Posted by Kathy on March 31st, 2008 in Elections
Conservatives have good reason to be concerned about John McCain. At the top of my list:
He’s a globalist.
He’s an unconscious incompetent.
Most of the time, competence encourages a person’s preferences. If one is good at something, one enjoys doing it. Not the case for John McCain. Not only doesn’t he know something, but he remains ignorant [...]
Posted by hillbilly on March 27th, 2008 in Politics General
I don’t know if he got somebody to host it or not. If he hasn’t, I’ll still do it. A few days ago, I blogged about this video at HRP here.
This video is very graphic at points but there’s nothing in it that would break our Acceptable Use Policy. There is no nudity but there [...]
Posted by Kathy on March 25th, 2008 in Elections, Politics General
Barack Obama has done an admirable job presenting himself as a non-divisive candidate. Facing off against Hillary Clinton virtually anyone would look non-divisive in contrast, but Obama has gone beyond that. Conciliating the attacks made against his kindergarten years, and the comparisons of his candidacy in SC to that of Jesse Jackson, he’d risen above [...]
Posted by Kathy on March 22nd, 2008 in Politics General
The purpose of this holiday above all others is Hope. A lot of conversation this political season has tossed out that word. But perhaps nobody symbolizes Hope more than Jesus did. Even faiths that don’t consider themselves Christian see the historical Jesus as a great teacher, a rabbi, or prophet.
Easter is a season of Hope. [...]
Posted by Kathy on March 21st, 2008 in Democrats, Elections
As Energy Secretary and Ambassador in the Clinton administration, Bill Richardson had ample opportunity to judge the ‘readiness and experience’ of the inevitable Mrs. Clinton.
And today he announced that he will be throwing his support, including his super-delegate support behind Mr. Obama.
Governor Richardson said Obama’s speech on race was a turning point for him.
Posted by Kathy on March 20th, 2008 in Politics General
Greetings Hillbilly Politickers, our dear friend Hillbilly has to tend to family matters for a few days. In her absence, I’ll try to keep things going, maybe not with her flair for words, and talent for common sense analysis, but I am the bench not the first string, so I’ll do my best.
First things first, if [...]
Posted by hillbilly on March 16th, 2008 in Conservatism, Elections, The Constitution
It’s fairly clear and well documented that conservatives are in a crisis state this election. Since we’re generally in a crisis state every election, this is nothing new. This is one blogger who is tired; tired of the neverending repetitive news articles about this, that, or the other thing they wrote about last month or [...]