44: The Obama Presidency

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Is Obama guilty of 'Infanticide'?

"To withhold medical intervention for a baby who is born alive as a result of a botched abortion and to allow that child to die without the medical intervention that that child deserves, it's appalling to me and I think it should concern voters." --Sarah Palin, interview with Christian Broadcasting... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 24, 2008

McCain, Obama, Biden, and JFK

"Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year old senator president of the United States of America...Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

More than Obama

THE Democrats seem to have everything to cheer in this presidential race. Their candidate, Barack Obama, leads in the opinion polls, raises and spends record amounts of money and has picked up the endorsement of Colin Powell, a Republican former secretary of state. Even Mr Obama’s rival, John... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The End Game

One of the most unsettling aspects of this campaign is that for an election cycle so turbulent, with so many surprising twists and turns, over the last few days it suddenly has had the feel of concrete setting. Just seven or eight weeks ago, Sen. Barack Obama had a lead over Sen. John McCain, but it... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Who will give Joe the Plumber a bigger Tax cut?

"Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on some in order to give checks to others is not a tax cut; it's just another government giveaway." --John McCain, Concord, NC, October 18, 2008. John McCain hammered his Democratic opponent over the weekend for "phony tax cut" policies that will allegedly harm... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Powell's Finest Moment

What is remarkable to me about Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press was its sincerity and the form of its reasoning. He addressed issues, not personalities. He engaged in analysis, not demonization. After the Rove years of Goebbels-like propaganda, guilt by association, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Why I am voting for Barak Obama

THE NOMINATING process this year produced two unusually talented and qualified presidential candidates. There are few public figures I have respected more over the years than Sen. John McCain. Yet it is without ambivalence that I choose Sen. Barack Obama for president. The choice is made easy in... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

John, Barack and Joe the Plumber, on the future of the country

IF THE THIRD and final debate offered the presidential candidates the opportunity, in some sense, to make their closing arguments to voters, viewers could be forgiven if they felt like jurors in an interminable trial. "By now, we've heard all the talking points, so let's try to tell the people... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

From Ayers to Osama

WHEN ALASKA Gov. Sarah Palin said Sen. Barack Obama was "palling around with terrorists," that was offensive -- but not offensive enough, apparently, for Del. Jeffrey M. Frederick, chairman of the Virginia Republican Party. By "terrorists," Ms. Palin was referring to 1960s radical William Ayers, but... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Palin lies

I'm very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing, any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that." --Sarah Palin, phone interview with Alaska reporters, October 11, 2008. Sarah Palin has insisted that a formal investigation into the... Sign in to see full entry.

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