COMMENTARY FROM PERRY DIAZ
Republican Vice Presidential Sarah Palin has been accusing Barack Obama a “socialist” and for “spreading the wealth around.” Well, if we used Palin’s criteria of a “socialist,” then she would fit as a “socialist” herself. Actually, she used the words “sharing the wealth” as opposed to “spreading the wealth” which would really make her a “communist.”
Perry
Sarah Palin, proud socialist
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, October 28, 2008
Source: www.boingbling.net
The best part of Hendrik Hertzberg’s excellent New Yorker commentary about McCain and Palin’s failed attempt to convince people that Obama is …

Letter from Paris
By Antonio C. Abaya
Written on Oct. 28, 2008
We took the Eurostar train from St.Pancras Station in London to Gare du Nord in Paris. The train glided noiselessly under the English Channel in less time than it took me to read the International Herald Tribune, which has become my medium of choice, in London and even in Paris, even though I can read French passably. The IHT feels like an old shoe. When I was a student in Evanston (Illinois) in the late 1950s and early 1960s I used …

How Racism Works
“What if John McCain were a former president of the
Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom
of his graduating class?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he
said ‘I do’ to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife
after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5 (a past scandal)?
What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the
election numbers would be as close as they …

PerryScope
by Perry Diaz
October Surprise
Rumors were abounding in the media about an “October Surprise” by John McCain that would shatter the presidential aspiration of Barack Obama. But as it turned out, the “October Surprise” was on McCain — Obama pulled ahead of McCain in the battleground states.
On October 4, 2008, it was reported on the news that “Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama’s character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the …

Landscape
Gemma Cruz Araneta
Macario Sakay vindicated
It all began last year on 13 September when the City of
Manila, led by Mayor Alfredo S. Lim, simultaneously
commemorated the 100th death anniversary of General Macario
Sakay and the 104th birthday of Amado V. Hernandez , two
Filipino patriots, natives of Tondo. General Macario Sakay
was born on Calle Tabora but no one knows where his house
once stood so Mayor Lim had no choice but to hold a dual
event at the Plaza Amado V. Hernandez, a rotunda of black
granite slabs in front of the Santo Niño Church of Tondo.
“Sword …

Barack “Web 2.0” Obama will win the 2008 U.S. presidential elections by a landslide
by Hecky Villanueva
A week ago, after writing an article on why Catholics could vote for Obama, I was intrigued at the wealth of information I found on the topic on the Web. Then after watching the endorsement of Colin Powell of Obama, I was further intrigued. I Googled keywords one wouldn’t expect to be related such as “Republicans supporting Obama,” “conservatives for Obama,” “Joe the Plumber supports Obama,” or “Joe Six-packer for Obama,” and so on. The …

COMMENTARY FROM PERRY DIAZ
The report below from Waterloo, Iowa tells of the division between the staffs of McCain and Palin. This appears to be the start of McCain’s Waterloo in his quest for the presidency. With only nine days left in the campaign, McCain is losing ground in all the battleground states. And Palin seems to be pursuing her own agenda beyond 2008 as the heir apparent to the Reagan/Bush dynasty. Indeed, there are already talks in Republican circles of handing her the mantle of leadership of the Republican Party …

Republicans Jump Ship: Scott McClellan, Colin Powell, and the List Goes On…
Source: www.thinkbridge.blogspot.com
October 23, 2008
Today Scott McClellan, that famous former Bush Press Secretary, announced that he’s going to vote for Barack Obama for President!
We already heard the much-expected endorsement of Colin Powell, Bush’s former Defense Secretary, and then there’s this list:
McCain campaign advance team (Thu Oct 23):
The McCain campaign advance team is setting up an unusual election night event, one that doesn’t even feature the candidate, perhaps with the expectation of a loss. The AP reports that while supporters will …

Hi everyone!
People who are determined to keep us divided start these rumors about Barack’s birth certificate to manipulate us into thinking he is not an American citizen.
The fact is Barack Obama was born in the state of Hawaii in 1961, a native citizen of the United States of America.
Learn the facts and see the birth certificate for yourself:
http://my.barackobama.com/birthcertificate
Together we can make sure these negative and divisive attacks don’t affect this election.
Thanks for your help.

WHY I THINK BARACK OBAMA IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR FILIPINOS
By Charmaine Manansala
I’ve spent the past few weeks criss-crossing the country talking to
AAPIs about Barack Obama and the vision he has for our community, and
for our country. I want to say a quick word about where we are in
this campaign to Filipinos.
Filipino Americans across the country are working nationwide through
the Obama campaign and Filipino Americans for Obama. Leading to
November 4th, they are working diligently to deliver the electoral
votes that will make Barack Obama our 44th President of the United
States. This …