Category: Politics / Law Stuff

Attack of the "MellonHeads", or, Do you still believe in the Bush Doctrine?

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In honor of the Herbert Hoover CNBC contributor, James Pethokoukis confronts the MellonHeads, those conservatives who are having a knee-jerk reaction to the inevitable mortgage banking bailout. The moniker “MellonHeads” refers to Herbert Hoover’s Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon, who advocated a very hands-off approach on monetary matters, which contributed to the hard slide into […]

Wednesday September 24th, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

The VP's Of The Last 100 Years – Rebuttal Against The Experience Snobs.

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Even before Sarah Palin became John McCain’s Vice Presidential pick, the issue of experience has been swirling around Barack Obama due to his lack of executive experience and his short stint in the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, my friend Zach at “Sire Says” compiled a list of recent Vice Presidential nominees and how long it took […]

Wednesday September 10th, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

The Palin Lockdown – A Rebuttal.

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Andrew Sullivan, Sire Says and I have made a bit of a stink concerning the radio silence surrounding Sarah Palin. The McCain campaign will not let her do any interviews until she is up to speed on foreign policy issues and McCain’s stand on the issues. As  Jim Lindgren has pointed out, just because you […]

Tuesday September 9th, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

The Lock-Down of Sarah Palin

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The big debate yesterday was whether it was wise for Oprah to refuse to have Sarah Palin on her show. Her appearance would, after all, command a HUGE audience and garner some serious $$$$$ from advertisers. But another question needs to be asked, would the Republican apparatus, which has already drawn a circle around Mrs. […]

Saturday September 6th, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

On Executive Experience.

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For those debating on who you should vote for based on “experience”, Obama or Palin, this article is a must read. Todd Zwicki at Volokh has some thoughts based on personal experience: One thing that I have noticed, for instance, is how much more knowledgeable Governors and executive branch officials are about details of legislation […]

Saturday September 6th, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

Who Wants To Go Polar Bear Huntin'?

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Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

In The Tank For McCain / Palin?

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Yesterday I had a good conversation with my sister Mary Beth. We are very close, but differ when it comes to politics – she is sensibly liberal and I am sensibly libertarian / modervative (that’s short for moderate-conservative).  We were discussing the choice of Palin as the Republican VP pick. Because I was a registered […]

Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

I'm More Qualified Than You, Neaner, Neaner; pt 1… UPDATE! Nevermind.

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This from an interview of Barrack Obama by a drooling Anderson Cooper: In an interview on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Monday night, Obama was asked about whether his experience in the U.S. Senate dealing with weather-related situations compares to Palin’s executive experience running the state of Alaska and as the small town mayor of Wasilla, […]

Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

Fanboy Alert!

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Andrew Sullivan – of Barrack Obama:  …And Obama is not MLK – at least, not yet…  Had this been in parenthesis, I would have taken it as kinda funny. But in it’s present form, it sound quite genuine and straight from the heart.

Wednesday August 27th, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »

I WAS going to vote for Paris Hilton…

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but I found…   A Better Choice, For A Better America! Hat Tip: Citizen Deux.

Wednesday August 27th, 2008 in Politics / Law Stuff | No Comments »