Posted by: BookGirl on: March 14, 2008
The Democrats had everything they needed to win.
A Republican President with a horrific approval rating, eight years of conservative social values that left certain segments of the population out, a war that was wearing thin on the entire world, and an economic recession in the making.
The GOP also produced very weak candidates with little understanding [...]
Posted by: BookGirl on: March 14, 2008
“I guess the best way to describe government is like a person trying to drive a car in a rough patch. If you ever get stuck in a situation like that you know full well it’s important not to over-correct. Cause when you over-correct you end up in the ditch and so it’s [...]
Posted by: BookGirl on: March 14, 2008
Jeremiah Wright is a problem because of his divisive statements, and the Democrats, while tearing each other down, are ignoring the “crazies” in McCain’s closet. He has accepted endorsements from John Hagee and his religious counterpart Rod Parsley.
Religion is very contextual, so I am not condemning these men from speaking what [...]
Posted by: BookGirl on: March 14, 2008
President Bush, in all his wisdom, decided he didn’t like the new Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Act standards so like any king president he stepped in and changed them. Article in the Washington Post HERE.
The EPA was planning to lower standard levels, meaning allow for less toxins in the air, until Bush “caught [...]
Posted by: BookGirl on: March 14, 2008
“When they attack one another, it’s not just an attack on the other candidate, it is taken, I think, by women and by African Americans in a more personal sense. To that extent I think the continued clash between the two candidates, which is inevitable, is not particularly helpful.”
— Steny Hoyer (D), House Majority [...]
Posted by: BookGirl on: March 14, 2008
In the wake of the leaked Reverend Jeremiah Wright video, many people are worried about the leanings of Barack Obama, including myself. However, having read a moving article in the New York Times, I am reminded of the true person Obama models himself after: his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro.
Click HERE to read the [...]
Posted by: BookGirl on: March 14, 2008
There was a debate yesterday in the House of Representatives that no American citizen was able to see. For the first time since 1983 and only the sixth time in the history of The House, they held a closed session.
What’s a “closed session” you ask? It’s where the politicians meet in the House [...]