BARACK OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

The Democratic Party is divided and in something of an identity crisis right now.  In this Perspective, I hope to provide some analysis, centering on what exactly the Barack Obama phenomenon means to the Party and to the nation.

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THE INSANITY OF THE “GAS TAX HOLIDAY”

We are certainly in the season of raw politics--and many of the proposals being offered demonstrate that.  Both John McCain and Hillary Clinton are proposing and strongly supporting a gas tax holiday for this summer.  They would both suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents per gallon, for the summer months of travel (Memorial Day through Labor Day).  To his credit, Barack Obama has refused to support this gimmick!  It is truly an insane idea. 

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MADONNA:  THE REBIRTH OF A SEX GODDESS

Madonna is back!  The married mother of three children, she is once again re-making her image.  Her newest album (her 11th studio album) is entitled “Hard Candy” and is filled with sexual innuendo and instinct gratification.  Her new image is actually a remake of her old one—a sex goddess.  She purposefully promotes herself as an object of desire and as a material girl.  Success, wealth, materialism, raunchy language and blatant suggestions, all characterize the new (i.e., the old) Madonna.

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