Tag: politics
member name: Ruth MacGill
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January 03, 2008 03:10 PM EST --
A Caucus Isn't the Same as a Primary
I don't know much about what I'm talking about here, so feel free to contradict or add to what I say. It's just that I am appalled at what I heard . . .
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
Both of the Sunday political discussion programs I watched this morning featured very interesting guests with well-reasoned interpretations of what is happening in Iraq. One guest has a new . . .
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April 21, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
I guess I qualify as a contrarian. Whenever I hear a list of the kinds of people who favor Senator Clinton for president, I can see that I qualify for those lists. I should be one of her strong supporters. . . .
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April 28, 2008 01:19 PM EDT --
Reverend Wright - GO HOME!
It's beginning to look as if next year we may have the first woman in the White House. Although the polls and the numbers show it will be next to impossible for Hillary . . .
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June 04, 2008 04:03 PM EDT --
On June 3 rd , 2008, Barack Obama made history by becoming the first African/American presumptive Democratic candidate for the position of president of the United States. His candidacy will become official . . .
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November 02, 2008 11:42 AM EST --
When you first registered to vote, what caused you to declare yourself a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent or some other party?
I'll bet that, like me, a lot of people chose the party . . .
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November 05, 2008 09:30 AM EST --
I have never heard John McCain make a better speech than when he conceded the presidential candidacy to Barack Obama last night. That was the real John McCain we used to know and love before his campaign . . .
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June 08, 2008 10:16 AM EDT --
This an edited article that I posted about a year ago. I think is still pertinent today.
For at least five years, I have had an uneasy feeling that events taking place in the world don't . . .
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September 13, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
The vows taken by Republican John McCain to take the high road in conducting this year's bid for the White House seem to have been cast aside along the way like empty beer bottles. It is sad to see . . .
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November 06, 2008 01:00 AM EST --
Last night as I watched the news of the election intently, it soon became clear that Barack Obama was winning the presidential election. His success exceeded my expectations. None of my fears of mass . . .
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November 22, 2008 01:47 PM EST --
Something is wrong. I guess everything is wrong. I'm very old, and I feel as if I have seen this movie before. This is where I came in and it's time to leave the theater.
Times like . . .
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November 16, 2008 06:19 PM EST --
The pundits on today's political talk shows all had something to say about the auto industry bailout proposals. It amazes me that any of them question whether or not GM, Ford and Chrysler should . . .
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November 03, 2009 07:10 AM EST --
To bring Leiberman’s story up to date, let’s review his past. Following an education at Yale and Yale Law School, since 1971 Joe Leiberman has been in public service, first as a Connecticut . . .
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September 20, 2009 12:25 AM EDT --
I heard a little blurb on the news yesterday about the fact that the professional football teams donate money to political parties. The newscaster named the main teams and which parties they favored. . . .
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October 09, 2008 01:04 PM EDT --
Campaign rhetoric, especially from Republicans, has become, not only vicious, but dangerous. The most violent words are being fomented by the self-described ‘pitbull with lipstick", Republican candidate . . .
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November 17, 2007 12:23 PM EST --
A little Random Musing - 11/17/2007
Good morning! It is 6:15 as I start writing, and the sun is about to come over the eastern horizon. I have done my chores, taken my pills, and I’m ready to . . .
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January 28, 2008 11:32 AM EST --
Political Palaver
The coming election of 2008 is probably the most important election of our lives. The war in Iraq continues to drain billions of dollars of borrowed money every month leaving a gigantic . . .
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March 03, 2008 09:39 AM EST --
Odds and Ends
This has to be fast, because I have to pick up Jane at 8 A.M. for a trip to town (San Diego). I expect I will be gone about as long as I will if I go to the Congress of History event . . .
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February 07, 2007 12:01 PM EST --
Good Morning Mr. and Mrs. America
and All the Ships at Sea
This morning I took my recuperating dog, Smokey Joe, for a walk, just in time to catch a beautiful pink, yellow and blue sunrise. I . . .
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September 16, 2008 02:41 AM EDT --
A few days ago I watched the movie "Bobby". I don't remember ever seeing it before. If I did, it was before I abandoned the Republicans, (or they abandoned me) I probably didn't . . .
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