When I attended the Iowa State Republican Convention, one thing that I found odd was the district level meetings that were held on Friday night to select district delegates and alternates to the National Convention, electors to go to Washington if our candidate for President wins in Iowa, and representatives to the State Nominating Committee [...]
No, I’m not talking about a television series, nor an idea for a Super-bowl commercial. I’m talking about Democrats.
Part of me is happy to see that party tearing itself apart, and not for idealogical reasons, but just your basic greedy, power-starved selfish evilness.
On the other hand, it’s painful to watch.
Still unhappy with the current [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:37 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Chet Culver, Democratic Party, Des Moines Register, Eliot Spitzer, Hillary Clinton, Iowa General Assembly, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Labor Unions, Rudy Giuliani
This had been a disconcerting election year so far, and certainly we still have a long road ahead, but the state of the Democratic Party, and the latest Gallup Poll, are giving me reason to smile today.
Democrats really don’t know what they want any longer. They’ve found themselves stuck with either a chronic liar, or [...]
I’m just a bit annoyed and disappointed this morning. I’ve been plugging around the blog-s-phere hoping to see some good solid belly-aching about what Clinton is trying to get away with, and all I’m finding (probably 95% — of the comments, not the blog articles) is discussion about how maybe we should take a look [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Friday, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:20 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Bill Clinton, Constitution, Democratic Party, Florida Primary, Hillary Clinton, Integrity, Michigan Primary, US Politics
Here’s what you do. Have a contest where everyone buys a lottery ticket and then you have one chosen from all the tickets, and the ticket purchaser gets a big prize! That’s great right? Now here’s a cool idea, tell everyone that the contest is canceled, but you go ahead and buy [...]