Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a supporter of Barack Obama, said Sunday that Republican John McCain’s experience as a Vietnam-era fighter pilot and prisoner of war didn’t add to his qualifications to be president.
Why McCain and Obama are campaigning abroad
John McCain and Barack Obama are both traveling overseas, said John Harwood in a New York Times blog, because “votes can be won there.” The U.S. presidential campaign is “not a traveling roadshow to be shared with foreigners,” said David Ignatius in The Washington Post, but with the world “passionately” . . .
Israel's risky prisoner swap
Israel's trade of live terrorists for dead soldiers just encourages more hostage-taking, said Benny Morris in the L.A. Times. But the cabinet has approved it, said the Jerusalem Post, and Israelis . . .
Luxury’s Choppy Waters, Cargo Conspiracy
Pleasure boat heavyweight Brunswick cuts jobs amid light sales. Four international airlines pay for taking part in a price-fixing cartel. And oil isn’t the only fuel hit by supply-demand imbalances.
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Despite months of “happy talk from the Fed and Wall Street,” says Steven Pearlstein in The Washington Post, the economy is now in “one of those vicious, downward spirals.” Well, “the further share prices fall, the better they become as an investment,” says Brett Arends in The Wall Street Journal.
Wesley Clark calls McCain's war experience irrelevant. (APP) |
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“It may take a few defeats for the G.O.P. to embrace a Sam’s Club agenda, but sooner or later, it will happen. Trust me.”
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“Income tax increases or surcharges are the fairest way to pay for any emergencies. That's especially true of wars.”
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In an age when Americans have an overabundance of media to choose from, the Fairness Doctrine is an unnecessary form of censorship.
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