This moment in the political history of the United States is profound and unique for many reasons. A bankrupt and immoral administration is paving the way for a new administration to be led by (a) a warrior intending to carry out his predecessor’s agenda, more competently, but especially then with more disastrous consequences for the […]
A gaffe happens when a politician, accidentally or on purpose, speaks the truth in public. That’s what Barack Obama got caught doing.
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has something to say about the “bitter” so-called controversy that’s been heavily promoted by the Clinton campaign and the media all weekend.
Male hourly wages began to drop […]
Withdrawal from Iraq is a foregone conclusion, given the state of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, and America’s worldwide security commitments. We just don’t have the 400,000 to 500,000 troops it would take to effectively occupy Iraq, and never did– even when the “Coalition of the Willing” was […]
From day one, Hillary has presented a problem for progressive voters but we could support her. Her support of Bush and his failed policies always stank to high heaven of political convenience not principle. She is a good speaker and fundamentally she has the skills and smarts to be a a good president. […]
It may have been the ugliest part of the presidential campaign so far. Just before the Texas primary, Hillary Clinton’s campaign ran a fearful TV ad. The message: our loved ones are in grave danger and only Clinton can save them. Like similar Republican appeals to fear, it worked. Texans who […]
The New York Times reports on March 19 that whereas the Bush administration sold the Iraq war to the congress as a $50 billion investment, the actual costs are more like–
1.) ultra-conservative Pentagon estimate: $600 billion and counting
(note: this Honest Abe estimate categorically excludes “extras” such as operations in the war zone, […]
There, I said it. This country can’t afford a President McCain. Hillary Clinton claims that McCain would be a better commander in chief than Barack Obama. She couldn’t be more wrong.
Josh Marshall today has a superb take-down of McCain’s CINC credentials, after yesterday’s gaffe provided a small opening for such criticism. […]
I’ve had enough of Hillary. I never wanted her to win, because I think 20 years of Bush-Clinton-Bush is already too much without adding another 4-8 years of Clinton.
The latest Hillary fear campaign is conduct unbecoming a Democrat. Vote for Obama and your children could be murdered in their beds in […]
Robert Reich writes:
Are we approaching another turning point, like 1968, but one that reverses the great pendulum of American politics and moves the nation back to the left? The George W. Bush presidency has been such an abject failure — only 26 percent of Americans approve of the job he has done — that America […]
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has refused to apologize for voting to authorize war with Iraq in 2002. Today, she voted in favor of an attack on Iran. Clinton wasn’t alone– the Kyl-Liberman Iran amendment passed overwhelmingly, 76-22. Senator Majority Leader Reid voted for it, too. Senator Obama was absent. How […]
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