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Can John Edwards save his political career? (7 quotes)

No, Americans are unconcerned

I doubt that rehabilitation is in the cards...He failed at two attempts to run for President even without the Rielle Hunter scandal dogging him...Other than the freak-show vibe coming from his public appearance in Bloomington...no one really cares about Edwards. You can’t rehabilitate apathy. Read the Article

Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 12th, 2008

Does Sen. Obama want to bankrupt the coal industry? (5 quotes)

Yes, he is clearly anti-coal

Obama already called for a 15% reduction in demand for electricity — at the same time he and his allies want transportation to switch from gasoline to electricity...How does one switch tens of millions of vehicles from gasoline to electricity while not Increasing demand, let alone by cutting it 15%? Read the Article

Quoted by johncapello on Nov. 2nd, 2008

Which candidate has the most problematic past association -- McCain or Obama? (9 quotes)

General Comments

Obama...has never fought anyone for reform, and the use of John Glenn as a surrogate makes Team Obama especially hypocritical in raising the Keating scandal...Like so much of Obama’s reform rhetoric, his faux outrage over the Keating 5 scandal shows him as nothing more than a poseur Read the Article

Quoted by johncapello on Oct. 6th, 2008

Does the payment of federal income taxes express patriotism? (11 quotes)

General Comments

America’s economic woes have nothing to do with taxes...Most Americans look at their tax bite and figure they’re patriotic enough. They’d prefer electing people who start acting responsibly with their money, rather than demand even more from them to prove their patriotism. Read the Article

Quoted by brownlu on Sept. 19th, 2008

Lipstick on a pig: insult to Palin or folksy remark about McCain's rhetoric? (23 quotes)

Obama insulted Palin with a sexist/snobb

Given that Palin had very publicly made the lipstick/pit bull joke during her widely-seen acceptance speech, it certainly seems that Obama intended to reference both Palin and McCain respectively in this sequence, with Palin being the pig and McCain the “old fish” wrapped in change. Read the Article

Quoted by johncapello on Sept. 10th, 2008

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