In this CNN report on McCain, McCain defends his role in the Keating Five scandal by quoting special investigator Bob Bennett. However, he fails to point out that McCain hired Bennett as his lawyer after Bennett made those remarks. That’s one hell of a revolving door — hiring the prosecutor who was supposedly investigating you. From the […]
McCain’s first marriage is in the news now, partly because John Edward’s infidelities (and how conservatives have condemned him) have brought up the fact that McCain cheated on his first wife and then lied about it repeatedly. But now there is a more interesting twist. Even though McCain claims that his divorce was amicable, it […]
Jed Lewison has been tracking how many times the mainstream media mentioned John Edwards’ affair, and yesterday the number dropped by a factor of four. Why? On Sean Hannity’s show, Alan Colmes finally got tired of a bunch of conservatives yammering on about how you can’t trust someone who cheats on his wife, and asked the […]
The former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and other members of Bush’s administration conspired to fire US attorneys for political reasons, hire lawyers for the Justice Department based mainly on partisan loyalty rather than skill or experience, and (worst of all) decided which prosecutions to take to trial based on helping Republicans win elections and […]
McCain gave a speech about the war between Russia and Georgia (the country) a few days ago, and someone on Wikipedia noticed something strange — a few parts of his speech were taken almost directly from the Wikipedia article about the country of Georgia. Two things about that: Material on Wikipedia can be used freely, […]
John McCain and Barack Obama once opposed offshore drilling, but that was a simpler time when gas was only $3.69 a gallon.
Former presidential candidate John Edwards today admitted to having an affair in 2006. From the Chicago Tribune: John Edwards’ revelations today – that he had an affair while his wife battled cancer – break sharply from the family-man image the former senator has cultivated his entire political career. They also crystallize many detractors’ long-held worries […]
Speaking truth to bluster: Thanks to the Jed Report.
McCain is trying to make energy the centerpiece of his campaign, but his efforts seem to be a little clumsy. First he did a complete about-face on offshore oil drilling and decided to support it, despite voting against it in the past. Then he tried to blame Obama for high gas prices, running an ad […]
At a campaign rally in South Dakota, McCain yelled “When I’m president of the United States, I’m not going to let them [Congress] go on vacation!” — referring to the fact that Congress is currently taking their August break. And in Eastern Pennsylvania yesterday, McCain called for Congress to come back to work “Congress should […]
© Steve Greenberg Here are the hard facts about the deficit for the last 11 presidents. In 2007, we paid $430 billion of our tax money just in interest payments on the national debt. That’s around $1.2 billion a day. To put this in perspective, thats three times more than the annual budgets for NASA, […]
McCain’s latest attack ad against Obama equates him to Britney Spears, but new evidence has surfaced that proves that it McCain who is a Britney wannabe. Don’t believe it? Just watch! UPDATE: © Pat Bagley
Last month, candidate McCain did a complete flip-flop and is now supporting expanding offshore oil drilling in the US, even though he used to oppose it. He claims that his change of heart is because of the high price of oil. He even has a TV ad attacking Obama for opposing the expansion of offshore […]
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