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The Conservative Wahoo
The Blog: A compendium of thoughts on politics, world affairs, economics, pop culture and social issues, from the center right perspective of me--Bryan McGrath--a University of Virginia graduate who spent a career in the world's greatest Navy keeping my mouth shut about politics and social issues (ok, publicly keeping it shut). Those days are over! Pull up a chair and chime in where you will. Keep it clean, civil, concise and relevant.
The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
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The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
The Policy: I take FULL responsibility for what I write. I will not be held responsible for the content of my comments section--as long as it is civil and passes my own inscrutable sniff tests, it will appear. If the comment offends you, that is on you.
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Shut up, Shieffer.
I'm on Fox News. Mudge, you on MSNBC?
Bad tie, John.
Bullshit, they are not innocent victims! they are complicit
That IS a bummer of a tie. Almost as much of a bummer as this opening statement of McCain's
Blech John
Zzzz.....
yes sally, i'm on msnbc just for you.
Are we going to hear ANYTHING new tonight or is this going to be the same old crap?
The middle class has little to lose or gain from any of these actions.
Going to the plummer story early...
i'm going to tax corporations unless they create jobs here in the u.s.? what am i missing?
At least McCain is looking at Obama. Good, get the plumber comment in! I love it!
SCDD. Same Crap Different Debate.
My short term challenge is to make it through the debate without flinging something at the TV.
Joe the Plumber. McCain needs to kill this one.
Christ almighty.....
I guess we know who Joe will be voting for
John, what happened to the redistribution of wealth comment?
Is McCain a Nuke Navy guy? Can't he give an easy answer ever?
McCain looks like Dr. Evil
95% of working families don't pay taxes.
There you go John!
If you are a small business that makes less than $200K, you are not profitable.
Now you're talkin' john
here it goes!!! well done john!
but get rid of the smug face!
Joe the Plummer is a star now.
Let's use parallelism here. Joe the Plumber. Warren the Investor.
Is "Joe the Plummer" the new "Joe Bag O'Donuts" or "Joe 6-Pack?"
Wait a second; it is either patriotic to pay taxes (Biden) or "no one likes taxes"
Obama on the balanced budget coming up
Let's see if Shieffer lets him off the hook with a non-answer.
Living beyond our means? Good Barack...is it just government, or your voters also?
"Programs that don't work.." Is Obama going to cut the DDG then?
Good God somebody give McCain a kick in the ass for a jump start. He displays all the enrgy of a corpse.
Glad one canidate is at least advocating cutting expenditures... funny, its the Dem... Republican fiscal responsibility died with Goldwater.... its been a myth since
"borrow from China to send to Saudi Arabia" good line...
propose. you can propose in one hand and and do something else less savory in the other and see which one gets filled first.
I only heard him talk about cutting one program -- subsidies to insurance companies.
what is the cost model being used to reflect the demand on the health care system once it is "free" for everyone? i doubt anyone has a clue how much it will cost once we nationalize health care.
Good John.
Both will promise the American voter anything and everything before the election .
Good comment.. your party, John is the one that got out of control (spending...)
President McCain will be no friend of the USAF
is it just me or does anyone think his claims to "know how to save billions of dollars," sound weird?
He's making me nostalgic for the bear in Montana DNA story.
folks, hate to tell you but its over... and my guess is the DEMs are going to get 60+ senators too.....
Obama is the classic scalpel man.
Obama's winning this.
Great line McCain!!
ohhhhh!!!!! Nice!
Love the Bush line. It's what Americans want to hear.
Balance the budget john? Not with all the candy you're giving away
Good response on Bush. What's with Obama's smirk?
concur, great mccain comment about running against Bush
Obama doesn't look good.
When Dr. McCain get angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset and when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset people die!!!
A revisionist history of reaching across the aisle
eight more years? did we change term limits?
Quit talking about this and let's move on to ANYTHING else.
Glad he is taking the gloves off.
No attacking fellow posters.
McCain should say, "I stand by my comments."
Oh, this is going to be good...
"i'm not running for homecoming queen" go on, say it.
History is replete with negative campaigns.
Don't be a wuss John
Let's see if the weasel says anything.
Attack!!!
you didn't keep your word. say it again. you didn't keep your word.
Great comments on integrity.
I like the you didn't keep your word comment!!!
I hate it when he says, "Well look...."
100%? Come on.
McCain needs more stronger language and comments that attack lack of integrity, aloofness, elitism, etc, that the American public does not like.
One of these guys looks and sounds presidential....and it's not the guy I'm voting for.
McCain has no position on immigration.
I'm on CNN-McCain is doing well with men on the approval meter.
Johhny Mac edges right up to almost making a great political point then back off. He lacks the killer instinct . Sad to say we might as well get used to saying President Obama and pray the God gives him devine guidance.
but if you can't keep your word on something as relatively unimportant as campaign financing, how can we expect you to keep your word on your other harder campaign promises?
Hold him to the repudiate comment
"The party's over...it's time to call it a day....."
Obama is sinking on the CNN approval meter. Maybe he should quit whining.
McCain needed a "Debate 101" class on how to counter arguments instead of spewing your talking points.
Go to the character issues with Obama.
What the hell is McCain talking about?
Pandering now. Come on John.
McCain can look mean when he wants.
Yes-get the c--t tshirt comment out. Good for McCain
McCain should keep attacking. Frankly he is losing on the issues, so he might as well go on a different front.
HE'S GOING THERE. Oh my.
That was an interesting seque. Did I miss something?
Not Ayers, how about Judgement and Character as the centerpiece.
What does it matter how old you were when it happened?
