At it again: Obama was asked if he, too, isn’t engaging in negative campaigning, and how is his negative talk different from McCain’s negative talk. “This is the classic dilemma of politics,” Obama replied. “We get four or five shots in a row (assertions by McCain), that I would rather lose a war so that …
Election 2008
Larison’s Take
Daniel Larison has a pretty perceptive piece up that is worth visiting: Of course, the “fiercely independent” McCain spent the bulk of 1999 and the early months of 2000 (and many years after that) trying to please other people. The difference then was that Ignatius and other members of the Washington press corps were the …
Domestic Surge
Via Radley Balko, this: Answering a question about his approach to combatting crime, John McCain suggested that military strategies currently employed by US troops in Iraq could be applied to high crime neighborhoods here in the US. McCain called them tactics “somewhat like we use in the military…You go into neighborhoods, you clamp down, you …
Bob Herbert Absolutely Nails It
It is really hard to excerpt any of this, it is so perfectly laid out: The racial fantasy factor in this presidential campaign is out of control. It was at work in that New Yorker cover that caused such a stir. (Mr. Obama in Muslim garb with the American flag burning in the fireplace.) It’s …
The New McCain Ad
From the comments: This is an atrocity. Obama is now Jesus, or Moses, or something else McCain is not. I was actually Laughing Out Loud at how stupid the ad was. Can I hear an OMFG? McCain has nothing. Remember the attack line Conservatives used, Bush Derangement Syndrome? Can we start an Obama Derangement Syndrome …
When Did This Happen
Not sure what is going on, but Jokeline has been unusually reasonable as of late: Courage is grace under pressure. McCain showed it when he was a prisoner of war, and on many issues–yes, even on his stubborn insistence that the surge would work–but he is not showing it now. He is showing flop sweat. …
Fool Us Three Times, We All Lose
Billmon, a guy I didn’t listen to enough a few years back, is back to blogging, and man is it depressing. Well, his return is not depressing, but what he has to say is. If you will, some quotes from Billmon’s new post at the Great Orange Satan, juxtaposed with some quotes from our illustrious …