Archive » Politicians

“We have yet to find someone to back up the story.”

No, there weren’t any knockout punches.
But John McCain was still standing at the end of the night — doubts about his fortitude adequately quelled — and Barack Obama ought to be wiping the smirk he borrowed from Joe Biden off his face.
Joe Wurzelbacher the Plumber was a heaven-sent gift for the McCain campaign, and [...]

It begins at 9pm Eastern.
Liberal Beltway fixture Bob Schieffer moderates. I noted in 2004 that he asked a question about immigration during one of the 2004 debates. Wouldn’t it be novel if the subject finally came up tonight? Not that the La Raza twins would differ much. I’m not the only one who wants to [...]

Un-rehabilitated. Plus: Academia loves The Unrepentant Terrorist.

“Low in transfats, high in taxes.”

15 pages devoted to The One in a kids’ textbook used in the Racine, WI schools.
Will they be required to learn the goose steps and children’s anthem, too?
***
Commenter BrianNY on the Obama Alphabet:
A is for ACORN
B is for Barack
C is for Community Activist…

Hope and charge.

I received several e-mails today from readers complaining about Barack Obama’s backdrop in Toledo today. Apparently, some talk show hosts have also gone ballistic over what they think is an “Obama flag:”

Relax, folks.
That’s not an “Obama flag.”
It’s the state flag of Ohio:

“It’s good for everybody.”

Bad company.

Unleashed.

If a GOP elections commissioner were responsible for this, well you know what they’d shriek:
RAAAAACISM!
Read:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s last name is spelled “Osama” on hundreds of absentee ballots mailed out this week to voters in Rensselaer County.
The misspelling, which elections officials on both sides of the aisle insist was simply a typo, is causing [...]

Netherlands blogger Michael van der Galien reports that a group of young Dutch Socialists will be flying here to campaign for Barack Obama:
… I received an e-mail I found quite interesting. The Jonge Socialisten asked me whether I would like to travel to America with them shortly before the U.S. elections in order to do [...]

“Wish flags.”

Monsters, Inc.

Update…here’s the vid via Allah…
I am away from my office, so haven’t seen the video of this yet. But several readers are reporting on a frustrating exchange John McCain had with a passionate supporter in Waukesha, Wisconsin. McCain gets a softball — and bungles again.
Banging. Head. Against. Wall.
Commenter nyc123me:
CNNlive online covering McCain/Palin event in [...]

Who let the dogs out?

Order up.

Stop smirking, smirky.
Joe Biden called Sarah Palin’s much-needed attacks on Barack Obama’s ties to Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers “malarkey.”
Yeah, “malarkey.”
Tell it to John Murtagh, Greasy Joe:
Today, John M. Murtagh made the following statement on Barack Obama’s relationship with William Ayers:
“When I was 9 years-old the Weather Underground, the terrorist group founded by Barack Obama’s [...]

Greg Ransom e-mailed me the answer:
“The Obama plant was Tom Brokaw.”
Har. Indeed. From my liveblogging last night:
Brokaw gets rolled again: “I’m just hired help here.”
Obama: “You’re doing a good job, Tom.”
Might as well have called him “sweetie.”

Dude, where’s your bailout?

Responding to the insipid last question of the debate ( “What don’t you know and how will you learn it?”) and Obama’s bloviating answer, reader Mike G. e-mails:
“The first part of McCain’s answer should have been: ‘Well one thing I don’t know is what the hell he just said and frankly, I’m OK with that…’”

I don’t have any prizes to give away, but you get Special MM.com Bonus Points if your insipid question suggestion gets asked tonight.
As for drinking game proposals, I recommend taking a swig every time Tom Brokaw inserts his two cents after the citizens ask their questions. Apparently, the two campaigns agreed that he wouldn’t be [...]

I blogged my warning earlier today about how tonight’s Brokaw-moderated town hall debate is a recipe for pander politics at its worst. Expect a lot of disgruntled me-me-me questions. Michelle Obama will feel right at home.
Reader David e-mails a suggestion: “Instead of a drinking game tonight, maybe you can do a ‘predict the first [...]

“…a rehabilitated former domestic radical from the ’60s.”
Who’s shoveling that crap?
You guessed it.
***

Rehabilitation? Flag desecration of the day: Bill Ayers stomps on Old Glory
Flashback: The Barack and Michelle and Bill and Bernardine: The Obama/Weather Underground compendium.

Related must-read: The Bomber as School Reformer

Plant Watch.

Unholy alliance.

Gloves off.

Earth to McCain. Earth to McCain.

What’s on your minds?
For your amusement, here’s the Youth Marchers for Obama video everyone’s buzzing about:

And here’s the vid of pitbull Sarah taking on Obama’s William Ayers’ connection:

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of “palling around with terrorists” because of his association with a former 1960s radical, stepping up [...]