After last week's "Joe the Plumber" debate, some McCain-Palin supporters dressed up as plumbers, complete wiith plungers, and held up signs that said "I am Joe the Plumber." The crack CBS fact-checking team determined this to be false. At least two of the members aren't quite as similar to the newly famous Joe Wurzelbacher as […]
Via Q&O comes this most simple of truths: That pretty much explains it all.
I'm still not quite up to full speed, but I am recovering from the wicked cold that has laid me low these past few days. Here's some browser tabs that I've had open for awhile and meaning to blog about. "Our Generals Almost Cost Us Iraq" by Mackubin Thomas Owens points out that the generals […]
I didn't get the chance to watch last night's debate and I think I'm coming down with a bug of some sort, so comments and analysis will have to wait until I feel better.
National Review's Byron York makes a point that I've made previously and then takes it a step farther: The fact-checkers aren't neutral. It’s fair to say that John McCain has taken more heat from the fact-checkers than has Barack Obama, so much so that one prominent analyst has declared that “lies are more central” to […]
After watching the vice presidential debate on tape delay, there's just a few points/observations I want to make: How the heck does it work out that Joe Biden gets the first word and the last word? Biden says that McCain voted against funding the troops. Exactly who is that going to convince? Seriously. Biden is […]
I've got the vice presidential debate replaying in another window on my computer as I scan through Web sites and I came across this from the New York Times live blog of the debate. One to One | 10:25 p.m. Ms. Ifill tries to break through the conventional wisdom about their biggest weaknesses. She notes […]
One of the lies that is making its way through the lefty blogosphere to the mainstream media is that Gov. Sarah Palin, during her time as mayor of Wasilla, charged victims of rape for the so-called "rape kit" that gathered evidence of the crime. Today, the Boston Globe demands that Palin answer for this insanity. […]
The House voted 228-205 today to kill the proposed bailout plan. Some facts to keep in mind: Democrats voted 140-95 for the bill Republicans voted 65-133 against the bill Speaker Nancy Pelosi wanted cover from the House GOP to pass this bill 1 in 3 Republicans is definitely enough to count as cover The Democrats […]
Sarah Palin sat down with Katie Couric today. The interview comes in two parts. Part I Watch CBS Videos Online Part II (Note that the last minute or so of this one is identical to a minute in the first one): Watch CBS Videos Online For the record: I don't think that Palin did nearly […]