September 2008 Archives

There has been an interesting chain of events in the last few days involving John McCain’s actions during the financial bailout negotiations and his performance in the presidential debate, which gives us an insight into not only John McCain the man, but what we might expect from a President McCain. The picture it paints is not an appealing one. It is that of a condescending, angry, borderline hostile, disrespectful man, and an indecisive and detached...

John McCain rode into Washington, D.C. on his white horse yesterday, after suspending (not really) his presidential campaign, and proceeded to sabotage negotiations which had produced a tentative agreement on a plan to rescue the crumbling financial markets. In an attempt to revive his sagging poll numbers by exerting leadership and looking presidential, McCain attended a meeting at the White House, along with Congressional leaders from both parties. His contribution, according to those in attendance,...

When I first heard of Senator McCain’s decision yesterday to suspend his campaign, and his request to postpone Friday night’s debate with Barack Obama, I found it a bit curious. Here we are, 40 days out from the election, with multiple presidential debates and the vice-presidential debate all compressed into such a short time span, and one of the candidates wants to return to Washington and be an integral part of a solution to the...

This is pitiful, and it would be hilarious if this person were not running for the second most powerful position in the world. Watch as Charlie Gibson asks Sarah Palin to explain the Bush Doctrine. She doesn’t have a clue. One phrase she has learned well, “terrorists who are hell-bent on destroying our nation. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU&eurl=http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/] Then the topic turned to Russia, and the possibility of Georgia and the Ukraine joining NATO. GIBSON: Would you favor...

Lost in all the media lunacy over pigs and lipstick were the economic projections released by the CBO this week. So instead of talking about the latest McCain campaign smear or repeating Sarah Palin’s lie about the Bridge to Nowhere for the 1,000th time, let’s discuss an actual issue, the economy. I know this election isn’t supposed to be about issues, but it might be a nice diversion. From the Washington Post: “A weak economy...

I had to check my calendar yesterday to make sure the year is still 2008. From all that’s going on in the world of presidential politics, I would have sworn it was 1984, George Orwell’s 1984. Let me explain. The presidential candidate of the party that has held the White House for the last 8 years is now running as the candidate of “change.” This same candidate, who has been in Washington, D.C. for 28...

No comment necessary, some things speak for themselves [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioggM-6nWoY] But wait there’s more. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5IEJWeWbDI] And that about wraps it up....

Senator McCain’s acceptance speech last night was just about what I expected, judging from the theme of the other speakers at the Republican Convention. It was long on generalities and platitudes and short on specifics. It was a speech that could have been given by any Republican candidate for president in the last 20+ years. Lower taxes, reduce spending, cut government programs, the usual suspects. He also found time to misrepresent Barack Obama’s proposals on...

Calm down Republicans, she’s only your VP nominee. With all the gushing praise and the glowing reviews after Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican Convention last night, one would have thought she was the presidential nominee and not John McCain. Home run, amazing, brilliant, fantastic, the pundits proclaimed. What it was to me was a typical Republican stump speech, with a little personalized biographical information thrown in for good measure. I’ll give Governor Palin credit...

For those without the inclination, or the stomach, to watch the Republican Convention last night, I thought I would bring you a few highlights(?) of what transpired. First, a shot of the delegates on the convention floor:   Anything catch your eye? Notice the diversity of the crowd? There are a total of 36 black delegates to this year’s RNC, that is less than 2% of the total and down from 7% in 2004. By...