As a voter who had worked for and hoped for a different Republican Presidential candidate- even VP candidate, the selection by McCain of Sarah Palin was both a disappointment and a relief. Mike Huckabee was not selected but neither was Romney and a few other less than desirable people. The wait for the announcement seemed [...]
Filed under: Politics, The Somebody | Tagged: John McCain, Running Mate, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential pick | 9 Comments »
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press seem to be dead in Denver, Colorado these days. During the Democratic National Convention protestors and demonstrators are confined to a hard to find cage. Some of these protestors have made remarks that they feel like political prisoners in Denver. This “Freedom Cage” is even surrounded by [...]
Filed under: Common Iowan, Politics | Tagged: ABC News, Arrest, Asa Eslocker, Colorado, Democratic National Convention, Denver, Freedom Cage, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, Political Prisoners, Protestors | 2 Comments »
Seems like all I have to do is turn on a cable news station and there he is: Mr. Plastic himself.
The same smile, the same well trained way of side stepping any hard question. Ughhhh.
This A.M. on MSNBC Mika, Joe and Co. all but gushed over Willard. Numerous photos of a smiling Willard with a [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: John McCain, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Running Mate | Leave a Comment »
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A day off from work is a day to pay closer attention to some bits and pieces from the news. A remark that Rush L. made about Jeffrey Toobin during his program today caught my attention. I have checked out the comments made by Toobin, Senior Legal [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: "Throw the bums out", CNN, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Jeffrey Toobin, Negative Campaigning, Republicans | 1 Comment »
One of the tidbits of information that I found interesting about the Democratic Convention was a discussion on FOX News today about Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s appearance during a panel discussion with all three Sunday show moderators.
I have checked out what happened to prompt the FOX discussion about story selections, omissions and angles of [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Democratic National Convention, Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, Media Bias | 1 Comment »
It would seem that some Iowa officials no longer remember the idea of personal responsibility. There is an article in today’s Des Moines Register that gave me the urge to vomit. The title of the article is “Let childless get Medicaid, leader exhorts”. I know that some of the liberals in our fair state will [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Politics | Tagged: Congress, Gene Gessow, Low Income, Medicaid, Uninsured | 4 Comments »
Where have all the critics gone? When the United States invaded Iraq to enforce the countless UN resolutions against Saddam Hussein’s despotic regime the critics came out of the woodwork. They denounced US intentions to enforce those resolutions. They railed against Bush over his comments on Iran. They attacked him over his policy with North [...]
Filed under: Common Iowan, Politics | Tagged: America, Blame America First Club, Georgia, Harry Reid, Invasion, Iran, Iraq, Nancy Pelosi, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear War, Poland, Russia, Tom Harkin, United Nations Resolutions, United States, War | 3 Comments »
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