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Kevin Hassett: “Democrats Created the Financial Crisis”

Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics / 3 Comments / 3 minutes of reading

Yesterday director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and Bloomberg News columnist Kevin Hasset reported at Bloomberg.com that Democrats are the ones who created the current financial crisis that we find ourselves in as a nation. According to his commentary, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac “exploded” and injured many bystanders (some fatally). “Take away […]

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Some Comments on Kennedy’s “The Big ‘What If'”

Barack Obama, Campaign, Politics / Leave a Comment / 7 minutes of reading

In the Sunday, September 14, 2008 edition of the Washington Post (Page B01), Randall Kennedy’s “The Big ‘What If’” article was published. Its subtitle, “The hopes of black America ride on his shoulders. But the outcome’s way up in the air.”  When I first read this article I found it interesting yet missing something. After

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Report: Obama Tried to Delay U.S. Troop Withdrawal Agreement

Barack Obama, Iraq, War / 1 Comment / 3 minutes of reading

The New York Post reported today that during his July trip to Baghdad, Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama, while “campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq . . . tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.” This report,

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