Month: August 2008

Goldberg goes Republican-hunting on Martha’s Vineyard.

Pretty much my feeling about the column this morning:

Brooks is a conservative who admires McCain, so I suppose even this level of criticism is sort of admirable. Still, the passive-voice construction of the entire column really grates. Bloggers are somehow responsible for McCain running juvenile ads comparing Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? A bored press is responsible for McCain claiming that Obama puts personal interest ahead of country? The conservative establishment prevented McCain from calling out Jerome Corsi’s book for the vile trash that it is? The system forced McCain to hire one of Karl Rove’s disciples as his campaign manager?

Chuck Todd has an ever-expanding fan-base. I love the groovy graphics.

Poulos fisks Robert Kagan:

It is my firm conviction that neither the world is a problem nor is possessed of a great, unitary problem — neither one that must be solved, nor not one that could be. Solid too is my insistence that, whatever America’s responsibilities abroad, there is no ‘full measure of devotion’ that Americans somehow owe humanity and/or our own consciences. When I hear talk of fullness and comprehensiveness and the contemptibility of half measures and skepticism about driving policy by tests of emotional completeness, I run for the door.

"George Bush’s record as a student, military man, businessman and leader of the free world is one of constant failure. And the part that troubles me most is he seems content with himself. He will leave office with the country $10 trillion in debt, fighting two wars, our international reputation in shambles, our government cloaked in secrecy and suspicion that his entire presidency has been a litany of broken laws and promises, our citizens’ faith in our own country ripped to shreds. Yet Bush goes bumbling along, grinning and spewing moronic one-liners, as though nobody understands what a colossal failure he has been.

I fear to the depth of my being that John McCain is just like him," – Jack Cafferty, CNN.

An interesting exchange between Obama and a feisty member of the Democratic base on the war question:

Manhunt kicks chairman and founder Jonathan Crutchley off the board for donating to McCain.

It can – and will – change many times before November, but it’s hard to disagree with David Gergen’s take on the race here.

A pet cow: For between £200 and £2,000, you can buy a Dexter cow (a small Irish breed the size of a large German shepherd) that is not only an adorable family pet, but also gives 16 pints of milk a day and keeps the lawn mown. Touted as “just right for the garden,” the cows are being sold as a sort of DIY solution to rising food prices.

Phelps mirrors Spitz.