The Politics Thread

[alphanguy74]

I hope not.

[bellcurve]

I hope not either, but it's definitely a possibility.

[DRW50]

All of this stuff with Shirley Sherrod has just made me sick, sick of so many people. Yet again I end up wondering what is going on in our "liberal" media and in our government.

[Sylph]

William Hague's having some problems in the Kingdom...

[DRW50]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1308069/William-Hagues-advisor-Chris-Myers-quits-hits-malicious-allegations-relationship.html

This reminds me of Arizona a few years ago, in a Republican primary for a state house seat, one candidate accused the other of being gay because he and his wife were childless, and the man had to come forward and say that his wife had had cancer and wasn't able to have children. Yet he still lost the primary...

[Sylph]

<span style="font-size:105%;">And Ed Miliband wins.</span>

Edited September 25, 2010 by Sylph

[MichaelGL]

I tuned into CNN last night to catch the airing of this. Anderson Cooper is accused of being "anti-religion" by the Republican candidate Renee Ellmers.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/09/25/ac.mosque.ad.cnn

[Max]

According to its "sources," CNN has learned that Rahm Emanuel is expected to leave his position as White House Chief of Staff in order to run for mayor of Chicago.

While this news comes as no surprise to me, Mr. Emanuel is by no means guaranteed of victory in the Democratic primary. (And whoever wins that primary will obviously win the general election.) In fact, that race is believed to be wide-open.

Edited September 28, 2010 by Max

[Sylph]

"Problematic" cuts in the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11579979

[Sylph]

[Sylph]

Ireland joins the club of bailed-out countries. It's a four-year plan and the value of the bail-out is less than €100 billion.

[DaytimeFan]

UGH.

Margaret Thatcher was right, the EU is destined to fail!

[DRW50]

Barbara Bush speaks out:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/8150014/Barbara-Bush-hopes-Sarah-Palin-will-stay-in-Alaska.html

[quartermainefan]

I don't see how the Union can succeed without a uniform monetary policy, and if a country gives up its right to decide its own monetary policy, is it even a country, or just now a vassal of some sort?

[Sylph]

What I find fascinating is that not so long ago both Iceland and Ireland were praised as these magnificent economies where every endeavour flourishes. Fast forward and here we are. Almost always under those shiny surfaces some kind of sea monster appears. Greece was a bit different, everyone knew it borrowed heavily, people spent the borrowed money and no one returned it.