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Ohg Rea Tone is all or nothing. He is educated and opinionated, more clever than smart, sarcastic and forthright. He writes intuitively - often disregarding rules of composition. Comment on his posts - he will likely respond with characteristic humor or genuine empathy. He is the real-deal.
Finally, An Intellectual Moral President
Barack Obama is the President-elect. We should say that again: Barack Obama is the President-elect. It has been a long time. We in America can be proud of ourselves. Barack Obama is scholarly, educated in constitutional law, intellectually curious, a master communicator, and possesses the moral values of Ghandi, the wisdom of Solomon, and the […]
4Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 15 comments | Continued
Redneck Gazette – Obama New President
Redneck Gazette Third Edition Punkin Center, Missouri, BR-777 Obama Wins Presidency! Obama Bring Hope A Time of Despair Obama done gone and won more votes to be the 44th President of the United States of America. And the electors in college like him best too. We was pretty sure that Obama was gonna win cause […]
4Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Redneck Gazette – Obama New President | Continued
To The Mountaintop
By Joe Klein Word comes that Barack Obama’s grandmother has died. The timing is ridiculous. But think, for a moment, if you will of Madelyn Dunham, a white woman from Kansas, strolling the aisle of a supermarket, or having lunch in a coffee shop, with her grandson–way back at the turn of the 1970s, when […]
3Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on To The Mountaintop | Continued
Internet market predictions
By David Leonhardt By now, many political junkies know the recent history of prediction markets. In 2004, the election-morning odds at Intrade, one of the best-known prediction markets, correctly forecast the presidential election in each of the 50 states. (In other words, President Bush won every state where traders gave him than 50 chance of […]
3Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Internet market predictions | Continued
Redneck Gazette – Obama Uses Common Sense
Redneck Gazette Second Edition Punkin Center, Missouri, BR-777 Obama Uses Missouri Common Sense Fannie Mae is goin fishing We been listening to that fella Barack Obama. It sounds like he uses plain old Missouri Common Sense. Figure this out. Obama is talking about that over on Wall Street. We think that is in a big […]
3Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Redneck Gazette – Obama Uses Common Sense | Continued
Redneck Gazette – Obama Gonna Win
Redneck Gazette Election Prediction Obama Gonna Be President McCain Goes Home It looks like this here election is a done deal. That fella from Illinois attracted most of the people. And we can tell you why. Because he did a better job – that is why. Some folks around here talked about him being a […]
3Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Redneck Gazette – Obama Gonna Win | Continued
Barack and Michelle – Happy Together
3Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Barack and Michelle – Happy Together | Continued
The Final Fix Electoral Map
The Final Fix Electoral Map After two years of following every jot and tittle of a presidential race that has had more twists and turns than this political junkie could have even imagined, we’ve reached the end. Read Full Post Here
3Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Final Fix Electoral Map | Continued
Washington Post Daily Tracking
Daily Tracking > If the 2008 presidential election were being held today, for whom would you vote? (Among likely voters) Highlights 56% of likely voters say they think Obama‘s views on most issues are about right. 42% of likely voters say they think McCain‘s views on most issues are about right. NOTE: Movable voters are […]
2Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Washington Post Daily Tracking | Continued
McCain on ‘Saturday Night Live’
By Michael Cooper Live from New York, it was Senator John McCain, saying that he was thinking of some radically different strategies for the last three days of the presidential race. “I thought I might try a strategy called the Reverse Maverick,’’ Mr. McCain told his interviewer. “That’s where I do whatever anybody tells me. […]
2Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain on ‘Saturday Night Live’ | Continued
Cable Talking Head Conundrum
We find ourselves in a technological quandry. This writer is an amateur politica junkie (is that an oxy moron), or just moronic? Does Oxy imply a clean moron? No matter – today we find ourselves struggling to find real news and intelligent commentary on the cable ‘news’ channels. Wolf Blitzer is just a bore, welcome […]
2Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Cable Talking Head Conundrum | Continued
Obama Will Govern From The Center
Take a look at Barack Obama’s life. His whole life is about hard work, education, empathy for others, and compromise. Check that last word, compromise. Whatever Obama believes about particular issues, he is all about compromise. Combine compromise with intellect and integrity – and you have a powerful leader. Barack Obama was born to a […]
1Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 11 comments | Continued
Obama Nation or Abomination
Well, what is it – ObamaNation or Abomination. These seem to be the prevailing viewpoints of Americans, the prevailing choices for America. We will either have an abomination – (nasty and disgusting, great hatred and disgust). Or an Obama Nation – (hope and optimism, charming and intelligent). Which is it? If we look at the […]
1Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Obama, McCain, Palin and Religious (In)Tolerance
By Sally Quinn Ignorance and intolerance of the faiths or lack of faith of others is a huge problem in a world where religion is the main motivating force for most people. As Americans we must try to understand and respect beliefs we do not share as long as they are not imposed on us […]
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The McCain hijacking: A commentary
by Dick Batchelor One of the two major candidates for president has been kidnapped. The victim went along willingly, without a murmur of protest. He’ll remain a hostage on Election Day. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to find him, and it’s no mystery. The victim is in plain sight: It’s John McCain. The […]
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Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.–The McCain campaign makes signs for its crowds, usually simple messages painted in broad strokes with the sort of gritty red and blue paint they give to grade school kids. The messages are pretty standard: “We [Heart] McCain”; “Women 4 McCain”; “Keep Virginia Red”; and “McCain =The Hero America Needs.” The crowd’s own […]
1Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs | Continued
Biden: Election Will Be ‘a Lot Closer’ Than People Think
By Perry Bacon Jr. LIMA, Ohio — The surest sign of confidence from the Barack Obama campaign? Maybe allowing Sen. Joe Biden to take a dozen questions from reporters at a diner stop that turned into an impromptu press conference in which the senator from Delaware laid out his thoughts on the state of the […]
1Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Biden: Election Will Be ‘a Lot Closer’ Than People Think | Continued
Eagleburger Says Palin Isn’t Ready Yet
By Julie Bosman BREEZEWOOD, Pa. — Has the list of former secretaries of state supporting the Republican ticket been whittled down to four? In an interview on National Public Radio on Thursday, Lawrence Eagleburger, who served during the second term of President George H.W. Bush, was asked if Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is prepared […]
31Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Eagleburger Says Palin Isn’t Ready Yet | Continued
Tragic Leaps of Emotional Logic
There is something terribly wrong in our country. Leaps of logic are flying in random patterns of chaos. The other day there was a letter to the editor in our local paper that stated emphatically that Barack Obama is a Muslim – the evidence, Obama’s middle name and his father was from Africa. What is […]
31Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 4 comments | Continued
Barack Obama – The Color of Water
These are troubling times of war and of economic despair. Yet there is a sense of hope. 50 million people in this country lack health care. Yet there is a sense of hope. We speak of immigration as if we are talking about cattle. Yet there is a sense of hope. Hope transcends troubles. Hope […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 9 comments | Continued
Partisan pollsters disagree on WH race
by Frank James There’s been a good back and forth this week between Democratic and Republican pollsters. Stan Greenberg of Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner, a Democratic pollster, sent out his own analysis of the presidential race this afternoon, to counter one distributed earlier in the week by Bill McInturff, official pollster for Sen. John McCain’s campaign. […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Partisan pollsters disagree on WH race | Continued
McCain in the Gutter
By Joe Klein There is so much desperate, crapulous spew from the McCain campaign right now that it’s hard to keep track of it all–but this ad, via Andrew Sullivan, marks some sort of low. Yet again–in a last, desperate attempt to scare the elderly Jews of Florida–McCain posits Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the “leader” of […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain in the Gutter | Continued
Call Him John the Careless
Thursday, October 30, 2008; Page A23 From the invasion of Iraq to the selection of Sarah Palin, carelessness has characterized recent episodes of faux conservatism. Tuesday’s probable repudiation of the Republican Party will punish characteristics displayed in the campaign’s closing days. Some polls show that Palin has become an even heavier weight in John McCain’s […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Call Him John the Careless | Continued
Which Came First? Religion or Depression
There’s a cartoon with a chicken and an egg in bed together. The chicken is smoking a cigarette with a very satisfied expression on his face, and the egg is restless and disgruntled. The caption above the egg says, “Well, I guess that answers the question.” That’s how I think of the relationship between depression […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Which Came First? Religion or Depression | Continued
Parsing the (Tracking) Poll: October Surprise
Although there are only two days left in October, there are still many people in the political world waiting for an “October Surprise” — some sort of game-changing event in the final moment before the general election that could fundamentally alter the race between Barack Obama and John McCain. Four years ago, that “surprise” was […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Parsing the (Tracking) Poll: October Surprise | Continued
