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Palin right?
There is nothing right about Palin except her far right extremist views. I was unaware that what Palin regarded as her ''reformer'' credentials were her actions to double the tax that oil producers pay the State of Alaska. Alaskans get 10 billion from a revenue source that other states can only dream about, and they get the most Federal money per ...
Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by drvndervish on July 26, 2009
My Sarah Palin video
Sarah Palin's Song. Doin' what the Lord tells me. http://www.youtube.com/v/yeHF7Nrnrc4
Posted to Slate V: News and Politics by mathpol on October 22, 2008
Are the Russkys Meddling in US election?
Given Putin's KGB background, isn't it a distinct possibility that Russia's recent escapades are timed to influence the US election towards McCain? Russia's economic prosperity and its newly-regained strength can be summed up in three letters: OIL. If Obama wins, one expected result would be incentives to conserve and to seek alternatives ...
Posted to Ballot Box by Cincy on September 25, 2008
Bush Redeems Himself - from Katrina, to Gustav
The main benefit of this new hurricane in the New Orleans, Louisiana area, if you can in any way couch this natural disaster redux in such terms, is that President Bush and the current Republican White House and Administration get to improve their performance. Already, Bush is on the ground and in charge. Our President has appeared on my ...
Posted to Politics by MichaelBernard2 on September 1, 2008
Is The Media Bias? Here is Evidence of Bias
How the Media Vote. Surveys of journalists’ self-reported voting habits show them backing the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1964, including landslide losers George McGovern, Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. In 2004, a poll conducted by the University of Connecticut found journalists backed John Kerry over George W. ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 13, 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
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
US Offshore Oil Drilling
Barack Obama and John McCain have made recent statements on US offshore oil drilling while on the US presidential campaign trail. Well, Offshore Drilling is a huge issue right now and rightly so. Between the desire to deal with the economic mess that is being spurred by the price of oil and the on-going longer-term concern of global ...
Posted to Politics by herkayle on July 23, 2008