McCain Was The Most Reprehensible Of The Keating Five And He Hasn't Changed
John McCain survived the Keating Five Scandal because he is a sociopath who can tell a lie with the most sincere, straight face. He is especially adept at that. McCain sought out a master criminal like Keating and became his friend. After helping Charlie Keating plunder billions in life savings, much of it from senior citizens, McCain discarded Keating and sold out and backstabbed his Senatorial accomplices. John McCain, clearly the guiltiest, most culpable and reprehensible of the Keating Five. John McCain, clearly the guiltiest, most culpable and reprehensible of the Keating Five. That is the kind of man John McCain was, always has been, and, to this date, still is.
Negative Advertising ... Epic Fail
Just to give you a sense of how badly McCain's attempt to spend a full month doing negative advertising was...
Getting Out the Democratic Vote--at the Birthplace of the Republican Party
As I worked to GOTV in Jackson, MI, today, I thought of two things. First, how an Obama victory on Tuesday would be the culmination of the work that those who founded the Republican party started. And, how shameful that party has become, with its attempts to use race to divide this country.
Ronald Reagan Endorses Obama, McCain Still Fraudulently Glomming Off Of Goldwater
Ruh roh, Ronald Reagan has formally endorsed Barack Obama for president! Okay, it is the non-zombie Reagan, Ron Jr., but still, coming on the heels of President Reagan's Chief of Staff, Ken Duberstein, endorsing Obama, it has to hurt. In other news, John McCain continues his dishonorable, fraudulent and shameless claim on Barry Goldwater's legacy.
GOTV: It Makes a Difference
What will you do in the next two days to make sure great people are elected up and down the ticket?
McCain's Nostalgia for Victory and Relevance Tour
Why is McCain making time for two stops that aren't going to help him win the presidency?
Trash Talk - Election Weekend Special Edition
Down to the nitty gritty. The big game is Tuesday. I am not talking about University of Buffalo v. Miami of Ohio. I am talking The Obama State U v. McCain Community College. This OSU isn't in the Big 10, and we are expecting victory baby! Lets get down to the games for the weekend.
Studs Terkel, RIP
Vote for Studs Terkal--because Chicago deserves it.
Let's Do The Time Warp Again!
Put a fork in 'em. John Sidney McCain III and the Republican Grand Old Party have nothing left in the tank except for tired platitudes, creaky rhetoric, moldy and discredited policies, racism and anger. They have absolutely nothing positive or helpful to offer up to the American people in these troubled times. Just four years ago, the right wing GOP was full of hubris and bellowing of their dominion over American politics; now they are just a collective freak show caught in a time warp.
Who Knew Ken Duberstein Was Black?
Ken Duberstein, Novak leaker extraordinaire, just joined the growing stampede of people endorsing Obama because of McCain's stupid choice of Palin for Vice President.
Get Them Elected!
As Rachel Maddow would say, Marcy has "talked me down". I am resigned to the fact that senator Obama will not be coming to Arizona. Now, what I can do, and what you all can do as well, is work hard, donate, call, talk to neighbors - anything, everything, between now and the close of the polls on Tuesday to keep the progressive and Obama wave alive and rolling. The finish line is in sight; no time for coasting - peddle to the metal baby!
It Must Be Something in the (Melting) Icebergs
Gosh, Uncle Toobz' claim that he's not a felon sound a lot like Sarah Palin's claim that the Branchflower report found that she hadn't abused power.
Obama Campaign's Take: We're Doing What We Need To
I'm listening to an Obama campaign conference call on the state of the race. Some of the eye-popping details:
Sporadic and First-Time Voters Are Voting Early
I've been focusing on the early voting numbers, though the McCain team has questioned whether or not the high Democratic turnout really just amounts to voters who would have voted anyway coming out early.
No.
The Obama campaign is quite confident that at least one fifth of these early
Advertisements Can't Hold Hands
McCain has cannibalized his GOTV funds so he can run more ads.
It's Called Justice
Not only did Michael Mukasey, in his most reasonable act as AG, refuse to act on Bush's request that he help Ohio Republicans prevent 200,000 voters from voting.
But now, the military judge in charge of Hamdan's Show Trial has refused the Bush Administration's request that the jury re-sentence Hamdan so he won't be released on Bush's watch.
McCain's Foxy Insta-Republicans
How is it that Fox claims the electorate has gotten significantly more Republican in the last week, when it's so clear so many Democrats are coming out to vote in swing states?
Clinton-Gore '08
Wherein the last two Democrats elected to be President come to Florida to campaign for (hopefully) the next Democratic President.
Don't You Hate When Your Plumber Is a No-Show on Your Appointment?
Only, when you get blown off by repairmen, there aren't 6,000 people and the national press watching.
Fukuyama Endorses Obama; Slams McPrickly, Dick & Bush
Even the neocon nuts are fleeing John McCain and his campaign of shame. The latest surfer from the right to catch the Obama wave to the White House is Francis Fukuyama. That's right, the guy who literally wrote The End Of History has figured out that Barack Obama is history in the making and John McCain is simply ancient and erratic history.
