Pace my approval of McCain’s web ad, Chris Orr writes:
But for half or more of its running time, this ad looks as though it’s an ad for Barack Obama (though, admittedly, still not a good one). Rather than coopt Obama’s message of tolerance, this ad seems merely to endorse it. I suspect if it got wide airplay–and it won’t–it would benefit Obama far more than McCain.
"I knew I should have withheld comment. Last month, I said something nice about John McCain’s tough-sounding stand against federal housing bailouts. Should have known better," – Michelle Malkin. Clinton got it right for once.
There are no small government conservatives running for either major party in this election. Which is why Bob Barr remains intriguing for libertarians.
Petraeus says he will never hold political office. A relief.
Not so fast on the Wilsonian analogies, argues Erez Manela.
David Kurtz is impressed with the testimony about a sharp reduction in violence from John Burns and Dexter Filkins. The question, of course, is whether the conditions underlying this reduction can be sustained, or whether we have unwittingly laid the groundwork for even worse if we leave. Matt remains underwhelmed.
An interview with the gay press from 2004. Almost no change in rhetoric or positions.
Peter Suderman looks at how biofuel subsides are impacting beer prices, while Ronald Bailey points out global warming’s effect on the same. The Homer Simpson vote is up for grabs.
Chait worries. Obama keeps gaining among educated whites, but can’t seem to make much headway beyond.
An elephant wears paint on its face in preparation for the upcoming Thai New Year, on April 10, 2008 in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Thai’s are getting ready to celebrate the Thai New Year, called Songkran, a three-day holiday which is celebrated with a water festival during the hottest time of the year. A mahout is an elephant jockey. By Paula Bronstein/Getty Images.
One explanation for her resilient gay support:
Hillary is the diva, the fabulous woman who is fabulous just because she says so. She’s the woman who is abused (by her husband), ridiculed (by the press), hated (by Republican mouth-breathers), yet she’s still standing. She’s like from some exploitation film where the heroine is beaten and barely raped before pulling a knife out of her sock and slicing the mean guy’s balls off. Her supporters have stood by her and fought her battles with her – and sometimes for her – since the 1990s. The emotional connection runs too deep. R-e-s-p-e-c-t, she shakes her finger. Find out what it means to me. And the crowd eats it up.
Nevermind that Hillary Clinton hasn’t ever really ever done anything for the gay community.
If gay male voters back her on these grounds, they’ll deserve every betrayal they’ll get.
