This aggression will not stand

A preview of McCain's unwritten book?

2009-03-26T20:31:00.003-06:00

He is one of the most graceful and appealing political communicators to appear on the national stage in my lifetime. He is, also, one of the more artfully dishonest ones.

Salter has co written all of McCain's books.

Look who's preaching individual responsibility!

2009-03-09T16:07:00.004-06:00

"Barack's name ain't Jesus. Barack ain't gonna improve your child's reading score. There are things we've got to do on our own," he said.

-Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Whoa! This is the guy who blamed whitey for low test scores among black.

Obama's hopeanchange

2009-01-22T16:39:00.002-07:00

Obama has been quick to shut down Gitmo and end coercive interrogation methods. We can take a rain check on pretty much all his other promises. Funny, McCain pledged to close Gitmo and coercive interrogation too.

Broken Promise #4

2009-01-03T13:47:00.002-07:00

"I will not weaponize space."

Now Obama wants to merge NASA and the Pentagon.

Big Oil

2008-12-11T16:35:00.003-07:00

Big Oil calls me dumb for resenting their "small" 9% profit margins in recent months and years. Today, a barrel of oil costs ~$50. Compare that to an identical barrel of oil that cost $140 six months ago.

The math: With a 9% profit margin, Exxon would break even on a $140 barrel of oil by selling it for only $127.40. Exxon has consistently profited by about $10 billion per quarter over the last couple years. So Exxon's break even point is $127.40/barrel. Roughly every dollar over $127.40 they charge, they make a billion dollars/quarter.

That means they should lose about $75 billion for every barrel they sell in Q4 08. Will they? Not a chance. They'll still make billions this quarter. How can this be? They've masked profits all along. The 9% profit margin they've suckered the country on is a load of crap.

Broken Promise #3

2008-11-24T20:19:00.000-07:00

Obama endorses Bush's tax cuts.

Broken Promise #2

2008-11-17T21:58:00.002-07:00

Change a second lobbyist can believe in...

Broken Promise #1

2008-11-17T16:30:00.001-07:00

A week after the election we have humdinger of a broken promise (that I've bothered to count) #1

Powell Endorses Obama

2008-10-19T13:52:00.000-06:00

Watch how the Republican Pharisees react to this and ask yourself if this was the "big tent" Reagan advocated.

Boxer scores a 12

2008-09-25T21:00:00.006-06:00

[UPDATE] I can't forgive myself if I don't point out that Barbara Boxer uses the McCain suspension as an opportunity to lecture McCain on life from 0:48 seconds into the video. Class act Barbara. I guess we can all rest assured that you've done more for this country in your 68 years than what McCain has done in half that many.

The How-Hard-You've-Fallen-For-Barry-Test

2008-09-25T20:25:00.004-06:00

Toobin tries to poo poo the McCain campaign suspension. That’s because the harder you’ve fallen for Barry, the more you hate what McCain has done these past 36 hours.

Toobin scores an 11 out of 10 on the HHYFFBT...

YOU HEARD IT OUT OF BARRY'S OWN MOUTH: OBAMA FIRST, COUNTRY SECOND

2008-09-24T19:49:00.002-06:00

"I proposed putting out the joint statement. He concurred with that. he then also said, 'I would like us to look at suspending the campaign and pushing the debates off.' I said, 'let's put out the joint statement first, and then get our campaigns to discuss this.'"

-Barry Hussein Obama, Presidential wannabe

Pundits bore me. I only care what the two candidates have to say

2008-09-19T22:59:00.005-06:00

Whether you hate McCain or love him or are somewhere in between, wouldn't you prefer the following McCain quotes to hearing about shivers in Chris Matthews leg? PUT THEM IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND LET THEM DEBATE!

* That’s how we see this election: country first or Obama first.

* When it comes to cutting taxes for seniors, for working families, for small businesses my opponent didn’t put the hardworking people of this country first. When it came time to support our troops fighting to protect our freedoms and way of life my opponent said he’d never deprive them of the funds they needed to fight and then he voted to do just that. He voted against funding the equipment our troops rely on as they fight to protect us. That’s not putting the men and women of our military first, my friends. When it comes time to reach across the aisle and work with members of both parties to get things done for the American people, my opponent cant name a single occasion in which he fought against his party’s leadership to get something done for the country…that’s not putting the country first.

