On health care, Iraq and other issues, even some Republicans fear the party's image is badly tarnished. Can McCain restore the luster?
Comment: McCain can easily restore the luster....all he has to do is say " Change We Can Believe In '. It worked for Barack Hussein Obama...he sucked in 45 million voters with that mantra.
Comment: McCain is a good guy however he promotes misguided policies. THE BIGGEST BEING THE IRAQ WAR.
JUST LIKE HILLARY HE JUST DOESN"T GET IT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT OUT OF IRAQ. THE IRAQ WAR IS WHAT GAVE OBAMA A VICTORY IN IOWA. McCAIN is going to get SMOKED in this election unless he changes his stance on IRAQ.
"NO AMERICAN LIFE IS WORTH IRAQI FREEDOM.
ANYONE WHO DISAGREES IS NOT A REAL AMERICAN" eddiewhere 2008
There is this argument out there that I hear our troops repeating over and over agian. WE CANNOT LEAVE UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE WE CANNOT LET OUR BROTHERS DIE IN VAIN.
NOW THAT IS REAL BUL****. THAT STATEMENT IS GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY AND NOT MILITARY IDEOLOGY.
COLIN POWELL SAID IT BEST. DEFINE YOUR MISSION CLEARLY SET YOUR OBJECTIVES AND USE OVERWHELMING FORCE AKA SHOCK AND AWE to accomplish your mission.
WE HAVE NO CLEAR AGENDA and NO CLEAR OBJECTIVES. WE ARE NOT SURE. SO HOW ON EARTH CAN WE JUSTIFY THE LOSS OF MORE AMERICAN LIVES. AS LONG AS WE STAY IN IRAQ YOUNG AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE IN VAIN. WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE MADE OUR POINT VERY CLEAR. WE ARE SICK OF IRAQ AND WE ARE SICK OF OUR DEPENDENCY ON MIDDLE EASTERN OIL.
OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE LAST FALLACY I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THAT THE SURGE IS WORKING.
THIS ARGUMENT IS SO CRAZY THAT IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN.
SURGE means temporary. OUR TROOPS PRESENCE IN THAT COUNTRY OF IRAQ IS THE MAIN REASON FUNDAMENTALIST HAVE FOR ATTACKING US.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT WILL DO WHAT IS BEST FOR AMERICA NOT WHAT IS BEST FOR IRAQ.
THE LATEST FALLACY IS THAT WE SHOULD STAY UNTIL WE WIN. WE HAVE ALREADY LOST.ESPECIALLY THE AMERICAN TAX PAYER and those poor AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIFE FOR NO LEGITIMATE REASON. THE BLIND JUST CANNOT SEE THAT.
THERE IS ONE CLEAR WINNER IN THIS WAR, HALLIBURTON AND OTHER PRIVATE CONTRACT FIRMS WHO FUNNELED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WITH THE HELP OF DICK CHENEY, FROM THE AMERICAN TAX PAYER.
LAUTENBERG REPORT CHECK IT OUT.
Comment: McCain is a good guy however he promotes misguided policies. THE BIGGEST BEING THE IRAQ WAR.
JUST LIKE HILLARY HE JUST DOESN"T GET IT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT OUT OF IRAQ. THE IRAQ WAR IS WHAT GAVE OBAMA A VICTORY IN IOWA. McCAIN is going to get SMOKED in this election unless he changes his stance on IRAQ.
"NO AMERICAN LIFE IS WORTH IRAQI FREEDOM.
ANYONE WHO DISAGREES IS NOT A REAL AMERICAN" eddiewhere 2008
There is this argument out there that I hear our troops repeating over and over agian. WE CANNOT LEAVE UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE WE CANNOT LET OUR BROTHERS DIE IN VAIN.
NOW THAT IS REAL BUL****. THAT STATEMENT IS GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY AND NOT MILITARY IDEOLOGY.
COLIN POWELL SAID IT BEST. DEFINE YOUR MISSION CLEARLY SET YOUR OBJECTIVES AND USE OVERWHELMING FORCE AKA SHOCK AND AWE to accomplish your mission.
WE HAVE NO CLEAR AGENDA and NO CLEAR OBJECTIVES. WE ARE NOT SURE. SO HOW ON EARTH CAN WE JUSTIFY THE LOSS OF MORE AMERICAN LIVES. AS LONG AS WE STAY IN IRAQ YOUNG AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE IN VAIN. WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE MADE OUR POINT VERY CLEAR. WE ARE SICK OF IRAQ AND WE ARE SICK OF OUR DEPENDENCY ON MIDDLE EASTERN OIL.
OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE LAST FALLACY I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THAT THE SURGE IS WORKING.
THIS ARGUMENT IS SO CRAZY THAT IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN.
SURGE means temporary. OUR TROOPS PRESENCE IN THAT COUNTRY OF IRAQ IS THE MAIN REASON FUNDAMENTALIST HAVE FOR ATTACKING US.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT WILL DO WHAT IS BEST FOR AMERICA NOT WHAT IS BEST FOR IRAQ.
THE LATEST FALLACY IS THAT WE SHOULD STAY UNTIL WE WIN. WE HAVE ALREADY LOST. THE BLIND JUST CANNOT SEE THAT.
Comment: Some of you who read my posts about investment banks driving up the price of oil through commodities futures trading did not believe me that this was a real issue, despite the fact that the Senate is investigating it. Well, it really is an issue and an important one, so important that the Department of Justice is going to investigate.
