McCain and Palin: Socialists?

An exchange from the 2000 campaign on MSNBC’s Hardball (quoted nimbly in the New Yorker): 
During the 2000 campaign, on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” a young woman asked him why her father, a doctor, should be “penalized” by being “in a huge tax bracket.” McCain replied that “wealthy people can afford more” and that “the very wealthy, because [...]

Palin wasn’t really on SNL

Ok I admit it. I bought into the hype. I wanted to see how Palin would handle her appearance on SNL. Would she take this chance to pounce on the media, to poke fun at the jokesters that helped bring down her poll numbers? What would she do? What would SNL write?
Well watching the clips [...]

William Kristol Begs: Let McCain be McCain

In his NY Times Column this week, William Kristol wants McCain to fire his campaign staff and work from the gut. He writes:
The McCain campaign, once merely problematic, is now close to being out-and-out dysfunctional. Its combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic…. 
…What McCain needs to do is junk the whole thing [...]

A rare defense of Palin

I have to stand up here and just once again state that I think its high time that we show a bit of respect for these candidates. Much in the same way I have called for McCain followers to end their personal attacks on the Junior senator from Illinois, I would call upon the heavily democratic [...]

Booing is The New Cheering – And Palin Gets Five Minutes in the Parenting Penalty Box

Seems everyone’s new favorite pastime is booing our candidates. McCain was booed sticking up for Obama. Obama was booed for showing respect for McCain. At least they were shown disfavor for honorable actions. And then, in an addendum to James’ post earlier this evening, this happened:

You know who I feel the [...]

Palin gets booed in Philly (insert shock here)

I’m on the move this evening and won’t be able to post links and the like, but let me just share my amusement and lack of surprise at the following:
Sarah Palin was resoundingly booed at her puck dropping appearance at todays Philadelphia Flyers versus (my beloved) New York Rangers. The idea that anyone would be [...]

The Last Person Who Should Give Ethics Lessons

A short blurb on today’s (I think) important  report from an Alaskan state investigation into Governor Palin’s behavior in what has been called “Troopergate.” From CNN.com:
Palin violated state ethics law by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator’s report for the bipartisan Legislative Council concluded Friday.
“Gov. [...]

Obama The Smear Prophet

Well, we can say we didn’t see the nasty mudslinging coming from McCain/Palin. But not Senator Obama.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sarah Palin

Hawt Post on WordPress on Sarah Palin

Newsweek fallout

 
The Dow Jones lost nearly 700 points today, AIG execs are going on lavish excursions which include spa treatments, the housing market is in shambles and there are two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So why is Fox News talking about neglecting to touch up Palin’s Newsweek cover? Wow.