Patriotism isn’t about colored ribbons or bumper stickers on your car. It isn’t about waving a flag or chanting “U-S-A” at a sporting event. It certainly is not about wearing an American flag pin on your lapel. These are all pleasing symbolic displays of patriotism, but they are not patriotism in and of itself.
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There is an internet campaign making the rounds via email and blog claiming that Barack Obama is unpatriotic. One claim is that he’s actually a Muslim and that he was sworn into the Senate on the Koran. Another claims that he refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance. And yet another claims he is a [...]

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The New York Times has begun producing a useful debate transcript analyzer. The analyzer allows you to not only view the video and transcript of a debate, but also view how much time the candidates had to speak, how many words they said, and the order in which they spoke. This tool can be [...]

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I analyzed the Democratic candidates’ ability to give straight answers to questions during the NBC debate on October 30, 2007. I have done this before with the Republican candidates in their third debate and the Democrats in their second, third, and fourth debates. There have been a few debates between then and now that [...]

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As I suffer through the increasing obfuscation of the Bush administration, I’m looking for a candidate who can give a clear answer to a clear question. I’ve had enough ridiculous parsing of every word that emanates from the White House and the tortuous Orwellian logic used to try to convince me that ignoring the Constitution [...]

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The YouTube Democratic debate analysis is in! I analyzed the candidates’ ability to give a straight answer to each question during the debate. The goal is the same as it was when I analyzed the Republican candidates in their third debate and the Democrats in their second and third debates. I don’t evaluate the merits [...]

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“Politics is the art of the possible” -Otto Von Bismark
There are growing number of folks with a full head of steam about impeachment. There’s impeachcheney.org. There’s impeachbush.org. The blogosphere is abuzz with the idea. The mainstream media is starting to discuss it. There’s actual articles of impeachment against Vice-President Cheney in the House, submitted [...]

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Our political leadership, congressional and presidential, has turned the most urgent and critical issue facing our nation into a an exercise in sound bite governance and diplomacy. “Cut and run” and “stay the course” compete with “bring the troops home” and “support our troops” as empty slogans masquerading as policy. The nation deserves a well [...]

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I analyzed the Democrat candidates’ ability to answer a question the most recent debate. The goal is the same as it was when I analyzed the Republican candidates in their third debate and the Democrats in their second debate. If you’re looking for the analysis of the YouTube debate, you can find it here.
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I’ve created a consolidated list of the official presidential candidate campaign websites on a new page. You can either look for the link in the pages section of the sidebar or you can just click here.

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