Archive | November, 2008

Guest post by Scott Hopkins –updated– John McCain appears with Tina Fey selling campaign wares on QVC. Cindy also makes a brief appearance showcasing “McCain Fine Gold”. Pretty funny stuff, actually, with Palin going rogue a particular highlight. Interestingly, his slim odds and out-of-control running mate are both acknowledged here. Election open thread. What’s happening [...]

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BY TAYLOR MARSH The top video with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin is, as usual, priceless. Both John and Cindy McCain are in the skit, with Fey at one point holding up a sign for 2012. Gerahty is concerned. Then Fay/Palin held up a “Palin in 2012″ t-shirt, whispering, “Just wait until after Tuesday to [...]

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BY TAYLOR MARSH Hey, it’s Chris Rock. "McCain probably had financial problems too, but we can’t all do what he did. We can’t all dump our first wife, marry a rich one and have all our bills paid." Here’s the audio.

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BY TAYLOR MARSH –updated– A call comes in out of nowhere, with the caller saying it’s the president of France, and you believe it? “We have such great respect for you, John McCain and I, we love you,” Palin gushes, evidently unaware she’s speaking to an infamous Quebec comedian named Marc-Antoine Audette. At one point, [...]

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BY TAYLOR MARSH John who? If you caught Grover Norquist today with Chuck Todd on MSNBC, you would have seen that the sensation of Sarah Palin is nowhere near ending. She knows it. So do her right-wing fans who are wasting no time in moving on. At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, [...]

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BY TAYLOR MARSH Obama knows how proud John must be. I’d like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn’t come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington’s biggest cheerleader for [...]

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BY TAYLOR MARSH A leak. Compliments, of course, of McCain’s friends in Washington, Bush and Cheney and the boys and girls who brought you the last eight years. Doin’ all they can for their team Rep. Conyers responds: Dear Mr. Chertoff: I was startled to read in today’s Associated Press that a “federal law enforcement [...]

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BY TAYLOR MARSH “…He did an outstanding job in Iraq.” What about closing Gitmo? Iran and their nuclear ambitions? Direct talks with the Taliban? Watch the tape. This interview with Blitzer is just one Obama has done across the media spectrum. It reveals Obama’s confidence in who he is and where he stands at this [...]

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by Sheri and Allan Rivlin There is a lot of anger in the air right now. Republicans are angry with Democrats. Democrats are angry with Republicans. Both right and left are angry with the “main-stream media.” Byron York reported a shouting match outside a McCain event. Someone fired a few gunshots at the home of [...]

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BY TAYLOR MARSH They’re spinning as fast as they can, but reality on the ground is real. But the people were missing. Not all the people, mind you. Many thousands did show, pumped with excitement, and pounding thundersticks in approval. But the Nationwide Arena, home to the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, was hardly full. About [...]

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