Bob McCarty Writes

Cybercast News Service published an eye-opening piece by Penny Star today which, if picked up by the mainstream media (fat chance), should force many Americans now in the John McCain camp to think twice before Super Tuesday. While the headline, Former Mexican Statesman Joins McCain Camp, should catch the eye of anyone paying even scant [...]

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In less than seven hours, Republican Rudy Giuliani will make it official that he is out of the 2008 presidential race and is expected to throw his support behind GOP front-runner John McCain. The announcement, according to a Fox News report, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Central at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, [...]

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Forget the issues of global warming, Iraq, health care and, most importantly, jobs and poverty. Democrat John Edwards will add “Drop Out of the Race” to the to-do list that appears on his campaign web site’s home page. The former North Carolina senator and John Kerry running mate will, according to news reports this morning, [...]

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Is it just me or does anyone else find reading the headline, Sen. Kennedy Backs Obama for President, a bit strange. For Barack Obama, the first-term senator from Illinois, to accept the political equivalent of a blessing from the liberal Massachusetts senator strikes me as a move that goes against the grain of the political [...]

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It comes as no surprise that Republican Fred Thompson has dropped out of the 2008 presidential race. When I visited the Fred08.com web site a short while ago and saw a typo-filled message — “The Fred File feed is currently unavailable. Thank your for your patience.” — I suspected an announcement might be forthcoming and [...]

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“I’d rather be ruled by a competent Turk than an incompetent Christian.” Asked who he would support in the 2008 presidential race, a Southern Baptist friend of mine cited the statement above, made by Martin Luther, the protestant reformer who lived five centuries ago, as a partial basis for his decision. In explaining his decision, [...]

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While many African-Americans plan to observe Black History Month for the 32nd time, Hillary Clinton hopes to celebrate “Barack History Month” in February. Tired of encountering stronger-than-expected resistance from rival Barack Obama, the former first lady has resorted to some of the mudslinging, hardball tactics that helped her husband Bill Clinton win election — and [...]

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