Whatever's tugging at my brain handles
Posted in Politics & Religion on May 7th, 2008
Here are the raw numbers from today's primaries. With 99% of precincts reporting, Hillary's 51% to 49% win is a rounding error. Out of one and a quarter million votes, she leads by less than 23,000 votes for an actual tally of 50.49% to 49.51% Right now, with maybe 10-12k votes to [...]
Posted in Politics & Religion on Apr 29th, 2008
As I've watched the nomination battle wage on, one thing has become clear to me. The Democrats are burning their own house to the ground and Hillary is holding the match.
Her politics of negativity and venom, her fearmongering, her scheming and attacking are doing one thing... pissing people off. And it's not just [...]
Posted in Politics & Religion on Mar 29th, 2008
On the heels of my Obama as Mr. T design (a.k.a.
Posted in Art, Jokes, Politics & Religion on Mar 13th, 2008
So, when people would say Barack Obama's name, pronouncing the "rack" like "clothes rack" instead of like "rock", it would make me think of Mr. T's character, B.A. Baracus from "The A-Team". And then a fun thought entered my head... Wouldn't it be fun to dress up Barack Obama like Mr. T? Show [...]
Posted in Politics & Religion on Mar 11th, 2008
Tonight I got a fundraising letter from the Obama campaign. In it, Barack complained of a new wave of attacks from Hillary Clinton that denigrate his supporters.
Over the weekend, an aide to Senator Clinton attempted to diminish the overwhelming number of contests we've won by referring to places we've prevailed as "boutique" states and [...]
Posted in Politics & Religion on Feb 15th, 2008
Ever heard of Jim Cooper's health plan? Back in 1993, it was one that would have provided a lot of relief to a lot of Americans and had broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate. Hillary torpedoed it and tried to ruin Cooper for spite.
Read the story of how Hillary Clinton killed [...]
Posted in Politics & Religion on Feb 10th, 2008
In navigating all the election results, the delegate tallies depend on who you ask. According to CNN, the count is 1148 for Clinton and 1121 for Obama. According to the Associated Press it's 1136 for Clinton to 1108 for Obama. According to MSNBC, it's 943 for Obama and 895 for Clinton. [...]
Posted in Politics & Religion on Feb 10th, 2008
Well, despite my grumblings, Super Tuesday didn't decide a clear front-runner in the Democratic race, meaning that I could go caucus this weekend, make my voice heard, and it would matter. Or so I thought.
I figured I didn't want to get to the caucus location too early, because I was going to have to [...]