Politics::Election2008: August 2008 Archives
David Freddoso on The Great Lie on National Review Online
A critical review of the oracles of the Obamacropolis: "Obama notes that his opponent, Senator John McCain, voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time. Obama sides with Mayor Richard M. Daley 100 percent of the time, whether in regards to [Cook County Commission President Todd] Stroger's election or anything else that helps keep Chicago politics dirty. That is the real Barack Obama -- not the smooth-talking Greek god who plays a reformer on television, but the man who has never met a Daley-backed Chicago pol he could not support. He doesn't work against politicians for whom Tony Rezko raises money."
IMAO: In My World: Filling That Experience Gap
A FrankJ fictional account: Joe Biden thinks he'll make a great running mate for that "Turok Osama."
Star-Tribune humor columnist James Lileks is covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Obama vs. Baldilocks - LA Weekly
Conservative blogger Juliette Ochieng's dad came from Kenya to America on the same plane as Barack Obama, Sr. Today, Ochieng is working to raise $10,000 for the Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School, a school in Kogelo, Kenya, that Sen. Obama had promised to help.
The Bill Kumpe Blog: They might kill fewer Jews ....
Bill Kumpe doesn't think Republicans should tolerate an abortion supporter on their party's ticket:
"Hitler's and to a lesser extent Mussolini's treatment of Jews should have been a warning that something was terribly wrong. Officially tolerated injustice is a cancer on nation's soul that will kill it if it is not removed. But, like a miner who doesn't pay attention to the canary that quits singing, the Germans and Italians, happy with their jobs, their improved economy and their restored world position, decided that the deaths of a few socially unacceptable people was small price to pay for what they were receiving in return. And, it worked for a little less than a decade. But, by the middle of the second decade, Germany and Italy lay in smoking ruins.
"Voting for John McCain ticket [with a pro-choice VP] on the grounds that he might reduce the number of abortions with his judicial picks is political naivety of the first order. The majority justices who decided Roe v. Wade and every crazy abortion decision since were GOP nominees. If allowed to serve in the in White House, McCain will do exactly what he is doing right now ... ignoring the better moral lights of his nation and doing precisely what he has to to stay in power. It is a morally contradictory position that can do nothing but move the agenda of both parties farther and farther away from principled leadership. Voting for a moderately pro-choice or mixed pro-choice ticket today is the moral equivalent of a 1930's German voting for a moderate Nazi ticket because, if elected, they might kill fewer Jews."
The Atlantic: The Front-Runner's Fall
An analysis of memos and emails from the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign suggests that the protracted campaign may serve a useful purpose after all: "Clinton ran on the basis of managerial competence--on her capacity, as she liked to put it, to 'do the job from Day One.' In fact, she never behaved like a chief executive, and her own staff proved to be her Achilles' heel. What is clear from the internal documents is that Clinton's loss derived not from any specific decision she made but rather from the preponderance of the many she did not make. Her hesitancy and habit of avoiding hard choices exacted a price that eventually sank her chances at the presidency."
The Corner on National Review Online: 25 Hints You're Not Voting for Obama
"If you're an independent, moderate or conservative on the fence about whether to vote for McCain or Obama, here's a helpful guide...."
Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win - WSJ.com
The nation's largest private employer warns its managers and department heads that a Democratic administration would pass "card check" legislation replacing a secret ballot to organize a union with signed cards collected by union organizers.
