Guest Post by Morbo Creationists are like the Energizer Bunny: they just keep going and going. You beat them in court, and they come right back with something else. Anyone who cares about good science education in America must face the fact that cranks who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old and that dinosaurs […]
Friday’s Mini-Report
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Rice gained Georgian approval for a cease-fire: “Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice demanded Friday that Russian troops withdraw from Georgian territory ‘immediately’ now that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has signed a cease-fire agreement. After arriving here to discuss the deal with Saakashvili and to show U.S. support for Georgia’s […]
Bush ally slams McCain over personal life, infidelity
The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, at first blush, would not appear to be the kind of man to publicly bash the hell out of John McCain. He’s the senior pastor at Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston; he’s a close personal friend of the president, and he recently officiated Jenna Bush’s wedding. But after McCain’s […]
The proposed tax increase McCain doesn’t want to talk about
John McCain’s pandering on taxes has been one of the more embarrassing aspects of his campaign, as evidenced by his appearance at the Aspen Institute, when he admitted that he’d been pushed into a corner on Social Security and taxes, saying, “I have to be against tax increases, as you know.” But for all the […]
The Matthew 25 ad emphasizes Obama’s family, ‘Christian faith’
Regular readers may recall that I’ve taken an interest in the “Matthew 25 Network,” a new religious political action committee spearheaded by Mara Vanderslice, who served as director of religious outreach for Kerry-Edwards in 2004, and who has been active in encouraging Democratic candidates to discuss matters of spirituality more openly on the campaign trail. […]
Noonan laments the ‘end of placeness’
I’ve read Peggy Noonan’s latest WSJ column a couple of times, trying to make heads or tails of it. I’m at a bit of a loss. The end of placeness is one of the features of the campaign. I do not like it. Pretend you are not a political sophisticate and regular watcher of the […]
When huge stakes meet a small campaign
Way back in April, which seems like a surprisingly long time ago, Atrios had a prediction: “This election is going to be much much stupider than the last time. Last time much of the stupid was at least nominally about serious issues, this time it’s just all about the stupid.” The last four months have […]
GOP base less than pleased with pro-choice talk
A few months ago, Chris Matthews asked John McCain if he would consider a pro-choice running mate, such as former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge. “I don’t know if [his position on the issue] would stop him, but it would be difficult apoteketreceptfritt.com ,” McCain said. This week, McCain reversed course a bit, saying he might […]
Friday’s campaign round-up
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * The Obama campaign released a very detailed refutation of Jerome Corsi’s hatchet-job book, and posted a lengthy document on the subject online. * A good fundraising month for the GOP: “John McCain […]
McCain sees Georgian conflict as the ‘first serious crisis’ in post-Cold War era
Once in a while, the depth of John McCain’s foreign policy confusion stops being funny, and starts getting scary. For those of you who can’t watch clips online, McCain told an audience at the Aspen Institute yesterday, “My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the […]