Sarah Palin Pursued "Personal Agenda" in Seeking To Get Trooper Fired (1)
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Here's another of the report's key conclusions: "The evidence supports the conclusion that Governor Palin, at the least, engaged in "official action" by her inaction if not her active participation or assistance to her husband in attempting to get Trooper Wooten fired [and there is evidence of her active participation]. She knowingly, as that term is defined in the above statutes, permitted Todd Palin to use the Governor's office and the resources of the Governor's ...
Trooper-Gate Report Finds Palin Abused Power in Firing Monegan (1)
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The just-released Trooper-Gate report finds that Sarah Palin abused her power in the firing of Walt Monegan, by violating an Alaska law holding that "each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust." It also finds that Monegan's "refusal to fire Trooper Mike Wooten" -- who was embroiled in a family dispute with the Palins -- ...
McCain calls Obama 'decent person,' is booed (4)
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McCain sort of can't win here.Parnes reports from Minnesota:A man in the audience stood up and told McCain he's "scared" of an Obama presidency and who he'd select for the Supreme Court."I have to tell you. Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States," McCain said as the crowd booed and shouted "Come on, John!""If I didn't think I'd be a ...
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dj empirical said:
in a weird way, this reminds me of Brian in "the life of brian", when he's trying to talk to the crowd, and they're just not getting what he's saying.
* YOU SAY "LIVING IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY" LIKE IT'S A BAD (1)
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YOU SAY "LIVING IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY" LIKE IT'S A BAD THINGA lot of lefty bloggers are chuckling at the news that Hugh Hewitt can't find a publisher for a book titled How Sarah Palin Won the Election ... and Saved America, and especially at Atrios's comment:They should publish it, and Fox News should just provide a complete alternate reality for its viewers, one in which McCain is president, Obama has been arrested and sent ...
The Associated Press: NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot (1)
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TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." In the United States, the best-known individual named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaida terrorist group behind the 2001 attacks that ...
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Scott Horton is puzzled by the Palin e-mail hacker case:Generally the Department has not acted in cases in which the result of the intrusion is merely to embarrass the target, for a fairly obvious reason. At best we’re only talking about a misdemeanor. The Palin email hacking case quite plainly falls into this category. So what is going on? The Justice Department seems to be setting one of its amazing new rules. When a Republican ...
Obsidian Wings: Taking On His Party (1)
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One of the things that has annoyed me during this campaign is how easy it has been for candidates to simply make things up about one another's records, even when they are talking about topics that are relatively easy to check. Last spring, people kept saying that Obama had no real accomplishments in the Senate, even though that was not true. More recently, McCain has said that Obama has not reached across the aisle to ...
Your Power-Worshiping, Maliciously Negligent Media At Work (1)
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Last week, as the bailout bill was being debated, the blog Naked Capitalism got its hands on the tape of a secret Treasury Department conference call whereby government officials reassured Wall Street speculators that all the supposed Democratic "improvements" to Henry Paulson's original bill were specifically written to be unenforceable. Writers like Matt Stoller and me did everything we could to push this outrageous news out there before the bailout vote happened, and were met ...
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John McCain, 2000: “I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don’t have much of a vision for the future or you’re not ready to articulate it.” As the article notes, 100% of McCain’s ads have been negative (I haven’t seen a positive ad from ...
Malkin Award Nominee (1)
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"Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed with the slogan SODOMY CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH and their chins with FELLATIO KILLS," - Rev Dr Peter Mullen, Anglican rector of St Michael’s Cornhill and St Sepulchre without Newgate in the City of London.
FactCheck.org: Are three former Fannie Mae executives "economic advisers" to Obama? (1)
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October 9, 2008Q:Are three former Fannie Mae executives "economic advisers" to Obama?Is this true?Here is a quick look into 3 former Fannie Mae executives who have brought down Wall Street. Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregularities in Fannie Mae's accounting activities. At the time of his departure The Wall Street Journal noted, "Raines, ...
Cake Writing 201: "Congratulations" (3)
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"Alright, class, take your seats. We're going to need extra time to review yesterday's quiz, since once again you have all failed to meet even my lowest expectations. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, considering you each barely scraped through Cake Writing 101 - yes, even you, Doug, so stop looking so superior. How you all expect to be professional cake decorators when you can't even spell the most common cake word after 'happy' and ...
Liveblogging George W. Bush Telling The Nation Not To Freak Out (1)
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Oh this is hilarious, on CNN we have a split screen with Barry finally laying out his detailed, comprehensive policy proposal on the left, and on the right we have a bunch of sad orange roses waiting for George Bush to stomp all over them. Oh hey here he is! George Bush, hunched and tired, standing in the shade, a hollow wind whistling over his microphone, while in Ohio Barack Obama stands in the sunlight ...
Our Stupid Discourse (1)
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Sometimes the press covers stories in such a way that it's impossible to believe they're really this stupid. The evil ACORN is the latest example. Voter registration fraud is not voter fraud. In many states people who do voter registration are obligated to turn in forms even they're filled out by "Mickey Mouse." They're a conduit for the forms and don't have the right to determine which ones they turn in.
LA Times Asks if South Park Went Too Far w/ Laughing at Rape (25)
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Never mind "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report," the most welcome Comedy Central program this election season just might be "South Park."The series has been on a roll for the past four/five seasons, and whether turning an alien invasion into an examination of immigration, or leprechauns into targets of terrorism, "South Park" has been presenting relatively reasoned examinations of cultural issues.Until, perhaps, last night. "South Park" has missed out on skewering this summer's pop-culture ...
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Nuclear power is safe! I spent most of my time in the Navy on a ship with a nuclear reactor! …you’ve been treated for cancer like 4 times. Srsly? (Barack Obama & John McCain) picture: Huffingtonpost.com. lol caption: StriderEnder » Recaption ThisShared by dj empirical (44) Mike (26)Contribute commentTalking Points Memo (433) permalink
Josh Marshall does a good job of setting the record straight before the republicans whine too much.Shared by aaron (115) Brennan O'Keefe (6) Chris Colón (50) CJ Alexander (47) Daniel C (36) dj empirical (44) Karoli (90) Keith (7) Tiffany Bridge (3) Vince Outlaw (18)Contribute commentFAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments (1576) permalink
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