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Video: USA - VOTE 2008: Republicans hail McCain, Palin at...
Original at AOL Video
• Thu, Jun 4
John McCain was officially named the Republican Party's presidential candidate on Wednesday, after his running mate Sarah Palin took several ... video.aol.com
Video: CBS Evening News-GOP Rallies For McCain-PalinOriginal at AOL Video
• Sun, May 31
The Republican national convention is underway and delegates rally for the McCain-Palin ticket, Jeff Glor reports. Maggie Rodriguez talks to Rudy ... video.aol.com
Video: CBS Evening News-McCain Enjoying Palin BounceOriginal at AOL Video
• Tue, May 26
Polls show the addition of Sarah Palin has given a big boost to the McCain ticket. Chips Reid reports on how the 'Palin effect' has shaken up the ... video.aol.com
Video: Report: Palin thought Africa was a country
Original at AOL Video
• Mon, May 25
Nov. 6: Michael Cooper of the New York Times and MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell discuss the tension between the Palin and McCain camp during the campaign ... video.aol.com
Video: Countdown-Did Palin win any new votes?
Original at AOL Video
• Sun, May 24
Oct. 2: Gov. Linda Lingle, R-Hawaii, commends Sarah Palin for her performance in the debate and says McCain/Palin means "a breath of fresh air in ... video.aol.com
Video: America's Election HQ-Fri, Sep 12, 2008Original at AOL Video
• Sun, May 24
After a one-day ceasefire, the bullets are flying in the presidential race.. as the McCain campaign accuses Obama of demeaning Sarah Palin... and ... video.aol.com
Video: Palin Set For Speech, Lieberman Backs McCainOriginal at truveo.com
• Sat, May 23
After two days of silence, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will step to center stage at the Republican National Convention to ... www.truveo.com
Video: McCain, Palin Rally Supporters In Colorado SpringsOriginal at truveo.com
• Fri, May 22
Denver, CO) Republican presidential nominee John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin rallied supporters in Colorado Springs Saturday. As Karlyn ... www.truveo.com
Video: CBS Evening News-McCain Has "No Comment"
Original at AOL Video
• Fri, May 15
Without his usual entourage, Sen. John McCain steered clear of the press while Gov. Sarah Palin returned to Alaska. Chip Reid reports on where the ... video.aol.com
Video: Palin Warns New Mexico Voters About Taxes
Original at AOL Video
• Thu, Apr 23
GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin told voters in Roswell, NM that Barack Obama would raise taxes as president. Palin said McCain would ... video.aol.com
Video: McCain: I Can't Promise to Support Palin for President!
Original at Veoh
• Wed, Apr 22
These were John McCains words during an interview he did for ABC's "This Week. He said there were so many other good governors out there that he ... www.veoh.com
Video: Giuliani: 'Let's Shake Up Washington'Original at truveo.com
• Sat, Apr 18
Giuliani makes the case for McCain and Palin www.truveo.com
Video: McCain repeats Palin's lie: Alaska ‘provides 20 pe...
Original at AOL Video
• Sat, Apr 18
In her interview with ABC News last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin asserted that Alaska “produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of ... video.aol.com
Video: The lost comedy stylings of Palin & McCain
Original at AOL Video
• Fri, Apr 17
Hey, wait. Didn't we see this sketch on SNL? The truth is, the comedy team of Palin & McCain have been making millions laugh even... more > Hey ... video.aol.com
Video: Reality Check: McCain-Palin 'Maverick' AdOriginal at truveo.com
• Mon, Apr 13
Denver, CO) The new 30-second ad by the McCain-Palin campaign markets Republican Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the "original ... www.truveo.com
Video: NY Gov. Patterson Calls McCain-Palin Campaign Raci...
Original at AOL Video
• Mon, Apr 13
NY Gov. Patterson Calls McCain/Palin Campaign Racist for Obama criticism ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday the McCain-... video.aol.com
Video: Sarah Palin Talks Rick Davis, McCain Record
Original at Veoh
• Fri, Mar 27
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Sarah Palin interviewed by Katie Couric on CBS Evening News, September 24, 2008 www.veoh.com
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Video: NEW Katt Williams - Poor Little Tink TinkOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Feb 2
By rss@youtube.com (Blazeraid2) This hilarious clip is off Katt's new DVD It's Pimpin' Pimpin' in stores November 11, 2008. Brought to you exclusively by ClydeTV. Last video Katt talked about Bush, Obama, Palin, and McCain. Now he discusses poor little tink tink, the handicapped runner. Please Subscribe For More, and Requ...
Video: McCain Says He "Thinks the World" of Sarah Palin - 1/22/09Original at YouTube
• Thu, Jan 22
By rss@youtube.com (brkcmo93) Here is video of Sen. John McCain on Larry King Live, January 22, 2009, saying he is very close to Gov. Sarah Palin, and that he "thinks the world" of her. Author: brkcmo93 Keywords: John McCain Sarah Palin Added: January 22, 2009
Video: JibJab - 2008 Year In ReviewOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 23
By rss@youtube.com (jibjab) Author: jibjab Keywords: JibJab 2008 Year in Review Funny Video Animation Comedy Obama McCain Palin Spitzer Original Added: December 23, 2008
Video: News GMA You Can Vote However You LikeOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Nov 25
By rss@youtube.com (yourmusical) Obama on the left McCain on the right We can talk politics all night And you can vote however you like You can vote however you like, yeah Democratic left Republican right November 4th we decide And you can vote however you like You can vote however you like, yeah (McCain supporters) McCain i...
Video: Mccain in the Membrane (Part 6) Keith Olbermann reveals liesOriginal at Google Video
• Sun, Nov 9
From : YouTube :: Tag // milton-friedman A new daily feature on Countdown with Keith Olbermann: The most outrageous or false statement made by John Mccain, Sarah Palin, or on behalf of their campaign. --- Senator McCain, Governor Palin and assorted surrogates are delusional and breatht...
Video: USA- How McCain Came to Pick Sarah PalinOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Nov 1
By rss@youtube.com (gfde08) Author: gfde08 Keywords: USA America American 2008 Election GOP Republican Right Wing Washington Media Manipulation MSM Distortion Distorting John McCain Picked Sarah Palin VP Obama Democracy Black White Federal Government Facts Incompetence Alaska Alaskan Jane Mayer Chomsky
Video: An "Idiot Wind": The New McCarthyismOriginal at Google Video
• Fri, Oct 31
In desperation, as his campaign bottoms out, John McCain has abandoned any shred he had left of dignity, honor, integrity and conscience. Here is the latest attempt to smear Obama through the McCarthyite tactic of "guilt by association": for several days, the McCain camp and its surroga...
Video: Sarah Palin's make-up artist paid over $22,000 by MccainOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Oct 29
By rss@youtube.com (AntiConformist911) McCain advisers have been scathing about the sexism of critics who dismiss Sarah Palin as Caribou Barbie. How odd then, to learn that McCain advisers have been treating their own vice presidential candidate like Valentino Barbie, dressing her up in fancy clothes and endlessly playing w...
Video: High Quality -You Can Vote However You LikeOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Oct 28
By rss@youtube.com (sonofthenile) The kids from the Ron Clark Academy performing live "You Can Vote However You Like," a parody to TI's "Whatever You Like". Atlanta Georgia Ron Clark Academy. for full interview click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEKNAZbn9p0 Lyrics: Obama on the left McCain on the right We can talk poli...
Video: Alaska Senator Ted Stevens GUILTY on ALL COUNTS ...McCain Palin Republican Ramifications ClearOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Oct 27
By rss@youtube.com (tomm2thumbs) http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Alaska_Senator_Ted_Stevens_GUILTY_on_ALL_COUNTS_Verdict_In Sarah Palin's friend and political pal Ted Stevens has been found guilty on ALL counts by the Grand Jury in Alaska - Breaking News... Press conference of the news released, now the Pre...
Video: McCain To Restrict Guns !! SHOCK! You Can't Protect Your Family in Your OWN HOME!? 2nd Amendment NRAOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Oct 26
By rss@youtube.com (tomm2thumbs) Keywords: Sarah Palin John McCain Barack Obama Vice President Arkansas NRA gun control National Rifle Association Guns Gunfire UCA 2nd Amendment Ammendment rights Levi Johnston Wasilla daughter baby pregnant lies university lie excuse excuses speech speeches acceptance Bush Che...
