America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional. Mark McKinnon More Quotes by Mark McKinnon More Quotes From Mark McKinnon Life inside the Beltway bubble dulls your thinking. Mark McKinnon your bubble life thinking Sarah Palin is brilliant. She is a media magnet and a media magnate. She creates headlines and draws crowds wherever she goes, whether it's 98 degrees in the desert of Arizona or below freezing in the snow of Wisconsin. Mark McKinnon she desert media snow Drone attacks subvert the rule of law - we become judge, jury, and executioner - at the push of a button. Mark McKinnon push judge rule-of-law law News is virtual now. It is not 24-hour news cycles; it is instant news cycles. It is live. News is live all the time, around the clock. Mark McKinnon live clock news time Having been heavily involved in the planning of a couple of G.O.P. conventions, my view is, we should just scrap 'em. Cancel 'em. Just figure out an appropriate forum for the nominee to give an acceptance speech and be done with it. Mark McKinnon view speech done acceptance There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president. Mark McKinnon your you election opinion Consumers can choose from hundreds of channels today, including dozens for kids. At a time of dwindling resources, we don't need to be subsidizing PBS. It's time for Big Bird the mooch to compete with 'Dora the Explorer' and 'Bob the Builder.' Mark McKinnon choose time bird today Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure psychological evaluations and near-gynecological exams their male and liberal counterparts do not. Mark McKinnon run endure women politics Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder. Mark McKinnon being good hard preparation Wind and solar power are land-intensive, a green sin, but not energy-dense, and affordable only when heavily subsidized. And wind power must be supplemented with hydrocarbons for reliability. Mark McKinnon green sin power wind There's only one way we're going to change our political climate and ensure we establish some respect in our discourse. And that is to show there is a real price to pay for being a disrespectful partisan idiot. Mark McKinnon respect political change way I don't think that the press in 2004 was any more unfair to Bush than they were to Kerry. Mark McKinnon than more think unfair It doesn't matter if I go on CBS, PBS or Fox. Whoever is interviewing me is going to want to create some conflict in the story, or it's not interesting. That's just the way the news is. Mark McKinnon me conflict matter way I think the press are good people; I think they're educated people. Mark McKinnon good think good-people people I met Barack Obama, I read his book, I like him a great deal. I disagree with him on very fundamental issues. Mark McKinnon him great like book Who the hell ever dreamed up a tie? It's just such a weird idea, and yet it has been literally hanging around forever as the one constant and boring men's fashion staple. Mark McKinnon weird hell fashion men What strikes me when I leave Washington is the extent to which there's a huge disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country. The rest of the country is not hyper partisan. Mark McKinnon leave rest me country
