Candidate vs. Opponent

by Nathan Pitman
Please read twice. The first time do not click on ANY links. the second time click on ALL links.
It seems incredible that in this day and age people continue to advocate for things which are going to put the rest of the country at a disadvantage.
Here we are in the 21st century, and [...]

“That one”… (you know, the black one)

A Polemical Essay by: That Girl
I’ll say this: I don’t think John McCain is racist. But he sure knows how to hang with the worst of them.
With a Bear Market currently mauling a little china shop known as the Global Financial System and McCain’s less than spectacular performance in demonstrating the urgency of [...]

Rescuing Wall Street

by Shawn Scanlon
The Bailout legislation that recently passed was the only way to help the ailing economy.
At least that’s how it was sold to us. But the salespeople were wrong.  There were a myriad of ways that government could have helped during these difficult times.  But let’s look at at from a different perspective.  What [...]

Voters Say Barack has best plan/ Follow up on class discussion today

In the middle of what seems to be the most serious economic failure since the times of The Great Depression, the economy has coming flying back to the forefront of voter minds.  First and foremost, it needs to be understood that the Republican Party should not be allowed to shed any light in the situation [...]

You can put lipstick on John McCain but…

An Appeal to Patience by: That Girl
I tell you, after watching and (at times) participating in the What-The-Eff-Are-We-Gonna-Do-Now freak-out session that defined the liberal base for the last two weeks, I’m completely exhausted. Lipstick on mammals and bridges to nowhere aside, the Palin pick had me and the whole world thinking, “Huh?” and wondering [...]

It’s the economy, stupid (or the lipstick, or the sex education, or the flag pins, or….)

By: Brian Bohnert
As Democratic strategist James Carville took the reigns of the Clinton campaign in 1992, he coaxed his team to stay on message with three themes he thought could beat George H.W. Bush – the economy, change and health care. The first theme became a rallying cry for the Democrats as they tried [...]