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Together at Last
By Jeff Zeleny Bill Clinton and Barack ObamaPresident Bill Clinton and Senator Barack Obama campaigned together for the first time Wednesday night in Kissimmee, Fla. (Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times) KISSIMMEE, Fla. – On a chilly Florida night, former President Bill Clinton warmly embraced Senator Barack Obama as a fresh leader for a new […]
30Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Together at Last | Continued
Senator Obama, To Sir With Love
Senator Obama, Thank you. You have brought a sense of hope to this country, nay – to this world. It seems so long since we felt hope. On September 11, 2001, the rooster crowed. A new age was upon us but the world was slow to awaken. Stumbling in the early morning darkness we knocked […]
29Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 9 comments | Continued
McCain has a Plumber; Obama has an Army
Or, rather, an Air Force pilot: The convention in Denver was Mr. Finan’s introduction to big-time politics, and he quickly found himself doing broadcast interviews for the first time. Between events he and about 25 other Iraq and Afghanistan veterans became like a small platoon. They slept on supporters’ floors. They hung out. And they […]
29Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain has a Plumber; Obama has an Army | Continued
Joe You-Know-Who Gets a Manager
By Larry Rohter If he gets his way, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, also known as “Joe the Plumber,” plans to enjoy a lot more than just 15 minutes of fame. Two weeks after emerging as the Republican Party’s favorite proxy for the American working man, Mr. Wurzelbacher has signed a management deal meant to keep him […]
29Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Joe You-Know-Who Gets a Manager | Continued
Obama’s Best Chance – Palin’s Example
The opportunity for the White House increased dramatically with the McCain choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate. Initially Palin energized what the Republicans call their base. She did and she does energize those people and that is exactly what is wrong with the Republican Party. Check out the latest Obama advertisement: Plain represents […]
29Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Axelrod: Obama TV Show to Focus on ‘Where He Wants to Lead’
By Robert Barnes NORFOLK — Barack Obama’s 30-minute informercial airing Wednesday night will feature vignettes of people and families whom Obama has met during his nearly two-year campaign, and it will include a live component from a campaign rally in Florida, campaign sources said tonight. “Barack Obama: American Stories” is the name of the unusual […]
29Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Axelrod: Obama TV Show to Focus on ‘Where He Wants to Lead’ | Continued
New Obama Ad Hits McCain’s Choice of Palin
By Kate Phillips The Obama-Biden campaign has directly singled out Senator John McCain’s choice of a running mate — using footage of Gov. Sarah Palin as she winks — in a new commercial that questions the Republican ticket’s preparedness on economic issues. Called “His Choice,” the ad plays music as comments by Mr. McCain on […]
29Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
The Vindication of Howard Dean
Markos Moulitsas has a post today about the vindication of Howard Dean’s 50-state strategy. He’s right. When Dean launched the project, many thought it was foolhardy. As late as October 2006, top Dem strategists and elected officials were bemoaning the way Dean had spread the party’s money around instead of concentrating it on targets of […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Vindication of Howard Dean | Continued
RNC Borrows $5 Million For Senate Races
The Republican National Committee has taken out a $5 million line of credit to help fund last minute efforts to keep Senate Democrats from winning a filibuster-proof 60 seat majority, according to an official with the committee. Of the $5 million, $2 million is being directly transferred to the National Republican Senatorial Committee while $3 […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on RNC Borrows $5 Million For Senate Races | Continued
Tell Me I Am Not Conservative
Yikes – someone called me a conservative, how disgusting. I said something about living within our means and the guy in the checkout line at Wal Mart called me a conservative – as if there was something wrong with me. He was buying some tabloid magazines – I don’t know if that means he is […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
McCain’s Spiritual Guide – Inciting Hatred
John McCain’s Republican Party is attacking Barack Obama this week with advertisements highlighting the loony Reverend Jeremiah Wright. McCain has said that he would not go there – and now claims he can’t control independent groups. We are talking about the Republican National Committee. John McCain is the standard bearer of his party. John McCain […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | Continued
Healing Before Empowering
Christianity is good for both men and women, even when it does not empower us. Americans often carry the illusion that empowering a person is always a good thing, but a moment of reflection clears up that optimistic fantasy. Bad people should not be empowered and good people already are. Jesus Christ provides a way […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Healing Before Empowering | Continued
