McCain of course will want the debate in Iraq to focus on the success of the surge in the short-term as a blueprint for future success down the road. In the larger context, he wants to frame the race as a referendum on retreat and … [Read more...]
Race and Gender Diversions
1) The mortgage crisis The crisis in home foreclosure and subprime mortgages continues to plague families across the country and harm economic growth. The New York Times noted the damage on Monday: The housing bust is in the downward spiral … [Read more...]
Obama near to needed delegate count; McCain aides flee the sinking ship
And, it's going to be easier than that, because there are about 100 delegates still to be elected (including 15 in OR, where the counting goes on to determine CD allocations). So, that means Obama needs only about 25% of all the unspoken … [Read more...]
2013??
We're only halfway through the war at this point If the rate of the conflict holds, we can expect a further 4,000 US deaths before the war is over.* We can similarly expect 30,000 wounded If the rate of the calmer last year continues, we're … [Read more...]
More about yesterday’s SDC election – WARNING – rant alert
I was also present at yesterdays SDC elections in the IBEW hall as a newly elected SDC member. [ballot - 4th Middlesex]. I was the only SDC member there wearing a John Edwards 08 button. Certainly, I was perhaps the most relaxed … [Read more...]
Gas-Tax Holiday Roundly Rejected: “The dumbest thing I’ve heard in a long time”
Mayor Bloomberg: "It's about the dumbest thing I've heard in an awful long time, from an economic point of view," Bloomberg told reporters at City Hall. "We're trying to discourage people from driving and we're trying to end our energy … [Read more...]
John McCain: plagiarist [update: not]
This is pretty great. I'll let the always-excellent ThinkProgress do the talking: Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) gave a foreign policy speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. He stated: I detest war. It might not be the … [Read more...]
President of Heaven – McCain?
Move over Godsman Huckabee. Apparently McCain actually showed up in the Senate a few days ago to grandstand vote. His campaign pitch effort: halt pork-barrel spending. He lost, 71-29 vote. McCain later said "We were … [Read more...]
Conservatism: Spreading The Disease
It's not just that the conservatives made a mistake about Ab-Only--it is that the conservatives' goal was never to reduce disease, never to fight the viruses and bacteria that parasitically destroy people's health. The goal was pork for … [Read more...]
McCain’s Muddled Memory
McCain earned his nickname McCranky afresh in a press session today. The reporter was asking about an alleged conversation he had in 2004 with John Kerry. Subject: McCain as Kerry's VP. Ooh, bad memory for someone trying … [Read more...]
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