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New McCain ads

| September 30, 2008 | 0 Comments
New McCain ads

They must be reading the blogs over at McCain Central. The first ad is entitled “Rein” and quotes Bill Clinton bragging about him and the Congressional Democrats blocking Republicans’ attempts to rein-in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; The second uses the video I posted the other day of Obama admitting that the fundamentals of our […]

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McCain hits Obama with Chavez

| September 20, 2008 | 4 Comments
McCain hits Obama with Chavez

Hugo Chavez makes the big time in American politics as a star in the latest John McCain ad with Chavez’ rant just last week about “shit Americans”; The Washington Times says the ad is aimed at Hispanic Americans; In the ad – replete with bleeps to cover up Mr. Chavez’s repeated expletives in condemning Americans […]

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On earmarks

| September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments
On earmarks

An email from doubleplusundead led me to Cuffy Miegs‘ artful dissection of a Wall Street Journal article on Governor Sarah Palin’s supposed “airport to no where”; The Wall Street Journal’s credibility takes a hit today as it reports on Gov. Palin’s federal funding requests for Alaska. The problem? The WSJ sloppily declines to identify which […]

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Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton

| September 14, 2008 | 22 Comments
Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton

Last night, Saturday Night Live opened their show with Tina Fey (Shocked? Me, to!) playing Sarah Palin next to a Hillary Clinton character. The video is here…YouTube scrubbed all of the pirate copies. They had one good line about the differences in their political opinions with Hillary explaining how she believed that we could we […]

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Who’s attacking whom, here?

| September 14, 2008 | 2 Comments
Who’s attacking whom, here?

The day after his campaign ran an ad mocking John McCain’s war injuries, just a few days after he referred to Sarah Palin as a lipsticked pig, Barack Obama warned supporters to look out for sleazy ads and unwarrated attacks on him, according to the Washington Times; Sen. Barack Obama told voters not to fall […]

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The Palin Effect

| September 10, 2008
The Palin Effect

The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire reports that the McCain campaign plans on keeping the ticket as a single unit through the election; The McCain campaign is so pleased with campaign events featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin that advisers plan to keep the running mates together more often through Election Day. “The question is: […]

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Gov. Palin follows the rules

| September 9, 2008 | 5 Comments
Gov. Palin follows the rules

The front page for the Washington Post this morning looks like this; Now do you see the article in the bottom right corner (with the headline that just fits above the fold); Looks pretty suspicious doesn’t it? Looks like that Palin woman tried to screw taxpayers…but the actual article tells a different story. Well, if […]

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Send in the girls

| September 5, 2008 | 9 Comments
Send in the girls

Apparently, until last Friday, Obama hadn’t worried much about the female vote. He figured that forcing Clinton to make her “Unity” speech would be enough to earn him the loyalty of women voters. Well, then John McCain named Sarah Palin as his running mate, and now the Obama campaign isn’t so sure about their position […]

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