Slow Down

There's a principal of foreign policy I'd like to try out. Let's call it the McCain Violence Advocacy Principal. The MVAP states that in any given foriegn policy situation or crisis, John McCain will advocate the maximum theoretical amount of violence. There will be no one to John McCain's right on the use of the military. So if he can advocate all-out war and 100-year occupation, in Iraq, that's what he does. If that sounds too crazy, he'll advocate a lesser state of violence, like "bombing" Iran. (It doesn't stop with one air strike, but let's not get into that). Note how no one in American politics advocates an invasion and occupation of Iran? "Airstrikes" is as far as anyone goes, and that's where John McCain goes.  Now if bombing is too crazy, the MVAP will seek out lesser measures, like "being strong" and "not backing down."

Which brings us to Libya. What's the most aggressive policy possible? A No Fly Zone. Now some may think that a No Fly Zone is something other than war, a mere defensive measure that will keep Libyans safe. SecDefense spelled this out a No Fly Zone is a war. It means bombing the crap out of Libyan air defenses before putting large number of planes overhead. Its expensive and puts a strain on our military. You know that last Country we did a No Fly Zone over? Iraq. One of the reason given for invasion was to end the costly enforcement of the No Fly Zone. A No Fly Zone is a way to back into a full war in Libiyia.

Stay away from the MVAP.

John McCain is A Sore Loser

McCain has changed his stance on ending don't ask, don't tell:

A former war hero, McCain said he would support ending the ban once the military's top brass told him they were okay with it.

"The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it because those leaders in the military are the ones we give the responsibility to," McCain told an audience of college students during the "Hardball" college tour on MSNBC.

Well guess what? That day has come. Defense Secretary and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs both declared in hearings that DADT should end. But McCain still doesn't want to change DADT. And was a real jerk about it today. So what changed? Did gay people become less able to shoot people in the last year? He didn't get it from home, cause his foxy daughter is all for gay rights (I follow her twitter). So what changed? Well, John McCain lost an election last year. He's really pissed about it. We been over this before. You want McCain to support something? Whatever you do, don't kick his ass in an election.

The Party of Anger

John McCain is pissed off. A lot of liberals fondly remember the John McCain of the 2001 to 2004 era, where he broke with Bush and conservatives on a whole host of issues, such as taxes, global warming and campaign finance reform. This wasn't born so much out of ideological conviction, but rather anger at getting beat by Bush in the 2000 primary. Eventually, McCain's need to be President won out, he forgave Bush, and became the pretty conventional conservative that got beat in 2008. And guess what? Getting beat in 2008 made John McCain pretty angry. So today McCain is going to go right, to attack the man who beat him, just like he went left to attack the man who beat him in 2000. The isn't a political leader. He's more like a bull, charge where ever the red flag leads him.

Requiem

There are certain writers that you need for certain jobs. You wouldn't want Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi to write a heartfelt remeberance or striring tribute. Taibbi's calling is pissing on the grave of someone's political career. He does his job very well in this post-scrip on the McCain campaign.

McCain the Angry

Why is McCain so pissed? Did he expect to run for President unopposed? The man has been a professional politician for over thirty years. He can't take a little criticism on his health care policy? McCain plays craps, Obama plays poker. You can see it on their faces.

And Now...

...A few words from Hayden Panettiere. Not safe for work, unless your work is a lot more fun than mine.

See more Hayden Panettiere videos at Funny or Die

Tragedy

If Bill Clinton at his worse was some sort of daytime soap opera, John McCain brought low is Goddamn tragedy - Shakespeare or maybe Greek. Noble war hero brought low by the grab for power. And everything he trys blows up. Palin crumbles up a little more each day. He can't win a debate. He trys to smear Obama as a friend of terrorists, but his own crowds turn so ugly he has to back down.

He's doing everything he needs to do, compromised every principal, sold out every ideal. And he's losing anyway.

Tragic.

What the Hell, Hero?

