Posts Tagged ‘john-mccain’

The Brown formula for success

January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

I’m seeing a lot of stuff about how people are now expecting a lot of Republicans to follow in the footsteps of Scott Brown.  Seems like a rather simple plan to me: Pose naked for Cosmo. Smile a lot, sincerely. Crank out a couple of smoking hot daughters. Smile a lot, sincerely. Have at least [...]

Return of the Stem Cell debate

November 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The most screwed up political issue of the Bush administration will be returning I imagine very shortly for the Obama administration.  First, I want to make sure people understand where I’m coming from: The “Bush ban on stem cells” originally was passed in 1999.  Bush wasn’t president, Bill Clinton was.  This was a complete ban [...]

The weird road to the White House

November 17th, 2008 | No Comments

Barack Obama is now referred to as President-Elect Barack Obama.  Soon to be just President Obama.  His sudden rise to The White House has not been the story I think most people would aspire to follow.  Well, maybe they would, just not me.  I’ll ignore his confusing youth of hanging out with terrorists and all [...]

Martin Eisenstadt is MSNBC’s Top McCain figure?

November 13th, 2008 | 2 Comments

This is precious. Immediately after the election, a few networks ran with the story that McCain campaign workers were claiming that Sarah Palin did not know Africa was a continent, among other ludicrous claims.  Turns out, MSMBC’s source for the claim was one Martin Eisenstadt. Turns out, Martin Eisenstadt isn’t real.  He’s a fictional character. [...]

Those pesky election year market crashes

October 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment

This is getting too predictable to ignore.  However, the media in general pretty much has.  See if you can follow me on this. In 2000, we were definitely changing presidents.  It was a neck and neck race with two very politically diverse candidates running.  One was a staunch conservative Republican and the other was a [...]

Sandra Bernhard endorses Obama?

September 21st, 2008 | 3 Comments

Sandra Bernhard had this to offer when defending her man, Obama: “Now you got Uncle Women, like Sarah Palin, who jumps on the sh** and points her fingers at other women. Turncoat b****! Don’t you f*****’ reference Old Testament, b****!” Bernhardt said. “You stay with your new Goyish crappy shiksa funky bulls***! Don’t you touch [...]

1977 Community Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, and John McCain

September 20th, 2008 | 19 Comments

If you’re going to debate this current financial market crisis or criticize the efforts to mitigate it, you HAVE to read this article by Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters.org: …The Carter-era Community Reinvestment Act forced banks to lend to uncreditworthy borrowers, mostly in minority areas. Age-old standards of banking prudence got thrown out the window. In [...]

That pesky fundamentals issue

September 19th, 2008 | No Comments

When the stock market tanked on news of AIG being bailed out by the government, and Lehman joining the ranks of failing spec banks, John McCain did the unthinkable, call it maverick if you will, and told the US the economy was fundamentally OK.  Barack Obama immediately seized that comment and hammered away at McCain. [...]

McCain and regulation

September 18th, 2008 | No Comments

A lot is being written about John McCain’s sudden lurch to regulating the financial markets.  This does contradict his earlier history of fighting over-regulation.  And, quite frankly, I think it’s a tactical error. While appealing to the masses initially in a knee-jerk manner, it creates contradictions he’ll have to answer to.  And, it’s not necessary. [...]

Why Libertarians never get anywhere

September 18th, 2008 | No Comments

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr has filed suit that would keep voters from seeing the names Barack Obama and John McCain on their voting machines, saying they failed to follow the Texas law to get their names placed on the ballot. The Libertarians are claiming that both the Texas Democratic and Republican parties missed the deadline to [...]