Two or three days in a row now, Barack Obama has flat-out mocked John McCain’s attempts to stumble through a fiscal crisis that has taken American values — stock, home, and interest numbers — backwards to the 2004 era. You know the story. Home values are down, stock prices are down. In Southern California, homesContinue reading “Obama Mocks McCain on Fiscal Policy”
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Sarah Palin Shakes Up Wasilla City Hall
According to a fascinating story by Sarah Posner in Salon (here), when Sarah Palin was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, she enrolled the staff in "Basic Life Principles" character training designed by Bill Gothard. This is a program that focuses on seven "non-optional" principles, such as "The Principle of Authority." The training is not labeled asContinue reading “Sarah Palin Shakes Up Wasilla City Hall”
Reagan and American Ruin (USA! USA! USA!)
From the jaw-dropping Andrew Becevich of The American Conservative: As portrayed by [President Jimmy] Carter, the mistaken idea of freedom was quantitative: it centered on the never-ending quest for more while exalting narrow self-interest. His conception of authentic freedom was qualitative: it meant living in accordance with permanent values. At least by implication, it meantContinue reading “Reagan and American Ruin (USA! USA! USA!)”
Larison Loses His Temper
The eloquent conservative Larison lost his temper a week ago at Sarah Palin’s "Bridge to Nowhere" lie. Now he’s just pissed: The main innovation of the Bush administration in U.S. foreign policy, the one for which he will be remembered for good or ill, is the placement of preventive war as a means of nonproliferationContinue reading “Larison Loses His Temper”
Are You Calling McCain a Liar? Ummm, yes…
"The McCain campaign said Governor Palin opposed the Bridge to Nowhere, but now we know she supported it. They said she didn’t seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state. They said she visited Iraq, but today we learned that she onlyContinue reading “Are You Calling McCain a Liar? Ummm, yes…”
The GOP and the Oil Industry: Afraid of Barack
It’s pitiful but unsurprising that the GOP has become the party of "drill, baby, drill." As someone wise (I forget who) said somewhere on the Internet, it’s almost as troubling as that time long ago in the 60’s, when the Left became the party of "burn, baby, burn." (I’d like to think both the RightContinue reading “The GOP and the Oil Industry: Afraid of Barack”
Is McCain Losing It?
Yesterday, he claimed to a hard-nosed TV reporter from Maine who wanted to know what experience Sarah Palin has in the field of national security that "she knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." Today on "The View" he claimed that as governor she never asked nor acceptedContinue reading “Is McCain Losing It?”
Palin Did Not Ban Books — But She Did Try to Fire the Librarian
A list of the books Sarah Palin allegedly tried to ban from the Wasilla Library has been circulating at the speed of light: don’t believe it. According to Snopes, the list (supposedly taken from the library minutes) is bogus (here). Further, the book blog from the Los Angeles Times, Jacket Copy, takes a closer lookContinue reading “Palin Did Not Ban Books — But She Did Try to Fire the Librarian”
Conservative: McCain-Palin is Bushism, not Reform
Daniel Larison, a columnist/blogger for the fascinatingly unpredictable American Conservative, in a column sharply points out (here) that the McCain-Palin ticket represents not reform, but a all-out continuation of "Bushism." In the warped universe of Bush Republicanism, McCain/Palin was the relatively moderate alternative to the extreme [Joe] Lieberman option. In truth, by choosing Palin McCainContinue reading “Conservative: McCain-Palin is Bushism, not Reform”
McCain Speaks, Nation Yawns
Well, maybe I’m a little biased. But that’s how it seemed to me. Charles Lane, on the Wa-Po’s Post-Partisan blog, called it (here) "a snoozer…easily the worst of this year’s four presidential and vice presidential nomination acceptance speeches." Another viewer counted at least nine on-air yawns from Republican delegates in the hall. Notable facts: MentionsContinue reading “McCain Speaks, Nation Yawns”
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