Just saying.

Over on Newsvine, I am asked if I believe that John McCain has lied about or embellished his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. I reply (elaborating some thoughts previously presented here), as follows, 
Lied? No? Embellished? Perhaps. Exaggerated the importance of? That, to me, is the critical point. My daughter and son-in-law both […]

Starring John McSame and Ralph Reed.

It may have seemed boring when I pedantically droned on about all of the copyright violations oozing out of Senator McCain’s campaign but now it’s getting funny. Jackson Browne is suing the senator for using Running on Empty in a campaign commercial. The LA Times also reminds us that they used a […]

Mr. McCain and his campaign seem to have an ongoing problem with copyright law.    Once?  A mistake.  Twice?  I hate to mention it because I’m seeming a bit paranoid.  But now it seems like a trend.  
A few weeks ago Silicon Alley Insider reported that Warner Music Group seems to have asked YouTube to remove […]

Earlier today my esteemed colleagues gave you The Politial Decathlon, where Mr. McCain was rated along a number of dimensions and Um, Yeah… wherein it was suggested that the electorate may make decisions along a number of rational dimensions. Having recently read this Amy Silverman piece about the John McCain that she covered for […]

The big lie is a powerful weapon, and attempts to tar Obama with “He’ll raise your taxes!” was entirely predictable. The Obama campaign replies with facts. They won’t help a lot, however, unless we all do our bit to spread them around.
The facts can be found here.

As a young man, he was a hero. In middle-age, he played the maverick. Since 2000, when the Bush machine slimed him in South Carolina, the flip-flopping and pandering have been the only constant. The clay the feet are made of is now well above the knee.
 

I wish I could post it here but …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkKk2C1W1c
You Tube is our friend. Thanks to JedReport.

The Race “Card”
by Sasha
As has occured in the past, we find the common media and even everyday folks using phrases like “the race card,” as if a discussion of race in the current campaign were not a serious matter. Use of the “card” construction just pisses me off beyond belief. It is a […]