Gaffing all the way
Gaffe wars. [See also this. Since this particular tempest is about economics, I’ll not weigh in myself.]
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The green lawn: somebody’s ass is grass
For those of you who are eager to know why, oh why, oh why on earth John McCain stood in front of a sickly electric-green background for a few terrible minutes last night, the mystery may be solved. Sort of. … Continue reading →
Taking Palin seriously
Christopher Orr of TNR gets it. [ADDENDUM: Heh.]
Continue reading →Vetting Palin
The WaPo takes on the rumor that Palin was insufficiently vetted, and appears to demolish it. My perception is that McCain was impressed from the first by Palin and was especially taken with her maverick, reformer quality, which he sensed … Continue reading →
And here’s the latest in pretzel-like contortions on the subject…
Found in the comments section of Michele Catalano’s PJ article on the Palin baby brouhaha (links don’t seem to work, but the time stamp is 1:06 PM and it was written by “4Heavenssake”): The first baby was probably a C-section … Continue reading →
The campaign chess game
I’ve thought about this question myself: does Palin’s VP candidacy change Hillary’s calculus for 2012? I think it does. As Ms. Althouse says, it presents her with a conundrum: whose election would be best for Hillary? The way this campain … Continue reading →
Ayers and his revolutionary educational gameplan for America
Bill Ayers has been getting a lot of press lately for his connection to Obama and his status as “unrepentant terrorist” from the 60s. But forget about that for a while, and take a good look instead at the “rehabilitated” … Continue reading →
One reason a bitter primary campaign isn’t such a hot idea…
…is that affords an opportunity for the opposition to make ads like this one in the general: Everybody knows that, in a primary, candidates say nasty things about rivals in their own party. What’s to stop the other party’s nominee … Continue reading →
Totten on Georgia
As usual, Michael Totten is well worth reading. Here’s his take on the Georgian situation.
Continue reading →Back after the weekend
It’s official: neo-neocon is taking a vacation! A short one; I plan to return to blogging either this Sunday or Monday. But I’m going away today, and get this: I will not be taking my computer with me! I intend … Continue reading →
Russia and Georgia: more evidence that Churchill was correct
The violence in Georgia has most pundits stating that Russia is using heavy-handed tactics to keep Georgia and any other possible breakaway former territories firmly in its field of orbit and out of NATO (see this and this). In this … Continue reading →
Playing cards with the race genie
[NOTE: For some reason this is loading very slowly on my computer. Hope it works better on yours.]
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