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  • Obama "Talk the Talk...but can he Walk the Walk" Part 2

    Obama “Talk the Talk… but can he Walk the Walk” Part 2 In 1999, Barack Obama was faced with a difficult vote in the Illinois legislature — to support a bill that would let some juveniles be tried as adults, a position that risked drawing fire from African-Americans, or to oppose it, possibly undermining his image as a tough-on-crime moderate. ...
    Posted to XX Factor by MiamiVice on August 8, 2008

  • I Liked Ike -- Now I Like Mike - HUCKABEE, that is

    I liked everything I heard about Mike Huckabee, even before he started running in earnest for his Party's Nomination to be our next U.S. President. The more I learned about Mike Huckabee, the better I liked his candidacy. Further, he is a very well-spoken and persuasive guy, with that down-to-Earth Midwestern style I always liked about ...
    Posted to Politics by MichaelBernard1 on July 8, 2008

  • Obama's unconscious loathing of America

    Obama would appear to be the very embodiment of hubris. However, that hubris masks a deeply conflicted individual riven with intense resentments. As he attempts to conceal his (record of) disdain for mainstream (''white'') Americans we ought to bear in mind that he has always gotten through the door so to speak, because he was a charismatic, ...
    Posted to Politics by MJM on March 20, 2008

  • The problem with an Obama nomination

    Barack Obama will make a excellent President, but not yet. He is only two, or so years out of the Illinois State legislature. He just does not have the experience to be in charge of the mighty nuclear arsenal of The United States. He proved that by his decision to vote against the war in Iraq. Yes, that sounds crazy, but realize that the ...
    Posted to Politics by thesage on March 12, 2008

  • On Day One

    What's astounding about the debates and the coverage of them isn't so much the excessive attention paid to periphery concerns such as Obama's body language or Hillary's code words, but moreso the reluctance on anyone's part to seriously consider a near future in which one of these two are President, and what that day will look like. Hillary loves ...
    Posted to Politics by satyr9us on February 1, 2008

  • A Young(er) Woman's Perspective....Why Hillary (not Gloria)

    In recent days a steady stream of women have celebrated and lauded Gloria Steinem's recent piece in the NYT. Many encourage others to circulate the piece further. Respectfully, I disagree. Ms. Steinem's piece, though well intentioned I'm sure, pits the women's movement against the civil rights movement. Such false competition is divisive, ...
    Posted to Politics by batnib on January 16, 2008