The Et Cetera Post

In 2006, Joe Lieberman was making different statements about Barack Obama than what he did at the Republican Convention tonight. He promised to help Obama “reach for the stars” but today he seems more interested in hurting Obama than helping him. What explains this change of heart?

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Focus on the Family Prays for Rain During the Democratic Party Convention
Before the Democratic National Convention, the conservative evangelical christian organization “Focus on the Family” came out with a video which put forward the idea of praying for rain (I would link to the video but it looks like Focus on the Family had YouTube [...]

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It always baffled me how the Bush-Rove machine managed to constantly get away with accusing their opponents of the very flaw they themselves exemplified. Take for example one of Karl Rove’s favorite charges, that of being “elitist”. This accusation was one he made against John Kerry in particular, even though it was Bush who, behind [...]

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Lately President Bush has been talking about reducing American dependence on foreign oil by drilling offshore for it. But what’s the keyword in the phrase “reduce our dependence on foreign oil”? If you’re an oil tycoon like the president, your answer would be “oil”–as in, we need to go get more of it. The actual [...]

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McCain has been getting a lot of credit for the so-called “surge” but Mitt Romney has taken the back-slapping to the next level. Apparently McCain “authored the philosophy” of the surge. I’m not really sure what exactly that means but the implication is that McCain invented it. This kind of reminds me of Al Gore’s [...]

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The big issue for the past couple of days on the US Presidential campaign trail has been questions of patriotism. McCain and Obama are hot on the issue of whether they are patriotic enough. To me this just seems completely ridiculous. It seems that for some people out there, there’s nothing you can do to [...]

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During the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry was criticized for being “elitist”. The same label is now being attached to Barack Obama. The question is, what’s wrong with having an elitist president?

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If you’re looking to show off your cutting-edge fashion sense on the golf course this summer, while at the same time professing your political affiliations, John McCain has you covered.

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