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FOX declares McCain campaign dead, consigns them to the racist scrap heap of history

Posted on 2008.10.24 by Bonesparkle 21 comments

Wow. Didn’t see this coming. Yesterday: FOX News VP John Moody said that “If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.” Today: Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story. There you have it, in black and white (as it were). But still, McCain? Race-baiting? I declare, I

McCain vs. McCain: the Straight-Talk Express jumps the tracks

Posted on 2008.05.19 by winterSmith 4 comments

Four years ago GOP partisans couldn’t say hello without working the term “flip-flop” in somehow. This year? Not so much. Wonder why?

The truth about “straight talk”

Posted on 2008.05.06 by Bonesparkle 7 comments

Q: How can you tell when politicians are lying? A: When they say they aren’t. As we wade deeper into the silly swamp that is Electoral Trainwreck ’08 I realize that most nights I wind up giggling myself to sleep. My old friend Disraeli famously observed that people tend to get the government they deserve, and as I’ve noted before,