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Liberal Media Lies
Political logic augurs a Democratic triumph in looming US elections but Barack Obama’s White House duel with John McCain is still a statistical tie, prompting some to wonder why he is yet to break away. Political logic augurs a democratic triumph? Augur: To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. What signs or omens are they looking ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 12, 2008
Obama - "Change You Can Count On"-(flip flop) - part 1
''Change You Can Count on'' What??? CHANGE #1: Despite Pledging To Withdraw American Troops From Iraq Immediately, Barack Obama Now Says He Would ''Refine'' His Policy After Listening To The Commanders On The Ground In July 2008, Barack Obama Said He Will Continue To ''Refine'' His Iraq Policy. Obama: ''I've always said that the pace of ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 11, 2008
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
Re: McCain can't talk but can walk the walk
Statistic: Barack Obama missed 287 of 1268 votes (23%) since Jan 6, 2005 (Exceedingly Poor relative to peers). John McCain missed 719 of 4085 votes (18%) since Feb 4, 1993. Statistics: Barack Obama has sponsored 133 bills since Jan 4, 2005, of which 119 haven’t made it out of committee and 2 were successfully enacted. Obama has co-sponsored ...
Posted to XX Factor by MiamiVice on August 7, 2008
Re: Obama, Oil, Drilling, Devaluation
What free lunch?? GOP Policies failures due to those Socialist democrats in Congress like Pelosi... Congress has its own ban on offshore energy exploration, and the Democrats who run Congress have shown no sign that they are willing to follow Bush's example. They have preferred to make excuses--about why the price of oil is rising, who is to ...
Posted to XX Factor by MiamiVice on August 5, 2008
Obama can "Talk the Talk... but can he Walk the Walk?"
When it comes to speeches and motivating those poor neglected ignorant Democrats... Obama is the King!! Throughout the campaing, he has change position on issues several times and more so than McCain. This new position now about off shore drilling is one of his latest flip ups and is all because the polls stated that the majority of American ...
Posted to XX Factor by MiamiVice on August 4, 2008
Um, you miss the point(s)
''No question he's made mistakes. But his fatal flaw, according to her, is that he is not as skilled as she in answering Republican attacks (with more of the same). You may not like this type of ''politics,'' but I think it is brilliant on Clinton's part. It pulls out all the fear from Republicans well ahead of November, diminishing their ...
Posted to XX Factor by mabelle55 on April 24, 2008
The Worst Thing...
After reading Melinda Henneberger's 4/13 column, I'd have to say I'm rapidly losing faith in the American electorate. Her complaint about Barack Obama's ''elitist'' comments reminded me of the Gil Scott Heron line from ''we beg your pardon, America'': America was shocked/America leads the world in shocks/unfortunately, America does not lead ...
Posted to XX Factor by Stu on April 14, 2008