September 2008
16 posts
No thanks, John McCain.
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This site is going away...
not because I’ve changed my mind. she’s not ready. not vetted fully, not right for this country, the list goes on…
i’m really taking this down because I don’t want to attack palin. you can make up your own mind about her.
however, do take into mind the kind of decision-making that went in to her selection. she wasn’t selected because of her skills (there...
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“John McCain camp mgr Rick Davis insisted that the WH election will be decided...”
– via Hotline
“Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in...”
– MSNBC
“She’s not very tolerant of divergent opinions or open to outside ideas or...”
– comment from The Washington Independent
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“Aides to Mr. McCain said they had a team on the ground in Alaska now to look...”
– New York Times
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice presidential candidate, has hired a private practice attorney to defend her in the investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner.
“MONROE, MI — Barack Obama responded forcefully to questions about the news...”
– National Journal
“Most Republicans have never met Sarah Palin and are processing the news of her...”
– Marc Ambinder
“Then there was this, from a woman named Teresa, who went to the Democratic...”
– Huffington Post
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Sarah Palin, On the Issues
“Unfazed by new studies predicting the disappearance of polar bears from Alaska,...”
– Anchorage Daily News via Own the Sidewalk
August 2008
27 posts
“I will not pretend to have all the answers,” Palin said about global...”
– Washington Post
“Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin fired the city’s police chief and the library...”
– Hat Thief
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The available evidence now suggests that she 1) tried to have an ex-relative fired from his job for personal reasons, something that was clearly inappropriate, and perhaps illegal, though possibly understandable in human terms, 2) fired a state official for not himself acting inappropriately by firing the relative, 3) lied to the public about what happened and 4) continues to lie about what...
“The theme of our campaign was ‘new energy,’ ” she said recently. “It was no more...”
– New Yorker via Sullivan
“She’s going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next...”
– NY Times via swampland
“Is this a joke?” That seemed to be the question du jour when my phone started...”
– http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/
“Palin has no experience in national office. Before becoming governor in December...”
– Politico
“it’s stunning that someone with so little national and international...”
– Anchorage Daily News
“This is a governor who really built her name by stepping on the back of sinners...”
– Anchorage Daily News
“Sen. John McCain’s selection of Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential...”
– Fairbanks Daily News Miner
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Like McCain, Palin believes that oil drilling is the only solution to our energy problems. “I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can’t drill our way out of our problem,” she says.
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So this is the future of the Republican party you are looking at: a future in which national security has bumped down the list of priorities behind abortion politics, gender politics, and energy politics. Ms. Palin is a bold pick, and probably a shrewd one. It’s not nearly so clear that she is a responsible pick, or a wise one.
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The McCain campaign’s slogan is “country first.” It’s a good slogan, and it aptly describes John McCain, one of the most self-sacrificing, gallant, and honorable men ever to seek the presidency.
But question: If it were your decision, and you were putting your country first, would you put an untested small-town mayor a heartbeat away from the presidency?
“Palin initially denied that she or anyone in her administration had ever...”
– talking points memo
“John McCain on Friday announced a running mate whom he met only six months ago...”
– politico
“A few are cautiously optimistic that it’ll turn out OK, but most of the...”
– ambinder via sullivan
“As governor, Palin vetoed wind power and clean coal projects, including a...”
– politico
“As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that...”
– Sarah Palin, a month ago.
politico
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Creationism in the classroom!
The volatile issue of teaching creation science in public schools popped up in the Alaska governor’s race this week when Republican Sarah Palin said she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in the state’s public classrooms.
Anchorage Daily News
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National Journal Almanac.
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Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review