Posts Tagged ‘democrats’

Received the following note from the Clinton campaign. Dear Fred, I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and ...

Emotions have been high throughout the 2008 Democratic primary, but Clinton supporters need a serious reality check as the general election approaches.  The way Clinton supporters are behaving reminds me of  Ron Paul's more ardent supporters whom were unwilling to recognize "the truth" when confronted with it.  The problem with ...

New Hampshire put Michigan in a bad position, MI won't back down on "fairness" issue Sen. Carl Levin (MI), speaking before the Democratic bylaws committee, went over the history of the Democratic primary conflict.  The history has a Michigan slant, but it is a good argument to fully seat Michigan at ...

Every morning I wake up to read the news in hopes of something positive happening around the world.  More and more I have felt a resentment and anger towards my country, specifically the dysfunctional government and those in charge. On the national stage, it is the leadership of our nation that ...

I've come to understand and fall in love with the idea that government should remain as far away from the private space of citizens as possible.  Limited government is always ideal, protecting privacy and liberty should be at the core of every American soul.  However, it seems that Republicans have ...

NY Gov. Spitzer was destined to be a career politician.  You say one thing and do another, it reminds me of something my mother once jokingly said.  Do as I say, not as I do! The fact is that morality in America continues to deteriorate year after year.  This problem has ...

I'm a registered Democrat, as many of my readers know.  I'd like to write a little bit about the shame that I feel as a result of my party affiliation, but before I do that I will briefly explain my views on American politics as I see it. American Guilt By no ...

What will Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton do for an encore? Did we just witness a Super Tuesday part deux that actually resulted in four winners tonight?  Despite an insurmountable lead, Hillary Clinton emerged victorious today and promised to fight all the way to convention. Mike Huckabee will endorse John McCain ...

The Obama camp projects topping Clinton by 13 delegates, 847 to 834. NBC News, projecting delegates based on the Democratic Party's complex formula, determined that Obama will likely wind up with 840 to 849 delegates, versus 829 to 838 for Clinton. The Politico mentioned that Clinton was portrayed by media and blog ...

It's nice to think about the possibilities of an Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama ticket if you're a democrat.   Analysts have called this the "dream ticket" and Democrats would feel invincible if they could go into the general election with this lineup.  I've written about this issue before: "Clinton vs. Obama - ...

A once-crowded field of would-be Presidential candidates has shrunk to four or five depending on whose candidacies you still regard as being viable. On the Democrat side, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama remain locked in a heated battle for primary voters. Among the Republicans, only Mitt Romney and ...

If you watched the CNN debate tonight, you are very likely looking at the future of America's leadership, potentially for the next 16 years.  Of course democrats are thrilled with the possibility, but are their heads in the clouds right now?  Is it realistic to believe that America as a ...

Bill Clinton, on Wednesday, made a speech in Denver, Colorado that was reminiscent of his days in the White House.  He was great as usual, made a dramatic pause in the middle of his policy speech to say "We're back... we're back." Hillary Clinton's campaign is playing the Clinton card properly, ...

While, it isn't Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton has been endorsed by best-selling author John Grisham.  In the video below, Grisham briefly tells Charlie Rose why he feels Hillary Clinton is the right person to be our next president. John Grisham Discusses Politics and Latest Book With Charlie Rose [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NeoVQ2qPBw[/youtube]

The media is reporting that Rudy Giuliani may drop out of the race if he fails to secure the blessing of Florida voters.  Does this at all remind anyone of what Hillary Clinton's campaign did with the state of New Hampshire?  They played the 'expectation' game and the media bit ...

President Bush's State of the Union Address The President sounds more like a man expecting to leave his presidency on top rather than sticking to the lame-duck role that the American people assigned him in 2006. "It's the economy, stupid" -- President Bill Clinton In listening to President Bush's State of the Union ...

2008 Elections - On Rhetoric, Propaganda, and "the Truth" in a Polarized America. What happens when truth is "exposed"?  Well, it can lose Presidential Elections for starters!  Rhetoric works on all sides of the political spectrum, so here are a few arguments that the GOP has to prepare for because Democrats ...

Gov. Richardson Abandons Presidential Nomination Race Richardson was up against impossible odds from the start. First, there's Barack Obama, the first African American with a serious shot at becoming President. Then there's Hillary Clinton, an extraordinary candidate that has the support of the party's core and who women are rallying ...

"Just imagine what would have happened if on September 15, four days after September 11, I had addressed you and the world [and...] a meeting of the world's major powers to meet in Geneva, Switzerland on October the 1st, so we can begin to jointly plan the demise of the ...

"The era of Scooter Libby justice and Karl Rove politics will finally be over" "The question you must ask yourself is 'what's next for America" at the Iowa Democratic fundraiser. Barack Obama talks about a nation at war, planet in peril, and all of the work our ancestors worked for is fading ...

"Turn up the heat" is the theme, the crowd in Iowa is screaming like they're at a rock concert! Hillary Clinton promises to "end the era of cowboy diplomacy and restore America's standing and leadership in the world!" Tonight, she may have made the loudest statement of any Democratic ...

I'm watching his speech live on C-Span, Dennis Kucinich is giving a long list of quotes from Vice President Dick Cheney from between 2001 and 2003 on Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction. "The vice president pressured the intelligence community to enable its findings [...] to make them fit with the Bush ...

2008 Elections: top 10 reasons to elect a Republican 10. Time to buy an SUV, you don't want to pay an extra 10k in taxes do ya? 9. You enjoy watching Democrats whine when you call them un-American 8. You're afraid Democrats are going to screw things ...

Americans are pessimistic and eager for change as a result of the direction the Bush Administration has set us in. They are irritated with the environment in Washington, believe that Bush pushed a mildly polarized nation under Clinton, over the edge during his two terms in office. Despite the rhetoric ...

Americans witnessed a major turning point in history, recently. In 2000, after a successful Clinton Presidency, the GOP was able to swing the election in their favor and deny Al Gore an opportunity to preside over the nation. 7 years later, Al Gore has made an unbelievable comeback. Al Gore ...