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Posted in Open Thread, Politics on Oct 11th, 2008
Like Nelson said to Hardy “kiss me Hardy” and Hardy replied “kiss ya be fucked Horatio I’m next in line for Admiral”
The only things that Captain McCain and I have in common are that we both sailed through more water than the average shark, in the Grey Funnel Line, in roughly the same era except [...]
Posted in Open Thread, Politics on Oct 7th, 2008
Left is right; Keynes is King; Banks are poor and your average worker is….well…poorer. And in the midst of it two candidates vie for what has become the poisoned chalice that is the Presidency of the United States.
Posted in Open Thread, Politics on Sep 29th, 2008
It has been clear for a long while now that the Democrats will increase their control of the US Senate, the question has always been by how much and can they reach the 60 votes required to win a vote on ‘cloture‘ and force though legislation. With several races in the bag and others that [...]
Posted in Open Thread, Politics on Sep 20th, 2008
We are about to witness the biggest landslide in US political history. Everything is against the Republicans. History tells us that no incumbent party overlooking such an economic disaster, survives. Everything is pointing to wipeout. Never mind the fact that the Democrats have 8 out of the top 10 major issues going for them. None [...]
Posted in Open Thread, People, Politics on Sep 12th, 2008
Ferny Grover at 491 said:
… you seem to have the impression that Americans are interested in real issues when they are showing every indication of being a nation in complete denial.
You’ve hit the nail on the head. I think most Americans have trouble facing reality. The worse things get, the more they want to escape.
Posted in Open Thread, Politics on Sep 8th, 2008
I believe that Obama will retain all the Kerry states, including New Hampshire. I also believe he will win Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia. Read on to discover how Barack Obama will capture 310 electorial votes against 228 for John McCain.
Posted in Open Thread, People, Politics on Sep 1st, 2008
With John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin for VP, one can only shake their head at how amateurish a decision this was. Palin’s stance on abortion will result in few Democratic women voters being willing to even listen to her, let alone changing their vote. Her age and lack of experience do major self-afflicted damage [...]
Posted in Open Thread, People, Politics on Aug 26th, 2008
The Princess has a reputation to take care of (don’t we all), and Obama is not all too keen on having the show blown apart by Bill and Hillary. Lined up for padgent is a who’s-who of the political game. Kicking of proceedings is Michele Obama, Nancy Pelosi and maybe a guest appearance [...]
Posted in Open Thread, Politics on Aug 18th, 2008
Frank Rich (New York Times the Op-Ed Columnist) gets into the subject of polling numbers and questions of popularity and in the process provides some salient historical facts.
Posted in Open Thread, Politics on Aug 7th, 2008
This article, http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/08/obamas_big_7.html, caught my attention. While I realise that Obama and the Democrats have money to burn at this point, all the evidence to date indicates that this is going to be a much tighter election than many previously believed. On current polling, if McCain can hold Virginia then he needs Michigan and one [...]