An old bitch, that lost her bearings.

Posted at May 9, 2008 12:54 PM in response to McCain Camp Accuses Obama Of Hitting McCain On Age

Hey, if you want to get down to the bottom of this forced abortion issue, go talk to the workers while you're touring the facilities (in the presence of their overlords) and then check in with the local religious leaders. That'll give you the bird's eye lowdown.

Posted at April 21, 2008 1:09 PM in response to Schaffer: What Forced Abortions? I Didn't See Any Forced Abortions

What a tool this Schaffer guy is. Just another GOP thug masquerading as a nice family man. Wonder how many nude dancers he "examined" while boondoggling in the Marianas for slick Jack.

Posted at April 14, 2008 7:43 PM in response to Schaffer Played Attack Dog against Exploited Marianas Worker

So if a suspected terrorist is believed to be somewhere in the USA...

just spy on everybody!

Posted at March 10, 2008 1:25 PM in response to Today's Must Read

McCain's appeal (the reason he fares so well against Dem candidates in hypothetical matchups) is his reputation as a "maverick" Republican--in other words, he is not a "typical" Republican. As widely noted, while this "maverick" label will stand him in very good stead in a general election nationally, it will be a heavy millstone in the Republican primaries.

My thought is that under the right circumstances, McCain could make himself palatable to the fundie wing that has become such an indispensable component of the Republican grassroots machine. However, those ideal conditions will not exist in 2008, because they won't yet include descriptions such as "desperate", "beleaguered" and "searching for new answers". The Christian Right Republicans will need to taste the bitter fruit of overwhelming defeat before they are willing to submit to the risks of a candidate as unreliable as McCain on their core issues.

Regardless of the outcome of the mid-term elections next year, Republicans won't be smarting from the kind of broad electoral repudiation required to make them consider alternatives to what has become their formula for success in presidential elections. The Fundamentalist Right mindset will still be "all your base are belong to us", with their role in Bush's two presidential wins the leverage they need to insist on ideological lip service (if not actual purity).

McCain's Presidential chances would be better after a Democratic term or two, but he'll be too old by then.

Posted at November 27, 2005 7:26 AM in response to McCain In Context