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You Don’t Need a Weatherman : George Will and Friends Blast McCain Tactics
George Will calls Sarah Palin John McCain’s ‘female Sancho Panza.’Conservative pundits say negative campaign just isn’t cutting it.By Michael C. Moynihan / October 9, 2008 A bit of conservative blowback on the McCain campaign’s impotent strategy of making the final … Continue reading
Austin’s Fontaine Maverick Tells CNN Why McCain and Palin are no Mavericks
Hey John McCain, you’re stealing our name! Jeanne Moos interviews Fontaine Maverick about the great Maverick family of Texas: The real and original Mavericks. For more on The Rag Blog about the Maverick family and the theft of their good … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Campaign Tactics, Fontaine Maverick, Maury Maverick, Maverick, McCain, Progressives, Sarah Palin, Texas
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He’s Not Heavy…
Cartoon by Joshua Brown. Thanks to S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog
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Tagged Cartoon, George W. Bush, Humor, John McCain, Joshua Brown, McCain, Political Cartoon, Presidential Campaign
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Tom the Dancing Bug : The Maverick
Maverick McCain vs. the collapsing economy. Click on image to enlarge. Ruben Bolling / Salon.com Thanks to David McQueen / The Rag Blog
Keating Five Ring a Bell? Remember That John McCain?
Sen. John McCain at a March 1990 hearing of the Senate Ethics Committee investigating the relationship between a group of senators and banker Charles Keating Jr. Photo by John Duricka / AP.Past collides with Present: McCain, the Keating Five and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Economic Collapse, Keating Five, McCain, Political Ethics, Political Scandal, U.S. Senate, Wall Street
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McCain Cancels, Letterman Pissed!
Letterman: ‘I’ll find him.’ Photo © James Devaney, WireImage.com.Letterman says McCain’s disappearing act not funnyBy Bill Carter / September 24, 2008 See Video Below. Senator John McCain may have disappointed many expectant voters and debate viewers with the decision to … Continue reading
John McCain Is Just Another Routine Liar
Davis and McCain – but are they going up or down?The biggest story of the campaignBy Michael Tomasky / September 24, 2008 Mark this day down. Today – last night, actually – the New York Times and Roll Call reported … Continue reading
We Need You Now More Than Ever
Seam Marauder Palin – that’d be my name if I was Sarah’s kid. Better check out the link in this article to find out who you would’ve been if born to that woman. Maybe you’ll think long and hard about … Continue reading
David Hamilton : McCain Running on Racism
‘McCain has known all along he couldn’t win on issues’By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2008 Observations on this morning’s news. “Fox News” paired a white male Demo spokesperson with a maybe Latina female Repug … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, McCain, November Election, Presidential Campaign, Racism
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Heed H.R. Mencken : Economy Notwithstanding, This Election Not a Sure Thing
H.R. Mencken: Some wisdom worth heeding?‘We face an election currently as did the USA and Germany in 1932’By S.R. Keister / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2008 H.L. Mencken once wrote, “The only way to success in American life … Continue reading
McCain’s Spain Blunder : A Walking Foreign Policy Disaster
Spain’s Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Now let’s see: where is Spain again?Or worse: Is it an expression of policy towards a U.S. ally?‘McCain has run on his foreign policy expertise and such confusion completely undercuts his credibility’By Max … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, McCain Campaign, McCain Mistakes, NATO, Presidential Campaign, Spain
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The Maverick : They knew he could never be tamed.
Click on art for larger image Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling / Salon.com Thanks to David McQueen / The Rag Blog