Senator Obama announced a plan to crack down on excessive energy speculation and fully close the loophole in the CFTC regulations that I referred to in my blog. This loophole is also called the "Enron Loophole" because it was created by McCain campaign co-chair Phil Gramm at the behest of Enron lobbyists, and exempts most trading on energy commodities from regulation. As a result, the CFTC is unable to oversee the oil futures market or investigate cases where excessive speculation is driving up oil prices. Just last month, John Hofmesiter, President of Shell Oil Company, says that the proper, uninflated production price of a barrel of crude oil is no more than $65.
http://www.financialpost.com/reports/oil-watch/story.html?id=532747
Clarence Cazalot, CEO of Marathon Oil, stated in November of 2007 that "$100 oil just isn't justified by the physical demand on the market - it is speculation on the futures market that is driving this."
http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/12/markets/oil_hundred/index.htm?postversion=2007111216
Larry Chom, Chief Economist of Platt's, states in a recent Businessweek article that speculation is adding at least $50 to the price of every barrel of oil. You can read this article in the May 13, 2008 edition of Businessweek, but it is no longer available on their website unless you are a member.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2008/
To see what Senator Obama is doing to correct this serious problem and lower the price of gas and oil, go to his website:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gG5Rzb
Now THAT is my kind of President! Sees the problem, and moves to fix it, while Bush and McCain are sitting on their hands.
Comment: A vote for John "Baghdad Bob" McCain is a suicide vote. Why vote against your own interest when McCain has show his true colors in his voting record that said no to the new Veterans GI Bill, No to healthcare for children, no to global warming, no to pulling our brave, but tired soldiers from Iraq,and more than likely he will say no to anything that is good for America.
Comment: We need to get out of Iraq and transfer responsibility and management of that country to the IRAQ's themselves. THEY SHOULD be backed by a multinational force led by Middle Eastern countries until they are able to fight extremist on their own.
Our unilateral approach in the MIDDLE EAST has to come to an end. ECONOMICALLY, IRAQ IS KILLING the average tax payer and making a few private contractors and oil firms rich.
We need Oil. WE NEED OIL. Therefore, getting rid of the Iranian regime is at the top of our agenda.
The majority in Iran want change but not under and American led invasion. It has to be done from within. We lost the support of moderate Arabs and Muslims over the last six years. Hopefully, PRESIDENT OBAMA can empower this group and encourage them to meet with their counterparts.
Inotherwords there should be an alliance between all moderates in the Middle East, JEWS, ARABs, MUSLIMS, ect... These forces must be self motivated by a common cause, Peace. IF this group can be strengthened they themselves will defeat or at least contain the force of extremism.
WE must strengthen the forces behind peace and weaken those against peace on both sides.
THE UNITED STATES CANNOT SOLVE THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WE CAN ONLY STRENGHTEN AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST TO SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS.
IN THE SHORT RUN WE NEED MIDDLE EASTERN OIL. THIS COMPLICATES OUR ROLE OVER THERE.
WE Should have had an ENERGY SUMMIT TEN YEARS AGO. WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A TWENTY YEAR PLAN to RID OURSELVES of OIL DEPENDENCY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. TWENTY YEARS WILL GO BY LIKE NOTHING. WE HAVE TO START NOW.
THE most dangerous threats are the ones you do not see coming. LIKE CHINA, RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPEAN organized crime. Monitoring these entities will be our great challenge.
ARE WE READY FOR CYBER WAR. I DON't THINK SO.
Comment: A memo for Eleanor Clift. Stop your liberal tactics! I have read enough of your articles to see that your favorite topics are "pushing the gays agenda and bashing family values". Liberalism is a mental disorder as many people say. So keep up your good work of destroying America fiber!!!!!
Comment: Would you please stop referring the Republican Party as a brand! The sins of the Republican Party can not be erased by simply "re-branding". "Brand" = Propaganda.
Comment: Would you please stop referring the Republican Party as a brand! The sins of the Republican Party can not be erased by simply "re-branding". "Brand" = Propaganda.
Comment: I am a conservative democrat and I will not be voting for Barack Hussein Obama. He is all for spending. He has no idea about Economics. The worst thing that can happen is a tax hike. The bottom line is when companies have to pay more taxes, they will either lay off more workers or move overseas. Abouth healthcare, there is a shortage of primary care physicians. After being in debt for thousands of $$$$$$ (student loans), the physicians are not about to get a pay cut and being dictated by people who have no medical background. Therefore, free healthcare will not happen in the US. This is not the ex- Soviet Union. People who can afford a competent physician will be paying out f pocket. The problem with healthcare is because too many illegal immigrant s and too many people on welfare are not contributiong and the hospital have to raise their fees enormously so that there can be above water. The problem is that none of the candidates are willing to talk about the real issues. MCain is not a tru republican, he is more in the middle of the road while Obama is way far left ( a socialist like the late Francois Mitterand in France). We have a better chance with him because contrairly to Obama he is a very humble man, he has no egocentricity and he loves his country.
Comment: Eleanor Clift could consult an article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times, June 20, called "The Real McCain" by Eric Alterman and George Zornick. If she did, she would discover that McCain the maverick is largely a myth fabricated by the media.
According to this article, McCain has repudiated any and all of his moderate stances, flip-flopping on waterboarding, torture, taxcuts and spying. According to this aarticle which cited date from VoteView.com McCain was considered the 2nd most conservative congressman in 2005-2006. His voting record supported Bush's decisions 90% of the time. In 2007, he voted for Bush's proposals 95 % of the time and in 2008 he got a perfect voting score. That voting record is not the credientials of a maverick.
McCain can try to "distance" himself from Bush as much as possible - but only to maintain the false image of being a maverick. For all his straight talk, he cannot explain the reason that he has supported all of Bush's disastrous economic policies. In terms of saving the environment, McCain is only interested in drilling for more oil (which will have virtually no effect on the price of oil but disastrous effects on global warming and the environment.) He also favors massive subsidies to the nuclear energy - with no guarantees of safety or any feasible plan to dispose of nuclear wastes - shackling this country an enormous tax burden for thousands of years. These positions reflect the wishes of the lobbyists that support him, not the interests of the public or the future of the world, which has about 35 years to live - if you calculate the amount of carbon dioxide and methane getting pumped into the atomosphere.
McCain is not a new brand of Republican. He's the same mean corrupt, mean old GOP with a different label. We need to elect Obama and his allies with a landslide majority.
P.S. According to my visit to the CNN website, Lou Dobbs is having a hizzy fit because Michael Bloomberg is campaigning in Florida for - Would you believe???!!!! - Obama. Is Bloomberg still a possible McCain running mate?
Comment: Mccain Feingold-campaign finance reform opposed by republicans endorsed by MCCain
Wacky view on global warming opposed by republicans endorsed by MCCain
Gun control- MCCain for a little bit Republicans for none of it.
