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Every politician is a person who can tell you what you want to hear and then do as he pleases when he gets into office. This has been going on since time began, and unless a miracle happens it's going to be the same in this election. ...more
June 27, 2008
Every politician is a person who can tell you what you want to hear and then do as he pleases when he gets into office. This has been going on since time began, and unless a miracle happens it's going to be the same in this election. Sen. Barack Obama says he's for change and has a lot of very young people that will tell you that this is the truth. However, I don't take much stock in 18-20-year-olds who haven't been out of high school long enough to start supporting themselves, let alone think that they have the abilities to run this country. Obama's only experience is in the state Senate and nowhere else that I can see, and it's obvious that the majority of black Americans support him because he is black. The highest percentage of black voters in history have turned out so there is, in my opinion, a race issue here, whether we like it or not. ...more
June 26, 2008
Barack Obama stepped to the brink of victory in the Democratic presidential race Tuesday night, defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Oregon primary and moving within 100 delegates of the total needed to claim the prize at the party convention this summer. ...more
May 21, 2008
Many hear the call, but few sitting senators actually make the move to the White House. Last week, we saw why. ...more
February 23, 2008
WASHINGTON -- A New York Times story on a female lobbyist's ties eight years ago to John McCain has an important Tampa connection: She worked then and now for the firm of Hector Alcalde, a prominent Tampa-connected political figure. ...more
February 21, 2008
We Americans must sacrifice time and effort to do our homework in order to be knowledgeable voters. ...more
February 6, 2008
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidency would be a step back to the past, turning her husband's image of a bridge to the future against her. The former first lady decried the tenor of his comments in an interview with The Associated Press. ...more
January 31, 2008
The way some Georgians see it, if they're going to get thrown through the windshield of a pickup, that's nobody's business but their own. ...more
January 29, 2008
Wayne Dofflemyer of Bayonet Point says ethanol is a false god on the road to energy development. ...more
January 15, 2008
Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor calls for a major change in the United States tax system. ...more
January 15, 2008
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