Congratulations on your re-election, President Barack Obama! I’m inspired, and extremely thrilled to see that the idea of equality of opportunity won in the United States. Barack Obama, and his team, have done so much to improve the land to the south. Even more, he’s been an inspired and inspirational
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A Little Shame on the Globe and Mail: Much Shame on Jill Mahoney
Well that is that. Still there is some unfinished business left. Jill Mahoney typed out one of those credible enough on the surface columns for the Globe that Failed titled: Is U.S. polling guru Nate Silver going to have egg … Continue reading →
Trashy's World: What was really an earthquake not far from Ottawa…
… Was first mistaken by me to be the thundering feet of millions of Americans heading to Ottawa en masse in the event of a Romney win tonight. I suspected the border guards were overridden! But no, it was just an earthquake. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, O…
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For what it’s worth… (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
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(4) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: One more day..
..until we all stop talking about (or at least see it greatly reduced in convos) American politics for at least two years (the Congressional midterms come up then). An interesting election campaign to watch. National polls are close or tied – though they’ve trended back towards Obama.. and he holds
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Unscripted. Cares. Warm. Praised by GOP Governor Christie. Firm leadership. Sincere. Words written around this pic today. First time a hurricane has propelled a President back into office, I reckon. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: GOP and Rape – Devaluing Women Since the 90′s
If you are a woman how do you vote Republican with stuff like this going on in the party? Just sayn’. Found this on The Dancing Professor, go there for a fantastic read/rant as well. Filed under: Politics Tagged: American Politics, Feminism, Rape, Republican War on Women
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Obama, Romney, and the Electoral College
2008 Electoral College With opinion polls ahead of next week’s election showing the two candidates for President approximately tied, but giving Barack Obama a slight edge in the Electoral College, there now exists the real possibility that the latter could be reelected despite losing the popular vote. In other words,
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: New polls show Obama has the momentum
IF you’re a supporter of President Obama and want him re-elected, these new polling numbers will make you smile. Markos over at Daily Kos is clearly pleased, and he should be, as will a lot of Democrat supporters: Quinnipiac University, on behalf of CBS and the NY Times, stuck a
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: We’ve found the only sane Republican in 2012
Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey praises Obama and his leadership for assisting New Jersey with the aftermath of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy (which means of course he’ll be automatically disqualified from running for President in 2016 by the frothing tea party wing): Even better, he went on Fox News and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Moyers & Company – Plutocracy Rising
“Across America, this divide between the superrich and everyone else has become a yawning chasm and studies indicate it may stifle jobs and growth for years to come. At no time in modern history has the top one hundredth of one percent owned more of our wealth or paid so
Continue readingTrashy's World: Yes, there are wackos on the left as well as the right, but…
… those on the right sure as hell seem to be coming out of the woodwork more often these days. We in Canada have the pride of Saskatchewan, Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott who thinks that rewarding and praising women who are clearly part of the lunatic fringe and even more
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Dalton decides against running; Obama shows Romney foreign affairs isn’t about playing Battleship
As you know by now, Dalton Mcguinty has declared he won’t be running for the federal Liberal leadership. I’ve said previous to this that I didn’t think he would be able to beat Harper, particularly in Ontario, where his reputation wouldn’t be the best. Perhaps Dalton figured this out too,
Continue readingTrashy's World: Women are hiding somewhere in there!
You just can’t see them. But I bet that Mitt can! (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: On Polarization in America
Tea Party protest Every four years, the American airwaves are saturated with pundits claiming that the upcoming Presidential election is the most important in the nation’s history. Partisans — both official and unofficial — paint dire pictures of apocalyptic disaster should the wrong candidate be voted in. Ever-escalating stakes seem
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Random Friday musings
– I wished Dalton Mcguinty well a few days ago, but the reason (or one of the reasons) I soured on him and hte Ontario Liberals is they seemed to try to copy a lot of what Harper and the Federal Conservatives were doing – from the same slogans, to
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: The Three Obamas
One of the most fascinating things about the race for the Presidency currently underway down south is the dearth of enthusiasm shown Obama and Romney by their respective supporters. Nobody is excited about their guy; rather, what motivates them is how horrible the other guy is. Perhaps I am deceived
Continue readingMadLibMadLib: Jim Lehrer, He’s Such a Nice Guy
Seen on Facebook: It wasn’t Lehrer’s fault, aside from not keeping the segments to 15 minutes. The rules were set by the Commission on Presidential Debates and he was (very nearly) following them. He clearly stated that following the initial two-minute answer there would be a back-and-forth between the candidates
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: A US election prediction
Hardly going on a limb here, I don’t think.. but let me just say that unless something drastic happens (i.e Obama somehow does a disastrous debate or 2), I think Obama is cruising to re-election. He may not win the national popular vote by much, and he may not win
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