I don't often watch Larry King, but I happened to catch a portion of his show this evening, and I'm glad I did.
While Sarah Palin runs around the country questioning Barack Obama's limited contact with Bill Ayers, the Palin family would prefer that voters forego any scrutiny of their anti-American pals.
Look, anyone that thinks John McCain understands the troubles of the middle class needs a reality check.
As we move closer to the election, I've witnessed a phenomena that has only recently begun to make sense to me (by the fact that it doesn't make sense).
There are times when I'm sure the United States won't survive the remaining days until we elect our next president.
Recent Republican campaign events seem to suggest that the GOP has decided to relegate the heavy lifting to the likes of Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin.
During last evenings debate, John McCain took pains to suggest that he'd be a "steady hand on the tiller".
It's easy to get lost in the rampant rhetoric of elections. All too often we forget what the stakes are and just how important it is to vote.
It's easy to get lost in the rampant rhetoric of elections. All too often we forget what the stakes are and just how important it is to vote.
It seems to me that a significant question will emerge in the aftermath of the 2008 election. The crux of that question has been framed by the inflammatory rhetoric of the McCain-Palin campaign in recent days.
Keith Olbermann wasted no time in responding to Sarah Palin's latest stump schtick. According to Palin, she's decided that it's "time to put on the heels and take off the gloves" in her efforts to sully Barack Obama.
When John McCain backed out of his appearance on The Late Show to rush back to Washington DC to save the country, David Letterman wasn't too happy.
If affectations were authenticity, Sarah Palin's debate performance would have been Oscar worthy. If flirtations were facts, Sarah Palin could transform ennui into an astute entry in the encyclopedia.
In recent days, a number of parallel thoughts have led me to perpendicular roadblocks. Generally speaking, I'm struggling to identify the means to unmask the many misdirections being put forth in order to distract us from reality.
We're in uncharted waters with a leaky boat and a storm on the horizon...but the GOP wants us to know that Nancy Pelosi is a mean spirited partisan.
Best as I can tell, John McCain and the term "maverick" is simply another way of describing the "cowboy diplomacy" we've endured for nearly eight years under George W.
It's difficult to discern the logic behind the latest political stunt by John McCain. Yes, it may well have been a worthwhile gamble given all of the circumstances, but it also indicates a questionable propensity to engage in reckless.
In the following video, The Onion has a little fun with John McCain's marriage to a wealthy beer heiress.
The more I see and hear about the bail out of Wall Street, the more I oppose it. Here's the issue. Taxpayers are being asked to ante up for the good of the nation.
John McCain promises to bring change to Washington. Unfortunately, the change he offers is little more than a change in his positions in the hopes of achieving political advantage.