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By BardofWilmette - Friday, July 11th, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Thomas
Ridley has a good blog post today, referring to a Huffington Post
article by Max Bergmann. I appreciate the referral. The article
summarizes a handful of areas where some of Senator McCain's recent
pronouncements have either been hypocritical, irresponsible, or just
plain wrong. In case anyone missed it, here aga more...
By BardofWilmette - Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 at 3:43 PM
There
are few things in political discourse more contemptible than spreading
lies about the family of a public figure. It is bad enough, for
example, to imply that Barack Obama is not patriotic because of his
ties to a minister or professor whose own patriotism might be subject
to question. As for Michelle Obama's alleged lac more...
By BardofWilmette - Friday, July 4th, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Paul
Kanter had an interesting little blog post about the fact that
Congress, which technically has the exclusive authority to declare war,
has not done so with regard to Iraq (or any of the last several wars
the U.S. has engaged in). My first thought was that the Constitution's
pronouncement that "Only Congress can declare war†more...
By BardofWilmette - Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 at 1:33 PM
I just received a
letter, calling itself an "EMERGENCY TELEGRAM," from John McCain.
Actually, it was addressed to my uncle, who died three years ago, and I
figured that he would not mind my opening it. Here are some excerpts: Dear Friend,I
have never been one to mince words, so I'll get right to the point. If
y more...
By BardofWilmette - Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 7:39 PM
Many
recent postings in the political blogosphere have encouraged readers to put
the heat on their congressional representatives to impeach George W.
Bush. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been trashed by some for saying
that impeachment is not being considered. I agree with Ms. Pelosi.
Given the present circumstances, impe more...
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