Obama's Falling Popularity Still Higher Than Republican's
Scott Rassmussen wrote about Obama’s polling numbers in today’s Wall Street Journal.
Polling data show that Mr. Obama’s approval rating is dropping and is below where George W. Bush was in an analogous period in 2001. Rasmussen Reports data shows that Mr. Obama’s net presidential approval rating — which is calculated by subtracting the …
Free Trade and Christian Charity
It’s popular among the Christian left to talk up the ”Old Testament” values of social justice: caring for the poor, paying fair wages, not perverting justice, etc. They’re fond of the Old Testament prophets and the prophets jeremiads against wealth and privilege.
Increasingly, the Christian left is also fond of promoting Democrat candidates and talking about …
McCain's Healthcare Plan
I’ve said before that McCain’s healthcare plan is one of the few proposals he’s made that I actually like. Robert Carroll explained some of the benefits in the Wall Street Journal.
The McCain health-care insurance tax credit may well be one of the most misunderstood proposals of this presidential election. Barack Obama has been …
McCain's Socialist Tendencies
I said earlier today that I don’t really trust McCain on economic issues. Slate quotes McCain’s hero, Teddy Roosevelt, on taxes.
We grudge no man a fortune in civil life if it is honorably obtained and well used. It is not even enough that it should have been gained without doing damage to the …
Fred Thompson Gets Out the Vote
Fred Thompson gave a great speech this morning, exhorting Republicans to get out the vote. It’s just unfortunate that his candidate is John McCain. While John McCain might be better than Barack Obama on economic issues, I’m not really convinced that he would be. McCain is a deficit hawk who would be comfortable raising taxes …
McCain seeks special 'fair use' copyright rules for VIPs
I didn’t need any more reasons to dislike John McCain. But I have another one anyway. Continuing his general theme of believing that government employees are just plain better than regular folk, he wants copyright law to favor politicians over everyone else.
(Via McCain seeks special ’fair use’ copyright rules for VIPs.)
John McCain’s presidential …
Nobody Wants a Whining Commander in Chief
Barack Obama didn’t do so well at Pastor Rick Warren’s forum Saturday night. How did the Obama campaign react? By whining and claiming that somebody else cheated:
I’ve been looking into all this buzz that McCain somehow cheated — that he wasn’t in a ”cone of silence” — during Barack Obama’s half of the …
Obama Backers Officially Unhinged
Obama fans think that McCain’s ”The One” ad tries to link Obama to the anti-Christ. I think they’ve gone completely batty.
The ad has also generated criticism from Democrats and religious scholars who see a hidden message linking Sen. Obama to the apocalyptic Biblical figure of the antichrist.
The spot, called …
50,000 Harleys
John McCain, starting to hit his stride:
Thousands of motorcyclists greeted Republican presidential candidate John McCain with an approving roar Monday as he sought blue-collar and heartland support by visiting a giant motorcycle rally.
”As you may know, not long ago a couple hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise …
John McCain — Ignorant Meddler
I really, really don’t like the idea of John McCain as the GOP nominee for 2008. Thankfully, every time I try to fool myself into thinking that he might not be a bad candidate, he reminds me of why I don’t like him.
Take the mortgage ”crisis” for instance. He was asked about it in a …