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Hillary’s speech is great so far, but here’s a bet that the Fox News NRO crowd will say it is not enough and that it was tepid no matter if she blew Barack on the convention floor after the speech.
August 26th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics | No Comments
Watching before the Hillary speech to the DNC they are following Bill Clinton coming into his box at the convention hall. He is surrounded with black people. Now I know he has had a historically wonderful relationship with African Americans, but I wonder if this is a concerted effort to blunt the racism accusations?
August 26th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics | No Comments
Warner is doing a good job of pitting the move for hybrid vehicles against facing the threat from the Chinese. I’ve always felt that the best way to face the enviromental question is to put it in economic terms. He’s doing that. Warner is also talking about rebuilding the military. As opposed to 2000, when [...]
August 26th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics | No Comments
Whether you find Michelle Obama’s speech good, bad, inspiring, or whatever, she’s an excellent public speaker. I’m talking actor good.
Honestly if you don’t think she’s knocking it out of the park you are retarded.
August 25th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics | No Comments
I have to say I find Senator Edward Kennedy a repugnant person when it comes to his personal life, but he has been a staunch defender of the little guy in American life. His family has given it’s blood in both conventional and political warfare. I will be the first to say that [...]
August 25th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics | No Comments
The Democratic National Convention has begun and we are prepared for wall to wall coverage. Currently they are showing a video with Jimmy Carter about the effects of Katrina on New Orleans. Now as much as I think it is Republican dogma that New Orleans is just hunky dory and has been since about five [...]
August 25th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics | No Comments
“A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.”
-Murray Kempton
August 24th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics, Quotes | No Comments
This is shaping up to be a busy week. After the crazy storms of last week, we get the begining of the Democratic National Convention. As a clear addict of politics I actually watch all the speeches and bluster that conventions provide. On Tuesday the new Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 game drops and I [...]
August 24th, 2008 | Posted in 2008, Politics, Sports | No Comments
Tonight I was reading some news from the Pakistani press talking about the pending candidacy of former PM Ms. Bhutto’s widower to the Presidency of Pakistan. Now when Ms. Bhutto was assassinated last year I was one of the few to think that Pervez Musharraf was not responsible. I have no love for [...]
August 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Politics, World Affairs | No Comments