Economic views far more in line with Democrat party than Republican-
MCCain has been a pain in our ass for his whole career so don't get on here and claim it is a media thing his views are in opposition to mine on a regular basis.
Comment: Dear OnePoker,
The things you refer to about McCain being a moderate all happened years ago. Since 2004, McCain has voted 100% with the religious right. McCain was a moderate/liberal voter for a four year period, from 2000-2004. In late 1999, McCain got unfairly swift boated by Bush. The great Texas Republican political machine laid McCain to waste, and McCain was mad as hell. He started voting against the party line and against Bush. He suddenly supported abortion rights, opposed the Bush tax cuts, co-sponsored a patient's bill of rights with Kennedy and Edwards, and got on the environmental bandwagon with John Kerry. He called Jerry Falwell "an agent of intolerance." My gosh, he actually tried to crack down on gun shows in legislation he put forth with then-Democrat Joe Lieberman. And in 2001, when Senator Jeffords of Vermont switched from Republican to Independent in an effort to counteract Bush's stranglehold on the Senate, McCain announced that he was considering becoming a Democrat, and went into a pow-wow with Senator Tom Daschle at his Sedona ranch. And did you know that John Kerry floated the idea of having McCain as his VP in '04? That was to have cemented his status as a newly-minted Democrat.
But instead of joining Kerry, McCain suddenly switched his affiliation, came out in support of Bush in '04, and jettisoned his liberal image. Suddenly, it was the "old" McCain from the 1980s back in the saddle, the neo-conservative, take no prisoners Creationist. Against abortion. For the war. The SAME man who opposed a Federal amendment banning gay marriage and openly met with gay groups now was pushing a gay marriage ban in Arizona. The SAME man who said in 1999 that he was opposed to overturning Roe vs. Wade, now suddenly in 2007 is promising that he will stack the deck in the Supreme Court with religious right judges and overturn Roe vs. Wade.
But the religious right isn't so sure about him. He's supported so many different opposing positions at so many times, that they are afraid that they are getting played in the name of McCain's political expediency.
You don't have to take my word for this. Watch news clips of McCain talking about the same issues in different years, which proves what I have written. Get on the Straight Talk Express and get it straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajm5JTf7jZs&feature=related
Comment: Hey Nins good to hear from you- MCCain has sided with the left when he felt the right was out of line. And He went hard against Bush when Bushes Policies were losing this war. His views on domestic partnerships are rooted in a sense of fairness. He believes Gays should have the same rights as heterosexual people but believes that Marriage is a union between a man and a woman. He is pro domestic partnerships and against Gay marriage.
I personally am for gay marriage but understand those who think a domestic partnership is the only sensible solution. I would support a domestic partnership law or a Gay marriage law but I am in the minority. Most Americans are opposed to Gay Marriage and a large number are against domestic partnerships.
One area where MCCain has gone against the grain was when the republicans were heavily against the Martin Luther King Holiday in AZ. MCCain was scheduled to speak and when it was his turn to address the republican crowd he Yelled "you guys are making us look like idiots support this holiday" The holiday is now recognized in Arizona. He was at first against it because like all republicans he was against another paid holiday for government workers. Once Columbus day was dropped as a state holiday it made room for the Martin Luther King day.
Comment: Did you mean Obama? He is the myth fabricated by the liberal America hater media.
Comment: I mean, as faithful as dogs are, even a dog will go hunting for a new owner after being kicked so many times.
Comment: Did somebody hypnotize this man to make him stay with the Republicans so doggedly? It just doesn't seem that a conscious person would do that. I'll doggone sure thank you, Ted, for what you did for him, whether he thanked you or not.
Comment: No kidding! Why does he continue to contribute 60%(!!!!!) to the party that snubbed him and his child? I know a family who have first hand experience with Ted Kennedy's compassion through a similar situation. And now through this gentleman's story we all know how our President and his "ranchhands" react to citizens (a Texan even!!) in need. Keep this in mind if you are even considering a vote for McBush in the fall.
Comment: Some of you who read my posts about investment banks driving up the price of oil through commodities futures trading did not believe me that this was a real issue, despite the fact that the Senate is investigating it. Well, it really is an issue and an important one, so important the the Department of Justice is going to investigate.
Today Senator Obama announced a plan today to crack down on excessive energy speculation and fully close the loophole in the CFTC regulations that I referred to in my blog. This loophole is also called the "Enron Loophole" because it was created by McCain Campaign co-chair Phil Gramm at the behest of Enron lobbyists, and exempts most trading on energy commodities from regulation. As a result, the CFTC is unable to oversee the oil futures market or investigate cases where excessive speculation is driving up oil prices. Just last month, John Hofmesiter, President of Shell Oil Company, says that the proper, uninflated production price of a barrel of crude oil is no more than $65.
http://www.financialpost.com/reports/oil-watch/story.html?id=532747
Clarence Cazalot, CEO of Marathon Oil, stated in November of 2007 that "$100 oil just isn't justified by the physical demand on the market - it is speculation on the futures market that is driving this."
http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/12/markets/oil_hundred/index.htm?postversion=2007111216
Larry Chom, Chief Economist of Platt's, states in a recent Businessweek article that speculation is adding at least $50 to the price of every barrel of oil. You can read this article in the May 13, 2008 edition of Businessweek, but it is no longer available on their website unless you are a member.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2008/
To see what Senator Obama is doing to correct this serious problem and lower the price of gas and oil, go to his website:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gG5Rzb
Now THAT is my kind of President! Sees the problem, and moves to fix it, while Bush and McCain are sitting on their hands.
