They compounded a millionfold Bush's legacy of incompetence by soiling both possible Republican ideological strategies going forward: They killed off Bush-style neoconservatism as well as the more traditional fiscal conservatism McCain himself was once known for by trying to fuse both approaches into one gorgeously incoherent ticket. Full Story »
Posted by Randy Morrow
Another biting article from Mr. Taibbi, here he runs down the mis-steps of the McCain/Palin campaign (as well as the state of American politics). He ends on an optimistic note however: "We feel like ourselves again, and the floundering economy and our two stagnating wars now seem like mere logistical problems that will be overcome sooner or later, instead of horrifying symptoms of inevitable empire-decline." and says we must credit McCain for screwing up at just the right time.
