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I have sat on my hands for a couple of days until I could do something better than than screaming over the info that it was someone in HC’s camp that gave the knowing nod over NAFTA the the Canadians. Good thing, for I find that there is no there there. No one did anything [...]

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George HW Bush: 1 term
William J. Clinton: 2 terms
George W.Bush: 2 terms
If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination and is elected, the US will have been in the hands of two families for a minimum of 24 years.
(Remember when Congress passed a law limiting all presidents to two terms because the country feared FDR winning [...]

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As I continue to watch tonight’s election returns, it is a good time to define for myself why I want Obama to win the Democratic nomination and, in the fall, the presidency.
And it is impossible not to note that one major reason I want him to win is that he is civil. The opposition may [...]

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A good friend indicates weariness with my “kill Hill” meditations, so let’s move on to some more positive thoughts.
Barack Obama. I want him to be president. I like it that he is articulate. I like his ability to talk about the country and the future in a way that makes me feel good about both.
Now [...]

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Bertrand Russell said, “Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”
I thought of this the other day while watching Hillary Clinton’s phone-call-in-the-night-ad which recalled, of course, Johnson’s daisy ad. For those too young to remember the latter, during his run for president [...]

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