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Posts tagged '2008'

Obama’s Words

by David @ Friday, August 29th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under National, politics

If Obama becomes president I will measure his presidency against his own words – starting with his acceptance speech. (I will measure a McCain presidency against his own words as well.) I caught parts of the speech while I was driving a moving truck last night and though I did not hear every word, there [...]

A Universal Dream

by David @ Monday, August 18th, 2008. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under culture, politics

Is there anyone who could not support the dream shared by Jess:
it’s my dream that the citizens of our country renew their interest in politics half as much as they love the olympic games. . .
to preserve the posterity of politics in our country, the greatest country in the world, we need to start caring [...]

Who Are You Voting Against?

by David @ Friday, August 8th, 2008. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under National, culture, politics

I really wish I could find the article I glanced at yesterday postulating that the presidential race is not looking like a blowout for Obama because the contest has been framed as a referendum on Obama rather than a referendum on Bush and the Republican party.
The thought that struck me is that when an election [...]

Bob Barr

by David @ Friday, April 11th, 2008. Tags: ,
Filed under politics, technology

Unless you are an active participant in the Libertarian Party, this is probably the first and last time you will hear that Bob Barr is exploring a run for President in 2008. Why do I bother to mention it – because I was bored.
I got an email as part of an email list I [...]

Really Inevitable

by David @ Monday, February 11th, 2008. Tags: , ,
Filed under National, politics

Of all the things that we don’t know about the outcome of this year’s election there is one outcome that would be dependable. If Clinton is elected we will see more news like this. Those who vehemently dislike the Clintons will continue to make comments that most of us consider inappropriate. When they do we [...]

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