All Posts Tagged With: "john mccain"
Sealing the Deal By Jim Camp
As someone who trains people in the art of successful negotiating, I had some professional reservations about the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate. It wasn’t that I knew anything more about her than anyone else, but I knew that the first image she created in the voter’s mind and the time remaining in the campaign were going to be essential factors if they were to succeed.
A Speech John McCain Should Give By Jerry Snead
My fellow Americans I would personally like to address you with my personal opinions and goals for America. I certainly am not a smooth and Harvard trained lawyer type speaker. I have never professed to be someone other than a life long dedicated true American who has always had my country’s well being in mind. I would love to tell you who I am by telling American who I have never been nor ever will be.
Ruining America By Alan Caruba
George Washington warned against “factions” by which he meant political parties, but even in the earliest days of the new republic, the most natural of human inclinations was to band together with like-minded people to elect one’s preferred candidate to office.
Presidential Character By Editor
“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” —Samuel Adams
In his Inaugural Address on 20 January, 1961, President John F. Kennedy closed his remarks with these famous words: “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
Negotiator-in-Chief By Jim Camp
In a negotiation, your job is not to be liked. It is to be respected and effective. In a political debate, your job is to be both liked and respected. That changes the dynamics of negotiation as it should be practiced and the third debate between the presidential candidates was an excellent opportunity to assess their ability to negotiate.
About that 14 Point Obama Lead By John Kakistos Lillpop
According to a recent poll conducted by CBS and the New York Times, Barack Obama has opened a commanding 14-point leader over John McCain. That news is sure to deflate Republicans while spreading great joy among Democrats.
However, before cracking open an expensive bottle of champagne to celebrate a Democrat victory, or alternatively, before buying a cheap revolver with which to escape a certain outbreak of Obamamania, please remember that polls are not always what they appear to be.
McCain supports Obama? What? By J.D. Longstreet
Yep! By all accounts that is exactly what happened. It happened on Friday of last week at a town hall style gathering when McCain tried to calm a man concerned about raising his child with Obama as President. McCain is reported to have said that Barack Obama “… is a “decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States.” It was at about this point in the McCain Campaign when the McCain train went completely off the rails it was only partially on up to that point.
A Savage prediction for McCain By Dr. Ellis Washington
As we approach the November elections, I – like many conservatives – am in a state of impending angst. I am convinced during these perilous times that without the Bible, WorldNetDaily and the Michael Savage radio show to comfort me, I would be certifiable for the asylum by now.
Why I Believe McCain Will Lose By J.D. Longstreet
Conservative voters have been loath to support the McCain ticket. Without the support of conservatives a GOP candidate can forget victory in a Presidential campaign. Without that conservative support there is no “fire” in the campaign. The fighting spirit, which rests almost entirely with conservatives on the right, simply is not there. You cannot have missed the lack of zest and zeal in the McCain Campaign. You don’t see it because… it isn’t there.
Triangulation at Talking Points Memo By Nicholas Stix
M.J. Rosenberg, a socialist blogger at Talking Points Memo, has all the intellectual integrity of the characters at Media Matters.*
In “First George Will, Now Krauthammer: Obama Is The Better Candidate. Brooks Lies,” Rosenberg suggests that neocon Charles Krauthammer has switched sides to Obama/Dunham/Soetoro:
The Ethanol Election Issue By Alan Caruba
The issue of the nation’s financial and economic security is likely to dominate the November 4 election. Earlier in the campaign cycle we might have assumed that foreign affairs and energy would be uppermost on the minds of voters, but we’re told that, ultimately, voters vote their pocketbooks.
Days such as these: Wall Street uncertainties By Marie Jon
Our people in Congress who contributed to the Wall Street uncertainties must take their share of the blame. They have been exposed by new media pundits and conservative talk radio. The old drive-by-media will not be able to spin the culprits out of this problem. American voters have sufficient time to learn the truth before Election Day.
Whoopi Goldberg and the Slavery Question By John Kakistos Lillpop
Goldberg’s question was obviously a loaded attempt to either stump McCain or force him into saying something politically incorrect.
Election Assumptions and Expectations By Jim Camp
We are all the sum of our experiences and much of the process by which we make judgments about others is the result of learning something about their lives and experiences. This is particularly true of the political campaigns for the presidency of the United States.
We want to “know” the candidate before we vote for him. The campaign makes significant efforts to provide a believable biography of their candidate. Part of my biography was my service in Vietnam. The same war saw Sen. John McCain’s physical strength, mental toughness and character tested through five years of imprisonment.
Sarah Palin Causes Panic Attacks Among Distraught Liberals! By John Kakistos Lillpop
To put the Sarah Palin “crisis” into proper perspective, one must begin by ignoring the mindless drivel originating with overly distraught liberals and their water toting pixies in the mainstream media.