Comment: Barack Hussein Obama is a puppet, he has no clue about energy. I feel sorry for the people who believe about "his change scam". He will not be willing to do the right thing when it comes to energy policies. He is owned by the "Ethanol Lobbyists" who are financing his campaign. He has been traveling with his friend Tom Daschle , the former Senate majority leader from South Dakota who is a big ethanol backer and has close ties to the powerful agri-business "Archer Daniels Midland". We all know that ethanol from corn will not do the trick and that Brazil (an up and coming financial power in the world) has been using ethanol from sugar cane more succesfully. In addition, France that is so loved by the leftist liberal has about 80% of its energy from nuclear power. Thus, Obama opposing to drilling, nuclear power and even ethanol from sugar cane rather than corn ( which will increase hunger in the world since since human being can no longer afford the price of corn). You may want to read the article of " LARRY ROHTER " a journalist for one of the most liberal newspaper agency in the US "The New York time" called "Obama camp closely linked with ethanol, Industry endorsed by candidate has provided some of his top advisers. I wonder if it is a tactic of the New York Times to soften people reaction when the story gets out in main tream media, because it will be out. Obama notion of change is nothing than the introduction in the White House of corrupted politic "South Chicago-style." As much as I think bush is a moron, I trust him better than Obama because he is not audacious enough to play the American people. Obama has no intention to change anything when it comes to energy policy. The guy is an egomaniac that will do and say anything to get to power. He will play us the same way that he played the poor black people in South Chicago. Let them believe that he is helping their causes, while he is getting mega investment with crooks like Rezko. We the American people will not be fooled by Obama. He is just another typical politician that will flip flop anytime just for another buck. By the way, the Saudis are smart. They can increase the price of oil as much as that want and make more money to finance terrorists because they know that many of our politicians are selfish crooks that only care about their pocket. They know that most of our politicians will not have the courage to block special interest and truly do whats best for American energy policy. They know that liberal who are so crazy about the environment will put animal first and will not allow drilling and nuclear power. therefore, they can increase the price as much as they want. If we elect Obama and his ethanol lobbyists, we will be sorry because 2 years from now, when the price of a gallon of gas hikes to $10.00 just like it is in Europe, we will wish that did save a barrel of oil in your cool basement when the price was $4.50 a ga
Comment: The one thing that made Bush different from all the other Republicans before him was he was a Compassionate Conservative.
I am confident if we Conservatives remove all compassion from our party we will once again be strong.
Comment: You must be working with a different definition for compassionate than the rest of us. The only think compassionate about Bush was .... well, nothing.
Comment: I declare a new level of Bias has been reached. Congratulations Newsweek!!!!
by the way most Republicans are very aware of the troubles facing them and only newsweek could find a die hard republican that had to run to Kennedy because all the republicans turned on him and his crippled child.
Now I see why so many people hate republicans hell I even hate myself after this article. Down with the tryranny.
Comment: I am glad you've seen the light! You're Obama bumper sticker is in the mail.
Comment: Great I will put it right between my NRA sticker and my Exxon Mobile sticker.
Comment: Mc Cain's only winning strategy must begin immediately before it is too late. He needs to come right out and declare that he is switching to the Democratic party and will run as a democrat against Obama in November, choose Bloomberg as his vice after Bloomberg re-declares as a democratic vice president. He has already lost all the Republican hard heads anyway and they don't want to give him any campaign money. Obama can choose Hillary as his vice. Then, we can enjoy the Democratic Primary all over again. It will all end in November and life will truly become dull again. Never so much excitement as a good old Democratic Primary. Think about it.
Comment: Eleanor Clift 's leftist ideology condemns whatever she writes to hack status. Nevertheless, she manages on occasion to get something right. McCain is busy destroying what's left of the Republican party. He's for open borders, against the Constitution. He hates "corporate America"., which includes all the Mom&Pop businesses that form the backbone of our economy. McCain is a liberal, so he wants everyone to work for MEGA-CORPS who have no problem with socialist government mandates. McCain needs to lose because he courts and craves the approval of the lib-fascists. We need a warrior like Tom Delay who will go after the lib-fascists and destroy them.
Comment:
Zeig Heil! Deutchland Uberallis!
Nazi
Comment: Until the Republicans change to politics of sanity, and stop the politics of insane behavior and attacks, the Republican Party will sit on the bench (like soccer game) and watch Obama and the democrats leading the next generation Americans to prosperity and peace.
Any democrat who is willing to vote for McCBush or McCWAR because of racism has to get this straight. If Obama looses because of his own mistakes there will be no problem. But if Obama looses because people decided to vote according to the color of the skin, then my message is to those people is that black people will do that better in every elections that will be conducted in America. ....as simple as that..
Comment: WillNotVote, I just love it when you set yourself up to be schooled. You give a web address for the Obama's page on the Senate.gov website. Each Senator sets up their own pages there. You have directed the reader to Obama's page where he prints, for the world to see, his voting record on every bill that comes before the Senate. Here is that address:
http://obama.senate.gov/votes/index.cfm?start=1
You sent the reader to this page because it shows that Obama did not vote on many of the recent bills, and you want to make it look like Obama is asleep on the job. It must be mentioned, however, that Clinton, McCain and Obama have all missed many votes during the campaign season. However, if the reader will take the trouble to page through Obama's voting record, they will see that Obama has been present for all of the important votes. Obama has been present and voted on 62 of the 154 bills before Congress in the current session beginning January 2008. Clinton has voted on 56 of these 154 bills. And McCain, who had already won the primary and didn't have to start campaigning against Obama until three weeks ago, McCain voted on only 33 of 154 bills.
As I have exposed in one of my earlier blogs, McCain missed more than half of his votes, even before he started running for President. In the First Session of the 110th Congress (2007), McCain missed a whopping 56% of his votes. McCain doesn't want you to know this, so when you go to his Senate web page, there is no tab to click to see his voting record (http://mccain.senate.gov). An American who wants to know how McCain votes has to look it up on the Library of Congress website (not user friendly) or go to the Washington Post website:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000303/votes/
While you are there, pay special attention to McCain's votes on March 13 and 14, 2008. On those days we know he was present, because he voted on 22 bills. But he refused to vote on 22 other bills. He failed to vote on bills concerning border security, alien removal and English in the workplace, even though he has set himself up as the candidate who wants immigration reform favorable to Hispanics. He also failed to vote on the bills regarding efficient energy production, even though he claims to be in favor of this. He must not be very much in favor of efficient energy and immigration reform since her refused to vote even though he was present. As for Obama and Clinton, they were both present those days, and they both voted on all 44 bills.
