10 questions for John McCain

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Saturday April 19, 2008 · 8:04 PM PDT

2008/04/19 · 20:04

Since George Stephanopoulos requests, over at PERRspectives Blog, Jon Perr has come up with a list of ten questions for Stephanopoulos to ask McCain this Sunday:

4. Given your past adultery, should Americans consider you a moral exemplar of family values?

You are the nominee of a Republican Party which claims to support so-called "family values." Yet you commenced an adulterous relationship with your current wife Cindy months before the dissolution of your previous marriage to your first wife Carol. Should Americans consider you to be a moral exemplar of family values?

You can read the other nine questions below the fold...

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Monday April 14, 2008 · 7:07 PM PDT

2008/04/14 · 19:07

Tell Air America to give Sam Seder a daily show, sign the petition here. And here's one of Seder's best moments to get you into the petition signing mood, Seder on the War on the War on Christmas:

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Sunday April 06, 2008 · 8:52 AM PDT

2008/04/06 · 08:52

This was McCain back then:

The American people want them home...

The criteria should be to bring [troops] home as rapidly as possible...

Date certain is not the criteria... the criteria ought to be immediate and rapid withdrawal...

And if we don't do that, and other Americans die or are captured because we stayed too long... then I would say that the responsibilities for that lie with the Congress of the United States...

The mission has been accomplished...

The American people do not support nation building...

The argument that some how the United States would suffer a loss to our prestige... I think is boloney.

... I tell you what can hurt our prestige... that's if we enmesh ourselves in a drawn out situations which entails loss of American lives... more debacles... with a failed mission... that then will be what will hurt our prestige...

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Wednesday October 10, 2007 · 8:53 PM PDT

2007/10/10 · 20:53

John Edwards was on PBS's "News Hour with Jim Lehrer" and, well, the man was on fire, seriously. Listening to Edwards one can easily image how his administration would be transformational. More importantly, as far as his candidacy is concerned, if Edwards is able to speak with the same clarity with which he spoke during tonight's show, his policies and vision for our country can only resonate with the general electorate.

I'll spare you further commentary and let John Edwards speak for himself (audio is available here):

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Saturday February 24, 2007 · 9:34 AM PST

2007/02/24 · 09:34

Based on mainstream media (MSM) coverage and on comments by the religious right (read republican party), one gets the sense that the Jewish public is supportive of the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq and of its other policies in that region of the world. Of course, as with anything that comes out of the right wing (read republican party) and its supporters in the MSM, the facts demonstrate a liberal bias that simply don't support the claim.

The Gallup Poll is reporting: Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War -- opposition goes beyond Jewish Americans' political affiliations.

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Sunday December 17, 2006 · 8:13 AM PST

2006/12/17 · 08:13

I trust that you'll not be shocked to learn, yet again, that there's more evidence indicating that Bush & Co. with the help of their poodle across the pond, Tony Blair, deceitfully lead their respective peoples to war.

Of course, just before the invasion of Iraq we were constantly told by Bush and Blair that Hussein posed an imminent threat against the U.S. and U.K. -- there was something about mushroom clouds -- if I recall.

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat
Remarks by the President on Iraq
Cincinnati Museum Center - Cincinnati Union Terminal
Cincinnati, Ohio
October 7, 2002

That was then, many thousands of lifetimes before today.

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Tuesday November 21, 2006 · 1:28 PM PST

2006/11/21 · 13:28

There's been a lot talk recently about reinstating the draft:

The incoming Democratic chairman (Rep. Charles Rangel) of the House Ways and Means Committee said yesterday that he will push to renew the military draft, as lawmakers in both parties sharpened their criticisms of the situation in Iraq and struggled for consensus and solutions.

Rep. Rangel explains his motivations for reinstating the draft:

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Monday November 20, 2006 · 7:06 PM PST

2006/11/20 · 19:06

Time.com has a put together a handy list debunking the top five myths of these past elections:

MYTH: Joe Lieberman's victory proves the netroots don't matter.
REALITY: The netroots had some key victories.

MYTH: Democrats won because they carefully recruited more conservative candidates.
REALITY: Democrats won because their candidates were conservative about their message.

MYTH: The losses Republicans suffered this election were no different than what you usually see in a President's sixth year in office.
REALITY: Redistricting minimized what might have been a truly historic shellacking.

MYTH: The election was all about the war.
REALITY: It's the dishonesty, stupid.

MYTH: Republicans lost their base.
REALITY: The base turned out, they just got beat.

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Sunday October 29, 2006 · 8:35 PM PST

2006/10/29 · 20:35

Republican Senator George Allen, whom until recently was considered a serious GOP presidential hopeful for the upcoming 2008 cycle, that is, until his foot-in-mouth racist stumbles got in the way (ie, referring to a young Indian-American as "Macaca," and reports of his fondness for the confederate flag and for nooses), has launched a ridiculous attack against his Democratic challenger, Jim Webb, for Virginia's Senate seat.

In George Allen's conservative bizzaro world being a writer is a liability, and a disqualification to serving in the Senate. In a recently released statement, George Allen's camp establishes that his opponent, Jim Webb, is a writer:

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 6:59 AM PDT

2006/10/12 · 06:59

Republicans are so desperate to retain control of congress that the GOP leadership, including those in the Bush administration, forced -- yes, forced -- Republican Mark Foley to run again for his safe congressional seat. Apparently Rep. Foley was ready to retire, but top Bush adviser, Karl Rove, intervened and ultimately convinced Rep. Foley to run again.

TalkingPointsMemo.com serves this bit of news from TNR.com:

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Monday October 09, 2006 · 5:28 PM PDT

2006/10/09 · 17:28

Can someone please explain to me what high level Democratic party operatives working with the 2004 Sen. Kerry presidential campaign were doing passing on insider information to the Bush-Cheney ticket?

According to Bob Woodward's STATE OF DENIAL, James Carville and Mike McCurry passed on information to the Bush-Cheney camp at a sensitive time when Sen. Kerry was deciding whether to challenge the Ohio vote.

I came across this disheartening and eye-opening bit of information via MyDD.com, where Matt Stoller writes:

Like Carville, McCurry owes an explanation to his fellow Democrats.

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Wednesday October 04, 2006 · 8:35 PM PDT

2006/10/04 · 20:35

It's important for any "opposition party" to be flexible, current, relevant, visible and vocal -- as is often remarked, "90% of success is just showing up." Over the long term, yes, "It's About Iraq, Stupid." However, at the moment, the Republican Predatorgate scandal (aka., Mark Foley preying on teenage boys) throws in sharp contrast the differences between Democrats and the scandal ridden Republicans. That's why it's important that our nascent Liberal Noise Machine continue hammering the Republican Predatorgate scandal; because it's one more nail, of many, in the coffin of corrupt Republicans.

This is an important moment. We've heard a lot about the potential electoral repercussions of Predatorgate against Republicans. In fact, our own in-house Republican, MC71, provides some anecdotal evidence illustrating the impact of this scandal on his party -- when asked when it was that he lost faith on Republicans, he wrote:

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