Eengstro on June 29th, 2008

An exercise in irony:

Ret. Gen. Clark: McCain lacks command experience
Sun Jun 29, 10:28 PM ET
WASHINGTON – Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain’s military service does not automatically qualify him to be commander in chief.
Underscoring during a national television appearance a position he has been [...]

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Eengstro on June 18th, 2008

And this guy wants to be our president:

An advisor, Daniel Kurtzer, to Barack Obama says that Obama didn’t realize what he was saying to AIPAC when he used the term ”undivided” in reference to Jerusalem.

Holy crap, that’s just bad.

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Eengstro on April 28th, 2008

Now, Rev. Wright says that criticism is an attack on the “black church”. From all the vile spewage we’ve seen from him, I’d say that criticism is roundly deserved. Being black doesn’t excuse stupid, racist garbage.
But then, what do I know? I’m just an Typical White Person.

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Eengstro on February 25th, 2008

This article by Victor Davis Hanson is a good example of why he’s a professional writer and I’m not.
First, he briefly explains how the Republicans have fucked up in the past few years, bringing us to the brink of electing the most liberal candidate since George McGovern. Then he articulates many of the fears [...]

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Eengstro on February 21st, 2008

Change seems to be the latest buzzword in politics these days, so I figured I would examine it a bit. Right away, it should be obvious that “change” is nothing but an empty word when it is invoked without context — and the Obama campaign has provided little context. So, I’m going to go out [...]

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Eengstro on October 3rd, 2007

Here is an interesting article which argues that a Fred Thompson is not only desirable, but inevitable.

Conventional wisdom is hardening around the proposition that Fred Dalton Thompson is too lazy, ill-prepared, tired, old, lackluster, inexperienced, inconsistent and bald to make a successful run for President.
Of course, conventional wisdom rarely gets anything right. When it does, [...]

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