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Andrew Sullivan then versus now

Posted by: ST on August 18, 2008 at 8:53 pm » 3 Comments

June 30, 2008: McCain himself disowned the Swift Boat nutters in 2004 as “dishonest and dishonorable.” I find both attempts to smear the war records of people who volunteered to fight for their country to be repellent. But the far right is too invested in the politics of Vietnam to take the high road. August [...]

 

Obama wants a return to ‘open’ and ‘transparent’ government

Posted by: ST on August 18, 2008 at 7:09 pm » 2 Comments

… but only if you’ll forgive him for his lack of willingness to discuss at length, and have records released of, activities he was involved in during the time he served as a State Senator in Illinois.  Jim Geraghty writes: Just to review, the public cannot get access to paperwork related grants distributed by then-state-legislator [...]

 

VP-orama

Posted by: ST on August 18, 2008 at 6:41 pm » 3 Comments

Speculation is running wild today that Obama is within days (possibly hours?) of announcing his VP pick (Biden?) and that McCain will announce his the day after the Democrat National Convention. Wellllll … not to be a smarty, but it would only make sense that Obama would announce his VP pick this week.  After all, the [...]

 

How low will Obama apologist Andrew Sullivan go? (MORE: FELLOW POW REMEMBERS MCCAIN TELLING HIM STORY IN 1971)

Posted by: ST on August 18, 2008 at 11:55 am » 6 Comments

This low. Shameful. Dude, I know you’re upset because your candidate bombed this past weekend at the Saddleback faith forum, but to start doing stuff like accusing McCain of lying about his POW experience, well,  I thought once upon a time that sort of thing was beneath you.  I guess I was wrong. (Via Mark Levin) Update [...]

 

NYT, Andrea Mitchell, Obama supporters/surrogates imply McCain “cheated” at Saddleback forum

Posted by: ST on August 18, 2008 at 8:44 am » 13 Comments

Oh brother.  You knew as soon as McCain started answering questions so well at Saturday night’s faith forum at Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church that The Usual Suspects were going to cry “McCain knew the questions in advance!”    And less than 24 hours after the forum was over, they did just that. What happened is [...]