Apparently, my friend who just got laid off imagined the whole thing
Phil Gramm sez:
“You’ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession,” he said, noting that growth has held up at about 1 percent despite all the publicity over losing jobs to India, China, illegal immigration, housing and credit problems and record oil prices. “We may have a recession; we haven’t had one yet.”
“We have [...]
Bredesen hearts John McCain
Governor Phil Bredesen tells Real Clear Politics that “John McCain is very attractive as a candidate in a lot of ways.”
“I think John McCain is very attractive as a candidate in a lot of ways. And my own personal experience is that these elections where people are engaged enough that they know some of the [...]
The race for First Lady
This poll yesterday, showing that Americans aren’t warming to Michelle Obama, and that they don’t really know Cindy McCain at all, got me to thinking about the race for First Lady, and how it may shape up.
I suspect that the “Hillary Clinton factor” may be at play as part of the reason folks aren’t digging [...]
Some Tennessee Hillary supporter/bloggers aren’t exactly going quietly into that good night
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Question of the day: should we elect a president who admits he doesn’t/can’t use a computer?
That’s a hot topic at the Personal Democracy Forum in NYC this week:
Tracy Russo (formerly of the Edwards campaign, with me in the photo) got into it with Mark Soohoo of the McCain campaign. Tracy wondered how someone who doesn’t use a computer can be president of the United States.
Mark said that someone doesn’t have [...]
McCain offers a green bounty
John McCain is proposing a $300 million government “prize” for the clever person or people who come up with a better auto battery:
The presumed Republican nominee is proposing a $300 million government prize to whoever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman [...]
Read More..>>Were you aware that the antichrist will be gay and at least “partly Jewish?”
Check out these remarks from John Hagee, the Christian minister who, until recently when McCain rejected his support, was a key McCain ally in courting the religious right. Interestingly, Sen. Joe Lieberman continues to support Hagee.
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LIVE from Tennessee! It’s John McCain!!!
You can watch McCain’s town hall meeting at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville beginning at 3pm (ish) via live stream at WBIR.com. Fred Thompson is apparently going to appear with him.
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Candidatepediae
A new WBIR blogger alerted me to a rather ingenious new use of the Internet by the DNC.
Bypassing Wikipedia, the Dems have launched their own “McCainpedia”.
I sense a trend.
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James Carville on Peyton Manning and John McCain
Randy Neal has a really complete report of last night’s Truman Day dinner gathering of Democrats in Knoxville, with many photos. You should definitely go check it out.
He quotes James Carville, after being gifted with a UT football jersey bearing Peyton Manning’s #: “I will wear the jersey, but reminded you that Peyton Manning is [...]
Now if only Ted McGinley would comment here at Knoxville Talks…
How cool is this?
Newscoma blogged about her idea that, since Cousin Oliver’s arrival may have caused The Brady Bunch to jump the shark, maybe he could endorse McCain and get a Democrat elected.
And lo and behold, Cousin Oliver himself, the now-all-grown-up Robbie Rist actually commented on Newscoma’s blog, saying:
You make jokes about me joining the [...]
Race trumps age?
Dr. Helen weighs in on the “isms” that Obama and McCain face in their campaigns:
Here is just one sample of how voters feel about McCain’s age in an article entitled, “Is McCain too Old to be President?”:
One-fifth of New Hampshire residents surveyed in a recent University of New Hampshire poll said McCain’s age would make [...]
Straight talk about McCain’s age
One similarly old guy says age matters:
…it is obviously true that aging, as opposed to skin color or gender, does have a deleterious effect on one’s physical and mental functioning, and to deny this evident biological reality is as nonsensical as denying evolution itself. The species survives when each generation burns out and is replaced [...]
Ummm…except McCain isn’t actually coming to Knoxville next week
Kleinheider links to a press release from the state Democratic Party today attempting to make some hay with John McCain’s just-announced “Forgotten Parts of America” tour:
Sen. McCain’s self-described “Forgotten Parts of America” tour was reported in USA Today as intending to reach out “to African Americans, displaced factory workers, and people living in poverty.” McCain [...]
Read More..>>Vets pressure McCain
A coalition of veterans and veterans’ groups wants Senator John McCain to sign a new GI Bill:
A leading political action committee founded by veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has launched a new internet video and petition demanding that Sen. John McCain throw his support behind a new GI Bill.
The video — a [...]
The sincerest form of flattery
You Tube’s Trendspotting Tuesday blog notes the rise of a new political art form: the campaign tribute music video.
I’ve already linked to several: Obama Girl, “It’s Raining McCain”…now here’s one showin’ some love for Hillary.
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Veep Condi
Go ahead Sharon Cobb, tell us what you really think of the idea of Condi Rice becoming McCain’s VP pick:
Just what America needs, the worst Secretary of State in American history serving in the worst American administration in American history with a really angry old man who wants to keep troops in Iraq for 100 [...]
But what about McCain’s preachers?
According to this Buffalo alt.weekly piece, McCain’s “spiritual advisers” are as on-the-fringe as Obama’s Rev. Wright:
First there’s Pastor John Hagee, who runs an arena-sized megachurch in San Antonio, Texas. Hagee preaches that Muslims—that’s all Muslims—have a “scriptural mandate” to kill Christians and Jews. But don’t worry. America, according to Hagee, is on top of this [...]
In the vein of “Obama Girl”…
Hat tip to Newscoma
I’m sure you remember the much discussed Obama Girl video. Well, now it’s uhh, apparently raining McCain.
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A presidential health care cheat sheet
There’s a good, clear overview in The Tennessean today of the similarities and differences among the health care proposals offered by Obama, McCain and Clinton:
Clinton’s and Obama’s plans are similar in many ways, but they disagree on at least one key point.
Clinton would require all people to have insurance.
Obama would require only parents to [...]