* We have heard a lot of words from Senator Obama over the course of this campaign. But maybe just this once he could spare us the lectures, and admit to his own poor judgment in contributing to these problems. The crisis on Wall Street started in the Washington culture of lobbying and influence peddling, and he was right square in the middle of it…this is the problem with Washington. People like Senator Obama have been too busy gaming the system and haven’t ever done a thing to actually challenge the system. That’s not country first, that’s Obama first.

* A vote for Senator Obama will leave this country at risk during one of the most severe challenges to America’s economy since the Great Depression. You see, when it comes to growing the economy and protecting you from the corruption of Wall Street and Washington Senator Obama just doesn’t get it.

Jmac vs Barry Round 2

2008-09-15T19:47:00.001-06:00

Barry's tied in his must win state of Pennsylvania according to the latest poll there.

Hint to Barry and his pals

2008-09-14T22:03:00.001-06:00

McCain-is-Bush's-third-term- shtick is a dud.

Jmac vs Barry

2008-09-14T12:47:00.005-06:00

the up and up...

the down and out...

My Rally Idea

2008-09-09T21:13:00.001-06:00

I think McCain and Palin should split up and do simultaneous rallies in different parts in the country. The two rallies could then be linked via teleconferencing with giant TV screens. You know, kinda like how the Dems had one event at Mile High and the other at the Pepsi Center ---except instead of having two events on boths sides of I-25, you have 2 huge rallies going on in different states.

Where are the Michael Moores?

2008-09-06T23:57:00.002-06:00

Remember the Michael Moore types who found it oh, so difficult to support the President in Iraq because his kids weren't fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan? I wonder who those blowhards support in 2008.

Counting Andrew Sullivan bouts of Palin Derangement Syndrome

2008-09-01T00:17:00.006-06:00

152

[update #1: it's up to 666 now.]
[update #2: it's up to 3,520 now.]

Former DNC chair: God answered our prayers with another Louisiana hurricane

2008-08-30T12:57:00.002-06:00

Not sure if their new guy, Howard Dean who hates Republicans and everything they stand for, is a step up or not

THE DEMOCRATS GIVE THEMSELVES 9 STRIKES --AND STILL STRIKEOUT

2008-08-30T12:38:00.001-06:00

Bobby Jindal
Mitt Romney
John Thune
Tom Ridge
Tim Pawlenty
Carly Fiorina
Charlie Crist
Fred Smith
Eric Cantor

So much for their McCain=Bush theme.

The anti-Palin bigotry counter

2008-08-29T23:13:00.002-06:00

It's at 1 on google news and 56 on google.

[update: it's 952 now.]

24 Hours Post Backropolis and the buzz is tied.

2008-08-29T22:17:00.001-06:00

Candidate Buzz Share Liberal Tone Conservative Tone
Obama 53 (-3%) high average (-)
McCain 47 (+3%) low (-) high (+)

this has gotta be the best animated give i've seen.

2008-08-29T00:38:00.001-06:00

Uh...?

2008-08-20T20:34:00.003-06:00

If he's this bad answering Keith Olbermann, just think badly he'd represent the country in front of Putin!

2008-08-02T10:58:00.004-06:00

Obama says McCain Camp Turned Comment Into 'Racially Incendiary Remark'

Interesting. That's the same language Obama used against his 20 year pal Jeremiah Wright.

"Incendiary Language"

OMG! Obama just compared McCain to Jeremiah Wright!
Obama=Britney Spears. Outrage? Check!
McCain=Wright. Outrage? looking... looking... looking... Nope.

Where McCain leads, Obama follows

2008-08-01T23:44:00.000-06:00

Obama would consider off-shore drilling as part of comprehensive energy plan

Buried

2008-07-31T17:48:00.003-06:00

thanks youtube.

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IN. OVER. HIS. HEAD.

