The largest American feminist organization (500,000+) backed Hilary Clinton originally. But on September 16th they threw their … votes behind Obama.
NOW PAC Endorses Barack Obama – official website
Sorry Sarah Palin.
Category: government
following the Canadian election
Google just launched a page summarizing news sites read by the party leaders and political journalists.
At a glance you can confirm the “race” is still dull.
Power Readers in Politics: Canada
The one article that caught my eye: PM pledges stiff fines for polluters
Political posturing? Or is he serious?
McCain tries to weasel out of debate
… Obama rebuffed the proposal, though there was no immediate reaction to the more detailed plan for swapping debates. “It’s my belief that this is exactly the time the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible with dealing with this mess,” he told reporters in Florida, where he has been prepping for Friday’s event. “What I think is important is that we don’t suddenly infuse Capitol Hill with presidential politics,” he said.
He also took a real shot at McCain: “Presidents are going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time,” Obama said. “It’s not necessary for us to think that we can do only one thing, and suspend everything else.” …
McCain suspends campaign; debate pending – Politico
Actually, I’m sure McCain can hold his own in a debate with Obama.
The real reason for McCain’s cold feet, I think, is to delay or avoid completely the VP Debate. Sarah Palin will be crushed by Joe Biden, I expect. It’s inevitable.
image source – Bors Blog
the internet hates McCain
Must be the sites I visit. I NEVER see a good comment for John McCain online.
Here’s a typical attack on him, supposedly by a private citizen.
Slightly more balanced is another private citizen’s video comparing the two lead candidates for President in the face of the current economic crisis.
One more bit of propaganda for Obama: Economists Support Obama Over McCain By More Than 2 to 1
are Republicans good fiscal managers?
The U.S. may have to borrow an extra $700 billion to $1 trillion to fund the biggest rescue of the financial system since the Great Depression, according to Barclays Capital Inc.’s Michael Pond.
Federal takeovers of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and American International Group Inc.; the central bank’s expansion of lending to financial firms; and a slowing economy will add $455 billion to the Treasury’s borrowing needs, the New York-based interest-rate strategist estimated. …
U.S. Debt May Grow $1 Trillion on Rescue, Barclays’ Pond Says
What more can the Republicans do wrong before voters are convinced the Democrats are worth a try?
Canada out of Afghanistan in 2011
Canada will withdraw the bulk of its military forces in Afghanistan as scheduled in 2011, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper pledged on Wednesday, saying the Afghan government “at some point has to be able to be primarily responsible” for the country’s security. …
“You have to put an end date on these things,” Harper said.
He added that while Canada’s military leaders have not acknowledged it publicly, a decade of war is enough.
“By 2011, we will have been in Kandahar, which is probably the toughest province in the country, for six years,” Harper said.
I agree. Congratulations Prime Minister.
Troops will stay ‘in some technical capacities’
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL Video
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do not trust politicians
A close election brings out the worst in candidates and their strategists.
… Since July, John McCain and his campaign have made 11 political claims that are barely true, eight that are categorically false, and three that you’d have to call pants-on-fire lies—a total of 22 clearly deceptive statements (many of them made repeatedly in ads and stump speeches).
Barack Obama and Joe Biden, meanwhile, have put out eight bare truths, four untruths, and zero pants-on-fire lies—12 false claims. These stats and categories come from PolitiFact, but the story looks pretty much the same if you count up fabrications documented by FactCheck.org or the Washington Post’s Fact Checker, the other truth-squad operations working the race: During the past two and a half months, McCain has lied more often and more outrageously than Obama. …
Republicans are dirtier and better at it than Democrats. Seems you need to lie to bring in votes. Yet American politicians do not lose votes when caught.
The “lipstick on a pig” distortion is the most recent example.
It’s only going to get worse:
Barack Obama hits back at ‘lies’
right wing political scumbags
Jon Stewart loves to expose blatant liars: Karl Rove , Bill O’Reilly and others.
Green election in Canada?
A far more boring election campaign has just begun. I guess I should decide who to vote for.
Surprisingly, the ENVIRONMENT looks to be a make or break issue.
They do it fast up here; 36 days from the announcement until the election. But then unlike the States, all the leaders are in place and well known, all of the policies and platforms ready to go, as the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper tries to get a majority government. Stephane Dion’s Liberals used to be known as the Natural Governing Party, having been in power for most of the 20th century, but the center/ left is now split among four parties- the Liberals, the New Democrats with Jack Layton as leader, the Greens with Elizabeth May, and the Quebec Separatist Bloc Quebecois. …
As a resident of one of the biggest polluting areas of the world, perhaps I should take notice. Normally it’s assumed that “green” is simply political posturing. That politicians will never walk the walk, anyway.
Still researching …
Rick McCharles 