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A man who purports to be a medical doctor has this to say:
First, a little political mischief.
Sounds like fun!
Since being chosen as John’s McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin has caused a hurricane in the media and blogosphere, where one rumor has it that her 4-month old son, Trig, born with Down syndrome, isn’t hers, […]

Palin’s Speech A Home Run For Most »

Drum Roll, please….. Governor Sarah hit a homerun! She never yielded the floor for one minute. At times she was snarky, took a few hits at Obama and just kept the crowd at the Republican National Convention on their feet. As for me, I was doing a happy dance bruised ribs and all! Here is […]

McCain’s Speech »

**EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY**
REMARKS BY JOHN MCCAIN TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY
Contact: Press Office
Thursday, September 4, 2008
703-650-5550
ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, today at 10:00 p.m. ET (9:00 p.m. CT):
Thank you all very much. Tonight, […]

RNC Open Thread »

Tonight, it’s all about John McCain!

Excerpts from McCain’s Nomination Acceptance Speech »

“I’m very proud to have introduced our next Vice President to the country. But I can’t wait until I introduce her to Washington. And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big spending, do nothing, me first, country second Washington crowd: change is coming.”
“The constant partisan rancor that stops us from […]

Karma: Democratic Regressives, Trapped In Their Own Irony. How Delightful. »

After chuckling while reading the NY Times piece, Sarah Palin Electrifies Party, I surfed The Regressive Party’s posts this morning about Sarah’s speech last night at the Republican Convention. What I saw everywhere was a gaggle of shocked and flustered people who are now officially trapped in their own irony.
Having become the fascist thugs they claimed […]

Tracy Flick, My Ass »

Keith Olbermann, who paused temporarily from washing the gnarly, stinky feet of Barack Obama with his tears, described Sarah Palin’s speech as a Tracy Flick moment. Are you kidding me? Tracy Flick, for those who are not movie buffs, is a character Reese Witherspoon played in the movie, Election. Flick is a […]

Media Round-Up on Sarah’s Speech »

From the McCain campaign:
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT GOVERNOR PALIN’S ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
For Immediate Release
Contact: Press Office
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Governor Palin Was “Simply Brilliant”
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “She Gets An ‘A.’” ABC’s CYNTHIA MCFADDEN: “Joining me now is ABC’s chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos for the Nightline report card. So George, what about it, […]

Breaking: Sarah Palin Wallops Joe Biden in TV Ratings [Update] »

I just spotted this at the Drudge Report:
37,244,000 WATCHED PALIN SPEECH … [24,029,000 WATCHED BIDEN; 38,379,000 WATCHED OBAMA]… MORE…
Okay, Obama outdrew her by a few, but the difference is insignificant and doesn’t count all those who listened to her on the radio.
HOW (!) does one express the MAGNITUDE of a vice presidential candidate — […]

Introducing a new blog for Sarah Palin »

I receive lots of requests asking us to feature certain blogs, or add blogs to our already long blogroll. Usually, I decline to do so. But this individual has a blog that is worth a visit: Stop Smearing Sarah.

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