Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I did something kind of special today: I went to a big fundraiser and heard Sarah Palin speak before a relatively small audience (1,200 of her closest friends in Northern California). There are definitely perks to being a political volunteer. I had a wonderful time, too. I got to check
Continue readingI’ve watched almost all of the debate, but it’s bedtime now, and I’ll have to save the rest for later. Three comments: 1. The first, the most obvious, and the most pressing question: How many botoxes did they kill to create that abnormally smooth, completely motionless forehead Biden was sporting?
Continue readingThe polls reveal that “decideds” are swinging steadily to Obama (although Lord alone knows why), but that there are still a lot of undecideds out there. I have a hard time comprehending the whole undecided thing in this race. The candidates are not cut from the same cloth but, instead,
Continue readingDo you get the feeling that a lot of Democrats, having watched the first debate, are saying that their man is qualified to be in the White House merely because he managed not too drool all over himself and say anything too stupid? That is, they’re acknowledging that, substantively, McCain
Continue readingIf you’re like me, the second the debate ended, you got on your computer to check whether the consensus in the blogosphere jived with your own impressions of the first Presidential debate. I discovered that the general consensus (from both liberal and conservative bloggers) was that McCain scored on points.
Continue readingIn the “I wish I’d said that” department is this truly excellent post from Power Line, pointing out that this crisis (a) establishes that McCain, not Obama, is a leader and (b) that the Democrats cannot possibly be telling the truth when they try to blame McCain for the House’s
Continue readingIBD, in yet another of its stellar editorials, reminds us that Barack may talk about “change,” but that it’s McCain who is the real maverick, a man who repeatedly breaks away from the status quo, especially when he thinks he is called upon to do so by the nation he
Continue readingI’m no Sondheim fan, but he did get the psychology of blame down well in a song from Into The Woods that has the constant refrain “It’s all your/his/her fault.” It’s human to assign blame. Sometimes, though, assigning blame is easy, and with the current economic crisis, history shows us
Continue readingAs I said yesterday, I don’t believe McCain was grandstanding when he decided to stop campaigning for a couple of days in order to help resolve America’s current financial problem. To me, it was a “country first” thing, with McCain putting the country ahead of his personal ambition. It turns
Continue readingI don’t know about you, but I’m impressed as all get out by McCain’s decision to stop campaigning for a while and serve his country during what may be the most significant economic crisis since 1929: Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at
Continue readingThis, directly from the McCain campaign, deserves to be reprinted in its entirety: Today the New York Times launched its latest attack on this campaign in its capacity as an Obama advocacy organization. Let us be clear about what this story alleges: The New York Times charges that McCain-Palin 2008
Continue readingAt Iowa, McCain “gets in your face” mano a mano (that is, he doesn’t delegate his surrogates, but gives a speech to America, Obama included), and he focuses on the facts. This is a very concrete speech, which appropriately boasts his virtues and clearly exposes Obama’s failings: U.S. Senator John
Continue readingThe McCain campaign is giving substantive responses to the attacks the Obama campaign is leveling against it: TO: Interested Parties RE: Empty Words And Insults Cannot Cover A Weak Record DATE: September 15, 2008 Over the last few days, the Obama campaign has watched their poll numbers falter and decided
Continue readingI noted earlier that the “Country First” slogan that McCain uses is meaningful (and moving) only if you understand McCain’s life story. Otherwise, it sounds suspiciously jingoistic, especially to liberal ears. Beldar, however, has come up with a brilliant slogan that would serve McCain and Palin very, very well. What
Continue readingI finally got the chance last night to watch John McCain’s speech and I thought it was excellent. It was, in fact, exactly what I anticipated: pragmatic, straightforward, low on, and rich with a sense of love for America. Certain subjects fired him up, especially national security, about which he
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