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09.17.08

New Obama Ad: “Plan for Change”

Posted in Current Events, Economics, Politics, war at 9:56 am by madcap

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08.31.08

Stuart Shephard’s Prayers Answered with 115 mph of Irony

Posted in Current Events, Politics, Rants, Religion, Uncategorized, war at 12:41 pm by madcap

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Earlier this month, Stuart Shephard, director of digital media at Focus on the Family made a video in which he advocated praying for a torrential downpour to interrupt Barack Obama’s open-air acceptance speech at Denver’s INVESCO Field during the Democratic Convention this past Thursday:


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07.28.08

Oh No He Didn’t!

Posted in Current Events, Politics, war at 11:07 pm by madcap

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Summary: McCain gets set straight by another veteran on his “perfect voting record” from groups “like the VFW”.
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07.24.08

McCain’s Confusion On Iraq

Posted in Current Events, Politics, war at 7:04 pm by madcap

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Steve Chapman has written a great column entitled “McCain’s Confusion On Iraq” which not only deconstructs some of the McCain campaign’s latest critiques of Barack Obama’s position on the Iraq, but also points out how the so-called success of the “surge” isn’t all its cracked up to be:

The troop escalation has not been the complete failure Obama suggested it would be, but it has fallen far short of the triumph claimed by Republicans. The level of violence, though down from the very worst months of the war, remains at levels comparable to 2005 — which were considered awful at the time.
Chicago Tribune- McCain’s Confusion On Iraq


07.18.08

McCain:

Posted in Current Events, Politics, war at 10:50 pm by madcap

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Apparently McCain’s new strategy in Iraq is to redefine success. Success now means an increase in the occurrence in terror attacks. w00t!

John McCain said Friday he expects the presidential election this fall will increase the occurrence of “spectacular” terror attempts in Iraq.

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The comments come a day after the Arizona senator appeared to make a rhetorical shift in how he described conditions the war-torn country, telling reporters aboard his campaign bus that “we have succeeded in Iraq.”

“I repeat my statement that we have succeeded in Iraq. Not ‘We are succeeding.’ We have succeeded in Iraq,” he said Thursday.
CNN Political Ticker: McCain predicts


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