Video: Community Organizer's Response to Sara Palin attacksOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Sep 7
By rss@youtube.com (Grandpolitics) Sarah Palin just attacked the people serving the grassroots of our community to defend the failed Republican government. Author: Grandpolitics Keywords: Sarah Palin McCain Obama Bush Cheney Biden Bristol Alaska Wasilla Vice President Clinton Hillary Bill Added: September 7, 2008
Video: Sara Palin: Queen of the Wild FrontierOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Sep 6
By rss@youtube.com (LethalKillingMachine) The Ballad of Sarah Palin Song Written, Directed, and Performed by Mason Storm Produced by Warped Corp. ___________________________ *LYRICS* Born in a Hospital in Idaho Didn't meet McCain until a week ago Now she might be our next V.P. She openly admits that she used to smoke weed Which norm...
Will McCain need Palin to save him in Arizona?
Original at Hot Air
• Fri, Nov 20
By Allahpundit Read this post » Oh my.
Liberal Tolerance: San Francisco Booksellers Not Selling Palin’s Book
Original at Say Anything
• Fri, Nov 20
They’re claiming that they’re not carrying it because their customers don’t want it, but c’mon. Nobody in San Francisco wants a tell-all book about the McCain-Palin campaign? Not one liberal in San Francisco wants to read Palin’s book just so they can confirm for themselves how dumb sh...
Sally Quinn Says Sarah Palin's a Rotten Christian (Unlike Reverend Wright)
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Nov 20
By Tim Graham Did God plan for her to become Governor of Alaska. If so, did God plan for her to step down. Did God plan for her to run for Vice President? If so why did she and McCain lose? This is not exactly a surprise from Sally Quinn, who suggested last year that Palin was a bad mother to run for vice president.
EXCLUSIVE: McCain: 'Grateful' that Palin was VP choice (McCain endorses Palin in 2012)
Original at freerepublic.com
• Thu, Nov 19
By The Washington Times Former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said Thursday he has read Sarah Palin's book and has no regrets about picking her as a running mate. (snip) He also said if Mrs. Palin decides to run for president in 2012 and becomes the Republican Party nominee he would vote for her. "I hope she ha...
Fox News' year in apologies: fake videos, false info, cutting and pasting from GOP
Original at Media Matters for America
• Thu, Nov 19
By E.H.H. Fox News' year in apologies Fox News presents year-old Palin footage as new Palin book tour crowd. As Think Progress first noted, on the November 18 edition of Happening Now, guest co-host Gregg Jarrett used old footage -- which he said was "just coming in to us" -- of a McCain-Palin rally fr...
Hannity and Palin Blame Rahm Emanuel And The Obama Administration For Her Resignation
Original at News Hounds
• Wed, Nov 18
By Ellen Thank goodness Fox News is fair and balanced. If they weren’t, Sean Hannity would have wasted time asking Sarah Palin during their hour-long interview last night (11/18/09) about the many inaccuracies in her new book, the response of the McCain campaign to the allegations she made again...
Palin, Conservatism, And The Disconnected GOP
Original at Men's News Daily
• Wed, Nov 18
By Chris Adamo John McCain lagged badly in the 2008 pre-election polls, except for the brief period after he had chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. And had the McCain campaign spotlighted her bold and distinctly non-erudite ways, instead of becoming embarrassed by her and attempt...
Anita Thompson: Love in The Time of Sarah Palin: The GOP's Most Successful Train Wreck
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Nov 18
By Anita Thompson What I take from the bizarre memoir is a welcome alternative to what could have been a nightmare. Yes, Sarah Palin will probably be a powerful money maker for the GOP fundraising machine (provided they kiss and make-up after her numerous McCain staff bashing fits). This is not a profoun...
Original at The Rude Pundit
• Wed, Nov 18
By Rude One(noreply@blogger.com) Putting aside her quoting David Horowitz, did Palin even realize that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton ran against each other for an endless, divisive battle while McCain pretty much just cruised to the inevitability of his nomination?
John Amato: I Filed an FCC Complaint Against FOX News Over "Hoax" News Palin Coverage!
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Nov 18
By John Amato Think Progress caught Fox News using old campaign footage of a McCain/Palin rally from 2008 to make it appear like the crowds she's drawing on her book tour are larger than they are. Think Progress caught Fox News using old campaign footage of a McCain/Palin rally from 2008 to make it appear...
McCain: I Hope Palin Sells a Lot of Books (it must be an election year)
Original at freerepublic.com
• Tue, Nov 17
By CBS News - Political Hotsheet Despite the fact that Sarah Palin uses her new book to air her grievances with John McCain's presidential campaign team, McCain reportedly said he enjoyed reading Palin's book. "I hope she sells lots of them," McCain told the Hill newspaper.
(Leaked) E-Mails Portray Palin Campaign Trail Chaos (McCain Staff Backstabs Sarah Again)
Original at freerepublic.com
• Tue, Nov 17
By The Atlantic In her new book, former Alaska Gov.. Sarah Palin describes the push-and-pull between John McCain's campaign headquarters and her plucky "B" team on the road. As Palin recounts it, her natural instincts to reach real voters and reach out to the press were frequently foiled by an overprotect...
What It Still Says About McCain
Original at Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall
• Tue, Nov 17
• 3 related articles
By David Kurtz It's easy to mock the media for the excesses of Sarah Palin Week, but Andrew Sullivan correctly observes that our scorn is better directed at John McCain -- who deserves the blame for foisting Palin on the country -- and... It's easy to mock the media for the excesses of Sarah Palin Week, but And...
McCain: I Hope Palin Sells a Lot of Books
Original at CBS News
• Tue, Nov 17
Sen. John McCain Disputes that Sarah Palin had to Pay for her Vetting Fees
Sarah Palin: 'So much bull crap out there'
Original at freerepublic.com
• Tue, Nov 17
By Politico Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin lashed out at some of her chief critics, who she says are responsible for spreading “bull crap” about her and her family. In the first part of an interview that aired Tuesday morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Palin hit former McCain campaign manager...
William Bradley: The Inevitable Fluke That Is Sarah Palin
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Nov 17
By William Bradley When it came time to pick a potential vice president, the McCain high command had a series of not especially good choices. McCain wanted to tear it up and be the maverick by picking Joe Lieberman. But what really made Palin the inevitable fluke that she is is the nature of the current Republica...
Palin slams Atlantic; Sullivan fires back
Original at Politico
• Tue, Nov 17
By Michael Calderone It wasn't just Sullivan tracking the "odd lies of Sarah Palin" on his widely-read blog, but specifically, his requests for confirmation that Palin was Trig's mother. Things got so tense last September that the McCain campaign leaked email queries from Sullivan to the Washington Post.
The Palin Score -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
Original at National Review Online Blogs
• Tue, Nov 17
By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Kathryn Jean Lopez) Because of the disloyalty of some on the McCain campaign, Governor Palin understandably felt the need to get on record about some things that happened during the campaign. What she has to say about some of these things are not the whole of the book. The book is “Who is Sarah Palin? By Sarah Pali...
Four Days After Airing Fake Photos of Sarah Palin, MSNBC ‘Fact Checks’ Former Governor
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, Nov 16
By Scott Whitlock CONTESSA BREWER: A lot of people lining up to buy this one. As the former Governor prepares to kick off her book tour, some folks linked to the McCain campaign are already pushing back against her accounts of the past year and a half. One, in fact, called it pathetic score settling. But can this b...
Sarah Palin to Barbara Walters: Barack Obama Is “Incorrect & Disingenuous”
Original at Gateway Pundit
• Mon, Nov 16
• 3 related articles
By Jim Hoft Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turns more political in her interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters. The woman who was John McCain’s running mate last year hails the tea party movement. She says that the McCain campaign was wrong to support the first bailout package.
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Is Palin Selling Books or Settling Scores?(MSM/RINO feel victimized??)
Original at freerepublic.com
• Mon, Nov 16
By CBS Is Palin Selling Books or Settling Scores? "Going Rogue" Criticizes McCain Campaign and Aides, but Some Are Hitting Back; Country Remains Divided on Former VP Candidate (CBS) Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is coming out Tuesday with her account of the 2008 presidential campaign. And her...
McCain: Palin Legal Bill Was For "Troopergate"
Original at freerepublic.com
• Mon, Nov 16
By The Hill Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who spoke to The Hill Monday evening, denied Sarah Palin's allegation that his campaign stuck her with a $50,000 legal bill to pay for the cost of vetting her as a potential vice presidential candidate. McCain said the bill was for legal work related to allegation...
Sarah Palin Oprah Interview (VIDEO): Talks About Couric, Levi, McCain Campaign
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Nov 16
• 2 related articles
By The Huffington Post News Team Palin and Winfrey embraced as the one-time Republican vice presidential candidate walked onto the talk show stage. Palin's 413-page book, "Going Rogue," will be released Tuesday and she begins a book tour Wednesday in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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NYT: Palin Had Image of 'Easily Caricatured Ignoramus,' No Political Experience (But Obama Did?)
