Downwardly: crooked loans officer loses own house

Now this downwardly story has a sweet sense of justice about it. A mortgage loans officer from Waterford, Conn., was just convicted of defrauding over 200 borrowers. He's now downwardly too:"Jose M. Guzman, a former...

Downwardly: Olivia, Bill, Joe and Tammy

Good on Salon.com - they're profiling people who are caught up with the deep financial slide.  In this article meet Olivia, once an accountant, now trying to support her kids on fewer working hours as the...

McCain-Palin's 'Fellow Traveler' Insinuations: What If U.S. Security Forces A...

• A pre-election civics lesson needed to avert a constitutional crisis? GET POLITICAL W/ VIC LIVINGSTONThe latest McCain-Palin TV web commercial, a follow-up to the first TV ad linking Barack Obama to former Weather Underground founder and convicted bomber William...

Arroyo faces fourth impeachment bid

After dismissing three impeachment attempts, the incumbent president of Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is to face a fourth one. This time, the opposition impeachment bid is based on allegations of...

McCain Considering Conceding Election Soon?

In highly secret discussions John McCain is seeking feedback on the bold, historically unique idea of conceding the presidential election BEFORE Election Day!   Here are the main discussion points framing the...

Worst Case Scenario for John McCain and Sarah Palin

Since John McCain announced Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate, the media around the world has been trying to pick her apart. And, she has erroneously muffled on several key issues, such as her Russian foreign experience being based on the fact that Alaska...

Proverb: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder to Influence Outcome of Preside...

Unless you have been living under a rock your whole life, you have heard the expression, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  This proverb is relevant to the 2008 Presidential Election more so than any...

Enough Presidential Politics for Me! by Mary Neal

Fellow NowPublic authors, I want you to know that I have decided not to write any more political articles or post any more statements to articles about the upcoming election, although they get so many hits!  My...

NY Times Fillets Sarah Barracuda. Now Will Obama Bite Back? - GET POLITICAL ...

• Barack should listen to Biden and call up Hillary as replacement VP The New York Times, in a Sunday front page story, is doing the vetting on Sarah Palin that John McCain either did not do, or did not care to do -- and that the rest of the mainstream media seems fearful...

TV Networks Spin Doll Playing into Presidential Race Coverage

Vague: TV Networks Spin Doll Playing into Presidential Race Coverage What's put a smile on the face of TV's grumpiest man? Must-see TV  and the premiere of SNL.   Obama to Appear On SNL Season Premiere.  Saturday Night Live still casting for a Palin ...

Obama: Rip McCain on His 'Reckless' Palin Pick - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON

  • Too late to hope for a Palin implosion?  • How About a "Hail Hillary" fourth-quarter VP lateral? Media-spawned stereotypes -- the good-lookin' tough gal with an acid tongue and a heart of gold, for example -- die hard. Last night's Sarah Palin interview...

The Palin VP Paradox: A Pawn In a Geopolitical Game? - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC L...

• Still no convincing reason why McCain picked someone so untested• Did he choose her it because he felt he had to?Could John McCain's odd GOP convention adventure of the past week be subtitled, "The politics of induced schizophrenia?"He headed to the twin cities after a...

PALIN UNLEASHED: Can Obama Tame the Cougar? - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON

• Obama can't let gender issues disarm him • Worst possible outcome: Barack beat up by someone named "Sarah" The Dems have wisely held back their fire since the Alaskan moosehunter Sarah Palin sashayed into town....

Striving to Attain the Dream

I was a few weeks shy of my 10th birthday the day Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial before an estimated crowd of 200,000...

PALIN VP SHOCKER: Will Scorned 'Hillarians' Turn To Hot GOP Mamma? GET...

• "Hell Hath No Fury..." but don't the issues matter more? • Is experience now optional in presidential politics? To all those who deride McCain's VP pick of inexperienced short-term female Alaska governor Sarah Palin as handing the election to Barack Obama: The joke...

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