Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is against a lot of things. She opposes legislation to strengthen women’s’ rights in the workplace, wants to outlaw abortion, voted no on more funding for schools, and voted no — twice — on SCHIP, which would have provided health insurance to two to four million children. One of her biggest boosters [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Stammering, Dumbfounded McCain Spokesman Can’t Figure Out How to Answer Palin Questions
Tucker Bounds, McCain spokesman, to John McCain*:
‘I have good news and I have bad news.
The good news is that we’re going to stop making jackasses out of ourselves by saying that Sarah Palin has foreign policy experience because Alaska is right next to Russia.
The bad news is that we’re not yet sure exactly what we’ll [...]
John McCain: Do as I Say, Not as I Do
Barack Obama today called for the media, blogs, and public in general to avoid discussion of the candidates and their families’ private lives. He’s absolutely right about that, as I noted.
The McCain campaign is indignant, demanding that everyone
Leave the kids alone. Leave the kids alone. This is an election about the future of the country.
If [...]
Sarah Palin’s Jeremiah Wright(s)
Some of the sermons to which Sarah Palin may or may not have been listening over the years:
The purpose for the United States is… to glorify God. This nation is a Christian nation.
God will not be mocked. I don’t care what the ACLU says. God will not be mocked. I don’t care what atheists say. [...]
The Palin Baby Story: Out of Control
Barack Obama admonishes the netroots:
“How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off-limits.”
Amen.
Yesterday, I linked to the Kos story claiming that Bristol was the mother of Trig and Palin was covering for her, but for [...]
Bristol Palin Pregnant
Breaking news banner at cnn.com right now: “Bristol Palin, 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, is pregnant and will keep the baby and marry the father, a senior McCain aide confirms.”
Frankly, I don’t care about about the private lives of candidates or their families. That’s because I’m a Democrat and I don’t judge what grown-ups do with [...]
World’s New Largest Building
In Dubai — where else? They’re swimming in oil money. The building is 160 stories.
The same design was proposed for Israel, but the top two stories would’ve had to be removed after constuction. Thank you very much. I’ll be here all week.
Michael Kinsley Dissects Republican “Communist-style-U-Turn” on Experience
Michael Kinsley has a great piece in the WaPo on Republican…flexibility on the experience issue.
It’s not about the proper role of experience as an issue. It’s not about experience at all. It’s about honesty. The question should be whether McCain — and all the other Republicans who have been going on for months about Obama’s [...]
First Sighting of Sarah Palin’s Foreign Policy Views?
Yesterday, I noted that Sarah Palin was a Pat Buchanan supporter in 1999. I suggested that the Obama campaign begin running ads in South Florida to point out to people who could be my grandparents that someone potentially very close to the presidency or actually in it once supported a Jew-hater for that office.
Is a complete [...]
