John McCain

Vijay Narayanan on April 24th, 2009

For many months leading up to November 4 Presidential elections, John McCain’s only criticism of Barack Obama was that the Democrat was friends with Bill Ayers, a terrorist of four decades ago, an allegation that both men rejected. If this were indeed true, it would have caused a serious setback to Obama’s campaign. The Chief [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on October 13th, 2008

John McCain reminds me of our actor Ajith Kumar. And Vijay too. In a rally today, McCain, who is down by between 5 and 11 points in national polls, said that he might be down, but he was going to fight. He said that Senator Obama might me measuring the drapes to the White House. [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on October 10th, 2008

Senator John McCain does one right thing finally, telling a woman in one of his town halls / rallies that Barack Obama is not an Arab. Somewhere in the backdrop, McCain doesn’t like the campaign that he is running. It is against his nature, and he recognizes it. This moment captures that in all earnest.

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Vijay Narayanan on October 3rd, 2008

Sarah Palin is an energy expert. Like John McCain invented the Blackberry.

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Vijay Narayanan on October 2nd, 2008

Will the McCain campaign stop telling America that Sarah-ppalling is “just like you”? Please! I mean, we don’t want someone who is just like us. “Just like you” does not mean that the “you” is some exalted person. It means that the person who is touted as “just like you” is just average. So so. [...]

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