By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Feb 10, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Now I know for sure that Republicans want President Obama to be re-elected and are doing everything in their power to help him in his quest for a second term. Why else would anyone give the odious ex-Senator Santorum air time, or votes? Apparently, he just moved into second place nationally, the latest flavor of [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Feb 6, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Witnessing tempers flare on this blog of late, I am forced to reflect on the obsessive nature of a political junkie. I am speaking of myself, by the way. Glued to the news and anywhere from 12 to 15 websites in an effort get to the truth, it is easy to grade every gaffe, broken [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Jan 8, 2012 in Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Obama-Barack & President Barack, Presidential Candidates | View Comments
* Bumped Up from January 8 * In the name of defeating a president who is clearly bad for our economy, who champions crony capitalism and continues, even escalates, some of the worst of George W. Bush’s policies, disaffected Democrats are willing to vote for a Republican – but not anyone. Ex-Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Dec 15, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
California Dem. Congressman Dennis Cardoza offered an editorial in The Hill calling President Obama arrogant and alienating: After observing President Obama for the last three years, it has become obvious to me that the president might prefer to be a university professor rather than do the job he holds today. […] Since Mr. Cardoza is [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Dec 7, 2011 in Bank Bailouts, Current Affairs, Obama-Barack & President Barack | View Comments
* Bumped up* WaPo’s Dana Milbank asked this question in his latest opinion piece while doing his best to romanticize the movement. Milbank centered his story on folk rocker Jackson Browne’s recent attempts to rally a small group of OWS protesters in Washington, D.C.: He played five political tunes but left out the one most [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Dec 3, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Billionaire and erstwhile Obama supporter, Leon G Cooperman, the child of immigrants who rose from nothing and had a 25-year career at Goldman Sachs before becoming CEO of Omega Advisors just penned an open letter to the President encouraging him in the strongest possible language to dial back the class warfare: It is with a [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Nov 19, 2011 in Bailouts, Banking Institutions, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Earmarks, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | View Comments
~Bumped Up~ Steve Kroft’s explosive 60 Minutes report on rampant ‘legal’ congressional insider trading last Sunday provoked fury and heartache at an elitist political class spiraling out of control. I cannot claim to have romantic notions about any politician, but this latest disclosure is the final nail in the coffin. For politicians to use access [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Oct 30, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
As we discover more unintended consequences of the new healthcare law, PPACA, I keep struggling to find a silver lining. If someone can find a positive way to spin this situation, inquiring minds want to know: Critics say that beginning in 2014, Americans will find it more advantageous to stay single than marry because it [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Oct 14, 2011 in Campaigns & Campaign Financing, DNC idiocy, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Fund Raising, General Election, Hillary Clinton, Media Bias, Media, Blogs, Obama Administration, Obama-Barack & President Barack, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Wall Street | View Comments
Whether as the result of crony capitalism, monied interests calling the shots in Washington, the myriad broken promises of politicians of both parties, millions of Americans find themselves “Politically Homeless.” According to ABC News’ Amy Bingham, an organization called Americans Elect Aims to Bypass Parties with Online Presidential Nomination. Neither party is anxious to undo [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Sep 9, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
WaPo’s Richard Cohen reported Tuesday that “Obama has lost the Hamptoms.” According to Cohen, the literati and successful liberals who frequent the East Coast summer getaway have all given up defending the President. Even the NY Times’ Frank Rich has stopped his cheerleading. Actor Robert Redford is wondering “what the President believes in” since he [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Aug 1, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
* Bumped Up * A compendium of articles are circulating from liberal legislators and thinkers questioning President Obama’s democratic credentials, appalled at his actions, some demanding he be challenged for the Democratic nomination next year. Glenn Greenwald, typically writing for Salon, recently published a piece in The Guardian/UK, Barack Obama Gutting the Core Principles of [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Jul 12, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Today, President Obama threatened senior citizens, veterans and people with disabilities by saying that he cannot guarantee their checks with go out on August 3rd if a debt deal is not reached. It takes audacity to dare to say with a straight face that we don’t have money in the coffers to pay our obligations [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Jun 9, 2011 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Media, Television, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Women | View Comments
There are so many ways to dissect and decry Congressman Anthony Weiner’s sexting scandal, it is tough to know where to start. First, there is the unfortunate mental pictureof a 46-year-old Congressman who sits in his well appointed office during one of the most difficult times in our nation’s history, but instead of doing the [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on May 23, 2011 in Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Democratic Nomination, Hillary Clinton, Obama-Barack & President Barack, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | View Comments
Friday, John Phillips of the LA Times ruminated on the method by which New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be “courted” and drafted to run for President in 2012. Christie has stated repeatedly that he is not ready for the office, will not be induced to enter the race and is committed to fulfilling his [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on May 12, 2011 in Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Newsweek, Obama Administration, Obama-Barack & President Barack, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | View Comments
Learning that Jonathan Alter (nee of Newsweek) had written a “glowing” article about Secretary Hillary Clinton for Vanity Fair entitled Woman of the World, I became suspicious. This was, after all, one of the media bullies who demanded Hillary drop out of the 2008 race for the presidential nomination in mid February to preserve her [...]
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