I finished The Real McCain by Cliff Schecter a few days ago and was quite surprised at the amount of negative facts an author can include about the presumptive Republican candidate in 150 pages. The book is pretty short and took me 10 days to finish it from beginning to end. I expected more of the same in terms of content; similar to what Suzanne Goldenberg wrote in Madam President , but I was pleasantly surprised. Cliff Schecter has done what most authors tend not to do, get right to the point from page two:
If it is not political calculation on McCain’s part to tell the evangelicals what they want to hear, then what is it?
When I read at night, I often have some sticky notes close by so that I can mark important passages in the book. Initially I started off marking about the first fifty pages before I realized that Mr.Schecter has managed to include every negative substantive fact about Senator McCain in this book. Senator McCain has denied the contents of the book bec...
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The Real McCain From: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com Post Date: 2008-10-30 18:56:00
Francis Fukuyama has observed this campaign: McCain’s appeal was always that he could think for himself, but as the campaign has progressed, he has seemed simply erratic and hotheaded. His choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate was highly irresponsible; we have suffered under the current president who entered office without much knowledge of the world and was easily captured by the wrong advisers. McCain’s lurching from Reaganite free-marketer to populist tribune makes one wonder whethe... more
Telegraph.co.uk McCain Appears on Saturday Night Live Alongside Palin Lookalike Bloomberg- 29 minutes ago With the help of a Sarah Palin lookalike, he pretended to hawk memorabilia to raise money for his campaign. McCain and SNL regular Tina Fey as Alaska ... Real McCain joins fake Palin on "Saturday Night Live" Reuters McCain on SNL: Funny, But... National Review Online McCain makes his pitch on 'Saturday Night Live' Chicago Tribune ... more
Guest Post by Meeno Peluce
This [post on the Huffington Post] gives me, finally, a lot more hope.
That make up artist for Palin who’s making so much money, she’s my make up artist. I texted her for a shoot a while back and she wrote back she couldn’t make it because she was in Alaska. Alaska? Palin? “Don’t hate,” she said, “this is refurnishing my entire apartment.”
Earlier this week she wrote again, excited to be back home soon and do ... more
Early this morning, lawmakers announced that they had agreed on a tentative plan to bailout financial firms . The Wall Street Journal reported an "exhausted" Treasury Secretary as saying, "I think we’re there," during a press conference with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Christopher Dodd, and House FInancial Services Chairman Barney Frank--all top Democrats. Pelosi said, "We’ve made great progress. We have to get it committed to paper... more
Coming from a long line of farmers in my home county of Barbour, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for American farm families. I know first hand how tough life can be for farmers and their families. That’s why Senator John McCain’s recent comments opposing the Farm Bill were so disturbing. McCain came out in strong opposition to the bill, saying “I don’t support agricultural subsidies no matter where they are. The farm bill, $300 billion, is something America simply can’t a... more
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Good to see Senator McCain dealing well with dissenting opinion. I don’t want this guy anywhere NEAR "the button". ... more
Former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has retaliated against Jackson Browne for filing suit against him for allegedly using his 1977 hit song ’Running On Empty’ in his advertising campaign without his permission. ... more
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GOP Faithful Like Palin, Romney, Huckabee in 2012Gallup Poll News,DC- 48 minutes agoRomney and Huckabee unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination versus John McCain, and McCain tapped Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. …Mike Huckabee in 2012? guardian.co.ukBlogging the Right Thing: “I Love Iowa” Culture11Huckabee won’t rule out 2012 run for president [...]... more
Although the presidential elections in the US do not generate as many reactions as the French elections in Madagascar, the intrigue surrounding the democratic party's nomination provoked plenty of reactions on the Malagasy blogosphere. Seven posts, mostly centered around the Barack Obama phenomenon, in the past month led to 116 comments.
Some Malagasies are convinced that Obama is able to implement the unity he promised, both in the US and on in the international scene.
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From a report on the TV news show 60 Minutes, here is more evidence that the “secret Muslim” rumors are hurting Barack Obama among some sections of the voting public, by tapping into fear of “the Other” among less educated Americans. For background, see my earlier post on the subject, “ My Middle Name Is Hussein .”
To his credit, when Obama is asked about the rumors and denies them, he doesn’t just say they are insulting to him as a Christian. He also points out that they are ... more
A couple of months ago (and several times up til now) I registered my displeasure with the fact that the primary assumptions resulting in many of the failed policies of the Bush Administration (and indeed the previous one) were not being questioned in the primary presidential debates or even in the major forums for debate on foreign policy. The particulars of neo-conservative philosophy were... more
Canadian Parliament asks PM Questions People ask me why I care so much about US elections, especially those South of the border. This is currently on the Barack Obama You Tube page. Still don’t think America’s politics has any impact in Canada? This of course relates to the NAFTA story and Obama giving us the heads up in advance of the Ohio debate. For the record, I am unaware of any Canadian "right wing operatives" working for the Republicans, but I personally went up to C... more
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