Regular readers are aware that I supported Barack Obama in the last election. Because I based my decision not on ideological grounds but on competency, I have no problem criticizing him for ineptitude.
While it may seem a bit premature to criticize the man before he’s even taken office, I feel it is fair. President-elect Obama, [...]
I am mostly a fan of Fareed Zarkaria, a foreign-affairs oriented journalist with his own show on CNN and columns in Newsweek. He’s also written a new book, The Post-American World, which I have not read. While I don’t agree with him all of the time, I do find him insightful once you discount some [...]
I don’t know if yesterday was the happiest day of my political life. Two other memories stand sharper in memory:
Sometime during my college years (1998, I’m guessing), I went absolutely ballistic, skipping class upon hearing that Jesse “The Body” Ventura had won the governor’s race in MN. I was completely apathetic then but had grown [...]
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is your Republican candidate for VP. You can quickly dig up stories on here so I won’t rehash but quite frankly, I can’t see how anyone would honestly call this a good move for McCain’s campaign.
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Which candidate is better for dividend investors – Obama or McCain?
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First, for reasons detailed previously, I support Barack Obama for POTUSA so bear this in mind. Of course, he gave a historic speech tonight, filled with the usual political signposts and pandering. But readers can find fourth-rate ideological rantings on thousands of other sites so I will cut through the propoganda crap and look at [...]
Disclosure: I support Barack Obama for president.
That said, McCain’s latest attack ad (you know, the one about Paris Hilton & Britney Spears) strains even my jaded sensibilities. Republican elites have long displayed complete disregard for the intelligence of the American electorate (and with good reason) but this argument is completely inane (as a follow-up, both [...]
