PAUL RANTS

Posted by Paul at September 16th, 2008

If you believe what the front page of the New York Times reports about John McCain’s campaign and Sarah Palin’s record, and you make less than $250,000 a year, it’s pretty clear who to vote for in November.

Sarah Palin can’t be bothered to give a news conference, even though she could be president in four months..! She did let out that she wants Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO, which means our troops must defend them if they’re invaded by Russia.

Otherwise, McCain/Palin are right in lock step with Bush/Cheney, only slightly more reckless. McCain could conceivably invade Iran unilaterally, to the continued delight of the Bush/Cheney oil/war contracting lobby and the Palin End of Days contingent.

Now Bush follows Barack Obama’s advice to have high level talks with Iran and pressure Pakistan for harboring Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Yet from McCain we hear the tired line that Iraq is a “fight” we must “win”, not an occupation we must wrap up.

It’s time for something new. For strength and resolve without recklessness. For new approaches to energy and the economy. For less profiteering and cronyism. For a real war on terror.

The way is clear.

Posted by Paul at September 10th, 2008

From McCain’s new attack ad:

Education Week says Obama “hasn’t made a significant mark on education”.

That he’s “elusive” on accountability.

A “staunch defender of the existing public school monopoly”.

Obama’s one accomplishment?

Legislation to teach “comprehensive sex education” to kindergartners.

Learning about sex before learning to read?

Barack Obama.

Wrong on education. Wrong for your family.

To twist a sincere attempt to protect young kids from predators into “learning about sex” — as if Obama wanted to teach 5 year olds the same information highschoolers might learn — is not only despicable, it speaks to the utter lack of new ideas McCain has to offer the nation. All he has are baseless attacks designed to impress the Evangelical far right. I thought McCain had integrity, and wanted to run an honorable campaign. Isn’t that what he’s all about? Unless he has a real contender, of course — then his integrity and judgment goes out the window. See his VP pick for more evidence of his panic and pandering. We now see how he reacts under pressure. He surrenders.

UPDATE: After saying this in a speech

“John McCain says he’s about change, too — except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics. That’s just calling the same thing something different.”

With a laugh, he added: “You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change; it’s still going to stink after eight years.”

Obama is being asked to apologize to Governor Palin for calling her a pig.

Huh??

It’s desperation time — the last tortured gasps of Karl Rove politics.

Hopefully.