Author Archives: John Rove

I wonder if tonight is the night McCain loses his temper. His campaign is tanking and trying to deal with all the gibberish that comes out of Palin would probably make a sane person lose their temper. At a minimum … Continue reading →

I don’t know a whole lot about the stock market other than it seems to be tanking. My guess is that tomorow some bargain hunters will swoop in and push the DOW back up around 10,000 where it will stay … Continue reading →

Conservatism does not work, but the right wing keeps trying to re-package it and sell it to an unsispecting public. First, conservatism was packaged in the form of a loveable albeit senile old grandpa. The result were high deficits and … Continue reading →

At least she did very well attacking and changing the subject. Most of us know someone like Sarah Palin if they don’t know something or feel threatened they attack everyone around them. It is not surprising that Palin has surrounded … Continue reading →

At this point with the election a little more than a month away it makes sense to leave the bailout for after the election. The enviroment is too politicaly charged to get anything done that doesn’t pander to almost everyone. … Continue reading →

Looks like the bailout is in need of its own bailout. I thought McCain was going to suspend his campaign untl the situation was resolved. I think in the end the bailout failure will be looked at as the time … Continue reading →

I have been trying to get my head around the bailout and the mortgage mess I have a feeling that some people who read this blog and the guy who created it, understand the financial industries better than I do; … Continue reading →

I am watching Bush’s press conference. He is saying that we will get most of the money used for the bailout back when the economy improves. This sounds like “liberating Iraq will pay for itself”. It also seems that easy … Continue reading →

In the past few weeks the US government has taken over some of the worlds largest companies. These companies should have been shining examples of what a free un-regulated market can accomplish, instead they have become examples of short term … Continue reading →

I just saw Robert Lutz, the chairman of GM, on Colbert and at one point he said GM’s new electric car had a 1.4 liter engine which he said was equal to 70 cubic inches. I am not much of … Continue reading →

I finally got a chance to watch the season premier of the Terminator on fox. Why is it Fox news sucks so bad but their series are head and shoulders above the other networks. Anyway, it looks like the Terminators … Continue reading →

If I was John Stewart or Stephen Colbert I would vote for Palin/McCain. The jokes practicaly write themselves. Olberman should also consider voting for them as his worst persons in the world series would be taken care of for the … Continue reading →

I haven’t seen it yet but I hear McCain has an ad out with scary wolves running around. In 2004 Bush also used wolves to scare people. Why are conservatives scared of wolves? THis question is not completely rhetorical. At … Continue reading →

Maybe John McCain and Sarah Palin have more in common than we knew, they both like to abuse the power of their positions.

Sarah Palin for whatever reason seams very popular with republican base, in fact she seems much more popular than John McCain. How long before McCain starts trying to remind people he is running for president and Palin is just along … Continue reading →

After watching some of the Republican convention and following the rise and fall of the conservative movement I cannot help but feel they have turned cynism into a political movement. Somehow conservatives have managed to take anyone with ideals and … Continue reading →

Did McCain just do his acceptance speech in front of a green screen, and I thought McCain didn’t have a sense of humor.

The National Enquirer is looking into the sex life of governor Palin.

The Palin family is a trainwreck. Her 17 year-old daughter is pregnant, her sister is in the midst of a nasty divorce and Palin may have used her influence against her ex-brother-in-law and before the election is over who knows … Continue reading →

Palin’s 17 year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant. Palin is becoming a case study in everything that is wrong with social conservatives.

Talking points memo has quite a bit on Palin and an ongoing investigation into abuse of power.  She is starting to sound like an older version of Monica Goodling.

McCain picks the governor of Alasks, Sarah Palin as his running mate.   She is a 44 year-old mother of five, including an infant daughter with Downs syndrome, she is going to be very hard to attack and she will probably … Continue reading →

Obamas’ acceptance speech tonight was pretty amazing, does anyone think McCain can match Obama in terms of promise for the future.  McCain at best can promise more of the same, he does not have any fresh ideas.  The best McCain can … Continue reading →

I live in Denver and I had hoped to have a few interesting convention insights. Instead about all I have seen are large numbers of police officers almost everywhere and private security guards in most stores. I bought a new … Continue reading →

Or “no way, no how, no McCain”.  Hillary’s speech was really good.  I might take back most of the bad things I said about her during the primary.

My dad is a grumpy old guy who was at best luke-warm towards Obama.  Now my dad is almost giddy at the idea of voting for Obama/Biden in 08. Grumpy boomers seem to need one of their own on the … Continue reading →

The new Republican strategy is to drill, drill and drill some more.  This is supposed to help the economy national security and probably health care.  My question, is their any oil producing country that is nice to live in?  This … Continue reading →

Conservatives say some dumb ass shit.  Like “who cares about tire pressure”  Most of us who drive check our tires occasionally and even change our oil.  Not conservatives, they drive a car until it gets a flat or needs maintainence … Continue reading →

Kevin Drum talks about the conservative war on birth control, at this point it does seem pretty obvious that certain factions in the US do not want people to have access to birth control and they would like to stigmatize birth … Continue reading →

I just finished reading “overtreated” a book by Shannon Brownlee.  One point that she drives home very well is that even if we get universal coverage we may not get better health outcomes as more people with insurance will probably … Continue reading →