Tag: us politics
member name: Bill's Spirit
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April 17, 2007 03:19 PM EDT --
I was sitting at Thanksgiving dinner when an eleven year-old blurted out:
"The President is scum."
At this table, only one guest gasped.
Most of the other children smiled and nodded, the . . .
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October 11, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
Gather member Don B. posted a list of 22 ways to be a good Democrat.
I was quite inspired.
In a similar spirit to his writing...
Here are 22 ways to be a good Republican:
1. You have to believe . . .
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March 05, 2008 06:00 PM EST --
They say that proof of dedication to an ideology can be shown by pointing to sacrifices made in the name of that belief.
On March 4, 2008, I again paid the price necessary to maintain my status . . .
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September 01, 2006 12:22 PM EDT --
Janet B.'s article; "Would You Vote For Condolezza Rice in '08" was revealing; and made me chuckle at coincidence.
I spewed the idea of Condi running in '08 to someone just . . .
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November 26, 2007 06:13 PM EST --
The aliens abducted me again last night. I'd taken my tin-hat off for my nightly shower; and zap, they beam-rayed me up.
As I lay strapped in the chair for study, I distracted my mind by thinking . . .
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January 07, 2008 03:42 PM EST --
Good - Monday - Everyone!!
Tomorrow the New Hampshire Primaries will take place; and many eyes are turned toward the Granite State in wonderment over what might unfold.
Whereas Hillary Clinton . . .
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January 07, 2008 05:50 PM EST --
There's a video airing on my cable channels.
Hillary Clinton getting emotional at a luncheon.
Apparently it's personal, not just political to her.
Maybe this will win her points . . .
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September 14, 2006 01:20 PM EDT --
I hear some winds of change whistling among the trees of the Republican Party. How refreshing.
Agitatingly dissatisfied with the divisive, intrusive, and expensive actions and attitudes of conservative . . .
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October 31, 2007 04:02 PM EDT --
Did you watch the Democratic debate?
I did.
I thought it started off kind of interestingly, in that there were no formal introductions of the candidates at the opening.
After the MSNBC graphics . . .
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March 14, 2008 10:33 AM EDT --
Hillary isn't playing the race card. She (or should I say, some of her people) are just pointing to the obvious fact that Barack Obama's ethnicity is part of his sweeping appeal.
She should . . .
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April 16, 2008 11:17 AM EDT --
His Holiness The Pope is visiting America.
Apparently, this is only the third time that a pope has visited our blessed land.
Father Thomas Williams, CBS News Faith and Religion Analyst, stated . . .
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November 09, 2007 05:21 PM EST --
I find it morally painful that our government sub-contracts private soldiers at a thousand dollars per day, while dictating cuts in medical care and benefits to our soldiers and veterans.
Capitalism . . .
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November 11, 2007 03:51 PM EST --
I am a veteran.
Among the cadre of my veteran brothers, I am truly one of the least of them.
I fought in no war, and soldiered in no combat zone. Although I qualified with rifle and was expert . . .
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January 10, 2008 05:05 PM EST --
There's buzz around that Hillary should not be voted for because she is actually a big friend of big business.
I find this hard to believe.
This accusation seems to be based on the fact that . . .
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June 30, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
John McCain's campaign is hawking his military experiences as signs of John's deep commitment to America.
Spartacus
Barack Obama's campaign is hawking Barack's public advocacy . . .
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February 10, 2009 03:46 PM EST --
President Barack Hussein Obama (D-44) held a town Hall meeting in Fort Myers, FL on February 10, 2009.
His favorability rating was well represented. I found the whole meeting interesting. Below are . . .
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March 11, 2009 07:03 PM EDT --
Dateline: MY TELEVISION -- March 11, 2009
Ari Fleischer appeared on " Hardball with Chris Mathews " today to defend former President Bush's legacy.
The shining jewel that Ari . . .
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February 13, 2007 07:24 AM EST --
Ever since the wee years of my youth, I have wrestled with the concepts of appropriate lying. Christianity and corporal punishment having instructed me lastingly that lying is wrong, evil and a sin.
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November 07, 2006 12:26 PM EST --
Well, it's done. I am now the proud owner of an "I Voted Today" sticker. Coincidentally, it also bears the slogan "Vote your Conscience;" which is this participant's mantra. . . .
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December 07, 2006 11:14 AM EST --
Here is a bug for the ear of Secretary of Defense Nominee, Robert Gates.
Everyone keeps referring to "The War" in Iraq.
But we are not at war with Iraq, are we?
The initial mission was to . . .
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