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, Nov 16
By Clay Waters Going Rogue," the title of Sarah Palin's erratic new memoir, comes from a phrase used by a disgruntled McCain aide to describe her going off-message during the campaign: among other things, for breaking with the campaign over its media strategy and its decision to pull out of Michigan, a...
Sarah Palin Presidential Leadership
Original at Lame Cherry
• Mon, Nov 16
By Lame Cherry(noreply@blogger.com) I laughed in watching the CBS evening propaganda covering Sarah Palin in her Reagan Blue State attire matched perfectly with Barbara Walters, in a coward of the McCain patricians said, "This book Sarah Palin has written is not one if you are running for President".
Rogue Fact: Palin absurdly claims McCain campaign "did not elaborate" on Obama's purported "relationship with ACORN"
Original at Media Matters for America
• Mon, Nov 16
By J.S. McCain-Palin foreign policy adviser: "Obama's chief claim to experience is ... doing legal work with ACORN." During an October 20 McCain-Palin campaign conference call, foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann said (accessed via nexis):
Opinion: A Million Little Palinisms: Leaked Emails Already Contradicting The "Truth" of Going Rogue [Awesome Things]
Original at Gawker
• Sun, Nov 15
By Foster Kamer Sarah Palin writing a book was asking for trouble. Here it is. McCain campaign emails have leaked, and they're completely damning to the validity of the book's narrative. Involved: the "whack" Saturday Night Live, radio pranks, and McCain's campaign manager.
Opinion: A Million Little Palinisms: Leaked Emails Already Contradicting The "Truth" of Going Rogue
Original at gawker.com
• Sun, Nov 15
By Foster Kamer Sarah Palin writing a book was asking for trouble. Here it is. McCain campaign emails have leaked, and they're completely damning to the validity of the book's narrative. Involved: the "whack" Saturday Night Live, radio pranks, and McCain's campaign manager.
In book full of complaints, Palin writes: "I don't like to hear people complain"
Original at Media Matters for America
• Sun, Nov 15
By S.S.M. Palin: "I don't like to hear people complain" On Page 348 of Going Rogue, Palin writes: Complaints about McCain campaign. Palin wrote at length about the McCain campaign, complaining that the campaign lacked direction, that the campaign didn't support her, and that the senior staff did...
Lawrence O'Donnell Calls Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin IdiotsOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Sat, Nov 14
By Noel Sheppard As for the crowd formerly known as the presidential campaign of senator John McCain, we are told that McCain instructed them not to respond to allegations in Palin`s book. But some of them have done more than just respond. McCain himself today saying he has the Palin book, but has not had a cha...
Van Susteren hypes Palin memoir, but fails to disclose her husband advised Palin after 2008 campaign
Original at Media Matters for America
• Sat, Nov 14
By M.W. Palin booster Swift to Van Susteren: "No one's been fairer to her than you." During the segment, Van Susteren interviewed former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift, who served as "one of the leaders" of the McCain presidential campaign's Palin "Truth Squad." In her role with the campaign, Swif...
NRCC receives good news in PA-11, in CO-03 and perhaps in NY-24
Original at Campaign Diaries
• Wed, Nov 11
By Taniel As long as the GOP manages to get its act together, it should be favored to pick-up ID-01, a heavily conservative district that gave Bush 69% of the vote and McCain 62%. For now, much of the attention has concentrated on Vaughn Ward, a veteran who has never before sought public office but who h...
Compare and Contrast: Bill O'Reilly Asks Palin Book Authors the Questions Harry Smith Won’t
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, Nov 9
By Carolyn Plocher Although the two networks asked the same basic questions, only FNC did any digging into the authors' responses. For example, during their interview with CBS' Harry Smith, Conroy and Walshe described the relationship between the "McCain and Palin camps" as "an all-out civil war," espec...
Sam Donaldson: If GOP Follows Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck It's Doomed
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sun, Nov 8
By Noel Sheppard If the Republican Party follows the course of Palin and Beck and Company it's doomed." As such, Limbaugh's attempts to prevent McCain from being the Republican nominee actually look quick wise. After all, Scozzafava did a robocall for Owens. So did Vice President Joe Biden. Apparently so di...
The Election Night Speeches Sarah Palin Never Gave
Original at Politics Daily
• Tue, Nov 3
By David Sessions A new book reveals for the first time the drama that unfolded on election night 2008, when McCain campaign staff battled Sarah Palin over a concession speech she planned to deliver. An excerpt published in The Daily Beast includes both the victory and concession speeches Palin had prepar...
In a Terrifying Alternate Universe, Vice President Sarah Palin Claims Victory [Alternate History]
Original at Gawker
• Tue, Nov 3
By John Cook The speeches were never delivered because a) Palin lost, and b) vice presidential candidates don't deliver election night concession speeches in America, a tradition with which Palin was unfamiliar because she's from Alaska. McCain had to personally intervene to tell her she couldn'...
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Palin Power and New York's 23rd District
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Nov 2
By Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") After the McCain Palin ticket went down in a ball of flames last year, there was a strange period of time when we didn't quite... After the McCain Palin ticket went down in a ball of flames last year, there was a strange period of time when we didn't quite know what to do up here. Palin lost. She was bac...
McCain discusses Palin again - CNN beats really, really dead horseOriginal at Christian Science Monitor
• Sun, Oct 11
By jorr Although it’s nearly been a full year since the end of the campaign, why not ask Senator John McCain about tensions between his staff and Sarah Palin yet again? Especially because you might have missed the first 40,000 times he’s been asked the question. Palin is catastrophic?
McCain Strategist: Palin in 2012 Would Be 'Catastrophic' for GOP
Original at Newsweek Blogs
• Fri, Oct 2
By Holly Bailey Looks like there’s at least one high-profile Republican who won’t be voting for Sarah Palin should she run in 2012. Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s top political strategist in 2008, told a forum in Washington today that nominating Palin as the party’s next presidential nominee would be “ca...
They’re at It Again: Media Trying to Tear Down Palin
Original at race42008.com
• Wed, Sep 30
By Anthony Dalke McCain (no relation to the Arizona senator) didn’t respond to an email from POLITICO, but brushed off to the Washington Independent’s any attempt to link Vincent to his own controversial past remarks on race. …She’s also been – unlike Palin – an outspoken foe of homosexuality.
Golly, People Think Sarah Palin's Overpriced [Gossip Roundup]
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Sep 30
By Andrew Belonsky Poor Sarah Palin! The former Alaska governor wants to charge $100,000 for speaking gigs, but sources say many lecture circuits think she's nothing more than a "blithering idiot" and don't want to shell out the bucks. [Page Six] Meghan McCain doesn't have the highest opinion of journalis...
Is Palin Rewriting History?
Original at Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
• Tue, Sep 29
John Fund interviewed Lynn Vincent, co-author of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book, who said it "will describe Ms. Palin's frustration over her treatment by the staffers she inherited from the McCain campaign after her surprise pick as the GOP vice presidential nominee last year. Ms. Palin...
Now for a little Levi-ty
Original at mikk2 (WordPress)
• Thu, Sep 3
• 2 related articles
By nonnie9999 Three days after Sarah Palin was announced as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, the McCain campaign released a statement saying that her 17-year-old unwed daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. The baby’s father, an 18-year-old former hometown hockey star, was thus thrust int...
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Opinion: Palin Faces Questions As She Exits National Stage
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Jul 25
By The Huffington Post News Editors Unknown on the national stage until McCain tapped her as his running mate, Palin infused excitement into the Republican's presidential bid. But she also became the butt of talk-show jokes and Democratic criticism, targeted at news that the Republican Party had spent $150,000 or more on...
Obama leads Palin big in North Carolina, but priority to downballot polls
Original at Campaign Diaries
• Thu, Jul 16
By Taniel At least, Democrats don’t have to worry that the state’s 2008 results were just an anomaly: PPP also tested a potential 2012 match-up between Obama and Palin and found the president ahead 49% to 42%. In 2008, only once did Obama lead McCain by as large a margin. Take that as much as a sign of Nort...
Opinion: A Most Terrifying Victim
Original at race42008.com
• Fri, Jul 10
By Alex Knepper When she made her debut at the Republican National Convention in 2008, Sarah Palin was described by Cindy McCain as a “hockey-mommin’, basketball shootin’, moose huntin’, fly-fishin’, pistol-packin’ mother of five.” Sarah Barracuda, the tough-minded reformer who rooted out corrup...
