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Bailout Counter-Plan

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Politico is reporting on a counter-plan offered by Sen. and Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd , which would add the following provisions: Authority for bankruptcy judges to restructure mortgages for homeowners facing foreclosure. This was considered a poison pill in a housing bill that passed ...>

Suspending the Campaign?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

McCain's ploy is gossamer thin transparent, and I'm surprised he has to be reminded of that Craig Ferguson says here: ...>

Stiglitz on the Bailout

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

A cogent analysis of the flaws with the bailout plan, and the difficulties that remain even if a bailout plan passes. I have to agree with his skepticism about the way the administration handled the whole thing, and the plan they provided; it so transparently was a massive transfer of wealth to the ...>

Racism in Virginia

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

For those interested in the politics of race during this campaign, but in general in the U.S. (so many folks I still hear say that racism is a thing of the past), here's an article that came out in the L.A. Times re race and campaign efforts in Virginia (Whitewood, VA). A snippet from the article:B ...>

Putting Obama in Danger

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

I've started three different entries today and have not been able to finish them. There is certainly plenty to write about, and I have a few other entries as partial drafts, but I just can't seem to finish my thoughts. The culprit? Well, certainly trying to say too much. Perhaps the bane of bloggers ...>

McCain/Palin Race-Baiting and Hate Rhetoric

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

McCain campaign manager Rick Davis responds to Rep. John Lewis comments about the McCain/Palin's recent hateful rhetoric: "Look, Chris, I think we have to take this very seriously," Davis told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace. "And the kind of comments made by Congressman Lewis, a big Obama suppo ...>

Equanimity & Obama

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

I've been reading Andrew Sullivan's blog ("The Daily Dish") recently. That really is not much of a confession - I know. As a Rhetoric Prof. I read pretty much anything that crosses my path. Besides, I read all sorts of conservative thinkers also. They key is not whether they are conservative or lib ...>

More Racism and Fear in GOP Base

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Another revealing video about the kind of grassroots support for McCain/Palin, but that in general go for the GOP: Now, there are racists in the Democratic Party. You betcha. Look at those in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia among others, who claim to be Democrats but find it hard to vote for a ...>

Debate Reaction

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

McCain: Energy swings, surly, strong and feisty early on. Mischaracterizing Obama, appealing to the base. Where has the McCain of the first part of the debate been during the rest of the campaign? At the end, just frustrated. Obama: Flat on his feet, playing it safe the first thirty minutes, stra ...>

Where was Palin?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Where are you Sarah Palin? She is supposed to be second in line, but she is not trusted to be a capable surrogate after the debates. No interviews with Gov. Palin, no comments recorded by her. Minimal nod to her by McCain... A quote by Ernesto Laclau (from "Universalism, Particularism, and the Qu ...>

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