Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
While looking up info for my latest 1968 post, I came across a scan of a ticket from a Day on the Green concert that I attended, which was on August 3, 1975. General admission, $7.50 per ticket. The acts...
Political Radar (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008 | Politics
ABC News' David Wright reports from CARTAGENA, Colombia -- Sen. John McCain has set himself a difficult task on his trip to Latin America: to score political points against rival Barack Obama without criticizing him directly. "I believe that partisanship...
The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
TNR’s Michael Crowley, commenting on the still-inexplicable Wesley Clark flap, noted today, “I do think the whole episode was bad for Obama in the short term, although if it plants seeds with MSM editors to think more critically about McCain’s military experience down the road that would be substantially mitigating.” That sounds about right. The whole [...]
Hoffmania! (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Easy, John. Easy, pal . His sponsors in his 12-step anger management program had to step in here between McCain and ABC's David Wright: McCain became visibly angry when I asked him to explain how his Vietnam experience prepared him for the Presidency. "Please," he said, recoiling back in his seat in distaste at the very question. McCain allies Sen. Lindsey Graham stepped in to rescue him. Grahamexpressed...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
ABC News’ David Wright reports that when he asked John McCain to “explain how his Vietnam experience prepared him for the presidency,” McCain “became visibly angry”: McCain became visibly angry when I asked him to explain how his Vietnam experience prepared him for the Presidency. “Please,” he said, recoiling back in his seat in distaste at the [...]
