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Welcome to edition #10 of the Carnival of Politics - a recap of the best from the past week. This edition is available at our website here

Thursday, August 28, 2008

100 Years of LBJ
5 Votes, submitted in National
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Video of a visit to the LBJ Library and Museum, plus an added bonus featuring Walter Cronkite.

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow, Fair Hillary by Dwight Alvis
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
A look at perhaps the most memorable and powerful speech of Senator Clinton's political career; her address to the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Hitler’s ideology ‘right-wing’? by Ellis Washington
5 Votes, submitted in World
Today’s column will end my extended book review of Dr. Benjamin Wiker’s useful opus, “10 Books that Screwed up the World. My critique will be on the German leader Adolf Hitler’s treatise, “Mein Kampf,” a two-volumne book published in 1925 and 1926 that unfies elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler’s National Socialist political ideology.

Iraq Costs One Trillion Dollars, Have a Budget Surplus of 80 Billion
5 Votes, submitted in Other
Iraq is making record profits while we're just pouring money down the drain.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Hillary's Pumas Meet JFK's Ghost at the Democratic Convention
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
A look at the two questions creating buzz on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (1) Will the Clintons and their supporters return to the Party fold and embrace Obama or will they seek to upstage him in an adolescent fit of ego and hubris; and (2) How did Obama ultimately arrive at Biden as his choice of running mate?

It is Obama and (O)Biden! by J.D. Longstreet
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
Of all the bad choices Obama could have made, for a Vice-Presidential running mate, as we expected, he made the worst choice. Joe Biden is a Northeastern Liberal. So now the Democrat ticket has a Chicago liberal and a Northeastern liberal. ...

Monday, August 25, 2008

Democratic Delegates: A Look Back
5 Votes, submitted in National
A look back at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with a post script about who's gone and who's still around.

Governor Notes Need for Election Officials
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
Anticipating high voter turnout in November, there is a need for poll workers nationwide. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine notes how localities are recruiting election officers in his state.

How Marriage Changes You
5 Votes, submitted in Other
A really moving first-person account from Bob Morris: In a voice as clear and resonant as any wedding chime, she told us that marriage is a choice people make to love each other, even in difficult times when we don’t...

Sunday, August 24, 2008

The BoBo Awards - August 22, 2008 | The BoBo Files
6 Votes, submitted in Right
Some people just hate being faced with facts. The clown takes on a liberal with facts about universal health care - and the sparks fly from there. Gotta read the comments to see how the guy reacted.

Astrology at Work
5 Votes, submitted in
why McCain is our next president, and what we can expect from him

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Bristling at Being Threatened by Putin by J.D. Longstreet
5 Votes, submitted in World
The US has just been challenged to a duel. Hey, I’m a Southerner! I’m a throwback to the days of defending one’s honor on the field of honor by a duel! Yep, I’m a hopeless romantic, I suppose.

Will America Survive Without Her Families? by J.D. Longstreet
5 Votes, submitted in National
What has happened to the American family? It doesn’t exist, anymore. Oh, we have something we like to call “family”, often times living beneath the same roof, but it’s not family… not in the true sense of the word. ...

Friday, August 22, 2008

Does Colin Powell believe in the Powell Doctrine? by Ellis Washington
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
As we approach the time of the Democrat National Convention in Denver, Colo., next week, there is increasing political noise about whether or not Gen. Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, national security adviser and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will cast his support for Barack Obama. Perhaps he might even be given a coveted speaking opportunity at the convention?

Battleground State -- Florida
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
This is the latest in a series analyzing the races in the so-called "Battleground States" in the upcoming Presidential Election.

McCain and Romney, now that’s the ticket by Marie Jon
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
We will soon know who the Democrat and Republican vice-presidential candidates will be. Who will Sen. John McCain pick to stand beside him? Although to some it is doubtful, will Mitt Romney be his choice?

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Bela Karolyi for President
5 Votes, submitted in Humor
NBC Olympics commentator and former U.S. and Romanian Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi has what it takes to be our next President.

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