A Disappointing and Nearly Disqualifying Move
Original at race42008.com
• Sat, Jul 4
By Matthew E. Miller It may not be fair, but to succeed, a female politician has to come off 10 times tougher than any man — “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher being the most obvious example. One of the things that Palin had going for her was that she was, as Cindy McCain described her during the Republican National Con...
Acting Like a Petulant Child Did Not Endear Sarah Palin to Her Handlers [Campaigns]
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Jul 1
By Pareene During the McCain campaign, Roveian media strategist Steve Schmidt proved that he was a shitty Roveian media strategist. He was also responsible for the Palin pick. But he quickly grew to regret that. So. Remember when it was revealed that Todd Palin was a member of the secessionist Alaska In...
Acting Like a Petulant Child Did Not Endear Sarah Palin to Her Handlers
Original at gawker.com
• Wed, Jul 1
By Pareene During the McCain campaign, Roveian media strategist Steve Schmidt proved that he was a shitty Roveian media strategist. He was also responsible for the Palin pick. But he quickly grew to regret that. So. Remember when it was revealed that Todd Palin was a member of the secessionist Alaska In...
Abstinence is as easy as taking Candies from a baby!
Original at mikk2 (WordPress)
• Mon, May 11
By nonnie9999 Their parents were paired together on the Republican ticket in the 2008 election. Now Meghan McCain and Bristol Palin are both speaking up on premarital sex. Bristol, a teen mom and the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is now a “teen ambassador” for the Candie’s Foundation, and an advoca...
Opinion: Palin Derangement Syndrome Engulfs Baltimore Sun's TV Guy
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Apr 30
By Warner Todd Huston Zurawik gives us no less than one slight on Palin's social standing, one denigration of her addition to the McCain presidential ticket, one claim she is "divisive," as well as a few name callings and the like. Zurawik calls Palin "a hot dog" and then implies that she is a low-class individua...
McCain picked Palin from 26 VP possibles as "high-risk, high reward"Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Sat, Apr 18
By Andrew Malcolm About-to-be Republican presidential nominee John McCain had a long list of 26 possible vice presidential running mates last summer. None of them knew they were being considered. Near decision time, Culvahouse said, McCain asked him for the "bottom line" on Palin.
links for 2009-04-17
Original at flapsblog.com
• Fri, Apr 17
By Flap McCain vetter: Palin nailed interview for Vice President John McCain’s lead vice presidential vetter said Friday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin “impressed” in her interview, knocking the senator’s most important questions “out of the park.” A.B. Culvahouse, a powerful Washington lawyer...
Podcast: Ed Schultz Morphs Into Matt Foley to Motivate Democrats Suspected of 'Weak Knees'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Apr 10
By Jack Coleman Not only did Limbaugh leave Schultz the most unhinged he'd been since McCain picked Palin, Schultz vowed to respond in print, telling his listeners he'd been in touch with a Wall Street Journal editor about writing an op-ed in the Journal.
Opinion: McCain won't commit to Palin in 2012
Original at USA Today
• Mon, Mar 30
Asked point-blank if he'd support his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain said he'd like to see her "compete" and said there is other "good, fresh talent" in the party. Politico has a story on Palin's missteps since the election and how her ...
Opinion: SARAH PALIN, JOHN MCCAIN
Original at National Review Online
• Sun, Mar 29
At the conclusion of John McCain's appearance on Meet the Press a few moments ago, David Gregory asked the senator if he would support his former running mate, Sarah Palin. McCain hedged, saying essentially that "it depends" and that the GOP has many ...
Opinion: McCain has only kind words for Palin
Original at Washington Times
• Sat, Mar 28
Listen, I love and respect Sarah Palin," the 2008 Republican presidential candidate said, speaking softly in an interview Friday with reporters and editors at The Washington Times. "I love her family. I am convinced that her running on the ticket ...
Earmark this! They ain't gonna end, as Obama (and McCain) well knowOriginal at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Wed, Mar 11
By Andrew Malcolm To play along with these tirades briefly, here's The Ticket's earmark honor roll: the Republican and Democratic senators who had no nada zippo earmarks among the billions secreted in the $410 billion spending measure: Democrats Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Russ Feingold of Wisco...
Opinion: AKMuckraker: Witches and Demons and Republicans....Oh My!
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Feb 25
By AKMuckraker I know that there are many Republicans out there, who think that Sarah Palin is a complete "whack job" (to quote a source in the... I know that there are many Republicans out there, who think that Sarah Palin is a complete "whack job" (to quote a source in the McCain campaign). I know this because I...
Podcast: Turning the GOP Into a Party of Reform
Original at race42008.com
• Wed, Feb 25
By Adam Graham What I think the Republican party must do is come out with a Conservative Reform Agenda. In the words of Sarah Palin, we have to put government on the side of the people, move govenment from being master and savior to being a servant. Remember McCain-Feingold was supposed to end the corruptin...
Opinion: Bird Is The WordOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Jan 28
By rss@youtube.com (disturbedidiot1) Keywords: Barrack Obama john McCain Sarah Palin Biden Xbox PS3 rock band guitar hero iphone blackberry storm bold curve pearl wii fight quickcapture video disturbedidiot1 samsung lg eternity royal rumble barrack obama jewish hp apple akon young jeezy lil wayne review phonedog fail p...
Opinion: Newsweek Uses Year-End Edition to Take Potshots at Palin
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Dec 26
By Brent Baker Ten pages later, in a full-page year in review version of the “Conventional Wisdom Watch” (not yet online in the posted CW), the newsweekly hit her and McCain, but admired Maddow: Sarah Palin: Ill-informed, inarticulate shopaholic has ego bigger than Alaska -- and she's still the darli...
Opinion: McCain Defends Palin in Tucson Interview
Original at race42008.com
• Tue, Dec 23
By Adam Graham And what I most resent was John Lewis, a man that I admired and respected and have written about, accusing me and Sarah Palin of being racist. And Sen. Obama refusing to repudiate that. John Lewis associated Gov. Palin and me with the bombing of a church in Birmingham. That’s not acceptable. And in...
Opinion: GOP Voters Starting To Look At 2012 Field
Original at Below The Beltway
• Sat, Nov 22
By Doug Mataconis Palin, Romney, and Huckabee — all of whom raised their national profiles during the 2008 campaign — top the list. Romney and Huckabee unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination versus John McCain, and McCain tapped Palin as his vice-presidential running mate.
Podcast: Terry Gross blew it
Original at Scripting News
• Fri, Nov 21
First, what happened three days ago was she interviewed William Ayers, the man made famous by the McCain-Palin campaign as the supposed terrorist who President-elect Obama "palled-around" with. Here's an MP3 of the interview. Before you judge my judgement, listen to the whole thing. It'...
Michelle Obama Wears Expensive Jewelry, Just Like Republicans!
Original at Wonkette
• Wed, Nov 12
By Sara K. Smith Michelle Obama is worse than Cindy McCain times Sarah Palin divided by Imelda Marcos times one million. Her election-night earrings cost a reported $11,000 — approximately twice what a healthy human kidney will fetch on the black market! This is a relevant metric because next year we wil...
Obama Amerika
Original at Lame Cherry
• Tue, Nov 11
By Lame Cherry(noreply@blogger.com) Congress elects from the Democrat and GOP presidential candidates in Hillary Clinton and John McCain in a power sharing venture of Mrs. Clinton is President from 2008 to 2010 whereupon Mr. McCain will be President from 2010 to 2012 when new elections will take place.
Opinion: Jeffrey Feldman: Election Brought Hard-Right Nationalism Into Light
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Nov 9
By Jeffrey Feldman Sarah Palin, for example, repeatedly invoked these nationalist themes in her speeches:John McCain is American, Barack Obama is "anti" or "un" AmericanJohn McCain is a hero, Barack Obama is an enemyBarack Obama associates with terroristsBarack Obama is a socialistAmerican belongs...
Opinion: Bill Kristol, Palin Camp Lackey [Columnists]
Original at Gawker
• Fri, Nov 7
By Hamilton Nolan As one McCain advisor put it to me: “In the last six weeks there was a remarkable echo. You could listen to arguments made by folks inside of the campaign who were close to Bill Kristol and then open up the New York Times and read them in Kristol’s columns. It was ‘set Sarah free,’ coupled with an a...
