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Sun September 28, 2008
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David Broder, world class pundit: McCain's indifference to Obama on stage meant he was the alpha-male primate. World class primatologist: actually, it means McCain was terrified | (129) |
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Muslim children gassed at Dayton mosque after "Obsession" DVD hits Ohio | (249) |
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The rain pouring down, his jacket off, his white dress-shirt clinging to his body, Barack Obama played to the crowd. That's Hawt | (167) |
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Oh dear lord please let it be a joke: Bristol and Levi wedding registry. Wedding date: November 4th | (174) |
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Nothing wrist, nothing gained. Slain soldier's mother stands by Obama | (296) |
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News: McCain accuses Obama of using the current financial crisis for political gain. Fark: Seriously | (136) |
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The New Yorker on Palin's interview: "The whole thing reads like something rendered from the Finnish by Google Translate." | (83) |
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"This is the year that the mightiest networks and newspapers shed all pretense of even-handedness and willfully joined the Barack Obama campaign in a blood oath to defeat John McCain and savage Ms. Palin" | (194) |
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While the US banking sector is in crisis and $700 billion negotiations grab headlines, your sneaky Senators quietly created another "Czar". Drug Czar, meet Copyright Czar | (104) |
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McCain: "I don't think most Americans think that that's a definitve policy statement made by Governor Palin." | (195) |
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No, Obama, you cannot has bracelet. Not yours | (170) |
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Somali pirates mysteriously sicken and die after seizing Iranian cargo ship. I wonder how much experience Somalis have treating radiation sickness | (92) |
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Wednesday McCain: I'm coming to Washington to save the country. Saturday night McCain: with no bailout bill passed yet, I'm going to cash in these stacks of $100 chips until 2:30 a.m. | (68) |
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McCain "disappointed" that the media declared the debate a tie. Guess no one's told him what the polls declared it | (326) |
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Despite claims in Couric interview, no Palin trade missions to Russia on record. Keith O. last seen testing cardboard boxes for comfort, affordability | (151) |
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A new analysis by the National Taxpayers Union shows McCain/Obama would add to the immense deficit while Bob Barr would decrease it by $200 billion | (135) |
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Has the McCain campaign broken Sarah Palin? | (244) |
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Conservative federal judges blast Antonin Scalia's opinion in a case striking down DC's gun laws as the sort of "judicial activism" he has long railed against | (164) |
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Has anyone ever actually seen Tina Fey and Sarah Palin in the same room at the same time? Just asking | (38) |
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Henry Kissinger: He said I endorsed talks with Iran without preconditions? WTF is Obama smoking? | (473) |
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German leader says the era of the U.S. as a super power is over. You know who else underestimated the U.S. as a super power | (94) |
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Palin contradicts McCain's debate position on Pakistan. Maybe watching the debate with the volume turned down wasn't such a good idea | (184) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Why McCain won the debate | (261) |
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Big money, no whammies, big money, no whammies, STOP. "A popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston." Yeah, that could work | (114) |
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Why couldn't McCain look Obama in the eye in the debate? Obama humiliated him on Friday by asking his opinion of the bailout, a question McCain was unable to answer | (173) |
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Breakthrough in the financial bailout bill in Congress. Get your K-Y ready | (758) |
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Barack Obama talks about misleading ads, hip-hop and the financial crisis, in first-post debate interview with... MTV? (Two video clips) | (83) |
Sat September 27, 2008
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McCain is in no rush to get back to Capitol Hill to work on the bailout plan, says he can conduct all his business using something called a "telephone". He was apparently unaware of this wonderful invention two days ago | (366) |
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With debate ending in tie, McCain/Obama neckwear becomes issue of the day | (63) |
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Senate passes $612 billion bill. Nope, not that one | (70) |
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Iraq, US close to deal on future of US troops | (176) |
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California gives its lawmakers unlimited gas cards, snacks and drinks | (68) |
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Governor of Missouri issues press release telling Barack Obama "to grow up" and to stop using "police state tactics" when people hurt his feelings | (354) |
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The Liberal Media Bias: "Despite popular accounts, researchers found that Barack Obama got more negative press coverage than John McCain did in the early summer" | (132) |
