What John McCain Meant, and Why It Doesn’t Matter
The story about John McCain telling a reporter for the Orange Country Register that he doesn’t remember the last time he pumped gas or what it cost is picking up velocity. Only now it turns out he does know. Via Patterico’s Pontifications by way of John Cole, McCain was quoted by Environment News Service, on June 18, as follows:
Full of gas
GOP presidential candidate and economic genius John McCain admits to not knowing what gas prices are right now, but to defend himself, he quips that he doesn’t “see how it matters” anyways. I guess consumer confidence dipping to all time lows partly because of gas prices doesn’t matter, either.
Just think: if any Democrat said this, the calls that he or she is “elitist” and “out of touch” would be screamed 24/7. But when McCain says it? Feh, the dude’s a maverick! He could boink Monica Lewinsky on live television and the media would still kiss his feet.
Moving Away From a Proprietary Fuel System (update)
When it comes to music, and mp3 players, I’ve yet to meet the person to actually give me a good hard sell on iPods. Why not?
Because iPods are too focused on a proprietary system.
How to Hit Back Against the Anti-Tax Crowd
For a moment, I thought I was about to find myself on the wrong side of the issues with the man I hope to help beat Thelma Drake right out of Congress. As it turned out, I found a reason to like him even more.
Jeralyn Attempts to Manufacture a Gaffe and Fails
No way in hell that I’m letting this one go.
Savings Accounts do not Constitute a Plan
Look, I have a savings account, and I’m pretty good about putting money in it. This is something of a new development for me, considering that I am not prone to saving money, but I digress.
Hillary Clinton Shows Shadows of Bushism
When we look at the animosity that the left holds for the current president, it is important to understand that that animosity is not simply because he has an (R) after his name.
The Silliness of the Gas Tax Holiday
Funny. When Thomas Friedman isn’t talking about Iraq, he sounds kinda reasonable.
$30
That’s it? The big honkin’ tax cut that John McCain and now Hillary Clinton want to give us at the gas pump will result in a whopping thirty dollars over the course of the summer? With that much money I can pay off… no… But I could go buy… wait… Okay, but at least it will be easier to… oh, wait, not really.
Well, I could go buy a video game with it? You know, not a good new one, but a decently priced used game for the PS2 maybe.
Michael O’Hare goes into why Obama’s right to oppose this cut.
A Time To Break Silence
David Freddoso and Deroy Murdock have each won my “Too Stupid To Get Out of Bed” award.
The Alex P Keaton Syndrome
No Thanks
Will Ohio Buy McCain’s “Straight Talk”?
Very interesting. John McCain is peddling free trade to Ohio. Yes, that Ohio, the same Ohio that has a penchant for blaming free trade for the fact that, you know, they’ve lost so many jobs.
McCain Subscribes to the Gibsonian School of Economics
You have to wonder if the folks at ABC have dipped into the ranks of tabloidesque journalism for the sake of their own personal bank accounts. It would make sense.
California schools asking parents for money to continue running
In John McCain’s world, the economic problems this country is facing are all psychological. So can somebody please book him to speak with the parents of South Orange County about their psychological problems?
South Orange County families are being urged to donate $400 per student to save the jobs of 266 teachers in the Capistrano Unified School District. [...]
“Public education is free, but an excellent public education is not free at this point,” said Janet Berry, president of the Davis Schools Foundation, which recently launched the Dollar-a-Day campaign, urging citizens of the city near Sacramento to donate $365 per child, grandchild or student acquaintance.
And let’s see just how Republican administrations deal with these problems!
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget would cut about $4.8 billion in education funding this year and next. As a result, potential layoff notices have been issued to 20,000 teachers, librarians, nurses and others.
Ah yes. Education… (you know it’s coming)… TERMINATED!
But it’s all in your heads, right? There’s certainly no problems with the richest country in the world can’t find a way to publicly fund basic education. Just move along, folks, McCain doesn’t want you to see anything here.
