A Christian Liberal is NOT an oxymoron.

Posted by XT on March 2nd, 2008 in Round Up

Ralph Nader should still be relevant? I agree. He should go back to writing books and protecting consumers and get out of the politics biz.

As rough as I’ve been on Hillary Clinton, she has no reason to hang her head. My classes have spoken about how odd it is to read about a time when blacks couldn’t drink from the same water fountain as whites. One day, thanks to Hillary Clinton’s efforts, my kids will have the same sort of disconect when people talk about a woman President.

And, as it turns out, if we have our first black President next year, it may be because John McCain used Hillary Clinton’s campaign as a template of his own. Apparently, that has something to do with semantics.

The former candidates weigh in on important issues – but if anyone cared, would they be “former candidates”?

In Ft. Worth, they are looking down ballot. In an upside-down world, the Dallas Morning News endorses Barack Obama, distilling my own feelings quite well:

In sharp contrast to Mrs. Clinton’s antics mocking his optimism, Mr. Obama has shown that it is possible to have both hope and intellectual heft. Her campaign has confused proximity to power with work experience, selectively taking credit for her husband’s accomplishments.

and then they go on to pick Mike Huckabee:

To that end, Mr. Huckabee, 52, should be a top leader in tomorrow’s Republican Party. His good-natured approach to politics – “I’m a conservative; I’m just not mad about it,” as he likes to say – is quite appealing after years of scorched-earth tactics from both parties. He’s a pragmatist more concerned with effective government than with bowing to ideological litmus tests. For example, he has proven himself willing to violate anti-tax dogma to undertake investment in infrastructure for the sake of long-term prosperity.

I wonder what Democrats have crossed party lines to vote for Huckabee in the primary…In Houston, we find out why Latinos love Obama:

Similar to the Clintons, Texas voters are learning that Obama also has worked tirelessly for the Hispanic community for more than twenty 20 years — beginning as a community organizer fighting for neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side. They can appreciate his sacrifices coming out of Harvard Law School, when he passed up opportunities to work in prestigious judicial clerkships and major law firms, instead practicing civil rights law on behalf of the poor.

Latinos also can relate to his work as an Illinois state senator, where he championed legislation to expand health-care coverage to uninsured children and parents. They also applaud Obama’s belief that all students, regardless of national origin, deserve an equal opportunity to a high quality public education. His support for comprehensive immigration reform, and legislation to keep immigrant families together, especially resonates with Latinos.

Did he just say that Obama has the experience to be President?

In New Jersey, property tax rebates are killing us. For those who don’t know, New Jersey’s income tax is dedicated to providing revenue for the state to send checks to people for paying too much property tax, which is assessed by municipal, school, and county governments. Yes, we have a complete tax system to make up for having an oppressive tax system.

County governments, in New Jersey, tend to be problematical anyway.

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