From ThinkProgess: McCain never showed up at Capitol Hill for bailout negotiations today. After declaring he’d return to Washington to help with the bailout negotiations immediately after last night’s debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) never went to Capitol Hill today. In fact, McCain stayed largely holed up in his Arlington apartment, leaving only to go to his campaign headquarters just …
The way to feed rabbits is to feed hay to horses. A lovely little adage better known as trickle down economics. Unfortunately, it also describes even the modified bailout plan promoted by congressional Democrats, a plan that has no guarantee of ever working nor limits on the eventual cost. Instead of a top down approach, a bottom up strategy that …
The first challenge for John McCain is, of course, to take de bait— show up. But declaring yourself the winner before the event isn’t going to gitter done, even in McCain’s maverick version of the universe. What you’ll see tonight, is good ole “Gramps McCain,” creepy smiling, blinking too much, that “left eye” thing, and saying “My friends” just enough …
Wall Street Closing In On $700 Billion Bailout Booty Inspired by the scene from the movie Blazing Saddles where the Johnson brothers point their guns at the black Sherriff Bart, who then holds his gun up to his own head and threatens ”Hold it! Next man makes a move, the nigger gets it, ” former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson …
Shai Sachs: Dispatches from the Religious Left will be released in about a week, on Oct. 1, 2008. The book, edited by Frederick Clarkson, contains a wide variety of thoughtful essays on what the Religious Left is and how it should move forward, including a brief chapter on new media that my wife and I co-write. If you happen to …
“And as our leaders are telling us, in our military, we do need to, ramp it up in Afghanistan, counting on our friends and allies to assist with us there, becuzz these terrists— who hate Amirrica, they hate what we stand for, with the… the freedoms, the democracy, the the women’s rights, the tolerince, they hate what it is that we represent, and, our allies, too, and our friends, what they represent.” Sigh.
WASHINGTON — After calling a halt to his campaign earlier today, John McCain spent the afternoon working on a plan to personally re-inflate the economy, and rescue Wall Street. However, a spokesperson for the McCain campaign has just informed the MSM via video that Senator Barack Obama has destroyed the plan with a childish stunt: • (Please ignore the frickin’ …
