By Chuck Muth

We all know the Democrats are having a dickens of a time getting its act together and rallying around a presidential nominee. The party of affirmative action is in a quandary as to whether or not to cast their November lot with the liberal black man or the liberal white woman. Decisions, decisions.

Meanwhile, Republicans are having their own problems getting the party faithful to unite behind the candidacy of John McCain. Indeed, a reported agreement at the Nevada Republican Party convention Read the rest of this entry »

Sen. Barack Obama’s most recent comments shed light on his true motivation for denouncing Rev. Wright

By Jamie Miller

How big a problem is Rev. Jeremiah Wright for Sen. Barack Obama should he continue his success and become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States?

To fully understand the problem Obama, people should review Wright’s comments and the motivation for Obama to now condemn his comments. Many will say that it wasn’t until Obama was attacked by Wright in recent days that he denounced the reverend’s comments. Read the rest of this entry »

The nation needs inspiration to solve its biggest problems, but the presidential candidates haven’t offered much so far

By Elan Barnehama

The primaries continue to drag on and the election is not for another half a year, but I’m ready to call the race. Without any results having been reported, I can say with complete confidence that we the people have lost. Again.

After all the debates and with what started out as dozens of candidates drawn from our best and brightest political minds, not a single great idea – or even a very good idea – has emerged. I’m still waiting to hear something bold wrapped Read the rest of this entry »

Clinton and TV networks prey on fear and latent racism in linking Obama to Rev. Wright and Muslim terrorists

By Potter Earle

I am totally appalled at the tabloid nature of major news networks. Can they bleed this Rev. Wright story any more? Can they make Barack Obama, the clear Democratic frontrunner, look more downtrodden than they actually have? Why not applaud Obama for honestly dealing with this issue and definitively putting it to rest by repudiating Wright? I am amazed at the lynching this guy is getting, and lynching is not too strong a word. The media, hungry for ratings, feed on controversy, turmoil and negativity. Apparently the American public does, too, because the Wright news stories keep coming. We are spending billions of dollars on a ridiculous war while our country is in a recession, and all the media want to talk about is Rev. Wright. Read the rest of this entry »

With gluttonous non-smokers pushing U.S. healthcare costs higher, it may be time to re-think banning smoking in restaurants

By Edwina Zaiser

Weight Watchers says,”Diets don’t work.” So what does?

Smoking.

Fashion models, college students and the French all know that you can subsist on coffee and cigarettes and stay a svelte size two. Remember the delightfully catty book French Women Don’t Get Fat, in which the author attributes the enviable Gallic slimness to high quality fresh foods lacking preservatives? Read the rest of this entry »

Former U.S. Senate candidate Adm. LeRoy Collins reflects on John McCain’s transformation from Navy officer to politician beginning with a posting as Navy liaison to the U.S. Senate

Irreverent View: You and John McCain both served as Navy liaison to the U.S. Senate. Did that pique your interest in a career in politics?

It was of special interest because my friend, Navy Captain, and a fellow submariner, Jim High, preceded John McCain in this Navy Liaison Officer billet in the Russell Senate Office Building; as a Navy Reserve Commander, I was in that job for two weeks in 1976…..less than a year before John McCain arrived. That job had a similar stimulus to me, but alas, I was not able to convert it into political success like Commander McCain did. Read the rest of this entry »

“Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.”
- Ronald Reagan

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
- Ronald Reagan

“The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”
- Ronald Reagan

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Sen. Obama’s comments at a San Francisco fundraiser show he could learn a lot from our current president about how to succeed at being an elitist

By Elan Barnehama

Senator Obama recently opened up a can of bitterness and could not get the lid back on before that damning “elitist” label spilled all over him.

Most elitists are taught that they should never be smug (in public) about their elitism. We know that elitists know that we know that elitists have better lives than the rest of us, but some things are better left unspoken. Most of our nation’s elite go out of our way to stay out of our way. Read the rest of this entry »