I don’t know what to make of this

Add comment February 20th, 2008

I was reluctant at first to mention THIS STORY about the relationship of eight years ago between John McCain and a female lobbyist.

The story seemed at first glance to be one about McCain’s private sex life, which doesn’t especially interest me. Upon reflection, however, the fact that the woman at issue was a lobbyist would seem to make the matter worthy of  public examination.

Whether this thing will seriously hurt McCain politically remains an open question.  I’m thinking it won’t amount to much, but I may be wrong.

UPDATE: The McCain campaign issued a STATEMENT tonight regarding the story in The New York Times.

POSTSCRIPT: Let’s not have it said that this thing is a smear job cooked up by Democrats to make McCain look bad.  Democrats should be the last to want McCain’s path to the nomination blocked.  He’s a weaker candidate than Mitt Romney would have been. Huckabee? Please.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Upon further consideration, I think this story is much bigger trouble for McCain than I first thought. For example, there’s THIS ANGLE from The New Republic.

Mr. Straight Talk tells a fib

17 comments February 20th, 2008

 

John McCain is falsely accusing Barack Obama of wanting to do something the Bush administration already is on the VERGE OF DOING.

Before long, most Americans will understand that John McCain’s record of valorous service in the Vietnam War, admirable as it is, does not make him especially knowledgeable about foreign policy or national security.

Bush’s approval rating at only 19%

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Wow!  I didn’t think Bush’s numbers could get THIS LOW. I figured his bedrock base would hold him as high as 25 percent. Not so.

Panic-button time

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Veteran AP political scribe Ron Fournier SAYS: “Even Clinton must realize there is little she can do to win the nomination.”

Can Obama match this eloquence?

1 comment February 20th, 2008

A few weeks ago, I told you HERE about the John McCain Drinking Game.

Today, I show you how dangerous that game can be.

Look at what the Bush gang has done to the U.S. military

5 comments February 20th, 2008

 

The popular myth that Republican administrations are more inclined than their Democratic counterparts to support a strong national defense is belied by the FACTS.

And facts are stubborn things, as John Adams observed.  (Ronald Reagan once flubbed the Adams quotation, declaring that “Facts are stupid things.”)