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>No you can’t

Posted on 7 November, 2008 by jb

> ..expect a tax cut for 95% of the population, an overhaul of the health system and a migration to clean energy any time soon. If ever. But I’m still pretty pleased that Barack Obama’s at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and … Continue reading →

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>"It is now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury"

Posted on 4 November, 2008 by jb

> A spin merchant working for Tony Blair’s Labour UK government wrote this memo at 2.55pm on September 11 2001, when millions of people were transfixed by the terrible television images of the terrorist attack. Something similar’s going on over … Continue reading →

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>"This guy is the dream candidate…"

Posted on 10 October, 2008 by jb

> “The Economist” first picked up on Barack Obama in their March 11 2004 issue, followed closely by an article in July of the same year. “THE Clintons wanted their pictures taken with him. His backers include George Soros, Michael … Continue reading →

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>Why am I writing this?

Posted on 5 September, 2008 by jb

> First, I have long believed in the importance of being an informed voter. I am a voter registrar. For 10 years I put on student voting programs in the schools. If you google my name, you will find references … Continue reading →

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>Kurt fiddles while Berlin burns….

Posted on 6 July, 2008 by jb

> When your approval rating is only 10%, isn’t it really time to go? Kurt? Hallo? Kurt Beck is Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate and Chairman of the SPD, the socialist partner in the grand coalition at national level. In the … Continue reading →

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>And the number is……

Posted on 10 January, 2008 by jb

>.. 8000. About half a million folks voted in the New Hampshire primaries. The margin between Clinton and Obama was 2 percentage points. 8000 votes. Out of 287,000 In mediaspeak, this is an “amazing comeback” The margin between McCain and … Continue reading →

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>Hillary

Posted on 9 January, 2008 by jb

>I have difficulty understanding how 2 absolutely non-representative and demographically diametrically opposed states (and has heard anyone mention “sample size” recently ..?) can have such leverage in the primaries. I also have difficulty understanding the headlines – both in the … Continue reading →

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>How to lose an election….

Posted on 9 August, 2005 by jb

>Take an enormously unpopular government, a nation with a proven desire for change and a seemingly unbeatable lead in the polls……..and then lose the election. And this is exactly what Angela Merkel is about to do in the upcoming German … Continue reading →

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