Should Obama Have Picked Hillary As His Running Mate?
With Obama up in polls, the Palin narrative unraveling, and McCain embracing the mantle of underdog, events are starting to answer the question of whether Obama should have picked Hillary.
It's something people of color face every day: you're a symbol to the world until you get famous enough that you're not.
With Obama up in polls, the Palin narrative unraveling, and McCain embracing the mantle of underdog, events are starting to answer the question of whether Obama should have picked Hillary.
Instead of working to guarantee health care for those without insurance, conservatives want to tax the health benefits of the 160 million people who get insurance on the job.
Drill, Baby, Drill is a contemporary version of Nuke The Whales. What was once a mocking expression of actual domination has been reduced to a desperate simulation.
Since it emerged that McCain has a history of palling around with G. Gordon Liddy, I have been thinking back to the strange few hours I spent with the Watergate burglar back in 2005.
The main ploys the GOP will use to damp down minority votes on November 4th have drawn virtually no media attention.
All that matters in this election is the economy, and, try as he might, McCain cannot escape from his lifelong adherence to economic fundamentalism.
I am starting a series of blog posts today on what I think are the most effective ads, mailings, and other forms of communications with voters are in this late month of the campaign.
When questioned about the seeming incoherence of McCain's speech, campaign lobbyist/manager Rick Davis denied that the speech ever took place.
"My buddies, what do we really know about John McCain? Why hasn't he told the full story of his past associates? Is he really, as some say, a Communist? Let's look at the evidence."
How can this email be wrong we ask ourselves? After all, it did come from Edna and she's president of the Lady's Church Guild for crying out loud.
In the video of a McCain event, a small, solemn group of patriots - average age about 75 - sings a chorus of "God Bless America," as if to inoculate themselves against the idea that a "colored boy" (insert your own euphemism) might possibly defile the White House with his presence.
Ok, anybody got any other ideas? Ok I got one, I got one, how about you give a speech, and in the speech you say a bunch of nasty lies about Obama?!?