Political Bloviation

The GOP leadership says their members couldn’t vote for the bailout because Nancy Pelosi hurt their widdle feelings. If only she had been nice to them, then they would have voted for the good of the country. I had no idea they were so sensitive.
Glenn Geenwald’s take:
House Republicans are blaming a speech Nancy Pelosi gave [...]

I read about this monstrosity at Ars Technica, earlier this week. I thought that Congress critters would roll over and turn private civil matters into a free out for the RIAA, I got nauseous. Hopefully the reaction from DOJ and Commerce will help scuttle this ugly, ill-conceived heap of offal.
DoJ to Senate: don’t make us [...]

Marc Ambinder (September 22, 2008) - Sign Of The Times; McCain Camp Accuses Reporter Of Being In Obama “Tank”
A reporter asks the McCain campaign to back up some basic claims made by a senior strategist in a public conference call.
The campaign refuses, with a prominent spokesperson accusing the reporter, Ben Smith, of being “in the [...]

It’s about time that people have clearly realized which party represents their interests. The rest of the election is simply attempts by the McCain to distract the voters from that essential truth.
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - CNN Poll: GOP takes brunt of blame for economy, Obama gains « - [...]

Sully follows-up on the mendacity a Sarah Palin:
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
So for the record, let it be known that the candidate for vice-president for the GOP is a compulsive, repetitive, demonstrable liar. If you follow the links, here is the proof.
Follow the link above, he documents each false statement.  I agree with [...]

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 09/23/2008 | Obama concedes that bailout costs may force him to adjust plans
On the bright side it shows Obama has at least a nodding acquaintance with reality. Maybe he could commit to getting the US out of a certain oil producing hell hole in the middle east that’s draining billion per [...]

My god this is depressing:
Daily Kos: Things Become More Serious
I won’t bore you with the bloody details; others, such as bonddad, have already sliced open the corpse and described the basic anatomy of the crisis, which is depressingly identical to the aftermath of every other speculative bubble since Adam and Eve tried playing the apple [...]

Daddy doesnt know best - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog
Krugman slams the Paulson plan as arrogant and pushes Sen. Dodd’s proposal that actually gives taxpayers something for their $700 billion. Imagine that, we don’t have to be stampeeded into what Bush administration dictates. Who knew?

McCain’s Economic Plan For Nation: “Everyone Marry A Beer Heiress” | The Onion
The Onion is on the job again.

$13 Billion in Iraq Aid Wasted Or Stolen, Ex-Investigator Says - washingtonpost.com
A former Iraqi official estimated yesterday that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborate fraud schemes.
Salam Adhoob, a former chief investigator for Iraq’s Commission on Public Integrity, told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, an arm [...]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just stick with the fact as they are?
The Washington Monthly
It’s been a consistent pattern with the McCain campaign — these guys lie, even when the truth is just as good. In this case, Schmidt and Davis took relatively legitimate areas of inquiry — the Biden family’s ties to the credit [...]

$700 Billion Is Sought for Wall Street in Vast Bailout - NYTimes.com
The Bush administration on Saturday formally proposed a vast bailout of financial institutions in the United States, requesting unfettered authority for the Treasury Department to buy up to $700 billion in distressed mortgage-related assets from the private firms.
So the gang that couldn’t shoot straight [...]

I would imagine that has the more voters get to know McCain true record and Palin’s public stupidity the larger Obama’s lead gets.
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: Today’s Polls, 9/18: Obama Regains the Lead
On the strength of an abundance of state and national polling, Barack Obama has retaken the lead in our Electoral College projection. [...]

Jonathan Cohn on the McCain health plan:
The Essence of McCain’s Health Plan: Don’t Get Sick - The Plank
Fewer people with health insurance. Weaker insurance for those who already have it. This is McCain’s solution to the anxiety over rising medical bills?
With a steady decline in the number of people covered by employers, do we really [...]

EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect
John McCain’s contention is that Wall Street has, for years, been rotting in a toxic mixture of greed and overreach and corruption. Simultaneously, a 70-year-old regulatory structure has proven inadequate at checking the institution’s excesses. This is, in other words, a crisis composed of trends, rather than a singular, unpredictable, [...]

Perhaps that’s just a wee bit exaggerated, hmmm?
Jonathan Martin’s Blog: Holtz-Eakin: McCain helped create BlackBerry - Politico.com
Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry.
“He did this,” Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding [...]

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 09/15/2008 | Wall Street crisis is culmination of 28 years of deregulation
From Regan through Bush I, Clinton and Bush II we have persued a national policy of unfettering the financial market from the “evil” that is regualtion. I suppose the best way to prove someone a fool is to give them [...]

I have enough “skin in the game”, thanks anyway. Doesn’t everyone by definition have all their (real) skin in the game already?
Kevin Drum - Mother Jones Blog: Vote McCain, Lose Your Health Insurance
Remember: this is a feature, not a bug. Republicans think Americans use too much healthcare, and they figure that the best way to [...]

It is encouraginig that some members of the MSM are finally calling St. McCain out for the liar that he is.
Campaign of lies disgraces McCain - St. Petersburg Times
McCain’s straight talk has become a toxic mix of lies and double-speak. It is leaving a permanent stain on his reputation for integrity, and it is a [...]

Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - 9/15/2008 - See students
Augie says if you can see it you must be as qualified as Sarah Palin is in foreign affairs.