Topic: obama

The other day I came across a facebook group which more or less makes light of the percieved Messianic qualities of Barack Obama. I laughed pretty hard at it but it also got me thinking. There are actually people out there that believe that he is something more than a man running for President. I have many friends and family that in all likelihood will be voting for Barack Obama in November. They...

A few minutes ago I made a small contribution to the campaign of U.S. Congressman John Lewis. Lewis, a hero of the civil rights movement and a towering voice of progressive politics, is now facing a primary challenger upset that Lewis supported Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. Readers here know that I’ve supported Senator Obama since before he even declared for the presidency. But...

It is always interesting to me to read the viewpoint of someone like Bill Brown. Bill Brown, is a highly respected retired member of the Billy Graham team. So, I take his assessment of Obama very seriously and for that...

Hey McCain supporters … lemme ask ya sumptin’ … how many of you can afford 7 different homes? The McCains can … they don’t even bother to pay their property taxes either. Personally, I’m gonna vote for someone who is at least a tad closer to being able to relate to the rest of us. Hey, even if you can only afford one home, like the great unwashed masses,...for your dependents? Really? Wow, it must be nice. Meanwhile, the same report says the Obama’s have stashed $200k in the...

(Yesterday & today's photos and styling are courtesy of Wade, as I don't think he can stand my grainy cell phone pictures any longer. Thanks sunshine!) This weekend kicked off the Summer 2008 To Do List Extravaganza. I had planned on checking off baking a cake. No need to rush into the more difficult items like going skinny dipping or taking an outdoor shower. No, no. I'd take it...he was on the east coast somewhere having dinner with ... no joke ... Anderson Cooper and Michelle Obama. Wade and I headed up to the...

It's always been amazing to me that people actually watch FOX news and believe what they're hearing. I think FOX has the right to be as insane in the membrane as they want to be. What I lament is the huge swath of Americans who buy into it. It says something deeply negative about our country....

so what if john mccain spent more then 5 years in the hanoi hilton being tortured. no big deal. what elsehas he done to qualify himself to be president? well according to barack obama surrogate, general wesley clark, not much. clark showed up yesterday on "Face the Nation" with bob schieffer. he attacked mccain's military service saying that he was "untested and...

Late last week, we talked a lot about the Supreme Court's ruling on gun rights -- but not at all about another ruling they made on the same day. A ruling that will have far-reaching consequences in this year's elections, right here in Oregon. On Thursday, the Supreme Court invalidated a little known rule called the "Millionaire's Amendment." Here's how it used to work: Candidates for the U.S....money to buy a race. The most famous case of the Millionaire's Amendment was in 2004, when Barack Obama faced Blair Hull in the Democr...

Eli Saslow has written an excellent piece at MSNBC that looks at the rumor mill surrounding Barack Obama and its impact on voters' opinions in one town in Ohio. I have been on the receiving end of...