Proudest moment of the Democratic Convention

For all the great speeches and truly spirited moments at the Convention, the highlights, for me, boiled down to two events:
One, the number of Republicans, including the granddaughter of President and war hero Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who endorsed Obama because they believed the Republican party had lost its way.
Two, the long line [...]

Just a reminder to Hillary supporters

I’m not an insider with the Obama campaign, so I don’t know their actual reasons for not putting Hillary on the ticket. But I can guess.
For all of the last year, Republicans have been licking their lips and rubbing their hands together, hoping Hillary would win the Democratic nomination. When that failed to [...]

Andrew Sullivan…

a died in the wool, true conservative of the old school of political conservatism, spent his blog, The Daily Dish, today discussing McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin.
He is always worth reading, even if you don’t agree with him. Lately, though, I have agreed with him. Maybe because he has an incisive [...]

An Alaskan’s view of Palin

I don’t normally link to another blog, but this time I can’t help myself. Even after researching Sarah Palin all afternoon, there’s a whole lot of information that is just not available about her. But this blog from a fellow Alaskan provides so much non-published information about her background and the political environment [...]

Sarah Palin as VP?

When I woke up this morning and learned of McCain choosing Palin, my first thought was, “Who?” It took me few minutes, and a news report, for me to remember who she is. Most of America will feel the same.
Then, I became insulted. Choosing Palin is a cynical ploy on the part of the Republicans [...]

First day of the Democratic Convention

Today I watched the first day Democratic Convention in Denver. While CNN and MSNBC spent much of the day and evening blustering with analysis, C-SPAN televised all speeches, without word-by-word, meaningless analysis or commercials. Hail C-SPAN!
I was particularly taken by long time Republican Jim Leach’s as well as by Michelle Obama’s speech. [...]

McCain and the real Republicans today

Clipped from Frank Rich, on 8/23:
Economic anxiety is the new terrorism. This is why the most relevant snapshot of voters’ concerns was not to be found at Saddleback Church but at the Olympics last Saturday. For all the political press’s hype, only some 5.5 million viewers tuned in to the Rev. Rick Warren’s show in [...]

Bush’s Tax Cuts – A Form of National Insanity

The following was sent to me a week ago. As the conventions close in upon us, this article is worth thinking about.
By ROBERT FREEMAN
Insanity, said Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. By this measure, the latest Bush tax cuts qualify as certifiably insane.
Where have we [...]

False far right attacks on Sen. Obama

Last weekend while watching C-SPAN, I learned the source of the vile aspersions about Sen. Obama that many on the far right are spreading. According to Media Matters (http://mediamatters.org), a non-partisan organization, they come from anonymous emails from Canada and from Jerome Corsi who is profoundly associated with white supremest organizations.
Corsi’s latest book on Obama [...]

Energy policy – McCain vs Obama

I’ve not kept track of McCain’s Senate proposals of the last year. When looking at this voting record over the last two years, it’s a bit blank. Mostly NV because he was out on the road campaigning. (I’m not faulting him the way many far right wing commentators fault Obama for the same thing. Just [...]