Brushfires of Freedom

 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s signal that he may be open to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, despite previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind, is drawing sharp rebukes from conservatives.
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John McCain Version 2008.07.25 - “I think it’s a pretty good timetable.”

John McCain Version 2008.07.27 (two whole days later) -  “I didn’t use the word timetable”.

 
John McCain has a new TV ad out in three swing states blasting Barack Obama for not visiting wounded soldiers while in Germany.
But the spot is drawing incoming fire from both sides of the aisle.
“Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan,” the announcer says. “He hadn’t been to Iraq in years. He […]

“I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives, and when we start to get into ‘You’re less patriotic than me, I’m more patriotic,’ ” Hagel replied, adding: “John’s better than that.”

OK, McCain is just asking for it with his reference to President Theodore Roosevelt.   I am sure Jay Leno, David Letter, Conan O’Brien, et all are working on McCain and Roosevelt jokes as we speak.
“I count myself as a conservative Republican, yet I view it to a large degree in the Theodore Roosevelt mold,” Mr. […]

 
In the latest Zogby Poll:
Obama - 40%
McCain - 37%
Barr - 10%
Nader - 2%
Someone else - 7%
Undecided - 4%
Are those “someone else” folks some die hard Ron Paul hold outs?  I think I’ve decided to support Barr and start trying to donate and give him the Ron Paul treatment.  He’s no Ron Paul, but even more […]

I take exception to the “Dr. No” comment.  Watch it, buddy, you are treading on Ron Paul’s trademark nickname. Video of McCain talking about Phil Gramm’s claim that economic problems were some imaginary mental recession. Didn’t McCain already say almost the exact same thing?

“I don’t agree with Senator Gramm,” he said. “I believe […]

 
Am I wrong here or could Mr. Magoo even see that John McCain is full of crap and quite possibly the King of All Flip Floppers, how could he keep accussing Obama of flipping when he is flopping on such a grand scale?  It appears that the Straight Talk Express was not yet lost in […]