Welmer

McCain is taking a beating in the polls lately, and that probably does have a lot to do with the economy, but there are plenty of other reasons people do not want to vote for him. For one thing, he is a disagreeable character who regularly displays aggression, lapses into sarcasm and tells cruel jokes. [...]

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One of the great, unexplored factors at play in this election is the rise of Generation X’s political power and activity. It is unexplored because boomers are probably the most self-centered generation in the history of the United States, and they can’t imagine that their influence is anything but paramount. Take this AP article on [...]

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This is another one of those elections. They’ve all been lousy since I first voted in 1992, but this one just might take the cake. On the one hand, we have VAWA Joe Biden, who is “proud” of the sexist Violence Against Women Act on the Obama ticket, and on McCain’s side we have a [...]

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