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My 89 year old Mother, a Goldwater republican, announced she is voting for Obama. A low information voter, she watches an hour of network news before Jeapordy everynight. She mingles with other over...
View ArticleWSJ blows up Palin as Fiscal Conservative
It appears Mrs. Palen's fiscal conservative credentials are not holding up well to the light of professional journalism. A pattern is emerging. Here is the link to breaking story in WSJ Tuesday:...
View ArticleDodd Amendment: Equity to taxpayers
Sen. Dodd has introduced an amendment to change the Paulson proposal redically. It is on the Bloomberg site: http://www.bloomberg.com/... Description after the jump.
View ArticleLet's Define Elitist
The Republicans and television pundits (including Mika on Morning Joe and Katie Courek on CBS) continue to be apologists on behalf of Sarah's monthly clothes allowance. Meanwhile,McCain and Palin...
View ArticlePoll Report from the Red Zone: Orange Co. CA
Here is some encouraging anecdotal news from behind the Orange Curtain, HQ for Southern California’s McCain Campaign. My garage is polling booth for our precinct. We set up eight machines and three...
View ArticleConyers is worried Sanjay Gupta not qualified?
Sheesh. With all the important economic issues and other legislation facing Congress, Conyers has time to worry about Sanjay Gupta. From the Huffington Post:
View ArticleFinancial meltdown is NOT the result of housing crisis.
This Republican spin says the current financial crisis was caused by too many folks buying homes they could not afford. It was myopic when they started the meme, but now it is being spouted by Chris...
View ArticleOnly minorities need to get beyond "biases"
What is wrong with the worldview of these old white men in the Senate? One after one they demonstrate how superior they believe the judgement of white men to be. Never once in any of the comments...
View ArticleLetter to my Rep. Campbell CA 48
Honorable John Campbell Dear Mr. Campbell: Events the past two days have caused me to become very agitated about your co-authorship and support for House Bill 1503. First and foremost, there are...
View ArticleCSU betrays Pollan and academic integrity
California has three state universities focused on food production (Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo; Cal Poly Pomona and UC Davis). Cal Poly SLO capitulated to an agrabusiness donor (Harris Ranch meats) in...
View ArticleEye popping comment on Romney from the Right's puppet
When David Brooks makes this comment in his NYT column, it tells me that the Republican natives are restless with Mitt: "Mitt Romney has a similar plan, which he unveiled a little while ago and now...
View ArticleRomney losing Deep Red?
Not one yard sign or bumper sticker in my Deep red, South Orange County, California neighborhood. I live in the proverbial center of Republican conservatism—Orange County, California. Actually, I...
View ArticleWill Romney do a concession speech?
I cannot help but wonder whether Tuesday night Mitt Romney will be the first candidate ever to lose and refuse a concession speech. Somehow, I cannot imagine him being able to muster what it take to...
View ArticleThe Tape power ploy
The media keeps getting it wrong (again). The “tapes” the trump tweeted about have nothing to do with intimidating Comey. It is a power play designed to influence his base and give plausibility to...
View ArticleGuilty Plea by Papadopoulos may be bigger than Manafort story
The guilty plea by George Papadopoulos for lying to Mueller investigation may be more signifiant than Manafort and Gates cheating on taxes. It goes straight to the campaign; he tells little lies to...
View ArticleMr. Branding, Trump, is playing long game.
The lightbulb in my mind went off as to why Trump and Ghoulianni keep casting Mueller’s inquiry as a Democratic endeavor. Besides the obvious “No puppet, no puppet, your’e the puppet” ploy, they see...
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