The video is from Jed Report and illustrates how McCain has fallen into Bin Laden's trap. As McCain goes off on his Biography Tour , as many questions may be stimulated as answered about his ability to conduct foreign policy, and if the economy continues to sour, his war hero background may not do him much good. So he is seriously on the prowl for Republican Pioneers and Rangers. So far an estimated tenth or so of Bush Pioneers or Rangers are working for McCain.
DKos Diary about how anti-Science/ignorant McCain is re autism, condoms, etc. He passed on unverified information about autism and vaccines, confusing parents. He did not know whether condoms help slow the spread of HIV, supported Bush's policies on abstinence. He has met with the Discovery Institute, a rightwing think tank across Lk Washington from Seattle, which advocates intelligent design education in public schools. The institute's manifesto, the Wedge strategy, describes a religious goal: to "reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview, and to replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions."
DKos Diary from a fellow POW who now belongs to Vets for Peace on why he would never vote for McCain. Among other things, the diarist says, "having been a POW is no special qualification for being President of the United States. The two jobs are not the same, and POW experience is not, in my opinion, something I would look for in a presidential candidate. Most of us who survived that experience are now in our late 60's and 70's. Sadly, we have died and are dying off at a greater rate than our non-POW contemporaries. We experienced injuries and malnutrition that are coming home to roost. So I believe John's age (73) and survival expectation are not good for being elected to serve as our President for 4 or more years. I can verify that John has an infamous reputation for being a hot head."
WARNING:
Later this spring, McCain will embark on a two-week tour of places where, his advisers say, few Republicans ever campaign, including Alabama's Black Belt, where African Americans in the state are concentrated, Appalachia and New Orleans. Davis said the goal is to send a message that McCain is appealing for votes from all types of Americans in all regions.
Bummer.
(N Y Times)
Aides to McCain said that fundraising efforts have improved, and that they raised $5 million in a five-day West Coast swing last week. Senior adviser Charles R. Black Jr. said the March fundraising take will be "an impressive number," though he declined to provide one.
One element that will work in McCain's favor in coming weeks is the formation of the Republican Party's Victory Committee, which can put together events that are held jointly by McCain and the Republican National Committee. Those events can bring in nearly $30,000 per person because the limits for giving to the RNC are much higher than those for candidates.
The naming last month of Lew Eisenberg, a former partner at Goldman Sachs and one of the heaviest hitters in Republican money circles, as the finance chairman of the Victory Committee silenced many of McCain's critics on the fundraising front.
Posted by: Slugbug | March 31, 2008 at 10:58 PM