By Chad on 8/29/2008
I don’t know if you watched Barack Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic nomination for President last night. I watched every minute of it, and it made me prouder than ever to be one of his supporters. It was a very unique combination of inspiring rhetoric, stinging rebukes, witty one-liners, and specific, concrete policy. I think [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged David Brooks, Democrats, ideology, McCain, mental recession, Obama, Paul Krugman, Phil Gramm, republicans |
By Chad on 2/16/2008
With the events of the last 3 weeks, we’re really looking at an interesting scenario for November. Hillary Clinton’s campaign continues to insist that it will court superdelegates to win the nomination, no matter the damage to the party, if she hasn’t won a plurality of committed delegates. It certainly doesn’t look at this point [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Clinton, Democrats, Huckabee, McCain, Obama, Politics, religious right, republicans, teddy roosevelt, third parties |
By Chad on 9/21/2007
Every time I read another article or column about Republican schemes to cheat their way into the White House, I get steamed. This time, I was reading Bob Herbert’s pair of columns from the New York Times (Sept. 18, Sept. 22). What’s sad is that nobody even cares anymore – we all just shrug and [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Bush, criminal behavior, Democrats, dirty tricks, Lincoln, Nixon, recount, republicans, Swift Boat, teddy roosevelt, White House |
By Chad on 7/12/2004
As the rhetoric gets louder and louder, with less and less connection to reality, I feel a responsibility to say – I was wrong to support the Bush administration in invading Iraq. It seems clear to me that the President was willing to claim whatever was necessary to justify our invasion, willfully misinterpreting (or flat-out [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bush, Democrats, Iraq, nation building, Politics, republicans, Taliban, Tony Blair, White House |
By Chad on 5/15/2003
I think it is absolutely hilarious that Texas House Democrats have fled the state to break quorum and stonewall a Republican majority that has prioritized a re-districting bill to put more Republicans in the U.S. House ahead of the state budget. What really makes me laugh is the way Republicans (especially ultra-conservative ones) are getting [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Democrats, Politics, republicans, Tom DeLay, U.S. House, U.S. Senate
