Say something like this in a debate:

Will McCain, who finished 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy and who lost five jets, return competence to the White House?

Heh. It’s funny ‘cuz it’s true.

Can’t see Romney doing it, though.

[Update in the afternoon]

Was that a cheap shot? Probably. Certainly the aircraft accident on the deck wasn’t McCain’s fault, nor was getting shot down when he ended up in the Hanoi Hilton. But as I note in comments, he’s not a very nice guy, by all accounts, and it’s the kind of thing that he’d do himself (after all, he insists on continuing to lie about Romney’s “timetable” record) so it would be poetic justice if such a thing caused him to reveal his true nature.

[Another update about 3 PM EST]

This seems relevant: Mark Levin:

Let’s get the largely unspoken part of this out the way first. McCain is an intemperate, stubborn individual, much like Hillary Clinton. These are not good qualities to have in a president. As I watched him last night, I could see his personal contempt for Mitt Romney roiling under the surface. And why? Because Romney ran campaign ads that challenged McCain’s record? Is this the first campaign in which an opponent has run ads questioning another candidate’s record? That’s par for the course. To the best of my knowledge, Romney’s ads have not been personal. He has not even mentioned the Keating-Five to counter McCain’s cheap shots. But the same cannot be said of McCain’s comments about Romney.

Last night McCain, who is the putative frontrunner, resorted to a barrage of personal assaults on Romney that reflect more on the man making them than the target of the attacks. McCain now has a habit of describing Romney as a “manager for profit” and someone who has “laid-off” people, implying that Romney is both unpatriotic and uncaring. Moreover, he complains that Romney is using his “millions” or “fortune” to underwrite his campaign. This is a crass appeal to class warfare. McCain is extremely wealthy through marriage. Romney has never denigrated McCain for his wealth or the manner in which he acquired it. Evidently Romney”s character doesn’t let him cross certain boundaries of decorum and decency, but McCain’s does. And what of managing for profit? When did free enterprise become evil? This is liberal pablum which, once again, could have been uttered by Hillary Clinton.

And there is the open secret of McCain losing control of his temper and behaving in a highly inappropriate fashion with prominent Republicans, including Thad Cochran, John Cornyn, Strom Thurmond, Donald Rumsfeld, Bradley Smith, and a list of others. Does anyone honestly believe that the Clintons or the Democrat party would give McCain a pass on this kind of behavior?

As I said, better to get this out there now, rather than wait until the nominee has been chosen.

Say something like this in a debate:

Will McCain, who finished 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy and who lost five jets, return competence to the White House?

Heh. It’s funny ‘cuz it’s true.

Can’t see Romney doing it, though.

[Update in the afternoon]

Was that a cheap shot? Probably. Certainly the aircraft accident on the deck wasn’t McCain’s fault, nor was getting shot down when he ended up in the Hanoi Hilton. But as I note in comments, he’s not a very nice guy, by all accounts, and it’s the kind of thing that he’d do himself (after all, he insists on continuing to lie about Romney’s “timetable” record) so it would be poetic justice if such a thing caused him to reveal his true nature.

[Another update about 3 PM EST]

This seems relevant: Mark Levin:

Let’s get the largely unspoken part of this out the way first. McCain is an intemperate, stubborn individual, much like Hillary Clinton. These are not good qualities to have in a president. As I watched him last night, I could see his personal contempt for Mitt Romney roiling under the surface. And why? Because Romney ran campaign ads that challenged McCain’s record? Is this the first campaign in which an opponent has run ads questioning another candidate’s record? That’s par for the course. To the best of my knowledge, Romney’s ads have not been personal. He has not even mentioned the Keating-Five to counter McCain’s cheap shots. But the same cannot be said of McCain’s comments about Romney.

Last night McCain, who is the putative frontrunner, resorted to a barrage of personal assaults on Romney that reflect more on the man making them than the target of the attacks. McCain now has a habit of describing Romney as a “manager for profit” and someone who has “laid-off” people, implying that Romney is both unpatriotic and uncaring. Moreover, he complains that Romney is using his “millions” or “fortune” to underwrite his campaign. This is a crass appeal to class warfare. McCain is extremely wealthy through marriage. Romney has never denigrated McCain for his wealth or the manner in which he acquired it. Evidently Romney”s character doesn’t let him cross certain boundaries of decorum and decency, but McCain’s does. And what of managing for profit? When did free enterprise become evil? This is liberal pablum which, once again, could have been uttered by Hillary Clinton.

