Tagged: Election 2008
2004: Realignment, Now More than Ever
An 2004 article by Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard, after the Republican victories in the House, Senate, and with Bush being reelected, exclaiming how the Republican majority was “expected to last for years, maybe decades”.
For Republicans to slip into minority status again, [Burnham] says, it would take a monumental party split like that in 1912 or “a colossal increase in the pain level” of Americans as happened with the Great Depression. Neither is likely.
The point of the article, IMHO, is that nothing is permanent and anything can change in an instant. Even for Democrats. So unless Obama can truely usher in an era of bipartisanship, we’re doomed to repeat history.
Krugman: Not About The Financial Crisis
Why Did Palin Charge Sexual-Assault Victims For Rape Kits And Forensic Exams??
It’s a known fact: As mayor of Wasilla, an Alaskan town, Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin thought it was prudent to have rape victims pay for their own rape kits and exams. From the NYTimes OpEd Page:
This on top of some startling stats from staralaska.org:
- Alaska is the # 1 state in the country for Rape and has been for 23 out of the last 30 years (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
- Alaska’s reported rate of rape per capita is 2.6 times the national average (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
- Anchorage has the ninth highest sexual assault rate of any city in the United States, and Fairbanks is ranked first (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
- Fairbanks’ rape rate is 4.7 times the national average (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
We really need to understand her reasoning behind this and call her on it. She’s kept quiet about it far too long.
DailyKos: Now We Know Why The McCain Campaign Is Hiding Palin
From the DailyKos, regarding Palin’s interview with Katie Couric:
As Kos points out, Palin says that “Reducing taxes has to be accompanied by tax reductions.”
It doesn’t get any better than this.
National Enquirer: Sarah Palin’s Other Man
Oh boy, let the mudracking begin. From the National Enquirer [hey, they were on the money with the John Edwards affair], reports that Sarah Palin had an affair with Brad Hanson, Todd Palin’s business partner and former city council member from nearby town.
And the breakdown from Gawker.
Racism And The 2008 Election
It’s a sad fact but racism is still alive and well in America as these articles suggest, which will make Obama’s run for the presidency all the more difficult.
Obama effigy found hanging on Ore. campus on Yahoo! News
Supremacists distribute fliers attacking Obama on Star Ledger
Jewish Voters Receiving Anti-Obama Calls in Florida on NY Sun
Neocons Training Palin Like They Did Bush
Pat Buchanan opines on how the neocons are schooling Palin on foreign policy.