straight talk express

Matt Taibbi, who is on path to become one of the better writers of our generation, takes apart John McCain in an article in Rolling Stone in which he follows the Straight Talk Express around various cities, including right here in Nashville.

Howard Fineman in Newsweek gives an oft-repeated, yet mistaken point of view on our electoral situation:

We know John McCain: as formed and familiar as a well-worn boot. But we don't know Barack Obama very well, and getting to know him has been and remains the basic national task of 2008.

And of course by Obama, I mean John McCain circa 2006:

OK, so Sen. Obama says that John McCain has "lost his bearings" in reference to his attacks on Obama as somehow being endorsed by Hamas. Most objective observers would know that this means John McCain's straight talk express has taken a bit of a detour into gutter politics.

Arianna Huffington schools John McCain.

John McCain's campaign, in response to Sen. Obama calling them out on their pandering over the gas tax, issued a press release stating:

Another four years of Bush brought to you by the same kind of “Straight Talk Express.”

The Donkey's Mouth picks up on an interview with John McCain, where he seems to throw some restrictionist Republicans under the wheels of the Straight Talk Express.