Tag Election 2008

The presidential primaries

Not very presidential, are they? Robo-calls spewing slime. Accusations of race-baiting. Much snarling and stomping of paws. And we have nine more months of this nonsense too. Sure, much of it is posturing and for show, and thus shouldn’t be…

Lame

The Draft Bloomberg site, two days after launching, has gotten a pathetic 1031 signatures, while the site itself is amateurish with little to offer.

Green Party presidential debate

(Candidates Kat Swift, Jared Ball, Cynthia McKinney, Jesse Johnson and Kent Mesplay) Former House member Cynthia McKinney and others participated in the debate. Cindy Sheehan was a moderator. Ralph Nader spoke but did not participate in the debate, he hasn’t…

Draft Bloomberg movement launches

For the major parties, a Bloomberg run could be their worst nightmare. The two consultants, Douglas Bailey and Gerald Rafshoon, told reporters Tuesday that Bloomberg’s name recognition, independent political affiliation and personal fortune make him unusually well positioned to break…

Hillary and attack politics

“The Clinton presidential campaign’s apparent blind ambition for power runs the risk of destroying Clinton’s reservoir of earned political integrity and affection among black people.” — Clarence B. Jones, the former personal counsel, advisor and close friend of Dr. Martin Luther…