It’s starting to look pretty sad, so here’s some of today’s funnies
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McCain’s Follies
Friday, September 26th, 2008McCain’s Lies
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
John McCain is at it again. Saying convenient untruths - lies - to try to get elected. Richard Cohen has a good opinion piece on this in today’s Washington Post. “The Ugly New McCain“, By Richard Cohen
The precise moment of McCain’s abasement came, would you believe, not at some news conference or on one of the Sunday shows but on “The View,” the daytime TV show created by Barbara Walters. Last week, one of the co-hosts, Joy Behar, took McCain to task for some of the ads his campaign has been running. …
“Actually, they are not lies,” he said.
Actually, they are.
McCain has turned ugly. His dishonesty would be unacceptable in any politician, but McCain has always set his own bar higher than most. He has contempt for most of his colleagues for that very reason: They lie. He tells the truth. He internalizes the code of the McCains — his grandfather, his father: both admirals of the shining sea. He serves his country differently, that’s all — but just as honorably. No more, though.
I am one of the journalists accused over the years of being in the tank for McCain. Guilty. Those doing the accusing usually attributed my feelings to McCain being accessible. This is the journalist-as-puppy school of thought: Give us a treat, and we will leap into a politician’s lap.
Not so. What impressed me most about McCain was the effect he had on his audiences, particularly young people. When he talked about service to a cause greater than oneself, he struck a chord. He expressed his message in words, but he packaged it in the McCain story — that man, beaten to a pulp, who chose honor over freedom. This had nothing to do with access. It had to do with integrity.
McCain has soiled all that. His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir — the person in whose hands he would leave the country — is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not.
You can check out the rest for yourself. And now for a few political cartoons that make the same point.
Sunday Funnies
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Running From Reality
Saturday, September 6th, 2008Anothe excellent op-ed piece in the NY Times today. “Running from reality,” by Rob Herbert. He accurately and succintly puts the Republican gobbleygook where it belongs.
If there was one pre-eminent characteristic of the Republican convention this week, it was the quality of deception. Words completely lost their meaning. Reality was turned upside down.
Or, as Joe Biden said today “What fo you ttalk about when you have nothing to say about 8 years of failed policies?”
Common McCain - don’t make me laugh
Sunday, August 24th, 2008Two recent political cartoons about McCain’s ridiculous attempts to make him seem to be attractive to “the common man”
Big Surprise
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
From the NY Times -
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey on Tuesday rejected the idea of bringing criminal charges against former Justice Department employees who improperly used political litmus tests in hiring decisions, saying he had already taken strong internal steps in response to a “painful” episode.
Political cartoon, August 11, 2008
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Political cartoons - August 2, 2008
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Spare me any more drivel about the high-mindedness of John McCain. You knew something was up back in March when, in his first ad of the general campaign, Mr. McCain had himself touted as “the American president Americans have been waiting for.” ….
Nevertheless, it’s frustrating to watch John McCain calling out Barack Obama on race. Senator Obama has spoken more honestly and thoughtfully about race than any other politician in many years. Senator McCain is the head of a party that has viciously exploited race for political gain for decades.
He’s obviously more than willing to continue that nauseating tradition.
Running While Black, Bob Herbert,
Yet Another Example of illegal actions by Bush Administration
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
A report by the Department of Justice cites several instances of illegal hiring practices,
Internal Justice Dept. Report Cites Illegal Hiring Practices.
Yet another example of Bush & the Republicans he appointed have abusing their power and acted illegally.
For nearly two years, a young political aide sought to cultivate a “farm system” for Republicans at the Justice Department, hiring scores of prosecutors and immigration judges who espoused conservative priorities and Christian lifestyle choices.
It sure would be nice to see the law applied to the lot of them. More reason to bring Kucinich’s call for impeachment to consideration by the Congress.
Friedman’s Column - Making America Stupid
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Tom Friedman’s column of September 13 “Making America Stupid” points out the weaknesses and faults of McCain’s campaign and the Republican policies. You’ve got to read it. He counters the the Republican mantra “Dill,baby, drill!” with
He also addresses the false-issue culture-war raised by the Republicans
An concludes brilliantly:
And now for the funnies
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