The King of Corruption, the Sultan of Sleaze, the Doge of Dirt, disgraced congressman Tom DeLay has weighed in on the election by calling Obama a radical Marxist.

The basis of this claim is that Obama will allow Bush’s tax breaks for the rich to expire. Those were the tax reductions for the wealthiest of the wealthy,...
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While subprime lending precipitated the latest financial meltdown, credit default swaps drove us over the cliff. Greedy and unscrupulous lenders are easy to blame, and rightfully so, but pinstripe suits are in fact minor players in the crisis. The proximate villains are government deregulators working in conjunction with commercial...
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The latest polls show that 27% of Americans believe that George W. Bush is doing a good job. Sure, that means that an unprecedented 73% have concluded that Bush is a failure, but that is no mystery. A trillion dollar war illegally initiated and incompetently executed would discourage most. For those wavering, Bush offered an impressive...
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In a final act of sabotage, the Bush Administration is working furiously to undermine the Endangered Species Act. Officials are frantic with the idea that McCain will not prevail in November. In a reaction of collective panic as the election draws near, Bush and a compliant McCain are proposing the most significant changes to...
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Governor Palin is a tsunami of environmental destruction, a direct consequence of her warped religious view of the world. Palin subscribes to the notion that God put resources here on Earth for man’s exploitation, as described in Genesis. She believes God is not only on her side, but supports her specific environmental and...
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At a campaign rally last week, Obama said, “My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” He made the comment in the face of massive corruption and greed on Wall...
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The last crumbling stones supporting the weakened wall separating Church and State have tumbled to ground. The Bush Administration no longer even pretends to honor the primary founding principle of our country. Religion has dominated Bush’s domestic and foreign policies from the start, but now Christianity has become a functioning...
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Apple pie, our majestic flag, and endless fields of grain were symbols of a proud America for more than two centuries during which the United States became a beacon of hope for much of the world. Yet in just eight years since the disastrous election of George W. Bush, the image of our nation has become much less benign and our...
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The Electoral College map has become an insurmountable pallet of blue for McCain and his moose-dressing running mate. The impending loss has brought out the worst in both. People with character can lose gracefully, and with magnanimous charm. Hillary Clinton is a shining example of class and grace in her loss to Obama. McCain...
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Some presidential elections are decided at incongruous moments. George Bush senior lost the election the instant he glanced at his watch during the 1992 debate with Bill Clinton and Ross Perot. In that one brief act of bored impatience, Bush revealed his disdain for the election, and therefore for his audience. That one act reinforced...
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