Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Opinion

Robert Schlesinger

McCain Gives as Good as He Can

September 04, 2008 11:46 PM ET | Robert Schlesinger | Permanent Link | Print

Reader Comments

McCain Blue Screen Challenge!

Yes, the first few minutes had the green of a lawn, and the bulk had the blue of the sky. The big backgrounds were a poor choice for closeups, but it should be fun what people can do with this new batch of McCain footage!

"No foreign oil!" would have sounded better (and more patriotic) on TV than "Drill, baby drill!" but what can you do?

@David of FL: While unorthodox permutations of full names are typically fair game, you're trying to say something with "B. Hussein Obama," and it's not moving the debate forward. Writing "J. Sidney McCain III" or "Willard M. Romney" doesn't quite serve the same type of punch, and few people refer to our Olympic swimming champion as "M. Fred Phelps."

Cheers,

Ryan

What is Creepy...

Obama worked ckosely and sat as chairman of the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge founded by unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Bill Ayers bombed the capital, pentagon, and other federal buildings... but B. Hussein Obama's judgment didn't keep him from assosiate with such a radical, he even began his political career in Ayes home. Obama wants to be the next president of the United States.

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Robert Schlesinger is a deputy editor at U.S. News and World Report and oversees all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.

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