Rolling Stone’s Matt Tabbi is back with another clinic on writing. This time, his subject is Karl Rove and all things Rovian. The title to the article is “The Return of Rove: John McCain has Surrendered His Campaign to the Same Political Fearmonger Who Smeared Him Out of the Race in 2000.
Here’s the money paragraph:
The [...]
Sam Donaldson recently argued that the problem with 72-year old John McCain (referring to McCain’s confusion and his erratic unfocused ways) is due to his “age.” I vehemently disagree with Donaldson (who, at 74, is two years older than McCain). Blaming mental incoherence on “age” is a form of bigotry. [...]
Remember, John McCain is the “maverick.”
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via Andrew Sullivan’s newly redesigned Daily Dish.
I’ve read several accounts of McCain’s cozy relationship with Charles Keating. And here we are now, deja vu.
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Here’s SNL’s recent skit concerning John McCain’s wave of dishonest campaign ads:
If Karl Rove ran the Democrat’s campaign, his ads aimed at John McCain would look something like this:
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I spotted this ad at Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish.
The TPM video that appears below introduces John McCain, admittedly not at his public-speaking best. The main question is not whether McCain misspeaks, however. Many highly competent people lack polished public speaking skills. Even though they often stumble while speaking, though, highly competent people ultimately display their high degree of competence. [...]
John McCain is…
1.) Ignorant on the economy. And see here.
2.) Ignorant on foreign policy. And see here.
3.) Ignorant on birth control.
4.) Ignorant of the truth. And see here and here.
5.) Ignorant of what’s important to [...]
