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John McCain's Pick-up Lines
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyJohn McCain spent his Saturday sucking up to disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters, both on a conference call, and a post-call meetup with members of PUMA (Party Unity My Ass, which can be read several ways, depending on the number and placement of commas). The whole thing reminds me of that guy at the club who thinks he's a smooth talker, but invariably gets the "How stupid does this guy think I am?" eye-roll and a date with his fist. "Yeah, Baby, I'll appoint some women!" "Uh-huh, they treated your friend, Hillary, real bad." "Litmus test? You have beautiful eyes." "Sure, I brought ...
Olbermann Gives McCain His Context
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyJohn McCain, his campaign, and various other supporters have been spinning themselves dizzy trying to nullify his "not too important" gaffe for a few days now. From Olbermann's Special Comment: (full transcript here) For two full days now, the Senator and his supporters have been outraged at what they see as the subtraction of context from this extraordinary remark. This is, sadly, the excuse of our time, for everything. I agree completely with Senator McCain, Mr. Olbermann, and our own Caleb Howe, that it is wrong, and misses the point, to take that phrase out of context. All three of us have ...
Study: Obama Crushing McCain on Issues
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAccording to a May 29 Pew study, Barack Obama is in a dominant position over John McCain on important issues, just as the general election campaign gets underway. Obama holds sizable advantages over McCain as better able to handle the economy as well as the nation's energy problems. Currently, half of voters say Obama could do a better job of improving the economy, while 36% favor McCain. Obama's lead over McCain on the economy is about the same as it was in April (53 McCain). Obama holds comparable leads over McCain on dealing with nation's energy problems (18 points) and improving the health ...
McCain to Walk Ellen Down the Aisle?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyJohn McCain appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show today, and things got a little bit awkward when the subject of gay marriage came up. From Huffpo: "We are all the same people, all of us. You're no different than I am. Our love is the same," she said. "When someone says, 'You can have a contract, and you'll still have insurance, and you'll get all that,' it sounds to me like saying, 'Well, you can sit there, you just can't sit there.' "It feels like we are not, you know, we aren't owed the same things and the same wording," DeGeneres said. McCain said he's heard her "articulate that position in ...
McCain, Clinton, Obama: The 'Nightmare Ticket'?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyIn this hotly contested primary season, one which features Hillary Clinton locked in mortal combat with arithmetic and John McCain battling out from under a frantic GOP dogpile, the speculation has turned to the so-called "Veepstakes," with Democratic speculation focused around a "Dream Ticket" of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But where does that leave McCain? His choice of a VP is going to be a tough one, because he needs to balance out his ticket with someone even more conservative than he is to satisfy his base, but his age will make the Veep a lightning rod for scrutiny in the general ...
State GOP Chair: 'McCain is Kind of Like Jesus'
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailySue Everhart, Chairwoman of the Georgia Republican Party, made a rather kind comparison of John McCain. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:"John McCain is kind of like Jesus Christ on the cross," Everhart said as she began the second day of the state GOP convention. "He never denounced God, either."I know, that seems like a pretty low bar to set for Christ-like-itude, but she went on to clarify that McCain hadn't denounced the US while a POW, which makes America the Yaweh of this analogy. Even so, the quote lends itself to some unavoidable questions. Just how well does McCain stack up ...
McCain's Ad-man: Obama 60% Likely to Win
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyRepublican advertising consultant and Jon Lovitz lookalike Alex Castellanos, famous for the heinous but effective Jesse Helms "Hands" ad, has high hopes...for Barack Obama. He tells New York magazine's John Heilemann all kinds of encouraging nuggets, but I'll start with the summation:J.H.: Care to give candid odds on McCain pulling this thing off? A.C.: Advantage Obama, 60-40. But I've been in campaigns that have won with a lot worse odds than that.Not exactly the Vince Lombardi of consultants, is he? Like the time William Wallace told his azure-visaged comrades, "They may take our lives...but ...
John McCain Has a Pre-Nup?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWhen I did a story about John McCain's release of his tax returns a few weeks ago, I somehow missed out on the glaring fact that Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain has a prenuptial agreement with second wife Cindy McCain. Well, at least she let him keep his maiden name.From Tfitz on DailyKos:It seems that when his totally hot, totally rich, second wife Cindy said yes to his 'big question', she also let him know that his job wasn't finished until the paperwork was done. This tough bride, whose financials are none of your damn business thank you very much, made Big John sign a ...
If Not Hillary, Then McCain? Really?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThis Page Left Intentionally BlankThat line is what we in the biz call a logical fallacy. As logical fallacies go, it's pretty innocuous, even comical. I picture an apoplectic bureaucrat somewhere screaming into the face of the 987th person to come to the window and ask, "What's wrong with my Driver's Manual?" A far more dangerous logical fallacy is all the rage now, and it has a lot to do with intentionally blank pages. The press has given John McCain a free ride for years now, and as a result, 45% of Hillary Clinton's supporters have something like this to say: If Hillary Clinton doesn't ...
Videos of the Week: The Real Gas Tax
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyGood morning, and welcome to Videos of the Week. This week, I put all the funniest videos at the end, so hang in there. We have Ron Paul, "The Empire Strikes Barack," some studies on pandering, Miley Cyrus, new friends like Rachel Maddow, old friends like Reverend Wright, and some guys "Throwin' some game at a hot girl." And whatever you do, don't miss the last video. As I thought about writing the column this week, I was struck by an interesting confluence. The 3 candidates for President were all hotly debating a gas tax holiday this week, with John McCain favoring an outright suspension, ...
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