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While Obama was fighting off implications that the unsought endorsement of Farrakhan somehow reflected poorly on him (despite repeated and clear denunciations and repudiations of Farrakhan and his past statements), John McCain was actively courting the endorsement of a right-wing pastor with equally disturbing views.
Hagee has offered some highly provocative views on a variety of […]

LOL. This is great:
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(ht woods tweet)

This is a Plunderbund exclusive. A reader sent us the transcript of a short conference call with John McCain and top wingnut radio personalities ahead of his appearance at a Conservative Political Action Committee meeting:
McCain: Don’t hit me anymore…Oh God, I pray to God you don’t hit me anymore. I’ll do anything you say, […]

BOSTON - A 30-year-old man who worked as a press spokesman for John McCain has been arrested for allegedly punching his girlfriend, breaking one of her ribs.
The worst part about it was that Romney fired the same dude for beating on the same girl back in 2003:
According to court records, Flynn also was arrested in […]

Joseph has pointed out in the past that John McCain is extraordinarily old for a presidential candidate. Apparently high school kids in New Hampshire noticed this as well.
“If elected, you’d be older than Ronald Reagan, making you the oldest president. Do you ever worry you might die in office or get Alzheimer’s or some […]

No comment needed except… 1) Wow! and 2) It will be interesting to see how this story will play out alongside the presidential primary election cycle. Surely there will be a hailstorm of commentary on that over the next few days.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage and ordered the county recorder to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Less than two hours after word of the ruling was publicized, two Des Moines men applied at the Polk County recorder’s office for a marriage license, and for the first time the application was accepted. The process of granting a license to marry in Iowa takes three days.

Now this is a man who doesn’t mess around: he’s fired his campaign manager before he’s actually entered the race for President. From the mailbag…
Out before he’s in? The Politico reports that Fred Thompson has fired his campaign manager before launching his campaign: Though he has not yet even declared he is running […]

Wow:
And then the county chairman for Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign, Chad Workman, made an unexpected digression: He took direct aim at Mitt Romney’s religion, according to four people at the meeting.
Workman questioned whether Mormons were Christians, discussed an article alleging that the Mormon Church helps fund Hamas, and likened the Mormons’ treatment of women […]

Columbia, SC—A 20 ft. mobile billboard will circle the University of South Carolina’s GOP Presidential debate with the words, “Republicans, Mission Accomplished?” and “McCain, Mission Accomplished?” The billboard, sponsored by the Americans Against Escalation in Iraq coalition and the South Carolina Young Democrats will be unveiled at a press conference earlier that day.
Crazy kids. […]

One of the big storylines out of the Republican debate was how everyone (and I do mean everyone) was trying to stake a claim to Reagan’s legacy.
Ten Republican presidential candidates wanting to replace
President Bush embraced a more popular president, conservative icon
Ronald Reagan, at every turn in their first debate of the 2008 race.
“Ronald Reagan was […]

Hmmm…wonder where all the talk of “mission creep” has gone? It is amazing to see the arguments used then and now and how dramatically they change given who is in the White House. (ht www.noiraqescalation.org)
McCain argues for troop withdrawal from Haiti:

McCain argues for troop withdrawal from Somalia:

Background and much, much more after the […]

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Most recent McCain gaffes (he should go pro) have him singing a song about dropping bombs on Iran and joking about giving Jon Stewart an IED as a gift from his shopping spree in Iraq. In case you’ve been sleeping in a cave for the last few years, an IED is an “improvised explosive […]

Part 2 after the break…

TDS takes a look at the Republican frontrunners for President (McCain, Giuliani, and Romney):

Gotta love Rudy’s classic (er, creepy) cross-dressing bit.