Thursday, August 21, 2008
Afternoon Open Thread
Here's a topic for discussion: how many houses do you own?
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Out of Touch
Politico reports that John McCain was asked how many houses do the McCain family own and his answer was, well, very telling.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own."I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you."
Peter Viles at the Los Angeles Times ribs John McCain's failure to come up with a number.
File this under "Problems most of us will never have" -- You are running for president. Someone asks you how many houses you own. You can't remember. Is it four? Six? Seven?
The answer is seven.
This from McCain who believes that we are better off today than we were eight years ago. Just yesterday, he repeated his belief that "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" as millions of Americans are hurting from the housing crisis.
John McCain: out of touch with the American people.
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Morning Open Thread
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McCain Attacks Leader He Hailed as ''One of the Great Men in History''
Politico reports that, yesterday in New Mexico, John McCain harshly criticized the former leader of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, a man he once hailed as "one of the great men in the history of the world."
John McCain's views on former Georgia president Eduard Shevardnadze, a reform-minded architect of the Soviet Union's glasnost policy in the 80s, have done a startling 180.Speaking about Georgia, McCain told a town hall in Las Cruces, New Mexico on Wednesday: "They had a corrupt government headed by a guy named Shevardnadze, who you may remember from the days of the Cold War. And they had a peaceful revolution and they took over, and they were putting democracy and freedom and human rights, and they were prospering."
In November 1999, the same John McCain described Shevardnadze as "one the great men in the history of the world" during a GOP debate at Arizona State University.
But "Startling 180s" are nothing new for John McCain. He'll say anything, even if it is completely opposite of what he has said before:
McCain Said He Might Include Musharraf If He Wrote A Sequel To His Book About Great Decisions By Extraordinary Leaders. According to the New Yorker: McCain was in New York to promote his new book, Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them, which he saw as a nice change from the usual campaign stuff… The hard calls discussed in McCain's book are an eclectic and decidedly historical bunch: Solzhenitsyn's decision to publish The Gulag Archipelago, Gertrude Ederle's determination to swim the English Channel, Reinhold Niebuhr's conversion from pacifism. Still, an obvious contemporary issue came to mind. Is Iraq a hard call? he said. I think it's not that hard, because I have had no doubt. It hasn't been a struggle within me. He identified Pervez Musharraf (My distinct impression of him is he's basically a humble, modest man who lives a fairly Spartan life) and Nicolas Sarkozy (whose name he pronounced Secorsi) as leaders who could, in time, merit inclusion in a sequel. [New Yorker, 9/3/07]McCain on Musharraf Resignation: Good Riddance! "The resignation of President Musharraf is a step toward moving Pakistan onto a more stable political footing. Pakistan is a critical theatre in countering the threat of al Qaeda and violent Islamic extremism, and I look forward to the government increasing its future cooperation (with the US)," McCain said.
Sounds like that chapter isn't going to be in the second edition. Scrolling through the index, Pervez will be disappointed.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
How Many Lobbyists Work on John McCain's Campaign?
We released this video entitled "No Kidding." Enjoy.
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Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones Passes Away
We were deeply shocked here at the DNC. Please see Governor Dean's statement on Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones' passing:
"We are greatly saddened about the passing of Congresswoman Tubbs Jones. Stephanie was a true American hero and inspiring leader, having spent a lifetime breaking barriers and standing up for her values. Just last week I was honored to have Stephanie join me on the campaign trail in Ohio where, as always, her infectious energy, enthusiasm and passion uplifted the crowd. Her voice will be greatly missed."This is a great loss for our Party and our nation. On behalf of the Democratic Party, we extend our thoughts and prayers to Congresswoman Tubbs Jones' friends and family during this difficult time."
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Evening Open Thread
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Afternoon Open Thread
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'Three Times'
Senator Barack Obama released the following ad on the real tax relief he would provide to hard working, middle-class Americans.
And what do the same middle-class Americans get from John McCain? Bupkis. Meanwhile, 101 million American families get nothing in John McCain's tax plan.
Watch the ad:
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Morning Open Thread
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Afternoon Open Thread
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Exxon John Campaigns at ExxonMcCain '08 HQ?
This is priceless.
John McCain is campaigning aboard an oil rig, Genesis, jointly owned by Exxon Mobil and Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico. It is laughable that McCain would campaign on the Genesis to push his phony "drill here, drill now" nonsense because it took Genesis ten years to produce any oil at all.
Not exactly the imagery the McCain campaign wants to create.
Throw this one on the heap of McCain gimmicks -- like the gas tax holiday -- that will not provide any real relief for Americans.
John McCain will say and do anything to win this election, including selling out to Big Oil on gimmicks that won't provide any real relief to Americans, but boost their profit margins.
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Morning Open Thread
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Evening Open Thread
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Afternoon Open Thread
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