2008-07-08T15:32:00.001-06:00

Share this with everyone. Please.

time to file this quote away:

2008-06-13T17:50:00.001-06:00

I’m not going to lie to you. I’m going to win this election. I don’t want to just win. I want to give this guy who is running against me a spanking. The reason I do is because he exemplifies the kind of scorched earth, slash and burn negative campaign that has become the custom in Washington and it is the reason why we can’t get anything done.

HILLARY WAS FOR MCCAIN BEFORE SHE AND OBAMA WERE AGAINST HIM

2008-06-07T21:21:00.003-06:00

OBAMA'S DOUBLE STANDARD

2008-06-04T17:22:00.003-06:00

So it's OK for Obama to scoff at critics (no wait -- MODERATORS) who question Barack's voting record. He tells Brian Williams how "silly" it is to judge someone on their record. Then today Obama judges McCain's voting record.

Obama wins the Democratic Nomination

2008-06-03T19:13:00.001-06:00

Way to get the blessing of a party who's chairman "hates Republicans and everything they stand for". You've made Michelle proud.

Obama's dead ender

2008-05-05T10:33:00.002-06:00

Iran: No security talks until U.S. ends ‘massacre’ of Iraqis.

Your move Barack Obama.

McCain cannot pick Romney for veep --- EVER

2008-05-05T10:11:00.001-06:00

Hey Mitt, why don't you brown nose your way into a Hillary-Romney ticket.

Heh

2008-05-01T11:21:00.000-06:00

Wow

2008-04-25T11:20:00.004-06:00

Obama's campaign plays the ~~race~~ racist card.
Three Cheers for Barry and the togetherness he is so fond of

Obama's newest double standard

2008-04-24T08:20:00.003-06:00

WSJ:

"I originally voted for the suspension because I thought that it was extraordinary circumstances, given the huge hike in prices," he said at the time. Gas prices averaged $1.52 a gallon in March 2000.

Raising the debate 429 Nazi references at a time.

2008-04-10T07:39:00.002-06:00

So much for Townhall's claim of moderating incendiary attacks.

Articulation:

2008-04-03T20:26:00.001-06:00

ar·tic·u·la·tion Audio Help /ɑrˌtɪkyəˈleɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahr-tik-yuh-ley-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
2. You know what no, yeah I can you can because the uh I I have I I I'm sure you do but because I'm tr.. When I was trying to talk to some kids and I know look and I also know. Well whatever.

The Tesla Roadster

2008-03-24T15:12:00.001-06:00

This is awesome!

Keep Digging Barry

2008-03-20T15:55:00.000-06:00

click.

Obama's speech

2008-03-19T09:45:00.002-06:00

here's what I heard:

Drat you commentators for accusing me of being too black! Oh and by the way, if you think Jeremiah Wright is an unacceptable choice for pastor, you're just not black enough.

Obviously MLK wasn't being black enough when he dreamed of the day people would be judged by the content of their character. Had Martin Luther King been "black enough" he would know that century-old injustices can be a license to preach hate.

Vetting Obama's Legendary Judgement

2008-03-13T21:25:00.004-06:00

"Jesus was a poor black man"

You'd think a Harvard grad like Obama would recognize a charlatan like this after hearing him preach for 20 years. Wouldn't you?

Who's gonna be veep?

2008-03-10T09:50:00.003-06:00

John Chambers?
Colin Powell?
Charlie Crist?
Tom Ridge?

All I know is "anybody but Romney"

Great ad.

2008-03-07T16:07:00.002-07:00

Among the greatest persons this nation has produced. Congrats on the nomination John!

Obama's quote of the day

2008-02-27T11:27:00.007-07:00

As commander in chief, I will always reserve the right to make sure that we are looking out for American interests.

Gee Barak, let's hope you don't have to tap into this looking-out-for-America "reserve" very often. It's almost as if you're more willing to tap into the ANWR reserves.

(of course this was after McCain decimated him over his comment on re-invading Iraq)

Ann Coulter And The Third Stage Of Grieving

2008-02-08T10:16:00.001-07:00

What's this?! Ann Coulter CAN voter for McCain!

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Well done Ann- only two states to go. This from the headline twisters over at Hot Air

Mitt is out. BUT...

2008-02-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

Politico

He intends to run again in four years, according to a senior member of his inner circle.

Mitt is pulling for the Democrats.

