In talking about the economy at a rally in Pennsylvania today, John McCain had a rather amusing gaff:
“Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners.“
As I see it, there are five possible explanations for this gaff:
1) He had been hoping to invoke his experience as a Prisoner of War [...]
What’s wrong with this picture:
If your answer to this question is “nothing”, then you’re probably a normal, grounded individual.
If, however, your answer was “Newsweek didn’t airbrush away Sarah Palin’s imperfections”, then you are a proud member of that hysterical minority referred to as a “neoconservative”.
Yes, neoconservatives are upset that the “liberal media” have dared to [...]
08 Oct, 2008
Posted by: James In: Economy
The 85 Billion Dollar Bailout that our taxes just bought AIG has already been put to good use. Apparently, AIG executives invested the first $440,000 of it on a week-long, luxury stay at the Saint Regis Resort in Monarch Beach.
Among the expenses the AIG executives incurred were the standard $1,000+ a night room fee, [...]
08 Oct, 2008
Posted by: James In: Debates| Foreign Policy| Health Care
Last night’s presidential debate went poorly John McCain, due to the visible stress that Obama’s rhetorical upper edge caused him.
This stress was already getting to John McCain when, in an apparent moment of fervor, he sloppily referred to Barack Obama as “that one”. The debate continued to spiral downward for John McCain when, in discussing [...]
