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Saturday, September 06, 2008

Obama Accuses Palin Of Being In Favor Of Pork Despite Having Passed $740 Million Earmarks Himself

Including one earmark worth $1 million for his wife’s employer right after she got a 120% raise. Obama then opened up rare criticism on VP nominee Sarah Palin, “I know…...

Update On The Ballot Language For The Tax Cut Measure

Here are some interesting quotes from around North Dakota about the controversy surrounding the ballot language for the initiated measure to cut state income taxes (you can catch up here).…...

Redeployment Of US Troops In Iraq Begins

Not that the media is going to make much of a big deal about it.  The war is only news when we’re losing, not when we’re coming home in victory.…...

Democrats Tried To Send American Flags From Obama Rally To A Landfill

That’s right.  The “greenest convention in history” wasn’t even going to recycle them or anything.  Let alone dispose of them in a manner befitting our national symbol. This morning, Republicans…...

Sarah Palin Isn’t Giving Any Media Interviews?

Many are claiming that Sarah Palin is being kept away from the media, and the left is naturally jumping on that rumor as proof that Palin isn’t ready for prime…...

Sarah Palin’s Radio Address

Here’s the weekly White House radio address, delivered this morning by none other than Sarah Palin. Transcript is below. Good morning, this is Sarah Palin — the governor of Alaska…...

Is Sarah Palin The Only Two-Year Governor To Be Nominated For VP?

The answer, per this report from Fox News, is emphatically “no.” I’m not sure I’d spend a lot of time focusing on Jimmy Carter not having any foreign policy experience…...

Three Way Race For Governor Of North Dakota?

A guy named DuWayne Hendrickson, running as an independent, has filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office to be on the ballot for Governor in November. Bismarck, N.D. (AP)…...

Ladies Starting To Love Them Some John McCain

This isn’t good news for Barack Obama. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama attracting 46% of the vote while McCain earns 45%. When “leaners”…...

Friday, September 05, 2008

Was Sarah Palin A Book-Banner?

The latest Palin smear from the left is a list of books being emailed around the internet, and reported on in the media, that then-Mayor Sarah Palin wanted banned from…...

Member Of Obama’s National Finance Committee Asks: Shouldn’t Palin Be At Home With The Kids?

Meet Howard Gutman.  He’s a liberal, and describes himself on his Huffington Post profile as a member of Obama’s National Finance Committee and a frequent commentator on both radio and…...

Public Service Announcement: Calling Obama “Uppity” Is Racist

Just in case you didn’t know. (CNN) - Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland was unaware a word he used to describe Barack and Michelle Obama on Thursday carries racial overtones, a…...

Did Palin Lie About Putting That Plane On eBay?

One of the most memorable moments of the most watched political speech this campaign cycle was when Sarah Palin said that she’d fought government waste in Alaska by putting her…...

Tim Mathern Accuses John Hoeven Of Cronyism In Pipeline Authority Appointment

Far behind his opponent in terms of money and public support, Democrat candidate for Governor of North Dakota Tim Mathern accuses his opponent John Hoeven of cronyism. FARGO—Dem-NPL Gubernatorial Candidate…...

Protesters During Palin Speech Had MSNBC Credentials?

That’s the rumor according to Newsbusters by way of Booker Rising: I took the shuttle bus back to Minneapolis, and I overheard a convention organizer named Phil telling a convention…...

GOP Manages To Tick Off A Couple Of Aging 80’s Rockers

At the GOP convention the Republicans, in a nod to Sarah Palin’s high school nickname “barracuda,” were rocking out to 80’s girl rock band Heart’s song by the same title.…...

Palin More Popular Than McCain And Obama

Sarah Palin is the most popular national politician in America right now. A week ago, most Americans had never heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Now, following a Vice Presidential…...

Palin Speech Viewership Beats Obama

Wow… NEW YORK (AP) - Barack Obama apparently isn’t the only “rock star” in presidential politics this year. After days of intense media coverage about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah…...

Thursday, September 04, 2008

52% Of Voters Have A Positive View Of Palin, 49% Think Media Is Actively Trying To Hurt Her

And this was before her speech last night. Eighty percent (80%) of Republicans say reporters are trying to hurt the GOP vice presidential nominee, and 28% of Democrats agree. Only…...

Obama Finally Admits It: The Surge Worked

A year ago Barack Obama was talking about how the surge of US troops into Iraq was going to fail.  He called it bad strategy, and said he could not…...

Obama Flak Tries To Explain Why Campaigning For President Makes Obama Qualified To Be President

A few days ago Barack Obama answered a question about his qualifications to be President by noting that he’s got experience because he’s been campaigning for President.  Today Megyn Kelly…...

The Palin Bounce: McCain Gains Eight Points On Obama To Tie The Race

Sarah “Barracuda” Palin has given McCain the sort of bounce Biden couldn’t.  Obama went from a 48/40 lead before the RNC convention to no lead at all now. (CBS) The…...

Shocker: Sarah Palin Went To A Lot Of Different Colleges Before She Graduated

Make no doubt about it, folks.  This is critical news you need to know. SPOKANE, Wash. - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before…...

Alaska Official Palin Canned: I Was Fired For Not Firing Her Ex-Brother-In-Law

The media has finally dug up that commissioner of public safety Palin canned in Alaska and he says she’s being less than honest about why she fired him. The fired…...

Gauging The Conventions By Andrea Mitchell’s Reactions

This video comparing Andrea Mitchell after the Obama speech to Andrea Mitchell after the Sarah Palin speech is hilarious: After Obama Mitchell may as well have been wearing a skirt…...

Obama Leads Palin On Experience…By Five Points

Uh oh... While Republicans and Democrats predictably favor their party’s candidate by overwhelming margins, the experience gap among voters unaffiliated with either party is even narrower than the national totals.…...

Right On Obama’s Heels: 37,244,000 Americans Watched Sarah Palin’s Speech

I knew Sarah’s ratings would be big, but I had no idea she’d be right on Obama’s coat tails.  She had 37,244,000 viewers.  Obama had 38,379,000. And just think: Sarah’s…...

Biden On Guiliani: Did He Talk About Anything But 9/11

Biden asks a crowd: Did Giuliani talk about anything but 9/11? Biden on Giulianiby burghnews Well, here’s the speech.  You tell us, Senator. I watched the Giuliani speech (kind of,…...

The Jon Voight-Narated Palin Speech Video Intro You Didn’t See

In the build-up to Sarah Palin’s big speech last night a lot of people were talking about an intro video narrated by Jon Voight that was supposed to play before…...

Media Again Accuses Palin Of Slashing Spending On Children’s Programs When She Actually Increased It

First they were hitting Sarah Palin for “slashing” funding for a program for pregnant teens by tripling its funding, now the media is on to bashing Palin for spending cuts…...

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