Liberals, you see, are in the throes of suicidal desperation, driven by escalating (but justified!) self-hatred, as they slowly awaken to the realization that Team Obama has hijacked the “big tent” party into one of blatant sexism.
McCain Nixes Old White Boys, Goes for Real Change in Sarah Palin! By John Kakistos Lillpop
With All Those Homes, Perhaps McCain Should Rescue Obama’s Brother? By John Kakistos Lillpop
McCain and Romney, now that’s the ticket By Marie Jon
We will soon know who the Democrat and Republican vice-presidential candidates will be. Who will Sen. John McCain pick to stand beside him? Although to some it is doubtful, will Mitt Romney be his choice?
21Aug2008 | Marie Jon | 0 comments | ContinuedJohn McCain, Illegal Aliens, and God By John Kakistos Lillpop
From his bag of tricks for converting right-thinking conservatives into Republican leftists, John McCain has injected God, love, and compassion into the non-stop wrangling about amnesty for as many as 38 million illegal aliens.
20Aug2008 | John Kakistos Lillpop | 0 comments | ContinuedMcCain Comment “Alarms” Conservatives? By John Kakistos Lillpop
So, John McCain might pick a running mate that supports abortion rights?
The stunning thing is not McCain’s non-conservative position; rather, it is that some conservatives were actually “alarmed” by his exit, stage left.
19Aug2008 | John Kakistos Lillpop | 0 comments | ContinuedCivility at Saddleback By David M. Huntwork
I watched a good portion the Saddleback Civil Forum on Saturday evening. It was a decent showing for both candidates but McCain probably did the best in what was viewed by many conservatives as a possible ambush by a pro-Obama evangelical pastor at a forum conceived by a variety of ideologically questionable characters. Instead, McCain really fumbled only once and came across as a decisive, determined, focused, relaxed, and informed man of integrity.
18Aug2008 | David M. Huntwork | 0 comments | ContinuedObama World Tour Results in HUGE Bump–for McCain! By John Kakistos Lillpop
For some time now, it has been apparent that Barack Obama is too inexperienced to manage the world’s only superpower nation. In addition, it is now abundantly clear that he is completely unqualified to run a political campaign.
5Aug2008 | John Kakistos Lillpop | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy the New York Times Rejected John McCain’s Op-Ed By John Kakistos Lillpop
Just what is it with Op-Ed editor David Shipley at the New York Times?
How can an objective editor at a major metropolitan newspaper reject an Op-Ed submitted by the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party? Especially since the NYT recently published a piece by McCain’s Democrat opponent?
22Jul2008 | John Kakistos Lillpop | 0 comments | ContinuedTaking On a John McCain Supporter By John Kakistos Lillpop
A John McCain supporter recently challenged my criticism of the candidate’s position on amnesty and posed the following question, in part:
Are we going to insist on a strict application of the law? Are we going to increase government spending and expand police powers to root out people who have done what immigrants have done for [...]
Surge” Needed at Mexican Border! By John Kakistos Lillpop
Those who favor amnesty for the 12-38 million illegal aliens currently in the United States have fashioned a new plea for sympathy that goes something like this:
Let’s make illegal aliens LEGAL, so they will no longer have to live in the “shadows.”
Political “leaders” like Barack Obama and John McCain are actually trying to sell amnesty [...]
John McCain: You’re No Teddy Roosevelt! By John Kakistos Lillpop
In a recent interview with the New York Times, John McCain was asked to name the individual he would cite as a “model” conservative.
That would be Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, or perhaps even George W. Bush, right?
The answer: None of the above.
In fact, McCain said the following about his own political leanings: “I count myself [...]
Urgent Plea to John McCain Concerning Illegal Aliens By John Kakistos Lillpop
Dear Senator McCain:
Over the past several months, you have campaigned vigorously for the so-called Hispanic vote. Regrettably, that means that you continue to favor a path to citizenship (amnesty) for millions of illegal aliens.
In meeting with La Raza, going behind closed doors with Hispanic leaders in Chicago, and by visiting Columbia and Mexico, you have [...]
John McCain: Bold-Faced Liar or Dementia Victim? By John Kakistos Lillpop
After his ill-begotten conspiracy with Ted Kennedy to ram amnesty down the throats of the American people failed miserably last summer, John McCain claims to have had a spiritual awakening.
Campaigning in South Carolina, McCain said, “”I got the message. We will secure the borders first and then go on to other issues.”
MSNBC
Granted, seven months is [...]
