Posts filed under “’06/’08 Campaigns”
Bald-faced Reinvention Of Reality
Every day, in every way we accumulate more evidence of how Bush and McCain are identical twins. Today’s revelation relates to the Webb-Hagel expansion of the G.I. Bill. Here’s how the NYT explained President Bush’s opposition to the Bill in a blunt editorial at the end of May: … the commander in chief now resists [...]
Reading Condi’s Mind
On Fox and Friends this morning, our Condi was asked if she was interested in being McCain‘s running mate. She responded: Obviously, it’s dearly flattering to have people think that way. But no, it’s time for me to go back to Stanford. [... ] Government service is a wonderful thing, Steve, but you have to [...]
Redefining Victory
According to the chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, if Republicans lose only 8 Senate seats this November, that will be a great victory for the GOP: In a further sign that Republican hopes are fading badly, the head of the Senate GOP’s campaign committee has set a new goal for the party this [...]
The Clinton Campaign’s Hollow Claims
This whole business of Hillary Clinton trying to persuade the public that her trip to Bosnia in 1996 somehow certifies her as crisis-tested and therefore qualified to be commander-in-chief is such pure baloney that it makes the head spin. We may as well start with Sinbad, who went along on the trip, and who decided [...]
Lantos to Retire
As I’ve mentioned several times here, I’ve never been a fan of my Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA 12), but this is sad news: Lantos, stricken with cancer, to retire at the end of the year – SF Chronicle (1/2/08): San Mateo Rep. Tom Lantos, the 79-year-old Holocaust survivor who became House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman [...]
West Wing-esque
I have to admit, Bradley Whitford will forever be typecast (by me) as deputy chief-of-staff Josh Lyman from The West Wing. Few actors own a part to the extent that Whitford did over that show’s first few years, and so watching him speak as himself in a political ad is a bit surreal. Nevertheless, it’s [...]
The Proverbial Day Of Reckoning
A hugely successful Republican filibuster day, yesterday. By the time the dust settled and the cows came home, John McCain, John Warner and other defenders of everything American had successfully filibustered two bills from coming to a vote. Victim number one: Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter‘s habeas corpus bill, which sought to restore to Guantanamo [...]
Be Proactive
I’ve never, strictly speaking, had a job in politics. So it’s possible that all my criticisms of Democrats with regards to their nearly perfect record of being completely unprepared for dealing with contingencies are unfair. Maybe the dog ate their homework before the Roberts and Alito hearings, causing the two nominees to be defined by [...]
Leading A Charmed Life
You may remember Bradley Schlozman. As we reported a few days ago, there is evidence that he too violated the law by screening “Justice” Department job applicants for party affiliation. While Monica Goodling is the subject of a criminal investigation for doing this, Bradley Schlozman apparently is not. Or, at least, no one in the [...]
John Howard, Iraq, Osama and Obama
Presumably Australian Prime Minister John Howard now regrets, privately at least, his remarks about Barack Obama’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by March 2008: If I were running al Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008, and pray as many times as possible for a victory, not only for [...]