Mike M. Bates
Slummin' with Barry
MichNews.com-- Mrs. Clinton assumed full taunting mode in a January Democratic presidential candidate debate. She aggressively battled bad Republican ideas, she told Obama, when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slumlord business in inner-city Chicago.
Nov 20, 2008, 09:27
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Mike M. Bates
A nation of Peter Pans
MichNews.com-- Author J. M. Barrie gave literature Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. Government, by encouraging people to not assume the responsibilities of adulthood, is fashioning a nation of Peter Pans.
Nov 13, 2008, 08:58
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Mike M. Bates
Why the race was lost
MichNews.com-- Castro this week described Obama as gmore intelligent, cultured and levelheaded than his Republican adversary.h The American people agreed. So let the finger pointing commence. In no special order of consequence, here are a few probable reasons for the GOP loss:
Nov 6, 2008, 13:23
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Mike M. Bates
The young will pay for a President Obama
MichNews.com-- Its lamentable that Obama and Biden only tell the truth when people give them money. It was at a San Francisco fundraiser that Obama voiced his belief that residents of small towns in Pennsylvania and elsewhere cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who arent like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Oct 30, 2008, 14:33
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Mike M. Bates
Birds of a feather Barack together
MichNews.com-- An ABC News/Washington Post poll shows more than half the respondents dont think Barack Obamas association with unrepentant 60s terrorist William Ayers is a legitimate issue. Its old news. Such reasoning suggests that in about 30 years Obama can serve on boards with bin Laden, visit Osamas home and take political contributions from him, just as hes done with Ayers. After all, that 9/11 stuff will be old news by then.
Oct 22, 2008, 14:59
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Mike M. Bates
Another Great Depression?
MichNews.com-- It looks as though John McCain is respectfully campaigning himself into the footnotes of history. Polls with Barack Obama winning by double digits are an indicator. So are predictions of a Democratic landslide by longtime GOP operatives such as Ed Rollins. McCain backers stand up at rallies to voice their exasperation that hes not doing enough to win. Obama presents a clear, though hackneyed, message; McCain appears tentative and inconsistent.
Oct 15, 2008, 15:50
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Mike M. Bates
Cubs carry a devilish burden
MichNews.com-- This begins with an apology. Last June a column from your humble servant focused on Barack Obamas refusal, after initially approving the idea, to hold frequent town hall meetings with John McCain. I wrote: When it comes to confronting McCain, however, Barack folds like the Cubs in September.
Oct 9, 2008, 21:10
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Mike M. Bates
The politics of the bailout
MichNews.com-- So how did they come up with that $700 billion bailout figure? A Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com last week: Its not based on any particular data point. We just wanted to choose a really large number.
Oct 2, 2008, 12:56
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Mike M. Bates
Patriotism, taxes and charity
MichNews.com-- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was interviewed on ABCs Good Morning America last week. With hair plugs set perfectly and dental caps gleaming or was it the other way around? Joe was asked by Kate Snow if those odious folks known as the rich should pay more in taxes. His reply:
Sep 25, 2008, 12:27
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Mike M. Bates
The truth is not dishonorable
MichNews.com-- John McCain ran an ad criticizing Barack Obama for supporting sex education for kindergartners. The reaction of Obama and his media sycophants was so vociferous that you might have thought abortion had been curtailed. The ad was described as a total fabrication, swill, truly vile, and one of the sleaziest spots in history.
Sep 18, 2008, 11:05
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Mike M. Bates
Obama's politics of new ideas
MichNews.com-- Barack Obama maintains hefs the candidate of new ideas. When clinching his partyfs nomination, he boasted that itfs gour time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face.h The senatorfs acceptance speech at the convention noted, gChange happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.h
Sep 11, 2008, 12:07
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Mike M. Bates
Obama condemns (wink, wink) sleazy politics
MichNews.com-- For readers who might not yet have memorized last weeks column, it consisted of observations from the Democratic Conventions first day. My intent was to provide something similar this week, but those darn GOPers refused to cooperate and held an abbreviated session Monday. Im awaiting press reports that Hurricane Gustav was George Bushs fault.
Sep 3, 2008, 12:13
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Mike M. Bates
Convention observations
MichNews.com-- The first day of the Democratic convention produced fewer attacks than anticipated on the Bush-McCain administration, as its now called. Maybe Daddy Yankees endorsement of John McCain threw Democrats off their stride. Undoubtedly theyll make up for lost time over the next three days. Some thoughts after Day 1 of the convention:
Aug 26, 2008, 20:56
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Mike M. Bates
Dictatorship we can believe in
MichNews.com-- Barack Obama wants to be president. Given his authoritarian tendencies, will that be enough for him?
Aug 21, 2008, 09:10
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Mike M. Bates
Is Obama an alien abductee?
MichNews.com-- When Obamatons arent renting their shirts or tearing out their hair in sheer ecstasy over his total wonderfulness, they must occasionally speculate about what made their hero the hero he is. I mean, other than the pot (that) had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow (cocaine) when you could afford it that he admitted to in his book.
Aug 10, 2008, 18:41
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Mike M. Bates
The power of one
MichNews.com-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who passed away this week, meticulously documented Communist oppression in his books. The subject was one with which he was all too familiar.
Aug 7, 2008, 12:26
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Mike M. Bates
Have we gone insane?
MichNews.com-- Last weeks poll sponsored by Time magazine and the Rockefeller Foundation found 85 percent of the respondents believe the country is on the wrong track. Times Web site carried a story on the study that noted:
Jul 25, 2008, 12:10
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Mike M. Bates
Smart Hillary bides her time
MichNews.com-- Hillary Clinton can be accused of many things. Stupidity isnt one of them. Waiting in the wings, shes ready to rescue her party if Mr. Wonderful continues to self-destruct.
Jul 17, 2008, 14:37
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Mike M. Bates
Obama's Supreme puzzlement
MichNews.com-- Tracking Barack Obamas position on many issues is akin to watching the weather. Stick around a little while and itll change. He can make a U-turn faster than a speeding fist bump.
Jul 10, 2008, 13:40
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Mike M. Bates
The Mike Bates Independence Day Quiz
MichNews.com-- Happy Birthday, America. Its been 232 years since the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed. Take a quick quiz to see how much you know about this statement that changed the world.
Jul 2, 2008, 15:16
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