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  • A classic election

    I think that among all the outcry on this ''historic'' election (and I accept that in some aspects it was indeed historic) we tend to forget that in terms of electoral politics, it was just a textbook one. If anything, I am reminded of Tony Blair's victory over John Major in the UK in 1997. Obama's victory follows the basic rules of elections in a ...
    Posted to Dialogues by Mutatis Mutandis on November 8, 2008
  • McCains wife?

    Before we start feeling sorry for Cindy; where's the irrepressible Michelle Obama? Has she disappeared?
    Posted to XX Factor by david wayne osedach on September 17, 2008
  • Sarah Palin by Gloria Steinem

    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-steinem4-2008sep04,0,1290251.story From the Los Angeles Times Opinion Palin: wrong woman, wrong message Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger. By Gloria Steinem September 4, 2008 Here's the good news: Women have become ...
    Posted to XX Factor by acspore on September 8, 2008
  • McCain v Obama - Judgment

    The problem with the McCain VP selection process is that it’s predicated on the Obama selection. McCain wrapped up his nomination weeks before Obama did in early June, and the Republican National Convention was a week later than the Democratic National Convention. Obama went through a deliberate, methodical process in which he ultimately picked ...
    Posted to XX Factor by acspore on September 8, 2008
  • McCain was a Vietnamese Collaborator

    http://counterpunch.org/valentine06132008.html The fact McCain doesn't represent the general population of republicans from the 70's and 80's is proven here by using retarded viral videos to slam his opponent that has nothing to do with politics. Sorry McCain, while you might seem a bit like Nixon, Obama is not Kennedy. You lose again. ...
    Posted to Slate V by gopsux.com on August 3, 2008