The campaign staff for Senator John S. McCain has released another attack ad against his opponent, Senator Barack Obama. This repeats the charges that Obama consorts, or has consorted, with Bill Ayers, a former Weather Underground member (and, therefore, a terrorist)

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Governor Palin

Going against the best advice I could give, John McCain placed a political neophyte, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, as his candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States.

I heard those words in my long-past youth: “It’s America, where anyone can grow up to be President!” Or Vice President. Of course, the other expectation was that we had the opportunity learn, grow and mature to the point where we might be qualified to hold high office in government. So, many asked whether a person who served as the mayor of a suburb of 8,000 souls and has been governor of a state for some 20 months has the background in national and international affairs to step into the Oval Office if, God forbid, that becomes necessary.

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There’s a lot of speculation concerning John McCain’s choice for his Vice Presidential candidate. Along with this, there are all sorts of people who, if they could, would eagerly make that selection for him. It is no secret, after all, that many so-called conservative Republicans are confounded by John McCain’s lack of conservative credentials.

loooooong sigh…

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When I look at the Democratic Party and its nominee for President, Senator Barack Obama, I really am in a quandary regarding the potential nominee for VP. So, let’s look at the names proffered by others far more experienced in punditry than I.

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