Thoughts on the Third Presidential Debate Well, the snap polls are going heavily to Obama. This is not surprising. As I’ve argued before, the only definition of who “won” that matters is, who garnered more undecideds by virtue of his performance? By this measure, once again, Obama succeeded in his primary objective, which was to … Continue reading
Amerika Here are some videos of recent McCain/Palin rallies. Look at the kind of hatred and anger they’re appealing to and fomenting. Look at the kind of know-nothing, us vs. them, violent passions they stoke. Even as their supporters rant “traitor!” and “socialist!” and “terrorist!” and “off with his head!” and “kill him!” and other … Continue reading
Why Do the Palins Hate America? Imagine the reaction if Michelle Obama had belonged to a political party that advocated secession from America, a party whose founder ranted, “The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government… And I won’t be buried under their damn flag… I’m not an … Continue reading
The VP Debate Okay, just got done watching the vice presidential debate. A few thoughts. As with last week’s presidential debate, the main thing to remember in determining who won and who lost is that this whole thing was aimed at that small proportion of voters who are still undecided. Anyone who wasn’t going to … Continue reading
The Debate Thanks for all the messages asking me what I thought of the debate. There’s a ton of excellent coverage out there already, and I don’t want to repeat the commentary you can find at The Daily Dish, Talking Points Memo, Eunomia, and lots of other places. So I’ll offer just a few thoughts … Continue reading
Brain Dead “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” – Mark Twain If you’re part of the McCain team, here’s what you’re thinking. You didn’t know anything substantive about Palin before she was selected (why would you? She … Continue reading
Obama Eats Special Needs Children! James Taranto has an article in today’s Wall Street Journal in which he professes outrage at anyone who would suggest John McCain picked Sarah Palin because she was walked the pro-life walk (as, indeed, she has). The article is worth a read: Taranto distorts the meaning of some of the … Continue reading
Suicide By Palin On November 5, when the votes are in and Obama has won, pundits will look back and see what all the bizarreness and hysteria are occluding now: John McCain lost the election when he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate. McCain’s strategists hoped choosing Palin would accomplish two objectives: bring in … Continue reading
Rebranding McCain Apologies to all for being away so long. If you haven’t heard, back in May, my family and I made a sudden decision to move to Tokyo for the year, which led to a distracting three months of preparations. We’ve been here now for two weeks, are mostly settled in, and are loving … Continue reading
Safety First; The Constitution Second If you’re a regular reader of HOTM, you know where I stand on the recently enacted FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which grants the government broad new domestic eavesdropping powers and immunizes telecoms from previous felonies (wouldn’t it be great if retroactive immunity from felonies were available to all of … Continue reading