CNN's Bill Schneider on McCain speech
America Blog Sep 04 08From CNN: McCain ends with his biggest themes – sacrifice, and patriotism. And he has the standing to talk about it. But it’s the crowd’s reaction that is disturbing here: the chanting of “USA” continued.It’s a fighting close, which is intended to be stirring – but I wonder if the call to “fight” turned OFF a lot of voters. People really are tired of fighting.My view is: it was a simple, and sincere speech that gave testimony and his character, avoiding the divisive social issues – but it did not seem to answer the question, What are you going to do about the nation’s terrible economic problems? His answers seemed very much part of the past: cut spending, cut taxes. Full story...
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Donny Osmond, after equating gays with wife beating, child abuse, and possibly incest and pedophilia, then says "some of my best friends are gay&
America Blog 2 hours agoI'm gonna guess not any more.You see, Donny decided to write about gays on his Web site. He kind of equated us with men who beat their wives and children, or perhaps men who have sex with their own children, it's a bit hard to tell.
Obama may reach out to world's Muslims on first international trip as president
America Blog 4 hours agoBrilliant idea. Whether you like 'em or not, Muslims make up between 1 and 1.8 billion of the world's 6.
Food stamps hit record high in US
America Blog 5 hours agoAnother proud moment in compassionate conservatism. Bonus money for the failures on Wall Street and food stamp record numbers for the poor.
Harvard endowment loses over $8 billion, possibly more
America Blog 6 hours agoAmerica's "best and brightest" are not doing very well either on Wall Street or minding their own shop.
No one could have predicted that the religious right hates gays and cares about gay marriage
America Blog 7 hours agoRolling Stone:
From the start, the leaders of the No on Prop 8 campaign and their high-priced consultants failed to realize what they were up against.
Why doesn't ABC News just become a blog and get it over with?
America Blog 9 hours agoSome "real" journalists understand how to blog. That would include Jake Tapper at ABC (and Ben Smith at Politico).
Senator DeMInt wants Capitol Visitor Center to focus on religion
America Blog 10 hours agoThe U.S. is not a theocracy, thank god. Although there are members of Congress who want it to be one.
The entire national mall will be used for the massive crowds expected at Obama's inauguration
America Blog 11 hours agoThe entire length of the mall -- from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial -- will be used for the crowds at Obama's inauguration.
In Maine, Women rule
America Blog 12 hours agoMy sister, Sharon, wanted to make sure I saw the following article. In Maine, the new Speaker of the House, the new President of the Senate, the new Attorney General, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the two U.
133 ballots have gone missing in Minnesota Senate race
America Blog 13 hours agoOops. And it just happens to hurt Al Franken's bid for the Senate. No one could have predicated that would happen.
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