Tag Archives: McCain

A Loss of Democratic Self-Awareness

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Lee

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 | Leave a comment

The Rise of the Governess

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Lee

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 | Leave a comment

It’s Palin

Posted on August 29, 2008 by ChrisB

CNN and Foxnews are reporting. Pretty surprising to me, but a pleasant surprise. Discussion topic: I am hearing from Obama supporters that she’s a bad pick because she’s inexperienced. Is this an actual argument Obama wants to make? Does this … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged Barack Obama, CNN, election, executive, Fox News, Governor, McCain, Palin, Sarah Palin, veep, vice president, vp | 7 Comments

Eyewitness at Ohio Airfield Possibly Identifies Palin

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Lee

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 | Leave a comment

Please, Please, Please, Let it be Palin

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Lee

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 | Leave a comment

Biden Blues

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Lee

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 | 1 Comment

Mark Sanford for Veep?

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Lee

Jason notices that a significant name is missing from the speaking lineup at the Republican convention. The libertarian South Carolina governor and longtime McCain backer would be an unexpected and welcome selection.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged convention, Governor, Jason, libertarian, Mark Sanford, McCain, Republican, RNCC, South Carolina, veep, vice president, vp | Leave a comment

Cross Corroboration

Posted on August 19, 2008 by ChrisB

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 | 2 Comments

Quote of the Day

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Joshua Foust

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 | 6 Comments

What Does Obama Own?

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Lee

Is there an issue equivalent to McCain’s strength in certain foreign policy areas, where Obama can be said to dominate the debate? A worried group of Democratic leaders have concluded that there isn’t, and Obama’s appeal is a kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged campaign, debate, democratic, election, McCain, Obama, policy | 1 Comment

Russian Imperialism and the Election

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Lee

(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 | Leave a comment

The Obama Election

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Lee

John Schewnkler conducts some interesting analysis of recurring words on McCain and Obama’s websites. As if there were any doubt who is driving this election, “Obama” proves to be the most frequently used word by far.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged election, John Schewnkler, McCain, Obama, websites, words | Leave a comment

Curb Your Enthusiasm for McCain

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Lee

Cindy McCain suffered a wrist injury when an overly enthusiastic supporter shook her had too aggressively. That’s one way to avoid tedious ropeline handshaking.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Cindy McCain, enhusiasm, injury, McCain, Michigan, ropeline, wrist | Leave a comment

Achieving International Opposition

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

James Traub has written a magnificent survey of the events leading up to the current war in Georgia, and the personal contest between Mikheil Saakashvili and Putin.

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged Angela Merkel, EU, European Union, Georgia, Germany, James Traub, McCain, NATO, New York Times, Obama, Putin, Robert Kagan, Russia, Saakashvili, Ukraine, United Nations | Leave a comment

Joementum Returns

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

Seems Lieberman is still in the running for McCain’s veep.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged election, lieberman, McCain, veep | Leave a comment

McCain’s Turks vs. Obama’s Armenians?

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

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 | Leave a comment

End of Presidency Job Approvals

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Lee

Approval ratings for recent presidents at the end of their final terms. Bush will presumably end somewhere in Carter’s 1980 territory. (About.com) Lest that depress McCain supporters, such measures can of course be highly misleading in predicting general election outcomes … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Lee's Page | Tagged 1976, 1980, approval rating, Bush, Carter, Clinton, Eisenhower, election, Ford, GOP, hero, Johnson, Kennedy, McCain, Navy, Nixon, Pacific, polls, Reagan, Republican | Leave a comment

Targeting the “Original Maverick”

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Lee

(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 | 2 Comments

Parlor Pallor

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Lee

While I’d generally agree that Maureen Dowd’s style is a kind of cut-rate Dorothy Parker, there’s something to her characterization of McCain as socialite dah-ling scorned. It was inevitable that the press would consider any effort by McCain to actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Dorothy Parker, election, Maureen Dowd, McCain, Media, Obama, press, scorned, socialite | Leave a comment

