Abbey Road

I remember a car trip with my 40-year nephew down in Florida last summer. The talk turned to politics and despite his right leaning tendencies - I have a brother-in-law that leans that way too - I was surprised to hear that he cared little about who ran our country or what direct it took. [...]

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I always thought of myself as a bit of a political junkie, just enough of a pundit that I got it right almost as much as I got it wrong.
But when this Super Delegate issue raised its head not long ago, I was caught napping I must say. Where did Super Delegates come from … [...]

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It’s Super Tuesday.
I don’t care who you vote for, although I can certainly offer up a few suggestions if you need them.
The most important challenge today is to not let anything get in between you and a polling location.
One vote makes a difference.
Technorati tags: Super Tuesday, voter disenfranchisement, vote

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I’ve always thought the system we use in the U.S. to nominate a president was a train wreck.
Back in 2000, the Democrats were angry, beyond angry actually, that Al Gore lost the election because of the disenfranchisement of voters - especially African American voters - in Florida. The hanging chad was nothing compared to people [...]

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And in case you missed it, this short clip of John McCain’s mom taking the Republican party to task for the payback they’ve offered a man who help get George Bush elected is priceless.
Technorati tags: Republicans, John McCain

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I’m one of those blue state guys who hadn’t really made up his mind about my candidate of choice for president. But I have to tell you, I think Bill and Hillary are helping me make up my mind pretty quick by convincing me it shouldn’t be either of them.  Let me see, which one [...]

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I’ve been a huge fan of the outrageous Bill Maher for many years. For the most part, his guests are inciteful - and inciting - and usually lean pretty left of center. As best a guy on HBO can though, I think Maher has tried to have conservatives on board to attempt to present another [...]

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Now that I have a 13-year old daughter, I’ve been kicked back a few decades in time to when music was a prime focus of my life. It simply doesn’t seem to be any longer for some darned reason.
I saw The Beatles in Hyde Park live in another lifetime, but it looked like my [...]

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