John McCain is one of those guys who, when he dies, people say “he was the last of a dying breed.” No one will ever say that about Paul Ryan. John McCain was a genuine war hero, a man who preferred to face hardship, torture, and even death rather than abandon his comrades. Paul Ryan…
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Thank you again, John McCain!
Every Republican with a conscience—that is to say, all seven of them—must be down on their knees thanking John McCain for putting what is very probably the last, or at least penultimate, nail in the coffin of the Republican’s grotesque “ZombieCare” bill, so named because the only people who would benefit from its enactment are…
John McCain, suddenly, strangely, fortunately virtuous
John McCain, throughout his career, has had a habit of talking big and acting small, as he did last Tuesday, correctly denouncing the absurd process by which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell manufactured a grotesque piece of non-legislation, a gesture rather than a bill, that would pretend to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act…
Don’t blame me, I’m stupid
“It was kind of a very rapid process. Everybody was looking forward to getting out of town because of the snowstorm. I think we probably should have had more discussion about it, given the blowback that there is.”—John McCain, explaining why he and 46 other Republican senators only acted like idiots. I mean, it’s not…
Ukraine Cease-Fire Announced; John McCain Cries
Sure it’s tentative—after the negotiations concluded, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had a “glimmer of hope” that everything would work out as intended—but the announcement of both a cease-fire and a plan for making that cease-fire permanent must still be a heart-breaker for John McCain and his legions. The Great American War Machine was all dressed up for…
The Apostasy of Anne, the Sadness of Sarah
Anne Applebaum’s slapdown of John McCain, which I heartily praised here, is causing some heartburn on the Right. “There have been a number of absurd reasons given recently by self-described conservatives who are endorsing the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate in his bid for the presidency, but none are quite as unconvincing as…
Vote for McCain, or Greg Mankiw Will Shoot His Dog
Can’t be that bad? Actually, it’s worse! If Obama is elected, Greg says, well, he just might not feel like writing as many articles as he used to. I don’t know about you, but living in a world that contains significantly fewer Greg Mankiw articles than the current one gives me the damn fantods. Here’s…
Anne Hits a Winner, Cohen Goes For the Jugular
I’ve been fairly hard on Anne Applebaum over the past few years, finding her if not actually neo-con then certainly neo-con-ish, tending to treat all foreign policy issues as a matter of toughness and will. “If we just stand up to the Russians/Taliban/Iranians/etc. then we’ll win!” The question of whether it’s worth traveling half-way around…
John McCain, vote for him Pauline Kael would not
It takes a lot to make Pauline Kael talk like Yoda, but these are parlous times. Over at the Weekly Standard, poor Bill Kristol is at such a loss for words, and sense, that he’s asking the American people to choose a President based on his taste in film! It’s true! Here’s the deal: Katie…