Pardon me if my head’s spinning a bit this morning, and I don’t think it’s due to my cold. The G7 finance ministers held a brief day-break meeting in Washington this morning. It’s not clear from the reports here, here and here, just how long the meeting was intended to last, but when you begin at [...]
Posts Tagged ‘campaign’
The change is a-coming
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bailout, campaign, George Bush, George Soros, hate speech, John McCain on October 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Say it ain’t so, Joe: the Palin-McCarthy connection
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged campaign, hate speech, kill him, McCain, McCarthy, Obama, Palin, terrorist, treason on October 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about the supporter responses to the McCain campaign’s attempt to portray Barack Obama as dangerous, as exotic, as “that one”, as Other, even going so far as to try to link him in people’s minds as a possible terrorist. Shouts of “treason,” “terrorist,” and even “kill him” have been heard coming from [...]
The Great Debate
Posted in Politics, tagged campaign, debate, Gwen Ifill, Joe Biden, presidential debate, Sarah Palin, vice-presidential debate on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have your popcorn ready? Have you printed out your bingo card and decided on the secret word for your drinking game? Tonight should prove interesting and perhaps even entertaining.
I’ve watched tapes of Palin’s 2006 debates while she was running for governor. Her performances there were adequate. Not brilliant, but certainly adequate. She demonstrated [...]