Just what the heck does "The Fundamentals Of Our Economy Are Strong" mean, anyway? Huge investment banks are failing. That's a pretty fundamental part of the economy going boom. If stocks go down and the banks are in good shape, then yes, the fundamentals are strong. If the investment bank that buy and sell stocks goes under, then stocks go down, the fundamentals of the economy are in trouble.

A Smear too Far

The latest McCain attack ad accuses Obama of passing legislation to teach "'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners." The horror. In reality the program was designed to help protect kids from predators, by teaching them what "bad touching" is. So McCain manages to twist protecting kids into corrupting kids. Quite an achievement in smears, eh? So how dirty do you get before you lose your honor? So fine - you want to go there? John McCain opposes protecting kids from sexual abuse. McCain would rather see your kids molested than lose an election.

Weak Game

McCain just isn't the speaking type. He can chat, banter, and smooze but the man can't give a speech. He has no rhythm, no flow. He talks over applause, he hits sentences on the wrong word. The put a green screen behind him again. Oh, and it turns out he was a POW in Vietnam.

One line stands out for me. McCain declared he was "blessed by misfortune." He thinks that the five years of being a POW was a blessing. It proved his character. It gave him a sense of self-worth. It made him a patriot. It certainly made his political career. But I fear what that would mean for his Presidency. McCain deep down doesn't believe the misfortune of war is bad. He thinks its a blessing. A chance for him and his nation to prove themselves. To show character. To be true patriots at last. McCain will bring us new wars, so that we can all be "blessed by misfortune"

Celebrity

Daddy Yankee supports John McCain. Here's Rompe:



Catchy eh? My Spanish is not the best, but that is not family friendly material right that. I am shocked, shocked that John McCain would attach himself with such a person. I think it just cost him my vote.

For the Record

I know exactly how many homes I own.

That would be none.

Maybe John McCain would give me one. He doesn't seem to be keeping track.

Too Far

Now the McCain campaign has insulted D&D players! However, the campaign has issued an apology. The nerd vote is just too important to insult like that.

Interesting

Meghan McCain, foxy daughter of you-know-who, is releasing a children's book on her father. There must be like twenty jokes I should make here, but nothing is coming to mind.

Best Bad Idea

Dick Morris pitches Joe Lieberman as McCain's VP. Oh Please, Oh Please, Oh Please. The only thing they agree on is the war. The unpopular war. Lieberman will renew all the fears that the right-wing already has about McCain. Lieberman doesn't bring any Dems with him - in 2006 he lost his primary race and won as an independent on the strength of Republican votes.

I totally support this idea.

Petty

The McCain campaign gets petty. Really petty. These are the former Bush folks taking over, bringing the art of attack and smear. Which is fine if you got a drunken legacy of candidate, but less so if you have a noble crusading reformer. Bush didn't win by fighting people's cynicism about the system. He won by confirming it. McCain has always had a noble appeal. But now he is throwing it away with little petty crap. Yes, this stuff will hurt Obama. That's never the question with negative attacks. The question always is, does it hurt McCain more. I believe it does.

Ooopppsss

McCain caught in a whopper, giving credit to the surge for things that happened before the surge began. I know the surge is magic, but come on...

Old Folks

In recent polls, the only age group that McCain beats Obama are folks over the age of 65. Which keeps things competitive, cause old folks vote a lot. The solution: have John McCain say lots of bad things about Social Security.

Ding.

A Rule of Funny

I'm going to devise a rule of funny. The funniness of a joke about going to war with a Country lies in inverse to the probability of going to war with that County. We can joke about invading Canada, but not Mexico. We can joke about going to war with India. People in Pakistan do not make jokes about going to war with India. So when John McCain makes jokes about going to war with Iran and the official policy of John McCain is to go to war with Iran, it is the very essence of unfunny.

Website of the Day

Get drunk and vote 4 Mccain

A message I can get behind 50%.

VIA.