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Category Archives: Election 2008
Unvetted?
Andrew Sullivan is so hysterical about the “irresponsibility” of Sarah Palin as vice president, that he’s almost to the point of arguing that McCain didn’t even know her name until an hour before the announcement. As Neo-Neocon contends however, the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, McCain, Neo-Neocon, Obama, Palin, Sarah Palin, veep
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Anti-Palin Hysteria Expands, Degenerates
I’m beginning to sense that anti-Palin hysteria is building toward a collective psychological meltdown of truly epic proportions on the Democratic side of our political divide. Today, Democratic consultant Dan Conley angrily pushed us a little further to the brink … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged cynicism, Dan Conley, democracy, democratic, left, McCain, Palin, patriotism, peace, Republican, Sarah Palin, speechwriter, unpatriotic, war
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Welcoming the World to Wasilla
photo: Michael Levesque It seems the international media is crawling all over the tiny town Sarah Palin began her political career in. Being fond of leaders for whom membership in the general public is a recent memory, I think it’s … Continue reading
An Unacceptable Acceptance
Well, here is an embarrassing prospect. It seems the Republican leadership may boycott the Republican convention in Minnesota, for fear of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The top elected Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was already boycotting. But now … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, boycott, convention, democratic, Democrats, Denver, Gulf of Mexico, hurricane, McCain, minnesota, Republican, RNCC
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A Gutter-al Scream
It’s almost as if the Dems can’t help but to resort to misogynistic antagonism in dealing with Gov. Sarah Palin. This comes courtesy of Alan Colmes, citing Rogers Cadenhead who questions Palin’s maternal abilities: One bit of weirdness associated with … Continue reading
Sarah Palin – Kuwait Gallery
Here at ASHC we get an enormous amount of traffic from people looking for Sarah Palin photographs. My friend Jason over on postpolitical says he’s experiencing the same phenomenon on his blog, and we took to calling it the hunt … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged Alaska, Alaska National Guard, blog, desert, gallery, government, images, Kuwait, Kuwati, MILF, military, National Guard, Palin, palinporn, photos, pics, pictures, public domain, Republican, Sarah Palin, search engine, traffic, troops, veep, vice president, vp, VPILF, websites
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The Emergence of Ideological Fantasism
The explosion of enthusiasm for Palin on just about every conservative blog and media outlet has apparently gone unnoticed at the DailyKos, which is predicting that Sarah represents a divisive force, who will soon fracture and ultimately destroy the Republican … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged conservative, DailyKos, fantasism, fantasy, ideological, ideology, McCain, neocons, neoconservatives, Palin, political narratives, Ronpaulism, Ronpaulist, Sarah Palin
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Evolving McCain
I cited Victor Davis Hanson’s NRO post earlier in an easy defense of Palin, but there’s another point therein worth mention: Palin as agent of change for McCain, personally. On energy, [Sarah Palin] will either blunt McCain’s unreasonable opposition to … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Alaska, ANWR, drilling, energy, energy independence, McCain, oil, Palin, Sarah Palin, Victor Davis Hanson
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Running Aground Over Sarah Palin
Paul Begala laments the fact that McCain didn’t select a vice presidential candidate who is more traditional, old, boring, uninspiring…in essence, an ossified agent of the establishment, like Joe Biden for instance. Well, he doesn’t quite phrase it that way, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Biden, Democrat, election, establishment, experience, McCain, Obama, Palin, Paul Begala, platform, reform, Republican, Sarah Palin, Tom Ridge, veep, vice president, Victor Davis Hanson, vp
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A Loss of Democratic Self-Awareness
It’s rather amusing to see the ticket lacking in any executive experience, with a presidential nominee of extremely limited elected experience, attempting to attack McCain’s vice presidential nominee on grounds of inexperience. Reeling a bit perhaps. A more mature Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Biden, big oil, Bush, election, energy, experience, Kennedy, McCain, Obama, Palin, president, scandal, vice president
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The Rise of the Governess
Way back in February 2007, when I was still writing for postpolitical, an obscure little blog popped up pitching Sarah Palin for the Vice Presidency. At the time few were that familiar with Sarah’s record or wise enough to predict … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged 2008, 2012, conservatives, GOP, McCain, Mom, Palin, PTA, Republican, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, suffrage, veep, vice president, vp, women
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Eyewitness at Ohio Airfield Possibly Identifies Palin
Ah, the fever of speculation. This is an interesting report from a local paper in Ohio, which found an eyewitness to the alleged Palin plane: According to Rich Bevis of B&B Aero, the fixed-based operator at Hook Field, the jet, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged Alaska, B&B Aero, Bristol, Gulfstream IV, Hook Field, jet, McCain, Middletown, Ohio, Oxford Press, Palin, Rich Bevis, Sarah Palin, Seattle, veep, vice president, vp, Willow
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Please, Please, Please, Let it be Palin