Pointing out others' bad judgment does not absolve you of yours.
Just filled out a bunch of names (who could later vote fraudulently).
He paid them 800,000. How can he pretend to not know what they're about.
"And those who shaped my ideas and were captured on video I later threw under the bus."
Obama looks like a jerk when he's laughing at him
McCain can't string together a coherent argument....his lack of legal training hurts him.
Maverick has gone into a flat spin. Ugh.
This is a BS question.
This is going to be tough for McCain to answer
I think I just heard someone start playing Taps somewhere.
Talk about executive experience, picking out a cabinet, running a state.
This has definitely been the best debate; don't you think?
Once again Johnny Mac nibbled around the adge with Bill Ayers when he should have stressed that the relationship points out once again the poor judgement displayed by Senator Obama time and time again.
McCain should diffuse the question with some humor about the question being biased against AARP members.
Yes, women seem to have really embraced her John.
John's blowing this one, but then again, I don't think he's got a lot to work for.
yuck, John
Obama isn't answering questions he is using sound bites from his campaign & getting away with it. McCain isn't fairing any better, he needs to attack and he isn't doing it hard enough.
Obama is countering every McCain punch. McCain needs to throw harder punches.
Good answer on Biden, John
good attack on joe's supposed expertise in foreign pol
Strangely, McCain is flying high with men on CNN.
good hit on spend more
Can we control the climate?
McCain should hit this out of the park
Great answer on NAFTA
YES! Talk nuclear!!
NUKE BABY!!!!!!
Good mention of Nuke ships.
sure. we apparently heated up the whole globe. so says nobel laureate academy award winner gore
Drill baby, drill...
Price of gas is down by 30%. McCain should mention that because of putting foreign oil on the hook.
I don't mind a mortgage on my future...as long as it isn't subprime... ok. I'm sorry for that one.
isn't his party the one who told them they couldnt drill on those leases?
McCain needs to look at the camera when he answers like Obama. Men don't like Obama's drilling talk, by the way.
Obama slipping....
Want to build cars in American and still cater to the Unions? Good luck Barack.
nafta was approved by clinton
Wonder what percentage of Americans buy foreign cars because the American cars they have are garbage.
when they are bailing us out by owning over $1T in our debt how are we going to enforce that?
Love the"look at" comment.
McCain's getting a little stronger, but still behind.
two Hondas right here.
John finally used a debate tactic. Beat him over the head with his own words.
don't roll your eyes, john.
by the way, senator obama's wearing an american flag pin and mccain's not. mccain must not be a patriot :)
McCain should attack the union influence on cars, prices, and poor workmanship.
Great line on Chavez
Health care -- A right or responsibility?
This is McCain's chance to really explain his health care plan. In depth, for a change.
bullshit...they have cobra!
What was there problem Barack? Overweight? Smokers like yourself?
Mccain better be able to explain his own plan better than he did last time.
How are you going to cut costs if you stay with your present plan?
their, not there. I hate mis-spelling words.
Talk about how expensive Obama's plan will be.
an insurance company is betting that you are going to stay healthy and you are betting that you won't when you enter into a policy. now the government will tell that business that they have to keep betting on you staying healthy even when all the evidence is to the contrary. dumb business.
Fitness, like all Navy guys practice.
Joe's back!
poor joe the plumber. he's going to have no time to fix toilets with all the media about to surround him. hope he keeps his crack hidden on camera.
You know, if mccain just explained his own plan, it stands on its merits.
Call him on it, John
McCain bottoming out on CNN
McCain's screwing this UPPPPP
POW!!! Way to hit it John!!
Shieffer got higher ratings asking his question than McCain is getting right now.
Obama draws blood whenver he talks about taxing health care, and Mccain hasn't mitigated it yet.
Senator Government!
Senator Government!
Obama should say JOE you are rich, you make 200K and thus are in the top 1% of all american earners
McCain's doing well on this. The approval meter seems to think so as well.
No litmus test. Good answer.
Let's see what Barack says about this.
Good answer on judges.
McCain is doing well on this judge question.
Do you think the Born Alive Infant Protection Act will come up?
McCain should attack this. Moral issues decided from the Supreme Court?
Talk about Born Alive IPA and morality associated with it, John.
Obama's a lawyer; ledbetter sued under the wrong statute. he knows that.
Here we go....
I'm sure Obama will have some lame explanation for this.
Serious quibbling on this. Just say you were against it, Obama
Then why did you vote against it in the US Senate?
McCain strong on this, but Obama not bad either.
Kill one life to save another, Barack?
Cavalier activity? Well I never!
Obama losing N.O.W. vote
McCain scoring well on CNN
Hit Obama on taxpayer-funded abortion!
More per capita spending! How bout that...
Education is a National Security issue? Send them to a military academy.
the only way a dem will lose the now vote is if they only vote present
"We're going to have to invest." Code for raising taxes.
Not everyone should go to college. Sorry, don't agree with that one.
Obama of the chart on CNN
How about limiting teacher's unions?
Obama hit that out of the park....
Washington DC, anyone?
abolish the dept of education would be my first act to improve education
More student loans and grants equals higher tuition.
Look how well local control of schools has done in DC, Barack.
I think McCain sounds pretty good on education.
Of course, Obama, federal government is always the answer
www.theatlantic.com/doc/200806/college
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower.
'I doubled them" how did you do that, Barack?
McCain should call out DC public school system.
Did you hear Obama on bad teachers? He quickly threw in: "Give them another chance..."
Damn. Obama SOUNDS pretty good on this, even if he's dead wrong on most of this issue.
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