spectator.co.uk - 8/29/2008
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During the Saddleback Civil Forum, the celebrated evangelical pastor Rick Warren asked McCain to name a time when he went against his party s interests and his own interests to serve a higher cause. McCain s answer was instructive. He chose the time when he opposed Ronald Reagan s decision to ...
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McCain the Diplomat
The American Scene —
... I wrote a piece on the election for The Spectator, and there’s one section that I think some readers will find totally absurd. Here it is: ...
H.W. McCain?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Reihan is having an argument with himself about McCain's foreign policy vision. He wrote this for the Spectator: Whereas Democratic partisans accuse McCain of being a warmonger, the truth is that he believes that force should be used sparingly. And he believes that when force is used, it must be used effectively and with a clear goal in mind, a belief that was at the centre of his dispute with Donald Rumsfeld. Barack Obama and the Democrats made great hay out of McCain’s assertion that it would be fine for US troops to remain in Iraq for 100 years provided ...
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Meet two young voters—one Democrat and one Republican—who are blogging for us from the swing state of Ohio. Tricia Heschel and Colleen O’Kane are students at the University of Dayton and each is politically active. Meet them and take a look at ...
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