Midday Open Thread
by BarbinMD
Sun Jul 06, 2008 at 11:59:29 AM PDT
- See if you can tell the difference between John McCain and George Bush as they offer their thoughts on the economy.
- Via John Cole:
Bob Schieffer, on Face the Nation, responding to John Kerry stating that McCain has completely changes his position on a large number of issues:
"Are you attacking John McCain’s integrity?"
Once again, McCain’s base comes through, ignoring McCain’s changing positions on torture, tax cuts, immigration, offshore drilling...
- Good news from the chairman of the NRSC:
The outlook for the GOP is so grim that party leaders have readily conceded there is no chance they can regain control of the Senate in 2008, even though Democrats' current majority is slim, 51-49.
"If you have an R in front of your name, you better run scared," said Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who says the party will do well if it holds its losses to three or four seats.
- Howard Dean calls the New York Times hit job on the planning and organization of the Democratic National Convention a load of crap (okay, he doesn’t use the word "crap").
- Vets for Freedom, the 527 that pretends they aren’t supporting any particular presidential candidate even though Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham were on their advisory board, and despite the fact that their messages have often mirrored those of the McCain campaign, has a new set of
stay the course"finish the job" in Iraq ads coming out. The ads will be running in Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, but a spokesman assures us that those states weren’t chosen because they are crucial ones for John McCain, but because of "the heightened interest in the election in those states will give it a larger audience." Uh huh. - And finally, in case you missed it, here's George Bush expressing his concern about skyrocketing gas prices:
Q You must be the most excellent expert on oil business.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. (Laughter.) Look where our price is. (Laughter.)
Q Well, actually, I'm suffering high gas prices.
THE PRESIDENT: You are?
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