Independent Voter

Credo for Conservatives: Part III: Order, Tradition, and Loyalty

Seeded on Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:42 AM EDT (Chronicles Magazine)

Paleoconservatives claim they are not racists. "No." They tell us. "We will have none of that." With that in mind, take a look at the following article, part of a series on the fundamental principles of paleoconservatism, penned by Thomas Fleming. Mr.

politics, racism, conservatism, political-correctness, paleoconservatism, cultural-marxism, chronicles-magazine

Stutterers Lend One Another Support, CBS Evening News: Estimated 3 Million Americans With Disorder Find Hope, Comfort In One Another - CBS News

Seeded on Sat Jan 3, 2009 11:22 AM EST (CBS News)

CBS Evening News story about stuttering therapy

health, fluency, stuttering, speech-pathology, stuttering-treatment, american-institue-for-stuttering

In Georgia, Small Improvements in Black Voter Participation May Make Big Difference

Seeded on Mon Oct 6, 2008 4:17 PM EDT (FiveThirtyEight.com)

Current projections and polls may be underestimating the impact African American voters in Georgia will have on this fall's election.

south, georgia, politics, mccain, obama, polls, african-americans

Evangelical Leader Chats About Identity Politics [and comes close to endorsing Obama]

Seeded on Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:43 PM EDT (NPR - Weekend Edition)

"Richard Cizik, vice president of governmental affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, chats with host Liane Hansen about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and the consequences of identity politics in this year's presidential election."

politics, mccain, obama, evangelicals, religious-right

Poll results for first presidential debate: Obama wins

Seeded on Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:31 AM EDT (The Kansas City Star)

The article reviews the results of four post-debate polls (three scientific and one a non-scientific "push poll"). Who won? All four give the edge to Obama over McCain.

economy, politics, mccain, wins, obama, foreign-policy, won, debates, polls

Commentary: Sexist treatment of Palin must end

Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT (CNN)

Once again, Campbell Brown is on point. She claims the McCain camp's sheltering of Sarah Palin is sexist, and wants to know why Palin is not doing news conferences like the other candidates. Very good question.

media, politics, mccain, sexism, sexist, palin, campbell-brown

Did Palin Help McCain Among White Women?

Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:29 PM EDT (gallup.com)

Gallup concludes the selection of Sarah Palin has not helped attract white female voters to the McCain candidacy. Obama's greater difficulty is with earning the votes of white men.

women, politics, mccain, obama, voters, gallup, polls, palin, white-women

The Post-Rove Guru

Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:18 AM EDT (TNR's The Worst Political Sex Writing The New Republic)

This explains a whole lot... Notice the subtitle: "How the Republican Party stopped dreaming about a permanent majority and learned to think like McCain strategist Steve Schmidt." Notice the following dicey incident from Schmidt's resume: "Schmidt has certainly indulged in l …

rove, election, politics, mccain, gop, ads, republican

Making America Stupid

Seeded on Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:41 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Thomas Friedman on the McCain campaign's conservative change argument: "As I have argued before, it reminds me of someone who, on the eve of the I.T. revolution — on the eve of PCs and the Internet — is pounding the table for America to make more I.B.M.

energy, oil, economy, freddie-mac, politics, fannie-mae, mccain, obama, palin

Their Brand is Collapse

Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:10 PM EDT (TIME: Real Clear Politics)

Joe Klein believes John McCain is clueless on the economy and aks us to remember that "Senator Honorable" (Klein's phrase) was a member of the Keating Five.

economy, wall-street, politics, mccain, obama, lehman, palin, investment-banks, keating-five

Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes

Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:23 PM EDT (The New York Times)

"Throughout her political career, she has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and sometimes blurred the line between government and personal grievance, according to a review of public records and interviews with 60 Republican and Democratic legislators and local of …

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Charlie Gibson's Gaffe

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:53 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

NeoCon Charles Krauthammer thinks Gibson gaffed by failing to specify which version of the "Bush doctrine" he meant.

iraq, politics, interview, mccain, gibson, obama, biden, bush-doctrine, krauthammer, palin

Obama to Palin: 'Don't Mock the Constitution'

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:47 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Barack Obama, who taught Constitutional law at the University of Chicago, sets Sarah Palin straight on the importance of the Constitution, especially in relation to habeas corpus.

guantanamo, constitution, politics, rights, mccain, prisoners, obama, terrorists, palin

Palin Uninformed: Bush Doctrine Featured in Earlier Debates

Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:29 PM EDT

Some have suggested Charles Gibson of ABC News was simply playing "gotcha" with VP candidate Governor Sarah Palin when he asked her opinion on the Bush doctrine (e.g., Bill Sammon's recent article on Fox News). This claim is problematic on at least three levels:

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politics, abc, interview, mccain, gibson, obama, fox-news, foreign-policy, biden, international-relations

Ad on Sex Education Distorts Obama Policy

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:58 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Only a few days ago John McCain looked the nation in the eyes and told them he wanted to run an honorable campaign.

tv, campaign, ad, politics, mccain, obama, sex-ed, sex-education

Off Base on Sex Ed

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:52 PM EDT (FactCheck.org)

FactCheck.org exposes McCain's tawdry campaign ad. In their words: "A McCain campaign ad claims Obama's "one accomplishment" was a bill to teach sex ed to kindergarten kids. Don't believe it. Perhaps worst of all, the ad features a photoshopped image of learing Obama.

tv, campaign, politics, mccain, obama, sex-ed, political-ad

Political Perceptions: Rating the Palin Performance on ABC

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:56 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Norman Ornstein of the conservative American Enterprise Institute claims, Palin's (mis)statements on NATO, Russia, and the Bush Doctrine, "ought to shake every foreign policy specialist, liberal or conservative."

iraq, russia, pakistan, georgia, nato, politics, mccain, foreign-policy, bush-doctrine, palin

Sarah Palin, NATO, and the Bush Doctrine... This is not good

Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:56 AM EDT

I take no joy in posting this. We have now seen the first segment of Charles' Gibsons' interview of VP candidate Governor Sarah Palin.

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russia, georgia, nato, politics, war, wall-street-journal, gibson, foreign-policy, bush-doctrine, palin

Dear Rudy

Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:29 PM EDT

September 4, 2008 Dear Rudy, I am an independent voter, someone like you, a middle-aged man who has often crossed party lines. I am writing to congratulate you on your warm up speech for Governor Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention last night.

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