Should Huckabee and Romney stay in?

2008-02-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

The Calvins among us might think so:

[UPDATE 11:27AM] Mitt is out.

Jmac on the up and up

2008-02-01T15:56:00.000-07:00

John McCain 3:16 says....

2008-01-29T22:18:00.000-07:00

I just kicked Mitt Romney's arse.

God bless America

The extra nudge for McCain?

2008-01-28T08:26:00.001-07:00

The extra nudge?

McCain is beating Hillary in FL by 5 and Obama by 7. All other candidates are losing by 8 or 9.

Post Charlie Crist endorsement

2008-01-28T03:40:00.000-07:00

Very good news!

Pollster John Zogby: “It is important to note that popular Florida Gov. Charlie Crist endorsed McCain Saturday and campaigned with him Sunday. Sunday alone, McCain had another big day, winning 38% support to Romney’s 31%.

Support vs. BS

2008-01-28T03:01:00.001-07:00

McCain opposing timetables:

Romney supporting secret timetables:
(I have yet to hear Romney explain how secret timetables could be kept secret in a country as politically unstable as Iraq).

My. Best. Coined. Phrase. EVAH.

2008-01-24T08:46:00.000-07:00

"Republican Pharisee"

Subsets of Republican Pharisees:
Rush Limbaugh
Ann Coulter
Michelle Malkin
The Editorial Board of the National Review
Michael Savage
Sean Hannity
Hugh Hewitt
Laura Ingraham
Mark Levin
Matt Drudge
Newsbusters.org
Allahpundit

Everyone fears McCain (Especially the Democrats)

2008-01-24T08:08:00.000-07:00

Fear the Jmac!

Who REALLY won Florida in 2000

2008-01-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Interesting read from factcheck.org.

Answer: No one seems to know

McCain Derangement Syndrome

2008-01-22T00:28:00.000-07:00

David Brooks just used the phrase McCain Derangement Syndrome. I love it.

So I Google it to see just how many hits it has: 33,000! I know that's a big increase from the last time I Googled it. Just don't know how big. But this is certainly interesting! McCain Derangement Syndrome stands on its own in comparison to Bush Derangement Syndrome.

UPDATE:
Had Mark Levin didn't read my blog this morning he'd know just how prevalent McCain Derangement Syndrome is. But alas, he's never heard of it:

I strongly oppose McCain's nomination, but I don't hate him. And I had not heard this phrase "McCain Derangement Syndrome" until Brooks dropped it into his column.

Mark, this is the curse of the "professional conservative" Pay attention.

Duncan Hunter tips his hand

2008-01-21T20:53:00.000-07:00

Maybe McCain, maybe Huckabee. Definitely NOT Mitt Romney.

Take that conservative elites.

Romney steps in it... BADLY

2008-01-21T09:07:00.000-07:00

Ankle Biting Pundits

Yesterday, on “Fox News Sunday,” using his most up-to-date talking points, Romney claimed to be an outside-the-Beltway candidate, by contrast with John McCain, “who has been in Washington all [his] life.”

Romney might have paused before charging McCain with being a prisoner of Washington. In the late 1960s and early 70s, while Romney was a missionary in France and a law and business student at Harvard, McCain wasn’t living the good life here in the nation’s capital. He was “tied up at the time,” as he once reminded the audience in a Republican candidates’ debate, tied up and perhaps reciting to himself lines from “Invictus.”

If McCain wasn’t a man in Vietnam, then Romney has never owned a pair in his entire life.

Chicks Dig Battle Scars

2008-01-15T01:38:00.000-07:00

You gotta love it:

Daily Kos For Mitt Romney!

2008-01-10T17:33:00.001-07:00

Obama and Edwards aren't on the ballot and they know Mitt will lose the general. McCain is enjoying a lead in Michigan. This would be a sad day indeed if they can pull this one off.

Fun with exit polls

2008-01-10T14:06:00.000-07:00

Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted today?

Says what he believes(29%)
John McCain 53%
Mitt Romney 13%

Ouch!

McCain wins New Hampshire!

