rhetoric

Sean Braisted shares an opinion on U.S. Senate candidate Bob Tuke’s born again protectionist rhetoric:

The fight has been scheduled and the sides will soon start squaring off for a rematch on the lost battle two years ago. The issue is liquor sales and it is here again.

More than enough signatures have been collected to place a referendum regarding package stores on the town's Nov. 4 ballot.

Jesse Jackson’s son rebukes his father for untoward remarks made about Barack Obama on a hot mic:

You’ve heard this before but here it is again - with an ending this time.  A while back a friend’s father-in-law was beaten and robbed, left with a fractured eye socket and broken hand.  He didn’t have insurance and my friend and I didn’t have enough cash between us to pay for treatment either.

Politico looks at the fundraising prowess of Jesse Helms:

Via RealClearPolitics, McCain is attacking Obama on taxes:

Re: Credibility Gap: Barack Obama’s Vote To Tax Those Making As Little As $32,000

I did try this holiday weekend to NOT talk about politics. I failed. Since late last year, thanks to R.

Charles Krauthammer, is saying essentially the same things I said in this post, which is that Obama, the guy who was supposed to be different, is not unlike any other recent Democratic nominee. He ran to the far left during the primary, and now he is moving right in the general, not just in rhetoric, [...]

A friend of mine loves Rush Limbaugh, and years ago, when his radio show was moved to a 1am (or some other early morning hour) in her area, she had a fit that it was part of the “liberal conspiracy” to shut him up. I must note that this move to the early morning hours in her area was during the first Clinton administration.