Cartoon from The Arizona Republic Oct. 22, 2008 by Steve Benson
Why you shouldn’t vote for Obama in two weeks. Chicago political talk radio host Guy Benson, Katharine Ham of the Weekly Standard, and Hot Air editor and contributor Ed Morrissey offer their “closing argument” in the case against Barack Obama for president. They have created an extensive expose covering Obama’s record on abortion, taxes, radical associations, foreign policy judgment, apparent disdain for the heartland, his use of the race card, and his lack of accomplishments. Ham and Benson get right out and admit they’re conservatives, but say they’re doing their best to be objective by offering tons of video clips and links to supporting articles.
National Review Online to CNN: Shame on you for misrepresenting our stuff. When CNN’s Drew Griffin interviewed Sarah Palin on Tuesday, he mentioned an article in the print edition of National Review “saying that, you know, I can’t tell if Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt or all of the above.” Byron York, who wrote the article, responded with a post that included a partial transcript of the interview and part of the article for comparison. He directed an open question to Griffin or his producer: do you think you fairly represented my article? York’s colleague, Rich Lowry, vented even harder. And Talking Points Memo appeared to agree with NRO. Bad CNN.
Don’t go overboard trying to defend same-sex marriage, says conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt. Some opponents of California’s Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriages through an amendment to the state constitution, have found the Catholic Church too daunting a foe, Hewitt suggests, which explains why they are instead targeting Mormons. An Article VI blog post details (after a long-winded introduction) how some Prop 8 opponents (including a Daily Kos blogger) are effectively trying to disenfranchise Mormon voters.
Biden’s speech is working against Obama, or at least that’s how it’s being played. Democratic V.P. candidate Joe Biden told a crowd at a Seattle fundraiser on Sunday that Barack Obama would be tested early in his presidency by enemies overseas, and called for his supporters to stand by him no matter how unpopular his response might appear (and he almost guaranteed that it would look like the wrong way to respond). John McCain used the speech to argue that the country doesn’t need a president who may invite another international conflict, but William Kristol at The Weekly Standard says McCain needs to go further by highlighting that Obama’s own running mate seems certain that he will be or at least appear weak in the face of a coming crisis. McCain needs to challenge Obama to explain exactly how he might respond to a conflict in Iran, Russia, or any of the other unnamed regions that might lash out (Biden said four or five areas came to mind but never named them).
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