Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has had a lousy seventy-two hours. That’s the only real conclusion that one can draw as news reports about the Republican Vice Presidential pick filter in. She was affiliated with and was a member of a secessionist political party, the Alaska Independence Party. She’s hired a lawyer in advance of herContinue reading “On John McCain and His Lack of Judgment”
Category Archives: Politics
On Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans
I feel like this website has turned into all politics, all the time… *sigh* Hurricane Gustav, as I write this, has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, and it may restrengthen to Category 4 — or possibly Category 5 — later today. The hurricane is expected to make landfall in Louisiana sometime on Monday.Continue reading “On Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans”
On Sarah Palin, Tactics, and the Cynicism of John McCain
Yesterday, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain made his pick for his vice presidential running mate — Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Who? To be frank, a week ago I hadn’t even heard of Sarah Palin. It’s my fault for not watching The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson, I suppose. Here’s a quick biography. AgedContinue reading “On Sarah Palin, Tactics, and the Cynicism of John McCain”
On Words and Policy Solutions
Words are tricky things. The way you use words, the way you define words, indicates the way you see the world. Or even, how you want to see the world be. Consider John McCain campaign advisor John Goodman. (No, not the actor.) Goodman is the president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, and oneContinue reading “On Words and Policy Solutions”
On John McCain’s Space Policy
Two weeks ago I wrote that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was reconsidering his campaign’s space policy — his education plan was funded by taking money from NASA (and the development of Constellation, the follow-up to the Shuttle) and diverting it into elementary education. Obama had begun to make noises that he was goingContinue reading “On John McCain’s Space Policy”
On Vice Presidential Thoughts
I’ve decided, this should be my motto — “I read Red State, so you don’t have to.” Red State is a conservative blog/community. If you’re familiar with DailyKos, then Red State is like that. Except where DailyKos is a progressive community, Red State is a conservative community. I wade into Red State about once aContinue reading “On Vice Presidential Thoughts”
On Hillary Clinton’s Future
Politics is a strange and mysterious game. 🙂 In the hours after Barack Obama’s pick of Joe Biden to be his running mate, the McCain campaign released an attack ad that criticized Obama for not choosing his primary campaign rival, Hillary Clinton, as his running mate. I’ve also seen speculation in the past forty-eight hoursContinue reading “On Hillary Clinton’s Future”
On Presidential and Vice Presidential Picks
As I was taking the laundry down off the line, I made an intriguing realization. This year’s Democratic ticket is the first since 1984 without a presidential or vice presidential candidate that hails from the old Confederacy. 2008 — Obama (Illinois)/Biden (Delaware) 2004 — Kerry (Massachusetts)/Edwards (North Carolina) 2000 — Gore (Tennessee)/Lieberman (Connecticut) 1996 —Continue reading “On Presidential and Vice Presidential Picks”
On Joe Biden
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has picked his vice presidential running mate. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Joe Biden? I thought Obama was running as the candidate who was going to change Washington. How does picking an “inside the Beltway” Washington insider do that? Biden has been serving as Delaware’s Senator since Obama wasContinue reading “On Joe Biden”
On John McCain and His Disconnect
A day after writing about John McCain and his treatment as a prisoner of war at the hands of the North Vietnamese, I reluctantly find that I must take up the keyboard and write again of John McCain. When asked, John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, could not name the number of homes thatContinue reading “On John McCain and His Disconnect”