Earlier today, I jokingly speculated that the reason McCain was trying to delay or postpone or cancel the debate was really because his polling sucked, and he was stalling for time. It appears that I’m not the only one that thinks this. And now, it looks like Palin’s debate will either be postponed or cancelled – the events are being held hostage, in a way, as bargaining chips in the deal McCain thinks he must make with Senate Democrats in order to look all leaderly ‘n shit. If they don’t wise up and fall into line on the bailout debate,…
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State GOP pols react harshly to Biden’s coal remarks A former Colorado congressman and a state senator lashed out today at Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s comments against increasing the use of coal in the United States. Biden “doesn’t give a dilly about a coal miner’s family or a coal miner’s job,†said Scott McInnis, a Republican who represented Colorado’s 3rd District, which includes several coal mines, such as those in Delta and Mesa counties. “No coal plants here in America,†Biden said on a campaign swing in Ohio. “Build them, if they’re going to build them, over there†in…
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Still More Questions About Sarah Palin and that Combed-Over Guy with the Creepy Smile Who Hangs on to Her Skirt for Dear Life – 236.com – The Room I won the poll, what’s my prize?? Huh?
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It’s amazing how much I didn’t know about the separation of church and state. I’ve always been a big proponent of the concept (hmm, something to do with being bullied as a redheaded stranger-child in a near-theocracy). But I didn’t know where the limitations lay, and I came up short in a discussion of politics at, of all places, Holy Moly. I had been incensed over the last week or so about how the LDS Church was throwing a lot of money at Proposition 8 (the gay marriage ban) in California, and today I was dismayed to find that the…
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In These Times – March 6, 2000 – Free Ride Here is what happened: McCain boasted to my wife and me over lunch in Washington that he had planted complex questions with the Senate Interior Committee chairman to sabotage the testimony of Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford, a Democrat, about the Central Arizona Project, the multibillion-dollar Colorado River water delivery system for Arizona urban areas. When I protested to McCain that the project had enjoyed bipartisan support for nearly 50 years, from conservative Barry Goldwater to liberal Morris Udall, McCain retorted: “I’m duty bound to embarrass a Democrat whenever I can.”
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Barack Obama Bumper Stickers Cool idea, but the Illinois sticker is a graphic with Obama and Biden, with a background shot of the funny red state Capitol rotunda. Where’s Lincoln? Where’s the Chicago skyline, the fertile downstate fields, or a clever recasting of the state flag? It has a rampant eagle, a Federal shield, and a really pretty golden sunburst. Can’t someone do a mix with the “O” logo, please? Because until then, I’m from Hawaii, my “maybe someday” spiritual home. The sticker says “Obama Ohana.” As everybody knows, “ohana” means “family.” Via BoingBoing
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I also wonder, what would Gerald Ford have thought if he could somehow see McCain coming to lay flowers at his grave with First Dude? …And what is Todd Palin doing there in the first place — especially when (forsaking the excellent adventure) he could be home with the baby and kids? Ah. This is one of those “reach out to the moderates” action straight out of the playbook. Ford would be appalled, I think, by Palin’s politics, as he was appalled by the Religious Right’s co-opting of the party. Reported this one to The General.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Governor Palin’s Reading List Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler, an avowed racist who Sarah Palin approvingly quoted in her acceptance speech for the moral superiority of small town values, expressed his fervent hope about my father, Robert F. Kennedy, as he contemplated his own run for the presidency in 1965, that “some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in public premises before the snow flies.” It might be worth asking Governor Palin for a tally of the other favorites from her reading list. And that shocking revelation is just one more…
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Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes – NYTimes.com The NYT brings some interesting stuff to light. This article engendered 1000 comments, and notes that Alaska legislators were so annoyed at Palin’s frequent absences from the state capitol that they took to wearing “Where’s Sarah” buttons.
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TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Campaign: McCain “Would Rather Lose His Integrity Than Lose An Election” TPM notes that Obama’s campaign hit McCain where he lives.. on the “honor and integrity” meme that’s part of his maverick-hero image. This is after his appearance on The View, where Joy Behar told McCain that a lot of his oft-repeated campaign statements are lies. Right to his face. I love Joy. Today on “The View,” John McCain defended his campaign’s latest ad campaign, which has been debunked repeatedly as both false and sleazy. In running the sleaziest campaign since…