Arkady's Thoughts

This seems to be the most popular question these days and with Joe Biden banning TV stations from asking tough questions - Americans are interested in the latest hype. Some distinctly remember how the word 'liberal' sank Dukakis, democrats also remember! Right now they call themselves progressives, because it sounds better. Make no mistake, progressive and liberal is the exact same thing. They might not advocate outright corporate ownership as that would imply communism more than anything, but they do want to spread your wealth around and grow our already bloated government. How Obama can deny that he is proposing wealth distribution when HE himself said to the now famous Joe the Plumber that we should "spread the wealth around". How stupid does the think we are? Still, there are more sinister ties to Mr. Obama. His New Party endorsement that he asked for is a direct relationship to Marxists and communists. His relationship to William Ayers is interesting in mo...

In this election season there has been a surge in participation, from youth to minorities to those who never cared to vote. With this surge comes a natural desire to learn and gather information - not for everyone, but for many. Interestingly enough the choice of information even in this great country of ours is not as vast as one would think. The media is split and traditional journalism is lost somewhere in the fray. From a casual observer's standpoint I see two major TV networks; CNN and Fox News. Ignoring for now local papers and internet, let us assume that most Americans get their news information from the aforementioned sources. Both conservatives and liberals however, vehemently accuse both networks of extreme bias. Those in the middle have to choose which source is the legitimate source for their political and daily needs. I am noticing that CNN emerges as the status quo of the neutral. That assesment not withstanding it's consequence immediately shuts the door...

The way I see it. Spread the wealth around definitely sounds bad, Obama had little to say there. McCain should have used the words "socialism" and "liberal". Obama looked bad, but it could have been worse had McCain gone for the kill. Obama 0 McCain 1 Spending cuts was more of the same crap and I doubt Americans much care about the details put forth by the candidates. Obama gets the point for eloquence and for wisely bringing up Bush. Oof. Although I did enjoy "if you wanted to run against Bush, you should have run 4 years ago". cute. Why can't McCain just say "Obama you voted with your party 97% of the time". So much simpler. ugh. Obama 2 McCain 1 The question that Bob posed about nasty ads, was an absolutely perfect setup. PERFECT. After 5 minutes of useless back and forth, McCain finally went for it. Put Obama on the defensive! Excellent work John! Took some courage, but it is about freakin' time. Obama spun it as he...