More evidence that McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate was perhaps the single worst Presidential campaign decision ever made, this story from the New York Times: Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staffer. It […]
From Paris, the recent “controversy” over Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” remark looks just plain stupid, as does, frankly, the hand-wringing over the co-called Sarah Palin “phenomenon.” As for the former, you can only view the statement one of two ways — either Barack Obama innocently used an expression he’s used before (as has John McCain), or he used it intentionally as a reference to Palin’s statement at the […]
OK, Jill, here’s a hint (the question is here): I read on some blog yesterday that one of Ms. Palin’s apologists said that one of her foreign policy qualifications is that Alaska is the state closest to Russia. As I said, this is going to be fun!
Our potential next Vice President, via Associated Press: The first-term Alaska governor told reporters she was having fun in her new role. “It’s great to see another part of the country,” she said. Yep, running for Vice President is a great way to learn all about the USA. You know that old trick reporters sometimes play, where they ask candidates to name the Prime Minister of some foreign country? Here’s […]
From Paris, John McCain’s selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin seems bizarre. Step back from the moment-to-moment campaign jostling and ask this question: You are John McCain. You think you will be elected President. Who do you want as your V.P? You’d think that the independent, strong, leader McCain would step up to the plate and give us someone just as solid and substantial as he is, someone who he […]