Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
The decision could not have been an easy one. Easily several highly qualified candidates were under serious consideration as Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential nominee. But in the end, Obama showed great prudence by selecting Sen. Joe Biden — one of the most profoundly decent men in Congress, a true patriot, and a man of rare character behind whom any American can stand proudly. More pointedly however, he among the candidates most provided the exact expertise the Democratic ticket previously had in short supply — stellar economic and foreign policy credentials.
Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
The verdict is now all but official: history will not be kind to George W. Bush. This month’s Russian invasion of the former Soviet republic and now burgeoning democracy of Georgia has decisively crushed any remaining doubt whatsoever — much as Russian tanks have now crushed any hope of a fully intact, sovereign, independent and Western-style democratic Georgia.
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
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