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Posts Tagged ‘Ronald Reagan’

National Masochism: Only Way To Explain Tight Presidential Poll Numbers

By Charley James • Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Politics Too

by Charley James
I don’t understand.
Republicans came to Washington in 2000 with a solid majority in both houses of Congress and on the Supreme Court, allowing them to steal the presidency. If you ever wanted to know what a pure Republican Party government unhindered by Democrats or anyone else might look like, this was the moment.
After [...]



Is The End Near For The Poorest Rich Nation On Earth?

By Charley James • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Business Issues

 

by Charley James
When I was a kid in Milwaukee, there was a guy who walked up and down Wisconsin Ave., the main drag, wearing a sandwich board proclaiming, “Repent! The End Is Near.”
Of course, he meant his warning in a “come to Jesus now” sort of way. But if the fellow is still alive, I [...]



Hillary’s W in WV – Yawn, Real Story is Red State Mississippi

By Denis Campbell • May 14th, 2008 • Category: Features

338,000 people voted to assign 26 delegates or .6% of total delegates in play and captured the media spotlight for a week as the Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton steel cage match went another breathless round, while reddest of Republican states Mississippi, ignored the personal campaigning of Vice President Dick Cheney as the Democrat Travis Childers won [...]