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This wasn't a problem when McCain was just an Arizona Senator, burnishing his maverick credentials by blasting the explosion of earmarks under the GOP Congress and highlighting the role of earmarks in GOP scandals. But when he became the Republican nominee, his across-the-board opposition suddenly became inconvenient. Aid to Israel and military housing is funded through earmarks, so McCain had to make it clear he'd protect those programs from cuts. He made a similar exception during his anti-poverty tour in April, when he visited an African-American community in Alabama that got ferry service through...
...Ethan Coen, the writer-director brothers who otherwise have enjoyed a quarter-century of critical acclaim, it's that they betray a condescension, almost a contempt, for the people they've created. From the lover-killers in the Coens' first feature, Blood Simple, to the babynappers in Raising Arizona and a raft of Minnesotans in Fargo, all manner of desperately striving oafs populate the Coen gallery of film art. The brothers have been very smart about their characters' being very stupid...
...We’re playing so many games, and you need one off every once in a while. She was a pinch-hitter [Wednesday].” After witnessing the transition of a very large freshman class last year—and negotiating his own transition from Arizona State to a new program at Harvard—Leone now throws another group of rookies into the fray. Four freshmen started Wednesday night’s contest, with Melanie Baskind putting seven shots on goal and Patricia Yau one. “We’re just trying to get them...
...most of his career, Arizona Senator John McCain would jokingly refer to reporters as "communists," but his relationship with the press was so mutually affectionate that he and his aides happily referred to the media as their "base...
...last presidential election. The most conservative Evangelicals - the ones who served as foot soldiers for the Bush-Cheney campaign, mobilizing their neighbors and fellow parishioners - were the least enthusiastic about McCain's candidacy. And many leaders of the Christian-right establishment were ostentatiously withholding their endorsements of the Arizona Senator...