Somebody’s Going Under the Bus

This is a remarkable assessment -- especially for a Republican campaign where grading on a curve is still the instinct of the traditional media.  Has anyone seen the interview they…

Where’s Karen?

I was getting some press releases for a few days and thought she was getting it going, but it all petered out. Does anyone know what the candidate is doing?

Clatworthy Comes A Calling

I remember like it was yesterday when Dave Burris said that John Clatworthy could be using FLS Connect for something other than Robo Calls. Four days later my phone rings…

Early Voting! Updated

Yes, it really is getting close to the end -- people are now voting and this is when it gets really exciting. The AP publishes a roundup of key early…

Al Queda Endorses McCain.

Seriously.   This isn't an Onion piece.  This isn't my own personal opinion.   Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on…

Projection

Joe Klein hits it out of the park today.

Anyone who talks about the “pro-American” parts of the country is making an anti-American statement.

Anyone who talks about the “real” parts of Virginia doesn’t understand that all of Virginia is real–just not the reality as fantasized by the sort of people who see some parts of the country as more “pro-American” than others.

Anyone who describes one part of the country as “most patriotic” has lost all sense of what patriotism means.

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But, seriously, you have to wonder why John McCain has spent so much time questioning the patriotism of others, especially his opponent, in this campaign. Is it because he once signed a prison “confession” that he considered treasonous? If so, please know that we don’t blame you. You’re a patriot, Senator, and a hero…at least, you were until you started questioning the patriotism of others–by saying things like they’d rather win an election than a war, and by implying that they’re soft on terrorists. Then you became something else entirely. And it hasn’t worked very well, has it?

Yes, he went there.   In a good “Have you no decency?” kind of way.  He did not attack McCain for his actions while a prisoner of war, because who would?   I would like to think that I can handle torture and that I would never give in to my enemy captors, but the reality is, I probably would, just to stop the pain, or to save another prisoner of war’s life.   That is what John McCain did.   They threatened him and tortured him, and said they would kill another if McCain did not sign the confession.  He signed it.   That is not treasonous at all.   That is heroic.   That is courageous.   But maybe John McCain is not proud of what he did, and he is trying to project what he thinks is his failings onto others.  

Deep Thought

Conservatives who think all religion is a bunch of hooey have a lot in common with Liberals who have faith in Jesus.