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21st November, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’

Bush Doctrine Moose in the Headlights Moment

By Denis Campbell • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: Features
There’s a limit to spunk. Thank God. While no pit bull, like Seuss’s Grinch, Charlie Gibson’s spine grew 3x its normal size yesterday as he became vexed with the lack of an answer to the question “do you (Sarah Palin) believe in the Bush Doctrine.” John McCain could not answer simple questions from a local [...]



What’s Next Rick, Special Advisor to Vladimir Putin?

By Denis Campbell • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Features
Not since the Soviet Politburo have we seen such blatant manipulation to protect an untested Governor’s credentials. Rick Davis, McCain campaign manager said Palin isn’t giving interviews to the news media and won’t until “the campaign is ready.” Palin will answer questions from reporters “when we think it’s time and when she feels comfortable doing [...]



The Culture Wars Return

By Denis Campbell • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics
 

John McCain has abandoned any premise of controlling his campaign, his party or even his own destiny. As Charley James writes today, he has chosen an obscure, mean-spirited and vindictive running mate who, as more and more reporters scrape back the patina and veneer of, seems frighteningly similar to the current resident of Navy Observatory [...]



Abstinence, Chastity, Hypocrisy, Control, Belief, Recovery, Redemption… Reality

By Denis Campbell • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story
These seven deadly virtues ran headlong into the seven deadly sins as The Straight Talk Express and Smug Religious Right collided head on in New Orleans and Minneapolis yesterday. Dozens were wounded in separate incidents as riot police and troops stood at the ready to bring everyone forcibly on message.
Facing no choice, the same Conservative [...]



Perception, Terrorism and Race

By Denis Campbell • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics
In America’s heartland, anything that paints Barack Obama as (place your fear mongering adjective here) passes as “God’s honest truth” even when proven a lie. MSNBC reported yesterday, “Gerri Kish, (is) 66-year-old (and) born in Hawaii, read both of Obama’s autobiographies. She has close friends, she said, who still refuse to believe her when she [...]



Senate Democrats Back Away from Climate Change Bill Filibuster

By Denis Campbell • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Business Issues
It’s been a busy political tricks week where climate change was, in theory, a main topic in the US Congress. Unfortunately nasty Republican partisan politics emerged the winner during this lamest of lame duck session.
As oil topped $137 a barrel and $4 at the pump President George Bush began his farewell EU trip today with [...]