The Middle Class First

The Middle Class First. Not the Red State Middle Class. Not the Blue State Middle Class. Not the Republican middle Class. Not the Democrat Middle Class. Not the Conservative Middle Class. Not the Liberal Middle Class. Not the Right Wing Middle Class. Not the Left Wing Middle Class. Not the Christian middle Class. Not the Muslim Middle Class. Not the …

Republicans And Military Men On John McCain

“McCain will make Cheney look like Ghandi” -Pat Buchanan. “There’s a lotta people who lie and get away with it. And that’s just a fact.” -Donald Rumsfeld

Updates To Some Recent Posts

McSame’s Mock Obama Strategy Under the direction of John McSame‘s new Rovian campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt, the attacks against Obama’s character have become so vituperative that even long-time McSame supporters like Mike Murphy and Mike Weaver are crying foul, (or at least, lame). Not only because they are damaging his brand as someone who eschews personal attacks, but because he …

Olbermann Boots Milbank

Dana Milbank, in drag BREAKING: After WAPO reporter Dana Milbank, formerly a Keith Olbermann Countdown regular, refused to explain why he had taken Barak Obama‘s “symbol” comments out of context (which set off a firestorm of controversy last week), Olbermann announced today that, WRT his show, Dana is history. (Minutes later, Milbank shows up on CNN‘s Campbell Brown‘s show, Olbermann’s …

The Surge Is Not A Success

Urban renewal project in beautiful downtown Baghdad Chris Matthews‘ substitute host, McCain enthusiast Mike Barnicle, reacted incredulously Wednesday to a comment by Iraq war vet Jon Soltz, co-founder and chairman of VoteVets.org, that the so-called “surge” has not been a success.  Pressed by Barnicle, who reflects the corporatist media’s official narrative of the surge, Soltz made a number of arguments: …

McCain Is A Racist

DOUG THOMPSON: John McCain, a member of the House of Representatives in the mid-1980s, often held court at a table near the bar at Bullfeathers, a popular Capitol Hill watering hole, telling jokes and matching hangers-on drink by drink. As a Capitol Hill chief of staff, I often drank at Bullfeathers and was invited to join the throng at McCain’s …

Arrogant Presumptuous* Traitorous Muslim Metrosexual

Traitorous Muslim Metrosexual— That’s how the right-wing meme machine is trying to define Barack Hussein Obama these days. . .