News media coverage of last night’s Democrat presidential candidates’ debate in Philadelphia seemed to focus on Barack Obama‘s recent “bitter” comments in much the same way as DDonar’s cartoon above does. Slate sized it up this way: In yesterday’s debate, Obama, the party’s clear front-runner, found himself constantly on the defensive for the first part [...]
Debate Coverage Focused on ‘Bitter’ Remarks
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments
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Will Rural Folks Tell Obama the Party’s Over?
April 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s time to take off the party hat, Barack. Realizing bitterness and hope don’t mix, rural Americans are blowing out the candles on the Obama campaign cake as fast as they can after learning of the comments below which he made during a fundraising event in San Francisco Sunday: “You go into some of these [...]
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Bill of Rights Ratified 216 Years Ago Today
December 15th, 2007 · No Comments
The Bill of Rights has lasted 78,892 days, 11,270 weeks, 1,893,408 hours, 113,604,480 minutes or 6,816,268,800 seconds. In case you’ve never found the time to read them in full, I encourage you to do so today on this, the 216th anniversary of the ratification of the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution. They appear [...]
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