McCain: Palin Was A "Cold, Political Calculation" (ht: Andrew Sullivan)

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In the November 1998 edition of Mother Jones there was an interview with John McCain in which he said:

Mother Jones: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now, with people like Osama bin Laden, do you have any reservations about watching strikes like that?

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Guess what McCain's little opening image is on his website.

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19 Minutes to the debate... and McCain isn't even *there* yet.

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Wow

but I organized some links on McCain and Veterans affairs in one handy-dandy post for future reference. Please share this with those who need to see it ( Read more... )

Fantastic! Everyone should have this valuable, detailed, link-heavy information, ready to go!

(Also, see 260 Substantive Reasons to Vote For Barack Obama and ubiquitous_a's excellent post yesterday:

Why should people vote for Obama? Here's what I'm saying to the Undecided "low information" voter:)How would YOUR taxes be affected by Obama vs. McCain's tax ( Read more... )

This may have been posted here before, since it's old news, but it was new to me today. Also, it was in the Daily Mail, so take that as you will.

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This is good news, but not truly unexpected ( Read more... )

Washington Post OpEd ( Read more... )

You might have noticed in Obama's speech on Friday night that he promised to help even out the pay levels for men and women. Sure, it's against the law to discriminate in employment on the basis of gender, but it's still the case now in the early 21st century that women are often paid far less than men for doing the same work ( Read more... )