Tag: "McCain"
Less is More
The world is watching Iran during these delicate and important times. The White House is very wisely staying out of the rhetoric on the situation. Unfortunately, Republicans like John McCain are urging President Obama to get more involved in the election process in Iran. Inflammatory or antagonizing statements from the US Government is exactly what [...]
New McCain tactic: divided government is good
It looks like there may be a new argument being weather ballooned by the McCain campaign, namely that having the same party in control of both the Legislative and Executive branches of government may not be the best thing for the country. Johnathan Martin at Politico has the details. Of course, the interesting thing is [...]
McCain: Ayers Matters! America: Meh.
McCain and his campaign have gone on overdrive in the last couple days, pulling out all the stops on a scorched earth campaign, and doing their best to convince the public that Obama is some sort of terrorist by association. Fortunately the public doesn’t seem to be buying it. From an Oct 8th poll (Fox [...]
McCain and vets
During tonight’s debate, McCain several times spoke of our caring for our veterans, both as an area of spending he would not cut/cap and later of his devotion to their care. Being a vet himself, this of course was no surprise. What did surprise me though was when i watched an interview with Biden post-debate [...]
McCain ad: Education
Please tell me on what planet you can be proud of a campaign that produces this. Showing Obama looking down and smiling while making a (demonstrably false and mischaracterized) statement about teaching sex to kindergartners? It’s like abused kids becoming abusive parents, and McCain is acting out South Carolina 2000 in role-reversal. Only this time [...]
Irony deficit?
Am I the only one who sees the inherent irony in McCain, the earmark crusader, picking as a running mate the governor of Alaska, a state that would likely cease to function without earmarks and a constant disproportionate influx of federal dollars?
President’s veto of intelligence bill is the right move, but his rationale is not
In today’s presidential radio address, President Bush stated that he vetoed the intelligence authorization bill because it would not allow for “one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror” to be used anymore.
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