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Like a princess locked away in a tower by her evil father, Palin kept away from the press after debate | (368) |
| (Some Angry Guy) | |
McCain muttered "horse s**t" under his breath twice during last night's debate | (378) |
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Even half of conservatives want preachers to stick to preaching and stay out of politics | (67) |
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McCain odds plunge on Intrade after bizarre week, debate | (149) |
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This just in: 46% of Americans are still complete and total idiots | (306) |
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Couric has Kissinger on record as saying he supports talks "without preconditions" | (278) |
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Pakistanis not happy their President tried to put the moves on Sarah Palin | (138) |
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Fact checking the debate: Everybody lies | (132) |
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Critiques of the debates from the only two men in America who will get it right: Statler and Waldorf | (53) |
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The debate is over and the results are in: McCain towered over McCain on every issue of substance. Furthermore, Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 | (343) |
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First poll results of the debate from uncommitted voters: 40% Obama, 38% tie, 22% McCain | (275) |
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McCain ad: Obama agrees with me, ergo he is not ready to lead | (204) |
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"Obama continues to argue that only the systematic withdrawal of US combat units will force Iraqi leaders to compromise. Yet the empirical evidence of the past year suggests the opposite..." | (120) |
Fri September 26, 2008
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Republican Senator Jim DeMint: Wall Street will "come out like bandits" on the bailout plan | (83) |
| (Ole Miss) | |
Obama McCain debate thread #2. Two men enter, one man leaves | (3150) |
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Two master debaters about to take the stage. Your first Presidential debate discussion thread (thread closed; see new thread) | (2752) |
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CNN's Jack Cafferty: "I'm 65 and have been covering politics for a long time - that's one of the most pathetic pieces of tape I have ever seen from someone aspiring to one of the highest offices in the country" | (190) |
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News: Bailout talks failed because congressional Republicans had their own plan which "advocates tax cuts and relaxed regulations." FARK: I'm not making this up | (134) |
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Now playing: More campaign ads full of lies and deceit | (55) |
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Presidents and presidential candidates don't often take on the press directly, the way McCain is. But two in recent history have -- and both won their elections | (87) |
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Obama and McCain miss filing deadline for the State of Texas and are sued to be removed from ballot. Obvious tag boots Fail tag because you know how this one ends | (104) |
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First MSNBC pulls Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from election coverage because of other media outlets whining, now they yank an ad because Bill O'Reilly says to | (97) |
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Since $700 Billion just ain't enough, Dems ask for a further $56 Billion. It's not like it's their money anyway | (138) |
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Jon Stewart runs clips of Bush's 2003 Iraq speech side-by-side with clips of Bush's 2008 bailout speech. "Amusing" tag beats "scary", causing catastrophic death and destruction across America | (78) |
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Biden pulls a Palin, keeps press out of meeting with Georgian president, shockingly media DOESN'T throw a hissy fit, question his abilities or make threats | (93) |
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Wife-like corruption detected | (38) |
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Video footage of a young Sarah Palin in the swimsuit competition during the 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant | (192) |
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"What we need are a few exemplary hangings. Public hangings. On television. Pick a few failed investment firms, lead their CEOs in chains through the canyons of Manhattan and give the mob satisfaction" | (112) |
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McCain is already running advertisements declaring that he won the debate he promised not to attend, even though the debate hasn't happened yet | (168) |
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David Letterman's McCain grudge, day 2: "That's what I feel like, I feel like an ugly date, I feel used. I feel cheap. I feel sullied." | (58) |
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Senator Schumer to Bush: "For the sake of America, tell Sen. McCain to get out of town. He's not helping" | (89) |
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Alberto Gonzales starting to sing like a canary with its balls in a vise | (53) |
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Former McCain advisor on the last 48 hours: "In the end, he blinked and Obama did not. The 'steady hand in a storm' argument looks now to more favor Obama." | (92) |
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Convicted felon Tony Rezko (D-Obama) may be singing. Subby hears prison can raise your voice an octave | (27) |
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Obama up by five points. In Virginia. A state that hasn't voted for a Democratic president since before we landed on the moon | (128) |