2008-01-09T11:14:00.000-07:00

McCain pulled a Joe Namath when he vowed to win New Hampshire two months ago. At 16%, he was running a distant third. He had half the supporters home town hero Mitt Romney had. In the end, McCain wooed a record turnout to help catapult him to a 6% win. Had it been a closed primary, he still would have won. The phoenix from Arizona rose from the ashes.

It was beautiful.

WSJ Tips it's hand

2008-01-08T07:43:00.000-07:00

Wall Street Journal:

It is cruel to compare the senator to most of his Republican competitors.

Beautiful.

Camp Mitt even flip flops on signs

2008-01-07T10:28:00.001-07:00

David Brooks: Romney can't win.

2008-01-01T08:00:00.000-07:00

This one is sure to send ripples throughout the blogosphere:

money quote: (is this just because I watched 'Swingers' last night?)

The leaders of the Republican coalition know Romney will lose. But some would rather remain in control of a party that loses than lose control of a party that wins.

Mitt has outspent every other candidate -Republican and Democrat- combined in Iowa and is STILL weaker in an Iowa general match-up than McCain and Huckabee. For weeks elites have turned a blind eye to Romney's electability problem and yet they play the FUD card all day long on Huckabee's electability.

Now it all clicks...

UPDATE:
Andrew Sullivan eerily agrees.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T16:40:00.001-07:00

Joe Lieberman endorses McCain

2007-12-17T21:29:00.000-07:00

Some righties can't understand this. Wouldn't Joe endorse the much more liberal third-trimester pro-choice Mr. 9-11 Rudy Giuliani?

Nope. No one running for president knows more about how to fight this war on terror than McCain. That's why he has the most endorsements from the Republicans who headed the 9-11 commission. That's why McCain has more endorsements from foreign policy gurus than anyone.

Leiberman endorsed McCain because the two have an infamous propensity to put country over party.

Quote of the day (month?) (winter?)

2007-12-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

"This guy didn't even support Ronald Reagan."

Ouch... and it passes the truth test. AKA 'and one'.

Mitt Romney the worst of the worst

2007-12-10T04:35:00.000-07:00

What we already know about Willard Romney:

He's as phony as John Edwards.

We’ve always prided ourselves on our ability to spot a fake, whether it’s bogus Louis Vitton, Gucci or Fendi bags or 2008 presidential candidates like Mitt Romney or John Edwards (pictured above), both of whom would probably change gender if they thought it would score them a majority of voters in their respective primaries.

Is more flip-flop happy than John Kerry.

Romney has done to himself what the Bush campaign did to John Kerry. The Bush team made it so that every time Kerry opened his mouth, he hurt himself, thanks to the perception that he was talking out of both sides of his mouth. Kerry couldn’t help himself by saying the right things because nobody believed what he was saying.

And now, Romney is the first GOP indicated in the Washington Post's 'Most Revealing Fibs' segment. Who was the first Democrat? That would be Hillary Clinton. Congrats Mitt, you're as fake as Edwards, more spineless than Kerry, and as dishonest as Hillary.

McCain will win.

2007-12-09T22:31:00.000-07:00

Retstate breaks it down for us...

Dems fear the J-Mac

2007-12-08T01:02:00.000-07:00

THE SURGE IS WORKING!

2007-12-02T11:45:00.000-07:00

In the two months AFTER general David Petraeus hearing where he convinced some democratic pinheads that the surge had been successful, 75 U.S. troops have died in combat. That's 75 too many. However, that is the fewest number of casualties in Iraq in nearly 4 years. The US suffered 72 casualties in Iraq from Jan thru Feb of 04.

data.

New Hampshire Union Leader endorses McCain

2007-12-01T23:03:00.001-07:00

Oh Happy Day...

What is most compelling about McCain, however, is that his record, his character, and his courage show him to be the most trustworthy, competent, and conservative of all those seeking the nomination. Simply put, McCain can be trusted to make informed decisions based on the best interests of his country, come hell or high water....

John McCain is the man to lead America.

Jmak sweeps in New Mexico

2007-11-25T13:54:00.000-07:00

Like virtually every other state John McCain is the strongest Republican candidate. In this case he's the only one winning in New Mexico.

