Tag Archives: John McCain

Blame overdue

By Joel Thurtell “I strongly support Senator McConnell’s efforts to avoid a default on our nation’s debt, and the last-case emergency proposal he outlined yesterday to ensure that Republicans aren’t unduly blamed for failure to raise the debt ceiling,” said … Continue reading

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Still Senator Hothead

Still Senator Hothead 10/16/08 [donation] By Joel Thurtell After watching the Obama-McCain debate last night (Wednesday, October 15. 2008), I went to bed with a very different impression of the last of these skirmishes than the take I got the … Continue reading

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Tainted by my t-shirt?

 By Joel Thurtell I’m sitting here in my t-shirt wondering if this shred of cotton is somehow polluting everything I write because it has a photo of Barack Obama. Is it possible that unseen biases are creeping into my head … Continue reading

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Hothead alley

Tomorrow: Fun with the FBI and more recollections of Chicago ’68 [donation] By Joel Thurtell John McCain wanted a surprise. Surprise was what he got. What a choice for his vice-presidential running mate. Until McCain’s announcement Friday, Sarah Palin was … Continue reading

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