It is ironic that rising oil costs will finally do what global warming or even a tanking US economy could not do — slow down or even reverse globalization. Transportation costs have been so low for so long, people in the US don’t even notice anymore that hardly anything they buy in Wal-Mart is made […]
On Friday, Stephen Price, a reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper was kicked out of a media area at a rally for McCain. Price is black. All of the other reporters in the area were white. He was the only reporter asked to leave. All of his security and media credentials were in order. When […]
© Tom Toles From the NY Times: On July 3, news reports said Senator John McCain, worried that he might lose the election before it truly started, opened his doors to disciples of Karl Rove from the 2004 campaign and the Bush White House. Less than a month later, the results are on full display. […]
Most politicians have figured out that it backfires when you say something racist (the Republican Party has even issued rules to try to avoid future “Macaca moments”). The trick, however, is to somehow appeal to racist fears while not appearing to actually be racist. For example, in 2006, the Republicans ran a now-infamous negative TV […]
“Barack Obama was on ‘Meet The Press’ Sunday. John McCain was on a new show called ‘I Wish I Could Meet The Press.’” -Jay Leno “There’s a lot of what they call buzz going around in the blogosphere right now that Barack Obama will choose the Governor of Virginia, this guy Tim Kaine, to be […]
Was anyone else concerned when Rupert Murdock (owner of Fox News) bought the Wall Street Journal? Well, no need to worry. This morning’s front page story of the WSJ online finally exposes the real reason why Obama is not “fit” to be president — he’s not fat. Here’s proof (from the article): “I won’t vote for […]
Congress passes and Bush signs the Foreclosure Prevention Act: ] © Tom Tomorrow
Who says that McCain doesn’t understand the Internet. Well, come to think of it, he doesn’t. But he seems to have found a new way to get free airplay for his political ads. Simply fill them with lies about your opponent! Then the liberal blog-o-sphere will endlessly analyze your ads, your opponent will have to […]
“Yesterday, Barack Obama was in the Fatherland. John McCain was in Grandfather Land.” -Jay Leno “Barack Obama is in France today. And again, McCain doing everything to compete with him. Like today, he ordered the French toast combo at IHOP.” -Jay Leno “You know, Barack Obama the last ten days was traveling overseas campaigning in […]