And there is the open secret of McCain losing control of his temper and behaving in a highly inappropriate fashion with prominent Republicans, including Thad Cochran, John Cornyn, Strom Thurmond, Donald Rumsfeld, Bradley Smith, and a list of others. Does anyone honestly believe that the Clintons or the Democrat party would give McCain a pass on this kind of behavior?

As I said, better to get this out there now, rather than wait until the nominee has been chosen.

Say something like this in a debate:

Will McCain, who finished 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy and who lost five jets, return competence to the White House?

Heh. It’s funny ‘cuz it’s true.

Can’t see Romney doing it, though.

[Update in the afternoon]

Was that a cheap shot? Probably. Certainly the aircraft accident on the deck wasn’t McCain’s fault, nor was getting shot down when he ended up in the Hanoi Hilton. But as I note in comments, he’s not a very nice guy, by all accounts, and it’s the kind of thing that he’d do himself (after all, he insists on continuing to lie about Romney’s “timetable” record) so it would be poetic justice if such a thing caused him to reveal his true nature.

[Another update about 3 PM EST]

This seems relevant: Mark Levin:

Let’s get the largely unspoken part of this out the way first. McCain is an intemperate, stubborn individual, much like Hillary Clinton. These are not good qualities to have in a president. As I watched him last night, I could see his personal contempt for Mitt Romney roiling under the surface. And why? Because Romney ran campaign ads that challenged McCain’s record? Is this the first campaign in which an opponent has run ads questioning another candidate’s record? That’s par for the course. To the best of my knowledge, Romney’s ads have not been personal. He has not even mentioned the Keating-Five to counter McCain’s cheap shots. But the same cannot be said of McCain’s comments about Romney.

Last night McCain, who is the putative frontrunner, resorted to a barrage of personal assaults on Romney that reflect more on the man making them than the target of the attacks. McCain now has a habit of describing Romney as a “manager for profit” and someone who has “laid-off” people, implying that Romney is both unpatriotic and uncaring. Moreover, he complains that Romney is using his “millions” or “fortune” to underwrite his campaign. This is a crass appeal to class warfare. McCain is extremely wealthy through marriage. Romney has never denigrated McCain for his wealth or the manner in which he acquired it. Evidently Romney”s character doesn’t let him cross certain boundaries of decorum and decency, but McCain’s does. And what of managing for profit? When did free enterprise become evil? This is liberal pablum which, once again, could have been uttered by Hillary Clinton.

And there is the open secret of McCain losing control of his temper and behaving in a highly inappropriate fashion with prominent Republicans, including Thad Cochran, John Cornyn, Strom Thurmond, Donald Rumsfeld, Bradley Smith, and a list of others. Does anyone honestly believe that the Clintons or the Democrat party would give McCain a pass on this kind of behavior?

As I said, better to get this out there now, rather than wait until the nominee has been chosen.

A Clinton aide in a fund-raising scandal? Who would have ever imagined such a thing?

Just out of curiosity, I decided to see if the domain writeinfred.com was taken. It was, and it was up before the Florida primary:

…we urge all conservatives to VOTE FOR FRED DALTON THOMPSON during your state’s primpary [sic]. And if he isn’t on the ballot, WRITE-IN FRED THOMPSON. It is imperative that we sent a message to our party and our nation, that it is time to return to ideals of our founders and our constitution. Its [sic] time we send a message to our party and the media that this should once again become a serious process among professionals who are serious about the task at hand and not just looking for power and prestige. Its [sic] time we return to citizen servants who seek to further the cause of democracy and not just their self interests.

They could use an editor, but I’m certainly sympathetic to the cause.

But not surprising.

I’m listening to Rudy Giuliani endorse John McCain. One RINO (or at least CINO) endorsing another. This makes the route uphill for Mitt (who I’m not thrilled with either, but at least he’s not McCain) even steeper.

I think that Ronald Reagan is spinning in his grave, that this is happening at his presidential library.

Look who’s thinking about getting into the race. Hey, I voted for him in 2000.

I hope that Bloomberg gets in, too. With Hillary!/Obama, McCain, Nader and Bloomberg in the race, the so-called liberal vote would be split four ways, perhaps leaving an opening for an actual conservative to run on an independent ticket.