Puffin’s Place

If Obama’s retreat on the FISA bill has you in a twist, you can go to this page of his campaign site and read blog comments by hundreds of us who feel the scarey sounds of politicians footsteps in some of what’s happened since the primaries. Apparently he now finds Bush’s hammering of the Constitution [...]

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I hold no brief for Wesley Clark but he is right in this instance. Falling out of a plane and being held captive and tortured is not documentation for being president.
I surely give Senator McCain points for his suffering and service to the country. But none of us should confuse that service for a [...]

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Where is Hillary? Still ducking bullets I guess.
Where is Obama?
Feingold and Dodd carry the flag against a tide of indolent, cowardly, and indifferent national leaders.
Shame on Clinton, Obama, McCain, and the rest. Pfui. They do not deserve us nor we them.

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In the FWIW department, I have hesitated to post about impeaching Bush. I remember with some chagrin when I supported impeaching Clinton for lying under oath. It seemed to me then to be important to communicate to future presidents that obeying the law is important.
With the advent of the monarchy of GWB et al, the [...]

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I’m sure all HRC and BO supporters will be watching Monday’s Senate meditations on the FISA revision bill which has been passed by a docile House. I am puzzled and startled by Obama’s support of the bill even though he also indicates he will “work” to remove retroactive immunity for the telecoms.
Personally, I would prefer [...]

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He could be believed. And admired.

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Gotta say that good as George Bush 43 made Bill Clinton look, the ex pres has been major tiresome during his wife’s campaign. I can see the stats that make the in-crowd call for Hillary as Obama’s veep, but I like Obama way too much to imagine him waking up every day of the next [...]

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Just heard HRC’s speech as she suspends her campaign. Good for her. If she sustains this supportive graciousness she will make many of us forget some of the worst moments of her campaign.
This has to be an excruciatingly painful moment for her, but she is turning it into a plus for the Democrats and, I [...]

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From today’s Washingtron Post by Dan Froomkin:
A British newspaper reports new details about the ongoing secret negotiations: Bush wants to retain the use of more than 50 military bases in Iraq and is insisting on immunity from Iraqi law for U.S. troops and contractors, as well as a free hand to carry out military activities [...]

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I wonder why only the bloggers are reporting HRC’s real feelings about the blue collars that are keeping her nominally alive these days.
Remember a few years ago when “screw ‘em” was her observation on southern working people?
“Screw ‘em,” she told her husband. “You don’t owe them a thing, Bill. They’re doing nothing for you; you [...]

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