Jules Crittenden

Archives for the 'McCain' Category

Meet Cindy McCain

Published on 2 Jun 2008 at 10:23 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under McCain, husbands and wives, explosives.

You probably know she told everyone to get stuffed, she wasn’t running and she wasn’t releasing her tax returns. Here’s more you might not know about Cindy McCain. Seems to have tried to use her time and position of privilege pretty well. The mine thing is a bit of a baby/bathwater issue. There are places in the […]

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McCain No Bush III

Published on 21 May 2008 at 10:12 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under pols, McCain.

Whatever else Clintonistas might be, they aren’t stupid: Sidney Blumenthal via US News:

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The Year … 2013

Published on 16 May 2008 at 9:36 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under moronocy, Hollywood, McCain.

I thought this AP article was a little over the top, with its description of a “mystical” speech and its report that McCain “peered through a crystal ball to 2013.” Then I saw this at the McCain site, with the melodramatic voiceover.

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McCain as Mushroom

Published on 15 May 2008 at 9:19 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, vietnam, McCain.

In a North Vietnamese basement, and other distortions of Vietnam and Iraq picked apart by Karl at Protein Wisdom.

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Mental Health Issues Raised

Published on 2 May 2008 at 9:03 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain, husbands and wives.

By a Baptist minister who apparently has some. Wackjob Obama/Biden supporter asks McCain about a spat with his wife. Des Moines Register:

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Latest Insidious Rovian Plot

Published on 30 Apr 2008 at 8:35 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain.

Our Dark Lord Rove is putting it out there that John McCain is a man of high moral character and courage, the like of which is rarely seen in American politics, and that this may actually be an important factor for voters to be aware of.

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Anger Management

Published on 29 Apr 2008 at 8:13 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Iran, pols, McCain.

Hitchens at Slate is dismissive of the campaign thread focusing on McCain’s rage issues, though that necktie-yanking thing is a little weird and sounds like it would get old real quick. Good thing senators don’t carry canes anymore.

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Don’t Bring a Nutjob to Fight Your Political Battles

Published on 21 Apr 2008 at 11:24 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under McCain.

Leave the nutjobs at home…
The Washington Post’s latest attack on John McCain- “McCain: A Question of Temperament” -includes this passage from Karen Johnson whom McCain tried to block from a political job back in Arizona:
One man’s bulldozer is another’s bully. “I don’t think that he forgets anyone who ever opposed him, that he […]

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Blatant Opportunists Against Blatant Opportunism

Published on 29 Mar 2008 at 10:50 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain.

Howard Dean slams John McCain’s shameless plan to point out he’s been there, done that. ABC’s Political Punch:

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Old Geezer Acts Normal

Published on 26 Mar 2008 at 7:26 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under media, McCain.

Rosen gets it. Why does the press by and large like McCain?

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Politics = Torture

Published on 23 Mar 2008 at 8:04 pm. 4 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain.

McCain says the Keating Five ordeal was like torture in North Vietnam. Only different:

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Dawn Over Tokyo

Published on 13 Mar 2008 at 10:46 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under pols, Clintons, McCain.

Obama can’t win the general election, says Clinton strategist. They keep up with this ugly truth thing, sooner or later they won’t be Dems anymore. Speaking of ugly truth, bad news, Hill. Unless McCain’s heart starts skipping beats or he goes seriously Manchurian, you won’t be winning the general either. He’s got the moderates and you, or Obama, […]

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Ass-Kicking Planned

Published on 9 Mar 2008 at 8:02 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under McCain.

Weekly Standard on McCain’s campaign plans starts with some anonymous Texans and their campaign plans:
“I wonder if the New York Times is here?”
“I’d like to kick their ass!”
And continues with description of McCain’s tour plans, plans to stay available to the press and public, in contrast to tightly controlled Dem candidates. Potential for great moments comes […]

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PTSD Watch

Published on 8 Mar 2008 at 5:47 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under media, PTSD, McCain.

Will he get annoyed? Irked? Strike a tone? Fail to be sufficiently deferential? Temperament watch on John McCain catches him expressing frustration with an idiotic needling by a NYT reporter. I bet some grumpy old editor put her up to it.

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Flanking Attack

Published on 28 Feb 2008 at 9:58 am. 9 Comments.
Filed under pols, media, McCain.

Having failed as yet to get McCain on a morals charge, NYT mulls the question of whether he’s sufficiently American:

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Unfit To Print

Published on 24 Feb 2008 at 9:12 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under pols, media, McCain.

NYT Public Editor says of McCain smear job. NYT:

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Gray Lady

Published on 23 Feb 2008 at 5:53 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under media, McCain.

Still a powerful voice. Con cons influenced to back McCain after NYT attack. NYT:

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NYT Scandal

Published on 22 Feb 2008 at 10:42 am. No Comments.
Filed under media, McCain.

NYT would like to hear from you. Talk to the Newsroom:

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WaPo Writes It With A Lede

Published on 21 Feb 2008 at 8:09 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain.

Even less in the hopper with the truck going in nosefirst than when the NYT backed it in last night. WaPo steers clear of any romantic speculation and says the McCain camp just didn’t want a lobbyist in the picture. Quick NYT scandal roundup follows. Because even the lefties think it could end up being more of an NYT scandal than a […]

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NYT Bomb

Published on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:55 pm. 9 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain.

Long-rumored, dropped. McCain was overly close with a female lobbyist, wrote letters to regulators on behalf of her clients in 2000 campaign. Campaign bigs confronted him, her, poured cold water on what they suspected was a romantic relationship. According to NYT, that is:

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Kinsley Endorses McCain

Published on 16 Feb 2008 at 10:38 pm. 4 Comments.
Filed under McCain.

Damning with high praise the diabolical right.

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Foot Marksmanship

Published on 9 Feb 2008 at 10:49 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain.

A competition everyone can enter. As strong at the Democrats appear to be in this year’s Moron Olympiad, they could face a serious GOP challenge in the pedathalon:

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Balancing Act

Published on 8 Feb 2008 at 10:07 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under pols, McCain.

OK, there’s some on this side, some on the other:

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