Apparently John McCain has more talents than I realized. Looks like they need to get him on the payroll at RIMM – the company which so fabulously has taken Manhattan and the world by storm with the Blackberry (not to mention the terrific medium of communication called the BBM).
According to McCain senior domestic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the terrific device was “a miracle that John McCain helped create”. Cnn’s political ticker had the quote:
“Telecommunications of the United States, the premiere innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create,” said Holtz-Eakin. “And that’s what he did. He both regulated and de-regulated the industry.”
My apologies for the hiatus, but somehow that right of passage known as the 21st snuck up on me this weekend.
Last week in review:
Lehman-- Let me take this opportunity to express my deepest condolences to my fellow Lehman holders—we had a good run.
Palin—she’s not running for president, but the fact that McCain’s 72 and the average life expectancy in the US is 78 makes people a bit queasy. Especially after an embarrassing ABC interview (is one of the largest shifts in international policy in the history of the United States). And apparently Alaska is so close to Russia that Sarah miraculously has foreign policy experience…. but apparently we’ll go to war with Russia if we need to under McCain-- no big deal or anything. Hopefully all of her 2 years of executive experience in Alaska will come in really handy in drawing up those battle maps and figuring out where those nu-cu-lar warheads are flying. I had no idea that our military was so big that we could fight Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Russia all at the same time! You learn something every day.
I (don’t) like Ike Electoral Map – since the introduction of Palin, McCain’s stock has skyrocketed. People actually think he’ll win, and it’s now possible that he’ll wallop Obama in the election. She’s just the distraction he needed. And apparently people would rather vote for someone they can relate to (even if it means starting up to 3 more wars), rather than someone who is smart enough to figure out this presidency thing. Terrific. Just Terrific.
Interesting words from a man who has done little to energize St. Barack’s campaign. Of course, his holiness has always had stellar enthusiasm for his campaign, and McCain is only now starting to catch thanks to his Palin pick.
This election is turning out to be an record-shattering one. First Obama had 38.4 Million viewers for his acceptance speech. Then Sarah Palin scored 37.2 Million for her excellent speech. Rounding these out was McCain’s 38.9 Million viewers for his speech.
Of the three, Palin’s was definitely my favorite (It doesn’t hurt that I’m overly biased on this one), so for those of you out there who aren’t addicted to politics, here’s a rundown of the best zingers from her speech, as well as the video of it:
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.
We’ve all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers. And there is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state Senate.
This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word “victory” except when he’s talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed ... when the roar of the crowd fades away ... when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot — what exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger ... take more of your money ... give you more orders from Washington ... and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world. America needs more energy ... our opponent is against producing it.
In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change. They’re the ones whose names appear on laws and landmark reforms, not just on buttons and banners, or on self-designed presidential seals.
A leader who’s not looking for a fight, but is not afraid of one either. Harry Reid, the majority leader of the current do-nothing Senate, not long ago summed up his feelings about our nominee. He said, quote, “I can’t stand John McCain.” Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps no accolade we hear this week is better proof that we’ve chosen the right man. Clearly what the majority leader was driving at is that he can’t stand up to John McCain.
Apparently John McCain has more talents than I realized. Looks like they need to get him on the payroll at RIMM – the company which so fabulously has taken Manhattan and the world by storm with the Blackberry (not to mention the terrific medium of communication called the BBM).
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