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By Ron Beasley
Maybe this is why John McCain thought it was necessary to do something stupid dramatic.
Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday as an estimated 38 million viewers watched on television, setting a new record for convention viewership, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Mr. Obama’s speech [...]
On the three year anniversary of Katrina hitting New Orleans, the danger is back. Gustav is now officially a hurricane and according to Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlog, right now it looks like it will be about 70% as large as Katrina and a category three as it approaches. He’s suggesting, [...]
[...] By BJ
I'm still trying to wrap my head around McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for the Vice-Presidential slot on the GOP ticket. It seems more like pandering for novelty than a serious choice.
And it is not a question of experience, even though McCain has chosen the one candidate for VP [...]
By Cernig
She's a lifelong hunter. She's trying to prevent polar bears - even cute polar bear cubs - from being added to the endangered species list. (And just how does McCain expect America's soccer mom's to explain that to their kids?)
Would Sarah Palin shoot a bear cub?
By Libby
I don't know how much more obvious it could be that Palin was an panicked 11th hour pick after Obama's incredible speech last night. They clearly didn't vet her first. In her acceptance speech, Palin touts her anti-pork creds by noting that she nixed now indicted, Sen. [...]
By Cernig
This is rather worrying. Todd likes to sit in on Sarah's meetings, gets copied in on confedential State emails and make phonecalls demanding official's resignations. He appears to have been instrumental in getting one of Governor Palin's former trusted advisors, John Bitney, fired without notice or reason [...]
The state tends to look very Republican, but in many ways it's more centrist--albeit a sort of bizzaro centrist--than people realize. You see this in our governors more than the congressional delegation (which embodies the desire to hold firmly onto whatever little power [...]
Well folks, I'm back in Portland and a bit groggy. So rather than prattle on uselessly, I'll just post the pics. I think they're a pretty good batch. If you're looking for a little sport, both Kari and I are in here, so have fun with that. Click through [...]
Many people are aware that the border between the U.S. and Canada is the longest unprotected border between two nations in the world. In politics and foreign policy, trade and the like, Canada and the U.S. are viewed as friends and partners (for the most part, there are squabbles as [...]
11) Initially, too busy braving sniper fire to notice.
10) Ordered fur-lined pantsuit for on-site opposition research.
9) Traded in Michelle Obama voodoo doll.
8) Shorted Lieberman on InTrade. [...]
1. Email is likely best.
2. Try my (503) number first. If it's down, try text-messaging (I hate it but it worked better than voice calls during Katrina).
3. I also have a (504) number as backup, but see: #2.
4. If you're wondering what I'm doing, the best place to check is [...]
 Joel Haugen |
The 1st District congressional candidate Joel Haugen has just done something genuinely unheard of, something apparently without precedent in the United States at least for quite a few decades into the recent past:
He gave up the nomination and ballot line of a [...]
Republicans have demonstrated time and again that they'll use all manner of disgusting tactics to get their way. So on this third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, let's take a look back and remind ourselves of just how Matt Wingard used the disaster to try and gain leverage for charter [...]
[...] "Sarah Palin is the whole package. There couldn’t be a better vice presidential pick," said Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. "Women voters are electrified, and Sarah is someone who is truly in sync with the way real American women think. She is a reform-minded woman who will [...]
I'm not worried about her inexperience because she impresses me as a quick study who will surround herself with knowledgeable people of a conservative foreign policy bent. She does not come to us out of the Council on Foreign Relations; she comes as the conservative [...]
 Sarah Palin |
You can see why, today, Idaho Republican Chair Norm Semanko said (on his new blog) he was of this mood: “Just minutes after hearing the news, I received a call from Dee Sarton with Channel 7 news in Boise. She asked how I [...]
Emails like this coming at the rate of roughly one a minute:
Toss me in as another Republican who's ecstatic about this pick and who's writing a check. I teared up as I watched the speech given by Gov. Palin. I haven't been this proud [...]
Palin’s seemingly bright future was clouded in late July when the state Legislature voted to hire an independent investigator to find out whether she tried to have a state official fire her ex-brother-in-law from his job as a state trooper.The allegation was made by former Department [...]
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