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Offendedness is the new national pastime
“Offendedness” is the new national pastime
Forget about baseball, Americans have found their new favorite pastime: becoming offended at the drop of a hat and demanding futile, insincere apologies. Why have Americans forsaken the tradition of free thinking, rejected reason, and turned the basic acts of criticizing or lampooning public officials, individuals, or groups within our […]
Obama ditches ‘CHANGE’ for lukewarm can of Bush-Lite
Saddled with a 23 percent approval rating, perhaps the lowest in polling history, President George W. Bush has all the trappings of a president in over his head. Plagued by an economic downturn, a gloomy international scene, and a party in disarray, Bush has become the quintessential punching bag for the left, the right, and […]
Singh-ing freedom’s song: candidate invokes liberty, federalism in challenge to Moran
Republicans in Virginia’s 8th Congressional District can tell you the difference between swimming against a mere tidal wave and crashing up against a tsunami. This ever-changing U.S. House district, which encompasses Arlington County, Alexandria, Falls Church, and parts of Fairfax County has not been good country for Republican candidates over the past decade.
Democrat statewide nominee […]
Doubling Down on Obama: A Gambler’s Guide to the Election
I think its fair to say that as more and more becomes known about Obama, the more and more I become convinced that I’ll be able to say I told you so the day after the general election in November.
Obama is a political unknown. He talks a good talk, but can’t walk a good […]
The Jeremiah Wright Contradiction
To understand why Barack Obama finally decided to sever his ties with pastor Jeremiah Wright, one only needs to reach for a copy of Dreams from My Father .
After meeting Wright for the first time, Obama recalls thumbing through a church brochure, reviewing the guiding principles of Trinity United. He described one particular passage […]
Walking the Road that Buckley Built
Conservative writer and PGN contributor Michael Johns argues that modern conservatism owes much of its success to William F. Buckley, Jr., who built conservatism as an alternative to the Great Society’s vast expansion of federal governmental control and built conservatism as the most consequential political and intellectual movement of modern times.
Political Racial Code Words and Color Arousal At Work In The American Body Politic
African American Political Pundit: Racial Code Words or Color Aroused Code Words are making a big come back due to Hillary and Bill Clinton.
As one blogger, Take back the Times, recently noted in the post, Has Hillary Found Racial Code Words? “Perhaps When Dodger baseball executive Al Campanis said that blacks “may not have some […]
Is Sunday Morning Talk Show Apartheid Really Gone?
Is “Sunday Morning Apartheid gone? Is there still a very clear division, an exclusion of blacks to a large degree on Sunday Morning Talk shows? Is America still a nation involved in ” Sunday Morning Apartheid” or is Felicia Lee at New York Times right when she wrote, “Like the Candidates, TV’s Political Pundits Show […]
Do McCain supporters know where he stands on Immigration?
For many, apparently not.
According to the poll below, it looks like a lot of voters on both sides are unclear as to where the candidates they are supporting really stand on immigration.
This is very interesting to me, because I truly believe that immigration is going to be a major issue in this campaign cycle, for […]
The Four Options for the Democratic Nomination and the Best Plan Going Forward
There are essentially four options left for the Democratic nomination. They depend upon three factors: who wins Pennsylvania, who wins Indiana, and whether Florida or Michigan get revotes.
The possibilities
1.Clinton wins Pennsylvania, Indiana and Florida and Michigan get revotes.
Outcome: Clinton wins
2. Clinton wins Pennsylvania, Indiana and Florida and Michigan do NOT get revotes.
Outcome: Clinton will win […]
Ferraro Censoring Forgotten in Rev. Wright Hullabaloo
The recent commentary on the racial politics of the 2008 campaign by former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 Democrat nominee for Vice President of the United States, is just the latest example of a party paying for the sins of several decades of foolhardy pandering to identity politics. Unfortunately for Ms. Ferraro, the long-running spat […]
The Math of the Delegates: It’s Going to be Close. Really Close.
More coverage at Thoughts on the World and The International Relations Blog
So it’s come down to this: an all out fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. Let’s take a quick look at the current numbers:
Obama: 1402 pledged (non-super) delegates
Clinton: 1240 pledged (non-super) delegates
Keep in mind, 2025 delegates are needed […]
The Coattails of Barack Obama
While the media spins Hillary’s attempt to make herself look Presidential through her allusion (or illusion) that the Big Girl would consider Barack Obama as a VP running mate…(although her recent Super Tuesday II delegate win was just slapped down by Don’t Think So Wyoming)…
….the rest of us can take a break from this Dream […]
Hillary Clinton’s Tax Return
Well, it’s not her tax return, but Hillary Clinton’s presidential financial disclosure report will just have to do for now.
The magic couple pulled in a sum in excess of $45 million, not including earnings in 2007 or 2008.
The Assets and Income are an interesting read. Bill’s income from the Arkansas Public Employee Retirement System […]
