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Daily Archives: August 31, 2008
Straight Talk Shock: McCain Tells Fox News He Had ONE, and ONLY ONE, Serious Meeting with Palin Before Offering Her the VP Spot—Then Misleadingly States That Palin Opposed the “Bridge to Nowhere”
In the below video interview with FOX News, McCain reveals that he met with Palin ONCE, on Thursday of this past week—and then offered her the VP job the next day, on Friday! In other words, he barely knows her. In total, McCain … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, creationism, Democrats, feminism, James Dobson, John McCain, lesbianism, Politics, Republicans, rush limbaugh, Santi Tafarella, Sarah Palin
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McCain’s VP Pick Appears to Have Abused Her Office, and Lied About It: Sarah Palin’s Troopergate Scandal Is Not Complicated and Can Be Easily Recounted
Josh Marshall, of Talking Points Memo, nicely sums up Sarah Palin’s troopergate scandal: We rely on elected officials not to use the power of their office to pursue personal agendas or vendettas. It’s called an abuse of power. There is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alaska, Barack Obama, James Dobson, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Mike Whooten, Santi Tafarella, Sarah Palin
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“Palin is as Tough as Nails”: On the First Day of Sarah Palin’s VP Rollout, Camille Paglia is Impressed
According to the Times of London (August 31, 2008), literary and cultural critic, and author of Sexual Personae, Camille Paglia, is impressed by McCain’s VP pick: “We may be seeing the first woman president. As a Democrat, I am reeling,” … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Camille Paglia, history, John McCain, literature, Margaret Thatcher, Politics, Santi Tafarella, Sarah Palin, Sexual Personae, style, water
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“Alaska is the Closest Part of Our Continent to Russia”: Cindy McCain Makes Alaska’s Proximity to Siberia a Foreign Policy Qualification for Sarah Palin!
The brazen insincerity of Cindy McCain’s response, the lack of adult seriousness, the wrecklessness, and the underlying contempt for the intelligence of voters that it represents, would be funny if this were a faux news clip from the ONION. But it’s not. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alaska, Barack Obama, cindy mccain, feminism, foreign policy, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Politics, PUMAS, rush limbaugh, Russia, Sarah Palin
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McCain’s Troopergate Problem: VP Pick Sarah Palin Caught in a Blatant Lie and Abuse of Power Scandal Investigation
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Tagged Barack Obama, dishonesty, James Dobson, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Politics, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, scandal, self righteousness
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“Near Suicidal”: On VP Pick Sarah Palin, Neoconservative Commentator Charles Krauthammer Gets It
The Washington’s Post’s Charles Krauthammer’s response to McCain’s Palin VP pick: To gratuitously undercut the remarkably successful “Is he ready to lead” line of attack seems near suicidal.
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Tagged Barack Obama, Charles Krauthammer, James Dobson, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Politics, Santi Tafarella, Sarah Palin, Washington Post
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VP Pick Sarah Palin: Young Earth Creationist?
Back in late October of 2006, during the Alaska governor’s race, in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News, Sarah Palin seems to have talked about the age of FOSSILS as an example of something that reasonable people might have different … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, biology, Charles Darwin, creationism, evolution, fossils, James Dobson, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Santi Tafarella, Sarah Palin, science
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Low-Lying Fruit and the Temptation of John McCain: By Obama Not Picking a Woman VP, McCain Thought, “I’ll Do It—and the Presidency Will Be Mine!”
The weak bench of Republican female politicians may prove to have been John McCain’s undoing. At some point over the past week, McCain realized that there was not a single politically moderate female politician in the Republican party who also had substantial gravitas and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Barack Obama, garden of Eden, Genesis, James Dobson, John McCain, Politics, Presidential election, religion, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin
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Who’s the Mature Grown-Up Now?: McCain’s Selection of Sarah Palin for VP Sharpens the Distinctions Between Obama and McCain—to McCain’s Detriment
Suddenly, it’s Obama-Biden that looks like the mature, sober, grown-up ticket to ride. For months McCain has been tauting his foreign policy sobriety and experience, parading around the Middle East with dour and seasoned daddy-figures like Joseph Lieberman and Lindsay Graham. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Democrats, Emerson, garden of Eden, John McCain, literature, Michelle Obama, Politics, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Republicans, Robert Kennedy, Sarah Palin
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