Obama’s victory speech
Barack Obama has won Louisiana, Washington State and Nebraska.
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Obama wins Louisiana
It is hard not to over analyze or over simply tonight’s results. It appears to me that Barack Obama has appealed to rich and poor, white and black and brown, man and female to grab these 3 very different states. I haven’t seen any exit numbers.
More later.
Washington and Nebraska go to Obama
Everyone is now projecting Barack Obama to win Washington State and Nebraska. Mike Huckabee who refuses to go away has taken Kansas for the Republicans. Louisiana has a last poll closing so the first results are just now coming in.
Washington State and Nebraska were very big victories. Large margins. I’m wondering how the media and everyone else is going to spin this. For margins of victory like this, you have dominate in all categories except for balding, blond, bearded men over 45 on their second wife with 4 children and an annual combined income of $54,623.05.
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From WaPo:
Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) swept to solid victories over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y) in Nebraska and Washington state today, as the two combatants for the Democratic presidential nomination fought over delegates in the Midwest, the Northwest and the Gulf Coast.
With 85 percent of the Nebraska caucus vote counted, Obama led Clinton, 68 percent to 32 percent. In Washington state, meanwhile, Obama took about a two-to-one lead over Clinton, with more than half of the caucus vote counted. (more…)
Earmarks and Bush
Now, I’m not going to be cynical or sarcastic but President Bush has done the best job of saying one thing then doing another. No other President comes close. Let’s look at the State of the Union.
Bush said:
America is leading the fight against global poverty, with strong education initiatives and humanitarian assistance. We’ve also changed the way we deliver aid by launching the Millennium Challenge Account. This program strengthens democracy, transparency, and the rule of law in developing nations, and I ask you to fully fund this important initiative.
Bush did -
President Bush promised $5 billion per year for this Millennium Challenge Account. He has never gotten close.
2006 - $3 billion
2007 - $3 billion
2008 - $3 billion
2009 - $2.225 billion (according to his latest budget request)
Bush said:
Let us fund new technologies that can generate coal power while capturing carbon emissions.
Bush did -
After touting this “great” technology in his State of the Union address, the very next day, the Bush Administration cut funding for the program. Well that isn’t completely correct, he really cut the program, entirely.
Bush said:
The people’s trust in their government is undermined by congressional earmarks — special interest projects that are often snuck in at the last minute, without discussion or debate. Last year, I asked you to voluntarily cut the number and cost of earmarks in half. I also asked you to stop slipping earmarks into committee reports that never even come to a vote. Unfortunately, neither goal was met. So this time, if you send me an appropriations bill that does not cut the number and cost of earmarks in half, I’ll send it back to you with my veto.
And tomorrow, I will issue an executive order that directs federal agencies to ignore any future earmark that is not voted on by Congress. If these items are truly worth funding, Congress should debate them in the open and hold a public vote.
Bush did -
Have you looked at Bush’s latest budget requests? There are several beautiful White House earmarks tucked in there. President Bush often denounces the propensity of Congress to earmark money for pet projects. But in his new budget, Mr. Bush has requested money for thousands of similar projects.
He asked for money to build fish hatcheries, eradicate agricultural pests, conduct research, pave highways, dredge harbors and perform many other specific local tasks.
The details are buried deep in the president’s budget, just as most Congressional earmarks are buried in obscure committee reports that accompany spending bills. [NYT]
The Errington Thompson Show 02-09-08
Great show. I talk with Brian Freeborn former city councilman about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in Asheville.
Robert Moses coming to UNC - Asheville
University of
North Carolina Black History Month Event Series:
“Mathematics, Computers, and the Need for a
‘Quality’ Public School Education in the 21st Century”
A lecture by civil rights leader, MacArthur Fellow, and founder of The Algebra Project, Dr. Robert P. Moses
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
7:00 PM
UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 828-232-5110
Bushed
Detainee-gate - Seems that there is an office opened by the Bush Administration to investigate detainee abuse. No to worry. They are over paid and underworked.
Quail-gate - 2 years ago, this Monday is the anniversary of Cheney shooting Harry Whittington in the face. Dick Cheney goes back to that ranch this weekend. If you are in the area, lay low.
Condi-gate - There is a push among some republicans for McCain to have Condi Rice as his VP running mate. No seriously. Condolezza Rice is the same one who was asleep at the switch during 9-11. She is the same one who has accomplished nothing that I can see as Secretary of State. Oh, wait, we haven’t started any more wars…yet.
Michael Moore on LKL
Michael Moore was on Larry King Live. They discussed the presidential race and health care. This is a pretty good interview.
I listen to a lot of progressive talk radio but it has gotten retarded lately. The same points are poorly made over and over again by callers. On the Stephanie Miller Show, some lady had called in to repeat a point that she made a couple of days earlier. Hillary Clinton has more foreign policy experience. That was her point. I wanted to say - How? As First Lady? Please, can we agree being First Lady isn’t the same as being president? Can we agree that Nancy Reagan was a very involved First Lady but I don’t think that we want her to run for President. Can we also agree that Hillary Clinton has the experience of a Senator? That isn’t nothing but it isn’t the same as being president either.
On the other hand, can we agree that Barack Obama isn’t perfect? He has made mistakes. He was talking about a bill that he passed on some nuclear leak but the bill didn’t pass. Another woman caller on the Mike Malloy show mentioned that. It is still stuck in the bowels of Congress. Obama had an excellent opportunity to say something meaningful in New Orleans yesterday. He really didn’t. He broke out the same old schtick. Personally, I wish he would have pledged more help and more support but he didn’t.
If you like Hillary Clinton than that’s fine. I’m cool with that. I think that she would made a good president. I just think that she isn’t a uniting character. I don’t think that the politics of the 90’s are going to be as effective now. The country has moved so far to the right that triangulation will leave us way over on the right side of issues. I think that we need someone who has embraced the liberal/progressive banner. I think that we need someone who will give us goosebumps. Finally, I want someone who hasn’t been a big supporter of the war. I need someone who could see that this was a mistake from the start.
I guess that my point is there is too much finger pointing and hair splitting. We have 2 good candidates. Use any method you wish to chose who you think will better represent you and your issues. You can read all of their positions on-line then have a mystic tell you who to vote for. Do what you do but don’t try to say that this one isn’t qualified?
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Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