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Sarah Palin might look like Tina Fey, but she talks like she's Nicholas Fehn | (43) |
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Last week Biden tells enviromentalist "no coal plants here in America." This week in Pennsylvania coal country Biden says "I am for clean coal." Is it any wonder people question the veracity of their other campaign promises? | (63) |
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Palin: "I've never met with the leader of another country" Seattle Times:"What about this meeting with Iceland's President?" Palin: "Iceland's a country?" | (133) |
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As debate rages over the bailout, the House Appropriations committee slams through a $1 TRILLION spending bill chock full of earmarks. When asked if it has been done in secret, David Obey (D-eficit) said "You're damn right it has " | (87) |
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We can all be winners of tonight's debate with this handy drinking game | (49) |
| (Tribune Democrat) | |
John Murtha is being sued as Karma smiles at his shenanigans | (22) |
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NRO calls for Palin to bow out as VP | (235) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Official Presidential Debate #1 Thread | (855) |
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Even now, "Truth Squads" of police are threatening to bring libel charges against anyone who profanes the Glorious Leader. Those Truth Squads are working for: A.) Vladamir Putin, B.) Robert Mugabe, or C.) Barack Obama? | (56) |
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In a show of solidarity with their candidate, voters suspend choosing McCain in national tracking polls | (37) |
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Joe Biden's remarks on John McCain's health care plan are just about the most blatant lie since Bill Clinton wagged his finger about not, well, wagging his finger | (106) |
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Finally, the candidates unite: It's still just fly-over country | (48) |
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Not news: Bush proposes to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. News: This was back in 2003 because their lending practices were out of control. Fark: Regulation opposed by Barney Frank (D-emented), because he says there's no problem | (136) |
| (Some Math Geek) | |
Thanks to the screwiness of the electoral college, if 269 people in Florida had changed their minds in 2000, George W. Bush would never have been elected | (88) |
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The Couric-Palin interview clip that all US Americans should see. Like, such as | (222) |
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Mississippi to get black & white TV tonight | (1321) |
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Only an idiot or a masochist would want to win this year's election | (107) |
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President Bush refused to give the Israelis a greenlight until they came up with a better headline | (301) |
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Unsure how much Obama will raise your taxes? Take a peek at this handy calculator. Oh, McCain and current rates are there, too | (291) |
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Palin's parents were at Ground Zero as part of 9/11 response team. As rat-trappers | (98) |
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The Chosen One's(TM) ads have a truthiness problem of their own | (223) |
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What campaign ads would look like if the voting age was six. Legally, not mentally | (21) |
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The NY Times calls Bush, Obama, and McCain out on their "absence of leadership" | (167) |
Thu September 25, 2008
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Conservative Congressmen are revolting | (981) |
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Perhaps the most brilliant free-market campaign tactic ever. Michigan gas station owner replaces the station logo with an Obama sign, drops his gas prices, and sells campaign gear in-store to make up the difference | (89) |
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Obama's website encourages posters to explain why they support him, and to post inspirational quotes for historic leaders. Some leaders quoted: Che Guevera, Karl Marx, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Tse-Tung, Lenin, Stalin, and Castro | (234) |
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I'm voting for McCain because he's a straight talker and I often agree with his view on things, and when I don't, usually if I wait a few days he comes around | (26) |
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Palin: Ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up the economy | (364) |
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Apparently suspending your campaign doesn't mean you close campaign offices, or stop TV ads, or stop sending surrogates out to TV shows, or stop fundraising, or stop giving interviews | (53) |
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Obama will turn Friday night's debate into a Town Hall Meeting if McCain doesn't show. Lemons into lemonade, that's change we can believe in | (155) |
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The road to the White House goes through FedEx Field. Except that one year when Bush cheated | (21) |
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Contrary to what the elitists in the lower 48 claim, Alaska has a generations-long tradition of reaching out to our friends in Russia | (52) |
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Eliot Spitzer tells the media that since his fall from grace, he's been spending more times with the kids. No word if by "kids" he means hot, young escorts | (19) |
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McCain unsure whether the Model T can get cranked up in time to get to Mississippi by tomorrow | (86) |
