In These Times

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• • 12 Sep 08
  • 1:02 pm

  David I don't disagree with your comments above about the Republicans but I am disheartened that you have come out in support of Obama knowing fully well that the Democrats, and Obama himself, are rife with special interest money, lobbyists on staff, who back off issues such as public financing and FISA and other progressive issues. If you support them then to some degree you have to defend the very things one could lodge at McCain and the Republicans and justify it by virtue of saying we will vigilantly put pressure upon and have a better chance of getting what we …

  Posted to Country First

• • 13 Sep 08
  • 2:37 pm

  Perhaps I do agree with you about letting the ship sink. Look at foreign policy. We have two candidates that plan to continue to wage Bush's war on terror. We shouldn't have gone into Iraq in the first place and the war we have waged and plan to continue waging in Afghanistan makes no sense. We are supposedly fighting terrorism but there are terrorist cells in England and no one would suggest we invade England if their government's efforts were not as vigilant as we would like in dealing with terrorists residing within their boundaries (I understand the reasons why that's …

  Posted to Country First

• • 05 Apr 08
  • 10:54 pm

  What about Obama's vote on the 2005 energy bill? He has registered lobbyists working for him, what about that? Do you really think Obama will actually go with public funding in the general election? What about money he's gotten in the same manner the other candidates have from the oil industry and subprime lenders? What about his public support of the Peru Free Trade agreement? What about his support of the class action bill ? What about his being OK with credit card interest rates surpassing 30%? What about his conveniently missing the Kyle-Lieberman vote? What was he talking about when …

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• • 05 Apr 08
  • 10:40 pm

  I find this article interesting and there may be some merit in it. I have no doubt the Clinton campaign has looked on a state to state basis at the breakdown of women, blue collar voters, Latino's , Blacks and so on and has strategized based on such but I am certain the Obama campaign has also. We just watched Obama at a bowling alley having a beer who looked as out of place and as uncomfortable as one could possibly look. This guy is white wine not beer and it showed. Both of these candidates are out to win so …

  Posted to The Clinton Firewall