Mightier than the Sword

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Friday October 09, 2009 · 10:09 PM PDT

2009/10/09 · 22:09

Reading many of the diaries and articles about the Nobel Prize announcement today has made me realize just how far we've come - and not in a good way - in the last eight years. Perhaps those years have so clouded our vision to dismiss Obama's huge contributions towards peace as "some speeches." Words are very powerful, they are the cheapest of weapons, but they can be more effective than the most costly ones.

alouw1

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 10:59 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 22:59

Please stop oversimplifying the bill and acting like it's an either pass and the economy get fixed or fail and everything collapses.

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52 votes Show Results

The government should

52 votes Vote Now!

The government should

Pass the bill

9 votes

Fix the Damn Bill

31 votes

Forget about it

12 votes

Is she really a fighter?

alouw1

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Tuesday May 13, 2008 · 8:15 PM PDT

2008/05/13 · 20:15

In recent history, the MSM has enjoyed writing the narrative of Hillary Clinton as a fighter. This is an image she has embraced and encouraged. Perhaps they believe this because she's willing to go negative and throw punches more quickly than Obama? However, when it matters most, she doesn't seem to fight at all, instead she turns her back and slams the door. So is Hillary Clinton really the fighter she loves to portray herself as? More after the fold...

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Saturday April 19, 2008 · 10:44 AM PDT

2008/04/19 · 10:44

For weeks now Hillary has been slinging mud at Barack Obama (which normally would be unconcionable to do with a fellow government) using the argument that she's "vetting" Obama the way the Republicans would. Well now that this has gone on for awhile (really since before Ohio & Texas at least) let's examine that argument a little bit. Ironically, this diary was inspired by something Pat Buchanan said - Go figure.

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45 votes Show Results

Hillary's negative campaign: "Who wins?"

45 votes Vote Now!

Hillary's negative campaign: "Who wins?"

Hillary Clinton

2 votes

Barack Obama

7 votes

Both

1 vote

Neither

2 votes

John McCain

15 votes

The Main Stream Media

3 votes

John McCain & the MSM, but NEITHER Hillary Clinton or Obama

15 votes

Chris Matthews and Co. just don't get it... and a sad Hillary revelation...

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Thursday April 17, 2008 · 7:53 PM PDT

2008/04/17 · 19:53

I just listened to my recording of Chris Matthews Hardball (now, I'm not a big fan, but I like having it on while I'm spackling my bathroom) and found myself walking into the living room and gaping in exasperation as I listened to Chris Matthews, Bob Herber (sp?), and TJ Rooney (sp?) talk about Barack passing on a chance to attack Hillary Clinton.

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Wednesday April 16, 2008 · 5:30 PM PDT

2008/04/16 · 17:30

I hope this doesn't violate the "Repetitive Post" rule and instead falls under "Fresh Perspective." I have to admit when I saw these two articles on Lobbyists and Oil & Gas Company contributors my faith quivered a tiny bit. After all, we are so used to politicians letting us down that we now LOOK for how they are going to let us down before we try at all to believe that they are going to lift us up. However, after close study of these articles I found them absurdly high on the smearing facts / information and disturbingly lacking in the real or relative facts / information. In addition, I think the biggest hypocrisy here is the one practiced by the media... see below for more.

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12 votes Show Results

Obama should

12 votes Vote Now!

Obama should

Only accept money from people who aren't related or work with anybody who might be politically damaging

0 votes

Stop accepting money, he has enough already!

2 votes

Accept anybody's money and just say he changed his mind (like Hillary apparently did on Iran)

0 votes

Keep doing what he's doing, it's working just fine and the faithful will stay with him

9 votes

Put out a detailed record of everyone who's given him money for this election, what company they work for, what position they held, who they're married to, etc.

1 vote

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Mightier than the Sword

Action Alert: Fix the damn bill

Is she really a fighter?

not "vetting," but "research"

Chris Matthews and Co. just don't get it... and a sad Hillary revelation...

OF COURSE he has people raising money for him who are lawyers...