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GENERATION O54

Election 2008: GENERATION 'O'

. A nation has many seasons... We find ourselves a nation divided, no more. And yet, upon this cusp of intriguing and inspiring change, within this endless "river deep" and "mountain high" of...

26 comments    politics america obama
Hillary Clinton has already demonstrated favorably that she is competent, experienced and fully capable of making ‘cross-party’ political accords.54

Election 2008: The Hillary Factor

. Barack Obama, Democratic candidate for 44th President of the United States, might not possess precursory ‘experience', as the Republican demagogue tirelessly continues to lament, however those...

12 comments    politics america barack obama
George W. Bush... By Basso's clinical definition, Bush himself classifies as a 'Disenfranchised Conservative.'60

Election 2008: Disenfranchised Conservatives & Partisan Stone-Waller's

. My endorsement of democrat Barack Obama has elicited a voluminous collective of e-mails, from the sublime to the ridiculous, from supportive to threatening, from genuine inclusion to overt racism. Since...

10 comments    politics america obama
Basso invites his 24,000 readers to consider placing their support behind democratic candidate for President of the United States, Barack H. Obama.55

Election 2008: THE BASSO ENDORSEMENT

. In writing this article, moreover in authoring this entire Election 2008 series, it has been revealing on my own political transformation of self. This election is important, historic and relevant to the...

18 comments    politics america obama
Retired general, former Joint Chief’s of Staff Chairman, and our President’s previous Secretary of State Colin Powell made compelling and intelligent, linear conclusions in his endorsement of sophomore Illinois senator Barack Obama, for the Presidenc54

Election 2008: The Transcendiery Candidate

When retired general, former Chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff, and our current sitting President's previous Secretary of State Colin Powell last week placed his political endorsement for Presidency of...

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Looking Presidential...  Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, sophomore senator from Abraham Lincoln’s home state of Illinois. 52

Election 2008: Bushian Dismalism

. As we cross the 21st Century threshold, stepping nervously, non-ceremoniously and falter-footed into this as-yet-unmapped Brave New World, I have long suspected that both leading political parties have...

31 comments    politics america obama
  Obama, poised and composed came out swinging with a quiet reserve and evident command of current political circumstances and geo-political facts.  66

Election 2008: The Precipice Of Change

. Tonight, Senator Barack Obama, the freshman senator from Abraham Lincoln's home state of Illinois, effectively, logically, methodically and unemotionally, if not even unapologetically, delivered upon his...

52 comments    politics america barack obama
Joe Biden hits his stride during the Vice Presidential debate. Although he repeatedly mentioned his running mate and supposed hopeful 'boss', the unspoken reality remaied: OBAMA WHO?54

Election 2008: A Biden-Palin 'Dream Ticket' ?

. Hmmmmmm...... 'President PALIN.' 'President BIDEN.' As far as theoretical hypothesis goes, even the names sound better than 'President McCain', (which seems a little too reminiscent of a fast food...

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Modern America's TOP 100 Culturally Significant Movies: #97

Directed by enigmatic film noir notable John Landis (‘An American Werewolf In London', ‘The Blues Brothers', ‘National Lampoon's Animal House'), the 14-minute horror film spoof, MICHAEL JACKSON'S...

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Modern America's TOP 100 Culturally Significant Movies: #98

. Directed by the highly innovative and inspiring Peter Weir (with strong supporting directorial and scripting assignments by Michael J. McAlister), R. Martin Basso submits ‘THE TRUMAN SHOW' as #98 on his...

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