Posts Tagged ‘ Barack Obama ’

Colin Powell endorsed the new Aaron Burr

Oct 20th, 2008 | By Grand Old Partisan | Category: General Postings

The most important endorsement in U.S. political history came during the presidential election of 1800.  The House of Representatives had to choose between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
Though he had long opposed Jefferson’s policies, Alexander Hamilton knew him to be “a patriot and an honorable man.”  “If there be a man in this world I [...]



the Death of Che Guevara

Oct 9th, 2008 | By Grand Old Partisan | Category: General Postings

On this day in 1967, Che Guevara, the Argentine communist, was executed by the Bolivian Army. He and his pals had invaded Bolivia a few days earlier in hope of establishing a communist dictatorship. [At left, an Obama campaign office in Texas proudly displays an icon of Che Guevara on the Cuban flag.]
While working for [...]



Those who do not remember the past are condemned to vote for Barack Obama

Oct 4th, 2008 | By Grand Old Partisan | Category: General Postings

On July 2, 2008, Barack Obama announced: “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set.  We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Obama’s Civilian National Security Force: • What sort of people would [...]