rob on December 5th, 2008

It looks like Caroline Kennedy has expressed interest in, and is a front runner for Hillary Clinton’s senate seat. Am I the only on that finds this trend of political dynasties to be getting out of control? Just because your relatives held office, doesn’t mean that you are fit to as well. I think recent [...]

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rob on November 21st, 2008

…the more they stay the same.
I’ve been saying this for a while now, but now signs are starting to show that it may not be far from the truth. Obama ran his campaign and won based off of the vague mantra of “change”. As he starts to put together his cabinet, we are getting a [...]

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rob on November 18th, 2008

A new Zogby poll has been released that pretty much explains the 2008 election. The poll finds that most Obama supporters knew little about the candidate that they so religiously supported. In fact, most Obama supporters know more about John McCain and Sarah Palin than they do about Barack Obama.
“Just 2% of voters who supported [...]

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rob on November 17th, 2008

So who would really be the target of an auto industry bailout? GM, Ford, and Chrysler? I think the real target would be the United Auto Workers union. Now I am normally all for saving jobs, but let’s consider that the big three pay approximately 12,000 people not to work as part of the UAW’s [...]

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rob on November 12th, 2008

For the last eight years, Democrats have likened Bush to Hitler. Now that a Republican has done the same to Obama, suddenly all the liberals get upset. I find the hypocracy to be amusing.
“It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he’s the one who proposed this national security force,” [...]

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rob on November 12th, 2008

Beyond bailouts, Washington has a nice track record for rewarding failure. Let’s take a look at Jamie Gorelick who is on the short list to be the next attorney general.
Gorelick earned an estimated $26 million serving as vice chair of Fannie Mae from 1998 to 2003. In 1998, according to the Washington Post , Gorelick [...]

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rob on November 12th, 2008

Ever since the government bailed out the banks, it seems that Washington has installed a “Bailout Line Forms Here” sign in Washington. Within days of passing the banking bailout, there was already talk of the auto industry wanting their share too. The question now is, who really needs a bailout? Or better yet, who should [...]

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rob on November 11th, 2008

Let’s first start off with a final note on the Change.gov site. Someone needs to inform Mr. Obama and his supporters that there is no such thing as “The Office of the President-Elect”. I have no problem with him creating the title if it makes him feel good about himself. I might find it arrogant, [...]

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rob on November 11th, 2008

It’s good to know that the Republicans are taking a close look at the 2008 election. As I’ve said before, it was obviously a protest vote. It’s easy to back this when you look at the conservative voting trend of the ballot issues. Recent Republican studies are starting to show that America still remains a [...]

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rob on November 10th, 2008

I recently asked my friend if his 16-year-old daughter knew what a Libertarian is. In return, his daughter wrote a wonderfully worded and very intelligent email. It closed with the following statement:
I would much rather have a Libertarian be our president then a liberal. It’s funny to me how liberals are called liberals yet everything [...]

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