Release McCain's Medical Records

This is why the Palin VP choice is relevant when voting for the next president of the United States.

1998 McCain Interview: Is bin Laden "really that bad?"

Not that many people were ahead of the curve on al-Qaeda in the 1990s, and we see here that John McCain was no exception. 9/11 made a lot of people think, though, that we should get more serious about fighting al-Qaeda. It made McCain think that we should invade Iraq. -Mathew Yglesias

This is from the November/December 1998 issue of Mother Jones magazine:

Mother Jones: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now, with people like Osama bin Laden, do you have any reservations about watching strikes like that?

McCain: You could say, Look, is this guy, Laden, really the bad guy that's depicted? Most of us have never heard of him before. And where there is a parallel with Vietnam is: What's plan B? What do we do next? We sent our troops into Vietnam to protect the bases. Lyndon Johnson said, Only to protect the bases. Next thing you know.... Well, we've declared to the terrorists that we're going to strike them wherever they live. That's fine. But what's next? That's where there might be some comparison.

Palin is a good debater

Here are highlights from 2006. This will not be a cakewalk.

Palin Makes Case for Obama

"Experience" vs. "New Ideas." I think she forgot she was running for vice president.


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"A shattering moment in America's fall from power"

"The fate of empires is very often sealed by the interaction of war and debt. That was true of the British Empire, whose finances deteriorated from the First World War onwards, and of the Soviet Union. Defeat in Afghanistan and the economic burden of trying to respond to Reagan's technically flawed but politically extremely effective Star Wars program were vital factors in triggering the Soviet collapse. Despite its insistent exceptionalism, America is no different," - John Gray.

"The Sarah Palin pity party"

Rebecca Traister is on fire

Sarah Palin is no wilting flower. She is a politician who took the national stage and sneered at the work of community activists. She boldly tries to pass off incuriosity and lassitude as regular-people qualities, thereby doing a disservice to all those Americans who also work two jobs and do not come from families that hand out passports and backpacking trips, yet still manage to pick up a paper and read about their government and seek out experience and knowledge.

When you stage a train wreck of this magnitude -- trying to pass one underqualified chick off as another highly qualified chick with the lame hope that no one will notice -- well, then, I don't feel bad for you.

When you treat women as your toys, as gullible and insensate pawns in your Big Fat Presidential Bid -- or in Palin's case, in your Big Fat Chance to Be the First Woman Vice President Thanks to All the Cracks Hillary Put in the Ceiling -- I don't feel bad for you.

Hold Kerry states and focus on Iowa, Colorado, and New Mexico

All that Obama needs to win is to hold the Kerry states and keep his leads in Iowa, Colorado and New Mexico. That seems the most likely scenario.

- Daniel Larison

2004 Final Electoral Count

Here's an electoral calculator:
http://www.270towin.com/

Electoral Map Calculator with state polls:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/

Cafferty and Palin

Couric Interviews Palin and McCain

This will blow you away! They really do think the American people are that stupid. . .


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My Simple Message to Obama

Stay on the offensive! Don't back down. It's that simple.

Quote of the Day

"This bill would not have been agreed to had it not been for John McCain... This is a bipartisan accomplishment, a bipartisan success. And if people want to get something done in Washington, they just watch John McCain. He's been the guy whose name is at the top of major pieces of legislation for a long time."
-- Mitt Romney, NBC's Today show, 9/29/08

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

A perfect song for these uncertain times.

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Trying to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet yeah. . .

Putin Rears His Head Over Alaska

You can't make this stuff up!

CLICK PICTURE TO ENLARGE. . .

SNL - Couric Interviews Palin Again

"There is no way Saturday Night Live could make more fun of Palin than she made of herself. How does McCain win an election with a national joke as his running-mate?" - Andrew Sullivan

What McCain Will Cut In Spending

He's the real maverick!

Bad Ways To Start A Party Political Broadcast

This is funny. . .

Lifelong Conservative Is Done With GOP

An email to James Pethokoukis of US NEWS:

I am a lifelong ( 51 years old) "rock-ribbed" conservative.... What an eye opener this week has been! I now realize what a blowhard Newt truly is by advocating the GOP bail on the Paulson Plan. As a professional money manager I can tell you I am shocked, dismayed and depressed that the Speaker would excoriate the GOP to abandon this plan which is URGENT and necessary to avoid a financial catastrophe that once commenced may be irreversible. The level of ignorance of financial and economic reality displayed by the Speaker , Rep. Boehner, Sen. Shelby , et al, has been frightening and sad. I thought the GOP had a better grasp of such matters than the Dems. Apparently not. And if this has been pure election gamesmanship as I suspect? The willingness to play politics with the U.S. financial markets is appalling and disgusting.

I am a huge Reagan fan and admirer.I have voted GOP every election since 1976. Until now. Today. September 25, 2008. As soon as I finish this email I am going to try and get my $1000 McCain/Palin credit card donation back as I will not be voting GOP this year after watching this circus and the theatres passing as leadership displayed by the GOP. I am embarrassed to have been an erstwhile supporter of this gaggle of self-serving jerks. I hope the GOP lose their asses come November. They shall deserve it.

McCain Cartoon

Subprime loan crisis explained by cartoon stick figures

Venetians Appeal to American Voters:

Amazing 11 Year Old Athlete

This is for you Quiroz!

Obama's One Minute Ad On the Economy

CBS News - Interview with Palin

"Does she think Putin is a groundhog?" - My Wife

I almost feel sorry for her. I really do!

"Great Leadership"

FROM -Daniel Larison (A TRUE CONSERVATIVE)

"The GOP loyalist response to McCain’s stunt has been predictable (right down to Gingrich’s Romneyesque call for a “workout, not a bailout”), and it says a great deal about what these people think constitutes leadership: opportunism, trying to hog the credit for other people’s work and, above all, a mindless dedication to taking action. No doubt, if these were what made for great leaders McCain would be the new Augustus.

Laughably, Gingrich likens this to Eisenhower’s “I will go to Korea,” but unlike Eisenhower and the Korean war McCain has no credibility concerning the crisis he is supposedly addressing. In the end, knowing when you can contribute something and knowing when to avoid complicating an already difficult situation by intruding on ongoing negotiations is what separates grandstanding from leadership. It is what separates the simple egomaniacs from the ambitious pols who nonetheless have some idea what public service is. McCain’s belief that he is indispensable in a time of crisis is the surest sign that he is unfit for any office in republican government, much less the chief magistracy of the Republic"

Quote of the Day

"The Couric interview reminded me of an episode in the 5th grade when I tried to fake my way through an oral presentation on a book I hadn’t read. Neither of us pulled it off. "
- Anonymous