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Tag Archives: McCain
Plumber Politics, the Finale
Joe the Plumber joins the party and throws McCain under the bus, describing him and his campaign as apalling, praising only Sarah Palin. Apparently he asked McCain some questions about his views on the federal bailouts and McCain responded like…well, … Continue reading
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Tagged bailouts, joe the plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher, McCain, Sarah Palin
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Operation Leper
RedState launches Operation Leper to expose recently unemployed McCain aides who are trying to pin their failures on Sarah Palin. Hardly unexpected. As Grover Norquist noted yesterday, the only time the McCain campaign led the polls was during the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Grover Norquist, McCain, Operation Leper, Palin, Sarah Palin
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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
Changing Themes in the GOP
Had the radio on driving to get coffee. Rush Limbaugh was denouncing sexism and patriarchal privilege. McCain ad comes on pitching expanding embryonic stem cell research. Boy, haven’t things changed in the Republican party? For the better, says me.
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Tagged coffee, embryonic stem cells, Feminism, GOP, McCain, patriarchy, radio, Rush Limbaugh, sexism, stem cell research
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McCain and the Electoral College
For two weeks, as John McCain’s national polls first rose above Obama and then solidified there, Democrats protested that the popular vote was irrelevant. Look to the state polls said they, in a sensible but amusingly opportunistic argument for the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged advertising, colorado, electoral college, Florida, investment, McCain, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Obama, Ohio, poll, Rasmussen, survey, Virginia
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The Palin Democrats
Tim Reid travels to Mount Clemens, Macomb County Michigan, to talk to white working class female voters. Macomb County should be core Democratic blue country, but it was here that Stanley Greenberg first identified the “Reagan Democrats” of the 1980s, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged 1988, Democrat, demographics, election, Macomb County, McCain, Michigan, Obama, Palin, Palin Democrats, Reagan Democrats, Republican, Sarah Palin, Stanley Greenberg, The Times, Tim Reid, women
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Déjà Vu Obama
Obama’s “new” tactic to regain the initiative in the election is to portray McCain as out of touch with ordinary Americans. Hmm. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t this the old tactic? Patrician wife, seven houses, price of milk, … Continue reading
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Tagged election, houses, McCain, milk, Obama, Salvatore Ferragamo, tactic footwear
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Palinmania and the Stature Gap
Toby Harnden weighs in with his thoughts on the Palin effect. All interesting, all very astute IMO. Of particular interest is Toby’s argument that McCain commands enough public respect for his experience and expertise, that he has no concerns about … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, McCain, Palin, Palinmania, Sarah Palin, Stature Gap, Toby Harnden, veep
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On Bad Ideas
Seth Weinberger picks up Foreign Policy’s “10 Worst Policy Ideas” for Obama and McCain and adds some commentary. What’s immediately striking to me is how few objections FP offers to McCain’s foreign policy proposals. A peculiar thing, if you’re familiar … Continue reading
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Tagged CAFTA, doctrine, Domestic Politics, foreign policy, Iran, League of Democracies, McCain, NAFTA, Obama, Pakistan, policy ideas, Seth Weinberger, top 10
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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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A Rosy Future for Anti-Americanism?
Longtime Clinton ally Leon Panetta pronounces Barack Obama “intimidated” by Sarah Palin, and lost in a deepening cycle of reactive defense. With McCain now winning a majority of independents and erasing the gender gap, the blood is most definitely in … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged American, anti-Americanism, Berlin, blood, Bush, Bush Administration, Bushism, democracy, elites, Europe, European, free enterprise, gender gap, independents, Jonathan Freedland, Leon Panetta, limited government, McCain, militarism, multilateralism, November, Obama, Palin, patriotism, pessimism, politicians, poll, Sarah Palin, social conservatism, The Guardian, United States
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Limited Government Still Popular
According to a new Rasmussen survey 62% of Americans believe encouraging economic growth is more important than reducing income inequality. 51% also say the federal government exerts too much control over our economy as it stands. It would be wise … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, economy, government, growth, income inequality, limited government, McCain, Obama, poll, Rasmussen, survey
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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
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Tagged Best Week Ever, color, convention, John McCain, jumbotron, McCain, pastel, Photoshop, Photoshopped, screen, shopped, speech
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McCain Funding Advantage
Patterico’s PontificationsThis didn’t seem possible just a few months ago.
Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page
Tagged DNC, funding, McCain, Obama, public financing, RNC
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A Western Vibe Ticket
Todd Zywicki, of the Volokh Conspiracy, takes a look at libertarianism in the McCain/Palin ticket and notes a distinct western vibe to the first all-western ticket in our history. He had an interesting observation that I think captures a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Libertarianism
Tagged cinc, Libertarianism, McCain, military, Palin, Sarah Palin, statism, Todd Zywicki, volokh, Volokh Conspiracy, western, westernism, worldview
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Reading Ahead
According to the McCain campaign via NRO, the teleprompter had a glitch throughout the entire Palin speech. It continued to roll without pause for applause and thus would have been badly out of sync for her. Had no effect at … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign, McCain, NRO, Sarah Palin, speech, teleprompter
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Dick Morris on Palin
Yep: Understand: Palin is under attack because she was such a good choice. [...] After years of electing plasticized creations of political consultants, we have the chance to vote for a real person with real peoples’ problems. In standing by … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Dick Morris, McCain, Palin, Sarah Palin
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McCain Hits Back. Hard.
John McCain, in an interview with Brian Williams on Sarah Palin: “The facts are funny things. She’s been in elected office longer than Sen. Obama. She’s been the chief executive of the state that provides 20 percent of America’s energy; … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Alaska, Brian Williams, City Council, election, energy, experience, Governor, mayor, McCain, Obama, Palin, PTA, Sarah Palin, vice president
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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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Making McCain’s Platform
A bit of a departure from the Bush/Cheney experience in 2000 and 2004.
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Tagged Bush, Cheney, convention, McCain, platform, Republican, RNCC
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Zog Gets a Second
Perhaps those Zogby numbers weren’t so crazy after all. CNN confirms the erasure of the Obama lead on an apparent Sarah Palin bounce.
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Tagged bounce, CNN, election, McCain, Obama, Palin, poll, polling, Sarah Palin, Zogby
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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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Pennsylvania Palinism
RightWingNation has some good photographs from the Pennsylvania McCain/Palin rally. Evidently the crowd kept drowning Sarah out with adulatory chants.
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Tagged election, McCain, Palin, Palinism, Pennsylvania, Republicans, Right Wing Nation, Sarah Palin
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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
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Tagged campaign, donations, donors, finance, fundraising, John McCain, McCain, money, Palin, Sarah Palin
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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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Probably Not the Best Message
Pro-McCain sign at rally.
Poor Pawlenty
The hard sacrifices of the unselected.
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Tagged image, McCain, Republican, sacrifice, Tim Pawlenty, veep, vice president, vp
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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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Quote of the Day
Hot Air – Ed Morrissey“Would you rather have the man who set the trap dealing with our enemies abroad, or the man who fell into it?”
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 Swift Retreat
Obama moves to distance himself from his own campaign’s harshly antagonistic rhetoric against Palin. Commendable, but probably unwise. Palin represents a direct threat to one of Obama’s core constituencies and thus it would be to his advantage to define her … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign, election, McCain, negative, Obama, Sarah Palin, vice president
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