Posts from ‘September, 2008’

Did you think of at least one?  If so, you’re ahead of Sarah Palin who was stumped by that brainteaser on CBS just now.
Palin also doesn’t think it’s important to determine whether global warming is man made or naturally occurring.  The important thing, she says, is to fix the problem.  Without knowing what caused it.  [...]

You may recall that on the very day the economy was melting down, John McCain said, “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”  Obama seized on the comment and produced this ad:

Well, yesterday, Barack Obama said this:

Through the magic of editing, it sounds like Obama is parroting John McCain.  The McCain campaign is now running [...]

It’s apparently due in part to the credit crisis:
 Embedded video from CNN Video
This, of course, is nothing new:

On a related note, and to the extent it applies to you, enjoy the brisket and tzimmes and shana tovah.

Judging by the referral stats, some of you just can’t get enough of Bristol Palin. Proceeding on the theory that the people must be given what they want, here’s some important information for those basing their vote on the pregnant teen daughter of Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
Once you’ve gotten your fill here, please look around for [...]

This ad by Democracy for America and Brave New PAC is a bit harsh and was pulled after airing only a couple of times.  Still, the point is valid: the odds of Sarah Palin becoming president in the event of a McCain victory are terrifyingly high.

In an ad released today, the RNC attacks Congress and Barack Obama for bailing out Wall Street.  This, despite the fact that their presidential candidate supports the plan:

The ad was released before the bailout failed, but while McCain’s surrogates were taking credit for its passage:

Contrast the RNC’s confused bile with Obama’s two minute pitch to [...]

Hey, it’s bring-your-patently-unqualified-vice-presidential-running-mate-to-work-day:

Via Jonathan Martin at Politico:
Of concern to McCain’s campaign, however, is a remaining and still-undisclosed clip from Palin’s interview with Couric last week that has the political world buzzing.
The Palin aide, after first noting how “infuriating” it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a [...]

Political Wire reports on a new poll which finds Obama leading in….North Carolina:
A new Public Policy Polling survey in North Carolina finds Sen. Barack Obama has taken the lead over Sen. John McCain for the first time, 47% to 45%.
Key finding: “Over the last year there’s been a strong relationship between the number of North [...]

Unable to produce the votes necessary for passage of the $700 billion bailout, House Republicans took to the microphones this afternoon to pin blame on Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 
Several Republican aides said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had torpedoed any spirit of bipartisanship that surrounded the bill with her scathing speech near the close of the [...]