Andrew Sullivan gives props to Obama and friends for plotting a path to ending the DADT policy for the American military: Like 2009′s removal of the HIV ban, which was as painstakingly slow but thereby much more entrenched, this process took time. Without the Pentagon study, it wouldn’t have passed. Without Obama keeping Lieberman inside [...]
When will John McCain learn: you can’t give yourself a nickname. Especially Great American. (respect to Think Progress) Is the tea bag powered transformation of Senator Maverick McCain (R-AZ) to President Great American McCain (R-USA) like in the animated Transformers Movie when the Matrix transformed Hot Rod into Rodimus Prime? We already know McCain was [...]
Maureen Dowd says the Maverick is gone and wonder’s why. (emphasis mine): The Maverick’s buck stops here. John McCain is no longer the media’s delight and his party’s burr, bucking convention with infectious relish. The man used to be such a constructive independent that some of his Republican Senate colleagues called him a traitor. Now [...]