Posts Tagged “John McCain”

Debate commentary, part 2.

By | September 26, 2008

8:56: I think one common thread that’ll come out of the debate was that Obama has a far better grasp on foreign policy than he gets credit for. 8:57: Now McCain’s talking about shit that happened when I was an infant and name-checking Reagan. Yikes. 8:59: When was it? August a year ago? You didn’t [...]

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Debate #1 stream-of-consciousness thread.

By | September 26, 2008

I’m at Rose Theatre at the fine University of Memphis watching the debate. The turnout here is pretty impressive – for a political function at least. There’s definitely more than a hundred folks in here. I’ll be updating this post throughout with my reactions and thoughts.  Pretty exciting stuff. 8:03: First question: “Where do you [...]

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Fingers crossed.

By | September 1, 2008

Whatever havoc Gustav and kid sister Hanna wreak this week, when John McCain and his token running mate make their sweep of the Gulf Coast for photo ops meant to say “Look! We did it right this time!” and “Look! We give a damn about you!” consider this: Meanwhile, Barack Obama co-sponsored the Katrina Emergency [...]

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