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Entries Tagged as 'Election'

On McCain And Palin

September 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From former senator Fred Thompson at the Republican National Convention:

Speaking of the vice presidential nominee, what a breath of fresh air Governor Sarah Palin is.
She is from a small town, with small town values, but that’s not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family.
Some Washington pundits and media big shots [...]

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Tags: Election · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

Obama’s Experience Is Based On … His Experience

September 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

On CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees” this past Monday host Anderson Cooper asked Barack Obama to answer the claim that Sarah Palin has more applicable experience than he does:

AC: Some Republican critics say, you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this [Hurricane Gustav]. They’ve in fact said that Governor Palin has more [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · The Left · The US

Obama ‘08

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Spread The Word:

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Tags: Election · The Left

The Hockey Mom And The Pit Bull

September 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

As reported by William Kristol at The Weekly Standard:

A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she’d be under from the media, the viciousness of the assault that she’d be facing, etc.:
Palin: “Thanks for the warning. By the way, [...]

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Tags: Election · The Left · The Right · The US

Joe Biden on Gun Control

September 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

From glassbooth.org:

From the South Carolina 2007 Democratic primary debate, on MSNBC Apr 26, 2007:
Q: Sen. Biden, what could the federal government have done to save those kids at Virginia Tech?
A: What they could have done is three things. 1. In the so-called Biden crime bill, we put 100,000 cops on the street. I’ve worked with [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Election · Guns · The Left · The US

McCain-Palin

August 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It’s 11:00 am Friday, and while it ain’t OFFICIAL just yet it appears to be a fact:
John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
Sarah (Heath) Palin was born on February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She is 44 years old. Her family moved to Alaska in 1964. Sarah attended Wasilla [...]

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Tags: Election · The Right · The US

Emperor Obama

August 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So the High Holy Obamessiah will finally make his grand entrance tonight at the DNC circus, and he’ll do so not in any hall or convention center … he’ll do it in a stadium, and he’ll do so under a facade of a Greek temple.
Says Ed Morrissey:

Politico reports that “senior Democratic officials” have had second [...]

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Tags: Election · Socialism · The Left · The US

Obama The Socialist

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Progressives are individuals who are ostensibly working within the republic and its capitalist system, while their real goal is to subvert it, weakening its foundation, the Constitution of the United States of America, and amending it to reflect the Marxist-Socialist philosophy described as Progressivism.
In the United States House of Representatives, these people all belong to [...]