Elected Birthers on the Hill
The most powerful people in the world -- nationally elected legislators responsible for setting policy for the most powerful country on earth -- are lining up with elements of the lunatic fringe.
The most powerful people in the world -- nationally elected legislators responsible for setting policy for the most powerful country on earth -- are lining up with elements of the lunatic fringe.
Why does McCain want to be president? Those who have followed him for years don't recognize his agenda, his tactics, his positions.
What's the best strategy when your opponent lies? The obvious move is to call them on it, but analyses of viewers reveals that "he said, she said" arguments leave observers confused and apathetic.
It's not just that McCain can't relate to have nots, it's that he doesn't really want to. He wants to pull the levers that Phil Gramm and others tell him work best, and he lacks the motivation to question whether these levers actually work.
When a beautiful, under 30-something sings like an angel, she can become an American Idol. When a dowdy, homely 47-year-old woman sings beautifully, it is headline news.
You hear that implosion reverberating through financial markets? It's the sound of decades of conservative ideology collapsing.
This type of insulting nonsense will not go unnoticed or unchallenged by the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who've fought in both McCain's war in Iraq, and in the other war in Afghanistan.
In her speech she was a more compelling and powerful presence than was John McCain. Does she belong in the big time? Judging from this performance, yes.