Why does the Army hate our troops?

2 comments January 30th, 2008

And why aren’t the presidential candidates making a big stink about stuff like THIS?

Vermonters disdain Bush and Cheney

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I’m no fan of the current administration, but even I think THIS is a bit extreme.

Hillary’s Florida ‘victory’ no big deal

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A commenter on THIS PREVIOUS POST sees great political significance in Hillary Clinton’s big win in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Florida.

I disagree (as I noted in my response to the comment), and I invoke THIS PIECE by Josh  Marshall to buttress my argument.

Edwards is dropping out

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Former Sen. John Edwards, whose presidential candidacy was overshadowed by the race and gender (respectively) of his two principal rivals for the Democratic nomination, is PACKING IT IN.

Poor Rudy never had a chance

8 comments January 30th, 2008

 

Rudy Giuliani, who finished third in Tuesday’s Florida primary, is expected to DROP OUT of the race for the Republican presidential nomination today and endorse John McCain.

The pundits will have their post-mortems on Giuliani’s candidacy, but let none of them say he ever had the slightest chance of becoming the GOP standard bearer.

Even during Rudy’s 10-month ride as the front-runner, anybody with half a brain should have recognized that I was more likely to win the Nobel Prize for Physics than “America’s mayor” was to become the Republican nominee.

Giuliani’s early lead in the polls owed to the fact that most rank-and-file Republicans knew little about him other than his having got some ashes on his suit when the World Trade Center was attacked.

The more people learned of his three marriages (one of them to his cousin), his pro-choice position on abortion, his favor for gay rights, his anti-gun rhetoric, his colorful lifestyle and numerous other elements of his story, the more his political star faded.

Nor did he help his own cause when he way, way, way overplayed the Sept. 11 thing. He so overdid it that he turned a national tragedy into a joke, the butt of which was him.

POSTSCRIPT: The demise of Giuliani’s candidacy and the gradual fade of George W. Bush’s unpopular presidency are factors in the DECLINE of the Republican Party’s semi-official propaganda machine, the Fox News Channel.

McCain wins Fla.; donnybrook looms

2 comments January 29th, 2008

 

For John McCain, the Republican presidential primary in Florida was a do-or-die situation, and HE DID IT, defeating Mitt Romney and the rest of the field by a respectable margin.

The victory makes McCain the front-runner for the nomination, but much of the party’s conservative base still despises him and likely will redouble efforts to stop him.

That end would be well-served if Mike Huckabee got out of the race, but he said tonight that he’s in for the long haul, even though he, too, dislikes McCain.

Huckabee’s candidacy is a lost cause, to be sure, but the votes he  garnered in Florida apparently helped McCain stave off Romney.

Rudy Giuliani, who predictably finished a distant third in Florida,  likely will drop out soon and endorse McCain.

The Republican race remains, if not wide open, still competitive as the campaign moves forward to Feb. 5. It’s going to be fun to watch the fur fly.

I did my duty; do yours

1 comment January 29th, 2008

Early voting here in Illinois ends Thursday, so I did mine today.

When will you do yours?

Beware this woman!

2 comments January 29th, 2008

 

If you’re a male who supports Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, you run the risk of this woman accusing you, at least metaphorically, of “gang rape.”

Her name is Marcia Pappas, and she’s the New York state president of the National Organization for Women. When Teddy Kennedy dared to endorse Obama, Pappas likened his choice to the RAPE OF HILLARY CLINTON.

Pappas is a real asset to the feminist cause, isn’t she?

A Bush betrayal of family values?

3 comments January 29th, 2008

Fox News, the fearless defender of all that is good and decent in American society, has CAUGHT PRESIDENT BUSH shamelessly — even affectionately — hugging a gay man.

Oh, the disgrace of it all! 

Why won’t McCain tell Bush how to catch bin Laden?

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John McCain SAYS he knows how to capture Osama bin Laden, but he won’t share the secret with his otherwise good buddy President Bush.

Is there even one voter out there gullible enough to fall for this nonsense? (Don’t answer that question.  It’s too depressing.)