"There’s a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack Obama and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent. … She’s good looking."

So says Joe Biden. Real classy.

This commercial has aired multiple times during the Olympics on NBC. Ashley and I were both struck by how little party loyalty McCain has — usually it’s the other party who says we’re worse off than we were four years ago. I don’t think many Republicans will appreciate his attitude.

This tax cut plan is really interesting. Under Obama’s plan, Ashley and I would get more than three times as much money back. Even our parents’ taxes would receive a slightly larger cut.

Still, if I was a millionaire, I know who I’d be a-votin’ for.

(via azspot)

"I think it was important, a little bit for the stability factor, that it wasn’t God who was going to perform a miracle, end the war and bring us home. It was men. It was Caesar. I think the majority of those guys felt the way I did but we just had some, just as people turn to faith healing and that kind of stuff, we had some of that. A lot of times I would pray for strength and I think sometimes I got it. Pray for patience to get through the next minute when things were bad. I just don’t think it’s fair to expect too much out of what is basically not the Lord’s business."

John McCain on the preaching he did to his fellow POWs in Vietnam, from this NYT article.

I think McCain gets the idea of separation of church and state — an idea that, seriously, goes all the way back the Gospel. McCain’s alluding to it here; “Caesar” as in Matthew 22:21.

"You know, basically it’s a Google. What you can find out now on the Internet — it’s remarkable."

John McCain, who is using Google to vet VP candidates. The article states that “McCain, 71, has faced high scrutiny in his search because of his age.”