Former Monty Python comedian John Cleese thinks Sarah Palin is like a parrot (from the Dead Parrot sketch, perhaps?) for the way she’s been able to memorize and regurgitate Republican talking points without fully understanding them. He cautions that there’s virtually no one in Europe who thinks she’s qualified for the White House — a [...]
Archive for November 1st, 2008
1 Nov
…and what we’ve learned
DAN PAYNE By Dan Payne November 1, 2008 WITH 99 percent of this remarkable campaign now behind us, we in the political class have learned some valuable lessons Candidates get the campaigns they want. John McCain is no better than his campaign. He’s responsible for what comes out of his mouth. McCain’s campaign was sloppy, [...]
1 Nov
Of supreme importance
GLOBE EDITORIAL November 1, 2008 MANY of the most crucial US Supreme Court cases in recent years have been decided by 5-to-4 votes. In the two most recent sessions, a one-vote margin decided whether individual Americans have the right to own guns; if race can be a factor in public school assignments; the constitutionality of [...]
1 Nov
Michael Moore on the Election, the Bailout, Healthcare, and 10 Proposals for the Next President
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. Posted November 1, 2008. “At this point it’s just kind of sad to see John McCain and the others going to the dark side … a sad way to end his career.” Amy Goodman: I [recently] had a chance to sit down with Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore [...]
1 Nov
McCain’s Big Backfire: Majority of Americans Like the Idea of Spreading the Wealth
By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. Posted November 1, 2008. It must come as a surprise to the Republicans that the public favors Obama’s style of wealth spreading by a whopping margin. John McCain and Joe the Plumber are campaigning for Barack Obama, and they don’t even know it. The more McCain has ramped up his attacks [...]
