The race is on: It’s Open Comment Time!
It’s Sunday — and a stormy one at that. And you’re probably already tired of watching the Indy cars go around and around for 99 laps (I’m from Indiana and long held Indy 500 tickets, so I’m allowed to say that).
So…get ready to partake of our weekly Open Comment Line here at Political Fix.
What’s on your mind? What pols, events or topics are driving you crazy? What have we failed to cover? What facts do we need to know?
Just remember the rules: Local, local, local (that includes a local take on a national matter). Civil, civil, civil. And please keep your comments somewhat concise.
Ladies and gents, start your engines!
The green flag is down!


What’s with Barack wanting to establish relations with Cuba? This guy is too naive to be President.
Rodney Hubbard is polling. I received a call mid week.
Flip. Flop.
McCAIN (2 yrs ago): “They’re [Hamas] the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it’s a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that.”
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“You know, I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception…”
– John McCain 03/07
What’s with McCain opposing a GI Bill that would pay for a college education for our veterans? This guy is too much like Bush to be President.
Like Bill McClellan, I am troubled by these Draconian internet laws:
http://keepstlouisfree.blogspot.com/2008/05/hulshof-law-threatens-freedom.html
Can’t Hulshof also make all bullying in both the workplace and schoolyard a crime and also outlaw sex with children even in fantasy while he is at it? Does government protection have any limits?
It has taken months to get John McCain to do the right thing and renounce what he had previously coveted and pursued-the endorsement of pastor John hagee, a renowned anti-Catholic bigot who has said the Church and Hitler did the Holocaust, that Catholicism is a “false cult system,” the Catholic Chuirch is the “Whore of Babylon,” and the “antichrist.” McCain also renounced Rod Parsley, who ministers to a flock to which he says “Islam is a false creed…the United States was created to destroy Islam!”
Apparently, McCain will run as “pro-life,” and decry the Democrats as “anti-life.” Why hasn’t anyone asked St. Louis’ archbishop what’s up with McCain and Hagee, and tell us why any of America’s 30 million Roman Catholics should even consider voting for McCain? In 2000, McCain stood against such and decried them as “apostles of intolerance.” Now that he’s the presumptive Republican nominee, I guess it’s OK to mix with the religious bigots for votes.
McCain is bad on the war, bad on the death penalty, bad on healthcare for the unborn, infants, the poor, the disabled and elderly, bad on fair wages for working people, doesn’t support a full expansion of the GI Bill for our Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and was against Bush’s tax cuts before he is now for them. How can he be trusted about anything?
Archbishop Raymond Burke, quo vadis?
RECOUNT: I watched it on HBO last night. I was also glued to C-Span in Nov. and Dec. of 2000. The original was much better, you could not have wanted to see better theater and it was live. At least they both got the ending right.
Lisa - I think McCain proposed his own version of the GI bill which of course he supported, but the non-existent PD DC Bureau chose not to report on that so I have no details.
I was wondering why the PD editorial which endorsed Obama, never mentioned that he was a community organizer for ACORN - an organization known for its fraudulent get-out-the vote campaign and now Obama doesn’t want to allow the votes of Florida and Michigan voters to count. I hope I never again here about how the GOP disenfranchises voters - OBama and the Democrat hypocrites are the epitomy of vote disenfranchisers.
Hogan - you are so concerned about McCain’s associations, yet I don’t see you referencing any regarding Obama. And of course we would not expect the PD to report any either such as these two:
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65111
or
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/rezko-witness-leaves-new-questions-about-obama-real-estate-deal-unanswered/
Centrist,
Obama worked as a community organizer, but not for ACORN.