McCain's YouTube MomentsOriginal at Newsweek Blogs
• Fri, Nov 7
By Newsweek 3/14/2008 McCain Girls: Raining McCain 8/27/2008 Dear Mr. Obama 9/25/2008 Palin On Foreign Policy Significance: Katie Couric questions Palin about foreign policy. Palin's fumbling response haunts her for weeks 11/04/2008 McCain Concedes Election to Obama
The Palinist Manifesto: How America's Sexist Rejection of Palin Cost McCain the Election
Original at 236.com
• Thu, Nov 6
While November 4th represented a great day for Barack Obama, it was a terrible day for women. America may be ready for a Black president, but we're certainly not ready for a female vice-president--especially a feminist one who refuses to submit to the old boys network that plagues D.C. I. Intr...
Opinion: Palin-Africa Story Implodes Right Wing Media Cabal [Vicious Infighting]
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Nov 5
By Ryan Tate Ace of Spades said Fox News' coverage, which cited anonymous McCain staffers claiming Palin refused debate prep and didn't know what countries are in North America, was "Bullshit Video of Bullshit Claims." Those Fox bastards! Next thing you know, they'll be claiming Palin can't name a s...
What McCain-Palin Must Do to Win
Original at Gateway Pundit
• Sun, Nov 2
By Gateway Pundit(noreply@blogger.com) 1.) We already are seeing massive ACORN voter registration fraud and Democratic voter fraud. This puts McCain-Palin at 264.3.) Prayer Time If Virginia goes to McCain- It's over. McCain-Palin will win. UPDATE: McCain-Palin are closing....
McCain Pokes Fun At Self, Obama in QVC Skit on SNL
Original at Wired
• Sun, Nov 2
By Sarah Lai Stirland McCain made fun of both his own campaign (he noted that he is a true maverick — a Republican without money) and Obama, who he poked once again with great effect with a series of blank commemorative plates to mark the townhall events that Obama declined to participate in.
John McCain mocks Sarah Palin on 'SNL': Funny or tacky?
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Sun, Nov 2
By ESNEAD Is John McCain so desperate to win the 2008 presidential election that he'll do anything? Even help make fun of his own VP pick, Sarah Palin, on "Saturday Night Live?" Did McCain go too far appearing in a skit that makes fun of his running mate?
McCain scores big on Saturday Night Live
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Sun, Nov 2
By jorr Maybe Sarah Palin should have been on the top of the ticket. But, just like the debates, Sarah Palin was the larger draw. QVC “Would I rather be on three networks? Of course. But I”m a true maverick - a Republican without money,” McCain deadpanned.
Piper Palin Goofs Off At McCain Rally In Pennsylvania
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Nov 2
By webmaster@huffingtonpost.com McCain spoke to an energized crowd at a campaign rally in Perkasie, Pennsylvania Saturday, but had a tough time keeping the attention of his youngest fan, Piper Palin. With a prime position just behind her mother's running mate, ...
Opinion: ‘Quality, Value & Convenience’ From John McCainOriginal at Pink is the New
• Sun, Nov 2
By It's Trent, Bitch! LOL! Now this skit was hilarious! I gotta give McCain props for really getting in on the fun. While I thought Sarah Palin’s appearance on SNL a couple of weeks ago was pretty lame, I think John McCain really nailed this guest appearance. I totally died when Cindy McCain made her cameo … serious...
McCain sells talking Joe Biden dolls on Saturday Night Live
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Sun, Nov 2
By jorr McCain Fine Gold The Republican nominee also offered up McCain Fine Gold with wife Cindy McCain making a cameo modeling the elegant jewelry. A true maverick “Look, would I rather be on three major networks? Of course, but I’m a true maverick — a Republican without money.”
Opinion: Senator McCain, Not in Ohio
Original at National Review Online Blogs
• Sat, Nov 1
By Kathryn Jean Lopez From SNL tonight: SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN - "Good evening, my fellow Americans, I'm John McCain. TINA FEY AS GOV. SARAH PALIN - "And, you know, I'm just Sarah Palin." MCCAIN - "The final days of any election are the most essential. This past Wednesday, Barack Obama purchased airtime on three major...
John McCain On Saturday Night LiveOriginal at Below The Beltway
• Sat, Nov 1
By Doug Mataconis The presidential hopeful made a cameo appearance at the beginning of the show, with Tina Fey reprising her memorable impersonation of McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Here’s the video of the McCain/Palin opening skit:
Opinion: Obama-Biden vs. McCain-Palin: How the teams stack up
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Fri, Oct 31
By ESNEAD What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review? What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do" to? What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
Opinion: Palin Shocker: McCain Won't Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Original at sarahpalintruthsquad (WordPress)
• Thu, Oct 30
By sarahpalintruthsquad Given Senator John McCain's past Senate voting record AGAINST clean energy, it should come as no surprise to anyone that if he and Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin are elected on November 4th, a McCain-Palin administration does not plan to regulate greenhouse emi...
Opinion: Caryn James: On Wordiness, Godliness and Truthiness: The McCain-Palin Assault on Language
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Oct 30
By Caryn James All these centuries later, the McCain-Palin campaign is demonizing language. Not just using it with that politics-as-usual slipperiness. In theory and practice, they are attacking the idea of clear, graceful language itself. John McCain accuses Barack Obama of "eloquence" as if it's s...
Opinion: Joseph Romm: Palin shocker: McCain won't regulate greenhouse gas emissions
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 29
By Joseph Romm Voters who care about either global warming or clean energy have only one choice -- and it isn't McCain-Palin. It's time to stop trying to... Voters who care about either global warming or clean energy have only one choice -- and it isn't McCain-Palin.
McCain/Palin the Butt of More Late-Night Jokes
Original at Donklephant
• Tue, Oct 28
By Alan Stewart Carl Maybe late-night comics should be rooting for John McCain and Sarah Palin. If the Republican ticket loses, the comics will have to find new material. Check this story out. From Sept. 1 through Friday, the Republicans were the target of 475 jokes by Jay Leno and David Letterman alone. The Democr...
McCain/Palin the Butt of More Late-Night Jokes
Original at Donklephant
• Tue, Oct 28
By Alan Stewart Carl Make of that what you will. But, if the polls are to be believed, the late-night comics are going to have to get a lot more comfortable making fun of Obama. Or I guess they can hope Britney Spears gets into trouble again. Maybe late-night comics should be rooting for John McCain and Sarah Palin. If...
Cabbage Patch Politics: Where McCain and Obama Can Both Win
Original at FOX News
• Tue, Oct 28
EBay and Cabbage Patch Kids have partnered to create a special series of Obama, Palin, McCain and Biden dolls as part of the Cabbage Patch Kid 25th ... Sarah Palin and Barack Obama cabbage patch dolls for sale Telegraph.co.uk Presidential Cabbage Patches up for auction Online Athens
Les News, 102808
Original at Pink is the New
• Tue, Oct 28
By It's Trent, Bitch! Newsflash! Tara Reid is “not perfect”.David Letterman grills LC from The Hills.A Barenaked Lady goes to court today to answer his drug charges.Janet Jackson’s Rock Witchu Tour suffers another set-back.After being referred to as a “rogue diva”, a top McCain adviser calls Sarah Palin a “wha...
Opinion: Bill Kristol Discusses "Surprise" Palin Pick, Why He Wanted Lieberman For VP, And Predicts McCain Victory
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Oct 27
By The Huffington Post News Team contributor James Warren recently interviewed his high school classmate — founder of The Weekly Standard, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, and... Warren: Whom did you argue for in the internal McCain council for Vice President?
Podcast: Golf writers on McCain-Palin, tips from noted golf instructor Chuck Evans, Christianson on the Groove Tube putter
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Mon, Oct 27
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s writers about the U.S. presidential candidates. Then Berner taps our Washington D.C. correspondent, Brandon Tucker, for a little insight on how Sarah Palin is like Michelle Wie.
Opinion: Chez Pazienza: The Meta-Metamorphosis of Sarah Palin
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Oct 25
By Chez Pazienza By the way, now might be a good time to remind yourself of that whole Obama-Paris Hilton comparison that John McCain shamelessly pushed earlier this year and marvel at how the entire McCain campaign has become one constantly constricting Ouroboros of bald-faced hypocrisy.
Opinion: Tom Ridge May Get a Spanking
Original at AOL
• Fri, Oct 24
By Liza Porteus Viana Former Pennsylvania governor and homeland security secretary Tom Ridge said today that John McCain can't become president without carrying Pennsylvania and that the race would be different if McCain had chosen him as his running mate, instead of Sarah Palin.
Podcast: Could it be.........SATAN?????
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Fri, Oct 24
By Eric Zorn I'm channeling Dana Carvey. Fox News blogger James P. Pinkerton demands, in all seriousness:Why hasn’t the McCain-Palin ticket raised this issue, knowing full well that if the candidates say it, reporters have to cover it?"This issue" is Obama's connection to Lucifer. I'm channeling Da...
