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Posts Tagged ‘McCain’

US Presidential Election ‘08

By Talal Hussain Malik • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

A colloquial proverb goes “Junj praee tey ahmaq nachen”, the same is true of our electronic media’s response to the US Presidential election 2008, refer to the numerous talk shows on every other channel. A prudent mind may question if it would make much difference to us whether Obama wins the election or it is [...]



Just Taxation

By Dan Tow • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In the current American elections, John McCain’s last-gasp attempt at gaining the support of a majority of American voters revolves around trying to make voters believe that Barrack Obama is a Socialist, deep down, because Obama wants to raise taxes for the richest Americans. (Obama’s tax rate on the richest taxpayers would still be lower [...]



New American Voters; Guilty Until Proven Innocent?

By Dan Tow • Oct 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

All three of the debates in the American presidential election are now behind us. This seems like a good time to give some overall impressions of the campaign and of the two candidates, so I will begin with those impressions, then focus on one particular issue that has been badly misrepresented in the more conservative [...]



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 [...]



Why Hillary wont quit

By Tazeen Javed • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Billary (the Clintons) have always believed that they’re very different than the rest of us. Over their more than 30 years in politics together, they’ve learned one important and consistent lesson: that rules don’t matter. Rules don’t apply to them. Rules are for other people. Rules can be bent, changed, manipulated.
So it’s particularly ironic that [...]



Hillary Clinton makes a comeback.

By MK • Mar 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

News of the primaries in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and RI are pouring in. Voting has been completed in all four states and almost 90% of precincts have reported in the two major states, Ohio and Texas. Hillary Clinton is the projected winner in both states that matter on March 4. Her wins [...]