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Friday, August 29, 2008 07:44 PM
Original article: Knock it off, Paul Begala

Beauty queens quite actively seek their crowns,

so their convoluted priorities are fair game. It's not like we choose our sex, gender, or race, so, naturally, none of those attributes can be held against us. Gee whiz, weren't both of John McCain's wives beauty queens? What a guy.

Saturday, August 30, 2008 09:42 AM

“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.”

Quote from John Stuart Mill.

Saturday, August 30, 2008 09:44 AM
Original article: Who's that lady?

“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.”

Quote from John Stuart Mill. As a result, I think most conservatives will love McCain's pick.

Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:57 AM
Original article: Fighting Barack Obama

This, from Nader/Gonzalez 2008: Obama is such a man of principle.

Take Israel/Palestine as an example.

Tradition has it that former presidents get a speaking slot at the national conventions.

Not at Obama's convention.

Not in Denver.

President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at the DNC in Denver.

And then, at the last minute, his speech was cancelled.

Why?

Because Carter has spoken out about the plight of the Palestinian people?

Because Carter has written a book with the descriptive title: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid?

Because Obama didn't want to offend the militarist American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)?

Apparently yes, according to this article from the Jewish Daily Forward.

Denying Carter a speaking slot at the DNC "shows the party gets it and Barack Obama's campaign gets it," according to one Democratic party activist.

Well, we get it too.

While Obama and McCain take the hardline AIPAC militarist line.

Nader/Gonzalez will stand with the millions of Americans, Israelis and Palestinians who want peace, with justice for all.

Nader/Gonzalez, 2008

Saturday, August 30, 2008 03:02 PM

Stifling dissent is quite the American way of late. Participation in government is a lofty goal,

one we will continue to slog, boots making sucking noises the whole distance, toward. Case in point, take a look at this email from Nader/Gonzalez recently:

"Obama is such a man of principle.

Take Israel/Palestine as an example.

Tradition has it that former presidents get a speaking slot at the national conventions.

Not at Obama's convention.

Not in Denver.

President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at the DNC in Denver.

And then, at the last minute, his speech was cancelled.

Why?

Because Carter has spoken out about the plight of the Palestinian people?

Because Carter has written a book with the descriptive title: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid?

Because Obama didn't want to offend the militarist American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)?

Apparently yes, according to this article from the Jewish Daily Forward.

Denying Carter a speaking slot at the DNC "shows the party gets it and Barack Obama's campaign gets it," according to one Democratic party activist.

Well, we get it too.

While Obama and McCain take the hardline AIPAC militarist line.

Nader/Gonzalez will stand with the millions of Americans, Israelis and Palestinians who want peace, with justice for all."

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