McCain knows that public perception is all that matters, so he gives a news conference and says he supports certain issues, even though he refuses to vote in favor of them. He knows that most Americans never take the time to look up his voting record, and he makes sure that his Senate web page doesn't include this information.
I find it ironic that your blogger name is "WillNotVote." Did you get that name from John McCain?
Comment:
Admittedly, I am biased because I am a liberal but if McCain wants to energize the GOP base, Bloomberg; a liberal, elitist, rich, Jewish man from NYC is not going to help in any way, shape or form. Bloomberg was a Democrat until he switched parties just before the mayoral elections in NYC because the Democratic party had too many candidates! That was the only reason why, he's a RINO (Republican in Name Only).
But, hey, go ahead!
Comment: I hear hillary might be interested in a vp seat also and MCCain although likely to survive June is 72 years old.
Comment: I'll just quote Senator Joe Biden of Delaware and Democratic Presidential candidate made sometime before the Iowa caucuses, that McCain's going about the Iraq War "All wrong." And this is a man I admire -- Joe Biden. I tend to take his position on world politics as gospel. If Joe Biden says something, I believe it. He certainly knows what he's talking about. And, what he said about McCain wasn't good.
Comment: John McCWAR will loose. Don't waste your times on him.....LOL
Comment: John McCain, who I voted for in 2000, CANNOT do it, as he slowly MORPHS into George Bush!
Comment: OMG Borochoff, what is it going to take for you to see the light? The Republican party hosed you and your son by backing the insurance industry at every turn. But, you knew that when 'Dubya' was governor of Texas when he made sure the majority of commissioners on the insurance commision were Republicans, Did you forget the millions the Bush's made while in the insurance business? C'mon dude, when you step into that privacy of that voting booth, vote Obama - no one will know.
Comment:
Hehehe, Okie, your last line could be a slogan for Obama for the reddest of red states!
Comment: Cazador, your wry wit always cracks me up! Thanks.
Comment: Control of both the Executive AND Legislative powers by the GOP in the period 2001-05 gave way to blatant abuse of powert by the Republicans. As a result, the GOP brand is certainly tarnished - and rightfully so.
However, "McCain" brings a brand of his own.
Democrats will certainly increase their majorities in the next Congress. Thus, having Obama - a leftist Democrat - in the White House would be a recipe for unrestrained governmental disaster - with the political pendulum swinging too far to the left.
We need to make sure we have "Checks and Balances" in place. Voting McCain for President and Democratic downticket would define a safe course for American governance in the next four years.
Comment: I agree with you. That's a big part of the reason why I support McCain. Having someone as extremely liberal as Obama with Democrats in control of both houses is just too much power considering liberals are only about every 1 or 2 out of 10 Americans. The rest consider themselves moderate or conservative. As a moderate, I'd prefer someone with more moderate views, even though I've never voted republican before. I just don't want such a liberal government in place as I don't see how that represents me.
Comment: I disagree, just because the Republicans wiped themselves with the constitution doesn't mean the Democrats will lead to "unrestrained governmental disaster". With Bush you had a corrupt, weak, insecure man who shamelessly used a great American tragedy for political gain and a disciplined and corrupt congressional majority who rubber stamped everything to their advantage. Not to mention a minority party without much of a backbone.
I want Obama to have a majority in congress for at least his first term. It's going to be a tough adjustment to get rid of the deficit and he'll need an un-obstructive congress. It's time we get an adult in the White House.
Comment: The southern strategy of McPhillips/Barone is dead.
The moral authority the Republicans captured in 1968 is dead.
The liberal big spender -- the tax and spend argument -- was defeated the the last 8 years.
There is a remaking/remixing/rejuggling underway.
Beginning of story.
Comment: There was no 24 hour cable during Nixon/McGovern or Johnson/Goldwater so no ads to sell. This race is over already and TV in a panic as Olympics will decimate cable ratings. So look for Sean, O'Reilley et al to come up with a lame poll in Aug/Sep showing Mccain within a margin of error like 6 points in Fla, Pa, and Ohio and saying if he gets all 3 he can win. See Drudge and Newsmax display prominently. It does not matter-the Iraq war is a toxic that will never go away and is why Obama beat Hilary. Imagine McCain telling us that the war was being won in Sept and that we should continue. It is not going to happen
Comment: Readers, be informed, and beware! Sam Bodman, US Energy Secretary, is a Bush appointed Yes-man. Bodman states that insufficient production is making oil prices soar. Bush wants you to think that the OPEC countries are responsible for high oil prices, but the truth is, OPEC has been significantly increasing production over the past several months. Where is all that oil going? It's being stockpiled by US investment banks, who are creating a fake shortage to drive up the price. Congress has already started to investigate this criminal practice. Bush, who has deregulated the banking industry, tries to blame it on OPEC. By now you should be familiar with Bush's MO: he says you should be very afraid of Muslims.
Who you should really be afraid of are investment bankers at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. Check this out:
Michael Masters of Master Capital Management (a global investment manager) testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs a couple of weeks ago. Quotes from his testimony:
"Today, Index Speculators are pouring billions of dollars into the commodities futures markets, speculating that commodity prices will increase. In the popular press the explanation given for rising oil prices is the increased demand from China. According to the DOE, China's demand for petroleum has increased in the last five years from 1.88 billion barrels to 2.8 billion barrels, an increase of 920 billion barrels. Over the same five year period, Index Speculators' demand for petroleum futures has increased by 848 million barrels. THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FROM INDEX SPECULATORS IS ALMOST EQUAL TO THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FROM CHINA. Index Speculators have now stockpiled, via the futures market, the equivalent of 1.1 billion barrels of petroleum, effectively adding EIGHT TIMES as much oil to their own stockpile as the US Government has added to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the last five years."
"The Senate has asked the question "Are Institutional Investors contributing to food and energy price inflation?" And my unequivocal answer is "YES." In this testimony I will explain that investment banks are one of, if not the primary, factors affecting commodities prices today. Clearly, there are many factors that contribute to price determination in the commodities markets; I am here to expose a fast-growing yet virtually unnoticed factor, and one that presents a problem that can be expediently corrected through legislative policy action..."
