Posts Tagged ‘Election 2008’
Posted by smeddum on November 4, 2008
How McCain Could Win
Monday 03 November 2008
by: Greg Palast, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
It’s November 5 and the nation is in shock. Media blame it on the “Bradley effect”: Americans supposedly turned into Klansmen inside the voting booth, and Barack Obama turned up with 6 million votes less than calculated from the exit polls. Florida came in for McCain and so did Indiana. Colorado, despite the Democrats’ Rocky Mountain high after the Denver convention, stayed surprisingly Red. New Mexico, a state where Anglos are a minority, went McCain by 300 votes, as did Virginia.
That’s the nightmare. Here’s the cold reality. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 29, 2008
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Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
The Age of Triumphalism is over
Americans are no longer in the mood to chase after distant evildoers.
By Andrew J. Bacevich LosAngelosTimes
October 26, 2008
All but lost amid the hullabaloo of the presidential campaign, the State Department recently dropped North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. Kim Jong Il pocketed a concession that even a year ago would have seemed unimaginable. The American people — feeling more threatened by Wall Street than by Pyongyang — managed barely a shrug. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 16, 2008
World Focus: Racism, Obama and the Fall of the American Economy
Posted on Tuesday, October 14 @ 04:30:01 EDT by admin Rastafarispeaks
By Fidel Castro
October 14, 2008
Trade, within a society and between countries, is the exchange of goods and services produced by human beings. The owners of the means of production appropriate the profits. As a class, they are the leaders of the capitalist state and they boast of fostering development and social wellbeing through market. This they worship as an infallible God. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 16, 2008
Americans are transfixed by the aftermath of the September surprise in financial markets. Could there be a very different surprise coming in October? Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2008
Daily Times
9th October, 2008
NASHVILLE: The US presidential candidates assailed Russia on Tuesday, with Democrat Barack Obama saying Moscow had engaged in “evil” behaviour and Republican John McCain saying it was “maybe” an evil empire.
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Posted by smeddum on October 3, 2008
Spinning the post-debate spin
Political operatives and surrogates are only too happy to offer their views on the Palin-Biden vice presidential debate.
By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 3, 2008
ST. LOUIS — Imagine a school of ravenous guppies swimming around looking for food. Suddenly, someone tosses a handful of crumbs into the water. The guppies go crazy! They flit here, they flit there, they swirl around in chaotic guppy mobs, inhaling each crumb before moving on to the next. Read the rest of this entry »
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