Plunderbund » John McCain

Something about Mark Kvamme just doesn’t add up right…

ModernEsquire — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:07:43 +0000

Today’s Dispatch article about Mark Kvamme adds a new piece to the puzzle that suggests there is something highly unusual about his interest in JobsOhio and Ohio in general, especially for a guy committed to return to his California-based venture capital firm by the end of this summer.

We know that Kvamme first worked on Kasich’s ‘00 Presidential campaign as a “Senior Internet Strategist.” We know that for years John Kasich was able to keep his oldest and closest congressional aides paid by keeping them on the payroll of his federal PAC, New Century, which did little but… keep [...]

[Flashback:] Obama was attacked in 2008 over calls for unilateral action in Pakistan to take out OBL

ModernEsquire — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:37:33 +0000

Haven’t heard a peep from John McCain today, yet, even though he was on “Face the Nation” yesterday morning tearing Obama a new one over his foreign policies.

Obama was roundly criticized by Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden when they were rivals of Obama’s during the Democratic nomination fight. Then, McCain and the Republicans attacked Obama over his willingness to go it alone and take unilateral action in Pakistan if it meant taking out Osama bin Laden.

Obama might have finally put to rest the nonsense that Democrats are “weak” on terrorism and wrong on foreign policy as [...]

“Democrats” for McCain?

Joseph — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:57:58 +0000

Walking down the alley on my way back from the Obama rally this afternoon I passed what appeared to be a U.S. Postal Service truck covered with John McCain signs.

As I got closer I saw another sign in the door of the truck: Democrats for McCain.

This guy was driving it…

Anyone recognize him?

What? Don’s Brain Is Cold??

Joseph — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:09:17 +0000

No, no, no… I said: JOHN MCCAIN IS OLD. And he can’t hear very well, either.

Tim has a post up about John McCain mishearing a series of interview questions and basically threatening to attack Spain, one of our NATO allies.

This kind of supports a theory I have which is: McCain can’t hear worth a shit. It seems pretty likely, actually, given his age.

My first clue came when I saw McCain looking down and turning his head during Palin’s speech in Dayton. He wasn’t looking at Palin’s ass, he was trying to hear her.

Again, it [...]

McCain vs The Free Market or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bob Barr

Joseph — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:25:35 +0000

I thought I was in Bizarro World yesterday when I turned on the TV and saw John McCain calling for MORE REGULATION of Wall Street in response to the news that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch was getting sold.

It sounds to me like McCain’s call for more regulation goes against one of the basic beliefs of the GOP: free markets solve all problems i.e. less regulation is better.

From this year’s Republican Party Platform:

Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace and causes the free market to take longer to correct [...]

VoteVets: John McCain Will Bring Back the Draft

Joseph — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:01:29 +0000

You want to play the ‘take things out of context’ game, bitches?

We can play that one too…

Lipstick

Amber — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:32:59 +0000

Labeling the same old Bush-McCain policies as change? Still the same old policies.

Putting lipstick on a pig? Still a pig.

I think the analogy works and the Obama campaign should not be bullied into shying away from it.

Anyone else agree?

John McCain’s NAMBLA Moment

Joseph — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:24:14 +0000

Remember Ken Blackwell’s NAMBLA-supports-my-opponent argument?

It looks like McCain is pulling a Blackwell in his new ad: accusing Barack Obama of passing legislation to teach sex ed to kindergartners…

Obviously the accusation is a lie. Obama’s bill included “‘age appropriate’ sex-education for children as a means of teaching them what was proper or inproper touching, as well as to protect them against pedophiles”. Hardly the same thing as handing out flavored condoms with their milk and cookies.

But hey- why let the truth get in the way of political attacks.

The response from the Obama campaign was [...]

McCain’s Undiagnosed Blinking Problem

Joseph — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:13:28 +0000

Normal people average about 10 blinks per minute.

In this 1 minute interview I count John McCain blinking over 90 times!

According to Wikipedia: “excessive blinking may help to indicate the onset of Tourette syndrome, strokes or disorders of the nervous system” or it maybe just be anxiety.

Do you think John McCain really wants to “welcome” Bob Barr to the race? (I wonder if he’ll invite Mr. Barr to the debates/town halls.)

I’m quite sure McCain is at least a little anxious about Barr stealing 6 points from me in the latest national polls.

Though I’m [...]

Ken Blackwell: John McCain Cares About African Americans

Joseph — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:31 +0000

This weekend I saw this piece of an interview with Ken Blackwell on CNN. In it Ken claims “John McCain is willing to stand before African American voters and say ‘I care’.”

It’s nice to see that McCain found at least one black Republican to support him.

Unfortunately, Blackwell’s claim just isn’t true. Sure, McCain may stand there and SAY he cares- but if he really did care then he wouldn’t have hired former Jesse Helms cohorts to work on his campaign.

If he REALLY cared, John McCain would dump Republican strategist Charlie Black – who “played [...]