McCain 48%, Clinton 45%
Clinton 48%, Giuliani 44%
Clinton 52%, Romney 40%
Clinton 53%, Huckabee 39%

McCain 50%, Obama 40%
Giuliani 49%, Obama 41%
Obama 49%, Romney 41%
Obama 50%, Huckabee 38%

link

Mitt's new don't-ask-don't-tell

2007-11-24T16:32:00.000-07:00

"On the other hand if we're running for president, I think it's important for us not to go into details about the weaknesses and our own failings as young people for the concern that we open kids thinking that it's ok for them."

-Mitt
etc.

Yeah, Mitt. Quick followup: What about young adults who have already partaken in these such 'indiscretions'? What about forgiveness? What about openness? What about redemption?

My My Was Romney One Unpopular Guy!

2007-11-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

Mitt Romney:

Mike Huckabee:

And the new Mr. September 11 is....

2007-11-20T13:15:00.000-07:00

John McCain.

McCain Leading Among GOP 9/11 Commission Members, 60 percent to 20 percent

Nice work by the JMac.

PushPollGate

2007-11-19T16:33:00.000-07:00

In the wake of allll this confusion surrounding Mitt Romney and his campaign's reaction to this push polling going on I have decided to take action. I've done the only sensible thing I can do: Create a virtual tombstone.

Is McCain the GOP's last hope on Iraq?

2007-11-18T14:57:00.000-07:00

You cant get more anti-Iraq war than Andrew Sullivan. So when he says "Only one Republican [McCain] can end this war with honour" you gotta pay attention.

This would be a good question for John McCain. He was one of the very few Republicans to pull off a national security hat-trick: he supported the war in Iraq, he subsequently became a ferocious critic of the feckless occupation, and then full-throatedly backed the “surge”. There aren’t many people on the national scene who did all three.

more...

Well spoken. Is the implication that some Democrats pull off this hat-trick? General Anthony Zinni?

McCain's integrity strikes again

2007-11-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

Notice anything different from the screenshot I luckily took last night?

Before:

Sad... you would expect better from him.

After:

Sad... you would expect better from those who support him.

McCain's character yet again comes through in spades. McCain is asking the NH attorney general to investigate this matter and you lecture McCain about his need to distance himself from this?

Romney deserves people like you and Paul Weyrich.

UPDATE 1:
Mitt Romney himself blames McCain (albeit indirectly) for this push polling!

What a disingenuous hypocrite to pretend this stuff didn't go on before McCain-Feingold.

UPDATE 2:
Politico's quote from the McCain camp sums it up nicely:

McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker responds to Romney's charge:

"It is appalling, but not surprising, that Mitt Romney would seek to take advantage of this disturbing incident to launch yet another hypocritical attack. It’s the hallmark of his campaign."

"Back when Romney was calling for taxing campaign contributions and banning PACs, and before McCain-Feingold was passed, push polling was, regrettably, alive and well in American politics. Anyone who spent a day in South Carolina in 2000 knows that."

Update 3:
Now I've heard just about everything. Hotair.com is now saying the polling agency that made these calls has donated thousands to Romney's campaign?

Update 4:
I'm glad I sunk my teeth into this one. Everyone knows a blogger's signature moment came over 3 years ago with Dan Rather's memogate, which it so turns out I addressed. GraniteGrok.com is having a field day with this too.

Townhall lies for Romney

2007-11-15T22:37:00.001-07:00

McCain detractors are very displeased that he'd call for due process for prisoners in Gitmo. Is it any coincidence they also double as judge, jury, and executioner? Let's mozzy on over to that link this Kevin McCullough character provided shall we? We already know the Romney camp has attracted one character assassin in Paul Weyrich who Anita Hilled John Tower and trafficked in allocations that McCain committed treason while a P.O.W. in Vietnam. Could Kevin be another such character assassin? Time will tell...

But I digress, let's dissect Kev's 'proof', of McCain's religious bigotry shall we?

McCain's campaign, which has fielded calls into their Iowa headquarters complaining of similar such calls, emphatically denies responsibility.

"Senator McCain strongly rejects this style of campaigning and we have absolutely no involvement whatsover," said Jon Seaton, McCain's top aide in Iowa.

Nice Proof Kev!

We all know the dirty tactics the Romney camp employs.

