Conservatives Jump Ship: Michael Smerconish?
by David Safier OK, so Michael Smerconish isn’t a household name outside of Philadelphia where he has a radio show and writes a column. But he’s a Republican voice and proud of it. Until now. I just saw him on Hardball on MSNBC saying he’ll vote for Obama. This, according to Jake Tapper of ABC … Read more
Conservatives Jump Ship: No, not Ken Adelman!!!
by David Safier Frankly, this is hard to believe — no, unbelievable — but it comes from no less a source than George Packer in the New Yorker, who says Ken Adelman, long time friend of Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz who . . . Campaigned for Goldwater, was hired by Rumsfeld at the Office of … Read more
Slashed Tires at Obama rally? It has nothing to do with McCain’s negative campaign
by David Safier You can’t really blame McCain and Palin for the 30 cars that had their tires slashed outside of an Obama rally in North Carolina. (The story, by the way, is reported in the Fayetteville Observer, not some lefty blog.) Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 vehicles parked outside the Crown … Read more
Colin Powell reminds Americans that Arab and Muslim Americans are loyal and patriotic Americans
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The right-wing has a long running Swiftboat smear campaign against Barack Obama suggesting that he is not an American citizen and not a Christian. Obama is an American citizen – get over it – and is a Christian. Not that this should matter, since the Constitution provides that there "shall be no … Read more
Slade Mead Gets UK Coverage
by David Safier It’s always nice to see folks “over there” acknowledge one of Arizona’s finest, especially when he’s a brother blogger. So I was pleased to see Slade Mead’s name come up in the “On the Road to the White House” blog in the U.K.’s guardian. When Mead ran for Ed Supe a few … Read more
Colin Powell delivers an indictment of the McCain campaign and the GOP
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In an earlier post, David Safier wrote that General Colin Powell, after a lengthy deliberation, endorsed Barack Obama for president on Sunday. But it was much more than that, as Michael Bryan touched upon in his post about Powell’s MSNBC interview (see video). Powell delivered a stinging indictment of his long-time friend, … Read more
Powell Puts a Stake Through the Heart of the Monster McCain’s Campaign Has Become
Powell not only had endorsed Obama, he is speaking out forcefully against the kind of political smears on which McCain has increasingly based his campaign. Every thinking conservative is going to have to think again before giving McCain-Palin their vote with talk like this in the media from someone as widely respected as Powell:
