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Hope Doesn’t Pay?

By Karoli March 2, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

This is, of course, the message of the Clinton campaign. Hope doesn’t pay for $3/gallon gas, hope doesn’t pay for medical bills, hope doesn’t pay overdue mortgages, hope doesn’t fill…

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Barack Obama – Start the Iraq Dialogue, then Own it

By Karoli February 29, 2008 Election 2008, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

The Pew Research Center released the findings of a voter survey conducted around the Presidential candidates today, specifically analyzing their perceived strengths and weaknesses in various policy areas when compared…

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Hypocrisy in Three Acts

By Karoli February 28, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

…or the “Do as I say, not as I do” edition: The Bush Administration US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to Turkey, on the subject of Turkish incursions into Northern…

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Thanks a lot, Hillary

By Karoli February 25, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

I can just see what the SwiftBoaters will do with this next fall, eh? A few excerpts here, a few there. This is exactly the kind of scorched-earth tactics I…

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NewsGang Debate PostMortem

By Karoli February 23, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Today’s NewsGang was lots of fun! Has John McCain maneuvered himself into a campaign finance corner? Who thinks Hillary Clinton signalled agreement to be Barack Obama’s running mate? What did…

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Change You Can Believe In?

By Karoli February 21, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

In tonight’s debate, Hillary Clinton said that lifting passages from others’ speeches was not “change you can believe in; it’s change you can Xerox.” Didn’t we all change our terminology…

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