GlobalResearch by Richard C. Cook Global Research, October 26, 2008 With the presidential election only a week away, the financial crisis has been dominating the news, but behind it is an even larger question of war vs. peace. This Global Research article will appear in a forthcoming issue of Eurasia Critic magazine. INTRODUCTION World war [...]
Archive for October 28th, 2008
28 Oct
Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama
Published on AfterDowningStreet.org (http://www.afterdowningstreet.org) By davidswanson Created 2008-10-28 13:29 By Greg Sargent, TPM [1] Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents. Nina Williams, a [...]
28 Oct
A ‘comment’ worth passing on
The following comment was made on an article posted on my blog. I think it bears further publication so please read it and consider where you feel we stand in the eyes of the world. new comment on your post #1392 “‘Yesterday’s Man’ Leaves Europe” Author : christianliberal (IP: 76.114.29.241 , c-76-114-29-241.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) E-mail : tabcity@aol.com [...]
28 Oct
Obama for president
The Anchorage Daily News Palin’s rise captivates us but nation needs a steady hand Published: October 25th, 2008 07:37 PM Last Modified: October 25th, 2008 08:10 PM Alaska enters its 50th-anniversary year in the glow of an improbable and highly memorable event: the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential [...]
28 Oct
Anchorage Daily News Snubs Palin, Endorses Obama
Posted by Staff, AlterNet at 9:59 AM on October 26, 2008. Alaska’s largest newspaper has endorsed Obama. The Anchorage Daily News, Alaska’s largest newspaper, has endorsed Senator Barack Obama: Gov. Palin’s nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency — but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. [...]
28 Oct
Campaign on Empty
By Eugene Robinson Tuesday, October 28, 2008; Page A17 Probably, John McCain and Sarah Palin will lose this election. Certainly, they deserve to. With a campaign designed more to play on insecurities than to promote ideas, McCain and Palin have practically framed Barack Obama’s “closing argument” for him. “The question in this election is not [...]
28 Oct
My Choice: Obama
By Charles McC. Mathias Jr. Tuesday, October 28, 2008; Page A17 In one week, Americans will face a momentous choice. We must decide which of two talented, patriotic individuals is better suited to set the course for the nation and steer it through a stormy sea. I have known John McCain for many years, even [...]
28 Oct
Why McCain Lost Me
By Anne Applebaum Tuesday, October 28, 2008; The Washington Post Yesterday, while reading the latest polling data on John McCain, Sarah Palin and their appeal — or growing lack of it — to ” independent women voters” it suddenly dawned on me: I am one of these elusive independent female voters, and I have [...]
28 Oct
Palin’s Love Boats
Gov. Sarah Palin (Associated Press) By Richard Cohen Tuesday, October 28, 2008; The Washington Post Until two cruise ships steamed up to Alaska two summers ago, the record for the silliest statement by a journalist had been held by Lincoln Steffens, in his time a famous American radical. Sent in 1919 to see how Russia [...]
