Posts from ‘October, 2008’

In one mindless, self-serving statement, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, perfectly epitomized the attitude of conservative Republican politicians.
In one stroke Stevens denied reality, set himself above the law and demanded others accept what he was saying as true because he said so.
Even after President George W. Bush’s, “I’m the decider; I get to decide,” hubris, [...]

A quick cruise of blogosphere portals last evening gave a clearer-than-usual indication of the mindset, “thinking” and venomous disposition of America’s pro-Republican right-wing extremists. Their spew ranges from the childish to, fittingly with Halloween coming up, the downright scary.

Just watched Sen. Barack Obama’s much-anticipated half-hour TV ad, and found it impressive from start to finish.
The idea, especially important after weeks of Republican lies and fearmongering, now including that Obama is a communist, is to make voters comfortable with him because he’s a decent guy who has much more in common [...]

Privatization helps drive the cost to taxpayers ever upward because, unlike government agencies, private firms must make a proft. But that’s not the half of it. . .

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, convicted today on seven counts of failing to properly disclose gifts and extensive work done on his home, claimed innocence and blamed the Justice Department for railroading him.

The short of David Frum’s Washington Post op ed is that the GOP should abandon McCain and Palin’s botched campaign, concentrating instead on holding enough Senate seats to hobble Democrats.

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When you go to comment, you’ll notice you can now edit your witty ripostes and flashes of brilliance. Perhaps of greater benefit, for a [...]

The New York Times’ Oct. 24 editorial endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president is unusually long and exceptionally well reasoned and well stated.

Because of “the Oracle’s” mistaken presumption that wealthy, powerful businessmen would never succumb to raw greed and stupidity, hundreds of millions of nonwealthy, powerless people across America and around the world have suffered losses totaling trillions of dollars.

Sen. John McCain is “amazed” by the fact even fellow Republicans and conservative pundits have a problem with his vice president choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Yes, that’s what a bemused and displeased McCain said during a guest shot on Don Imus’ radio show.