AMERICAblog: NY Times: The "New McCain" is the Old Bob Dole
mikeyDe
· 1 year ago
...looking for good news among the bad.
When was the last time you heard POW given as an excuse for stupid policy?
And, can we please now declare the end of the Reagan Era?
HeartlandLiberal
· 1 year ago
Bob Dole at least had some passing resemblance to a decent human being with some modicum of commitment to his fellow human beings.
One simply cannot say the same of John McCain.
As for the age issue, Bob Dole was still pretty sharp when he ran for president.
As for John McCain, each day brings new unmistakable evidence of signs of early senile dementia. And no, I am NOT exaggerating. His behavior, his speech, his lapses, all are strong evidence that his mental faculties are simply not what we must have the person holding the office of president of the United States.
I frankly am heartsick at the thought that 50% + 1 of American voters could even consider voting for the McCain - Palin (or is it Palin - McCain ?) ticket. If this election is stolen as the last two were and they end up in the White House, I am resuming my research on emmigration options and to what other countries.
Mark in Florida
· 1 year ago
I was wondering when people would make this connection. It is precicely what happened to Dole....and we know that result.
Rob Mule
· 1 year ago
"New McCain" is the Old Bob Dole
Yes, but what semi-atrophied muscle is clenching the Bic pen?
Let's say you are Sharky hedge funds. You go to Lehman brothers and you like to borrow 1 mio shares of which company soever for 1 cent per sharefor 3 days what costs you approximately 10000 $. Then you flood the market with 1 mio shares. At first, the course will stay stable because nobody really understands why there is such a huge amount of papers of the respective company suddenly available, let's say they are at 10 dollars per share at the first day. You will still sell them at a stable course, minimum is 9 dollars.
Then you wait 48 hours. The course will have gone meanwhile beserk for the high availibility, let's say it's just at 6 $ only anymore. Then you buy them back at once.
Same symptom: Nobody really understands at first why the course should suddenly rise again, so you buy at a stable low price.
You make 4 dollars per share, what would be 4 mio dollars. Then you as Sharky Hedge Funds give the shares back to Lehman brothers. They simply just lost 4 mio dollars and had a revenue of 10000 dollars.
The market is simply too unflexible to get these sharks.
Lehman Bros had in january 2008 approximately 6 percent of its shares in stock on short sale, the number rose for short-selling itself to 25 percent in sep.
cab02149
· 1 year ago
Maybe true, but watch what happens in November. The walking deadwood if they vote at all could uncomfortably surprise you.
flashcard
· 1 year ago
McCain must be getting really cranky lately. Who does he think he is the Wizard of Oz? He can just stay hidden behind the curtains and warn the press corps to "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
The same Bob Dole that was tapped to explain why soldiers were laying around in their own piss at Walter Reed (not the Middle School)?
He was no different than picking Henry Kissinger to head the 9/11 Commission.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Does Bob Dole know Sarah Palin's stance on DIVORCE?
Gorgonzola
· 1 year ago
Watching McCain reading his speech while riveting his eyes from on teleprompter to the other in laser like fashion makes me think he's watching the finals at Forest Hills. Dole actually had consistant beliefs that he could express openly and honestly without reading a speech written by his lobbyist handlers. In Wisconsin this morning McCains left eye was blinking like a flashing red stop light. This guy needs a few days in a rest home and medication to get rid of that nervous tic.
barts
· 1 year ago
This was cut n pasted from a NY Times article back in 1996 during the Clinton/Dole racce:
"In his speeches, Mr. Dole now acknowledges his fundamental weakness while trying to turn it into a strength: "I'm a doer, not a talker," he says, at once lowering expectations but also signaling one line of attack against Mr. Clinton.
Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has been traveling with Mr. Dole ever since his own candidate, Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, dropped out of the race, said that the "doer not a talker" plays to Mr. Dole's strengths. "This campaign's going to be about character and leadership and experience," he said, adding that he had urged Mr. Dole to talk more about his entire life, not just his war experience, to try to reach those for whom the war experience does not translate into qualification enough to be President. "
Indigo
· 1 year ago
The old Bob Dole, huh? Will he be making a Viagra commercial with Cindy standing in the background giggling? Then we'll know for sure, it's that old Bob Dole schtick!
EmGD
· 1 year ago
Nah. Bob Dole at least had a shred of dignity left by the end of the campaign. McCain abandoned his by the side of the road weeks ago.
It's nice to see the Press in this country can be stopped from interviewing someone campaigning to be President by a sheet of cloth (okay, 2 sheets of cloth). They are the laziest group of people I've ever witnessed in my life. They don't pressure the McCain campaign to let them interview Palin, they don't even try to walk up the aisle of the plane to interview McCain, but every day they have endless hours of commentary from McCain aids and their own feeble brains. Obama's is essentially running against a fairy tale, one made up by the Press, because they're too lazy to actually get any facts about McCain or get his candidacy on the record.
All Comments
When was the last time you heard POW given as an excuse for stupid policy?
And, can we please now declare the end of the Reagan Era?
One simply cannot say the same of John McCain.
As for the age issue, Bob Dole was still pretty sharp when he ran for president.
As for John McCain, each day brings new unmistakable evidence of signs of early senile dementia. And no, I am NOT exaggerating. His behavior, his speech, his lapses, all are strong evidence that his mental faculties are simply not what we must have the person holding the office of president of the United States.
I frankly am heartsick at the thought that 50% + 1 of American voters could even consider voting for the McCain - Palin (or is it Palin - McCain ?) ticket. If this election is stolen as the last two were and they end up in the White House, I am resuming my research on emmigration options and to what other countries.
Yes, but what semi-atrophied muscle is clenching the Bic pen?
Let's say you are Sharky hedge funds. You go to Lehman brothers and you like to borrow 1 mio shares of which company soever for 1 cent per sharefor 3 days what costs you approximately 10000 $. Then you flood the market with 1 mio shares. At first, the course will stay stable because nobody really understands why there is such a huge amount of papers of the respective company suddenly available, let's say they are at 10 dollars per share at the first day. You will still sell them at a stable course, minimum is 9 dollars.
Then you wait 48 hours. The course will have gone meanwhile beserk for the high availibility, let's say it's just at 6 $ only anymore. Then you buy them back at once.
Same symptom: Nobody really understands at first why the course should suddenly rise again, so you buy at a stable low price.
You make 4 dollars per share, what would be 4 mio dollars. Then you as Sharky Hedge Funds give the shares back to Lehman brothers. They simply just lost 4 mio dollars and had a revenue of 10000 dollars.
The market is simply too unflexible to get these sharks.
Lehman Bros had in january 2008 approximately 6 percent of its shares in stock on short sale, the number rose for short-selling itself to 25 percent in sep.
He was no different than picking Henry Kissinger to head the 9/11 Commission.
"In his speeches, Mr. Dole now acknowledges his fundamental weakness while trying to turn it into a strength: "I'm a doer, not a talker," he says, at once lowering expectations but also signaling one line of attack against Mr. Clinton.
Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has been traveling with Mr. Dole ever since his own candidate, Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, dropped out of the race, said that the "doer not a talker" plays to Mr. Dole's strengths. "This campaign's going to be about character and leadership and experience," he said, adding that he had urged Mr. Dole to talk more about his entire life, not just his war experience, to try to reach those for whom the war experience does not translate into qualification enough to be President. "
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