John McCain
November 4, 2008
- With the presidential campaign drawing to a close, it’s difficult to avoid a sense of disgust. What promised to be a civil campaign by two principled opponents has descended into the realm of character assassination via sound bite. You can’t blame the candidates alone, though. Today’s message-cluttered environment seems ripe for this kind of political mudfest. Yet it’s interesting to note ...
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November 3, 2008
- When I was an undergrad at the University of Michigan, we used to all chant "the whole world is watching" in response to many situations -- El Salvador, missile defense systems, -- the list could go on and on. The idea of being outraged and taking to the central "Diag" to shout our disapproval came naturally to us. I saw this same trait in the Greenpeace sailors who got me ...
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November 3, 2008
- ``In an era when left-handedness was considered the devil's work and lefties were often forced to use their right hand, Leonardo was an unrepentant southpaw. It has been suggested that this "difference" was an element of his genius, since his detachment allowed him to see beyond the ordinary. He even wrote backwards, and his writings are easily deciphered only with a mirror.'' _ Museum of ...
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November 3, 2008
- Republicans once proudly called themselves the party of Lincoln. Today, they have become the party of Karl Rove. John McCain began his campaign touting a Senate record of bi-partisan cooperation that earned him the reputation as a maverick. McCain often crossed the aisle to get the job done, much to the dismay of the Karl Rove wing of the Republican Party who would have rather hurt the country ...
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November 2, 2008
- Voting begins in less than 36 hours. So much has been written about this campaign that it’s pointless to try to rehash it all. In the last few months we have seen the rise of perhaps the greatest politician in a generation and the decline and eventual implosion of one of the only heroes t come out of Vietnam. All of the national polls show Barack Obama ahead, some by a wide ...
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November 2, 2008
- Why did Giuliani drop out when he did? That's a question that's been bugging me. Sure he lost Florida, but he wasn't that far behind. And why did he back McCain? The first is at least partially answerable. I think someone ran the numbers and told him that even if he did win the nomination he'd likely lose the Presidency because GW's ruined the Republican image. That is one good reason for ...
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October 31, 2008
- GREENPOINT, Bklyn, Oct. 30...Jaws dropped and eyes bulged last night when a Navigator stretch pulled up in front of the national headquarters of the Gambler's Rights Party at Golubchik's Tavern in Greenpoint, and John McCain stepped out. "Where's my friend Efraim?" he demanded. "Take me to that great American." Efraim Durg, presidential candidate of the Gambler's Rights ...
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October 31, 2008
- On my way to work in the morning, for the past few weeks, I've amused myself by keeping track of McCain and Obama bumper stickers in a nearby parking lot. Until today, I'd seen only one bumper sticker on a Volvo, and it was for McCain.Thrilled to report now, four days before the election, there are many more bumper stickers, and Obama outnumbers McCain 3-1!
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October 29, 2008
- Why is Ms. Palin being made out to be a bimbo when everyone else is in the process of selling themselves as well? Had I been a US citizen it is most certain that I would not vote Republican, but I find the treatment given out to Sarah quite distasteful. How many American feminists have raised their voices against the look-alike strippers at a gentleman’s club in Las Vegas who were judged based ...
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October 25, 2008
- Passionate McCain supporters now claim that Senator Obama will lead this country into communism. Earlier in the week McCain zealots attacked Obama on his socialism. Socialism and communism are used as buzz-words by the overly-buzzed. This sort of witch-hunting represents the worst kind of social fervor. What it lacks in substance it makes up for in alarmist rhetoric. What it lacks in ...
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