Posts Tagged ‘McCain’

Pentagon Brass: Don’t Ask, Do Recruit

Filed under: Civil Liberties | Sex — by Will Kirkland 10/19/2010 @ 2:56:37 PM
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The Pentagon has advised recruiting commands that they can accept openly gay and lesbian recruit candidates, given the recent federal court decision that bars the military from expelling … [Keep reading >>]

Palin: “Little Shop of Horrors”

Filed under: Politics | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 06/30/2009 @ 11:38:29 AM
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From Vanity Fair: via Raw Story

As Palin has piled misstep on top of misstep, the senior members of McCain’s campaign team have undergone a painful odyssey … [Keep reading >>]

McCain Loyalists Not So Loyal

Filed under: Politics | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 11/5/2008 @ 8:01:37 PM
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“Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the Arizona senator’s campaign last week for what one aide called “trashing” the campaign staff, three senior … [Keep reading >>]

Bettors Give it to Obama

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 11/2/2008 @ 6:49:40 PM
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Betfair, the enormous British online gambling site has bettors giving it to Obama by wide margins. He’s 1-7 favorite (paying $8 for a $7 winning bet). A John … [Keep reading >>]

When McCain Threw His Senatorial Friends Under the Bus

Filed under: Corruption | Presidential 2008 | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 11/2/2008 @ 11:43:40 AM
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Some reminders of John McCain’s involvement in the Savings and Loan scandal on the late 1980s have appeared during this campaign cycle. Not enough to jar his devotees from … [Keep reading >>]

McCain’s Newest Anchor: Cheney

Filed under: Democrats | Presidential 2008 | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 11/1/2008 @ 2:11:33 PM
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Dick Cheney surfaced long enough to endorse John McCain for president. Obama thinks it’s a fine thing.

I’d like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned … [Keep reading >>]

Duberstein, Eagelburger — Palin Not Ready

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 10/31/2008 @ 2:28:47 PM
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Duberstein, former Reagan chief of staff, told Fareed Zakaria on CNN that he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.

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A former Republican Secretary of State and one … [Keep reading >>]

The Dirtiest Campaign — Ever

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 10/30/2008 @ 9:29:45 PM
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McCain descended to new lows yesterday in his frantic attempts to paint Obama as some kind of unamerican Creature from the BLACK Lagoon by accusing Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University … [Keep reading >>]

McCain’s Suspicious Money Man

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2008 @ 9:13:16 PM
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McCain needs to quit opening the barn door of suspicious associations before all the troubling horses of his own go galloping out.

Today one Shi Sheng Hao of Roselle, Illinois begins … [Keep reading >>]

John “Air Quotes” McCain

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2008 @ 11:36:08 AM
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The Man Who Saved John McCain

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 10/28/2008 @ 8:17:15 PM
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Perhaps, in his retirement, as John McCain has hoped in his “Worth The Fighting For,” there will be time to contemplate and understand how he has succeeded and failed in … [Keep reading >>]

McCain Econ Advisor Admits Health Plan Will Fail

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 10/28/2008 @ 12:21:58 PM
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From CNNMoney via AmericaBlog:

Younger, healthier workers likely wouldn’t abandon their company-sponsored plans, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s senior economic policy adviser.

“Why would they leave?” said Holtz-Eakin. “What they are getting from … [Keep reading >>]

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Perhaps an honest world will never exist. But what's to keep us from dreaming? If each one of us tries to change, maybe we'll succeed.

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