Author: btchakir

As long as we’re talking about lapel pins…

When they brought this lapel pin business up last night as some kind of whether-or-not-you-are-a-patriotic-American sign, Obama was forced to defend himself. But no one mentioned that Hillary wore no flag pin. I went back into...

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If I lived in Pennsylvania…

If I lived in Pennsylvania I would be very upset at how Clinton and McCain were waging their attacks on Obama. I would be awfully unhappy with the pandering that Hillary was doing as she makes herself out to be a...

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Can’t we keep religion out of this?

I was so disappointed last night when both Hillary and Barack participated in what was called a “faith forum” on CNN and both declared that they, as president, would do the “will of god”. The mess that...

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My Day as a Convention Delegate

This afternoon I was a delegate to the Jefferson County, WV, Democratic Convention. That may sound like a big deal, but, in fact, any registered Democrat who shows up after the 2:15 opening of the County Courthouse in Charles...

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18 Deaths since Sunday

Yes, it is getting better in Iraq. But 18 American soldiers died since Sunday. Yes, it is getting better in Iraq, but currently serving soldiers over there can’t get their 15 months reduced to 12 no matter what kind of big...

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