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Tag Archives: John McCain
Sarah Palin in 2012
Rasmussen reports today that Sarah Palin is the choice of 64% of Republicans for the 2012 Republican nomination, and that a staggering 91% of Republicans have a favorable impression of her (equally remarkable, 65% rate their view as ‘highly favorable’). … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics
Tagged 1976, 2012, conservative, establishmentarian, Foreign affairs, George HW Bush, Gerald Ford, GOP, grassroots, Howard Baker, John McCain, nomination, Palin, poll, Rasmussen, Reagan, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin
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Blaming the Social Conservatives
As readers will know, I’m certainly no apologist for the social conservative movement in either its style or purposes. But it seems to me to be an awful injustice to lay at their feet the defeat of John McCain, in … Continue reading
The Folly of Heroes
What a day for indignity. Just when I’d stopped shaking my head at the image of Paul Krugman accepting the Nobel Prize, I read two of my most cherished heroes offering rather embarrassing endorsements for bad things. Christopher Hitchens, always … Continue reading
John McCain and Sarah Palin: Fairfax Gallery
Ron Hilton caught some great shots at the McCain/Palin rally in Fairfax, Virginia. He was gracious enough to let us post them here for you:
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged campaign, election, Fairfax, Fred Thompson, gallery, images, John McCain, McCain, Palin, palinporn, Photography, photos, pics, pictures, rally, Ron Hilton, Sarah Palin, speech, Todd Palin, Virginia
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An Outside View of the State of Our Presidential Race
Caroline Glick via Ace of Spades Caroline Glick is an astute observer of our political situation. She is based in Jerusalem. “McCain’s strategic grasp of the requirements for a successful presidential race provide an important lesson for policy-makers and political … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page
Tagged Ace of Spades, Caroline Glick, Domestic Politics, election, Jerusalem, John McCain, leadership, McCain, Obama, Palin, political, president, strategy
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Reconsidertions of McCain’s Speech
Jennifer Rubin becomes the latest to reconsider the merits of McCain’s convention acceptance speech. It’s interesting how many people on the political right are reevaluating it really. Like Jennifer, my own reaction was that it was unremarkable. I told friends … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Jennifer Rubin, John McCain, McCain, speech
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Do The Opposite
Jihad Watch I have seen a few articles that say something like – if the left dislikes McCan-Palin so much they must be doing something right. Here is a similar argument about views from the Muslim world. “whenever your taqiyya-practicing … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page
Tagged Arabs, Jihad Watch, John McCain, McCain, Muslim, Palin, Robert Spencer, Sarah Palin, taqiyya
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An Encounter With Political Sexism
How many children does John McCain have? It’s seven including adoptions, but very few seem to know that. Easier question: how many children does Sarah Palin have? Five and I bet you knew that instantly. Welcome to sexism says liberal … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Society
Tagged children, feminist, John McCain, liberal, Linda Keenan, McCain, Palin, Sarah Palin, sexism
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McCain’s Color Problem
The atrocious background colors displayed on the silly jumbotron during John McCain’s convention speech shouldn’t have been difficult to avoid. As BestWeekEver sadly illustrates, almost anything would have been an improvement. The solid pastel blue and green backgrounds made their … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Best Week Ever, color, convention, John McCain, jumbotron, McCain, pastel, Photoshop, Photoshopped, screen, shopped, speech
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Sarah Nouveau Riche
She raised less than $500k for the Alaska governor’s race in 2006. But as McCain’s running mate, Palin’s inaugurated a seven million dollar surge in donations to the McCain campaign. Given the excitement (near ecstasy, really) on the political right … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged campaign, donations, donors, finance, fundraising, John McCain, McCain, money, Palin, Sarah Palin
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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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How The West Will Win
Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi: And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged George Bush, Georgia, John McCain, Michael Totten, Russia, Tbilisi
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Paris Politics Part II
Uh-oh, Paris doesn’t like John McCain. But wasn’t that sorta the point? It’s amazing how McCain has cheapened the process through involving her though. However…perhaps not entirely for the bad. The 10% of the world that wasn’t paying attention to this election just … Continue reading
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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Elect Phil Gramm!
