I’m not sure this is what McCain had in mind when he suggested that Gramm might make a good ambassador to Belarus. Though given the headaches Gramm’s causing him today, maybe it’s exactly what McCain meant. Adding to the Gramm flap, Obama had a zinger at a “Women’s Economic Security Town Hall” meeting (that’s a [...]
The McCain campaign is doing all it can to distance itself from Phil Gramm’s off-key remarks published this morning. Says McCain: I don’t agree with Senator Gramm. I believe that the person here in Michigan that just lost his job isn’t suffering from a mental recession. I believe the mother here in Michigan and around [...]
Because we spend way too much time using the same words over and over. . . 1. Calumny a) The hair and skin gathered under a laptop keyboard b) The sound a calamity makes c) A false statement meant to maliciously malign d) A new type of yogurt that speeds digestion e) The exhaustion of [...]
The latest version of the new-and-improved candidate McCain sticks to a message. And this week, the message is the economy, with a big subset devoted to taxes, specifically the idea that Republicans cut taxes and Democrats raise taxes, making Republicans better for a nation in distress. The problem is that McCain’s rhetoric on taxes often [...]
Okay, the guy is a trained economist, and someone who is said to have his eye on the Treasury Secretary’s job if John McCain is elected. Is this some kind of fancy, sophisticated technical term? And there’s this: “We have sort of become a nation of whiners,” he said. “You just hear this constant whining, [...]
A couple times in the last month, I have caught the Olympic trials on TV–great stuff, really, and in HD if you can get it. I also go running by the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C., and maybe it is just a coincidence, but lately I have seen a lot more diplomatic security parked outside. [...]
