It frequently seems as though no one wants to listen to me about Palin. Maybe if Matt Damon says it?

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When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anyone else notice the lack of substance in McCain's acceptance speech?

NYT Editorial Board: John McCain's Energy FolliesMcCain's positions divert public attention from an unavoidable truth: a nation that uses one-quarter of the world’s oil while owning only 3 percent of its reserves cannot drill its way to happiness or self-sufficiency. Governor Palin’s views are alarmingly out of touch with reality. So is Mr. McCain’ ( Read more... )

Sarah Palin: Dominionist Stalking HorseThe big news, obviously, in the blogosphere today is John McCain's surprise pick for the Republican veep nominee--a relative unknown by the name of Sarah Palin, whom--at least in the more conventional political circles--would appear to be a complete cypher ( Read more... )

Dallas Morning News: Texas still leads nation in rate of uninsured residents[...] Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain's health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectively has insurance, albeit the government acts as the payer of last resort. (Hospital emergency rooms by law cannot turn away a patient in need of ( Read more... )

How Obama Reconciles Dueling Views on EconomyBarack Obama is both more left-wing and more right-wing than many people realize. A 15-year debate among economics experts in the Democratic Party helps explain why.
Obama's views on the economy dovetail nicely with my own. It's a nice fusion of free market laissez-faire economics and when necessary, " ( Read more... )

Here are 3 stunning facts that could not only change the outcome of this election, but with regard to the first two points, they could change the results of every election for years to come *if* we make enough people aware of them.

1. Over 70% of our National Debt was created by just 3 Republican presidents.
2. According to new research from Larry ( Read more... )

1. John McCain Votes to Filibuster Minimum Wage Hike
2. McCain housing policy shaped by lobbyist
3. Bush, McCain plug Social Security
4. McCain blasts Obama's and Clinton's attacks on NAFTA
5. McCain in NH: Would Be "Fine" To Keep Troops in Iraq for "A Hundred Years"

McCain, Gas Prices & the Enron LoopholeA Countdown Special Report on how John McCain’s chief economic advisor and others in his campaign helped create and defend legislation that enabled speculators to run up gas prices.
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Electing America: Obama, the Supreme Court and the American Exception[...] it is the underlying prospect of a deeply willed renewal of our national subscription to the government of laws and not of men that has made the Obama candidacy so exhilarating both here and in Europe. But this exhilaration comes also because we hang now, in the interim, by ( Read more... )