A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Oct 3rd, 2008
As a Barack Obama supporter, I don’t like to criticize his campaign. However, I feel compelled to point out their failure in one area: yard signs. It took me over a month to get an Obama yard sign. I first tried the local campaign office, which has been out of them for weeks (actually, they […]
Posted in Election 2008, Joe Biden, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin on Oct 3rd, 2008
My reaction to the vice-presidential debate last night: Incessantly claiming that you’re a maverick does not make you a maverick. As my high school English teachers would say, “Show us, don’t tell us.” And Sarah Palin did little to show us any evidence last night that the Republican ticket would be anything more than Bush’s […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Joe Biden, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin on Sep 2nd, 2008
I wrote previously that I was unexcited about Joe Biden. I had never questioned Biden’s qualifications, which are superb. Instead, I hoped that Barack Obama would pick someone other than “a respected white male (boring) politician.” Well, Biden is still white and male. But after hearing him speak, I can retract the boring part. He […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Aug 21st, 2008
So Barack Obama has selected a running mate. Recent news has played up the chances of Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, and Tim Kaine. No offense to the three of them, but hope it’s someone else. Obama doesn’t need to play it safe by selecting a respected white male (boring) politician. He’s not the “safe” candidate; […]
Posted in Election 2008, Politics on Oct 31st, 2007
Senator Joe Biden had a pointed dig at Rudy Giuliani in the Democratic debate last night, “There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence: A noun, and a verb, and 9/11.” Watch it here:
I think Biden captured humorously how sick most of are of hearing 9/11 as the justification and excuse for so […]