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 is good news.
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Posted in libertarianism, tagged amnesty, democracy, elections, freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, liberty, mugabe, zimbabwe on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Quite literally.
Amnesty International cited a case on March 7, when three members of the Morgan Tsvangirai-led faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were ordered by intelligence officers to take down election posters.
According to Amnesty, the officials forced the opposition supporters to chew the posters and swallow them.
For those living in democracies like the [...]
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Posted in people, politics, tagged american politics, campaign, election 2008, elections, evangelists, huckabee, mike huckabee, miracles, politician, polls, presidential contenders, primary, religion, republican nomination, republican primaries on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The most telling moment of Mike Huckabee’s campaign came a month ago, when he told a conservative gathering why he wasn’t giving up yet.
“I know people say that the math doesn’t work out,” the Baptist pastor politician said. “Folks, I didn’t major in math. I majored in miracles, and I still believe in those too.”
In many [...]
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Posted in people, politics, tagged campaigning, change, cindy mccain, controversy, election, election 2008, elections, mccain, obama, opinions, patriotism, pride on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The war of gaffes gets more ridiculous each day. After the frankly irrelevant controversy over Obama using borrowed words in a speech, it is now Cindy McCain’s turn to make a not so subtle point about her patriotism vis-a-vis Michelle Obama’s.
For those who missed it, here is the article.
My first reaction to such news is that there are [...]
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http://www.libertariansforobama.org/
Disclaimer: I am fully aware that Obama is not a libertarian and I disagreee with many of his positions. Nonetheless, as a non-American with a keen interest in American politics I am rooting for him for his positions on matters such as the war in Iraq, civil liberties, foreign policy, free markets and (to a [...]
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It took a long time coming but it is here at last. Hillary Clinton finally unveiled her healthcare plan this week.
The key feature of her plan is what she calls individual mandate. It requires that every American buy health insurance. A similar law already exists in the state of Massachusetts and is supported by the [...]
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