Palin gets hit with ethics complaint number 18: The latest complaint alleges she abused her office by accepting a salary and using state staff while campaigning outside Alaska for the vice presidency. It’s the third complaint filed against the Republican since she announced July 3 that she was stepping down. [SNIP] In her complaint, Andree […]
Republicans loved Chelsea Clinton. She instantly became their constant punch line. For example here is John McCain: Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.” — Sen. John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998. And let’s not forget Rush Limbaugh: it was Limbaugh who ridiculed Chelsea Clinton, then 13, […]
Sick assholes: Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday. In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school […]
In an upcoming piece on McCain, New York Times Magazine reporter Robert Draper gives us this little insight into the whole Palin pick: Having interviewed several of the Senator’s chief aides, Draper details the process by which McCain ultimately chose his running mate (New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was surprisingly high on the list). […]
And this time we aren’t talking about John McCain, but rather his running mate: No wonder GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin harbors such hostility toward the mainstream media: her staff imposes limits on her access to it. During a fundraiser here that raised $800,000 last night, Palin admitted that her aides often dissuade her […]
The latest CBS/New York Times poll gives Obama a massive 14 point lead over McCain: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is entering the third and final presidential debate Wednesday with a wide lead over Republican rival John McCain nationally, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows. The Obama-Biden ticket now leads the McCain-Palin ticket […]
Have you noticed when watching McCain speeches how white the crowds are? Last week a black man spoke at a townhall meeting and the media jumped all over it, like they were saying “wow a black guy”. But it isn’t only black faces missing from McCain events or even his campaign; it’s brown and yellow […]
Better yet – what would you call a man who has to hide behind two women? If you’re a Republican then I guess you call them a “maverick”. Why is it that John McCain is such a coward that he can’t ask Obama about Ayers? Instead he has to have his wife and running mate […]
That’s what the McCain campaign has been doing and the proof is in their ads. The AP has done a study on this: MADISON, Wis. – Nearly every TV ad Republican John McCain ran last week was negative, compared to just 34 percent of those by Democrat Barack Obama, according to an analysis released Wednesday. […]
My God could Gwen Ifill have been any more slanted towards Biden? Ok – had to get that little joke out of my system. Despite having one hell of a cold, I managed to watch the whole thing. Honestly, it was exactly what I expected it to be. No massive screw ups from either candidate. […]