tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272605614784370612011-04-21T16:47:12.173-07:00"There is nobody in politics remotely like him (...)he is driven by an ancient sense of honor, which is different from fame and consists of the desire to be worthy of the esteem of posterity." David Brooks referindo-se a John McCainRodrigo Lobo d'Ávilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098881619520923634noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-41504757998985025892009-01-06T04:51:00.001-08:002009-01-06T04:51:56.229-08:00<object width="540" height="450"><param name="movie" value="http://sic.aeiou.pt/online/flash/consola_video_sap.swf?urlvideo=http://videos.sic.pt/CONTEUDOS/sicweb/socrates_512009231411_web.flv"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://sic.aeiou.pt/online/flash/consola_video_sap.swf?urlvideo=http://videos.sic.pt/CONTEUDOS/sicweb/socrates_512009231411_web.flv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="540" height="450"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-4150475799898502589?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098881619520923634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-46918389484115969582009-01-06T04:48:00.000-08:002009-01-06T04:49:04.582-08:00<object width="540" height="450"><param name="movie" value="http://sic.aeiou.pt/online/flash/consola_video_sap.swf?urlvideo=http://videos.sic.pt/CONTEUDOS/sicweb/20090106reac_612009113754_web.flv"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://sic.aeiou.pt/online/flash/consola_video_sap.swf?urlvideo=http://videos.sic.pt/CONTEUDOS/sicweb/20090106reac_612009113754_web.flv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="540" height="450"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-4691838948411596958?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098881619520923634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-73153798656205348382009-01-06T04:42:00.000-08:002009-01-06T04:43:03.566-08:00<object width="540" height="450"><param name="movie" value="http://sic.aeiou.pt/online/flash/consola_video_sap.swf?urlvideo=http://videos.sic.pt/CONTEUDOS/sicweb/20090105_comentario_512009233146_web.flv"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://sic.aeiou.pt/online/flash/consola_video_sap.swf?urlvideo=http://videos.sic.pt/CONTEUDOS/sicweb/20090105_comentario_512009233146_web.flv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="540" height="450"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-7315379865620534838?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098881619520923634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-1308258805362722642008-02-01T11:48:00.000-08:002008-02-01T11:49:43.292-08:00Este é de peso...<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VUW6mx6L5PQ&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VUW6mx6L5PQ&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-130825880536272264?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-8297935801249506202008-02-01T11:45:00.000-08:002008-02-01T11:48:39.329-08:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CzlYKVM78I&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CzlYKVM78I&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-829793580124950620?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-5214297787828066762008-01-30T13:30:00.000-08:002008-01-30T13:36:27.524-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/03/18/us/18vietnam.xlarge1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/03/18/us/18vietnam.xlarge1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that more than 200 veterans from around the country have endorsed the Arizona Senator for President and are working in their states to reach out to fellow veterans on his behalf. Veterans supporting Senator John McCain have fought and represented the United States in every major conflict since World War II.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-521429778782806676?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>João Ribeirinho Soaresnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-26370327515209425122008-01-30T13:26:00.000-08:002008-01-30T13:28:51.535-08:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_gbeRtJ0Hm4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_gbeRtJ0Hm4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-2637032751520942512?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>João Ribeirinho Soaresnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-6837710605733430022008-01-30T05:56:00.000-08:002008-01-30T05:57:17.474-08:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9w7OKBAT0Fk&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9w7OKBAT0Fk&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-683771060573343002?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-31238470208815289362008-01-30T05:47:00.000-08:002008-01-30T05:54:55.418-08:00<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html">“You know, there’s really only one great man running for president this year, and that’s McCain.”</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html"> Prison in Vietnam gave him self-respect and a cause greater than himself, but it didn’t diminish his dynamism. His office in the Senate isn’t tucked away in a tranquil corner of his suite; it’s right in the vortex, and it’s always empty because he’s walking around. Campaigning last weekend in New Hampshire, he was his old restless self, never alone, craving contact, conversation and fun. </a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html">(...) </a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html">The years and the Senate have smoothed some of his rebelliousness, but he still fights a daily battle against the soul-destroying forms of modern politics. (...)<br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html"> Telling the truth is a skill. Those who don’t do it habitually lose the ability, but McCain is well-practiced and has the capacity to face unpleasant truths. While other conservatives failed to see how corporations were insinuating themselves into their movement, McCain went after Boeing contracts. While others failed to see the rising tide of corruption around them, McCain led the charge against Jack Abramoff. While others ignored the spending binge, McCain was among the fiscal hawks. </a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html">(...) More often, he is driven by an ancient sense of honor, which is different from fame and consists of the desire to be worthy of the esteem of posterity. </a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html"> Other Republicans used to accuse him of kissing up to the news media. But when the Iraq war was at its worst, and other candidates were hiding in the grass waiting to see how things would turn out, McCain championed the surge, which the major Republican candidates now celebrate. </a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html">He did it knowing that it would cost him his media-darling status and probably the presidency. But for years he had hated the way the war was being fought. And when the opportunity to change it came, the only honorable course was to try. </a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html">Everyone will make their own political choices, and you might plausibly argue that the qualities John McCain possesses are not the ones the country now requires. But character is destiny, and you will never persuade me that he is not among the finest of men. </a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html"> That human point seemed worth remembering, even amid the layers of campaign pretense.</a></p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/opinion/13brooks.html"><br />David Brooks in New York Times</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-3123847020881528936?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827260561478437061.post-29256035998573762142008-01-30T05:44:00.000-08:002008-01-30T05:45:57.584-08:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vQsckD9trn4&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vQsckD9trn4&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/827260561478437061-2925603599857376214?l=portugalformccain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávilanoreply@blogger.com0