From an interview by Stephen Moore (HT: GR): So what if a President Barack Obama were to impose 50% or 60% tax rates on these CEOs and other big earners? Mr. Gramm pounces: “When you help a company raise capital, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Tagged capitalism, Domestic Politics, Economics, economy, Election 2008, John McCain, Phil Gramm
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Fact-Checking 101
It should be clear by now to anyone who frequently reads blogs that the MSM is not terribly accurate in its reporting, nor does it seem to have any intention of getting better at it. Whether you think the media … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged CIA, fact-checkers, fraud, Human trafficking, John McCain, Media, State Department, Statistics
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And On This Topic -
John McCain gets my vote. What exactly is the problem with the American health-care system? The problem is not that Americans don’t have fine doctors, medical technology, and treatments. American medicine is the envy of the world. The problem is … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Health Care, Peg's Page
Tagged Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Health Care, John McCain
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Hoist by His Own Petard
John McCain was one politician I admired greatly. While I still believe that the man is a true hero, and while I still do applaud some of what he does, the veil has been lifted from my eyes for one … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, Libertarianism, Media
Tagged campaign finance, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, John McCain
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Raise Your Hand
Are you someone who thinks that the Republican Attack Machine is far more vicious than anything Democrats could ever dream up? Please read this – and if you are still convinced, raise your hand. That is – if you have … Continue reading
The Left, McCain And The War
The inestimable Oliver Kamm provides a glimpse at the value our British friends find in a potential John McCain presidency: Two points about McCain stand out. He’s not a conservative and he’s been right all along about Iraq. These are … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged America, Britain, Election 2008, GWOT, Iraq war, John McCain, political left, support, UK
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Perverse Consequences
Does it strike anyone else as tragically ironic that, if indeed John McCain were declared not to be a “natural-born citizen” due to the locus of his birth, then an “anchor baby” could be elected President but the child of … Continue reading
Citizen McCain
THE LATEST non-issue hyped by (who else?) the New York Times is that “some” people are questioning whether or not John McCain is eligible to be a sitting President: The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged bias, Constitution, false issues, John McCain, Media, natural-born citizen, New York Times, Panama Canal, smear, U.S. President
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Smearing McCain
I am not a fan of John McCain, but the rumor-based smear leveled at him by the New York Times is more than a little unfair. Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged FCC, former aides, John McCain, lobbyist, New York Times, rebuttal, scandal, Vicki Iseman
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McCain Abstained
Are you one of those who says there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Republican and Democrat candidates? If so – well, viva la difference. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure more than $340 million worth of … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
Tagged earmarks, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain
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McCain Speaks to Europe
photo: Chris Dunn Spiegel has a typically aggressive (and aggressively European) interview with John McCain today. In many ways it’s an interesting yet disappointing exercise, due to its focus on the perceived past sins of the Bush administration. While much … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Afghanistan, Bush, Clinton, Europe, foreign policy, Germany, global warming, interview, Iraq, John McCain, Kyoto, McCain, multilateralism, negotiation, Obama, unilateralism, war
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Enemies of McCain
Nick Curran at Radar has put together a Top Ten Eighteen list of McCain’s enemies in the GOP. It’s kind of entertaining. 01. Ann Coulter 02. Rush Limbaugh 03. Jack Abramoff 04. John Cornyn 05. Tom DeLay 06. Matt Drudge … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Ann Coulter, David Bossie, David Keene, Enemies, Grover Norquist, Gun Owners of America, Jack Abramoff, John Cornyn, John Dowd, John McCain, Laura Ingraham, Matt Drudge, Michelle Malkin, national review., Radar, RedState, Rick Santorum, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Thad Cochran, Tom DeLay, top 10
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A Candidate Without A War
Is the Iraq War hurting John McCain’s candidacy? By “hurting” I’m referring to his struggle to be the true conservative candidate who unites the party. Despite his clear lead in the primary race, McCain has not been able to capture … Continue reading
Daniel Drezner picked….
McCain. He tells us why.
Heh
McQ: The one and only reason to be for John McCain: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the possibility of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) becoming president “sends a cold chill down my spine.” I’d love to see Harry chattering … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Harry Reid, John McCain
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