Monthly Archives: October 2008
Past Political Themes: Compassionate Conservative
Some time ago – in fact just over eight years ago, Governor George W. Bush started describing himself as a “compassionate conservative”. Here’s the question: what was so compassionate about this president? Did he actually help the poorest members of … Continue reading
Update: Obama now up by 14
This according to a new CBS/New York Times poll. Why? For the precise reasons I’ve been writing: McCain has managed to dirty himself with the mud he and his running mate have been throwing. The funny thing is that the … Continue reading
The (Interim) Results of Negativity
As I wrote previously, when you throw mud you had better make sure that your aim is true, and that you are pretty clean yourself. The McCain/Palin ticket cannot make either claim, and the results are in. An Washington Post/ABC … Continue reading
More abut the financial mess
We’ve already talked about how banking deregulation contributed to the current debacle. Now comes a story from The Register which discusses how naked shorts might have caused as much of a problem for the big brokerage houses. What is particularly … Continue reading
And The Mud Continues to Fly…
Yes, it seems as though the best chance Senator John McCain thinks he has is to throw mud, and he has begun the slinging by continuing the nonsensical charges about an association with someone who was a sixties radical that … Continue reading
