Come January, the GOP may not have enough votes in the Senate to even mount a filibuster. Why? Because the party’s rank and file is as stupid as its politicians are corrupt:
The scandals that led to the demise of Republican Representatives Tom DeLay, Bob Ney and Duke Cunningham — and to the party’s loss of Congress two years ago — should have been a teaching moment. Alaska’s GOP voters haven’t taken the hint, and that may cost their party again in November.
Suppose you’re a voter, and you’ve got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don’t think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?”
Be assured, “This has nothing to do with what’s going on now.”
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Let me be clear - since he burst onto the political scene some 17 years ago, I have been no fan of Bill Clinton. It is thus confusing and disorienting to be feeling a tingling up my leg nearly every time the former president approaches a microphone these days …
There comes a point when you can’t pay your bills, even if you’re the government:
In his famous treatise, “The Wealth of Nations,” Adam Smith noted there had never been a “single instance” of sovereign debts having been repaid once “accumulated to a certain degree.” We may have reached Smith’s threshold.
After all, The Messiah has a mansion of his own, one with a wine cellar and four fireplaces. And he got it for $300,000 below market value. So why give McCain an opening?
Barack Obama’s campaign continued to hit John McCain on his failure to answer a question on the number of homes he owns …
The old man’s retort should be both obvious and devastating: “My wife and I own seven houses, none of which were purchased in land deals with convicted felons.”
Added. We knew this was coming. The Messiah set himself up for it. But we didn’t know it was coming today. McCain’s people are speedy, no?
He has a five-point lead over The Messiah, according to Zogby. But that means naught. Except for teenage girls, nothing is more useless than a national presidential preference poll in August.
Putin just showed us what stirring words about democracy and freedom are worth in the face of tanks and combat aircraft. The Georgians had the noble ideas and lofty dreams; the Russians had the troops and ammunition. Guess who won?
I have never suggested that Senator McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition. I have not suggested it because I believe that he genuinely wants to serve America’s national interest. Now, it’s time for him to acknowledge that I want to do the same.
But such an acknowledgment isn’t due if McCain has a point.
In short, both candidates in this election pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference, the great difference, is that I intend to win it first.
McCain probably can’t say anything to get anti-McCain Republicans like myself to vote for him. But if he continues to make the clarifying remarks he made today, he won’t need our votes.
I don’t support Obama or McCain. But if I supported Obama, I’d be worried about his inability to shake McCain.
With all his advantages — fulsome treasury, ebullient volunteers, and sycophantic media — Obama ought to be up six to eight points over McCain. But he’s not; he’s tied. Which probably means that he’s actually behind.
American charges of Russian aggression ring hollow. Georgia started this fight — Russia finished it. People who start wars don’t get to decide how and when they end.
Jim McGreevey, the gay, disgraced former governor of New Jersey, owes no alimony to his ex-wife, a judge ruled. McGreevey is now a, ahem, seminarian and is living off a sugar daddy.
