election 2008

The constitution says that the President-elect becomes President — oath or no oath — at 12 noon. And what was happening at 12 noon? Yo Yo Ma was playing Cello along with other musicians.

Like the old Virginia Slims ad that said — though, for the wrong reasons — “You have come a long way baby”, we have come a long way in electing Barack Obama as President. But as the events of the last couple of weeks illustrate, we have a long way to go. Excerpts from the … Read more

When asked about the functions of a Vice President, Palin gave an incorrect reply which means she doesn’t fully understand the differences between the executive and legislative branches. A vice president has a really great job because not only are they there to support the president’s agenda, they’re there like the team member, the teammate … Read more

8 years ago, Lieberman was the Vice Presidential nominee of the Democratic party. If not for some hanging chads and interference by the Supreme Court, he would have become the Vice President. Then he became an Independent. Lieberman has become close to McCain in ideology that the latter was ready to pick him as his … Read more

Hillary made 18 million cracks in the presidential glass ceiling but lost as more cracks were made on the presidential black ceiling. Obama didn’t give Hillary a chance to crack open at least the vice-presidential glass ceiling but McCain was gracious enough to do so, hoping that a large chunk of the 18 million Hillary … Read more

Like many others, I was shocked to hear Hillary Clinton mention RFK’s assasination when asked why she is still in the race. I don’t think such a remark can be justified: it is beyond spin repair. This will come to hurt and haunt her. In my opinion, any chance of a VP slot is gone. … Read more

I don’t think McCain can last 2 terms as this is a high stress job. If he becomes president, he will be the oldest at 72. I was surprised to find out that McCain himself has said that he might not seek reelection: If I said I was running for eight years, I’m not sure … Read more

Hillary states that since 1916, no Democrat has won the presidenial nomination without winning West Virginia. Imagine, if McCain says when campaigning against Obama or Clintion, “No black man has ever won the Presidency!” or “No woman has ever been elected President of USA!”. Ofcourse, he won’t say that. Just focus on the issues and … Read more

I used to like McCain: war veteran and POW; has actual combat experience unlike Bush, Cheney who sent other people to war — and to their deaths. 8 years ago, I wish McCain was the nominee and even the president. But not after reading McCain’s recent comments. An excerpt from the nytimes article: In the … Read more