There once was a Repuke spouting doom
Who took two lobbyists to his room
They spent the whole night
Arguing who had the right
To do what, with which, and to whom

Posted at July 18, 2008 7:20 PM in response to So, Which Limerick Is Best?

Well, gee, I guess I have to fess up and admit that I too qualify as a senior. McCain is five years older than I am. I'm a writer. Lately, I notice that I leave words out, mostly articles. Watching him, I agree that he seems to be losing it, on the edge of senile dementia. Yet we are prohibited by unwritten rules of civility from mentioning it. But hey, this man is running for President. We've had to put up with a President of questionable intellect who has managed to run the country into a ditch, embarrassing us all in the process. Are we to elect one who shows clear signs of losing it? Yet if we dare mention it, he gets the sympathy vote. Lose, lose. Talk about a rock and a hard place. Can there not be a way of drawing public attention to his repeated inconsistencies and memory failures so people get the picture without being whacked over the noggin?

Posted at July 13, 2008 6:21 AM in response to The bottom line on McCain

The definition of "patriot" is what annoys me. How defecating on the country, violating the constitution, trashing the economy, advocating torture, and lying to the public on a matter of war among other outrages is in any way "patriotic" is beyond me. It has sullied the definition of patriot.

Posted at July 12, 2008 6:20 PM in response to Donating to Obama IS NOT ABOUT Obama

McCain is not accused of flip-flopping because he's mangled the facts and changed his mind so often that it's no longer news. We are not allowed to say address the possibility that he is suffering from early stages of senile dementia. Rather than lay themselves open to being crass and uncivilized about his age, the media are hoping that in following the news, most people will understand the untoward truth. Some might. Most probably won't. He's not flip-flopping, he's simply lost it.

Posted at July 12, 2008 7:56 AM in response to What's wrong with "flip-flopping"?

Exactly, bdh. In the end it's character that matters It's all those intangibles of body language, sincerity, and a perception of somebody who actually gives a damn about serving the public. People are not scoring this like a debate at the Oxford Union. Who on earth would vote for John McCain if they saw him in Louisiana using a fake grin to urge a nearly empty room to applaud him? Have a guy like that for President? Please.

Posted at July 12, 2008 7:44 AM in response to Death to Osama, Obama's a Genius

You forgot the Obama is smarter than all get-out and most voters are stupes-who-need-to-be-told-what-to-think problem.

Posted at July 12, 2008 7:36 AM in response to The Problem with Obama

Someone points out why your post is dumb, so you claim it's "telegraphed sarcasm." Right. It was no such thing. It was stupid.

Posted at July 12, 2008 7:31 AM in response to Obama is no better than McCain

Well, put. What he is trying to do is win the frigging election.

Posted at July 10, 2008 7:44 AM in response to A Question on Trolls

Alex39, those with "core beliefs" are people who need dogma so they know how to think. Take away their dogma and they vanish, cease to exist. The rest of us loopies inhabit some kind of amusing zoo.

Posted at July 10, 2008 7:39 AM in response to A Question on Trolls

Good point, Observer 2. But I think there is something going on beneath the Manichean imagination. It is those overt authoritarians and their followers who want everything to be orderly and predictable, generally lovers of cops and soldiers, and those of us who are able to tolerate the messiness and ambiguities of democracy. They're the ones who want a "strong" president, and they're largely indifferent to constitutional protections for those of us who disagree with them.

Posted at July 10, 2008 7:34 AM in response to The Left's Attacks Against Obama: Borne of an Ignorance of Organizational Change