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Florida Democrat Claims To Know GOP Health Plan
On Tuesday night, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) brought three poster boards with what he claimed was the Republican plan for health care. It had three points—though someone should have reviewed them before he presented them, as #2 was just a lead in to #3 and should have been #2. In any case, the plan he [...]
Busy Day
It’s been a pretty busy day, but here’s some articles that I’ve been reading, and feel free to discuss anything political. Joe The Plumber: Obama Tax Plan ‘Infuriates Me’ Dutch abortion ship sparks controversy in Spain Still to Come, the Third-Party Debate Obama Hasn’t Closed the Sale Rivals Split, With Joe in the Middle Your [...]
What Sacrifice?
On Tuesday night, Tom Brokaw asked a question that I immediately wished I was there to answer instead of either of the candidates. No, it wasn’t the question of what I didn’t know—for that I think I would have gone into full Donald Rumsfeld mode and waxed eloquent about what we know, what we don’t [...]
Framing the Debate
Hello, I’m Holly. MIn has graciously asked me to join him on his blog for the remainder of the election season. I’ve been a political junkie since I was a child. My first memory of election coverage is from the night I settled in to watch Reagan’s second election. I didn’t even make it through [...]
5 Things I’d Love To See In a Presidential Debate
Tonight is yet another Election Infomercial Debate, this time on the topic of the economy. It’s a Town-Hall style debate, which means that there’ll be bleachers and questions from the audience, but not as much interaction. As I hinted at earlier, these debates are little more than chances to see the two candidates together and [...]
Gov. Palin Reminds Us of Reagan
From the start of the debate, it seemed like Gov. Palin had an advantage. While Sen. Biden looked right at the moderator for his answers (for the first half hour, it seemed), Gov. Palin looked directly into the camera—so much that it looked like she was talking right to us. And it didn’t hurt that [...]
Why the Moderator Matters
It’s not a question of whether or not the person can be civil. It’s not even a question of whether they can be fair. The question is, what baggage do they enter with? Two years ago this spring our church decided to close its Christian School. It was a difficult and complex decision, which ended [...]
Moderator Bias?
NowWhat do you think the reaction would be if I told you that the moderator for Thursday night’s Vice Presidential debate was writing a book due for release that highlighted the rise of women to seats of power in America. That she did a lot of research, and featured women from different sectors and discussed [...]
A Little Premature?
Tonight’s the first debate—and yet a reader of the Wall Street Journal online found this: Although the fate of tonight’s presidential debate in Mississippi remains very much up in the air, John McCain has apparently already won it—if you believe an Internet ad an astute reader spotted next to this piece in the online edition [...]
McCain Afraid to Debate?
Unlikely. At least, that’s the word from former Pres. Bill Clinton: "We know he didn’t do it because he’s afraid because Sen. McCain wanted more debates," Clinton said, adding that he was "encouraged" by the joint statement from McCain and Sen. Barack Obama. "You can put it off a few days the problem is it’s [...]
Bible Verse Arms Race
It doesn’t take long in discussions with Christians (or atheists for that matter) on blogs or forums to witness this strategy. I like to call it the pile on, but an arms race seems to fit the bill as well. The definition of this tactic is to provide multiple Biblical texts, in rapid fire style, [...]
Mercy and Justice in Capital Punishment
When you think “Capital Punishment” I bet the first thought that crosses your mind is not “mercy.” In fact, in Amanda’s opening statement she believes that sparing someone the death penalty is both merciful and just. When I first started trying to respond to this line of thought, I had the problem of pinning down [...]
Capital Punishment Debate
The debate over whether capital punishment is a moral or even an effective form of punishment is one that generations have discussed. The concept of Capital punishment goes back at least to the time of Moses, where Cities of Refuge were created to protect those that unintentionally killed someone from the Avenger of Blood, but [...]
Bush vs. Kerry – Round 3
I had watched every debate, including the VP debate, in totallity live up until this one. Given the momentum in the debates, I figured Bush would consistantly do better, and since part of the strategy during the last campaign and this presidency was to co-opt democrat ideas so he could claim he got things done, [...]
Cheney vs. Edwards
For a debate that not many people were going to watch, many of the people I work with (including those that said they were not going to watch!) did watch. My reaction: Vice President Cheney:Cheney’s first problem was that he didn’t really answer the first question about Bremer and Rumsfeld directly. I came away from [...]
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