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HT: Die Schreiben von Schreiber
Chuck Baldwin, a Baptist minister from Florida and radio talk show host, secured the Constitution Party’s entry for President of the United States. To his credit he put out a nice, direct statement of what he would do were he President.
As a matter of principle, I cringe when a pastor/minister/representative [...]

Obama: Casualty of the Social Gospel?
Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Yes, Senator Obama has already-but-not-really apologized for this remark, but let’s run it anyway. From the Huffington Post via Politico:
And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
It [...]

Obama Doesn’t Draw the Military Vote
Monday, March 17th, 2008

AP reports that Barack Obama told military vets that he would not lower the drinking age.
Army veteran Ernest Johnson, 23, of Connecticut, said one of the things that peeved him before he turned 21 was that he couldn’t come home and drink a beer — even though he was old enough to serve in the [...]

Sen. McCain Softens His Bush-41 Pledge
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

The Wall Street Journal published an article Monday about an interview with Sen. McCain.
On taxes, Sen. McCain is walking a fine line between courting keep-taxes-low Republicans while insisting he is the candidate of fiscal discipline. Two weeks ago, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked him on “This Week” if he were a “‘read my lips’ candidate, no [...]

Licking County Reports
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Licking County, Ohio, has reported 100% of all precincts as of 23:12pm Eastern time. I am happy to report that our school income tax and bond issue failed, 39.74 to 60.26 percent.
Hillary Clinton won our district in the Democratic primary, 57.34-40.78-1.87 percent, the remainder going to John Edwards. Ron Paul came in third at just [...]

McCain Makes the Bush-41 Pledge
Monday, February 18th, 2008

Senator McCain pledged not to raise taxes were he elected President, CNSNews.com reports:
“So on taxes, are you a ‘read my lips’ candidate, no new taxes, no matter what,” host George Stephanopoulos asked the Arizona Republican on ABC’s “This Week.”
“No new taxes,” McCain affirmed, before making an argument that taxes ought to be cut if the [...]

I Voted Absentee Again
Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The older daughter and I made the trek up to Newark, so that I could vote absentee in Ohio’s March 4 primary. I like looking for things to teach her when we go do stuff, like teaching her about milk expiration dates while shopping.
The lesson here, obviously, was that we get to show whether we [...]

With Romney Out, Paul Focuses On His District
Saturday, February 9th, 2008

The campaign web site for Congressman Ron Paul released a message yesterday stating that he is shrinking his national campaign, now that most of the contests are over. With Mitt Romney suspending his campaign, the chances that Paul could affect the convention with his delegates are almost nil.
I wish I could say that we had [...]

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