Posts Tagged ‘527’

American Hunters and Shooters Association endorses Obama

July 7th, 2008 | 4 Comments

An article today pointed to the fact that not all National Rifle Association members are against Obama.  Heck, Obama even has the support of the American Hunters and Shooters Association.  Hey, since it has the words “hunter” and “shooter” in its title, it’s got to be about guys who like to shoot things with guns, [...]

Obama flips on public funding

June 20th, 2008 | No Comments

Barack Obama announced this week he will not accept public funding.  That in itself is no big deal.  The big deal is what he had said earlier: “Senator John McCain has already pledged to accept this fundraising pledge,” Obama wrote. “If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican [...]

How corrupt is Congress?

June 11th, 2007 | 4 Comments

I read an excellent comment on Outside the Beltway. I’d like to just post the whole thing here, but that’s discouraged. So, I’ll just lift the best part: Perhaps naively, I still believe genuine corruption among Congressmen and other major officials in American politics is an aberration rather than routine. The people who aspire to [...]