Tag: John McCain
Blame McCain For Palin
Andrew Sullivan points out something obvious that has been missed. McCain was the one who brought Sarah Palin into the spotlight – she owes all her recent success in enriching Sarah Palin to him. Has McCain apologized yet? We knew that about a charlatan like Kristol and a nihilist like Rove. But what I didn’t […]
I Weep At This Tale Of Woe
Does anyone remember the McCain health care plan? Yeah, I didn’t either. On the campaign trail, Holtz-Eakin promoted McCain’s plan to eliminate the tax exemption for employer-sponsored health insurance and give tax credits to individuals to buy their own coverage. Republicans love them some tax credits! Anyway, McCain’s economic advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin is still unemployed […]
When Left Is Right And Right Is Just Lunacy
John McCain on Sarah Palin: “I don’t think she quit.” Um… that’s exactly what she did.
Requiem for a Maverick
Which is the name of this tour de force piece by Matt Taibbi in the latest Rolling Stone. A bit: John McCain and Sarah Palin, after all, represented two completely different approaches to Republican conservatism. McCain comes from the school of politicking that goes after as many votes as possible by waving a flag and […]
McCain on SNL
Below the fold is SNL’s take on Keith Olbermann. The Richard Wolffe (?) impression is great.
When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Their Baghdad Bob On
This is from a McCain campaign memo from last night (h/t TPM): Expanding the Field: Obama is running out of states if you follow out a traditional model. Today, he expanded his buy into North Dakota, Georgia and Arizona in an attempt to widen the playing field and find his 270 Electoral Votes. This is […]
Let’s Recap
Josh Marshall (TPM) compiles McCain’s greatest hits. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2o7LKCsrNQ[/youtube] I had honestly forgotten how despicable the McCain Campaign has been. Tell me, John, was it worth it?
Culture War Greatest Hits
Chris Hayes over at The Nation writes: The New York Times Magazine previews a piece from this week’s issue about the strangely careening tactical path of the McCain campaign as it’s bounced incoherently from message to message over the last several months. One thing occurred to me: The Right’s attacks on Obama over the last […]
The Significance of Insignificant People
The insignificant person that I am speaking of is, of course, Ashley Todd. Ms. Todd, a Texan working on the McCain Campaign was in Pittsburgh when she made the accusation that a black Obama supporter had attacked her for her choice for President. Drudge jumped on it. This is to be expected. Drudge’s stock and […]
Surprise Part II
McCain’s Communications Director was pushing the Todd story with embellishments well before all of the facts were in. So for all of those looking for their equivalencies with the thoughtless Trig business, start over. The Obama campaign wasn’t responsible for Trig (but some of his supporters most certainly were); but the McCain camp was actively […]
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