“Pulling the Race Card”

Erick Erickson (among many other right-wingers) is apoplectic over Obama’s response, here, to John McCain’s series of invective-filled, substance-free attacks on him. Watch it: more about “Political Radar: Obama: McCain Trying…“, posted with vodpod Erick is particularly incensed by...

Redefining Greed

And who else but an oil company to do such? Exxon Mobil reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest quarterly profit ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results fell well short of Wall Street expectations and shares fell in premarket trading. Well, at least those high gas...

How Repulsive Can McCain’s Ads Get?

How many stars are in the sky? Here is one I didn’t know about until just now: more about “RNC Ties Obama To … David Hasselhoff“, posted with...

“What Happened, Cindy?”

John Amato has the Obama campaign’s latest ad, responding to John McCain’s two recent attack ads, here and here. It’s not just Obama supporters who are criticizing McCain’s recent ads: John Weaver, for years one of John McCain’s closest friends and confidants, has been in...

An Old New Meme

Lately, I’ve been noticing a new meme on the right in general, and in John McCain’s campaign rhetoric in particular, about Barack Obama. He’s not humble enough; he thinks he’s president already; he’s conceited; who does he think he is; he’s presumptuous; he’s...