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John McCain parachutes into Tehran?
Best of both worlds department: What destroyer has the U.S. Navy dispatched to intercept a North Korean freighter suspected of carrying missile parts: the John McCain.
Posted to Kausfiles by pnjton on June 19, 2009
The Kerfuffle Over The Mangled Oath
“Oaf of Office” is the title of a funny column by Steven Pinker in the Jan 22nd NY Times about how the oath of office for President Obama got mangled. An excerpt: “On Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the Flubber Hall of Fame when he administered the presidential oath of office apparently without notes. Instead of having Barack Obama ...
Posted to Supreme Court Dispatches by mathpol on January 24, 2009
McCain for Secretary of Defense
The more I think about the respect that John McCain and Barack Obama have for one another, and the more I think about Obama's cabinet choices, the more I think John McCain should be Obama's Secretary of Defense. He'd do an outstanding job, he'd stand up powerfully to Congress and to high-ranking officers when it's appropriate to do so, and he'd ...
Posted to Chatterbox by ltbugaf on November 9, 2008
The revolution wasn't televised, it was texted.
Politics has changed. When I'm in Starbucks and see a gaggle of 15 yr old girls intently and knowledgeably discussing the differences between McCain, Palin, and Obama, the world has certainly changed from 2 yrs ago. They will stay involved with the real decisions that effect them, ask tough questions, and not be content with shallowness of ...
Posted to The Chat Room by drugdoc on November 8, 2008
The day John Lost the election
He lost the election (Psychologically) when he entered the first debate--he looked old and tired next to Obama and of course we are a nation of being cosmetically sensitive. Politically he lost the election when he failed to have a message--being a hero is one thing but again, we are a nation of slogan''ites''. Obama had CHANGE; I still don't ...
Posted to Moneybox by psychoannie on November 8, 2008
Talking
I am so looking forward to talking to people that we don't agree with and for a real change talking with people that we do ''agree'' with. The last 8 years have been a failed policy of ''if you aren't with us you are against us''. Now maybe we can make some progress. By communicating we at least have a chance to determine what it is we ...
Posted to Fighting Words by waukone on November 7, 2008
War heroes don't win the presidency BECAUSE they're war hero
Dear Tim:I think there's one more important factor that you've overlooked.Dole, Kerry and McCain RAN AS war heroes, making their long-ago warrecords the main case for electing them.Dole is the most obvious case -- he had a decades-long and ratherrespectable record as a legislative leader in Washington, but party dogmasaid government experience is ...
Posted to Chatterbox by jtanzer on November 4, 2008
Re: Election Myths
Of course, McCain could appoint a conservative Supreme Court justice to replace John Paul Stevens, who was appointed by Gerald Ford and is not going to live/be able to serve as a justice forever. This new justice could be a fifth vote (added to Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito) to overturn Roe. The interesting part would be getting him through a ...
Posted to Foreigners by ObiterDicta on November 4, 2008
Re: McCain and Palin BARELY graduated college!
WoW. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! It's amazing that Palin even got elected GOVERNOR never mind selected as VP! No wonder she doesn't know anything and they both seem fairly, um, well, unsophisticated (to be kind). I know who I'm voting for!
Posted to Politics by JoeSixPack on October 31, 2008
Re: McCain and Palin promote RAPE...bear with me......
Also, no comment on the other accusations? McCain did make a rape joke, did criticize Obama for trying to prevent kids from being molested, Palin does advocate banning abortion in cases of INCEST and RAPE (even incest and rape of a child, she specifically answers in regard to a 15 year old girl AND her own daughter). Come on here, am I ...
Posted to Politics by Baalzephon on October 31, 2008

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