Thursday, August 21, 2008

Blowhard News for Thursday.


Romney condemns Russia’s ‘willingness to act militarily against a sovereign nation.’
On Hugh Hewitt’s radio show last night, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said that “the International Olympic Committee ought to revisit locating” the 2014 Olympics in Russia because of what “they’ve done in Georgia.” Ironically, the reason Romney gave for why the Games should be moved is because the “Russians have shown their willingness to
act militarily against a sovereign nation“:

HEWITT: But I do want to ask you about the Olympics and your experience there, in terms of whether or not the Russians ought to get the Olympics in 2014 after what they’ve done in Georgia.

ROMNEY: Well, Hugh, my own view is as the Caucuses are a hot spot, and as Russians have shown their willingness to act militarily against a sovereign nation, that the International Olympic Committee ought to revisit locating the Games elsewhere.

Hannity and Rove float Lieberman for Secretary of State.
Recent press reports have hinted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is
strongly considering selecting Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) as vice president. However, on Fox News last night, both Sean Hannity and Karl Rove weren’t keen on the idea, arguing that “there are other ways” to be bipartisan. Hannity and Rove instead suggested Lieberman as Secretary of State:

HANNITY: I was going to say, could we achieve that by, maybe, when he announces his VP, say, look, Joe Lieberman has agreed to be my secretary of state?

ROVE: Well, there’s going to be a brilliant column in the Thursday “Wall Street Journal” that’s strongly commentated but.

HANNITY: Are you suggesting that?

ROVE: Well, look, I think that that’s where the imperatives for McCain at the convention is. Each side needs to achieve something at the convention. And one of the things that McCain needs to do is to…you know, make it clear he remains who he is — a maverick with an independent streak who’s got to govern by — in a bipartisan fashion as president as he’s operated in himself.


McCain: ‘I Still Believe The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Strong’
On her radio show, conservative talker Laura Ingraham asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) what he believed should be done to address the struggling U.S. economy. Ingraham listed several economic indicators that have declined in recent years to make her point. McCain dismissed the premise of Ingraham’s question, saying, “I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong”:

INGRAHAM: And now look: the dollar’s weak, we have serious competition from abroad, government is running a deficit. … What are the Republicans going to do if China ultimately overtakes us economically and does that matter?

MCCAIN: I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong. We’ve got terribly big challenges now, whether it be housing or employment or so many of the other — health care. It’s very, very tough times. It’s very tough. But we’re still the most innovative, the most productive, the greatest exporter, the greatest importer.

Limbaugh: Obama won primaries because no one ‘had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy.’
Yesterday on his radio show, right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh said it’s “striking how unqualified Obama is and how this whole thing came about within the Democrat Party. I think it really goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy.” Limbaugh continued:

I think this is a classic illustration here where affirmative action has reared its ugly head against them. It’s the reverse of it. They’ve, they’ve ended up nominating and placing at the top of their ticket somebody who’s not qualified, who has not earned it. […]

It’s perfect affirmative action. And because of all this guilt and the historic nature of things, nobody had the guts to say, well, wait a minute, do we really want to do this?

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