A reminder on McCain and veteran’s issues

In case you forgot, McCain-the-veteran is not always McCain-champion-of-veterans.  From a New York Times piece this morning on the new GI bill which is enabling more veterans (think young guys returning from Iraq and Afghanistan) to go to college:
The bill met strong resistance from John McCain, the senator from Arizona who is now the Republican [...]

Hero? Seriously?

I haven’t blogged on Joe the Plumber ’cause, really …. really?  But yesterday at a rally, John McCain called this dude an “American hero.”  Seriously?  A “hero?”  Someone explain this to me, please.  Please.

The LA Times / Khalidi issue

I’m gonna be as fair about this as I can.  This Khalidi thing has been around for a while.  This isn’t new:  this is the McCain camp’s attempt at some sort of last minute surprise to sway the election.  Who can blame them?  If I were running their campaign, I’d be looking for something, too.  [...]

Cartoons

I figured it’d been too long since we’d had a good cartoon around here, so I went surfing over at Cagle and found this fabulous gem:
This reminds me of JJP’s penchant for calling McCain “Senator Country Last,”among other things. 
And then I came across this one which, among other great Halloween cartoons, just made me laugh:
Maybe [...]

David Frum calls for retreat

In the Washington Post this morning, David Frum calls for a full scale retreat of conservatives from the McCain presidential campaign.  In his piece, “Sorry Senator.  Let’s Salvage What We Can,” Frum argues that all resources should be diverted to saving what the Republicans can in Congress:
There are many ways to lose a presidential election. John [...]

Beyond outrage

Up until this … before this outrage … I have thought of Sarah Palin merely as a joke.  Yes, she’s unqualified.  Sure, maybe even a little dangerous.  But all in all, I have considered her more a sick joke played upon the electorate by a cynical Republican party than the outrageous, hateful, despicable and dangerous [...]

No need to be surprised

Marc Ambinder reports that John McCain will appear on Imus tomorrow morning.  Color me surprised.  (All possible reads and misreads into that last statement intended.)

Joe the Plumber

I’ve stayed away from this … on purpose.  But a cartoon caught my eye this morning that just completely sums up the entire subject.

Endorsement Map

Over at InfoChimps, they’ve created a very cool map of newspaper endorsements, based on data from Editor & Publisher.  The map shows where the endorsements are, what the circulation is, and who got the endorsement in ‘04 (Bush, Kerry, nobody).  Below the map is the current list of endorsements and the top 100 papers that have yet [...]

Leonce Gaiter on McCain: The man was a punchline

Y’all know how much I love Leonce Gaiter’s work.  His post over at HuffPo this morning, a comment on the final debate, does not disappoint.  Here’s the first paragraph:
In the final debate, McCain was Presidential. Only the President was Nixon. The man behaved like an bitter, petulant child. He was righteously pissy throughout the evening. [...]