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  • Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney?

    Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney?

    Posted on January 11, 2012 | No Comments
    “Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney?” Newt Gringrich responded with this provocative question after Mitt Romney stated his life’s passions: his family, his faith and his country. His statement might have been a plea to end Romney’s periodic mention of religion,...

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  • Campaigning On Mediocrity

    Campaigning On Mediocrity

    Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
    “It’s time that normal Joe Six-Pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency,” said Sarah Palin, as she campaigned to be Vice President under John McCain. Palin’s appeal to the “average American” did not win in 2008, but the strategy has certainly...

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  • Masses Criticize Obama’s Health Care Reform

    Masses Criticize Obama’s Health Care Reform

    Posted on November 3, 2011 | 2 Comments
    “On my first day in office, I will issue an executive order which directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide a waiver from Obama Care to all 50 states – That law is bad, it’s unconstitutional and it shall not stand!” Presidential...

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  • Alice Down

    Cain’s Rising Popularity: Not on Point

    Posted on October 31, 2011 | No Comments
    Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s popularity has been rising recently. Polls show him at the heels of the opposing Republican front-runner, Mitt Romney. What would compel our Republican friends to suddenly support Cain’s campaign? Cain can credit his growing popularity to his ability to fire...

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  • Politics on Point Intro

    Politics on Point Intro

    Posted on September 23, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Hello Future readers, I, Audrey Irvine-Broque, am the proud daughter of a radical Quaker pacifist, and a Bay Area Democrat. Despite my parents upholding their strong political views (my father has been arrested numerous times for civil protesting, including one landmark case, the Winooski 44...

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