Is McCain keeping his sense of humor about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oot9IbQxrI

Posted at August 15, 2008 1:55 PM in response to McCain On Swift-Boating Book: "Gotta Keep Your Sense Of Humor"

But wasn't Brooks referring to Fast Eddie Vrdolyak?

Posted at June 20, 2008 5:16 PM in response to David Brooks Gets it

I don't think this is evidence that Obama is backing down from taking on McCain and the Republicans on national security. The problem for Obama here is that if he had maintained that posture on this issue, he would have been at odds with Congressional Democrats who caved into the Republicans.

Obama apparently doesn't want to create such tensions while still trying to unify the party after Clinton's concession. I don't agree with it but I understand it.

Posted at June 20, 2008 5:01 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer

I just heard from a friend of a friend that his next door neighbor's dog says that Larry Johnson actually works for Dick Cheney. Johnson apparently first worked for Cheney when Johnson was a disinformation specialist at the CIA while Cheney was DOD Secretary under Bush I. According to this rumor, Johnson has maintained a front image as a liberal-leaning anti-terrorism expert so that he could plausibly disrupt the campaign of the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee with disinformation to head off threats to reverse the national security policies of Cheney/Bush. I have no idea if this dog is a credible source but I felt it was my patriotic duty to share this rumor on the slim chance that it might be true.

Posted at June 6, 2008 8:17 PM in response to Is Bogus Michelle Obama Rumor Based On A Work Of Fiction?

You're spot on in highlighting the potential problems related to governance if Hillary Clinton were elected VP. One of many major contributors to the dysfunction of the Bush administration was the fact that Dick Cheney lorded over his own independent center of power outside of the authority of the POTUS's chief of staff. It would be a huge mistake for Obama to permit a similar arrangement and it would be naive to assume that the Clintons wouldn't try to maximize their authority and influence. This would create an ongoing source of tension. Best not to go there.

Posted at May 17, 2008 5:10 PM in response to Choosing a Vice President

By accepting, Obama would be offering an illegal campaign contribution to Hillary. It's the only way she'll be able to afford that much time on TV.

Posted at April 26, 2008 11:25 PM in response to Why Obama will refuse a no-moderator debate offer?

She has survived to fight another day. But her money is low and her negatives are high. The best she can hope for is to deny Obama the presidency so she can run in 2012. That's the only path open to her...

Posted at April 22, 2008 10:43 PM in response to Hillary: "We Still Have A Lot Of Work Ahead Of Us"

Wow. Has the Clinton campaign fallen so low that they actually WELCOME this endorsement? It will interesting to see if they tout it or ignore it.

Posted at April 20, 2008 2:12 PM in response to Trib Review Endorses the Clintons

one_wilson: Here's something I posted elsewhere...

"It was the summer of 1972. I was working retail to pay for college. An FBI agent entered the store and flipped his badge at the boss. They talked in hushed tones. The FBI wanted to use a second-floor office for a stakeout. I later learned that they had a tip that Bill Ayers was going to visit a building across the street and they were trying to nab him. The stakeout room was also the place where I ate my bag lunch. So on this particular day I ate my peanut butter & jelly while a GMan peered through venetian blinds with binoculars.

So the question is this: am I guilty by association for the many sins of the FBI during the Hoover Era because I ate lunch in the same room with an agent who was staking out Bill Ayers?"

How is this any different than Barack Obama having a casual relationship with a guy in the neighborhood? Does that make Obama responsible for something the guy did when Obama was eight? Do you have any direct evidence that Obama is now or ever was a Weather Underground sympathizer?

Posted at April 19, 2008 6:49 PM in response to Stop Nonsense / Oppose Bufferbargering (S.N.O.B.)

"scrounging for your next poltical meal..."

Perhaps she now realizes that "When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose..."

Posted at April 19, 2008 6:21 PM in response to Jay Carson's Letter to Tom Shales