McCain’s Same Old Ideas

John McCain gave a decent acceptance speech. It was gracious and affecting. But when you look closely at his proposals, there wasn’t much there but the same old, same old.

McCain’s Foreign Policy Product of a Weird Mindset

McCain seems to be still fighting Vietnam, an inner conflict that would definitely shape his foreign policy.

Pit Bull With Lipstick

Well, now we know why she was nicknamed Sarah Barracuda.

Day Four at the RNC

John McCain tried to unify his party with his prime time acceptance speech. “We’re going to fix Washington,” McCain said.

Most delegates seemed pleased with his talk but not everyone was buying it.

Overheard at the XCEL Energy Center

(two guys at the bar) “I like the idea of a hockey mom. Kind of like a soccer mom with sharpened steel and a big stick.”

Palin Can Do Long Derision

The only thing Sarah Palin proved with her speech Wednesday night was that she could do long derision. She was hopelessly short on ideas to improve people’s everyday lives.

Beauty pageants, feminism, and Sarah Palin

Palin, like the rest of the religious right, views government as a tool to inflict religious dogma upon the nation.

Maverick 2.0

The Republican National Convention may be the place where John McCain officially accepts his party’s nomination. But it’s Sarah Palin’s show.

The Problem With That Polar Bear Hating Palin Person

Tonight will determine if Sarah Palin’s Vice Presidential nod is unraveling like an old wool sweater during a brisk walk through a bramble patch.

Day Two at the RNC

Despite the so-called “enthusiasm gap,” delegates here are pretty fired up about McCain and Palin. The mainstream media and even some McCain advisers have been saying McCain’s pick was an attempt to woo Hillary supporters. But it’s McCain attempt to court the Christian conservatives within the party.

Benedict Joseph

Joe Lieberman is a traitor to his party, and to the causes that he has championed.

Call him Benedict Joseph.

The Roosting Storm

The Focus on the Family prayed for a storm of biblical proportions to disrupt Barack Obama’s outdoor acceptance speech, and bless their little hearts, they got one.

Stop the workplace raids

Sen. Barack Obama, for his part, has rightfully stated that raids are “terrorizing immigrant communities,” and during his convention speech remarked that no one benefits “from an immigrant mother separated from a child.” But more will need to be done to bring an end to this harmful policy.

Dear Next President: A national HIV/AIDS policy, please?

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama need to make combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United States a priority.

But it is nowhere near the top of their agendas.

Repression Comes to St. Paul

The repression going on up in St. Paul is outrageous.

Police raided a half dozen people’s homes over the weekend and detained people before they’d even done anything.