Bob McCarty Writes

Call me a “Tuesday Evening Quarterback,” but a review of tonight’s election results show the Republican Party team entered its most-important contest ever with little fan support, a poor game plan and the wrong signal caller lined up behind center. Team GOP’s shortcomings began with the recruiting process.  When loyal fans on the right side [...]

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The video above, just released by the John McCain campaign, shows Democratic Party vice presidential nominee Joe Biden living up to his reputation as a “loose cannon” who stretches the truth and — on frequent occasions such as last night’s vice presidential debate — tells flat-out lies.  Who can blame him?  We all know LIBERALS [...]

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Vice presidential nominee Joe “Gaffe-Machine” Biden had “bad days” in the headlines this week and stands at risk of being thrown under the bus by the man atop the Democratic Party ticket, Barack Obama.  A sampling of headlines from the nation’s newspapers appears below: New York Post: Joe Gets Taken To The Woodshed” (Geoff Earle, [...]

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Two weeks ago, few outside of Alaska were familiar with the state’s governor, Sarah Palin.  In two days, the trade paperback edition of her biography, SARAH: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down (ISBN 978-1-4143-3050-1), will begin shipping through Tyndale House Publishers. Written by author Kaylene Johnson and released in April 2008 [...]

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Though inspired by the words of John McCain and Sarah Palin at the just-concluded Republican National Convention, I am perplexed by some activities that took place at the gathering. Specifically, I’m bothered by the fact that, on several occasions during the convention, Code Pink activists made it all the way to the convention floor before [...]

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Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin asked delegates at the 2008 Republican National Convention, “(What’s) the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom?” and, moments later, brought down the house with her answer: “Lipstick!” That line combined with several others delivered during a spectacular 40-minute address to prove the maverick governor from Alaska [...]

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After learning of Republican Matt Blunt’s surprising decision not to run for a second term as Missouri governor, I predicted he would be selected as Mitt Romney’s running mate if the former Massachusetts governor wins the GOP presidential nomination. Not everyone — including one late night talk radio host who I’ll get to near the [...]

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