By Denis Campbell
In the middle of our worst economic crisis since the Depression, the McCain campaign wants to change the subject from issues to nonsense because his policies of the past 26-years cannot be defended. From the Keating 5 to the current guilt by association attack gambit, this silliness has snarky Sarah going gutter, no… [...]
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On the Brink of Country Divorce
Posted on 06 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 000 people in Amsterdam, 120, 1973 trip to Washington DC, 1973-74, 2000 (s)Election, 21-million people, 24/7/366 travel, 3-minute campaign newscycle, 30-days of slimy Swift-Boat attacks, 664 cities around the globe, 93rd Congress, a failed burglary at the Democratic National Committee, a group of scoundrels who would be forced from office, a step I never believed I would consider taking, Acorn, angry old man, before PC’s, Black Panther William Ayers, campaigning for 21- and 19-months, cares more for her people and their rights than my own, Carl Albert, cause of the Fannie/Freddie and broader financial meltd, cesspit, change the subject from issues to nonsense, chanting U.S.A.!, citizen of the United Kingdom, Close-Up program, CNN, dangerously small-minded, declaring “Homeland security” the answer to any questio, Denis Campbell, dividing and destroying the country, economic disaster, Edward Brooke, end the war in Vietnam, equal parts education and inspiration, European Union, even municipal ones, former Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan and I would ag, FOX News, further eroding my ability to even question or write th, Gerald Ford, global conflict, guilt by association attack gambit, Her Majesty’s subject, hide and obfuscate, his policies of the past 26-years cannot be defended, hooker patron, I have no choice, ideologue Supreme Court appointees, if we make yet another (s)election error, increasingly negative campaign, internet, Iraq, John Anderson, Keating 5, lead to his resignation in disgrace a year later, Living abroad for 10-years, make a difference, many flaws, marched in Amsterdam, McCain, Mike Mansfield, Nelson Rockefeller, news cycles were 24-hours long, obama, On the Brink of Country Divorce, our leaders led, Paris Peace talks, Patty Hearst, paying US taxes, perpetuating the mantra of fear, petty our nation has become, Phil Hart the ‘Conscience of the Senate’, placing flags on every stationary surface, polarisation, politics a part of my life forever, radical far-right team in the White House, re-elected President Nixon, reached across the aisle to broker compromises and gove, reached the point of no return, Robert Byrd, Roe v. Wade, rude, Sean Hannity, Senate and House roll call, Senate office building would be named, shared directorship, snarky Sarah going gutter, son of a US immigrant, special interests, Symbionese Liberation army sympathiser, Ted Kennedy, then Soviet Union, Tip O’Neill, today they would just lie, transparency and fairness to help inner city and low in, unchecked deregulation, Uncle Walter Cronkite, US Trident missiles, voters are stupid enough, voting in every election, Watergate Office complex, went after Obama, White House dismissed us as “a focus group”, will file divorce papers with my country, worst economic crisis since the Depression, Xaviera Hollander, ‘Country First’ as more than a slogan
Fiction is Better Than This Reality
Posted on 23 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1973, 1995 Srebrenica, a new White House, agendas, antithesis of cynicism, Better Than This Reality, chase my own higher angels, Close-Up program, crooks, Denis Campbell, Dutch UN Peacekeeping troops stood by, Elliott Richardson resigned, emotion, faith the truth would come out, Fiction, Fictional President Bartlett, fire the special prosecutor, freshman senator from Delaware, frog-marched out of the Oval Office, Gingrich Revolution, government as it should be, great writers and editorialists, happened in private, hotel newsstand, justice and accountability, Karl Rove, Kosovo massacre, liars, lobbyist for UBS, looting of the Treasury, Minister of Treasury Paulson, Minister-President Wim Kok, Mr. Phil Gram, Muslim men and boys, neither he nor Nixon would be gone because our own stan, no CNN, not the fodder of tabloid journalism or dramatic televi, our moral compass was thrown out with the trash, Pennsylvania, polls, President Nixon, pull puppet strings for Bush 43, read newspapers, Season 1 Episode 5, see moments here of pure inspiration, Senator Burke, Senator Heinz, Serbian troops statement of honour, slimy ads, something bad happens on my watch, speeches, spin, subway between the Capitol and Senate Office buildings, take personal responsibility, the buck stops here, The Netherlands, The West Wing, thieves, torrid affair with television’s Barbara Walters, truly focused on Country First as more than a slogan, two young kids from Massachusetts, Washington, Washington Post, Watergate, were no one else’s business, without a shred of dignity or decency, works for the Nigerians
by Denis Campbell
“What will be the next thing that challenges us? That makes us work harder and go farther? You know, when smallpox was eradicated, it was considered the single greatest humanitarian achievement of this century. Surely, we can do it again. As we did in the time when our eyes looked towards the heavens, [...]
Welcome Joe!
Posted on 23 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 2 millionth donor, 35-years of knowing how to work Washington’s corridors, America needs to see, attack ad, balance, Biden, Billary, bring more straight talk than McCain, capable of gnawing a leg or two off the Straight Talk E, clinton, Close-Up program, compassion, David Brooks, democratic party, depth of experience, Election Day, Ervin, every day common sense, get America moving on the right path again, gravitas, grow up, Humphrey, January, Joe, Joe Biden, Joe Martineau, Kennedy, legislative frontline, lunch pail blue-collar appeal, Mansfield, Mike Webb, Neil Kinnock, obama, picked up on that without the ten times you gave him cr, pit bull, politics as usual, right the listing ship of state, Senate subway, Senator Heinz, some of the warmth, The Hillaristas will cry foul, The New York Times, The Telegraph, Vice President, vice president selection, we most need and will remember, Welcome Joe, your mentors
Many will deride your selection as ‘old politics as usual’ but from this chair you bring more straight talk than McCain now seems capable of doing as well as balance, compassion, every day common sense and gravitas to the ticket. You also can be a pit bull when needed capable of gnawing a leg or [...]
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