Last week, NPR did a report on the economic proposals of McCain and Obama. McCain’s centerpiece is tax cuts for the wealthy, while Obama champions a tax cut for the middle class. NPR ignored the fact that McCain is now promoting the same plan that he opposed 8 years ago, and that Bush’s tax cuts […]
One or two people have mentioned to me that I seem to be partisan in my selection of articles. It isn’t that I don’t have any articles making fun of Obama, they are just dwarfed in number by all the articles about McCain. Finally, I have a defense. The International Herald Tribune asks “What’s so […]
We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It’s their government’s choice. If they were to say leave, we would leave. –George W. Bush, 24 May 2007 So now that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has asked […]
And if that weren’t enough, how about this spoof — it is 3AM and McCain can’t read his email: http://www.jedreport.com/2008/07/its-3am-and-joh.html
Nancy Reagan always had something of an undeserved reputation as a dutiful but meek wife, probably because of the way she looked adoringly at Ronnie whenever they appeared in public together. But on Friday, Reagan showed that she can still be dutiful while also making it clear how she really feels. She appeared with McCain […]
The McCain and Obama campaigns finally agree on something — this upcoming cover of The New Yorker magazine is “tasteless and offensive”: via Politico full size image The artist defends his cover art Personally, I find the cover funny, although I’m not sure if everyone will get the humor. The bottom line is that The […]
Wolf Blitzer asks South Carolina’s Republican Governor Mark Sanford if there are any “significant economic differences” between McCain and Bush. His response: For instance, take, you know, take, for instance, the issue of — I’m drawing a blank, and I hate it when I do that, particularly on television. Take, for instance the contrast on NAFTA. […]
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The International Red Cross “warned that the abuse constituted war crimes, placing the highest officials in the U.S. Government in jeopardy of being prosecuted.”
If you think this is only a joke, read Naomi Wolf “Fascist America, in 10 easy steps”.
The election statistics site FiveThirtyEight has a new (and wonderful) set of statistics. They have collected the number of times that Obama has been compared strongly to other politicians. For example, there are two articles about how Obama is the new Bush (that would be the current president Bush — there are three articles on […]
Two interesting columns that point out that the problem isn’t our politicians, the problem is us: Robert Samuelson writes in Real Clear Politics about how politicians are instantly punished if they dare to mention any real issues. For example, he discusses our aging population and increasing immigration, and the resulting ballooning demands on social services. […]
On Monday, John McCain presented his new economic plan, a plan he says is enthusiastically supported by over 300 professional economists. This seems a bit suspect, since McCain’s gas tax holiday was quickly dismissed by economists a few months ago as pandering that would put money into the pockets of oil companies instead of consumers, […]
As a lawyer, Vincent Bugliosi is a famous prosecutor, winning every trial he has prosecuted, including the Charles Manson case in 1971. As an author, Bugliosi has written three #1 best selling books and won the top award for crime writers — three times. His previous book was made into a miniseries on HBO starring […]
At a Fourth of July celebration at Monticello (Jefferson’s home) President Bush misquoted Jefferson. Here’s what Bush said: On the 50th anniversary of America’s independence, Thomas Jefferson passed away. But before leaving this world, he explained that the principles of the Declaration of Independence were universal. In one of the final letters of his life, he […]
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