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From Tim Dickinson at Rolling Stone: He repeatedly blew up in the face of his commanding officer. It was the kind of insubordination that would have gotten any other midshipman kicked out of Annapolis. But his classmates soon realized that McCain was untouchable. Midway though his final year, McCain faced expulsion, about to “bilge out” because [...] The old fighter pilot has apparently successfully transcended the elements of time and space to dog fight again in the halls of Congress. From Jonathan Weisman at the WaPo: “I appreciate what you’ve done here, but I’m not going to sign on to a deal just to sign the deal,” McCain told the gathering, according [...] From HuffPo: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and McCain policy adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin criticized Sen. Barack Obama’s energy policy during this press conference call. “Anyone who says that we can achieve energy independence without that – without more nuclear power, without more offshore drilling, without more clean coal – that individual either doesn’t have the experience to [...] Building a victory for reform, prosperity and peace. Bwaaaaahhh! McCainSpace is where I wanna go. But unlike MyObama, I don’t care to get too cozy with the Repugs, even though I consider myself one. Fortunately, braver souls than I carried on: As he points out, all you can do there is donate, er, raise [...] The veterans and the racists could care less. Even so: “Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening,” McCain said, referring to the U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against al-Qaida in Anbar province. “I mean, that’s just a matter of history.” The [...] From AZDem at Daily Kos: From ABC’s The Note: And it was McCain who owns the first big gaffe of the trip — appearing to confuse Iraq and Afghanistan. Asked by ABC’s Diane Sawyer Monday morning whether the “the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent,” McCain responded: [...] If McCain didn’t have gays and the mullahs, he couldn’t get elected. But the promise of tax cuts and constant reminders of evil-doers might get it done: “I predict they will make an attempt as we get in to the election season to make more of these spectacular kinds of attacks, which they’re still capable [...] John McCain was interviewed by those cheese heads who have not yet moved here: Mr. McCain, who with his wife, Cindy, has an adopted daughter, said flatly that he opposed allowing gay couples to adopt. “I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe [...] Obama may as well go on vacation. The hits just keep on coming: On Monday, John McCain’s campaign released a statement signed by 300 economists who “enthusiastically support” his “Jobs for America” economic plan, providing a heavyweight testimonial to the presumptive Republican nominee’s “broad and powerful economic agenda.” There’s just one problem. Upon closer inspection, it [...] Ed Cone‘s got Daniel Gross on Phil Gramm. From the cited interview: “John’s going to cut the defense budget by making major changes in procurement. As we win the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must use every penny of savings for deficit reduction. And we’re going to restore strict fiscal spending targets like we [...] |
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