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Failure to Admit Blagojevich Appointee to Senate Big Mistake
Failure to Admit Illinois Governor Blagojevich's Appointee, the eminently qualified and well reputed Roland Burris, to the United States Senate will prove to be a supremely Big Mistake made by the Democratic Senate Leadership and yes, Barack Obama. News today is that the U.S. Senate will seat 59 Democratic Senators, including their Candidate ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard3 on January 5, 2009
Video Essay: 'Free At Last, Free At Last'
Eddie Carlisle, 88, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio votes for the first African American to be on a major party ticket for the presidency, and reflects on the enormity of the day. http://www.webcastr.com/videos/politicss/Video-Essay-Free-at-Last-Free-at-Last.html
Posted to Ballot Box by tonybeme on November 4, 2008
Re: Yes, just blame sexism
Although not a complete answer, but a definite dynamic in this election is America’s love-hate relationship to sex and the stereo-types that hide in the back of our brains. This can be seen in the Before Palin (B.P.) and After Palin (A.P.) variations of the poles. Although beautiful and handsome, some more so than others, no contender had ...
Posted to XX Factor by yard mom on October 13, 2008
Hitch On Helms like White on Rice
Gee Hitchens, why don't you and the Queen of England tell us how you really felt about that North Carolinian champion Senator Jesse Helms? I did not know him very well, living in the Midwest among Chicago Democrats and Suburban ''Collar County'' Repubs early in life, and then moving to New England, where both the Democrats and the Republicans have ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on July 7, 2008
My Samoan Mother Does Not Need Affirmative Action
An AA surgeon, who got into medical school with lower aptitude, grades, test scores and abilities, should operate on my Samoan mother, even though there are better-qualified physicians! Besides your Native grandmother makes you a bigger victim than me with a Mexican (Aztec) mother, so you need AA more. However, I am especially needy, because my ...
Posted to XX Factor by Ralph7 on June 28, 2008
Let's get on with it
Both are electable. Both are relatively centrist Democrats who flirted with more progressive Democratic policies in their younger days. There is little difference between them in terms of what they would do as President, and either would be a great improvement over the current Republican sucking bog we have sunk into. They differ in identity ...
Posted to Politics by Racje on April 28, 2008
Obama should quit
Don't judge a message by its title! My first reaction was to blast you. But upon reading the article, I thought interesting strategy but one I can't bring myself to go along with. We have to keep fighting for Obama. Hillary and Bill are in bed with the Bushes and the like. I'm afraid if she gets in office, we are damned especially Black ...
Posted to Trailhead by Texas_Only on April 25, 2008
Cynicism
Cynicism is very useful when it comes to political structures. Usually it is born out of disillousonement of former held idealist but unrealistic goals or wrong perceptions about the social reality and can be helpful in getting the facts straight. However, the political system of the USA or other liberal democracies is not perfect enough to be ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Mel Olontha on April 8, 2008
So. Lying is ok, if its about your character?
The author seems to believe that lying about the history of your family's involvement in the civil rights movement is ok... I find this Absurd. The man has repeatedly made up stories about how he or his family was involved in civil right movements that they were not. His father had nothing to do with Kennedy, He was not born because of a bloody ...
Posted to XX Factor by patron002 on April 7, 2008
Obama's Arrogance
I've been reading a lot recently about Barack Obama's ''entitlement'' to everything, including the job of president. Now it appears that he thinks of himself as super-entitled to everything, compared to all of the ''mediocre'' white males who attend public colleges. This man isn't entitled to anything, particularly not my vote and support!
Posted to Hot Document by mabelle55 on March 19, 2008

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