Archive | December, 2007
Reason 5,456 Voters Lack Faith in the Media and Political Hacks
23. December 2007
I wouldn’t read this as a criticism of any particular candidate as much as a criticism of the way that news stories develop today. Asked to explain how Barack Obama could defend claiming that more Clinton (Bill) foreign policy experts supported him than Hillary, one Obama staffer had a great answer: Asked how Obama backs up [...]
Continue reading...Mitt Romney: The Anti-Endorsement
23. December 2007
I’m certainly impressed with this recent editorial in The Concord Monitor, which had the courage to actually point out the incredibly apparent flaws in Mitt Romney’s campaign. If only the “liberal” media could stop fawning over his appearance and offer the same kind of critique: If you followed only his tenure as governor of Massachusetts, you [...]
Continue reading...Rudy Giuliani: The End is Near
20. December 2007
The worst political ad of the cycle? You have to love that Rudy is managing to make Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee look like viable candidates.
Continue reading...Your Democratic Majority at Work
19. December 2007
Unlimited, never-ending funding for Iraq? Check. Selling out future generations by refusing to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in the AMT deal? Check. Failing to fight for children’s health care ? Check. Could someone please remind me why voters swept the Democrats into power in 2006? At least everyone is home early for Christmas. [...]
Continue reading...Thank You to Another Former Student
19. December 2007
I’d like to thank another one of my former students, Robert Funk, for his thoughtful letter to the IR today about their coverage of the death of a local solider: You are the HELENA Independent Record. When one of the members of our community dies in a war you should cover it, and not with the [...]
Continue reading...Daren Smith
17. December 2007
The Los Angeles Times listed it in stark terms, one of the now 3,893 members of the U.S. military killed in in the Iraq War: Daren A. Smith, 19, of Helena, Mont.; private, Army. Smith died Thursday in Baghdad of wounds sustained from a noncombat-related incident. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, [...]
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- Tester-Burns Debate
- A Somewhat Cynical Observation about Mansfield-Metcalf
- Montana's Max: Nutcakes!
- Dennis Rehberg: Master of the Oblivious
- Off to See Hillary and Obama
- Idaho Anti Wolf Coalition Falls Short (18)
- Blogs and the Media: Kemmick and Crisp (17)
- Tester-Burns Debate (14)
- The conscience of a liberal: why I am considering abstaining in the Iraqi War Referendum vote... (14)
- The Religious Right's Trump Card Exposed (13)
- Questions and One Thought After the GOP’s Last Day
- Fixing Failing by Predetermining Passing
- Rehberg’s 14 Minutes and the Media’s Response: Which Was Worse?
- Some More Thoughts About Denny’s Stunt in Washington
- DHS now officially seizing and searching laptops
- NorthWestern Energy makes me sick
- I just lost my appetite
- McCain confuses Somalia and the Sudan
- Some Questions I’d Like to See Someone Ask Steve Daines
- Our Endorsements for the Democratic Primary: Bullock, Juneau, and Hunt
25. December 2007
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