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Upside down

Thursday, September 11, 2008

This is not the way it’s supposed to work. Local newspeople are supposed to be in awe of presidential candidates and are supposed to toss softballs. National newspeople are supposed to be the fearsome interlocutors. Check out John McCain’s lame responses to fairly aggressive questions from a newsman on WCSH in Portland, Maine. Note, by […]

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Palin on the environment

Monday, September 8, 2008

A Groton Democrat passed this article, aptly titled Sarah Palin’s record on environment is abysmal) along to me, so I’m going to break my self imposed no-Palin policy to pass it along. There are no surprises here, but there are lots of details. The lady’s environmental policies are dreadful, but what else is new. Some […]

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They can dish it out…

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

But they can’t take it. John McCain has cancelled an appearance on the Larry King Show because he is upset that Campbell Brown of CNN refused to let McCain spokeman Tucker Bounds spout talking points about Palin’s experience. She actually asked for facts. I posted an excerpt of the exchange yesterday. According to McCain, she […]

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P.O.W.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Yet another great Robert Greenwald film: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70[/youtube] It is an amazing thing that an entire nation would feel it necessary to collectively agree that being a former POW is a plus for a presidential candidate. Isn’t a person with that history far more likely to have emotional scars that would make him or her less […]

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That’s not vetting you can believe in!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Sarah Palin is a disaster for the country. It remains to be seen whether she is a disaster for John McCain. What does not remain to be seen is whether John McCain is competent to be president. We now have proof positive that he is not. He apparently chose someone to be vice-president, and possibly […]

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Can’t resist

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Again, thanks to a reader that tipped me off to the latest rumors about Sarah Palin. This is the best account I’ve seen, though it’s also covered at Buzzflash. There are a number of things about the story that lend credence to the speculation, the picture at the linked article being one. Another is the […]

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McCain examines Sarah’s qualifications

Sunday, August 31, 2008

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RN5xbWtNSU[/youtube]

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Daily Show on Palin

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee:

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Abuse of power in Alaska

Saturday, August 30, 2008

There is a report, of uncertain reliability, that the McCain camp is only now sending people to Alaska to look into the Sarah Palin Troopergate scandal. If true, it would be unsurprising, as it appears that less thought went into this decision than I made today choosing an ice cream flavor at Salem Valley Farms […]

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Utter contempt for the American people

Friday, August 29, 2008

At least it wasn’t Joe Lieberman. 20 years ago (is it really that long) the first George Bush chose Dan Quayle as his running mate, primarily, it seemed and still seems, to avoid nominating anyone who could possibly be perceived as being better presidential material than himself. He had to look long and far, but […]

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