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Orson Scott Card: Why I’m Voting for McCain After All

We don’t need a president who hasn’t the courage to admit that his previous policy failed and openly change his mind — the way President Bush did when he determined to change strategy and execute the surge.
We saw your true colors when you sneered at white middle-class voters who cling to guns and religion because [...]

Another Letter to a Reader’s Representative

This one to the LA Times:
Dear Ms Gold —
I’m sure you’re more than aware of the controversy over the tape of the Rashid Khalidi going-away party.  I have to say, given the willingness of the LA Times to release tapes about Governor Schwarzenegger during the campaign, and its willingness to reveal classified programs even over [...]

Post Turtle

Picked this up from a WaPo comment; I remember my grandfather telling me this same story long ago.
While suturing a cut on the hand of a Texas Rancher whose hand had been caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.
Eventually, the topic got around to Obama [...]

Doing My Patriotic Duty

I can’t say it better than David Bernstein did, so I’m just reproducing his post:
As co-blogger Jonathan reports below, the Obama campaign has sicced its lawyers on t.v. stations that might air a well-sourced NRA advertisement that correctly points out Obama’s longstanding anti-gun record. The proper response to such attempts to infringe on the First [...]

Palin Rumors

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    2008 Republican Ticket

    Stolen bodily from Nick Douglas.