Which one of these two guys is correct?

1 comment June 12th, 2008

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As a fat cat, I like McCain’s tax plan

4 comments June 12th, 2008

 

As my close friends know, I’m a fabulously wealthy guy who resides in a modest apartment just to learn more about how the other half lives.

And as a man of mucho moolah, I’m pleased to see this INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS of John McCain’s tax plan, which seems aimed at making folks like me even more comfortable.

McCain unfairly mugged by critics for his “not important” remark regarding troops in Iraq

4 comments June 12th, 2008

 

With certain qualifications, I feel obliged to defend John McCain against the firestorm of criticism he’s getting for having said it’s “not important” exactly when U.S. troops are withdrawn from Iraq.

I mostly agree with Marc Ambinder’s VIEW of the matter, especially regarding the implication from some critics that McCain doesn’t care about the travails of the troops and their families.

Make no mistake. I still think McCain is wrong about the war.  But I’m not going to say his “not important” remark betrayed an innate callousness. Rather, I think it simply demonstrated that he has a political tin ear and is inclined to say the wrong thing sometimes.

UPDATE: It’s been more than seven hours since I posted this defense of McCain, and not a single commenter here has praised me for my magnanimity. Boy, there’s just no pleasing some of you people.

Surprise! Surprise! Constitutional protections prevail even on the Roberts Court!

29 comments June 12th, 2008

 

The U.S. Supreme Court RULED this  morning that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have rights under the U.S. Constitution to challenge their detention in civilian courts.

The scary thing about the ruling, which is a defeat for the Bush administration, is that four of the nine justices (including Chief Justice John Roberts) voted against it.

The decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, has one line that’s likely to become memorable: “The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times.”

POSTSCRIPT: Speaking of conservative Republican judicial appointees, how about THIS GUY?