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My Obama-Autographed Letter

By Ripper on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 9:17pm |
This is the text of my letter-to-the-editor printed Feb. 2, 2008, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the very day I attended Obama's first rally here. I was a mere 30 feet from Obama amid a sea of 20,000 souls...

Why Obama Will Take Missouri

By Ripper on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 8:32pm |
Perhaps out of statistical conservativism, Nate Silver over at fivethirtyeight,com predicts Missouri will no longer be the Bellwether State after tonight. I disagree. Obama will take MIssouri by two points or better, and I'll tell you why in a moment....

Let's Get to Work

By Ripper on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 1:43am |
What will we do when the election is over and the crusade to elect Obama has ended?(Please feel free to add your own ideas)■ I will open a clinic to rehabilitate Republicans addicted to simplistic ideas. Therapy will consist of...

Voters' Final Exam Comes After the Election

By Ripper on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 4:58am |
By every measure, the 2008 election has riveted the interest of American voters more than any in recent memory. In the short run, greater participation has to be a good thing for the democratic process. But in the long run,...

Thank you, Barack Obama, for ...

By Ripper on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 8:16pm |
... giving me back Hope in many forms:Hope that this country might finally live out its principlesHope that we can soon bring our troops home and close a misbegotten warHope that we will ride out the economic storm and rise...

SCAAMD Site Phase 1 Now Online; Volunteers Wanted

By Ripper on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 6:57pm |
Please visit SCAAMD.org and have a look at our site, still developing. Please tell us what you think by clicking the Contact Us link at top right of the site.SCAAMD operates solely on the basis of volunteers. We are taking...

How I May Have Contributed to Obama's Infomercial

By Ripper on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 5:07pm |
I can't be sure, but the Obama campaign's recent half-hour ad may have drawn something from the videotape I sent them this spring. It was an original 1992 Clinton campaign video "The Man from Hope," one of the few copies...

SCAAMD Trick or Treat: October Surprise

By Ripper on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 4:16am |
The BBC reports this morning that Syria is claiming four U.S. helicopter gunships struck a construction area in a village within its territory just across the border from Iraq, killing eight, including a boy and a woman. Apparently, the U.S....

Why McCain is a Coward

By Ripper on Sun, 10/19/2008 - 1:24am |
If John McCain were any kind of man, he wouldn't hide his depraved campaign conduct behind debates and talk-show appearances that display a kinder, gentler politician than the one smearing Barack Obama.While he has often pleaded ignorance of the ads...

Good God, What's Happened to This Country?

By Ripper on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 7:38am |
If you haven't yet read the TPM frontpage items in the left-hand column titled "McCain's Legions" and "A Doozy" and watched the videos they headline, you will be stunned by the time you have.Here it is 3:45 in the morning...

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