Good for you, John

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 8:25 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 20:25

I know there will be flames and falmes for this, but you have to hand it to John McCain for finally "unstoking" those flames that he, Cindy and Sarah have been stoking for days/weeks now.

So, okay. How do we react? See below

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Sunday September 28, 2008 · 11:27 PM PDT

2008/09/28 · 23:27

Oh yes, everyone has advice and I can't help but weigh in:

Practice verbal judo with Sarah. For every answer, try to follow up with a question that is a logical extension of her assertions.

For example (from McCain in the 1st debate), he intimated that to pull out of Iraq would've been to let those soldiers die in vain. Barack was a bit too subtle in saying no soldier who follows his commander dies in vain. Instead, I would've asked McCain back if he really thought all the names on the wall of the Vietnam memorial died in vain. McCain clearly thought that war was lost and not worth repeating in Iraq.

She doesn't even need to go off her talking points (though she will!) because most of those points, taken to their logical extreme, fly in the face of common sense. Besides, if you ask the question sincerely, its the best way not to look condescending.

Also, she screams for comparisons to Bush and Cheney. I like the image she conjured up already: a pit bull. (Bush's) stubborn determination combined with (Cheney's) go-for-the-jugular attack instinct. Like we need another pit-bull in the White House.

my two bits.

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 10:51 AM PDT

2008/09/26 · 10:51

Every time John McCain pulls a stunt like Palin, withdrawl from the debate, etc. the analysts say (negatively) that it's a tactic and (positively) call it part of his Maverick-ness.

Well, there's another term from the wild west that applies better to those actions. One I for one would like to hear Obama say in the debates: you're more of a desperado than a maverick!

Heck, maybe we can even get the Eagles to allow John to use their song of the same name in his campaign. Check out the relevant lyrics under the fold...

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 2:20 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 14:20

Way to go, John. You're right to suspend your campaign to work on a Wall Street plan.

There is really no way you should continue to campaign to continue Bush's legacy without trying to clean up the mess you helped create. We can't even look at you on TV without remembering your associates, your votes and your past.

The only way to change our minds is to show your stuff and roll up your sleeves. For the good of the country, suspend your campaign and clean up your mess.

Worthy of a Viral Email?

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 12:20 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 00:20

Hold your falme-throwers for a minute. I was thinking the other day about what fun it would be to insert a viral email into the conservative bloodstream with just the right subversive qualities.

I'm no Tom Paine or Stephen Colbert, but there's an attempt to draw lessons from both in the below. Something that would, on the surface, look like a right-wing screed worthy of forwarding to other like-minded, misguided friends. On deeper reading, however, I was hoping to get the wheels turning on just what John McCain represents...

Anyway, take a look below the fold for my email titled, "Facts on McCain's side".

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Saturday September 20, 2008 · 11:16 PM PDT

2008/09/20 · 23:16

I was for Gore in 2000 and made up the McCain2000 moniker a couple weeks ago. I did so because I thought there was an opportunity to nail just who and what John McCain represents: a pity.

A pity he didn't win on his own terms in 2000. A pity he got crushed by the Rove smear machine. A pity we had Bush instead of him for 8 years. And, now, when it's just too late for him to be effective, it's a pity he's had to sell his soul to the evangelical base and the deregulator base just to keep in the race.

So, let's go all passive-aggressive on his ass and pity him for his missed opportunity while we point out where he's missing the boat on each issue. No better way to draw the stinger of his POW record than with a sympathetic shrug for the chance he lost in 2000.

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