A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Election 2008, Gay Rights, Politics on Nov 7th, 2008
Although there are many reasons to celebrate the results of this week’s election, there are a few less favorable outcomes.
1. Hal Bidlack lost in his race to unseat my congressman, Doug Lamborn, who is proud of the fact that he’s voted most often of any representative against Nancy Pelosi.
2. Jan Hejtmanek received less than 25% […]
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 Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Mar 3rd, 2008
“I don’t belong to any organized party. I’m a Democrat,”
- Will Rogers
After attending the El Paso County Democratic Convention the weekend before last, I was feeling a bit like Will Rogers. After arriving promptly at 8 AM I stood in line outside waiting to register for two hours. And this wasn’t Southern California temperature – […]