There’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more

For all the controversy Sen. John McCain and his supporters have tried to drum up about Sen. Barack Obama’s supposed socialist ideas when it comes to taxes, Sen. McCain himself has his own dirty little secret: he’s supported tax plans that tax the wealthy so the middle class can have tax relief (aka “spreading the [...]

Palin broke the law, plain and simple

Here’s the spin Gov. Sarah Palin is putting on the recently released results of the Troopergate report (emphasis mine):

Palin: Let me talk a little bit about the Tasergate issue if you guys would let me and, Meg, you want me to just jump right on in there?

Stapleton: Sure governor, go ahead.

Palin: [...]

Teflon McCain

Earlier today, Jay Weber, local right-wing squawker, posted a list over at Right View Wisconsin of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s associations and gaffes that Weber feels have been overlooked by the mainstream media. Curiously enough, Weber didn’t a post a similar list for Republican presidential nominee John McCain, so I’ve done Jay Weber’s work [...]

The Make-Believe Maverick

Take a few minutes and surf over to Rolling Stone to read Make-Believe Maverick, a piece that utterly explodes the myth of John McCain as a maverick.

H/T to John over at Sprawled Out.

McCain: “Is Bin Laden really a bad guy?”

Sen. John McCain’s the candidate of “leadership and experience,” right? If that’s the case, what does Sen. McCain’s comments about Osama Bin Laden say about his leadership?

MJ: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now, with people [...]

Job losses mount

I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the current state of our nation’s economy, and while I’d love to talk about some good news, there just isn’t much to report.

The Labor Department released September’s unemployment numbers, and the numbers weren’t good. While the unemployment rate held steady at 6.1 percent, employers cut 159,000 [...]

Another Day, Another McCain Flip-Flop

This time, Republican Sen. John McCain has flip-flopped on deregulation of the banking and lending industries. While out on the campaign trail last week, Sen. McCain responded to the turmoil on Wall Street by saying, “We need strong and effective regulation.” Sounds like a pretty straightforward statement, but McCain’s rhetoric last week simply doesn’t mesh [...]

Sarah Palin, Oil Expert

Yeah right.

Take a listen to this video and tell me if you think she sounds like anything close to an expert on oil:

Now shouldn’t someone who’s going to be a heartbeat away from the presidency and who’s been touted as a so-called “leading expert on energy issues” be a little more articulate [...]

Another Day, Another Bailout

Only this time it’s not Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; it’s AIG, one of the world’s largest insurance companies. Total cost to American taxpayers? Up to 85 billion dollars.

And let’s not forget this latest government-funded bailout comes fresh on the heels of a horrific start to the week that saw the Dow lose nearly [...]

Would You Trust This Man?

Take a good long look at this picture:

Does that look like a man you can trust?

Personally, that doesn’t look like someone I’d trust but apparently Republican presidential nominee John McCain disagrees, as he trusted a story first reported by Carl Cameron of Faux News, who alleged that Democrats threw away thousands of [...]