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. They're supposed to be protecting us from these kinds of abuses, but Bush allowed loopholes in the CFTC regulations that you can drive a truck through. An oil truck, that is.
Links to Masters' Senate testimony, and 2 articles:
http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/_files/052008Masters.pdf
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20011.htm
http://globalresearch.ca/
Comment: There is no way Bloomberg will run with McCain. Obama maybe but not McCain. McCain is (a) a loser and Bloomberg doesn't like losing. He would rather spend the next four years working in philanthropy figuring out how to distribute four billion dollars. Obama might give him a more attractive pitch. Obama needs Bloomberg's proven competence to show potential wavering Republicans that he's not a wild-eyed liberal and Bloomberg's record of having run something is a plus.
Comment: Yeah, except that Obama's record shows that he is indeed a "wild-eyed liberal"
Comment: Sorry, Jimbo, but you are wrong about that. Obama has some liberal viewpoints and some conservative ones. Overall, I would say that he is a moderate. Obama is fiscally responsible, which is what Republicans are supposed to be. And his "liberal" programs, like paying for college tuition, have a huge economic motive: to train a skilled workforce so we can compete in the 21st century global market. Obviously, we have lost the manufacturing sectpr, it is long gone to China, Mexico, Brazil and India. Obama wants to make us competitive as scientists and engineers so we can be the world leader in technology and regain our economic supremacy.
That is a complete synthesis of Democrat and Republican ideals, a mixture of conservative and liberal, and very pro-American. As a Republican, I am all for it. I only wish the GOP had a candidate as good as Obama.
Comment: IF you have the most liberal voting record in the senate you are a liberal. Quit trying to paint your duck to look like a chicken we just wont buy it. Lying to various groups about having a more centrist view does not change your record or who you are.
Comment: Either Bloomberg or Hegel as Obama's VP would make me stand up and cheer.
Comment: The Republican Party used to represent something worth holding -- fiscal common sense and a respect for the Constitution (Nixon being an exception). It was a good counterbalance for the liberal side and there was a creative tension that made both sides more aware of themselves. Bush has destroyed that and McCain is not the one to bring it back. It is going to take a shellacking and four years out of office to rethink what the GOP should be about
Comment: ok are you showing your age? I used to say that also, I would vote Democrat for progress until things seem to go a little far then vote for a republican to take a step back. It was so easy when a conservative was just that.. they would automatically vote no to a public bathroom because it cost money. what turned me against the republicans was Reagans use of a credit card which GW bush has learned well
Comment: Gosh, Midnight, I agree with you 100%. I'm a Republican who is voting for Obama, because I am appalled at what Bush, Cheney and Rove have done to the GOP. I think that Obama has the balls to stand up to the banking industry and clean up this mess. In eight years, after Obama has succeeded at this, I earnestly hope that the GOP will have learned it's lesson, and present America with a smart, 21st century Republican for President, someone I can really vote for, instead of McCain, an old fogey with a cold war mind who looks like another Cheney-Rove puppet.
Comment: The banking industry mess was created by Bill Clinton forcing lenders to create loans to high-risk borrowers, who all walked away from their responsibilities the minute they could,and now the same liberals who forced this outrage down out throats are covering up the real problem and screaming for the taxpayers to be stuck with the tab. The winners will be the banks who contribute so heavily to the Dems, the Dem politicains, and teh Dem lawyers.
Comment: If this is Clinton's fault, how come those mortgages that failed were originated about 4 years ago, which was 4 years into's Bush's "reign" and 10 years after Clinton changed the banking regulations you refer to? You are correct that Clinton moved to get banks to start lending to average working stiffs, and this was a good thing. But the mortgages that went belly up were given to people with no jobs, no incomes and no assets, given at a zero percent introductory rate with an unspecified later variable rate that turned out to be sky-high. If the banks that wrote these mortgages had wanted their clients to fail, they could not have tried harder to make it happen. And it just so happens that these banks didn't care if their clients failed -- because they had already sold the paper underlying the flimsy mortgages to sucker investors, thinking that they had pulled the scam of the century. My friends in real estate lending were telling me about this three and fours years ago, before the house of cards fell. You can't tell me that the Bush administration knew nothing about what was common industry knowledge. You can't tell me Bush's advisors didn't know that this practice would cause the banks who bought up the paper to fail. Yet Bush didn't step in until after the Bank of Scotland failed, until after Bears Sterns failed.
Furthermore, the CFTC loophole that has allowed investment banks to stockpile oil and other commodities to artificially inflate the price was put in place by Bush. Congress is moving to close that loophole now, and I can practically guarantee that Bush will veto their efforts.
Comment: Nins I hate to agree with you because you are so often so very wrong so instead of agreeing with you I will jsut not disagree with you.
The mortgage crises is the result of extremely lax lending rules put in place by Fannie Mae and Freddie mac these have been in place since the clinton administration but because no one was losing money no one bothered to correct this problem. When the Market finally cracked it was a doozey. If someone had stepped in to stop the practice of adjustable rate loans to unqualified people and zero down home plans had been eliminated and Stated income as opposed to verified income we would not be in this mess.
Of course zero down loans allowed a lot of americans to buy homes that other wise wouldn't have been able too. So if anyone had actually tried to stop these practices they would of been accused of denying poor people the ability to buy homes.
anyway I will probably never not disagree with you again nins. :)
Comment: Yeah, and what Nins said too :-)
Comment: You're an idiot. The banking industy mess was caused by corporate greed - a stable of the Republican Party.
Comment: Obamas VP vetter was right at the forefront of the Mortgage meltdown. Fannie May was the leading culprit in corporate evil doing they set the rules and layed out the game.
