Original Image by Thomas Hawk So much was wrong with the Republican National Convention that if I mentioned it all, this blog post would be the length of a Russian novel . The big-city liberal bashing was shockingly Nixonian and much of the rhetoric was dishonest (McCain was not a fighter pilot, he was a bomber; Sarah Palin did not get more votes for mayor than Joe Biden got for...
So much was wrong with the Republican National Convention that if I mentioned it all, this blog post would be the length of a Russian novel . The big-city liberal bashing was shockingly Nixonian and much of the rhetoric was dishonest (McCain was not a fighter pilot, he was a bomber; Sarah Palin did not get more votes for mayor than Joe Biden got for president — anyway, you can read...
During his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, former President Bill Clinton drew comparisons between himself and Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Clinton said, “My fellow Democrats, 16 years ago, you gave me the profound honor to lead our party to victory and to lead our nation to a new era of peace and broadly shared prosperity. Together, we prevailed in a...
When I woke up Friday morning, I was surprised to learn, via John Dickerson’s twitter message , that John McCain had picked Sarah Palin for his vice presidential nominee. My first thought was, uh-oh. Women voters. Disgruntled Hillary supporters. Small town undecideds. What a smart pick. Sarah Palin, who, at 44, is three years younger than Barack Obama and 28 years younger than...
Conventions Are Boring Maybe watching so many Barack Obama speeches over the last year has spoiled me. But 99% of political speeches are boring! The fact that conventions are televised at all is kind of amazing. Criticizing Bush In his keynote address , Mark Warner said, “People always ask me, ‘What’s your biggest criticism of President Bush?’ I’m sure you all have...
Victoria Jackson has come out against Barack Obama. Like, a lot. The still not-ready-for-primetime player has just unleashed an angry/incoherent tirade directed toward the Senator from Illinois on—get this!—her own, personal blog. (I was as surprised to hear the Saturday Night Live alum was still alive as I was to learn of her mastery over the worldwide web!)...
In today’s crazy real estate market, with home prices falling , companies with names like Fannie and Freddie wielding God-like power and real estate agents permeating bench ads with increasingly fierce hair, determining the state of one’s real estate assets can be tricky. Just ask John McCain — who, in a recent interview , admitted that he didn’t know how...
By Friday night, the Obama campaign had proven once again its absolute genius at manipulating the media. By keeping Obama’s Vice Presidential nominee a secret for so long and leaking various candidates as favorites on different days, they had whipped up the press into such a frenzy that anticipation was nearing Harry Potter levels, with newsmen actually staking out the houses of...
These days, it seems the presumptive Presidential candidates can’t go more than three days without a controversy bubbling up about their supporters. Just recently, John McCain craftily associated Barack Obama with the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, but then his shifty move came back to bite him in the derriere when news broke that one of his major boosters was none other...
Politicians’ public lives are so choreographed that any time we get to peak behind the curtain and see something real, it’s fascinating — whether it’s John Edwards’ sex life or George W. Bush’s bookshelf . Which is why I was so excited to read about John McCain and Barack Obama’s 10 favorite songs in Blender magazine. I was expecting a pandering...
