Jack Yan on Vox

Obama more “exciting” than McCain—and why this matters

2008-07-18T23:44:41Z

This is no surprise given the promotions that Sen. Obama has been getting in the media: ‘Obama elicits more excitement than McCain’, according to USA Today. I want to be the voice of reason but 21 years in communications tell me that this is im...

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Rebranding the Alliance

2008-05-08T11:45:22Z

[Cross-posted] This has been ofﬁcial for a while (or so I think—not that I ever heard what the Electoral Commission thought, but I did see it on its website). However, I wanted the party to approve the news ﬁrst before sharing it with you all. T...

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David Horowitz on the reasons for the Iraq War

2008-05-08T06:38:19Z

Whether you support the war in Iraq or you don’t—and here in New Zealand we have the luxury to criticize the United States—David Horowitz’s recollection (video found originally on Humbled Infidel’s blog) of why the US went in certainly correlates ...

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How to restore faith in American politics

2008-03-28T23:16:01Z

American Infidel posted an excellent piece from Cross Action News on how the US political system has been compromised, by Carl Parnell. Some excerpts: However, as seen in these different opinions, politicians have been blamed for the failure o...

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John McCain: thankful for his service

2008-03-26T02:00:48Z

I am not Sen. John McCain’s biggest cheerleader by any means—heck, I even made fun of him on national television—but there are aspects of his life where you think, ‘Man, this guy has served his country.’ And when I say ‘served his country,’ I don...

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Mike Huckabee is right to be proud of his Christian faith

2007-12-24T03:03:31Z

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential nominee hopeful Mike Huckabee released a 30 sec ad in the US talking about Jesus Christ, which appears to have got some Americans upset. The Murdoch Press quotes from the commercial: ‘Are you...

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QotD: honours and scandals

2007-10-09T13:26:33Z

Despite the scandal of his recent arrest, Sen. Larry Craig is being inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame. Should his legal troubles have any impact on the award? Here’s what we know overseas about Sen. Craig. We know he got nabbed doing a George...

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Are the Democrats ﬂip-ﬂopping over Iraq again?

2007-09-29T00:54:33Z

If I was an American and part of the anti-war movement, I would be pretty pissed and wonder who the heck would actually get the boys and girls home from Iraq. These are excerpts from the latest Democratic telecast or debate, from what I understan...

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Fred Dalton Thompson doesn’t have much hair

2007-03-12T22:18:29Z

When I think about my career with fingers in different pies, it’s not that unusual. Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson of Tennessee, whom Americans will know from Law & Order and whom most of us foreigners know from Die Hard 2, could hold down representin...

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Watching Gerald Ford’s funeral Down Under

2007-02-04T11:07:05Z

I didn’t blog about this at the time, though I intended to. Above are screen shots of an Associated Press video on President Ford’s coffin arriving in Washington, DC. As you can see, it was a bloody pain to watch. I know there are liberal jou...

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