Tag Archives: 2008 presidential election

Nota Bene #38

Links of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link): Interview with Middle-East expert Joshua Landis at Right Web: “For instance, we just had a Syrian delegation that came to Washington. … For reasons that remain a little murky to me, that fell through. A friend in the State Department told me that part of […]

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It's not a new JFK we need in Obama, but the next Gorbachev

Did John F. Kennedy ride the winds of change into office or was he the “wind beneath our wings?” Either way, his election signified that, back on firm peace-time footing after President Eisenhower’s two terms, America was ready to move ahead with “great vigah.” With his uplifting oratory and youthful good looks, Barack Obama has […]

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Experience is to Hillary as 9/11 is to Giuliani

Rudolph Giuliani’s ritualistic incantations of 9/11 have become a national joke. In truth, his inspirational presence was overshadowed by his failure to prepare the city for a terrorist attack. Also he failed to upgrade the infamous faulty radios used by first responders, many of whom he infuriated by calling off the search for bodies at […]

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Oprah: The Un-Hillary

As more and more people are beginning to sense, the Democrats may have missed the boat with Hillary Clinton. If she’s nominated, winning the election will be no promenade up the gangplank of the ship of state. Instead, it will be a flying leap from pier to deck, hands grasping at the railing. The sitting […]

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Following Hillary over a cliff

Zogby’s recent poll asking “Whom would you NEVER vote for president?” was kind of mischievous, wasn’t it? But if I were a member of the Democratic National Committee, not to mention a congressional Democrat, I’d be sweating bullets over it. A neat 50% claim they would never, even under pain of waterboarding (kidding), cast their […]

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