John McCain gave a global warming/climate change speech on Monday. (The term used by the scaremongers depends on the weather the day they give their speech.) McCain favors an approach known as "cap and trade" which will have the net effect of raising energy costs for everyone. You'll need the Bush tax cuts then. For […]
Everyone's heard the talk likening the media coverage Sen. John McCain gets on his "Straight Talk Express" to the hagiographic coverage Sen. Barack Obama gets. Don't be fooled. Come the general election, the media will still be good for at least 5 percent in the polls for the Democrats. Evidence: The properties box in the […]
Kentucky Republican Rep. Geoff Davis needs to think twice about the words he uses. U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, a Hebron Republican, compared Obama and his message for change similar to a "snake oil salesman" [at a Northern Kentucky Lincoln Day dinner]. He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated […]
GQ of all places has an excellent interview with Bush confidante and adviser Karl Rove. I want to highlight two sections. First there's this on Rove's meeting with Barack Obama. Have you gotten to know Hillary or Barack to any degree? Yes, I have. What have been your dealings with them? Well, you know, I […]
Sen. John McCain has released a commercial that's reportedly airing only in New Mexico. Of course, it's on the Web too. The ad is largely biographical. It's positive. It doesn't reference the Democrats nor is there anything in it directed at the Democratic Party. That didn't stop Howard "Foot-in-mouth" Dean from deciding to open his […]
There's apparently a big brouhaha over the "famous John McCain temper" that's supposedly made an appearance during some questioning by a New York Times reporter today. If that's the John McCain temper, it's been seriously oversold.
Most of the results are in for what the media had dubbed "Super Tuesday II" -- and there are few surprises. Sen. John McCain has clinched the GOP nomination. I'll hold my nose and vote for him. Mike Huckabee was hoping for a little bump to put his delegate total above that of Mitt Romney, […]
Michael Kinsley, no conservative he, has a hilarious "analysis" of The New York Times and its editors' defense of last week's McCain story. I have come under some criticism for my criticism of the New York Times for its criticism of Sen. John McCain. Many readers of last week's New York Times article about McCain, […]
The Politico has posted a response from Sen. John McCain's campaign to the New York Times hit piece in this morning's paper. It's some pretty deep-in-the-weeds stuff as written, but it does point out some problems with the Times story. Greg Sargent, no conservative, tries to tamp down on some of the glee on the […]
More than a decade ago when I was a reporter for the Lompoc Record I had a great story drop into my lap. A female student (she was 18) at one of the area high schools (there are two) had received work-study credit for stripping. I'm not talking about removing the bark from wood, I'm […]