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republican legacy
The republicans have been exploiting endemic racism since Nixon's southern strategy to Reagan's 1980 campaign launch in Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the site of the most notorious crime of the civil rights era and his ''states’ rights'' speech, to Willie Horton. For a more refined, and funnier form of negative campaigning see: ...
Posted to Politics by jacknoir on October 23, 2008
How does a democrat tick?
Democrats are into politics for the sole purpose of obscuring the definition of morality, and passing subsequent laws that make morality illegal in the United States. Democrats want all lights to be green and let everyone fend for themselves at the intersections. Because of the irresponsible and inconsiderate lifestyle of this misrepresentation ...
Posted to War Stories by Firefly on October 3, 2008
Re: An Alaskan's Opinion
npoulin: This issue has already been revisited a number of times in this thread. I'm re-posting an earlier comprehensive answer that hopefully addresses your observations: Thumper2: I realize this thread is quite long, but if you have enough interest to review it, you'll see that it was already determined here (long ago) that no books were ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 18, 2008
Re: This list is "False" on Snopes
Thumper2: I realize this thread is quite long, but if you have enough interest to review it, you'll see that it was already determined here (long ago) that no books were actually banned from the Wasilla library. This fact was revealed here prior to it ever appearing on snopes.com. In fact, much of the information contained within this thread has ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 15, 2008
Re: An Alaskan's Opinion
RRrr: Judging by your handle, you're emitting an exasperated growl. However, I'd like to point out a few facts:None of the links that I supplied mentioned any ''laundry list'' of books. What was supplied... were links to people who knew something firsthand of the situation. As a local Alaska resident, I had heard of this incident, but some of ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 13, 2008
Re: An Alaskan's Opinion
Hello lubbesuh: I'm sorry you consider the thread to be almost ''unreadable'', but perhaps its length is an indicator of the intense interest people have in discovering who Sarah Palin really is. After all, this person could be our next VP, or even President. No campaign hype here... no rhetorical this or that - just straight facts and first-hand ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 13, 2008
Re: Not a Hoax: a Mistake
TO: oxboggle, SheldahGal, & Any Other Interested Parties- Not surprisingly, the McCain camp is limiting media access to Sarah Palin except for rallies and highly-scripted speeches. Sarah's their new star (and possible salvation) - and thus, they will do almost anything to protect her image with the voting public. Translation: no hardline ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 10, 2008
Re: Not a Hoax: a Mistake
oxboggle - I did some more research on the Palin ''book-banning and librarian-firing controversy'' and found a reprint of a 1996 article published by the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman (the local Wasilla paper) on that very incident. The librarian that was fired [Mary Ellen Emmons] recounted her experiences in some detail. The link to the article ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 9, 2008
Palin the Librarian's Friend
The story that Palin tried to fire the Wasilla librarian because she refused Palin's demand to ban certain books is a total killer story that would stop the candidate dead in her tracks. So why is it that this isn't a major issue? Why are the media focused on Bristol (out of bounds in my view) and other trivia when this single fact should be ...
Posted to War Stories by filecabinet20036 on September 4, 2008