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Author Archives: billmanzi
Look whose pants are on fire.
John McCain, seemingly getting a boost from all of the attacks on Barack Obama, is now taking some heat for the obvious distortions (lies) put out in two of those ads. McCain’s claims on Obama’s “support” for sex education in … Continue reading
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Republicans Show great consistency
Hey how about those Republicans! They sure are consistent. Lets watch this Comedy Central video and have Jules explain away the hilarious Republican inconsistencies highlighted by Jon Stewart. Great video. And I believe it was a Mr. B. Bunny who … Continue reading
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Methuen Historic Planner Position Posting
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6, Section 6-23 of the Personnel Ordinance, the Mayor announces the following vacancy: Title of Position: Historic Planner Status of Position: Part Time (20 hours/week) Duties: The Historic Planner preserves and promotes Methuen’s historic … Continue reading
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Out of touch and more of the same
The Obama campaign, after a week of taking some heavy incoming, fires back, showing McCain as out of touch and certainly no agent of change. I wonder who picks up the McCain email.
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The Palin Interview
Charlie Gibson interviews Sarah Palin. Governor Palin, in two separate statements, clearly falls under the spell of the neo-cons. She raised the possibility of war with Russia over the nation of Georgia, indicating that she would be willing to give … Continue reading
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The Palin Interview Part Two
The Governor seemed to give tacit approval to the United States using cross border attacks into Pakistan without the permission of the Pakistani government. When Barack Obama indicated some months ago that he as President would authorize such raids McCain … Continue reading
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Talk about everything but issues.
The McCain campaign continues in the attack mode, launching wave after wave of attacks. Want to talk education? No lets talk about sex education. Want to talk about economic policy? Lets talk about pigs wearing lipstick. The onslaught continued with … Continue reading
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The Battleground States- New Hampshire
New Hampshire, with four electoral votes, is a state that has been trending Democratic but that remains to close to call in the Presidential election. Our neighbor to the north has a very high profile Senate race this year, with … Continue reading
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Obama attacks on education
An ad dealing with education by the Obama campaign, highlighting some differences between the candidates. Effective? Whether you like this ad or not Obama must go to the strength he has, and not allow this election to be fought out … Continue reading
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The False Maverick
Obama hits back on the change theme, pointing to the lobbyists working for the McCain campaign, as well as his solid record of support for George Bush. And Governor Palin will be dinged here as well, with the charge that … Continue reading
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