Hugh Hewitt and Mitt Romney

2007-11-09T23:05:00.000-07:00

Pop Quiz: You're Hugh Hewitt. You stay up late at night struggling to answer the question "Can Mitt Romney make a rock so big that he cannot move it?" You dismantle opponents by saying Romney's new-found love affair with the conservative right is so much more appealing than the conservative records that Thompson and McCain bring to the table. Then Mike Huckabee becomes the new darling of the conservative right. What do you do? Why you attack him from the left of course.

But wait! Huckabee is a committed conservative righty. He didn't need to administer any blatant flip-flops to get there. People actually *ghasp* trust him. What do you do? Panic? No! You're Hugh Hewitt. The answer is easy: You attack Huckabee by telling voters that voting for Huckabee is the most liberal vote a Republican can ever think to make without actually crossing party lines.

Way to go Hugh. Now you can go back to contemplating another question: How many Mitt Romney's can dance on the head of a pin.

Endorsements Galore

2007-11-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

So McCain didn't nab the most headlines with his religious conservative endorsement, but at least he got a public servant.

Fox News and Rudy Giuliani

2007-10-26T17:24:00.000-06:00

If there was ever any doubt that Fox News was serving their country by trying to get Giuliani elected, there should not be any now.

Shameless guys. Really shameless.

Romney and Religion

2007-10-21T15:49:00.000-06:00

So Romney promises us Mormon leaders won't influence his administration.

Really?!

He's campaigned tirelessly to wheel out Evangelical leaders to influence his campaign.

The following rhetoric is more and more common:
But I’m not voting for a preacher. I’m voting for a president. It boils down to who can best represent conservative American beliefs, not religious beliefs.

Remembering the Jmak of yesteryear

2007-10-11T00:31:00.000-06:00

You gotta love it:Watch at 1:50 as McCain is able to settle the huge rowdy crowd in 3 seconds flat.

McCain's Latest Ad

2007-10-03T19:04:00.000-06:00

One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth.

Passing the truth test with flying colors.

Witch Hunters

2007-10-01T23:51:00.000-06:00

With pitch forks in one hand and flaming torches in the other, the press is trying once again to lynch mob McCain's campaign. But here's a word of advice, when you want to play pin-the-bullseye-on-the-bigot, try for a little more unity in your headlines:

Headline 1: McCain says 'NO' to a Muslim president
Headline 2: McCain: I would vote for Muslim president
Headline 3: McCain Casts Muslims as Less Fit to Lead

Or better yet! Maybe one could be directed straight to the source and come up with your own conclusions.

McCain begins to take off the gloves

2007-09-22T09:15:00.000-06:00

Look at the smile on his face. This is beginning to get very interesting.

Why Rudy? Why?

2007-09-22T08:49:00.000-06:00

Is this for real?

This is becoming routine? D'oh!

New York City's biggest tough guy doesn't even wear the pants?

Mitt flip flops on Houston?

2007-09-13T13:46:00.000-06:00

So I see that Mitt goes to Houston to panhandle. Oh, even trust fund babies worth a quarter billion are permitted to do that. What Makes this so different?

Well for starters, there's this:

This is what happens when you don't have zoning.

-Mitt Romney after a visit to Houston, Texas

Romney attack site on Thompson update

2007-09-12T19:10:00.000-06:00

The Google news count has doubled in the past 24 hours 327.

Slick Willard Passes The Buck

2007-09-11T18:55:00.000-06:00

google news has 129 posts of romney passing the buck on his gutter sniping attack site on thompson. lots have weighed in, but where the heck is matt drudge?!: (update: the count is now at 176. Romney's gonna have a rough day tomorrow)

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McCain lays the smackdown in NH

2007-09-08T15:52:00.000-06:00

Raise your hand if you think John McCain won the NH debate:

GO JOHN!

Romney's Third Stool Problem

2007-09-08T13:20:00.000-06:00

So Mitt Romney's final stool problem regards the third leg of his stool: strong families. We all know Mitt wheeled out his wife to cozy up to Planned Parenthood so he'd have pro-choice cred when running for office in Massachusetts. But what kind of husband when pressed about such a donation says this:

"Her positions are not terribly relevant to my campaign."

