Meghan McCain is breaking her silence following a wave of media attention over a picture she posted on Twitter Wednesday night.The revealing picture of herself in a tank top, which left little to the twitterverse’s imagination, immediately drew harsh criticism from other tweeters, prompting an upset McCain to declare of the social networking Web site, “What once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment.” continue reading...
Now that the election is over, Newsweek is at liberity to reveal all the juicy gossip it’s been saving up throughout the campaign. Here are a few nuggets: continue reading...
The majority of voters cited the economy as the key issue for them in this campaign, unsurprisingly. This information helps shed light on when, exactly, John McCain lost his chance at the White House. You’d think it would be difficult to pinpoint the exact moment (or moments, at least) when an election is lost for a candidate. Journalist and columnist Daniel Gross asks these questions about McCain and his campaign: continue reading...
We’ve been hearing Conservatives and Republicans endorsing Barack Obama left and right. In the past, I had never understood how people who vote one way their entire lives could all of a sudden change their minds and vote for the other side. This, at least, is a great way to look at things if you’re Republican but can’t bring yourself to vote for John McCain. continue reading...
It’s the third sign of the Apocalypse. Everything I’ve been conditioned to believe is crashing down around me. That’s right, folks: FOX News has said something against the Republican presidential candidate. FOX’s Neil Cavuto even calls Obama, “Senator Straight-Talk.” Cavuto’s problem with McCain is his inconsistency and shifting positions (didn’t they used to call that “flip-flopping?”). Check it out - you have to see it to believe it: continue reading...
A doctor has estimated that there is a one-in-four to one-in-five chance that John McCain, if elected, would not survive his first term as US president. The worry is that the Republican candidate would suffer a relapse of the skin cancer he once overcame. It is interesting to note, however, that the opinion of McCain’s chances of survival are directly proportional to the doctor’s political leanings - meaning, doctors giving him the best chances are Republicans, and vice versa. Read more… continue reading...
So this “GOP spending $150,000 on Palin family wardrobe” thing seems to be pretty good fodder. But it’s possible it’s more serious than that. In 2002, a Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act was passed that basically set some limits on how much parties could spend on campaigns. This reform also referred to unregulated contributions and “soft money,” being money that does not directly attribute to the election of a candidate or their campaign. The ironic thing to notice here is that this reform is the McCain-Feingold reform, as John McCain was one of its pioneers. So, it is arguable to say that McCain broke his own law. I’m no lawyer, so I can’t say whether that’s true, but check out the specifics of that reform here. continue reading...
These guys do all the work for me - Brian Williams and Chuck Todd discuss McCain-Palin interview: continue reading...
