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...rally in Tampa, Fla., McCain segued from prepared remarks on the uncomfortable matter of the Wall Street collapse (which he sometimes admits is the result of years of lax Republican oversight in Washington) and added comments on a much more rewarding topic: oil exploration. As he started on the subject, someone in the audience yelled, "Drill, baby, drill." To which McCain responded, "Right. Drill, baby, drill." To which the crowd responded, chanting, "DRILL, BABY, DRILL...
...political terms, Obama's response was late, and Pelosi's even later - drilling had already become a one-hit wonder for the GOP. Although the Democrats succeeded in watering down the bill, limiting drilling to at least 50 miles offshore (the Republicans had sought a 3-mile limit), helping to pass any sort of drilling bill was not easy, after years of reliance on electoral support for conservation over extraction. "It's like a Republican waking up one morning and realizing that suddenly Americans don't want lower taxes; they want higher taxes," said a senior Republican aide on Capitol...
...issue has become, to some extent, the Republican answer to any and all questions that come up on the economy. McCain returns to it in nearly every speech on the subject, even though drilling has as much to do with the collapse of Wall Street financial firms or the falling job market as abortion does. The drilling issue may even help explain his choice of running mate - Sarah Palin's one area of true expertise can be said to be the politics of energy extraction...
...lose a war than lose an election. Ever since, McCain's campaign has been a series of snide and demeaning ads accompanied by the daily gush of untruths that have now been widely documented and exposed. The strategy is an obvious attempt to camouflage the current unpopularity of his Republican brand, the insubstantiality of his vice-presidential choice, and his agreement on most issues - especially economic matters - with an exceedingly unpopular President...
...cryptic Internet posse known for its attacks on Scientology may have found a new target in Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Several self-proclaimed members of Anonymous, a loosely organized group associated with the message board 4Chan, apparently breached the Alaska governor's personal Yahoo! account (gov.palin@yahoo.com) late Tuesday night...