'National Review's' Byron York Responds to CNN's Misquote
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Oct 23
By Justin McCarthy YORK: Just didn’t have much to it. Go back to early October. Bill Keller, the executive editor of "The New York Times" was in a panel discussion in New York and he was asked what his reaction was when the McCain campaign complained about coverage in "The New York Times." And this is what he said. He...
Podcast: Prager H1: Mainstream Haters
Original at Town Hall
• Thu, Oct 23
By Info@townhall.com (Dennis Prager) Prager H1: They're not at McCain/Palin rallies. They are mainstream writers and commentators on the Left working for the New York Times, MSNBC, and Newsweek, among other places. Now stories of vandalism of homes and cars of McCain supporters are popping up all over the country… Dennis tal...
Podcast: Rachel Maddow Makes Ludicrous Claim About McCain
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Oct 22
By Jack Coleman Wow -- McCain said that? Well, not exactly. It appears Sen. John McCain will take Sen. Barack Obama up on his challenge. In other words, McCain stated the words, "I didn't have the guts," at least according to politicalwire.com -- but McCain was quoting Obama saying this about him, McCain.
Podcast: POLITICAL WIRE’S HEADLINES - 10/22
Original at Accomack County Democrats
• Wed, Oct 22
By fvmoore Florida: McCain 46%, Obama 45% Virginia: Obama 47%, McCain 45% McCain on Imus Why McCain Still Fights in Iowa, Pennsylvania – Sen. John McCain, quoted by the Washington Post, obviously visiting one of the “pro-America” places Gov. Sarah Palin talked about last week.
Opinion: RJ Eskow: "Dear Florida": Five Ways McCain/Palin Will Make Things Worse For Older Americans
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Oct 21
By RJ Eskow Obama has built a massive lead over McCain in the last several weeks. But while McCain now lags in all age groups, he retains his... We can do better. So I hope you'll join us on November 4 and vote for Barack Obama and the other Democratic candidates in your area. It's best for everyone. Really.
Podcast: Sherri and Joy Praise Whoopi's 'Slavery' Sandbag of McCainOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, Oct 20
By Justin McCarthy HASSELBECK: Barack Obama has yet to come and do the same. BEHAR: That’s right. Same with Obama. HASSELBECK: Don’t tell- don’t give- do not give Barack Obama a pass in terms of coming on this show and give Sarah Palin an ultimatum in terms of coming on here.
Palin Against McCain Robocalls, Getting Behind Alice Kryzan
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Oct 20
By Katharine Jose Barack Obama is up in Ohio, but Missouri is a draw, according to a new poll. [The Page] Choire Sicha does not believe The New York Times to be well-served by employing Bill Kristol. [Radar] Hillary Clinton endorsed Democratic congressonal candidate Alice Kryzan. [26th]
Terry Tate assaults Sarah Palin on YouTube
Original at www.redstate.com
• Mon, Oct 20
By Moe Lane Moe Lane. PS: Please do remember that many people in the latter category are eligible to vote in this country. Just in case you were looking for another reason to donate money, time, or your vote to McCain/Palin. ...
Opinion: Conservative News Busters, Egging on Violence Against Reporters?
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sat, Oct 18
By Tim Graham There is a very obvious retort to this line of thinking: if Binker is right, than all the hostile news coverage against McCain (and much more extremely, Palin) encourages a "stupid extreme" on the left to get violent against the GOP ticket.
Susan Eleuterio: My Protest at Palin Rally Finds Some Support From the Crowd
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Oct 18
By Susan Eleuterio Camouflage was a favorite; diaper bags, hats, and even camouflage tie-dye shirts with "Palin Power." Almost no one had McCain shirts or hats; it was all about Sarah. She told the crowd that "Sarah Palin understands us; she's a mother, a mayor, a moose hunter and a maverick" and with that, the...
Podcast: McCain Camp Launches Dirty RobocallsOriginal at the Left
• Thu, Oct 16
By Christopher On the day the Washington Post endorsed Barack Obama for president, the McCain/Palin campaign launched a slough of dirty anti-Obama robocalls, along with the help of the RNC. Despite pledging to run a respectful campaign, John McCain is running one of the dirtiest campaigns ever.
Opinion: TV's Take: McCain Too Sarcastic and Conservative, Obama in Center
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Oct 16
By Brent Baker ANDERSON COOPER: It is interesting to see both men, when they do look at each other -- I mean, John McCain did look at Barack Obama this time around -- Barack Obama seemed to smile a lot more, John McCain kind of shake his head, laugh even some times at some of the attacks. John McCain seemed to se...
Opinion: CNN’s Rick Sanchez Highlights ‘Defecting’ Conservatives Against Palin
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Oct 15
By Matthew Balan SANCHEZ: Is it fair to blame Sarah Palin, as so many of these people are doing? PONNURU: Still supporting the McCain ticket. SANCHEZ: I'll take it back. Let's take out the word ‘defection,’ and just say Republicans who have been critical of John McCain. Is that more fair?
Podcast: Democracy Now! 2008-10-13 Monday
Original at Democracy Now!
• Mon, Oct 13
Headlines for October 13, 2008Max Blumenthal on Sarah Palin’s Radical Right-Wing Pals and Her Ties to the Pro-Secessionist Alaskan Independence PartyFormer McCain Supporter Accuses the Senator of "Deliberately Feeding the Most Unhinged Elements of Our Society the Red Meat of Hate...
Opinion: Karin Tanabe: Palin and McCain: Dressing for Joe Six-Pack
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Oct 11
By Karin Tanabe It's exactly how your high schooler feels. Sarah and John just want to fit in! They want good ol' Joe to invite them over for a pig roast and six ice cold domestic beers. Or maybe Palin really does believe the old saying "The higher the hair, the closer to God." More on Sarah Palin
Podcast: Kohl derides Mac attacks
Original at Wisconsin Radio Network
• Fri, Oct 10
With John McCain campaigning in the state, Wisconsin Democrats go to bat for their candidate. Governor Jim Doyle addressed a rally of Barack Obama supporters in Waukesha Thursday, after a rally there by McCain and running mate Sarah Palin. Today was the turn of Sen. Herb Kohl, who met with Ob...
Opinion: Stephen A. LeMay: McCain-Palin: No Plan to Address Worn, Outdated Transportation Infrastructure
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Oct 10
By Stephen A. LeMay Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that it is critically important for the United States to rebuild its national transportation infrastructure -- its highways, bridges, roads, ports, air, and train systems -- to strengthen user safety, bolster our long-term competitiveness and ens...
Bill Ayers Unleashed... Says Satan Threatened to Waterboard Him
Original at Gateway Pundit
• Thu, Oct 9
By Gateway Pundit(noreply@blogger.com) On the campaign trail, McCain immediately got on message. I became a prop, a cartoon character created to be pummelled. When Alaska Governor Sarah Palin got hold of it, the attack went viral. At a now-famous Oct. 4 rally, she said Obama was "pallin' around with terrorists." (I pictured us shari...
Podcast: McCain and Palin campaign in the Badger State
Original at Wisconsin Radio Network
• Thu, Oct 9
During a stop in Waukesha Thursday, GOP presidential nominee John McCain criticized Obama's positions on the war in Iraq, energy, and health care reform. McCain says the Democratic nominee's proposal would create a government-controlled health care system that has not worked in othe...
Opinion: New Yorker Fest Political Humor Panel: For Sarah Palin Jokes, Against Another Holocaust
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Oct 9
By The Huffington Post News Team Borowitz Report headline: "McCain Replaces Palin With Startled Deer." 03:44 PM McCain Vows To Campaign In All Thirteen Colonies" 03:45 PM Borowitz: Plenty of Obama humor in the stuff around Obama (like super-lib blogs) 03:46 PM SNL montage of mock presidential debates. Awesome. 04:10 PM
Opinion: Senior McCain Advisor: Palin Did 'Fantastic' With My Buddy Katie
Original at New York Observer
• Tue, Oct 7
By Felix Gillette Before Nicolle Wallace took over the role of senior adviser to John McCain’s presidential campaign, the wrangling on the evening news in recent weeks over Sarah Palin’s performance in interviews with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric might have been the kind of on-air debate she rel...
Hannity falsely claimed Obama's "air-raiding villages" statement is a "lie"
Original at Media Matters for America
• Tue, Oct 7
In the case of the economy, again, McCain following, true to form, puts everything on the line. Obama says, "If you need me, call me. I'll be there in a hurry." How come this benefits him, you know, this mess on Wall Street, and not Senator McCain. McCain warned about Fannie and Freddie three year...
