The Political Inquirer

This graph- and this discussion- says it all:

It demonstrates that the average American- through personal decisions they have made- has continued to grow the amount of non-housing related debt they have taken on. I began increasing exponentially over the past decade since the bust of the dot com boom (where false income paid for large [...]

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The GOP has an advantage here in picking last and can adjust to what Obama does.
Personally, I think Hillary is a non-starter here: the campaign has been too nasty, Barack doesn’t want the dynamic duo’s negatives, and I think I can conVince you that Michelle Obama Fosters serious reservations obout Hillary being one heartbeat away [...]

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OK: campaigning is tiring work. But letting your brain either die completely like this either in math or basic civics does not speak well for his endurance as POTUS:

I’m not sure that this guy is right that this just reflects how Chicago politicians routinely count votes.
Just assume it’s brain flatulence from exhaustion, the most optimistic [...]

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With Barack’s crushing win in North Carolina and Hillary’s narrow escape in Indiana, the nomination is decided.  The super delegates will start publicly flocking to Barack to gain favor, no longer fearing (overmuch) her political power.  I won’t be suprised if enough do it to put him over the top before he is embarrasingly beaten like [...]

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After the descriptions of ‘the real struggles of the Average American’ and the not-so-average American, it’s time to end the trilogy by bringing into consideration on ‘non-American averages’ 
Here are three real stories of pretty average non-Americans, though unusual in that they start out somewhat below-average and move to somewhat above average.  Through them, hopefully one will learn [...]

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This posting is to present the counter point to Reading’s well-presented posting in opposition to the death penalty.  Once again, I contend that the way the world actually is conflicts heavily with the way we wish the world was.
no person has any right to take any life 
Excuse me; I do have the right to take [...]

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First, let me say that what happened to Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby is a true tragedy; a great horse having to be put down like that is just awful.
But the comparisons are really spooky.  Eight Bells, the filly that Hillary picked to win, runs an excellent race, but finshes second to Big Brown(??), [...]

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Decrying the price of gas, while the guy behind is putting a half tank of fuel into a borrowed  Ford 250, which damn near qualifies as a military Tank!

AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Want to impress me, Hillary?  Turn to the guy and say: GO OUT AND GET A REASONABLE-SIZED VEHICLE, YOU FLAMING IDIOT!
Try defeating ‘Hope and Change’ with ‘Brutal Honesty’.  [...]

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Now, how could he treat Reading’s favorite ex-Marine like that? 
Sounds like he did a great job, actually.  However, it means one of two things (or both):
1) He’s smoothly bailing for political reasons, possibly in coordination with Rev. Wright.  In which case, he’s just matched the Hildebeast in hypocricy.
2) He really doesn’t know how to judge [...]

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There is probably no one who so often demonstrates just how out of touch with the real world the professional Congresspeople are than Nancy Pelosi:

A bit off there Nancy; kind of like your repeated quotation of a nonexistent Bilbical passage.
Sadlly, if you were give the entire Congress a pop quiz on prices of essentials in their [...]

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These guys need to start their own think tank; they’ve got everyone else beat all hollow (serious content warning and VERY un-PC):

I’ve got my bumper sticker now; you can guess the phrase.
These must be the guys that Obama watches to get his understanding of us ‘bitter clinging’ types.

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But very likely can’t win the General honestly, either.
The problem is not the loss in Pennsylvania; it’s how and where it occurred.  In a more severe repeat of Ohio, he lost badly in the blue collar areas he’ll need to win in November; he even lost in Pittsburg!.  This CNN analysis is bang on.  This is [...]

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