Comment: Yes, I am a Democrat but I never in my 63 years felt as strongly as I do this year that I have lost all respect for the Republican party. In the last 8 years Bush was digging the grave but all the party was cheering him on. KARL ROVE has a big part in all this and yet many Republicans still love the guy. That tells me volumns about the sad character of the party. Their leaders have lied to the base, lied to the nation, and they did it systematically day after day after day. They also have found it impossible to break out of their industrial revolution idea of economy. It has been especially clear from shortly into the 8 years that the world was changing rapidly and yet we could not get the leaders to grapple with the situation. Instead they have fought and kicked and screamed at everyone else in the world. We've lost to China above all even as we kissed their feet they have robbed us. And what does McCain and the rest of them say: BRING IT ON - MORE FREE TRADE. The guy has not a clue. I'm not against free trade but he is so urgently seeking something to make him shine above Barack that he has taken even this one issue to the extreeme while Obama is more and more centrist. Hopefully McCain can offer something but those in the party who have some common sense ought to take over and work with their younger members to find out who they are and what they can offer. All that said, I think the terms liberal, republican, democrat, conservative and all the rest have lost most of their traditional understandings. Many of the people of this nation have bolted. They are looking at what one says and what they have done. Not only has the nature of the world politic, the economy, etc changed but the political landscape in this country is seeing a major shift. I do not believe it is a blip.
Comment: You forgot Libby and his TREASON by outing a CIA operative! All to make the trail stop right there, and climb no higher in the admin! which I believe it does. Libby should be dead by firing squad, as is the punishment for TREASON,, but commuted by Bush??? Luster??? NO not in 20 years or more, if they can find what Bush destroyed and fix it! Maybe 15 years give or take!
Comment: Get your facts straight. It was anti-Bush operative Richard Armitage who "outed" Plame. She wasn't a covert operative - proof, no one was ever charged with outing a CIA agent. The treason in this story was Plame's husband lying in an official report about Saddam's attempt to obtain yellowcake.
Comment: I thought it was Coco the Clown ... oops, I meant Karl Rove. Always getting those two mixed up.
And the whole yellowcake issue was a simple mistake. Plame's husband thought the Bush administration was talking about yellowcake uranium when Bush was really talking about an actual yellow cake. And Bush was right, there were CIA pictures of Saddam walking out of the corner bakery with a yellow cake and a dozen snickerdoodles.
So you see, it was all just a silly misunderstanding.
Comment: Luster? Restore?,mm,NO!
Comment: The successful Republican message about fear and loathing will work better this time around than ever. After all Obama is not just sympathetic to minority issues, he is black. All the years of subtle but deep racism are part of the Republican DNA. Since the days of Nixon's silent majority, through to Bush's compassionate conservative; the Republican party has been the American white party. They get the white vote no matter who they run. McCain will get the white vote like all previous Republican candidates. It is amusing to see the media portray McCain as the underdog. When the Democrats selected Obama they insured a victory for McCain. It will take at least another few generations before a minority candidate has a real chance. McCain may not be the best candidate but he is too white to lose.
Comment: your a disgusting individual if you believe that load of crap.
Comment: You couldn't be more wrong. If Colin Powell had run in 2000, he would have won in a landslide.
Comment: Excues me I'm white and not voting for Mclame! now what! I guessI'm off white, cause like every AMERICAN I'M A HEINZ 57, all mixed!!!
Comment: You comments do not mirror current reality and polling. Reach further, it makes you look that more in denial!
Comment: Let me guess your solution for McCain to fix the Republican brand, Ellen: lurch left.
Comment: Republicans will continue to lie because that's what they do.
They are unable to admit the truth because it will prove they were not too bright in their decisions. Therefore they will perpetuate the "untruths" and continue to rape everyone else with their greed and hate.
Comment: The DNC and Hussein Obama, have put themselves in another corner. Planning high gasoline prices, to anger voters to vote Dem., and opposing drilling as an answer, has left many wondering. What's up with that? Don't believe me? Check Rassmussen. They are a little more credible than the latest NewsWeak poll........AND this was BEFORE Sen McCain announced, his support.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Email to a FriendAdvertisement
Most voters favor the resumption of offshore drilling in the United States and expect it to lower prices at the pump, even as John McCain has announced his support for states that want to explore for oil and gas off their coasts.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey???conducted before McCain announced his intentions on the issue--finds that 67% of voters believe that drilling should be allowed off the coasts of California, Florida and other states. Only 18% disagree and 15% are undecided. Conservative and moderate voters strongly support this approach, while liberals are more evenly divided (46% of liberals favor drilling, 37% oppose).
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: HolyRoller,, If you really beleive McSane I can't rememeber what state I'm in, or the difference between a shite and sunni, Oh and my barbie doll wife copies and pastes cookie recipe's in parents magazine andoh lets so off shore drilling and oh lets build 45 new nuclear plants and oh ObamaBwent to the ground in the midwest to help load sandbags so I guess I better go too only let me go when Bush goes because I want my head up his butt, and oh I think tomorrow I will say something else idiotic because I can't really think with my own mind because I don't really have one, Oh by the way whenObama was helping on the ground in the midwest I was golfing sorry america I don't really care about you but I gotta get in their because if they ever find out what damage Bush has done to this country and other countries with lies about the war plus every other horrible mistake has made I won't be able to hide all the information, if I hide it, it will look like I'm not running his third term. I hope God is who you plan to vote for because if McCain wins we may as well just not have the united states, we will be in war for the rest of our lives, oh yeah he said 100 years and now it's 2013. What a great lying candidate. God strikes liars but you should already no this you idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment:
Obama's nomination....GOOD!
Obama's election....GREAT!
Unholy Roller's heart attack at Obama's inauguration....PRICELESS!
Comment: Well put.
Comment: HollyRoller - if you claim to be religious, you really ought to stop lying so often.
New data released today from Rasmussen shows that Democrats are trusted more than Republicans on all ten key issues tracked regularly by Rasmussen Reports.
84% of conservatives think offshore drilling should be allowed, but only 31% of liberals agree. Perhaps key to the presidential election, 54% of moderates also favor lifting the ban.
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/62_agree_with_mccain_on_need_for_offshore_drilling
Get your numbers right.
Comment: Not even Solomon's wisdom could restore what the current administration has done to this country,.
Comment: But if we sawed Obama in half it would be a good start. (this was not a threat just a joke I am not implying anyone should saw anyone in half)
Comment: Maybe holyroller can!!!!
