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John McCain announced today on his website that he will be addressing the La Raza annual convention. I'm sure all hell is about to break loose on the right side of the web. Once again McCain is going to tick off the right.

You don't have to tell me that La Raza is a radical organization. I know that. I think the NAACP is a radical organization as well, but I also don't believe that it's wrong to speak to them.

Most African Americans feel that the NAACP has their best interests at heart. They d… Continue

Not only do I think McCain will win, but I don't think it will even be close (at least comparatively speaking). Whether Hillary or Obama win their nomination, both are too flawed for the general.

First there is Hillary, whose past friends and cabinet members like Bill Richardson and Robert Reich, and John Kerry, can't even manage to support her. Which shows what a truly unlikable person she really is. When your friends don'… Continue

Not only do I admire McCain for traveling into rural Alabama, where it is almost impossible to garner much support, but I totally agree with it and have long encouraged Republicans to reach out to those who don't normally vote Republican (like the black community). It may seem especially a waste of time in an election year where a black man is running for President. But just garnering votes shouldn't be the main concern… Continue

Even if you are one of those conservatives mad at McCain for a variety of things (and we all know what they are because it's all you can talk about), I will give you one very very good reason to not sit out this election.

Do you want the country to go through the ridiculous process, politics, money, and hand wringing rhetoric of the left and a new Attorney General prosecuting officials of a former Bush administration on issues of torture and other potential crimes (illegal war!)??????

Because… Continue