Did McCain Blow Off Letterman to Pre-Empt Sarah and Katie?
McCain just pre-empted his own running mate’s second interview with a straight reporter.
You think maybe he believes the Palin-Couric interview didn’t go well?
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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Bush Failure > Obama Leadership > McCain Stunt
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelThis financial crisis is bringing out the true sides of those purportedly in charge: Bush’s failed leadership, Obama’s assumption of that leadership position, and McCain’s cynical gamemanship.
Breaking!
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelObama takes 9 point lead in national poll and Palin gimmick has worn off entirely.
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What? You thought I was announcing that McCain is suspending his campaign to go back to his day job?
Operation “The Surge Is a Success–Bury the Afghanistan NIE”
/in 2008 Presidential Election, Foreign Policy/by emptywheelThe Bush Administration isn’t going to tell us what they know about the grim status of Afghanistan. And why should they? After all, if we knew how bad Afghanistan was, we would be able to show the costs of the Iraq surge and other failed Bush policies.
We’re Asking the Wrong Guys Trying to Solve the Economic Crisis
/in Economics/by emptywheelWhy are we having two guys whose jobs it is to ensure the health of our financial system in charge of solving a problem that arises from structural weaknesses in our entire economic system?
Bush Mouthpiece Admits: They’ve Been Sitting on this Plan
/in Economics/by emptywheelIt turns out, the Bush Administration has been sitting on this bailout plan for “weeks and months.”
Who Told the TrooperGate Witnesses to Ignore the Subpoenas?
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelNo one wants to ‘fess up to having told the Palin-friendly TrooperGate witnesses to blow off their subpoenas. I wonder why?
Well, I Guess We Knew There’d Be Demands…
/in Economics, Foreign Policy/by emptywheelWhen you come begging to your banker, you’ve got to expect them to issue demands.
Oh, THAT Kind of Financial Incentive
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelI asked a while back what the TrooperGate investigator, Stephen Branchflower, might have meant when he said a key witness–whom he believes lied to him in an interview–had a “financial incentive” to do so.
It appears that Murlene Wilkes, who handles the state’s workers comp claims, was pressured by the governor’s office to deny a claim from Trooper Wooten.
Trash Talk: 0-3 Week
/in Trash Talk/by emptywheelI might as well have posted this on Sunday afternoon. After all, the big games of the week are on Sunday night (the scary looking ‘Boys against the new-look Packers) and Monday night (one of the best last two-minute drill quarterbacks ever, Favre, playing a team that has lost two in the last seconds of the game, the Bolts).