In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin was a nobody. However, within a few years he created a political firestorm that would impact every aspect of the federal government. How you may ask—by manipulating the print media. ...
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Dilma Rousseff x José Serra The first debate took place last night, candidates to the highest government post in Brazil were given the opportunity to show the public what their proposal for the...
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Thanks to an erroneous ruling by the US Supreme Court and by deficiencies in US election laws by the US Congress, the American public can watch the corruption of “their” democracy by special interests. Keep going in this direction and American voters will have every right...
October 3, 2010. Today is election day in Brazil. About 137 million Brazilians are right now voting. The pulls started at 8 am and will finish at 5 pm. Check in the video what it is like to go voting in...
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“Republicans not serious” – Obama The President is taking the fight to the front yard of Republican opposition. Eric Cantor is loyal to his wealthy supporters, and the last thing he and other Republicans will do is back away from supporting the continuation of tax...
Bombs bursting and in the spirit of the Tea Party movement (meaning not necessarily in favor of the sitting President), Afghans roared to the polls to vote for Parliament representatives. Their showing up to vote under these circumstances is indicative that they want to take...
I am sparing the details, though you may look them up. At this point, Democrats will lose the House according to the polls. This can change, but what would it take? It is all about jobs. If the economy and jobs...
Back in high school I ran for vice-president. It was a grand affair - posters, buttons, giveaways, debates, hallway commercials, polling-station goons, the whole shebang. Leaving aside the rather...
According to the report by Karne Tumulty and Paul Kane, Washington Post, John Boehner wants to put out a new Republican agenda while many in his party want none of it. They don’t want to run on substance that...
“I am the greatest. I am king of the world.” Remember those words, “I am the greatest. I am king of the world,” spoken by another man with an Muslim name, Muhammad Ali. Obama did not proclaim him king,...
The NAACP, this week, went on national media denouncing members of the Tea Party as racist. The NAACP would not allow news groups to record their resolution vote making their statement official. The NAACP would only...
If you voted for or against Obama based on race, that was racial preferencing wasn’t it? Race has no bearing on the effectiveness of a candidate and is an irrelevant factor isn’t it? Well, you probably can’t...
Don’t expect miracles from the American electorate, “We the People,” because we are not too sharp ourselves. We’re average and always have been. That is the American way. Our average improves with...