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By jwilkes - Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 12:47 AM
The rumors surrounding Barack Obama and Israel were aplenty during the primary campaign. There was, of course, the overriding falsehood that Obama is (or ever was) a madrassa-educated Muslim. Then there was the one about Obama’s overseas financial support. I even personally heard one that Obama had, and I quote, “40 members of Hamas w more...
By BardofWilmette - Sunday, November 9th, 2008 at 3:29 AM
For all the problems that we have in America, this week’s presidential election and the reactions to it serve as a reminder of an important positive characteristic of our country: the peaceful, and even cooperative, transfer of power between leaders of opposing political parties. After a very long and hard fought campaign, John McCain more...
By jwilkes - Sunday, November 9th, 2008 at 3:12 AM
If you’re looking at the Senate election map on any major news site and wondering why Georgia still hasn’t been declared for one candidate or the other, here’s a rundown.
Georgia election law requires that if no candidate garners more than 50% of the vote in the general election, the top two vote-getters head for a one-on-one m more...
By BardofWilmette - Saturday, November 8th, 2008 at 8:21 PM
I thought that I might have written my last post, but I could not resist registering a comment on the sniping by some unnamed McCain campaign officials regarding Sarah Palin.
Personally, I always thought that Governor Palin was a terrible choice to be John McCain’s vice-president. I make no judgment on whether or not Palin is a go more...
By jwilkes - Saturday, November 8th, 2008 at 2:44 AM
After November 4th, the new focus of the political world (or at least a major portion of it) is squarely on Senator Joe Lieberman, the man who went from the 2000 Democratic Party’s vice-presidential nominee, to an Independent rejected by the Democratic voters of his own state in the 2006 Connecticut Senate primary (though he agreed to caucu more...
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