I just had my three year anniversary last month. Guess what? In these 37 months, I've learned that's about the dumbest thing a husband can say about his wife. And Mitt said this while speaking face to face with a New York Times reporter.

Romney's stool has some major problems. Could it be he's not Reagan after all?

Mitt Romney's Second Stool Problem

2007-09-08T13:13:00.000-06:00

Romney's second leg in his three legged stool is a strong economy. So why on earth did he say the EU added 3 million jobs in the same amount of time it took the United States to add 30 million jobs?

Romney's Economic Miracle

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney erred when he claimed U.S. job growth had been nearly 17 times faster than that of Europe:

Romney: We are the largest economy in the world. We’ve added – during the time Europe added 3 million jobs, we’ve added about 50 million jobs in this country.

That miraculous-sounding statistic is way off. It has taken since the end of 1978 for total employment in the U.S. to grow by 50 million jobs, according to official figures kept by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But total employment for the 15 core members of the European Union (those who joined before 2004) grew by well over 33 million between 1978 and 2005, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Europe has added even more jobs since. In fact, the 27 current EU nations added nearly 3 million new jobs last year alone, according to the EU statistics agency Eurostat. That's well over the 2.3 million jobs created last year in the United States.

Romney was misquoting an outdated and highly dubious figure, which was used by an author who no longer stands behind it. Romney cited a 2005 article in The American Enterprise magazine, published by the pro-business American Enterprise Institute. In the article, titled "America Still Beckons," author Joel Kotkin wrote: "Since the 1970s America has created some 57 million new jobs, compared to just 4 million in Europe (with most of those in government)." Kotkin told FactCheck.org he wouldn’t use the figure today.

We concur. The 4 million figure is a somewhat garbled version of what another author, Karl Zinsmeister, had written in another American Enterprise article from 2002, “Old And In The Way (Decline and Fall of Europe).” Zinsmeister put the figure at 5 million – not 4 million or 3 million – and the time period as "since 1970," rather than Kotkin's "since the 1970s," which implies a somewhat more recent time. “I don't know how it got changed," Kotkin said. In any case Kotkin told us it was his sense that Zinsmeister's 5 million figure referred mainly to Germany and France, not to all 15 pre-2004 European Union members, let alone the 27 current EU members. In any case, it refers to statistics covering years prior to 2002. “This was an old number,” Kotkin said. His advice: “I would not use that.”

Mitt Romney's Stool Sample Problem

2007-09-08T01:18:00.001-06:00

Hugh Hewitt traded his credibility as a right-wing pundit for a pair of Mitt Romney pom poms. For the latest blatant example, look no further than this exchange with Hugh and Willard:

Hugh Hewitt: What is…do you have a target for GDP expenditure on defense matters?

Mitt Romney: For me, the target is we’re going to reach about 4%, and I think you’re going to see us hit the 4% level. I think we need to hit that level. I don’t think we have to sustain that level forever, but we’ve dropped below that. It used to be as high as 6% during the time when Ronald Reagan was president. Of course, Bill Clinton pulled back the scale of the military, pulled back the spending on our equipment. We have been underinvesting in equipment and maintenance now for a long, long time, and we’re going to have to rebuild our capacity.

In Hugh's warped mind, this actually makes sense. oof.

Now we all know Romney touts his stool, or to be more precise, his three legged stool. One of the three legs: strong military.

"GREAT," the passive conservative passerby may say. "I too want a strong military"

What's wrong with that? ROMNEY... HAS... A... STOOL... SAMPLE (which he pegged at 4%)... PROBLEM (see page 140)...

For me, the target is we’re going to reach about 4%

Read a book Willard. Spending for 2007 is projected to be 4.1%! And the country has been at 4% for the previous two years. What's more, spending is projected to increase in 2008. Perhaps even more baffling is that Romney considers spending 3% of the GDP on the military to be dismantl[ing] it. So in conclusion, 3%=dismantling; and a cut from 4.1% to 4=making the military strong.

No wonder McCain took you to task on your legendary parsing of words in the latest Foxnews debate:

Romney waffling on Iraq (specifically the surge) puts the Waffle House to shame:

Ouch...