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Straight talker bobs and weaves

Thursday, July 10, 2008

This is an issue about which my wife has always been justifiably steamed. Many health plans cover Viagra, but will not cover birth control. Watch John McCain squirm as he ducks the issue, which was raised by his own advisor: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6IlGXhCUHo[/youtube] Only John McCain could get away with refusing to talk about an issue because […]

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McCain more like Bush than we thought

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

McCain has been in Congress for about three decades. You would think in all that time he would have learned a little something about Social Security. Apparently not. According to McCain it’s a disgrace that Social Security is a pay as you go system. Here he is talking about it: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugN8Rn5baqM[/youtube] Now, you would think […]

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A new definition of “mostly”

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

According to my Dictionary, “mostly” means “for the greatest part; mainly”. I looked it up to make sure that I hadn’t misconceived its meaning after reading this comparison of Bush and McCain in this morning’s Times. What with Bush’s second coming trying to distance himself from his soul mate, the Times provided a handy guide […]

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McCain vs. McCain

Sunday, June 15, 2008

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnb2IrsU1Cg[/youtube]

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Hold that act of contrition

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

That’s more like it. John McCain says that, after all, the telecoms don’t need to say a sincere act of contrition, or even parrot the more common corporate insincere statement of contrition, before getting absolution for their sins: McCain’s campaign is now backtracking from the apology requirement. In a response to the Wired interview, the […]

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Full disclosure, McCain style

Friday, May 23, 2008

John McCain released his health records to a selected group of reporters today. Well, he didn’t exactly release them. He gave them three hours to review 1,173 pages of medical records, which they weren’t allowed to copy. If you do the math, that means they had to review six and a half pages a minute, […]

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Keeping the players straight

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

According to an email I received today from Howard Dean (we go way back, he emails me almost every day) John McCain once again mixed up Shiites and Sunnis, proving once again that he is as much of an expert on the region as George Bush or Bill Kristol, who more than once told us, […]

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The Real McCain, part 2 (The Keating Five)

Sunday, March 2, 2008

(Being the second of an irregular series about the John McCain the press will not let you see. I am not trying to break new ground here. I’m just trying to spread the word about the John McCain that is hiding in plain sight, the man that you will not hear about while we debate […]

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Thursday night music

Thursday, February 28, 2008

I’ll try to make up for this tomorrow. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2kyXN4ZVQg[/youtube]

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The Real McCain, part 1

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Today begins part one of an occasional series, a retrospective if you will (probably every Sunday) about John McCain, the presumptive nominee of the Republican party. I am impelled to start this series for a number of reasons. First, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Second, I have come to the conclusion that many […]

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