The Virtues of Celebrity Foreign Policy

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

(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 | Leave a comment

Ignorance & Pride

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

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 | 4 Comments

Exposing a Media Fantasy

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

Jon Stewart hilariously ridicules the notion that McCain’s advertising contains hidden racist and sexist messages.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, fantasy, hilarious, Jon Stewart, McCain, Media, racism, RedState, ridicule, sexism, video | Leave a comment

Suppose He Wins…

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Dan Bennett) Dick Morris writes that it’s beginning to look like McCain can win (if he follows his advice of course). Also, McCain has had an (insignificant) advantage with leaners in the Rasmussen tracking poll for two days now. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 100%, 1964, Darryl Holman, democratic, Klingon, McCain, McSame, Obamam, poll, Rasmussen, Republican, social security, tracking poll, trust | 1 Comment

Two Voters

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Lee

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 | 6 Comments

Underdogism Redefined

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Lee

Leftblogger Darryl Holman has calculated the probability of Obama winning the electoral college based on (somewhat) recent state polls to be 98.7%. If you think that’s rough, on Friday he had at it 100%.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Darryl Holman, electoral college, McCain, Obama, polls, probability | Leave a comment

The August Election

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Lee

Dick Morris offers McCain some hardball advice with an ultimatum: destroy Obama in August, or lose.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advice, august, Dick Morris, election, McCain, Obama | Leave a comment

Mysterious McCain

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Lee

The bewilderment the press is expressing at the supposed impossibility of McCain’s progress in the polls is starting to get embarrassing. Beneath it there is the frustrated lament: “But we told you to vote Obama. Why aren’t you complying?”

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged coronation, election, McCain, polls, progress | Leave a comment

Reality Based Analysis?

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Lance

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 | Leave a comment

The Civil McCain Myth

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Lance

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 →

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Running Against the New York Times

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Lee

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 | Leave a comment

The Origin of Messages

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Lee

(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 | Leave a comment

Campaign Racism

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Peg

ABC’s Jake Tapper thinks it’s primarily being leveled by Democrats. There’s a lot of racist xenophobic crap out there. But not only has McCain not peddled any of it, he’s condemned it. What I have not seen is it come … Continue reading →

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Touring the Low Road

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Lee

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 | Leave a comment

McCain Turnouts

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Lee

Is it just me or are the crowds for these McCain town hall things getting larger? See Reno, Nevada Town Hall (7/29/08). I must say I’ve always hated the town hall format. Perhaps it’s innate elitism, but it seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged crowds, McCain, Nevada, Reno, town hall | 4 Comments

Shoe Populism

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Lee

McCain wears Salvatore Ferragamo? Cindy’s doing no doubt. The poster adds contemptuously: “But that’s what regular guys do right?” This might be the first time footwear symbolism was injected into a presidential campaign since, you know. Come to think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged Adlai Stevenson, boots, class warfare, Democrats, McCain, metaphors, populism, Salvatore Ferragamo, shoes, socioeconomic, Tm Udall | Leave a comment

Russia Speaks to the American Electorate

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Lee

Sober, secular and educated new residents to New Mexico can often be found painting the frames of their doors and windows a vivid bright blue. Having seen the habit practiced on the homes of locals, the newcomers invariably assume it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged authoritarianism, Black Sabbath, Catholic, Cold War, desert, Dmitry Medvedev, election, foreign policy, Ivan Krastev, McCain, New Mexico, Obama, Perestroika, Robert Amsterdam, Russia, secular, Soviet, United States, USSR, virgin, witchcraft | Leave a comment

Sonny Landham Falls

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Lee

Looks like the Libertarian Party of Kentucky has dumped Sonny Landham, previously their clinically insane pick for US Senate. Good for them. Even if given the psychopathic nature of Landham’s views, I feel a little like I’m congratulating them for … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Lee's Page, Libertarianism | Tagged Bircher, bob barr, CoCC, David Lynch, election, film, Georgia, Google, hate group, Libertarian Party, libertarians, McCain, Obama, racism, senate, Sonny Landham, video, white supremacist, youtube | 1 Comment

