Tag: elections
member name: Bill Lawrence
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September 09, 2008 08:22 AM EDT --
In the interest of fairness (a rare commodity in our political climate!), here is a FactCheck.org take on some of the claims being made about Palin. Much as I disapprove of many of her positions, . . .
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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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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 12, 2008 12:38 PM EDT --
I noticed a post having to do with the Lipstick remark Obama made, which brought to mind a recent FactCheck.Org finding about a McCain ad accusing him of belittling Palin. Having heard the lipstick . . .
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August 14, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
In an effort to get beyond personal opinion, I've been posting FactCheck.Org summaries (full articles with sources are on the website) calling Obama and McCain to task for misrepresentations. . . .
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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 19, 2008 01:06 PM EDT --
I've been trying to set the record straight on lies and distortions by posting FactCheck articles, but I have to give it up because the stream of lies coming almost exclusively from the McCain-Palin . . .
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September 26, 2008 09:53 AM EDT --
It seems the more doctrinaire elements on the Right and Left are united in indignation over the prospect of the bailout. On the Right the objection is that the market created the problem and the . . .
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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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