LOGO: Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines. A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.  
February 10, 2010
Log in / Register

 Choose a size
Text Size

Most Read

The Terror-Industrial Complex

America's Confused Approach to Afghanistan

Haiti, Forgive Us

Wall Street Wants a Refund

Palin Calls Global Warming Research 'Snake Oil Science'

Most Comments
Most Emailed

Reports
 * NEW! * Wall Street Wants a Refund
 * NEW! * Haiti, Forgive Us

Ear to the Ground

A/V Booth

Arts & Culture

Digs
Financial Meltdown 101

Truthdig Bazaar more items

 
Ear to the Ground

McCain Defiant in Ohio

Email this item Email    Print this item Print   
Posted on Oct 31, 2008
McCain Defiance
youtube.com / cbsnews

Outgunned in the polls and on TV, John McCain takes to the streets of Defiance, Ohio.

What is it with politicians and the poetics of town names? John McCain is launching his electoral last stand in a place called, seriously, Defiance, Ohio. The rough ‘n’ tumblin’, dissident, anti-status-quo Republican candidate for president is following in the footsteps of Barack Obama, who campaigned in Unity, N.H., with Hillary Clinton after a barbed primary.


The Guardian:

Defiance, a picture postcard town in north-west Ohio, takes its name from a fort built here in 1794 by a General “Mad” Anthony Wayne. The general was so proud of his deep moat and the fort’s 2.5-metre-thick walls that he declared, according to local lore: “I defy the English, the Indians and all the devils in hell to take it.”

So it was easy to see why John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, found Defiance an irresistible place to launch his final battle for the White House yesterday [Thursday] with a two-day bus tour of Ohio.

Outgunned in the polls and on TV by his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, and deserted by some of his fellow Republicans, McCain had little reassurance to offer his supporters ... except his defiance—and a little lesson in his own history.

Read more

More Below the Ad

Advertisement


Elsewhere: .

Comments

Are you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.

By cann4ing, November 1, 2008 at 8:25 pm #

In the late sixties, when I was in college, there was this great poster depicting this mouse, standing on his hind legs, looking skyward as he gave the finger to the descending hawk that was about to grab him with huge talons.  The caption read:  “Last Great Act of Defiance!”

The poster encapsulates McCain’s last stand in Ohio.

Report this

By Concerned Voter, November 1, 2008 at 12:10 am #
(Unregistered commenter)

Defiance .......YES,indeed, to Bush and McCain !

It goes without saying,that the November 4th - Election
must be all about >Defiance< to what McCain stands for:

same disastrous foreign Policies as Bush !
same horrendous disregard for Liberty and Justice !
same despicable behavior,Lies and Deception !
same callous Ignorance,Arrogance and Sarcasm !

It is the utmost Responsibility for better tomorrow !  PLEASE >>>>>>>>>>> Vote Obama - Biden !

Report this

Add Your Comment

Posts by unregistered readers are moderated. Posts by members
are published immediately. Why wait? Register today!







Number of characters remaining: 4000

Notify you when others comment on this article?


Are you a human?
Retype the word you see here.


Please read and abide by our comment policy.
By submitting this comment, you agree to this site's terms and conditions.

 
 

 
Join the Liberal Blog Advertising Network
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
Copyright © 2010 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.