We're Gonna Frickin' Lose this Thing

"Stop saying that!" my wife says to me. But this is not a high school football game and I'm not a cheerleader with a bad attitude. This is an election and as things stand now, we're gonna frickin' lose this thing. Obama and McCain at best are even in the polls nationally and in a recent Gallup poll McCain is ahead by four points.

Something is not right. We have a terrific candidate and a terrific VP candidate. We're coming off the worst eight ... Full Story »

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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Sep. 8, 2008

At last, an opinion piece looking at the campaign from the Democrat’s point of view. Not since Nazi Germany has any country perfected such a powerful propaganda machine as has been created by the centralized ownership of the media encouraged and sanctioned by the Bush administration. The result is that the media, under strict orders from their pro-conservative executives, spent most of 2008 campaigning for McCain—and now for his albatross VP nominee, Palin. The article raises an ... More »

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by Michael Alderete - Sep. 9, 2008
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by Mindy Phypers - Sep. 8, 2008
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by Fabrice Florin - Sep. 8, 2008
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by Harry A Farr - Sep. 8, 2008
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by Roland F. Hirsch - Sep. 8, 2008

This opinion piece has minimal journalistic value. The author is a cheerleader for the Democrats. His comment that "We have a terrific candidate and a terrific VP candidate" goes against the views of most political experts that the choice of Sen Biden was really poor, given voter concern about the economy and the availability of several experienced governors. Clueless about press bias, which every academic study has shown is strongly in favor of the Demoicrats. Etc.

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by Faith Wellman - Sep. 8, 2008

McKay's concerns are thought provoking and certainly understandable in light of the chicanery of the last few elections. McKay expresses what many have been thinking - we are about to get hosed again. Many who responded felt the same frustrations, however, a few wise folks steered the conversation back to all the reasons we should be optimistic. Good, now we said it, so let's move forward fearlessly to win. (I think his wife has it right - "quit saying that")

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