Tag: john mccain

• OPW: Mo Udall and John McCain

  April 10th, 2008

  This story seemed an apt and serendipitous follow-on to my post of yesterday, so here it is in today’s “Other People’s Words.” This is an excerpt recently shared by Slate, which they saw as a rather illustrative portrait of John McCain. It comes from from a decade-old article by Michael Lewis in the New York […]

• Review: Raining McCain

  March 24th, 2008

  In her 1964 essay–if one can call an enumerated list an essay–“Notes on ‘Camp,’” Susan Sontag delineated what she called the Camp style. Though nearly every example she gives is obscure to me, the essential traits of camp are clear: it’s exaggerated, it’s methods overwhelm its message, and it thereby becomes a parody of itself. […]

• About Super Tuesday

  February 6th, 2008

  Josh Thompson Let’s recap: A lot of people in a lot of states participated in presidential nominating contests yesterday. Though no one expected Huckabee to win anything, he did. And no one expected that McCain would be derailed; he was not. No one expected that the Democratic race would have a decisive conclusion; it does […]

• Savage Politics

  January 23rd, 2008

  Marc Nozell (cc) I admit it. I was wrong. I don’t like it. I don’t like this whole mess one bit. This presidential campaign has already disappointed me. A lot. Last time I addressed the presidential nomination process, I called it “exhilarating.” And though I did hesitate to use the word at the time, I […]

• Moderating the “Undocumented” Issue

  January 16th, 2008

  corazón girl They have a lot of names. Invaders. Spics. Terrorists. Wetbacks. Identity thieves. Less harshly, illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants. Undocumented workers. They have been, over the last few years, one of America’s most important political flashpoints. Derided by some as simple lawbreakers who deserve no rights or preference. Praised by others as hardworking immigrants […]

• The Nuclear Dilemma

  December 12th, 2007

  I’m rather certain that my favorite Republican presidential candidate during the 2000 election cycle was John McCain. I’m also rather certain that he’s my favorite this time too. It’s not that he’s perfect. Far from it. I’m well aware that he’s got flaws, and I’ve certainly taken issue with some of the things he’s said. […]

• How John McCain Would Lose the “War on Terror”

  August 22nd, 2007

  John McCain was on Charlie Rose this Monday (video here). On the program, he cogently explained what, if implemented, would surely be one of the best ways to lose the so-called “War on Terror.” What McCain said was not so bad as the “all Muslims are evil” statements Americans still hear. His statement was rather […]