GOP: “Our Earmarks Are Different”
The hypocrisy level reached new heights this week with the debate over the left-over budget bill from last year. Senator McCain launched an anti-earmark effort, trying to delete over 8500 pet projects that cost...
The hypocrisy level reached new heights this week with the debate over the left-over budget bill from last year. Senator McCain launched an anti-earmark effort, trying to delete over 8500 pet projects that cost...
Here’s what I’ve noticed about John McCain in his current iteration: 1) He wants the benefit of being a POW, without the baggage of being called out for using it as a crutch. 2)...
The campaign season that would never end is about to hit an orgasm of journalistic self-love (and love of expense accounts) as the reporters make themselves busy amid VP selections and national conventions. But...
As reported on CNN yesterday, after denying the Iraqis actually called for withdrawal even though they did, Senator McCain is now conceding that a 16-month timetable for withdrawal is “pretty good”, so long as...
As Andrew Sullivan (who shares an interest in British politics) noted, McCain has adopted a new slogan: “Don’t Hope for a Better Life, Vote for One” Never mind that it’s kind of long and...
I’ll admit that I donated money to John McCain’s 2000 campaign, but as a registered Democrat could not vote in the closed GOP primary in Florida that year. But I’ll also admit that was...
Getting back to the competing messages of the 2008 campaign, Hillary and McCain are sounding awful similar these days in their efforts to take down Barack Obama. As the (much) older candidates, both are...
The Battle of the Bulge was a critical battle in the war against Hitler's Nazis. Soldiers fought and died every day in the dead of winter. And when a grenade fell into his foxhole, Jim thought he was surely dead. What happened next was nothing short of heroic...
Note: This is based on a true story of the war, as told by the late James C. Kerns.
More info →Rush Week, immature pranks, and brightly colored shirts. Some people remember their college days as a time of non-stop partying. Others, including a shy freshman with a crush, discover their life’s calling amidst difficult circumstances.
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