World of Weigant

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Lee

Chris Weigant demands an immediate end to the “pervasive” pro-McCain and anti-Obama bias of the media. Yeah. No word yet on when Chris will take up the equally necessary cause of converting the Pope to Catholicism.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged bias, catholicism, chris, huffington post, McCain, Media, msm, Obama, Pope, weigant | Leave a comment

A Different Perspective on the Election

Posted on June 19, 2008 by ChrisB

Certainly no “lock of the week”, but Sunday Morning Quarterback has Obama going all the way this year. HT: Burnt Orange Nation

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 2008 election, election, football, McCain, Obama, satire, sunday morning quarterback | 5 Comments

Harriet and the Spies

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Lee

Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Vowing to vote McCain, an outspoken, paranoid and hopefully drunk Hillary supporter gets tossed out of the Democratic Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting, raving about race and CIA surveillance: video.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged CIA, democratic, Domestic Politics, drunk, harriet, Hillary Clinton, McCain, meeting, Obama, paranoid, rules and bylaws committe, spies, surveillance, video, youtube | 5 Comments

The Initial Command

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Department of Defense) The Obama campaign has categorically rejected John McCain’s proposal for a joint trip to Iraq, calling it a “publicity stunt.” Publicity stunt it most certainly is, but why is it automatically assumed that the publicity would … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Lee's Page | Tagged condescension, Democrats, Domestic Politics, election, immaturity, Iraq, joint trip, Kevlar, McCain, Media, national security, Obama, poll, progress, publicity, tour, war | 6 Comments

I’m with Senator Obama

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Peg

At least on this topic. Economists in general oppose a tax holiday because it would encourage consumption of gasoline at a time of soaring demand. Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens, a longtime Republican donor, criticized Sen. McCain’s policy in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, energy, Peg's Page | Tagged gas taxes, McCain, Obama, oil, T Boone Pickens, taxes | 2 Comments

Oxblog in Baghdad

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Lance

This is cool, David Adesnik of Oxblog has been in Iraq working for the coalition on the sly. I find that encouraging and I can’t wait to hear what his impressions are. I am also encouraged that he is now … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged David Adesnik, Iraq, McCain | 2 Comments

But He Knows the Military!

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Cross-posted to Registan.net. The Air Force Times reports on a rather surprising gaffe from the foreign policy Commander-in-Chief-to-be: Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona may not have been paying the closest of attention last week during hearings on … Continue reading →

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McCain’s Tax Plan

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Keith_Indy

Lot’s of stuff to like here… Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for a repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) on Tuesday as part of his “pro-growth, pro-jobs tax agenda.” … If elected president, McCain said he would make it … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2008, Keith's Page | Tagged alternative minimum tax, AMT, corporate tax, economic policy, Election 2008, McCain | Leave a comment

McCain – Not a Flip-Flopper on Housing Issue

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Keith_Indy

Well, it’s all the rage now. The AHA GOTCHA! moments of political campaigning. Some think they’ve got McCain painted in a corner by the selective use of quotes: In a speech March 25, he said: “It is not the duty … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2008, Keith's Page | Tagged flip flopper, gotcha, housing, McCain | 4 Comments

Potential interpretations…

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Synova

This is the standard. (h/t Blackfive) And considering the pins-and-needles environment that is the current political landscape, the comment has the potential of being interpreted as racially divisive. What comment? “Rest assured,” he told the crowd, “that men like Senator … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Race, Sports, Synova's Page | Tagged Bellavia, heroes, McCain, Obama, Tiger Woods | 5 Comments

McCain in Indy

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Keith_Indy

John McCain is speaking in Indianapolis today. Some high lites * Doesn’t think subsidies are needed for ethanol * Speech was heavy on National Defense * Wants free and fair elections in Cuba, will not provide aid or assistance until … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2008, Keith's Page | Tagged Cuba, ethanol, ExactTarget, Indianapolis, McCain, National Defense | Leave a comment

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