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Archive for August, 2008

Polls: Voters Doubt Palin’s Qualifications While Obama Expands Lead

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Will McCain gain back the support after the GOP convention?
FOXNEWS-Most voters are unfamiliar with John McCain’s new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and many question her qualifications to be president, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup poll.
Meanwhile, another Gallup poll shows Barack Obama maintaining an 8 percentage point lead over John McCain following the end […]

Joe Scarborough Vs. Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews On McCain’s Gains In The Polls

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Olbermann and Chris Matthews went over the line with Joe Scarborough

“Daily Show” Mocks MSNBC Infighting: “It’s Lord Of The Flies On The NBC Roof!”

Obese Ohio death row inmate asks state for mercy

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

WHAT?????
NPR-A death row inmate who says he’s too fat to be executed received poor legal help during his trial and later when he appealed the death sentence, his lawyers said Monday during a clemency hearing.
It’s the second time that Richard Cooey, convicted of killing two University of Akron students in 1986, has asked the state […]

6 things the Palin pick says about McCain

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Very interesting article!
Politico-The selection of a running mate is among the most consequential, most defining decisions a presidential nominee can make. John McCain’s pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says a lot about his decison-making — and some of it is downright breathtaking.
We knew McCain is a politician who relishes improvisation, and likes to go […]

Johnny’s Flying Circus - Starring Sarah Palin or ((Now for Something completely strange))

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

In one fell swoop, senator McCain has given up ownership to just about every tactic and strategy that the GOP had in their arsenal.
With Sen. McCain’s Pick of Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, he has taken away the “experience” argument that would’ve been mildly effective in this time of über uncertainty on so many issues. […]

Bonds seeks dismissal of most of criminal case

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Is this the famous meaning of is defense?
AP) - Barry Bonds asked a federal judge Monday to toss out most of the government’s perjury case against him that charges the slugger lied to a federal grand jury about his alleged steroids use.
In a filing made in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, lawyers for […]

Heart-ache: Palin wants creationism taught in public schools?

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Will this hurt Obama?
HOTAIR-If you read Wired? Yes. If you read LGF and get the full context of what she said? No. That makes twice already today that quotes of hers were bowdlerized to make them more nutroots-friendly.
Lot o’ debunking to do before November 4.
In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say […]

Vladimir Putin accuses Bush of provoking Georgia conflict to help John McCain

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

I thought Bush said this was his guy?
TIME-Vladimir Putin accused President Bush tonight of orchestrating the war in Georgia in a plot to get John McCain elected to the White House.
In his most explosive allegation since the South Ossetia crisis erupted, the Russian Prime Minister said that the United States had provoked the conflict […]

“The Daily Show’s” Obama Bio: The Lion King, The Messiah, The Son Of A Goat Herder

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=183509
This is funny enjoy!

McCain - Palin

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Analysis of the pros and cons of McCain’s out-of-the-box choice of Gov. Palin for his running mate begins. What’s your take?
AP: John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative with less than two years in office, as his vice presidential running mate Friday in a startling choice as the Republican National Convention drew […]

Obama: ‘We are a better country than this’

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Bottom line Obama hit the cover off the ball with this speech! Will McCain be able to match this speech next week?
Politico-Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s dramatic call for racial equality in America, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination to become the first African-American on a major party presidential ticket.
At a rally Thursday […]

Factory had tension between union, immigrants

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Will Obama have a problem with working class people over immigration?
NPR-Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions.
Friction between the union and immigrant workers, along with a tipoff at an electrical […]

Meet Tim Pawlenty…

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Rumor has it via DRUDGE McCain picks Tim Pawlenty.
WSJ-Being on John McCain’s short list for vice president makes Tim Pawlenty a busy guy.
One day last week began with a meeting on security for the upcoming Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., where Gov. Pawlenty will play host. Then it was off to Farmfest, the […]

McCain Adviser: There Are No Uninsured Americans

Friday, August 29th, 2008

WHAT? Does this make McCain look out of touch?
HP-The Dallas Morning News reports on a John McCain adviser’s opinion on lack of health insurance in America:
Texas once again led the nation with the highest percentage of residents without health insurance, a U.S. Census Bureau report showed Tuesday, although the same study also reports […]

Reaction to Obama’s acceptance speech

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Pat Buchanan: “This is the greatest convention speech [ever].”

Republican attack dog Alex Castellanos: “Whoever didn’t get picked for Republican VP today may be a lucky Republican.”

The McCain campaign: “Tonight, Americans witnessed a misleading speech that was so fundamentally at odds with the meager record of Barack Obama. When the temple comes down, the fireworks end, […]