Showing posts with label Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obama. Show all posts

Friday, November 23, 2012

Predictable Dominoes: Gaza Violence Against Israel, Round Umpteen

The press and many Americans act as if Gaza's recent (over the last year) missile bombardment of Israel spontaneously occurred without warning.  When Americans decided to elect Obama the first time this incident was easily predicted.

Hosni Mubarak, a controversial figure, did keep Islamic unrest in Egypt and Palestine in check.  Now that freedom has broken out in the Middle East, Palestinians attack Israel day after day.  Obama's policy of aiding the unrest in Egypt that overthrew Mubarak knowingly created

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Heller's Win: The Power of Incumbency, All Over Again?

Why did Barack Obama, a left of center Democrat, who is said to have turned out his base, win in Nevada but the Democrat for U.S. Senate Shelley Berkley lost?  Put the opposite way, why did Mitt Romney lose Nevada, but Dean Heller won?  Is it simply a matter of incumbency?

In order for the candidates from two different parties to win, many people who voted for President Obama had to have voted for