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Should there be a rule?

A law per se.  Should elected officials running for re-election or, in this particular case, for higher office be required to meet certain benchmarks – I really wanted to use timetables as I am thinking of John McCain but I will refrain – of their current office? I realize that every elected official will miss… Continue reading Should there be a rule?

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The Race Question

Yesterday morning, I was having an online chat with my mother.  I was discussing a CNN reporter who was interviewing African-American voters in Harlem, NY as they came out of the polling location. My mother insisted they would all vote for Hillary Clinton.  She stated Bill Clinton’s office being in Harlem as one factor.  She… Continue reading The Race Question

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Scary Prospects

Let me start by saying, if I had to vote right now for one of the four GOP candidates still in the process, I would vote for Mike Huckabee.  That being said, I think he needs to get out of the race. Number one, Huckabee doesn’t have the deep pockets that are going to be… Continue reading Scary Prospects

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The Morning After

Usually when you hear the words “morning after,” you think hangover.  I guess that is what US politics has after a day like yesterday. Super Tuesday was – in the eyes of those in charge – suppose to help both parties but mostly the democratic party know definitively who the nominee was going to be. … Continue reading The Morning After

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Voting Irregularities

Okay, I have voiced my concerns about the fact that downstate NY – NYC and the surrounding counties – have six more hours than upstate NY to vote.  This may have been the way it has always been but that does not make it any less wrong. Now, the story about my mother and step-father’s… Continue reading Voting Irregularities

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What is Up in NY State?

I will admit, if I had paid attention to local news today, this would probably have not been an issue I found worthy of time putting to publication.  Unfortunately, I didn’t and I am rather annoyed. The weather here in the Southern Tier of NY is ugly.  We have had ice storms as recent as… Continue reading What is Up in NY State?

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Politics is getting to me

I want to know if there is a number to call or a web site to go to to get my name off the auto callers that political candidates use.  Three times yesterday this Virginia area code came up on my caller ID.  Three times, I told the kids to let it go to the… Continue reading Politics is getting to me