29Jun2008 | John Kakistos Lillpop | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy Can’t McCain Say “Oil”? By Alan Caruba
While grabbing a bite to eat for lunch, I turned on the television and MSNBC was broadcasting live a presentation John McCain was making somewhere. He does well in these relatively unscripted events, but when he got to the topic of the price of gasoline and how to reduce current and future pain at the [...]
11Jun2008 | Alan Caruba | 0 comments | ContinuedThe McCain Plan for Punishing Exorbitant Initiative and Success By John Kakistos Lillpop
Despite 18 months of Democrat majorities in both chambers of the US Congress, America is still the land of opportunity, where one’s horizons are limited only by one’s ability to dream and produce.
Concepts like free markets and free enterprise are the incubators of creativity and innovation, which have made America the most prosperous society in [...]
McCain-Clinton? By John Kakistos Lillpop
(Satire)
One of my favorite editors chided me over a recent column titled “Celebrating the Death of Inevitability,” written to gloat, in a chortling, disrespectful and mean-spirited way, over the demise of Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton.
AKA, Hildabeast, and AKA, the Queen of Inevitability.
Hillary, this astute editor suggested, might not be politically dead after all, particularly were [...]
John McCain Would Like to See Man on Mars! By John Kakistos Lillpop
(Satire)
Speaking of fairy tales in this the most fanciful presidential campaign ever, John McCain, alleged Republican, has decided that America needs a presence on the Red Planet.
At a recent town hall event in Florida, he said the following:
“I am intrigued by a man on Mars and I think that it would excite the [...]
John McCain, Illegal Aliens, and God By John Kakistos Lillpop
From his bag of tricks for converting right-thinking conservatives into Republican leftists, John McCain has injected God, love, and compassion into the non-stop wrangling about amnesty for as many as 38 million illegal aliens.
During a recent debate in St. Petersburg, Florida, McCain said the following, in part:
“We need to sit down as Americans and recognize [...]
John McCain Campaigns Against Law and Order By John Kakistos Lillpop
So-called conservative John McCain has apparently decided that the GOP presidential nomination has been safely tucked away in his treasure chest, so he can now move on to the larger objective: Namely, transforming the sole super power in the world into a third-world cesspool by granting amnesty to 38 million illegal aliens.
Speaking at a roundtable [...]
Beware Liberals in Republican Clothing By John Kakistos Lillpop
Dooms day prognosticators are warning of dire circumstances should Americans elect either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, or any combination thereof.
John McCain, we are warned, is our only hope.
There are those, including this conservative writer, who disagree most vehemently with the last part of that alleged conventional wisdom. For example, [...]
The Strong Horse and the Weak Horse: America and the Fall of the Roman Empire By Guest
By Roger W. Gardner (Cross posted from Radar Site)
“When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.”
Osama bin Laden
“Yes, there have been appeasers in the past, and the president is exactly right, and one of them is Neville Chamberlain. I believe that it’s not an accident [...]
When Candidates are Dangerously Wrong By Alan Caruba
Americans have painted themselves into the corner on energy and the two presumptive candidates for President are ready to finish off the nation with the worst possible “solutions.”
Sen. Barack Obama is talking of “windfall profits” taxes on the oil companies, thus threatening to take away the money they need to invest in exploration, extraction, refining [...]
Open Letter to John McCain: Does Rule of Law Still Mean Anything in America? By John Kakistos Lillpop
May 10, 2008
Senator John McCain
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator McCain:
As one who was born in America to parents here legally, I am extremely proud to be a citizen of the greatest nation in the world. For all her warts and shortcomings, America is still the most spectacular success story in recorded human history.
Because of my [...]
John McCain Does Not Deserve Support from Conservatives By John Kakistos Lillpop
In this the winter of political muckraking and dirty tricks, when candidates play foot loose and fancy free with the truth, one fact remains irrefutable:
John McCain is one of the most courageous Americans to have ever donned the uniform of the United States military. Put simply, the man is a national hero who deserves the [...]
Why Does John McCain Hate the Rule of Law? By John Kakistos Lillpop
John McCain still does not get it on illegal aliens. In fact, he is not even close.Rather than accepting the will of the people and committing to the rule of law, McCain continues his obstinate fight on behalf of illegal aliens, at the expense of the American people. McCain’s pandering to illegals hit a new [...]
21Mar2008 | John Kakistos Lillpop | 0 comments | ContinuedJohn McCain for President–of Panama! By John Kakistos Lillpop
The riddle involving John McCain’s disdain for American citizens in favor of illegal aliens has finally been answered. Sort of answered, that is.
As it turns out, McCain was not born in the contiguous 48 states (the number of states way back when he was hatched) after all. He was, in fact, born in the Panama [...]
1Mar2008 | John Kakistos Lillpop | 0 comments | Continued
