The Obama campaign is coming out with some attack ads of their own… they went back to the archives for some footage from the Keating Five hearing. McCain got off that one with a reprimand for exercising poor judgement. Oh, and this is the guy we want in charge of our economy, and the world’s? [...]
McCain: One of the Keating Five, Remember?
October 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Hot Off The Presses, Politics, Schmolitics
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Tongue Jutting: McCain’s Tell
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Politics, Schmolitics
Back about a week or so, I ran across an interesting item in my feed that was shared by ***Dave. It was a funny little detail Stephen Colbert lampooned: McCain’s weirdly reptilian tongue flicking gesture that was picked up by someone as a classic “poker tell.”
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: The Tongue Jut
Tongue-jutting behavior [...]
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Flowers for a dead President (not the one you expect)
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Politics, Schmolitics
I also wonder, what would Gerald Ford have thought if he could somehow see McCain coming to lay flowers at his grave with First Dude? …And what is Todd Palin doing there in the first place — especially when (forsaking the excellent adventure) he could be home with the baby and kids?
Ah. This is [...]
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Colombians Briefed McCain: Fixing Up The Image
July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts, Politics, Schmolitics
Colombians Briefed McCain Before Rescue - washingtonpost.com
CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 2 — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke repeatedly Tuesday and early Wednesday about how he would work as president to free three American hostages held by leftist guerrillas in Colombia, but he declined to reveal one key fact: Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his aides had [...]