"August 29, 2008

Statement of NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy on the Selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's Vice Presidential Pick

Sen. John McCain's choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate is a cynical effort to appeal to disappointed Hillary Clinton voters and get them to vote, ultimately, against their own self-interest.

Gov. Palin ( Read more... )

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"You're not even a Democrat! Why am I even talking to you?!" OMFG...maturity level check! This in its entirety is why Democrats can't win an election...because they act like fools, believe what they hear and refuse to think for themselves...and this is coming from a registered Democrat.

*I* am a die-hard Hillary supporter. *I* am on the ( Read more... )

"SEDONA, Ariz. - Sen. John McCain immediately began using Joe Biden's own words against him early Saturday morning, drawing on the Democratic vice-presidential nominee's criticism of Sen. Barack Obama during the Democratic primary.

"There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama's lack of experience than Joe Biden," said McCain spokesman Ben ( Read more... )

The piece was in response to an op-ed from Sen. Barack Obama that was published in the paper last week.

In an e-mail to the McCain campaign, Opinion Page Editor David Shipley said he could not accept the piece as written, but would be "pleased, though, to look at another draft."

"Let me suggest an approach," he wrote Friday. "The Obama piece ( Read more... )

"John McCain said Friday that Barack Obama would have brought the military to the brink of failure in Iraq as his campaign continued to hammer Obama’s foreign policy views in the run-up to his trip abroad.
McCain also moved a step closer to declaring victory in the war, telling reporters for the second day in a row that the U.S. military has “ ( Read more... )

"ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., made an off the cuff joke Tuesday about cigarettes killing Iranians.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was asked about the number of exports going to Iran, specifically the increase in cigarette exports.

McCain looked surprised at that fact and in a line somewhat ( Read more... )

1.)    "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- While Sen. Hillary Clinton was endorsing Sen. Barack Obama, some of those weighing in on her campaign Web site were less willing to concede.

As Clinton wrapped up her remarks Saturday in Washington with a plea for supporters to work "as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me," many were posting messages saying they ( Read more... )

"(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said Saturday that he has resigned from the church where controversial sermons by his former pastor and other ministers created political headaches for his campaign."

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"The resignation comes days after the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a visiting Catholic priest, mocked Obama's Democratic rival during a sermon at Trinity United ( Read more... )

"HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro blasted Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday for his criticism of the Cuban government this week, saying McCain had shown why he finished near the bottom of his class at West Point."

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"McCain, speaking in Miami on Tuesday, vowed to maintain the United States' 46-year-long trade ( Read more... )

"John Hagee, the controversial evangelical leader and endorser of Sen. John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that the Nazis had operated on God's behalf to chase the Jews from Europe and shepherd them to Palestine. According to the Reverend, Adolph Hitler was a "hunter," sent by God, who was tasked with expediting God's will of having the Jews ( Read more... )