Podcast: Prager H1: Palin Power
Original at Town Hall
• Mon, Oct 6
By Info@townhall.com (Dennis Prager) Prager H1: Governor Palin came out swinging, following her debate with Joe Biden… The Associated Press accuses McCain and Palin of race-baiting. Nicholas Kristof writes a column in the NY Times saying that we’re all racists even if we don’t know it. It’s called “aversive racism.”
Opinion: Three things that McCain/Palin will hit Obama on before Nov. 4:Original at my.barackobama.com
• Sat, Oct 4
By Gerald from Seattle, WA The Times' Robin Abcarian relates that Palin, speaking at a fundraiser, used a wry reference to one of the well-publicized questions she faced recently from CBS' Katie Couric to broach the Ayers issue. Said the Republican vice presidential candidate:
Opinion: Spinning St. Louis: McCain Supporters Loved Palin Performance, Debate Format
Original at New York Observer
• Fri, Oct 3
By Jason Horowitz “This is a woman who, six weeks ago, was a Governor of Alaska,” he said, though, when asked if he would be comfortable seeing her in the Oval Office, couldn’t seem to quite bring himself to offer a resounding yes. “Sarah Palin proved tonight she is ready to be John McCain’s partner.”
Opinion: links for 2008-10-03
Original at flapsblog.com
• Thu, Oct 2
By Flap Palin: You didn’t? Why not? He’s a VP nominee. I’m a VP nominee. (tags: sarah_palin) Pajamas Media » VP Debate Preview: Will Biden Gaffe? Will Palin Be Set Free? Everyone from Bill Kristol to Mitt Romney to Byron York has advice for the McCain camp: free Sarah Palin.
Opinion: The VP Debate - It's All About Sarah
Original at theliberalcrab (WordPress)
• Thu, Oct 2
By The Liberal Crab What is relatively clear at this point is that the economy, polarization of Palin, and the general unhappiness of the country has really started to solidify the Democrats for Obama and the Republicans for McCain. The arguments these two gentlemen have made about experience, ability to lead, knowledge on the economy, knowledge on foreign policy had a major impact through August and September. Obama had much more to lose - his support was more shaky from the Democrats than McCain's from the Republicans. But sufficient time, issues, and events have solidified Obama's support. As well, Mccain's support from the GOP stalwarts has been tested through these difficult weeks and most still stand by him. So the focus really turns to the indep... [read the full post]
Podcast: Obama Launches 'False' Assault on McCain
Original at ProLifeBlogs
• Wed, Oct 1
By saying that "John McCain has stood in the way - he's opposed stem cell research," the Obama ad seriously misstates the view that McCain has held on this issue since 2001, when he began backing embryonic stem cell research, a position that was out of step with that of many of his fellow Repu...
Opinion: Carl Pope: And Now a Question for Governor Palin
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 1
By Carl Pope St. Louis -- Tomorrow Senator Biden and Governor Palin will debate. Here's a question the media might usefully ask, premised on the idea that Americans... Governor Palin, tell us: How will it look in a McCain-Palin administration? More on Environment
Opinion: Media have repeatedly asserted Palin faces "low" or "lowered" expectations in debate, despite praise of her debate skills
Original at Media Matters for America
• Wed, Oct 1
At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers s...
Opinion: Bob Cesca: Sarah Six-pack Needs To Put Country First by Stepping Down
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 1
By Bob Cesca No wonder everyone is ticked off. And Senator McCain, knowing all of this (as well as the average heights of Koreans apparently), acquiesced to the far-right by selecting Sarah Palin anyway, just prior to launching a general election campaign centered on the ridiculously incongruous t...
Opinion: Debate offers Palin, Biden high risks, big rewards
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 1
By The Huffington Post News Editors The attention is driven by the public's fascination with Palin, the first-term Alaska governor that Republican presidential candidate John McCain plucked from relative political obscurity to be his running mate. McCain-Palin: http:
Opinion: Det. Free Press: Another Boring Palin's-Bad-For-Women Screed
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, Sep 30
By Warner Todd Huston In her first paragraph, Riley assumes right off the top that Palin "cannot win" the upcoming VP debate with Joe Biden. Then Riley seems to think that a VP candidate cannot have a difference with the top of the ticket when bringing up Palin's Pakistan comment that seemed to differ with McCain...
Opinion: A. Siegel: Palin-McCain: Can't get energy facts right
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Sep 29
By A. Siegel Huh ... Sigh ... Sure. For a perspective ... We need to return to Republican energy guru Matt Simmons, "John McCain is energy illiterate," Simmons is saying. "He's just witless about this stuff. As a lifelong Republican, I'm supporting Obama." Let us review, according to Matt Simmons, "John McCain is
Music and Topics from this week's First Friday Podcast.
Original at firstfriday (WordPress)
• Mon, Sep 29
By firstfriday The first debate, how weird it was to have a debate on a Friday night, who won and what constituted a win for both. How two candidates in one debate could be measured by different yardsticks. McCain decision not to look at Obama, Obama acting like Al Gore or an disgusted teenager, and Jim Lehrer...
Podcast: Prager H1: Debating the Bailout
Original at Town Hall
• Mon, Sep 29
By Info@townhall.com (Dennis Prager) Prager H1: Dennis reviews Friday’s debate between the two candidates for President. It’s easy to overestimate the importance of these debates. The Palin-Biden debate might be an exception. Governor Palin’s performance will reflect on McCain…. Dennis didn’t like Obama referring to McCa...
Opinion: Free Palin? McCain Camp Readies VP For Debate
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Sep 29
By The Huffington Post News Editors Some prominent Republicans and senior members of Congress have expressed worries about certain facets of the Palin campaign, particularly that Gov. Palin may be "overprepared" and not encouraged to be herself, an adviser said. More on Sarah Palin
Opinion: Mitchell Uses Tina Fey to Pick On Palin
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sun, Sep 28
By Geoffrey Dickens OBAMA: Thank you Fredericksburg! MITCHELL: McCain on ABC. MITCHELL: In their first debate, Friday night, McCain was the aggressor. MITCHELL: But Obama held his own on foreign policy, McCain's presumed strength. TINA FEY AS SARAH PALIN: Katie I'd like to use one of my lifelines.
Opinion: Linda Bergthold: If McCain and Palin can't blink, the voters must!
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Sep 28
By Linda Bergthold Among the many criticisms of Sarah Palin's qualifications to be Vice President (or President), perhaps the most powerful is the comparison of her personality... If Sarah Palin does not blink in her decisions, the voters must. More on Sarah Palin
Weekend in Review: Bailout Agreement Reached, Palin Hides Out, Council Opposes Bloomberg's Tax Hike
Original at New York Observer
• Sun, Sep 28
By Katharine Jose On TV Friday night, Joe Biden was everywhere and Sarah Palin was nowhere. McCain surrogates are defending Palin by pointing out that Biden makes many "gaffes." Fareed Zakaria writes, "Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. "
Opinion: NYT Editors: Palin 'Petty,' McCain Guilty of 'Demonstrable Falsehoods'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, Sep 22
By Clay Waters The first, in Saturday's paper, reported that John McCain had drawn "an avalanche of criticism" from Democrats, independents and even some Republicans "for regularly stretching the truth" about Barack Obama's record and positions.
YouTube Bans Videos 'Intended to Incite Violence or Encourage Dangerous, Illegal Activities'
Original at Wired
• Fri, Sep 19
By David Kravets See Also: The Many Faces Of Sarah Palin OnlineUnleash Your Inner Political Voice: Create an Online Mashup With ...McCain Campaign Yanks 'Obama Love' Web VideoJudge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to ViacomGoogle, EFF Applaud Veoh DMCA RulingNext Week: Conference Reverse-Eng...
Podcast: The Bush/McCain/Palin contempt for subpoenas and the rule of law
Original at Salon
• Fri, Sep 19
By Glenn Greenwald There is no doubt that the Legislature has the right to investigate and that these Subpoenaas are lawfully issued. Before Palin was selected as McCain's running mate, virtually everyone in Alaska -- including her -- agreed that the Legislature could and should investigate these allega...
Issue Dated September 15, 2008
Original at Newsweek Blogs
• Thu, Sep 18
By Newsweek A Clinton Supporter Defects to McCain' A video chat with Hillary ally John Coale on why he's voting Republican this fall. A Clinton Supporter Defects to McCain' A video chat with Hillary ally John Coale on why he's voting Republican this fall.
Podcast: Prager H3: Running a Country, Running a Corporation
Original at Town Hall
• Wed, Sep 17
By Info@townhall.com (Dennis Prager) Prager H3: Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP and now a major figure in the McCain campaign, told a reporter that neither John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, nor Joe Biden were capable of running a major corporation. CNN and the Obama campaign only focus on McCain and Palin.. Which car is more...
