Posted in politics, tagged barr, bob barr, conservatives, election 2008, government, ideology, jurisprudence, libertarian, mccain, obama, supreme court, unitary executive on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Bob Barr, the Libertarian nominee for president, speaks out on the jurisprudence on the two major presidential contenders and argues that people who will be voting for McCain because of worries about a possible left-turn of the supreme court under an Obama administration will be making a mistake.
The judiciary is becoming an important election issue. John [...]
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Wendell Gunn, a conservative, wrote Obama when he sent him a campaign contribution:
My contribution to your campaign is based on hope and change: My hope that you will change your mind on the tax and economic policies you are proposing.
That’s strangely apt. I do not think there has been another presidential contender in history with such a [...]
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Christopher Beam lists Obama’s post primary shift towards the center. It seems to me that on six of the seven issues listed, his new position is actually better.
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Posted in libertarianism, people, politics, tagged barr, bob barr, election 2008, interview, libertarian, politician, president on June 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Moblogic interviews Bob Barr, the Libertarian nominee for president.
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Posted in politics, tagged obama, election 2008, nanny-state, workers, paternalism, economics, regulation, libertarian paternalism, retirement, taxes on June 14, 2008 | No Comments »
This article begins:
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into “green energy” and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers.
Hidden deep inside the article, however, is the following passage:
He said [...]
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Posted in news and links, politics, tagged election 2008, Hillary Clinton, hillary nutcracker, nutcracker, nuts, offensive, political, satire, sexist, thighs on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Delightfully inventive or nauseatingly sexist? Or just a plain boring nutcracker?
You decide.
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Posted in libertarianism, politics, tagged freedom of speech, civil liberties, election 2008, government, mccain, privacy, security, wiretapping, terrorism, war, executive power, fourth amendment, telecom on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I have always feared that if elected, John McCain would be an even more authoritarian chief executive than George W. Bush. Particularly worrying is his disregard for privacy and free speech, especially when it conflicts (in his world-view) with national security.
The latest statement issued by McCain’s campaign proves that these fears are justified. Here’s an excerpt:
N]either the Administration nor the telecoms need [...]
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Posted in libertarianism, people, politics, tagged election 2008, reason, reason magazine, libertarian, weigel, ruwart, bob barr, barr, libertarian party, convention, nominee, nomination, presidential contender on May 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Bob Barr is the Libertarian party nominee for president. He defeated Mary Ruwart and others after days of political drama, debates and discussions at the Libertarian national convention at Denver, Colorado.
Dave Wiegel from Reason has a stellar coverage of the Libertarian convention here. Highly recommended.
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Posted in libertarianism, people, politics, tagged liberty, ron paul, election 2008, campaign, n y times, article, supporters on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
A nice article in the New York Times on Ron Paul and his passionate supporters.
Mr. Paul was supposed to be a memory by now. But in the Oregon primary last week, he won 15 percent of the vote, and the campaign appears to be growing into something beyond a conventional protest campaign. Some supporters have [...]
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Posted in politics, tagged clinton, democratic nomination, democratic primaries, election 2008, elections, indiana, north carolina, obama, polls, pollsters, prediction on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
With all pollsters out with their own versions of what is going to happen in Indiana and North Carolina today, here’s my prediction:
Obama will win North Carolina by 12, Clinton will win Indiana by 7.
We will know the actual results in about ten hours.
Update: With about 99% of the votes counted, Obama is winning in North Carolina by [...]
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This sounds like a parody of the ’silly season’, but is real. Abe Greenwald is actually disturbed by Obama’s preference of orange juice over coffee.
The switch from juice to coffee is a rite of adulthood. It’s not that Obama seemed to hold himself above the coffee drinkers. It’s that he seemed to lag behind them. He’s still on fruit juice while [...]
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Posted in politics, tagged analysis, clinton, democratic nomination, democratic primaries, demographics, election 2008, exit polls, obama, pennsylvania, polls, race, statistics on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
The exit polls have been pretty off the mark this election season but in a consistent manner. As Brendan Loy notes in this post, the polls have been typically off by 7-8 points in Obama’s direction. This pattern was repeated yesterday — Clinton won Pennsylvania by 9 points when the CNN exit polls earlier in the day predicted she should [...]
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A subtle, highly readable article by Virginia Postrel on Barack Obama. Obama she says, has brought glamour — that special combination of mystery and grace — back into American politics. Indeed, Obama’s exceptional combination of charisma, intelligence and vagueness makes people want to project their own ideology onto him.
Plenty of candidates attract supporters who disagree with them [...]
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Obama steps up the populist rhetoric.
“We’re ready to play offense for organized labor,” Obama said. “It’s time we had a President who didn’t choke saying the word ‘union.’ A President who knows it’s the Department of Labor and not the Department of Management.”
I sincerely hope this is just rhetoric.
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Barack Obama says that his economic plan is better than his bowling.
Now, I have my misgivings about Obama’s tax-and-spend economic plan. I also don’t like some of his protectionist and regulationist rhetoric. But after this performance, I cannot argue with the truth of his statement.
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