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A stay-at-home mom with an obsession for National politics.

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Filed in International, National by on September 25, 2008 1 Comment

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VFRt5W4FM[/youtube]   Obama/Biden ’08  

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Biden on Fire!

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 19 Comments

Joe Biden gives one hell of a speech! From TPM: [T]ime and again, on the most critical national security issues of our time, John McCain’s judgment was wrong. Right after the terrorists attacked us on 9-11, John responded by urging that we consider attacking countries other than Afghanistan, including Iraq, Iran and Syria. In the […]

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Questions that are keeping me up at night

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 21 Comments

Should we pay the 700 billion? In the end, who gets the money? If we don’t pay, what happens? If we do pay, what happens? Is 700 billion enough?  Or just the tip of the iceberg? Thoughts?  

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700 billion plan in the works for months

Filed in National by on September 23, 2008 30 Comments

Are you kidding me? I am so over this White House. Fratto (White House Deputy Press Secretary) said it would be “unthinkable” for Congress not to pass legislation this week, asserting the result would be a “very, very serious situation” for the U.S. economy. “It shouldn’t take much analysis to remember what happened last week, […]

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It’s time to say it. Keating Five.

Filed in National by on September 23, 2008 3 Comments

Last night Jonathan Alter debunked McCain’s whine that the press is picking on him. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTniK95Vfhs[/youtube] So far the press has given McCain a pass on his role in the last financial crisis. It’s time to break the silence. McCain = Keating Five.

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Has anyone ever seen anything like this?

Filed in National by on September 22, 2008 10 Comments

0% of the public polled feel the economy is getting better.

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Did your financial priorities change over the weekend?

Filed in National by on September 22, 2008 27 Comments

Mine did. Like most homeowners Mr. Pandora and I have ongoing projects. Some are still in the planning stage, but others (like the 3rd floor master bedroom suite) are underway. Not anymore. This weekend we implemented a spending freeze. Anyone else making these sort of decisions?

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The upside of sexism

Filed in National by on September 21, 2008 20 Comments

Joe Biden will have to debate Sarah Palin with one arm tied behind his back because… well, she’s a girl. The New York Times has the story. At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. […]

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Where’s Bush?

Filed in National by on September 19, 2008 19 Comments

The stock market plunges, people are losing their jobs and their homes, and our fearless leader is nowhere to be found.  Politico sums it up. “I will continue to closely monitor the situation in our financial markets and consult with my economic advisers,” President Bush said Thursday in a two-minute address from the Rose Garden. […]

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The Senior Vote and Privatizing Social Security

Filed in National by on September 19, 2008 36 Comments

Cafferty sums it up. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN00rFIn8ig[/youtube]   If there’s any issue guaranteed to make Seniors sit up and take notice it’s Social Security.  How will the McCain camp spin its way out of this one?  Answer:  They can’t. Troll Warning:  This isn’t a post on the merits of social security.  It’s a post on McCain’s support […]

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Oh, no she didn’t! Palin/McCain

Filed in National by on September 18, 2008 15 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZKQDyL5gzc[/youtube] Freudian slip?  I think not.

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Not your Liberal Media

Filed in National by on September 17, 2008 17 Comments

Wick Allison, a conservative with National Review street cred, speaks the truth about his party. But today it is so-called conservatives who are cemented to political programs when they clearly don’t work. The Bush tax cuts—a solution for which there was no real problem and which he refused to end even when the nation went […]

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Let’s Compare Obama and McCain’s New Economy Ads

Filed in National by on September 17, 2008 14 Comments

First, let’s take a look at Obama’s ad. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONM7148cTyc[/youtube]   Now let’s see what John McCain has to say. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRg8kaKfLXs[/youtube] Whoa, Rambo!  That’s some pretty tough talk.  Got any specifics to back it up?   What exactly is John McCain’s plan for the economy?  Does he even have one?  

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