Evangelicals on Nov. 4: Four Predictions
One week until Election Day. Time to start making predictions on the basis of the Faith and Values story lines we have been pursuing since the Summer of 2007. Today, the Evangelicals (tomorrow Jews): A higher percentage of Evangelicals will vote for Obama than voted for Kerry: I would mortgage the house on this one […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Evangelicals on Nov. 4: Four Predictions | Continued
McCain Calls for Stevens to Resign
By Michael Falcone Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, called for the resignation of his longtime colleague, Senator Ted Stevens, who was convicted on Monday of seven felony counts related to violations of federal ethics laws. Despite the verdict, Mr. Stevens reiterated his innocence on Monday and vowed to not only keep his Senate […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain Calls for Stevens to Resign | Continued
The Pollster WaPo-ABC Track: Early Birds for Obama
By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta More than twelve million voters have already cast ballots in the presidential contest, according to one estimate, and new data from the Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll shows these voters breaking Democratic by a wide margin. Among those who said they have already voted at an early voting location […]
28Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Pollster WaPo-ABC Track: Early Birds for Obama | Continued
Is McCain a Natural Blonde
John McCain has had so many gaffes this year that some of the boys down at the Bait Shop are wondering if he is a natural Blond. We did not think much of this talk until Elizabeth Horseback went on the Campaign stump for McCain and Palin. That about sealed the deal. She wrote the […]
27Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Is McCain a Natural Blonde | Continued
McCain Has Found His Voice, But It Is Too Late
The McCain campaign has finally found their voice – their message. McCain is beginning to hammer on the economy. Their campaign is minimizing Bill Ayers (it was not working), minimizing commander in chief questions (it was not working), minimizing Iraq war strategies (it was not working). McCain is finally talking about fiscal ideology. But it […]
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Updated Fix Electoral Map Picks: An Obama Landslide
<p><strong>><a href=’http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/pick-your-president/’>2008 Election Contest: Pick Your President</a></strong> – Predict the winner of the 2008 presidential election.</p> Barack Obama stands on the cusp of an electoral vote blowout over John McCain with just eight days left in the 2008 general election. On our latest Fix electoral map, we have Obama at 349 electoral votes — his […]
27Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Updated Fix Electoral Map Picks: An Obama Landslide | Continued
Rethinking the Notion of Political Dominance
By John Harwood It would be remarkable, in any year, for a black Democratic candidate for president to be ahead in polls one week before Election Day. Even more remarkable is that it’s happening this year. In 2004, after President Bush won re-election with expanded Republican majorities in Congress, academics, journalists and party strategists wondered […]
26Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Rethinking the Notion of Political Dominance | Continued
Missourians For Obama
Is it Missourians or Missourites? We never know. We live in Punkin Center, Missouri, and we are voting for that Chicago politician, Barack Obama. Generally we don’t take much to Chicago politicians, but this fella seems different. Down the road in St. Joe the Newspaper just came out for that McCain boy. We figured they […]
26Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Republicans, Intellectual or Joe Six-Pack
Is there something wrong with being intellectual? There was a time when Republicans were proud of their position on advancing education, proud of elite education, proud that America offered educational opportunities to all. But something has gone wrong. The Republicans of the past thirty years have discredited thier greatest strength – the opportunity of America. […]
26Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Republicans, Intellectual or Joe Six-Pack | Continued
McCain Cites ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ (He’d Be Truman)
By Larry Rohter Dewey Defeats Truman(Photo: Byron Rollis/Associated Press, 1948) MESILLA, N.M. — There have been moments in this hard-fought presidential campaign when Senator John McCain has seemed to find his much younger Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama, rather presumptuous and cocksure. That was the impression he left at some of the debates, and on […]
26Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain Cites ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ (He’d Be Truman) | Continued
There Are People In This World Other Than Americans.
No words can match the music and the images. Just Bang the Drums Slowly. We in America should remember in these sad times that we are not alone on this planet. Neither are we more deserving than any other people. All of the people of the earth are spiritual equals.
25Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on There Are People In This World Other Than Americans. | Continued