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Around the Web: 2008
The Corner on National Review Online — Tuesday, July 29, 2008 [image] Around the Web: 2008 [Katherine Connell] The latest on the candidates . . . MCain Defends His Tech Smarts in S.F. San Francisco Chronicle [image] Evangelicals Warn Against Romney The Washington Times [image] Calm Over Cancer Scare Guardian [image] Again Offers Support for Offshore Drilling The Washington Post [image] Backs Off His No-New-Tax Pledge Associated Press [image] Backs Ban on Quotas The Boston Globe [image] [image] Obama Plans a Hawaiian Break The Washington Post [image] In 'Serious' Talks With ...

Becoming John Obama
Shakesville — ... mind that terrorist groups are not eradicated overnight," said the study by the federally funded Rand research center, an organization that counsels the Pentagon. Its report said that the use of military force by the United States or other countries should be reserved for quelling large, well-armed and well-organized insurgencies, and that American officials should stop using the term "war on terror" and replace it with "counterterrorism." July 7: "Sen. Obama will raise your taxes," McCain said. "I ...

McCain Spokesman: John McCain Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About On Social Security
Think Progress — ... The comments drew a “sharp rebuke” from the Club for Growth, who wrote McCain a letter calling the comments “shocking because you have been adamant in your opposition to raising taxes under any circumstances.” In fact, just last year McCain explicitly told the National Review that he ...

Remainders: Setting the table
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... McCain admits tax increases will have to be “on the table” for Social Security reform discussions, even if he doesn’t like the idea. ...

7/30: Out Of Context?
Blogometer — ... . [...] The comments drew a ' sharp rebuke ' from the Club for Growth, who wrote McCain a letter calling the comments 'shocking because you have been adamant in your opposition to raising taxes under any circumstances.' In fact, just last year McCain explicitly told the National Review that he ...

Norquist: McCain’s no tax pledge is ‘an updated version’ of ‘Read my lips, no new taxes.’
Think Progress — Last week, after catching heat from conservatives for saying that “payroll tax increases” were not “off the table” regarding Social Security, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) declared in a townhall meeting, “I want to look you in the eye: I will not raise your taxes nor support a tax increase.” On MSNBC today, anti-tax guru Grover Norquist said that McCain’s “look you in the eye” declaration was “an updated version” of George H.W. Bush’s infamous “Read my lips, no new taxes” ...

After Promising To ‘Never’ Give Up Fighting Big Tobacco, McCain Gives Up
Think Progress — ... McCain’s website cites a David Brooks column stating that “in 1998, McCain championed anti-smoking legislation that faced furious opposition from the tobacco lobby.” At Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Summit, McCain said “the influence of the tobacco companies” on Congress caused his 1998 bill to fail. McCain’s flip-flop suggests he is pandering to his anti-tax base, after catching heat from conservatives for saying that “payroll tax increases” were not “off the table” regarding Social Security. ...

McCain Supported Tobacco Tax Before He Opposed It
Wonk Room — ... Watch it: McCain also argued that since tobacco companies spent millions of dollars advertising tobacco products, it would be unfair to tax smokers for falling victim to their pitch. But as Satyam Khanna points out, “McCain’s flip-flop suggests” that he has fallen to the conservatives’ pitch, “pandering to his anti-tax base, after catching heat from conservatives for saying that “payroll tax increases” were not “off the table” ...