Hurricane Gustav and the GOP: Eating McCain's Cake
Political conventions have a long list of things each party is concerned with, but the aftermath of Katrina and the pendancy of Gustav deserve top billing this week.
Political conventions have a long list of things each party is concerned with, but the aftermath of Katrina and the pendancy of Gustav deserve top billing this week.
If George Bush had listened to Joe Biden instead of Donald Rumsfeld, the history of the past seven years would have been very different. We might have prevented 9/11.
Barack Obama's 14 years of elective experience easily exceeds that of George Bush when he first ran for president.
He describes Bush as feeling he needs McCain to win to validate his legacy, while McCain finds himself "saddled" with Bush baggage.
Call me Michelle Obama, but I feel damned proud of my country right now. Though he still has a major hurdle to climb in actually winning the presidency, our nation has truly entered a new era.
McCain wants to continue the Iraq War. What devalued currency is McCain going to use to pay for all of this?
It was nice to see John Kerry as angry at George Bush and John McCain as Democrats have been at John Kerry the last four years.
Senator Clinton's speech tonight was spectacular. She was powerful, gracious and Presidential. She connected with the throngs of people on the conv...
Williams:"At the end of the day, I think its a dangerous decision for Nike to popularize a song like "List of Demands." My belief in the power of music tells me that it could possibly work against them."
The Bush Administration's attempt to reframe its New Orleans legacy on the eve of both parties' national conventions has sent an unlikely point man into the trenches, one who wrote the book on information warfare.
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston has video from a political fundraiser last week capturing some embarrassing/revealing moments after President Bush had asked cameras to be turned off.
Whether influential, intriguing or simply offensive, these celebrities, politicians and pop culture icons have caught my eye for helping the planet, saving money on gas and looking sweet atop the seat.
McCain's absentminded elitist air would be one thing, but the real distinction is his philosophy. He believes the rich, like him, should stay rich -- too bad for the middle class, which is supporting that wealth.
We haven't done a photo caption contest here in far too long, and this one just begged for it. What exactly is Bush saying? Picture a word balloon above him, and what would you put in it?
Four years ago, there were still enough Americans who believed Bush's infantile bluster was charming and direct. Now, even Republicans do not waste their time with him.
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I'll believe it when I see my freight loads come back up from 1998 levels, which is where they currently are.
According to a New York Times article today on the strength of expansions, the Bush expansion just ended was the weakest since Worl War II. Artcile includes great chart to make the point:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/economy/30charts.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
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