theREBUTTAL™ - A Political Cafe

theARCHIVES - august 2008

tell me why to vote for you, john

by Ari Holtz | Moderate | Comments (3)

How is McCain justifying his readiness to lead by spending energy engaged in a YouTube flame war with a sex tape star? In what way does handing out Obama tire gauges to the press show an ability to run our nation in a time of many crises? How does offering his wife up for a softcore-porn fashion show illustrate how presidential he is?

an energy plan we can believe in

by Emma Onom | Republican | Comments (1)

Obama recently suggested that if all Americans were to properly inflate their tires and have regular maintenance done on their cars, it would save as much oil as offshore drilling would produce.

what about the clydesdales?

by Liz Newton | Republican | Comments (3)

Who wins when America sells itself to foreign purchasers? It’s hard to say how much, if any, of that $52 billion will trickle down to the American people who made Anheuser-Busch what it is today, either by working at the breweries or purchasing the products.

republicans as conservatives, a fairy tale

by Sandra Neish | Moderate | Comments (2)

It is high time the Republicans were kicked out of office until they can abide by the rules of conservatism. Or until they pick a new word to describe themselves. Too bad liberal is already taken.

digg-ing america: vote for nobody

by Anthony Marenna | Libertarian | Comments (6)

A simple walk down a busy street is enough to reveal the pervasive lack of interest that is eating the nation alive, the very same apathy that has allowed the new lack of Starbucks a place at the forefront of the daily humbug.

there is no typewriter

by Mark Hunter Mulvey | Moderate | Comments (3)

The campaign process is a slow churning of stances, with highly polarized and passionate views being pummeled into homogeny and generalization. The desire to please everyone inevitably results in a boring melange of monotonous policy.

olympic spirit banned from games

by Carl Fitch | Republican | Comments (8)

If past Olympic Games included bans on foreign entertainers, clothing with “identical designs,” the unfurling of banners, migrant workers, political malcontents and the operations of certain bars and night clubs, then it’s Olympics as usual in Beijing.