So far, McCain supporters have been greatly disappointed by his performance against Obama. I will, personally, wait and see until the vote, and then decide whether the man who managed to completely defeat the Republican Party establishment practically without any starting means could not find a way around his current opponent. However, there is ( Read more... )

One of the ways in which Americans, or at least Republicans, simply do not seem to live on the same planet as the rest of us, is shown by the fury with which the whole Republican party has attacked Joe Biden for saying that paying tax - sorry: for the rich to pay more tax - could be regarded as patriotic. The poor man has not said one thing - not ( Read more... )

Matt Towery is a little-known conservative pundit, certainly not on the level of the Limbaughs or Victor Davis Hanson. But he has more sense than any ten of them, with the possible exception of Paul Weyrich and Paul Greenberg. Matt Towery was the only one who saw the economic crisis coming, and was predicting, from early last year, that it would ( Read more... )

I have been thinking. I am increasingly convinced that, by choosing John McCain as presidential candidate, the Republican rank and file showed much greater wisdom than their leaders and their opinion makers. They picked the only candidate who stands a chance against the Dem-of-the-day - I do not mean Hillary or Barack; I mean anyone whom the ( Read more... )