Back in the day, John McCain was the darling of the national media. The main stream news-types wrote no end of stories, lauding McCain as a “maverick” because he broke with his party on a number of issues. The media mainly loved writing these stories because they made President Bush look like a bad leader.
McCain has long since fallen out of favor with the media when he challenged the Wise and Benevolent Obama for the presidency, to which Obama clearly was entitled without the annoyance of a challenger. The “maverick” was suddenly the old, bedraggled, racist conservative
Archive for July, 2009
A Dog of a Different Color
July 28th, 2009 by Ronald A. RoweThe Birth Certificate
July 21st, 2009 by Ronald A. Rowe
Apparently, my “What If?" scenario a few weeks back has perked up a few ears. It turns out that it isn’t just the right-wing extremist conspiracy-theory nut jobs (RWECTNJs) who believe that there may be something to the “Barack Obama was not born in the United States and is therefore ineligible to serve as president” theory floating around.
I did some ‘research’ and found this website devoted to stories about the missing birth certificate. What it lacks in credibility (they sell “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” bumper stickers and yard signs), they make
I did some ‘research’ and found this website devoted to stories about the missing birth certificate. What it lacks in credibility (they sell “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” bumper stickers and yard signs), they make
Sarah Did What?
July 14th, 2009 by Ronald A. Rowe
Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska last week. With over a year left in her four year term, she’s calling it quits. Finished. Done. Finito.
Why, Sarah, why? What is going on in that ever so perky head of yours? Governor Palin’s stated reason is that she doesn’t want to be a lame duck. OK, that’s good. But wouldn’t just NOT announcing that she’s NOT going to seek reelection achieve the same goal? The prettiest governor in all the fifty states could have continued working diligently for many more months without throwing in the towel. I just don’t get it.
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Why, Sarah, why? What is going on in that ever so perky head of yours? Governor Palin’s stated reason is that she doesn’t want to be a lame duck. OK, that’s good. But wouldn’t just NOT announcing that she’s NOT going to seek reelection achieve the same goal? The prettiest governor in all the fifty states could have continued working diligently for many more months without throwing in the towel. I just don’t get it.
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What If?
July 7th, 2009 by Ronald A. RoweThis week, just for fun, let us consider a “What If?” scenario. What if the right-wing extremist conspiracy-theory nut jobs (RWECTNJs) are right about President Obama’s birth certificate? I know, I know. These are the same tinfoil hat wearers who argue that the moon landing was faked and the government is holding bigfoot’s skeleton next to the bodies of the Roswell aliens. But for the sake of this exercise, just go with me.
In case you tune out the rumblings of the RWECTNJs, there has been a constant stream of rumor, conjecture, and innuendo that perhaps The
