Republican Party: Conservative or Corporate?

Quite by accident, I happened to catch the tail end of a documentary about the Tom DeLay political scandals from 2005 on one of the local cable channels. I figured the movie was probably being shown now because of… Read the rest

Mr. Phillips’ Warning

I can still clearly remember sitting in my high school Journalism class on Wednesday, November 9, 1960 — the day after the presidential election. Everyone in the classroom couldn’t stop talking about the exciting election results that we had… Read the rest

Palin's Balin': Sarah Quits

The 2008 Republican candidate for vice-president, Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin, announced July 3 that she will resign from office on July 26, 2009, and “return to private life.” This was a shocking announcement coming from the high-profile Governor, considering… Read the rest

Decision Day

I came to a decision today. It is unfair for me to continue to be a registered Republican.

My very first vote was for Barry Goldwater. I’ve had to swallow hard at times since then to vote Republican, and… Read the rest

Ditz & Dean – Palin's Interviews

Hey Dean,
Are you up yet? I saw the following AP news story on September 27, under the headline, “Palin Interviews Spark GOP Concerns”:

Kathleen Parker, a conservative columnist who welcomed Sarah Palin’s entry into national politics, says

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Paulson: "Give me a blank check – or else!"

The pressure to get the $700 Billion Wall Street Relief Program through Congress is unrelenting. President George Bush and Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson are threatening us with a total collapse of the US banking and financial… Read the rest

Doing God's will – American style

Is America really a Christian nation? Can we say that we are truly favored by God over all other countries? While you’re coming up with answers to those questions, try this answering this one with a straight… Read the rest

It's the Economy, Stupid!

Now that the Republican Convention is over, it is very clear now that only the Democrats seem to understand that it is the economic situation in the United States that will determine the eventual outcome of the Presidential Election.… Read the rest

Sarah Palin – a potential dictator?

As the week progresses and as more background information about Sarah Palin begins to appear in various newspapers and blogs, John McCain must be getting a lot more nervous about his choice of Palin as the Republican Party’s Vice… Read the rest

What was McCain thinking?

John McCain was always one of my favorites – even before he became a politician. How could you not like a good looking Navy pilot POW, even if he fought in an awful war like Vietnam? When I used… Read the rest

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