Comment: the Most correct statement yet thank you ,honest!
Comment: This is a democratic propaganda opion editorial. I can't stand both parties equally. I've come to realize there is NO SUCH THING as unbiased news reporting when it comes to politics. PERIOD!
Comment: Eleanor, your facts and points are true in many ways, but the context in which you present them is rank with emotion based argument and your assertion of "McCain Desperation" is a damaging statement in which you provide no proof of. To rattle off a few events he had this week neither proves your point, nor provides the reader any insight into what the McCain camp mood truly is. The stakes are too high this election cycle for slander and speculation.
Comment: This comment is meant for the author of the R. Kelly article titled. WHY DO BLACK WOMEN SUPPORRT R. KELLY. The article was just removed from the website. Shame on Newsweek ,for allowing an intern of ignorance to post inflammatory headlines under their banner.
Newsweek??????for a prestigious magazine you should know better??????the title of your article reeks of stereotypes which suggest to me the author is ignorant. You need to revise the title and apologize or as a black woman I???ll sue you for libel, defamation, pain and suffering and anything else I can research. Can you prove I supported R. Kelly? How dare you stoop so low in this time and age when you should be better informed? SHAME ON YOU. Stick to writing stuff you know something about, you just insulted a whole race of women. Why do white people support David Duke and the KKK? Does that sound nice or accurate? And just for the record I don???t support him. He should have placed in a cell with Leroy, big Mo and the author of this article.
Comment: This comment is for the R. Kelly article that newsweek just took down. Newsweek??????for a prestigious magazine you should know better??????the title of your article reeks of stereotypes which suggest to me the author is ignorant. You need to revise the title and apologize or as a black woman I???ll sue you for libel, defamation, pain and suffering and anything else I can research. Can you prove I supported R. Kelly? How dare you stoop so low in this time and age when you should be better informed? SHAME ON YOU. Stick to writing stuff you know something about, you just insulted a whole race of women. Why do white people support David Duke and the KKK? Does that sound nice or accurate? And just for the record I don???t support him. He should have placed in a cell with Leroy, big Mo and the author of this article.
Comment: I really feel for this Borochoff character's sad situation, but let's face it, the guy got exactly what he voted for. Hey, at least gays won't be marrying in HIS state. At least you've got that goin' for you...
Comment: Mr. Borochoff's situation is unfortunate, but let's face it, he got exactly what he voted for. Hey, at least gays can't marry in HIS state! Job well done!
Comment: The democrats aren't exactly looking pretty either. The 2006 election promises to get us out of IRaq have failed. Dean and the DNC have denied democracy in MI and FL. Clinton was thrown under the bus. I don't exactly have much faith in democrats to lead this country after watching them screw up again and again.
Comment: Yes indeed! The damn NeoConvicts have damaged the Repub Brand! The good news! McCain is not a Neocon. Out with the Neocons in with the "GET-REAL" REPUBS!
Independents 4 John McGame '08!
Comment: The Republicans deserve to reap the misery they have sown. They collectively, with the leadership (?) of Clown George W, have taken advantage of the everyday people of this country at every opportunity they have had. In the words of their Great Communicator : Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? How about 8 years ago? Old Ronny is rollin' in his grave......
Comment: Indeed. I tell my right-wing Republican friend all the time, I prefer Obama, but I would still laugh my a$$ off if Hillary got elected. After giving us 8 years of George W. Doofus, REPUBLICANS DESERVE HILLARY!
Comment:
We'll never know, but I'm convinced a large number of those rabid, right-wing zealots who loved to bash the Clintons secretly fantasize about Hillary The Dominatrix!
Comment: We will leave the secret fantasies to Bill and the interns/.
Comment: now that eilnor *** is a fine lady, we allas likes read her stuff,,but if y'all means ,,"wet start,,,songbird ,mc cain" , i'se dont think so,,ifs y'all don know what that is ,better go to google and look a it up
Comment: Michael Masters of Master Capital Management, LLC (a global investment management company) testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs just a couple of weeks ago. Here are quotes from his testimony:
"Today, Index Speculators are pouring billions of dollars into the commodities futures markets, speculating that commodity prices will increase. In the popular press the explanation given for rising oil prices is the increased demand from China. According to the DOE, China's demand for petroleum has increasde in the last five years from 1.88 billion barrels to 2.8 billion barrels, an increase of 920 billion barrels. Over the same five year period, Index Speculators' demand for petroleum futures has increased by 848 million barrels. THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FROM INDEX SPECULATORS IS ALMOST EQUAL TO THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FROM CHINA. Index Speculators have now stockpiled, via the futures market, the equivalent of 1.1 billion barrels of petroleum, effectively adding EIGHT TIMES as much oil to their own stockpile as the US Government has added to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the last five years."
"The Senate has asked the question "Are Institutional Investors contributing to food and energy price inflation?" And my unequivocal answer is "YES." In this testimony I will explain that investment banks are one of, if not the primary, factors affecting commodities prices today. Clearly, there are many factors that contribute to price determination in the commodities markets; I am here to expose a fast-growing yet virtually unnoticed factor, and one that presents a problem that can be expediently corrected through legislative policy action..."
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. They are supposed to be protecting us form these kinds of abuses, but Bush has allowed loopholes in the CFTC regulations that you can drive a truck through. An oil truck, that is.
Here is a link to the Michael Masters' testimony before the Senate:
http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/_files/052008Masters.pdf
And here are two other articles on the subject:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20011.htm
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9138
Comment: Hard as you try, you just can't shine a wet saddle.
Comment: Big job for a tired old man. Good luck.
Comment: "the only reason McCain is competitive is his straight talk..." quote from top of page 2.
Wow that is harsh Ms. Clift. Why don't you change your name to Ms. Democrat. Are you just a little bit biased?
Comment: "A little bit biased"!! LOL, that is the understatement of the century - Eleanor Clift is a walking, talking, water-carrying apologists for the Democrat Party and has been for years. Her articles read like moveon.org press releases.
Comment: Yeah, I've noticed she's very biased as well. But she's columnist, not really a reporter, so she can spout her opinions.
