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Category: Republicans (Page 21 of 40)

Carly Fiorina is even worse

September 3, 2008 /

Following Meg Whitman’s ordinary speech, Carly Fiorina delivered a real snoozer. I’m starting to see why John McCain picked Sarah Palin.

Listening to this speech and the reaction from the crowd, it appears that the Republicans no longer believe their own bullshit. I suppose eight years under George Bush can sink the spirits of any party.

As with Meg’s speech, Carly’s speech was a fine Republican speech, and her delivery wasn’t bad, but the crowd seemed like they had a collective hangover. Maybe they’re resting up for the Sarah Palin speech. I’m sure she’ll bring the house down.

Also, Rudy is up soon. After comparing George Bush to Churchill four years ago, I’m curious to see what he comes up with this year.

President 2008, Republicans

The Big Oil Ticket

September 3, 2008 /

John McCain has paid lip service to being a “green” candidates, despite his numerous votes in that past against alternative energy. Now he’s given up the charade by picking Sarah Palin as his VP.

It’s crazy for the United States to be subsidizing oil and sending billions of dollars overseas for our energy. Of course we can’t solve this overnight with renewable energies, but investment in this area will spur economic development and over time will reduce our dependency on oil.

Tom Friedman takes on McCain:

I am not against a limited expansion of off-shore drilling now. But it is a complete sideshow. By constantly pounding into voters that his energy focus is to “drill, drill, drill,” McCain is diverting attention from what should be one of the central issues in this election: who has the better plan to promote massive innovation around clean power technologies and energy efficiency.

Why? Because renewable energy technologies — what I call “E.T.” — are going to constitute the next great global industry. They will rival and probably surpass “I.T.” — information technology. The country that spawns the most E.T. companies will enjoy more economic power, strategic advantage and rising standards of living. We need to make sure that is America. Big oil and OPEC want to make sure it is not.

Palin’s nomination for vice president and her desire to allow drilling in the Alaskan wilderness “reminded me of a lunch I had three and half years ago with one of the Russian trade attachés,” global trade consultant Edward Goldberg said to me. “After much wine, this gentleman told me that his country was very pleased that the Bush administration wanted to drill in the Alaskan wilderness. In his opinion, the amount of product one could actually derive from there was negligible in terms of needs. However, it signified that the Bush administration was not planning to do anything to create alternative energy, which of course would threaten the economic growth of Russia.”

Conservatives, Energy Independence, President 2008, Republicans, Trade

McCain’s war with the press

September 3, 2008 /

For years, John McCain was the darling of the press. Now that some of them are criticizing him and questioning his VP selection, McCain is going ballistic. The fact that he won’t even go on Larry King is just a joke.

Steve Schmidt and the McCain campaign have made the tactical decision to slime the press and get their supporters all riled up over the “liberal media.” Joe Klein is having none of it.

There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is “a task from God.” The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.

Conservatives, Media, President 2008, Republicans

Flashback to 2004 – Rudy Giuliani gushes over Bush at GOP convention

September 3, 2008 /

Rudy Giuliani will be giving the keynote address tonight at thr GOP convention. Based on his embarassing performance four years ago, we can only imagine what he might say this year.

Four years ago, he compared George W. Bush to Chruchill. Perhaps this year he’ll tell us with conviction that Sarah Palin, due to her experience running the Alaska National Guard, is the next Margaret Thatcher.

Four years ago, he said, “Thank God George Bush is our President.” Not stopping there, he added “thank God for Dick Cheney” as well. He recounted saying this to his trusted friend, Bernard Kerik. Yeah, the same guy who got indicted and helped to sink Giuliani’s doomed campaign for president.

Giuliani proved during the primaries that he’s a buffoon. He’s a good speaker, and he’s great at delivering the canned attack lines and simplistic arguments trumped up by the GOP, but he’s lost all credibility. Unfortunately, the press still treats him like a hero, and rarely calls him on his bullshit. I’m sure they’ll be fawning tonight.

President 2008, Republicans

The GOP can keep Joe Lieberman

September 2, 2008 /

Joe Lieberman helped Al Gore lose in 2000, and now he’s doing the same for McCain.

He’s such a terrible speaker. It’s so annoying listening to him. He started his speech by putting the audience to sleep with an appeal for bipartisanship. The crowd is dutifully reacting to his canned applause lines, but there’s very little fire in the crowd.

Lieberman always comes across like he’s speaking to a small child. I cringed when Gore picked him as his running mate, and I was hoping McCain would sink his candidacy by doing the same. McCain, of course, did the next best thing by picking Sarah Palin.

President 2008, Republicans

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