The Valley Blue Dog: The Manchurian Candidate and Eskimo Barbie

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Column by Steven Sisson Is the McCain-Palin campaign fueling racism, hatred and divisiveness? Of course, the answers to the question are yes, yes, yes, but wait one cotton-picking minute, Blue Dog! Calling the Republican presidential nominee John McCain The Manchurian Candidate conjures images of a 1960s Vietnam prisoner of war being brainwashed and collaborating with…

Winners and Losers: McCain, $528,000, ‘Drill, baby, drill’

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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: McCain campaign loses a friend in John Lewis I was sitting in the press box at Scott Stadium on Saturday at halftime of the UVa.-ECU football game when I saw something in my e-mail in-box from the John McCain campaign that caught my attention. “Congressman John Lewis’ comments represent…

The Valley Blue Dog: Do as I say, not as I do?

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Column by Steven Sisson It’s becoming clear as mud after last night’s debate that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is worst running mate since Thomas Eagleton in 1972. McCain’s political strategy ensuring women will vote for the Republican ticket because Palin’s sexuality is condescending to say the least. To quote Charlie Chan, the “mud of bewilderment…

9/11: Bin Laden’s Victory

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Column by W.R. Marshall Gen. David Patraeus is leaving Iraq. Osama Bin Laden has won. A simple declarative statement — and an unfortunately true one. The victory was handed to him by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al; the Neocon architects of the now ironically entitled “War against Terror.” A war that was lost before it…

Shepherd Bliss: Slow Food Nation attracts 50,000 … beneath the surface

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Column by Shepherd Bliss “Come to the table,” Slow Food Nation invited. And come to San Francisco over Labor Day weekend they did — around 50,000 people attending perhaps the largest food celebration in American history. Tables and straw bales appeared in the heart of the city’s Civic Center around a victory garden on about…

Virginia Supreme Court affirms ruling in lesbian-custody case

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Virginia Supreme Court today affirmed an appeals-court ruling granting a woman full visitation rights to the daughter that she had been raising with her former lesbian partner. The decision in the Jenkins v. Miller case also affirms that federal and state laws governing child-custody disputes apply equally to gay,…