Obama Mocks McCain’s Computer Skills
The Obama campaign launched a new ad yesterday, "Still," which mocks John McCain for being out of touch because, among other things, he "doesn't know how to use a computer" and "can't send an email." The Charge: McCain Computer Illiterate The key 'graph in its entirety: Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn't. He admits he still doesn't know ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 13, 2008 08:23
The Angry Left
I caught a bit of the Republican Convention last evening, including the Ronald Reagan tribute and as much of the Fred Thompson speech as I could take before shutting it off. I TiVo'd Joe Lieberman but it's iffy as to whether I'll get to it. Matt Yglesias points to a sound byte that I first heard on NPR this morning: ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 3, 2008 13:00
Canada: American Military Deserters Not Welcome
If you've volunteered for service in the U.S. Armed Forces but don't actually want to go to war, don't count on hiding in Canada. The Canadian government’s effort to remove [U.S. Army deserter James Corey] Glass contrasts with the warm reception given to deserters and draft avoiders from the United States during the war in Vietnam. And although the war in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 13, 2008 09:16
John McCain ‘Love’ Ad
John McCain's latest ad, "Love," contrasts himself with those dirty hippies who spent the summer of 1968 on sex, drugs, and rock and roll rather than being tortured for their country. The voiceover: It was a time of uncertainty, hope and change. The "Summer Of Love." Half a world away, another kind of love — of country. John McCain: Shot down. Bayoneted. Tortured. Offered early ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 8, 2008 13:30
Conservative Bloggers Silent On Torture?
Shaun Mullen wonders "Why Are Right-of-Center Bloggers So Silent On Torture?" He searched high and low and could find no right-of-center bloggers who made any mention at all, for example, of yesterday's NYT story "China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo." I'd note that Andrew Sullivan wrote roughly 600 posts on the subject yesterday, including this one, which pretty well covered our bases. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 3, 2008 11:28
Obama = Charismatic = Hitler = Armageddon
Arthur Silber is, as am I, fascinated by the cult of personality surrounding Barack Obama. He notes some anecdotal creepy gushing on a local radio show and then Reactions of this kind to Obama are fairly common. No, they are not this extreme much of the time, but such statements are far from unusual. And many of Obama's less obviously deluded ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 1, 2008 08:19
Addington Displays Contempt for Congress
David Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was testifying under subpoena yesterday to the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. He took great delight in being a complete jackass, as Dana Milbank details. Could the president ever be justified in breaking the law? "I'm not going to answer a legal opinion on every ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 27, 2008 09:56
General Taguba: Bush Administration ‘Guilty of War Crimes’
Physicians for Human Rights has just published a report detailing the medical evidence of detainee torture at the hands of U.S. Personnel in Iraq, Afghanist, and Guantanamo Bay. Maj. General Antonio Taguba (Ret.) authored the preface to the report, in which he accuses the Administration of having committed war crimes:The profiles of these eleven former detainees, none of whom ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 25, 2008 14:06
McCain Age ‘Code’ Talk
Some supporters of John McCain accuse the Obama campaign of using "code words" to imply that McCain is old. “It is code; there is no question it is,” Ed Rollins, a Republican strategist who helped lead President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 reelection campaign, said when age surfaced as an issue. “They are trying to raise doubts.” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough repeatedly argued ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 17, 2008 13:39
Supreme Court: Gitmo Detainees Have Habeus Rights
Terrorist suspects detained at Guantánamo Bay (and presumably, anyplace else under American jurisdiction) have the right to file habeus corpus petitions in U.S. civilian courts the Supreme Court ruled today in a 5-4 decision. Further, Congress could not pass a law waiving these protections absent rebellion or invasion. Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts (David Stout, NYT) “The ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 12, 2008 12:32
