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McHypocrites

Palin Clueless

Its insane how clueless Palin is. In response to the question of what the "meeting without preconditions" argument is about.

Palin appears to answer that Obama shouldn't just casually meet without PREPARATION and without an agenda.

This is just embarrassing. Its one thing to advance McCain's argument -- i.e., that the U.S. ought to demand concessions on things like Human Rights as a "precondition" (i.e. prerequisite to get a ticket to the table). Buts its quite another to not know the argument and mistake it for a "Obama wants to sit down without PREPARING for the meeting."

Stunning.

Mavericky Socialism

h/t Jed and Daily Kos.

What does a __ Point Lead Look Like?

Some history for those poll-obsessed. McCain trails in "national" polls these days by anywhere from a point to fourteen points. A point seems close, fourteen, not so much.

Charlie Cook reminds us of where historical blow outs have landed on that point scale:

As things are going now, this election would appear to be on a track to match:

• Bill Clinton's 1992 5.6 percent margin over President George H.W. Bush,

the question is whether it gets to(:)

• Bush's 1988 7.7 percent win over Michael Dukakis or
• Clinton's 8.5 percent win over Robert Dole in 1996.

(formatting altered from original).

McCain = Socialist, or Politically Expedient #$@*&! ??

Well, Johnny "Maverick" can't get enough of calling the roll-back of the Bush tax cuts (which he opposed, originally, before he flip flopped), "socialist," ignoring the elephant in the room (e.g., the $700 billion bail out of Wall Street).

If that's not enough, here's Johnny, circa 2000 campaign. Sound a little "socialisty"??




Or, was it the sane McCain, before he sold his mavericky soul out to the devil? (psst: that's a rhetorical question).

3/4 Million on Clothes and Housekeepers is "Mavericky"

No wonder McCain-Palin don't want anyone rolling back the irresponsible Bush tax cuts (anyone see any "trickle down" from that VooDoo Economics??) and restoring tax rates on the the uber-wealthy to the Prospertity/Clinton times. If they did,

• the RNC might not be able to spend over $150,000 on Palin's clothes; and
• the McCain's might not be able to spend $273,000 on the houskeepers; and
• Cindy McCain might not be able to spend over $300,000 on her RNC speech outfit.

I bet John Edwards could still get his $300 haircuts, though.

Three quarters of a million on clothes and housekeepers is "Mavericky."
Thee hundred buck on a haircut, I guess, though, is a travesty.