I haven't seen this posted before - my apologies if it has been! Someone in my American Government class showed us this clip tonight as part of her presentation about John McCain.

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Check out the way McCain keeps playing with his wedding ring ( Read more... )

Huffington Post:ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment _ a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 _ emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows ( Read more... )

From Economists For Obama:

http://econ4obama.blogspot.com/2008/10/palinomics-what-does-it-mean.html
Over at Politico, Ben Smith has an article suggesting tension between the Palinistas and McCainiacs. I'll leave aside Smith's, um, generous description of Palin's debate performance as "adequate", and his, um, intriguing reference to Joe Biden as " ( Read more... )

LA Times:
"Palin appointed friends & donors to key posts in Alaska"

100-plus jobs went to campaign donors or their relatives, sometimes without apparent regard to qualifications. Several donors got state-subsidized loans for business ventures of dubious public value.By Charles Piller
October 24, 2008* More than ( Read more... )

From WWNO:McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act of 2002:

SEC. 313. USE OF CONTRIBUTED AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

(b) PROHIBITED USE-

(1) IN GENERAL- A contribution or donation described in subsection (a) shall not be converted by any person to personal use.
(2) CONVERSION- For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution or donation shall be ( Read more... )

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Sarah Palin, Are You Smarter Than A Third Grader?

AP INVESTIGATION: Palin children traveled on state ( Read more... )

Talking to a camera for a group of third graders...

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Or as Chris Matthews said just a bit ago on Hardball, talking like a second or third grader.

Palin Helps Alaska Get Rich Off Oil
While the Rest of the Country Suffers
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. Posted September 3, 2008

Welcome to the People's Republic of Alaska, where every resident this year will get a $3,200 *now estimated to be up to $5,000 each* payout, thanks in no small measure to the efforts of Sarah Palin, the state's Republican ( Read more... )

The mayoral interview is really, really brutal.



Awesome stuff though!