Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In my last post, I discussed how Republicans since Lee Atwater and Ronald Reagan have fore-sworn the overt form of racism which lasted well into the 1970s in favor of a more subtle form of racism which speaks in coded language. (This has its roots in the "Southern Strategy" first adopted by … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Geez! I go out of town on business for a few days and the McCain campaign decides to go bat sh*t crazy. How about a heads-up next time, boys? When last I examined the McCain campaign’s in-house swiftboat attacks on Barack Obama, I briefly touched upon the Paris Hilton and Britney Spears … Read more
by David Safier Maybe the McCain Ranch idea is catching on. Kos noted it in his Midday open thread. “Was McCain really trying to pretend he has a ranch?” he asks and links to an article in The Washington Independent, McCain’s Cowboy Persona. The writer, John Dougherty, once worked for the Phoenix New Times and … Read more
by David Safier When George Stephanopolous sat down with McCain for an interview at his ranch, the scenes at left are what they wanted you to see. But my intrepid photographer hid behind a boar’s head at the side of the room. (The boar was threatening John’s cattle, he had no choice but to shoot … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Neoconservative Randy Scheunemann serves as John McCain’s chief foreign policy aide and spokesman. "Not only does he have McCain’s ear, he also has a track record of being consistently wrong on the major foreign policy question of the day – Iraq. Of all the hawkish Washington foreign-policy types pushing both before and … Read more