Thankfully Pawlenty is out, Romney is out, and Matt Drudge is dropping a big tease that it might be Sarah Palin for Vice President after all. I personally would forgive McCain three decades of criticism if he selected her. It … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Alaska, election, Matt Drudge, McCain, Palin, party, Pawlenty, Republican, Romney, Sarah Palin, tease, veep, vice president, vp, Wasilla
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Biden Blues
A majority of voters approve of Obama’s selection of Joe Biden in CNN’s first poll after the tap. Unfortunately for Obama and his new Veep, the choice appears to have further angered and alienated Hillary’s sad little village. Thus, Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008
Tagged CNN, convention, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John McCain, McCain, Obama, poll, Ralph Nader, scapegoat, speech, tied
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Cross Corroboration
McQ find some general backing up of John McCain’s Vietnam cross story. Not to be outdone by Andrew Sullivan and Daily Kos, Matt Welch at Reason thinks the cross story is the least important story McCain might have made up. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Chris' Page, Election 2008
Tagged cross, domino theary, McCain, reason, Vietnam
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Quote of the Day
Surely, some of our terms for peace will have to be modified to correspond to new realities on the ground and to achieve our ultimate ends, which are security for the Kosovars and peace and stability in the Balkans. Genuine … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs
Tagged Georgia, Kosovo, McCain, separatism, use of force
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The Dinosaur, The Dodo
And now? The end of the mainstream media as we know it. Edwards, 55, now admits that he had an affair with Hunter, now 44,in 2006, but denies that he is the father of the child she had in February. … Continue reading
A Special “Energy”
Few of us approve of marital indiscretions. Personally, however, I hesitate to toss too many stones. Knowing what occurs in the confines of a marriage is difficult, if not impossible, to know. Some marriages are marriages of convenience, be it … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
Tagged Affair, Democrat, election, Election 2008, John Edwards, president, Rielle Hunter
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Russian Imperialism and the Election
(photo: Chris Dunn) John Bolton argues that the future of Russian imperialism in Eurasia rides on the outcome of the US presidential election. Unsurprisingly, he pitches McCain: “First reactions, before the campaigns’ pollsters and consultants get involved are always the … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged campaign, centrism, consultants, divided government, Domestic Politics, election, Eurasia, Foreign affairs, Georgia, geostrategy, imperialism, indicators, invasion, John Bolton, McCain, Obama, political, polls, presidency, Rasmussen, revanchism, Russia, Russian imperialism, war
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McCain’s Turks vs. Obama’s Armenians?
Tsitsernakaberd (photo: Adam Lederer) Just when bewilderment at the spectacle of Steve Cohen going absolutely berserk on an Armenian film crew had started to subside (they were trailing him over his opposition to recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide), I … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged 1915, Armenia, Armenian genocide, Armenians, ethnicc, facebook, genocide, liveleak, McCain, nationalist, Obama, Ottoman, social, socnet, Steven Cohen, Turkey, Turks, video, war, war crimes
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Just show him your O face
via Instapundit, we find Tigerhawk making the complaint that the new O salute is discriminatory against those differently-abled people who have lost an arm or hand. He doesn’t seem to have a problem with those who have lost both arms … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2008, Keith's Page
Tagged cult of personality, Election 2008, o face, Obama
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Targeting the “Original Maverick”
(photo: WBEZ Chicago Public Radio | site) Obama’s newish McSame style attack ad mocking McCain’s “original maverick” slogan is fairly good. As Ken Wheaton notes, all the time McCain had to spend trying to convince the GOP he was a … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged ad, Bush, change, Clintons, democratic, Democrats, equalitarianism, GOP, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, inequality, Karl Rove, Ken Wheaton, McCain, McSame, Obama, Repubican, Republican, rugged individualism, video, videotape, voters, youtube
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The Virtues of Celebrity Foreign Policy
(Photo: Alice E. Backer | blog) Andrew Galasetti at Lyved is an extremely devoted admirer of Obama. While fanatical devotion can blind — Galasetti thinks for instance that the McCain celebrity charge backfired, when the polls suggest a different picture … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Asia, campaign, celebrity, election, Europe, foreign policy, George W. Bush, Johnson, leadership, lyved, McCain, Nixon, Obama, Rasmussen, world
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Ignorance & Pride
Obama might be giving McCain more ammunition for the contention he is a condescending elitist. Denouncing Republican attacks on his energy plan as lies, he countered that “these guys take pride in being ignorant.” Huffington Post and the leftblogs are … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged celebrity, elitist, huffington post, ignorant, leftblogs, lies, McCain, Middle America, Obama, Paris Hilton, partisan, Republican, snob, vanity
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The McCarthyism of 2008
Are you now, or have you ever been a conservative?
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, Peg's Page
Tagged Hollywood, Jon Voight, McCarthyism
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Two Voters
David Gergen is the latest to detect hidden racist messages in McCain advertising. I’d say that there’s two types of voters on this issue. The sort who sighs at an “obvious” effort to invent an artificial racism for McCain, and … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged advertising, David Gergen, McCain, Obama, Race, racism
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Reality Based Analysis?
EJ Dionne thinks McCain is blowing it: By running an attack campaign that is almost a parody of George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 exertions, McCain is chucking away his greatest opportunity, which is to show that he could reform … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page
Tagged Domestic Politics, Election 2008, McCain, Obama
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The Civil McCain Myth
I don’t think McCain is being particularly nasty to Obama (nor Obama particularly nice) but I think Daniel Larson hits the nail on the head here: Indeed, to the extent that his agreement with the administration on many major policies … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page
Tagged Election 2008, McCain, Obama
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Running Against the New York Times
Perhaps Mr. Riley’s allegation in Newsday that the McCain “Celeb” ad exposed some sort of crypto-racist subterfuge, is more widely shared among Obama’s media advocates than one might have assumed. For the queen of that kingdom evidently shares the sentiment: … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged advertising, editorial, harold ford, John Riley, Low-Road Express, marketing, McCain, Media, New York Timews, Obama, Race, racism, racist, slogan, subterfuge
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The Origin of Messages
(photo: photosan0) Yesterday I suggested that it was unwise for Obama to have titled and predicated a video on a line from a rather slanted New York Times editorial, given the growing public perception of media bias in his favor. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged arena, bias, lovers, Low-Road Express, McCain, Media, Mick Stockinger, microsite, New York Times, Obama, urban
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The Art of Trying too Hard
(photo: dgeuzen) John Riley at Newsday is criticizing John McCain’s “Celeb” ad on the grounds that “anyone knows” Britney Spears and Paris Hilton just aren’t celebrity enough. Points for novelty at least. To reinforce his argument, he cites the Forbes … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged America, Blake Hounshell, Britney Spears, campaign, celeb, celebrity, Forbes, foreign policy, Friedrich Nietzsche, gender, John McCain, John Riley, Newsday, Nietzsche, Paris Hilton, racial, sexual
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Touring the Low Road
The Obama campaign has a new video response to McCain. It’s an interesting approach. The heart of the ad is the beginning, in which quotes from major pro-Obama media editorials are superimposed over McCain, calling his (unspecified) criticism “baseless,” “baloney,” … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged McCain, New York Times, Obama, polls, response, video
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Landham Returns
Taking fecklessness to new levels of embarrassment, the Libertarian Party of Kentucky is now considering rescinding its unanimous de-endorsement of genocidal fantasist Sonny Landham, and formally renominating him as its candidate for US Senate. “We’re really stuck,” said Libertarian Party … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Lee's Page, Libertarianism, Uncategorized
Tagged Ken Moellman, kentucky, Libertarian Party, libertarians
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The Media is on the Job
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
Tagged Election 2008, Media, Obama
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From Galula, to Anbar and the Surge
In the ongoing discussion of who has done a better job of describing the time line around the surge, I certainly recommend McQ’s discussion. The Minuteman however has a couple of key points to make on this issue as well: … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Military Matters
Tagged COIN, David Galula, Iraq, the surge
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The Launch
Due to popular demand, I’ve thrown my hat into the race. (HT: My Best Man)
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Election 2008, Michael Wade
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