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Day: January 31, 2008

So Much for the Straight Talk

When confronted on why he opposed Bush’s tax cuts, John McCain said it was because they didn’t come with spending cuts. Umm, okaaaay.

That’s not what he said in 2001, when his reason was because he thought the tax cuts favored the wealthy over the middle class.

And that’s not what he said in 2003, when he reasoned that there should be no cuts until the Iraq war costs were known.

I’ve got news for Mr. Mac. He’s enjoying a little honeymoon of sorts with his media buddies right now, what with the endorsements and a few nice poll numbers. But Johnny’s gonna watch all those smiles turn to rabid foaming clinch teethed growls once the actual campaign starts. All these flip floppin’ politically expedient explanations will come to light, you can be sure, and Captain McQueeg will be caught with his pants down wondering what happened to the love.

Tags:
2008 Election, John McCain, Straight Talk

Question of the Day

The NY Post endorses Barack Obama and asks…

“Does America really want to go through all that again?”

All that, of course, being Bill and Hillary Clinton. They go on.

Democrats in 22 states across America go to the polls next Tuesday to pick between two presidential prospects: Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

We urge them to choose Obama – an untried candidate, to be sure, but preferable to the junior senator from New York.

Obama represents a fresh start.

His opponent, and her husband, stand for déjà vu all over again – a return to the opportunistic, scandal-scarred, morally muddled years of the almost infinitely self-indulgent Clinton co-presidency.

Doh!

I’m not voting for Obama, primarily because I’d practically almost never ever ever vote for a Liberal Democrat. But this kind of thing makes me want to at least root for him a little in the primaries. Heck, I’d root for anyone who could keep the nomination away from Billary.

So, three cheers for the New York Post.

Tags:
2008 Election, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, President

Trouble in the Streisand Family

If momma’s not happy, ain’t nobody happy.

Barbra Streisand is reportedly furious that stepson Josh Brolin is to play the lead role in a forthcoming biopic of US President George W. Bush. The National Enquirer claims that the singer, a staunch Democrat supporter, pleaded with Brolin not to appear in the Oliver Stone-directed film. A source said: “Barbra thinks this movie will show a side to George W. Bush that draws sympathy from the public and she does not think Bush deserves anything positive.

Uh, wait a minute. Isn’t this an Oliver Stone film? Babs is acting as if Oliver is Rush Limbaugh! I don’t think she has anything to worry about, given Stone’s political leanings. Still, this story once again illuminates the wackiness of the moonbat left. Even Oliver Stone is a threat.