Archive for October 6th, 2008

Scripted Convention down to the hugs….

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Scripted Convention down to the hugs….

So bitterique made a comment about DD’s comment on Palin using her kids to score political points. I had to dig this one up. Like we are stupid enough to believe that these events on TV (baby sister holding daughter) are just random events. Read the teleprompter…. Convention Choreography Andrew Romano For those of you […]

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Palin’s Association with Terriorists?

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As Palin derides Obama’s “relationship” with terrorists, Keith Olbermann asks Palin to look at her friends. The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government, and I won’t be buried under their damn flag. I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned […]

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Charlie Copeland Thinks You Are An Idiot With the Memory of a Meercat

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Kavips runs it down: First was the flabbergasting admission by traditional conservative Sarah Palin during the debate, that she saw nothing wrong with the sexual coupling of human males…. Then came this admission in yesterday’s News Journal: Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Charlie Copeland and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman called for finding sustainable energy sources […]

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“Kill him”

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wow, just wow.  These are the people at Palin/McCain rally’s Palin speaking here: Now it turns out, one of his earliest supporters is a man named Bill Ayers,” Palin said. “Boooo!” said the crowd. “And, according to the New York Times, he was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, ‘launched a […]

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Polling Roundup

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Today produced a motherload of polling, all showing good news for Barack Obama and Democrats in general. TRACKING POLLS Battleground: Obama 50, McCain 43 Research 2000: Obama 52, McCain 40 Gallup: Obama 50, McCain 42 Rasmussen: Obama 52, McCain 44 Hotline: Obama 47, McCain 41 NATIONAL POLLS CBS: Obama 48, McCain 45 NBC/Wall Street Journal: […]

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nothing sexist here

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtJPrTLevYw[/youtube] Have I ever mentioned that I watch womens beach volleyball for the awesome display of athleticism?   

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“They are not big enough for the moment.”

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Read that headline again. “They are not big enough for the moment.” Tonight on Hardball, Chris Matthews asked Peggy Noonan what she thought of McCain and Palin’s negative tactics against Obama given the real problems facing our country. Peggy Noonan’s answer… “They are not big enough for the moment.” Truer words have never been spoken.

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QOD

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For the Palin “haters” what bothers you most about her? For the Palin “lovers” what do you like about her?

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Is Mike Castle Weaker Than Even I thought He Was?

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Maybe…just maybe Mike Castle is not simply weak, maybe he is much weaker this time than anyone expects. Lord knows his cheerleading for the botched bail out, his term on the house banking committee and all the money he has taken from the very industry he was supposed to be overseeing don’t exactly pain a […]

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WaPo Wonders About Biden’s Senate Seat

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A couple of interesting things here. First of all, the Washington Post posits that it is kinda a given that Obama/Biden will win. Great. Second of all, could Chris Czillia (sp?) could not know less about Delaware politics? A Ruth Ann victory lap? Sky Dad save us. I’m grabbing a big section so no blockquote: […]

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Joe Sixpack Responds To Palin

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Joe Sixpack Responds To Palin

Washington (AP) – “I’m pretty (explitive) sick of this Plain broad telling everyone what I’m thinking,” declared Joe Sixpack in a statement released today. Six Pack was strongly critical of Palin’s use of his identity to create the impression that the Alaska Governor is in touch with the needs of the average working man. “I […]

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Deep Thought

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Who could have predicted that getting stuck in an unwinnable,expensive occupation half a world away- putting oil companies in charge of our energy policiy and allowing banks and bond traders to “self-regulate” would have resulted in economic calamity?

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McCain’s healthcare plan, take III – Cut Medicare/Medicaid

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The New Republic has the story – or rather stories. The three faces phases of McCain’s healthcare proposal. Take I: First McCain said he would elimine the entire tax deduction for health insurance, in order to pay for his new tax credit. This would have paid for itself, but it would have done so by […]

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