Alethinos Paradoxos’ blog

The Independent Party – Home of the Racists?

2008-07-01T06:10:11Z

In an interview with the Rocky Mountain News on Monday, Independent Party presidential hopeful (it is hard to type that without believing it should be followed by a punchline), Ralph Nader, made some very interesting statements. When asked what...

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To Third Party or Not To Third Party

2008-07-01T05:16:50Z

Another blogger recently made some very good comments about third party candidates on one of my blogs. The basic point was that having a competitive third party candidate most often will not get that person elected but slip the votes between tha...

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Swift Boats, Shot Down Fighters, and Unqualified Candidates

2008-07-01T04:42:57Z

Swiftboating has been resurrected and again has raised concerns or at least questions. Senator Barack Obama separated himself from a statement made by retired General Wesley Clark, while Senator John McCain went on the defensive against this comm...

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Flip-Flop Fever

2008-06-30T15:48:03Z

All this talk of “flip-flopping” and supporting evidence from everywhere; can we trust either of these people? What is going on? It’s like there is a flip-flop fever going around. The camps of both major party’s hopefuls for president have been...

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With Supporters and Advisors Like This, Who Needs Swiftboating?

2008-06-25T11:37:37Z

Recent comments by Charles R. Black Jr., a key advisor to Senator John McCain have sparked a firestorm that is being fanned by the Senator Barack Obama’s camp. Mr. Black merely stated that a terrorist attack during the campaign would strengthen ...

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King Abdullah and the Oil Mafia

2008-06-23T15:34:11Z

Was I hearing things or did I see a clip of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah telling the world, particularly the United States that we need to better control our oil consumption? Is he serious? That seems a bit like a crack dealer trying to tell a...

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The Trouble With the Pairing of Barack And Hillary

2008-06-20T16:47:43Z

Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are to begin campaigning together. The question is will this be a good thing for each one of them and for us who have to watch the whole thing. I am not sure it is the best thing for any of us. First le...

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Oil Barron Calls for Says He Knows the Solution to Gas Prices. Do I Trust Him?

2008-06-19T20:28:55Z

President George Bush is pushing congress to allow the big oil companies to drill more in places that are protected from drilling currently. When I hear proposals to allow major oil companies to do more of something from a politician that has mu...

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Cindy! Stop it! But, Michelle hit me first!

2008-06-19T19:14:49Z

Over the past few days the McCain camp has hit one of my pet peeves. I remember when I was in high school that whenever two girls got into a physical confrontation someone would always scream “cat-fight” out loud. There are many negative connot...

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Al Gore Endorses Senator Barack Obama

2008-06-17T19:42:40Z

Democrat, Al Gore endorsed Senator Barack Obama yesterday. Wow, what an awesome speech and would have been a huge help to his bid to be the Democratic candidate for president. That is if he had done it before Senator Hillary Clinton “suspended”...

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