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Great Sense of Humor

December 31, 2008

One characteristic of this year's presidential campaign was the non-stop attempt by McCain-Palin to rally the Republican base. John McCain, allegedly a "maverick" who often broke with his party, chose Sarah Palin as his running mate in order to excite GOP-base voters enough to come out and vote for the elephant ticket.
Even in the [...]

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Joe The Plumber: A Review

October 31, 2008

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher makes $40,000 a year working as an unlicensed plumber contractor guy around the Toledo, Ohio area. Mr. Wurzelbacher approached Barack Obama and asked him a question while Obama was working a ropeline after a campaign event in the Toledo area. The question "Joe the Plumber" asked concerned itself with Obama's clearly stated [...]

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Palin-Hasselbeck In 2012?

October 28, 2008

Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View

Sarah Palin from 1984 beauty pageant.
As news leaks out that John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, is going all "rogue" and not listening to campaign personnel anymore, some inside the campaign even calling her a "Diva"….a new bizarro-world character, as well as "The View's" co-host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, has entered the [...]

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"A Noun, A Verb & Joe The Plumber"

October 24, 2008

The one consistent theme of John McCain's campaign has been the stunts. The Arizona senator hasn't had a consistent recognizable message his entire campaign…..but the stunts…..have been recognizable everywhere.
It all started with the hasty choice of Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. You might find this interesting….
On Sunday, Aug. 24, the group reviewed names [...]

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Palin A Lot Smarter Than A 3rd Grader

October 22, 2008

For the sake of today's post….please review the first 1:06 of this video from last night's Countdown.

Sarah Palin states that the vice-president is "in charge" of the U.S. senate. The vice-president can, according to Palin, "get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes."
Now review how Governor Sarah Palin referred [...]

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McCain: Palin As VP…. "A Cold Political Calculation"

October 19, 2008

John McCain with Sarah Palin in front of the "Country First" campaign theme

The question: "Hasn't Governor Palin become a drag on your ticket?"
McCain answers: "As a cold political calculation, I could not be more pleased."
Isn't that the problem? Isn't the fact that Palin was a "cold political calculation" instead of being the best candidate to [...]

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George W. Palin

October 11, 2008

The one attribute conservatives loved about George W. Bush was his resoluteness. Once, by god, W. made up his mind about something….he never backed down. He stuck to his guns. He grabbed his crotch and held on tight….whatever. Even if W. was wrong, conservatives said repeatedly, at least you knew where he stood, Georgie didn't [...]

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Sarahcuda…..Appealing To Wingnut Hate

October 7, 2008

One of the reasons America is so divided politically is because of Karl Rovian style tactics stirring up hate and intolerance towards minorities, gays, the educated, the poor, the reality and science based, etc. Those who have been paying attention know that this has been going on for a long time, is relatively predictable now, [...]

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Pitifully Low Expectations

October 1, 2008

Recently, as I've been watching the course of the Sarah Palin-for-VP extravaganza, one disturbing element in the extravaganza has stood out like a sore, you know, thumb. This personal disturbance finds it's source in what I consider to be a concerted effort to diminish any prime-time expectations of the Alaskan Governor in this week's VP [...]

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Sarah Palin Watch

September 28, 2008

On September 11, 2008….National Review writer Kathleen Parker wrote this about the choice of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate….
McCain can hardly wipe the grin off his face. He gambled and won — Big Time. His biggest score has been among white women, who have abandoned the Obama camp and hauled their teepees over to [...]

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