Bob McCarty Writes

Today, one year after sharing a similar report in 2008, I share a new oversight report issued this week on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.).  Inside, it contains candidates for what an annual award I’ve decided to call “The Heistman Trophy.” Among those, descriptions of [...]

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Van Jones, President Barack Obama’s controversial former “green jobs” czar, serves on the advisory board of an independent environmental organization actively working with the White House, reports Aaron Klein of WorldNetDaily.com. Jones resigned in September after it was exposed he founded a communist revolutionary organization and signed a statement that accused the Bush administration of [...]

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In her New York Times column yesterday, Maureen Dowd used Shakespearesque language to describe Sen. John McCain’s seemingly-hopeless efforts to rid a $410 billion spending bill of $7.7 billion in earmarks: And he’s truly mad that trusts in the promise of a presidential candidate to quell earmarks. A few paragraphs later, she quoted the Arizona [...]

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As a native Oklahoma now living in the Show-Me State, I often find myself visiting NewsOk.com, the web site of the state’s largest daily newspaper, for a more balanced view than one can find in the left-leaning St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  The summary below, which I wish applied to results in other states, describes what is [...]

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Sen. John McCain accepted his party’s nomination for president of the United States this evening at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.  Click here to read the transcript of his speech.

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Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker will soon begin their second day of testimony before members of the U.S. Senate. Below are images from his testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday. Image details: Petraeus And Crocker Testify Before Senate On State Of Iraq War served [...]

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Following the events of this day and since Super Tuesday, I want it to be known by all readers of this blog that I am now 100 percent behind Sen. John McCain who stands as the only candidate still standing who’s able to win the Republican presidential nomination and, in turn, keep the White House [...]

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