Podcast: Music and Topics from this week's First Friday Pocast
Original at firstfriday (WordPress)
• Tue, Sep 16
By firstfriday The Obama ad “Still” and why McCain doesn’t use a computer. McCain’s tech policy knowledge compared to Obama’s. Does Obama speak code and write in HTML? The lack of shame on the issue from the Obama camp. Why Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in 8 years as President. Charlie Rangel doesn’t exa...
Podcast: MRC's Motley on Palin's Treatment in the Media
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, Sep 15
By NB Staff Where Charles Gibson's 2007 interview with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) "was one part This is Your Life, one part Oprah Winfrey," McCain running mate Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) faced a "harsh interrogation" with the ABC anchor in "total attack mode," MRC C...
Palin Interviews With Charles Gibson, Obama Meets With Bill Clinton For Votes Before Meeting McCain for 9/11 AnniversaryOriginal at 777denny (WordPress)
• Fri, Sep 12
By Denny Sarah Palin interviewed for the first time after being picked by John McCain as his running mate, taking questions from ABC’s Charles Gibson. As far as Palin’s performance in her first interview as GOP vice presidential nominee, Howard Kurt appeared to have the dominant feeling of the e...
Opinion: AP's Tom Raum confuses his fantasies for fact
Original at Salon
• Fri, Sep 12
By Glenn Greenwald Ever since the McCain campaign announced Sarah Palin as its choice for Vice President, they have been attempting to attribute to "liberals" generally and the Obama campaign specifically the plainly offensive and sexist objection that Palin's duties as Vice President would irreconc...
Podcast: POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
Original at CNN Political Ticker
• Fri, Sep 12
By mglucas AP: Obama mocks McCain as computer illiterate John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain's long Washington career. AP: Palin administrati...
Podcast: Whoopi Asks McCain: 'Do I Have To Be Worried About Becoming a Slave Again?'Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Sep 11
By Justin McCarthy ELISABETH HASSELBECK: There has also been a question burning amongst voters and actually our viewers, and that is the question of Roe v. Wade. And as president, if you were, no softballs coming from me, even though you have my vote. Would you as president work to overturn that? And then would S...
Podcast: NB Interview: Post’s Merida at McCain/Palin Rally Denies Media BiasOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Sep 11
By Scott Whitlock McCain/Palin rally in Van Dyke Park, Fairfax, VA KEVIN MERIDA (Washington Post staff writer): Uh, no. I don't, actually. WHITLOCK: You don't think there's any sort of double standard in terms of questions about whether she could be both a mother and a vice presidential candidate?
Podcast: POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008
Original at CNN Political Ticker
• Thu, Sep 11
By mglucas Bloomberg: Obama, McCain Put Politics Aside to Mark Sept. 11 Anniversary Barack Obama and John McCain will put their presidential ambitions on hold today to make an unprecedented joint appearance at a commemoration marking the seventh anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. so...
Podcast: Graham calls on Obama to denounce 'abortion' comment
Original at CNN Political Ticker
• Wed, Sep 10
By CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney Sen. Graham, center, has been one of Sen. McCain's most ardent supporters and outspoken surrogates throughout the election season. (CNN) — South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham – a major McCain surrogate – called on Barack Obama to condemn a comment by the chair of the South Carolina Democ...
New York Post Endorses John McCain
Original at John McCain
• Wed, Sep 10
By The Editor THE Post today enthusiastically urges the election of Sen. John S. McCain as the 44th president of the United States. McCain's lifelong record of service to America, his battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle and clear grasp of the dangers and opportunities now facing...
Podcast: POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008
Original at CNN Political Ticker
• Wed, Sep 10
By mglucas Chicago Sun-Times: Biden isn't afraid of Palin Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden assured a crowd of donors in Lincoln Park Tuesday night that he would handle himself just fine in his debate with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. CNN: McCain ahead in national polls; Obama up in electo...
Podcast: Prager H1: McCain Surges
Original at Town Hall
• Mon, Sep 8
By Info@townhall.com (Dennis Prager) Prager H1: Post convention, John McCain has a 10 point lead among likely voters, according to the USAToday… Keith Olbermann has been pushed off the MSNBC election anchor desk. He was embarrassing the network and they finally had enough… The European Union wants to ban all sexist ads. But wh...
Podcast: POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
Original at CNN Political Ticker
• Mon, Sep 8
By mglucas USA TODAY: Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama The Republican National Convention has given John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows, as running mate Sarah Palin helps close an "enthusiasm gap" that has dogged the GOP all y...
Palin to be Interviewed by ABC’s Charles Gibson, While Polls Show Ticket Gets Strong GOP Convention Bounce
Original at 777denny (WordPress)
• Mon, Sep 8
By Denny Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will hold her first major interview since being picked by John McCain as his vice presidential running mate. And does John McCain think Palin is ready to be commander in chief? McCain say he will include Democrats in his Cabinet
Frauds And Lies
Original at The Left Coaster
• Sun, Sep 7
By Turkana Even more fraudulent, if that’s possible, is the contrast between McCain’s platonic presentation of his personal code of honor and the man he has become. He always puts his country first, he told us: “I’ve been called a maverick.” If there was any doubt that that McCain has fled, confirmati...
Opinion: SF Chron: McCain Voters Racists and Easily Fooled
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sun, Sep 7
By Warner Todd Huston Democrats do not think that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's arrival in the enemy camp changes Sen. Barack Obama's path to the White House. As far as they're concerned, Republican John McCain's running mate is President George W. Bush. Next we get yet another Democrat operative quoted.
Sarah Palin and the Stunning Naiveté of Sally Quinn
Original at U.S. News & World Report
• Thu, Sep 4
U.S. News & World Report, DC - Sep 4, 2008 Then anger," she writes of hearing about Palin: John McCain chose a running mate simply because she is a woman and one who appealed to the Republican's ... GOP-Loving Noonan, Murphy Trash McCain, Palin Queerty Quotes of Note Boston Globe
Podcast: Prager H2: McCain Judgment Affirmed
Original at Town Hall
• Thu, Sep 4
By Info@townhall.com (Dennis Prager) Prager H2: The Republican nominee's judgment was on the line last night. Sarah Palin confirmed that judgment with her spectacular speech… Dennis talks to Captain Charles Plumb who served with John McCain and was also a POW in N. Viet Nam… Dennis talks to Orin Hatch, Senator from Utah.
Opinion: Baltimore Sun Columnist Spews Venom Over Palin
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Sep 3
By P.J. Gladnick John McCain picked Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and mother of five, to be his running mate to woo women like me. Barack Obama was the editor of the Harvard Law Review, for heaven's sake. And the best McCain can do is a woman who minored in poly-sci at the University of Idaho?
Podcast: NYT: Daughter's Pregnancy Fair Game, Asks How Palin Can 'Juggle Those Responsibilities'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, Sep 2
By Clay Waters Meet the newly minted traditionalists at the New York Times, two female reporters who seem to doubt whether or not a woman can have it all -- at least if she's a Republican vice-presidential nominee. Jackie you were just talking to Steve Schmidt, the senior advisor for the McCain campaign. W...
Sarah Palin Jokes
Original at About.com Political Humor
• Sat, Aug 30
We can debate on which Presidential candidate (McCain or Obama) is the best person for the job or which Vice Presidential candidate (Palin or Biden) is the best from now until eternity. But the bottom line is this…which is best for us ...
Sara Palin: McCain's running mate and mom of a newborn baby with ...
Original at Examiner.com
• Fri, Aug 29
- Sara Palin is more than John McCain's running mate and the governor of Alaska. She's also the mom of five kids, including a newborn who has Down Syndrome, ... McCain and Palin disagree on arctic drilling CNN Political Ticker Palin Would Bring 5 Kids To VP's Residence KOAT all 21 news articles
Music and Topics from this week's First Friday Podcast
Original at firstfriday (WordPress)
• Tue, Jul 8
By firstfriday Who will McCain pick? Romney, Jindal and Crist, also Sarah Palin from Alaska. How McCain makes dirt look young. John Thune? We are joined in the studio by The Shadow to get his opinion. Joe Lieberman and what he would bring and take away from the ticket. The merits of Mitt compared to the others.
Comment on Sarah Palin on SNL by riggword
Original at Southern Appeal
• Mon, Oct 20
By riggword I really don’t think the SNL kids like Sarah very much. But, I do think some younger American voters will see Sarah as spunky and cool now! “Sarah Palin, McCain More Fun Part III” ...