http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_angry_crowds_8 A staple of every mad scientist movie is the scene when the scientist can only look on in horror as he loses control of his monstrous invention, which turns on him and threatens the general public. After weeks of fomenting fear and upset amongst jittery, redneck-y crowds, John McCain’s living that moment. Yesterday, he […]
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Op-Ed Columnist – The Class War Before Palin – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10brooks.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin David Brooks discusses the anti-“elite”, populist thinking that has turned Republicans from the Party of Lincoln* into the Party of Palin. The political effects of this trend have been obvious. Republicans have alienated the highly educated regions – Silicon Valley, northern Virginia, the suburbs outside of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Raleigh-Durham. The West […]
Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html John McCain now seems like a doddering old fool, but Sarah Palin scares me. Reports of her rally in Florida have her drumming up fear and loathing amongst a crowd of crazies who have violent Pavlovian responses to her hateful keywords. I find it telling that these rubes compare conservatism to “leadership”, and that […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_11 Republican presidential candidate John McCain promised Wednesday to balance the federal budget despite the nation’s deepening economic distress. Uh, yeah, good luck with that! Time was, I thought John McCain was an admirable Republican. I don’t know if it’s ambition or age that has changed him, but he seems more and more to have […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_en_ot/mccain_foo_fighters_2 The Foo Fighters have asked John McCain to stop using one of their songs in his campaign. While I’m for even the slightest setback to the apPAlLINg Republican campaign, I must roll my eyes a bit at the offense of the lyrics being “perverted”: I’ve long found their lyrics among the least enthralling in […]
2 Missing From the Convention – and Not Welcome – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/us/politics/27pariah.html When it no longer looks like a duck, walks like a duck, or quacks like a duck, when does it cease to be a card-carrying member of the Democratic Party? That’s right, Joe Lieberman, I’m looking at you. Onstage. At the Republican Convention.
Candidate (disambiguation) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candidate A son following in his father’s political footsteps, and ignoring his father’s advice. A political edge that gets watered down to pander to the masses. A mistimed and forgettable affair with a staffer. None of this refers to the current electoral climate; It’s written into the plot of a 36 year old movie. Robert […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_houses_16 Hours after a report that the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting didn’t know how many homes he and his multimillionaire wife own, Democratic rival Barack Obama launched a national TV ad and a series of campaign stops aimed at portraying McCain as wealthy and out of touch. With the economy ranking as the top issue in […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_en_ce/people_keith_obama_2 Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country audiences for his post-Sept. 11 song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” says he’s a Democrat, and was impressed by the senator from Illinois. Wow, uh, this was a surprise. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a song that screams “REPUBLICAN!” as loudly as Toby Keith’s […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_georgia_3 Republican presidential candidate John McCain phoned Georgia’s president Tuesday to tell him all Americans back his country’s efforts to thwart military attacks from Russia. Yes, all Americans. Even those who backed the unilateral, unprovoked US invasion of Iraq. See, this is why stupid political decisions are to be dissuaded: Credibility. And Russia knows it, […]