Archive for April, 2008

John Kerry: Hero

Filed under: Media | Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 04/30/2008 @ 9:29:34 PM

On MSNBC

WITT: Okay. He said it. A 20-year relationship. Reverend wright married him. He is the one who baptized a god parent. How personally painful is this for him?

KERRY: Can … [Keep reading >>]

Gas Bags and Gas Taxes

Filed under: Climate Change | Energy | Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 04/30/2008 @ 9:06:03 PM

A gas tax holiday. Sounds good, right? Take a holiday from that mean old govm’t gas tax. See smiling faces. Jump start the economy. Or … [Keep reading >>]

MoveOn Moves Against McBush

Filed under: Action! | Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 04/30/2008 @ 5:44:59 PM
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HELP Get the Ad on the Air … [Keep reading >>]

Ann Richards Speaks

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 04/30/2008 @ 11:27:36 AM

I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

Ann Richards

Yep … [Keep reading >>]

A new role for W: Recruiter-in-Chief

Filed under: Democrats | Politics | Republicans — by Bob Meyer 04/30/2008 @ 7:33:42 AM
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Finally, a breath of fresh air in this campaign season. This just in from Daily Kos:

Great news in the effort to build a lasting Democratic majority. Pew Research on … [Keep reading >>]

The Race for 2008: Religious Misinformation

Filed under: Presidential 2008 | Religion — by Bob Zuber 04/30/2008 @ 6:04:39 AM

Reporting for Reuters, Andrea Hopkins describes the conversation in an Indiana cafe where patrons were animated when it comes to the candidates’ faith, but not enough to get the details … [Keep reading >>]

Zimbabwe: Banking on Demand

Filed under: Africa — by Bob Zuber 04/30/2008 @ 5:02:38 AM

As reported by Christopher Hope in the London Daily Telegraph, Barclay’s Bank has been providing unusual levels of service to the Mugabe inner circle: “The controversy has echoes of the … [Keep reading >>]

The Race for 2008: The Wright Stuff

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Bob Zuber 04/29/2008 @ 9:54:04 PM

While many in the press overseas are wondering if Obama is teetering on the brink of a failed candidacy, the Guardian’s Michael Tomasky feels that the Obama’s anger was a … [Keep reading >>]

Africa: Western Media Setting the Agenda

Filed under: Africa | Media — by Bob Zuber 04/29/2008 @ 9:46:27 PM

Writing in the Johannesburg Mail and Guardian, Seumas Milne takes a very hard line on what he sees as efforts by ‘western’ media to define the genuine crises facing the … [Keep reading >>]

Why Gitmo’s Chief Prosecuter Resigned

Filed under: Iraq | War — by Will Kirkland 04/29/2008 @ 8:24:48 AM
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Here’s one of a very few military men who knew what the score was and did something about it. Morris Davis, Chief Prosecuter at Guantanamo Bay prison, resigned.

I was … [Keep reading >>]

McCain: Bring the Troops Home. Oh, never mind….

Filed under: Iraq | Presidential 2008 | War — by Will Kirkland 04/29/2008 @ 8:15:02 AM
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In January of 2005 — oh such a long time ago — John McCain had this to say to Chris Matthews:

“I would hope that we could bring them all home,” … [Keep reading >>]

Soros on the Financial Crisis

Filed under: Economy — by Joyce Cole 04/29/2008 @ 8:03:02 AM

George Soros thinks the financial crisis will not soon be over, that the damage will be great and that it might have been prevented but that underlying ideologies are likely … [Keep reading >>]

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