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A Pundit Not a President
democracyarsenal.org —
Matt Yglesias has a great post which really captures a key component of McCain's foreign policy approach - it is rooted in hyperbolic rhetoric mixed with hysterical over reaction. As Matt describes it, Not only is Russia on the march beyond Tbilisi to Ukraine, Finland, and substantial swathes of Poland but that’s not even the transcendent issue of our time. And North Korea’s nuclear program is “the greatest challenge to U.S. security and world stability today” but that’s not the transcendent issue of our time. And Islamism is the transcendent issue ...
Doomed
Political Animal —
... it's a sense a deep and genuine sense that they believe an Obama presidency would be so weak and so feckless that it might lead to the eventual destruction of the country. A regular correspondent put it this way last night: "I've always felt that the R's are simply in a state of apocalyptic aggrievement and that the presidency is the last best way to hold-off the downfall of civilization." Alternatively, Matt Yglesias takes a look at John McCain's record on foreign threats and describes it this way: In short, not only is Russia on the march beyond Tbilisi to Ukraine, ...
McCain's 'Gates Of Hell' Rhetoric 'Equal Parts Incoherent And False'
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Welch notes that this isn't, by any means, a recent phenomenon with McCain either, but rather a two decades-long pattern of hysteria. Matt Yglesias, deploying his typical flourish for summation, puts it like this: ...
FMB - Friday McBush Bashing
Discourse.net —
... She’s Hidden
DNC, Five Million
McCain’s Iraq (cartoon)
Via Crooks & Liars
Jack Cafferty, CNN, Is McCain another George W. Bush?
Kos, McCain Campaign “Clarifies” His Colorado Water Grab Statement
Yglesias, The Hysteria-Based Foreign Policy
McCain fellow POW Phillip Butler explains Why I ...
Why The Houses Matter, Take 2
Obsidian Wings —
... what an economic stimulus is:
"People talk about a stimulus package. Fine, if that's what we want to come up with. But stop the spending first."
Or the fact that he doesn't understand what a cap and trade system is, despite having co-authored legislation that would create one:
"Russert: Senator McCain, you are in favor of mandatory caps.
McCain: No, I'm in favor of cap-and-trade."
Or perhaps his record of alarmism on foreign policy:
"In short, not only is Russia on the march ...
Houses
Political Animal —
... what a cap and trade system is, despite having co-authored legislation that would create one: "Russert: Senator McCain, you are in favor of mandatory caps. McCain: No, I'm in favor of cap-and-trade." Or perhaps his record of alarmism on foreign policy : "In short, not only is Russia on the march beyond Tbilisi to Ukraine, Finland, and substantial swathes of Poland but that's not even the transcendent issue of our time. And North Korea's nuclear program is "the greatest challenge to U.S. security and world stability today" but that's not the transcendent issue of our time. ...
Flipping Out in Times of Crisis
democracyarsenal.org —
So facing a sharp drop in his poll numbers and after struggling on the economy for the past week, John McCain has decided to suspend his
campaign and return to Washington - despite him not having voted for a
bill in Washington since April. One thing is clear from McCain's latest campaign stunt, when
confronted with bad news McCain's first instinct is to react hysterically.
His leadership of his campaign has been anything but stable. From his choice of a first term Alaskan governor who he didn't even vet, to the total collapse of his campaign in 2007, ...
