A South Dakota Moderate

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend but depending on who you listen to, the Obama event at the Sioux Falls Arena drew between 5000 to 7000 people. Maybe if Hillary comes to the state 4 or 5 more times she can get those numbers, combined…

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If you want to see the wingnuts in all their splendor, the NRA Convention is always a good place to start and Mike Huckabee didn’t disappoint.
During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — [...]

Silly me, I always thought the purpose of a campaign event was to get as many people as possible to show up. Apparently Hillary Clinton has another idea as her surprise visit to Rapid City this afternoon would attest.
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton made a surprise trip to Rapid City today, making a stop at [...]

This ruling will surely get the religious right going.
The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The case involved a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn a voter- approved law that defines marriage as a union [...]

A day after losing by 40 point in West Virginia, Barack Obama is still making more positive news than Hilary Clinton who still blindly believes that she will be the nominee.
First the powerful abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America threw their support to Barack Obama.
NARAL president Nancy Keenan said in a statement: “Today, we are [...]

Just received in my inbox, details of Barack Obama’s Sioux Falls event this Friday
Please join Barack Obama for a One-Stop Early Vote Rally in Sioux Falls, where he’ll talk about his vision for bringing America together and creating the kind of change we can believe in.
One-Stop Early Vote Rally in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Arena1201 N. [...]

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I guess we all need to make some sort of sacrifice because of the war in Iraq.
US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.
“I [...]

Last night I commented on how Hillary was proclaiming that her West Virginia victory was just more proof that she appeals to the core base that will propel her and not Obama to the White House. The New York Times takes that premise and runs with it and gives us some interesting facts, some [...]

Got this in the email inbox this evening after Hillary’s landslide in West Virginia
After tonight’s tremendous victory here in West Virginia, it’s clear that the pundits declaring this race over have it all wrong. The voters in West Virginia spoke loud and clear — they want this contest to go on.
I’m listening to the [...]

As the fight continues over retooled FISA laws that would give the US Government more power to legally spy on us without warrants and that would give telecommunications companies retroactive immunity for what has already occurred, the LA Times tells us just how much losing some of our civil liberties has helped to this point.
The [...]

Not sure how long this YouTube video will last on line but here is SNL’s Hillary Clinton satirical speech (yes Randell, this is how satire is accomplished) on why she isn’t leaving the race from last night’s show.

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You may or may not have noticed that things here were awful quiet yesterday. For months I have been fighting a very temperamental Microsoft Vista PC that often would not shut down, wouldn’t let me install programs or drivers, and just was a general pain in the a**. All during those months I had been [...]