Now that Joe Biden has been tapped as Obama’s running mate, it is time to get down to the very serious business of calling him a pussy, an appeaser, soft on terror. Michael Rubin of the AEI and Iran are the weapon of choice, Fred Hiatt’s Washington Post is just the vehicle. If it helps …
Election 2008
Convention Live Blog
Speaking of nepotism, wtf is Luke Russert doing broadcasting from the convention? Jesus christ. Another generation of Irish Catholic salt-of-the-earth working class worship and Buffalo stories. At least we made it through the segment without a shout out to Big Russ. I think I might just shoot my tv now. *** Update *** Media coverage …
Go, Go, Gidget
This is just absurd: John McCain told a crowd at a fundraiser that his wife is on her way to the embattled nation of Georgia, an announcement coming just hours before Barack Obama’s wife makes a high-profile speech at the Democratic National Convention. McCain told a crowd that wife, Cindy, was to accompany him on …
Go, Andrew
Some of you wonder why I read Sullivan. This big giant FU to Jonah Goldberg is why: This post seems to have struck a nerve. And not to be elitist, of course, but he means “affects” not “effects”. And the sentence, “It is hardly as if it was [sic] a novel insight of mine that …
And The Convention Is Off With a Bang
And when I say it is off with a bang, I hope Howard Dean was offstage shooting whoever planned the first ten minutes. First, an “inter-faith” prayer to start the ceremony, which went something like this: “We thank you heavenly father for bringing together this diverse group of diverse delegates together to do our sacred …
And the Clinton Psychodrama Continues
It will never end: Some senior Obama supporters are irritated at how they perceive the Clintons fanned — or at a minimum failed to douse — stories that she was not even vetted as a possible vice presidential nominee. This is because she told Obama she preferred not to go through the rigorous process of …
Did You Know McCain Was a POW?
Well, if you didn’t, you’re about to find out: [The McCain campaign] will be prepared to show McCain’s “home” in Hanoi by using images of his cell. They claim they have not overused the POW element and insist they have “underused it.” And they apparently said that with a straight face, too! Via Steve