A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq War, Letters to the Editor on Jun 28th, 2008
The Colorado Springs Gazette published a letter from me today, which they titled, “It’s shameful that Lamborn cares so little for rule of law.” I wrote the letter in response to our national representative Doug Lamborn’s opinion piece in the paper on June 25 (which I unfortunately can’t seem to find online).
The Gazette cut out […]
Posted in Election 2008, John McCain, Politics on Jun 20th, 2008
How many times have you heard that John McCain is a “maverick” or a “straight-talker?” I’ve become increasingly annoyed by the mainstream media’s insistence on repeating fawning tropes about presidential candidate John McCain that just aren’t true. Or at least aren’t any more true about him than any other politician. So without further ado, here […]
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq War on Jun 18th, 2008
“It’s basically subject to perception… If the detainee dies, you’re doing it wrong.”
– Jonathan Fredman, senior CIA attorney, October 2, 2002
I think the quote speaks for itself.
Posted in Gay Rights on Jun 17th, 2008
So, some gay folks got married in California and the world didn’t come to an end. The “institution of marriage” still appears to be in effect — millions of straight people didn’t suddenly decide to divorce. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that these marriages didn’t actually have an affect on anyone except […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics on Jun 11th, 2008
In this campaign season so far, I’ve seen hundreds of cars sporting Barack Obama bumper stickers. I’ve seen, literally, one single car with a John McCain sticker. Granted, my sampling areas of Colorado and the San Francisco Bay Area are probably not representative of the nation as a whole. In Colorado Springs, the conservatives seem […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Politics, Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2008
This clip from The Daily Show is simultaneously hilarious and right on the mark. How did we reach a point where a comedy news show is a better purveyor of the news then the news stations themselves?
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Jun 9th, 2008
A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll indicates that 17% of Clinton supporters will vote for McCain if Obama doesn’t select her as his running mate. And an additional 22% would refuse to vote for Obama.
I don’t get it.
I understand the vehement support for Clinton and the desire to see her in the White House. I […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Jun 2nd, 2008
It looks like Michigan’s and Florida’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be seated after all, but with ½ a vote each.
There are several problems with this compromise. First, because Barack Obama wasn’t even on the ballot in Michigan, they’ve basically had to guess how many delegates to assign to him. Second, the candidates […]