Tag: current events
member name: Bill Lawrence
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October 01, 2008 09:45 PM EDT --
FactCheck.org has taken both MoveOn.org and the McCain-Palin campaign to task for each blaming the other side for the current economic crisis. MoveOn says it was Phil Gramm and the Republicans, . . .
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September 29, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
The House Republicans failed this afternoon to muster enough support to join Democrats in passing the rescue package that would, it is hoped, boost confidence in the viability of the financial system, . . .
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September 20, 2008 01:57 PM EDT --
A lot of accusations are flying over who is to blame for the our financial mess, but I think you can make a good case that the root of the problem lies in the long struggle to deregulate the financial . . .
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November 05, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
The way the hard-working, dedicated McCain people were handled as they gathered to watch the results of the elections seemed eerily familiar: as the results came in they were sheltered from the "bad . . .
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October 20, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
We've heard a great deal about ACORN and Obama's connection to it lately. Republicans are outraged when they hear McCain's campaign talking about voter fraud; Democrats are outraged because . . .
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October 27, 2008 09:13 AM EDT --
Things aren't going well for John McCain. Independent voters are realizing that his choice of a running mate is irresponsible; that his policies continue to echo those of George Bush; that he . . .
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October 14, 2008 05:05 PM EDT --
One of the many hoary myths that has become a part of the American political narrative is that Republicans are fiscal conservatives, hence good for your pocketbook, while Democrats are "tax and spend . . .
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September 10, 2008 04:37 PM EDT --
What follows is a letter written by a university professor in Alaska to a good friend of mine in which he gives my friend his evaluation of Ms Palin. Don't worry -- this isn't a list of . . .
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October 31, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
Time to wrap up these campaigns and get to the voting booth. But I can't resist jotting down a few of the things that have alternately amused and irritated me about the McCain-Palin campaign, . . .
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September 22, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
The President went on the air last week to explain why he intends to veto a bill extending and expanding the ten-year-old SCHIP program intended to provide health care to children in low income families. . . .
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October 01, 2008 05:23 PM EDT --
I've been a proponent of some form of effective government action to get the credit market up and running -- not a popular position (good thing I'm not running for anything). But I'm . . .
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September 04, 2008 03:32 PM EDT --
Political conventions are supposed to be fun for the party that holds them. They energize the base. They attempt to persuade independents and members of the opposing party that they should . . .
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September 05, 2008 11:08 PM EDT --
Watching the GOP Convention last night I came away wondering if the American people would be fooled by the spectacle of enthusiastic Republicans running as much against themselves as Obama.
Let me . . .
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September 13, 2008 05:38 PM EDT --
See, I told you I'd try to be even-handed -- I don't like distortions and lies no matter where they come from. So here's one from the Obama/Biden camp. The subject is a bit more . . .
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September 28, 2008 07:40 AM EDT --
I don't usually do this, but there is an excellent analysis of the surge by veteran diplomat Peter Galbraith that actually gives an accurate portrayal of the surge and the situation in Iraq. . . .
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