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Tag: John McCain

  • Quote of the Day — Dave Winer

    Truth — Hillary has no actual experience to justify the 3AM ad. She’s never held an executive government position. 0 years experience. # Same with McCain, btw, who makes the experience claims Hillary does. # Woke up at 3AM to see how I felt about George Bush answering the phone at the White House. No…

  • Is John McCain a “Natural Born Citizen”

    There’s been talk recently whether John McCain is a “natural born citizen” as required by the U.S. Constitution to be president. Jim Lindgren at The Volokh Conspiracy writes about the phrase’s meaning. Looks like even I might qualify; 2012, here I come. ;-)

  • A Problem for Conservatives

    Are conservatives going to be voting for McCain or against the Democrat candidate? Neither prospect makes me very happy.

  • A Message of Hope

    Funny how in a campaign where every Republican candidate is trying to be the second coming of Ronald “Morning in America” Reagan, it’s Barack Obama who inspires hope. …And not John McCain. Why aren’t Republicans the party of hope?

  • Presidential Candidates in Their Home States

    How well are the candidates doing in the primaries in their homes states? Can they carry at least a majority? Is having more than two viable candidates affecting the Republicans? The following charts might provide a little insight to these questions. John McCain in Arizona John McCain stands alone as the candidate not to win…

  • A Conservative’s Guide to Voting for John McCain

    I offer the following guide to voting in the general election, should John McCain be the Republican candidate: Affix a clothespin to your nose Vote for John McCain Remove the clothespin Wash your hands Take a long shower Know that McCain is better than Hillary or Obama, even if barely… And remember, there no time…

  • Word Tag Clouds for Republican Debate

    Word Tag Clouds for Republican Debate

    As I prepared for the Democratic debate, here are the word tag clouds for the Republican Presidential Debate. Click on the image to see a larger view of Rep. Duncan Hunter’s tag cloud. Anything pop out at you? ;-) Too bad we couldn’t do the same for the candidate’s gestures. McCain’s finger jabbing would fill…

  • Democrat Candidates More Wired?

    I added networking links for the declared presidential candidates on my Election 2008 page. The Democrats have more networking links than the Republicans, averaging 3.0 links per Democrat compared with 1.7 links per Republican. I only counted links to Facebook, Flickr, Meetup, MySpace, and YouTube. A couple of the Democrats also had PartyBuilder; I didn’t…

  • Religion in the 2008 Presidential Election

    Religion is playing a large role in the 2008 presidential election. Recently: Mainstream media has noticed that Mitt Romney is Mormon and is doing its best to alert everyone that Romney’s great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather had more than one wife. (By the way, it’s interesting to note that candidate Romney has had only one wife, while…