPo has an in depth piece on the Bali Climate Change talks and John Kerry’s role representing Congressional Democrats at the talks. Kerry, was the “sole standard-bearer for Congress” at the talks, although “about a dozen senators and House members had planned to attend. The WaPo noted that “most are stuck in Washington dealing with […]

Romney, Tancredo & Hunter: The GOP Midgets

As I see it, the big Romney “I got religion, who could ask for anything more” speech is a clear sign that he has entered the phase of the campaign where he can now be ranked with the bottom dwellers. He has a weakness and he accentuated that. He has no clear and compelling strength […]

New NIE Report Admits Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work in 2003

The Bush administration has just lost their number one excuse to bomb Iran. All the posturing and blustering from Cheney and crew has been proven to be based on lies and propaganda:
A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains on hold, […]

Hostage Situation at N.H. Clinton Campaign Office Comes to Safe End

The hostage situation at the Clinton campaign office in Rochester, N.H. came to a safe end shortly after 6 p.m. this evening “when a man later identified as Leeland Eisenberg was taken into police custody after holding at least four people hostage.”

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I’m Just Fed Up!

Perhaps it’s simply a bad day, but I’m fed up.
* I’m fed up with Senator Obama saying his experience between the ages of 6 and 10 years old is a prime reason he understands international relations better than his opponents. Jesus goddamn christ, Buddha-in-a-skirt, Moses-lost-on-a-hogfarm, (there did I miss offending anyone?),how simply stupid have our […]

The Forclosure Picture Worsens: Privatization Thwarted; Disaster Prevented

First a little background info… “FM Policy Focus, formerly FM Watch, is a coalition of financial services and housing-related trade associations working with affordable housing and consumer advocates, taxpayer groups and financial institutions. FM Policy Focus is dedicated to monitoring the activities of two government-subsidized enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”(FM Policy Focus is […]

Kerry Spokesman, David Wade Sets Limbaugh Straight on Swiftboat Smears

Kerry spokesman David Wade issued the following slap down today in response to Rush Limbaugh, who said on his radio show that Kerry’s Swift Boat attackers in 2004, “were right on the money and nobody has disproven anything they claimed in any of their ads, statements, written commentaries, or anything of the sort.”
David Wade […]