Domestic Issues
Saturday, September 06, 2008
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 02:29 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 10:54 am
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).…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 09:52 am
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.…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 09:43 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 09:34 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 09:10 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 08:50 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 08:17 am
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)…...
By
Rob
on September 6, 2008 at 07:35 am
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
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 09:05 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 08:36 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 01:06 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 12:52 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 10:58 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 09:19 am
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.…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 08:37 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 5, 2008 at 08:27 am
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
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 05:31 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 04:12 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 04:00 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 02:57 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 02:39 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 01:42 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 01:36 pm
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 12:53 pm
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.…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 11:59 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 11:42 am
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,…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 10:38 am
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…...
By
Rob
on September 4, 2008 at 10:16 am
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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