Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts

Saturday, August 9, 2008

The Case of John McCain and the "Illegitimate Black Baby"


Meghan and Bridget are featured in the above photo . . .

The Nation ran a story in January of 2008 about the "smear" campaign that was orchestrated by George Bush's presidential campaign team during the 2000 election.

Picture it . . . South Carolina, 2000 . . . John McCain has just won the Republican primary in the state of New Hampshire, and was favored to win the upcoming South Carolina primary. Enter, Karl Rove . . . It has been reported that Karl Rove developed and implemented a phone survey that included the question, "Would you be more or less likely to vote for John McCain...if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?" Seriously, folks, this happened. Certainly, the inclusion of this question was not a coincidence as Senator McCain was, at the time, campaigning with his dark-skinned, adopted daughter, Bridget - from Bangladesh. The tactic worked . . . Bush won the primary . . . and the rest is history. Not to say that George Bush wouldn't have one the nomination and the eventual election anyway. . . but, we'll never know. The reason that we will never know is because people were swayed by fiction . . . but more to the point . . . they were swayed by racially charged fiction.

Of note . . . the article goes on to say that Senator McCain has hired Charlie Condon, former state attorney general of South Carolina, to work on his campaign . . . not too interesting . . . until you discover that Mr. Condon worked for the Bush campaign in 2000 and was a part of the aforementioned smear tactic . . . interesting stuff huh . . .

Click the link to read the whole story...

Separation of Church and State: McCain vs. Obama

The separation of church and state is one of many key issues being debated by our presumptive presidential candidates - John McCain and Barack Obama. The following link outlines what each candidate has stated about this issue. Further, the summary brings up a few quotes that each candidate has issued in the past, and compares them to their current stance.

What do you think? Is the separation of church and state a key issue in the current election? If so, how do you think each candidate could use this topic to bolster their campaigns?

Friday, July 18, 2008

Obama & McCain Outline Their Ideas on Education Reform





CNN is reporting that likely Republican nominee, John McCain is outlining his ideas for reform of public education. In the brief article, he discusses the use of "finance vouchers for students in failing schools and merit pay for teachers". I read this blip of an article, and thought it sounded quite familiar. I was somewhat surprised by the shortness of the article. There was not a lot of explanation.






Barack Obama's plan for education reform is a little more clearly defined, and seems to take more of a lifespan (meaning 0-18yrs) approach to education.






I completed a search on google about the topic, and couldn't find a whole lot more explanation. . . it got me thinking . . . education reform is a topic that is often very passionately debated . . . No Child Left Behind, for example, is a program that sparks passion in both its supporters and its detractors . . . Therefore, it made me think. . . what do our students think about education reform? What are your ideas about the programs that are in place? . . . and about the ideas the current candidates are discussing . . .






Thoughts?