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Posts Tagged ‘GOP’

Safety in “Big Daddy’s” Shadow?

By Dan Tow • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I couldn’t resist a few remarks on my impressions of the recent American nominating convention for the Republican Party, nominating John McCain for their candidate. I’ll be relatively brief, for a change. American presidential nominating conventions have changed over my lifetime. In the 1960s and earlier, these conventions were news-making, business-like affairs, where important party [...]



Approach of an Ideal Parliamentarian

By Salman Mugsi • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Irrespective of the party affiliation and the vested interests, a typical parliamentarian must strive his or her best to achieve the following objectives while present in the house. He must make sure that:

Government should treat everyone fairly.
Hard work should be rewarded.
Government should stay out of people’s private lives.
Government should keep it’s promises.
He should leave Pakistanis [...]