Archive for July 21st, 2008

McCain may announce VP choice on Thursday

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Rumor has it that Senator McCain may announce his running mate Thursday at a major appearance. According to Evans Novak Political Report, John McCain may be announcing his pick for running mate this week. Hopefully it may take some air out of Obama’s sails while he and his press corp are travelling abroad.
ABC News announced [...]

The media is doing Obama’s dirty work.

Monday, July 21st, 2008

ABC News is reporting that President Bush is taking foreign policy cues from Barack Obama. This couldn’t be farther from the truth, but they won’t report that. Just as the NY Times refuses to run John McCain’s rebuttal of the op-ed piece they ran for Obama.
The headline from ABC News: State Dept. Talks With Iran, [...]

Oil Companies Racing for New Oil

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Unfortunately for Democrats, the image of lethargic, fat cat oil companies sitting on millions of acres while smoking stogies and laughing at the consumer does not quite wash with the latest news stories. From the Baltimore Sun, we have a story about companies vying to get oil from a small section of the Florida panhandle [...]

Spinning the Web: 07/21/2008

Monday, July 21st, 2008

From the McCain campaign:
John McCain to Return to New Hampshire to hold another town hall meeting without Herr Obama.
McCain 2008 Announces Maine Leadership Team because he really, really needs to hit Maine hard.
John McCain will Participate in a Town Hall Meeting in Wilkes-Barre, PA, without Monsieur Obama.
A variety of Veterans for McCain events are announced.
From the [...]

Lunch with the blogroll: 07/21/2008

Monday, July 21st, 2008

The Barnyard: Obama Making Waves In The Future
TexasFred’s: Deadly Tolls: Sick truckers causing fatal wrecks
Start Thinking Right: A Hope For Some Rare Awareness About The Economy
NEPALibWatch: Barack Obama: President for the next 8 to 10 years.
A McCain Democrat’s Journey: The Hard Lessons of Charisma and “Change”
Gunservatively: The Heller 442
Monkey in the Middle: A Ceasefire? A Temporary [...]

Spinning the Web: Press releases and other official bullhockey: 07/20/2008

Monday, July 21st, 2008

From the White House, President’s Radio Address.  GWB isn’t buying what Congress is selling on the energy crisis.  He says he’s lifted the ban on OCS drilling and the only thing standing in the way of progress is Congress.  You go, George.  Other topics include clean energy, improving investor and consumer confidence in Fannie Mae and [...]

The great equivocator to be President for 8 to 10 years

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I struggled with myself for a good 8 to ten seconds as to whether I should jump on the bandwagon of this “gaffe”.  Then it occured to me: while Ronald Reagan was the great communicator; Obama is the great equivocator (Jesse whispered that one in my ear off mic). 
Obama is so used to being hard [...]