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Bill Clinton says Obama is the best choice for the country while praising McCain. Subby wishes there was a Confusing tag, but Strange will have to do | (43) |
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One bonus for McCain choosing Palin as VP: Planned Parenthood is getting more donations in Sarah Palin's name | (80) |
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I personally believe that U.S. Alaskans are close to Russia because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, Canada, and uh, the Putin | (266) |
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Psst. John, when you dramatically return to the Senate to save a bailout plan it isn't a good idea to admit you haven't even read the bailout plan. Especially on camera | (93) |
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61 Nobel laureates in science endorse Obama for president, and sugarless gum for people who chew gum | (70) |
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Old and busted: The First Amendment right to free speech. New hotness: Topless voting | (17) |
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Old 'n' busted - "I won't go to the debate because there's no deal on the bailout." New hotness - "Just because there's a deal on the bailout doesn't mean I'll go to the debate" | (77) |
| (J.R. Nyquist) | |
"The Kremlin knew that a financial crash was about to take place. They've been waiting on it. They are prepared to exploit it. And the Americans are completely oblivious. They are utterly unprepared" | (76) |
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While McCain is in DC working on the financial mess what is The Chosen One doing? | (270) |
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Pakistani troops fire on US helicopters, misunderstood what their president meant when he said "I'd hit it" | (40) |
| (Some Guy) | |
"Palin reminds us Southerners so much of the 1800's Belle, in a gorgeous hoop skirt, quoting scripture in a slow southern drawl ... while having a Colt revolver strapped to her thigh beneath that lovely gown" | (93) |
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Henry Paulson is to finance what Donald Rumsfeld was to military strategy | (40) |
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San Francisco paper freaks out entire liberal community by endorsing McCain/Palin ticket | (90) |
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What's the difference between an active campaign and a suspended one? Apparently not a damned thing | (32) |
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Apparently forgetting she's not running for President anymore, Hillary Clinton releases her own plan for dealing with the financial crisis. It's 2012 words long | (87) |
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Gallup poll now has the race all tied up again. Will suspend polling until bailout is reached | (83) |
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Fair and balanced: Fox News host tells guest who mentions Keating Five to "pipe down," producer starts yelling to "cut his mic." Yep, faaaiiir and baaaalanced | (303) |
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Colbert does the only responsible thing he can do | (54) |
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Gordon Brown will talk with President Bush about the U.S. bailout plan. That's going to take a lot of crayons and construction paper | (30) |
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Al Gore and Gwyneth Paltrow raising money for Barack Obama from American expatriates in London who love their country so much they left it forever | (200) |
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John McCain just learned a valuable lesson: Don't piss off Dave Letterman(w/video) | (256) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Obvious: Biden is seen as more prepared to be president than Palin 43-37. Amusing: In Alaska | (59) |
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Sarah Palin isn't the only politician who is in over her head this election campaign | (36) |
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Even the NY Times Crossword puzzles are in the tank for a five-letter name of a senator from Illinois | (54) |
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The rats are starting to abandon the Good Ship Sarah | (156) |
| (Some Strict Constructionist) | |
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is a "constitutional originalist," meaning he insists the document must remain static, reflecting the wishes and values of the slave-holding male aristocratic land-holders who wrote it 200 years ago | (127) |
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New British ID card unveiled for non-citizens: to be star-shaped and to be worn visibly on lapel | (18) |
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If you want to work for the Obama campaign, it would be best not to apply at his house. Oh, and by the way you should also leave your gun and bulletproof vest at home | (15) |
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Dirty little secret of the bailout: It removes Constitutionally-stipulated checks and balances | (75) |
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Sarah Palin holds press conference | (402) |
| (Jammie Wearing Fool) | |
"The media theme is Palin is unprepared and has zero knowledge of foreign affairs while Biden has decades of experience. So why does Biden sound like a complete idiot?" | (179) |
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Luke Russert is not QUITE as articulate as his father was | (88) |
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President Bush is apparently trying to break as many Federal laws as possible before he finally leaves office in January | (270) |
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"Ploy. Flailing. Cut and run. Stunt. Bizarre. Choking. Preemptive. Gimmicky. Brilliant. Retreat. Cowardly. Desperate. Surreal. Those are words being used to describe McCain, but I think these sum it up best: Staggering cynicism" | (157) |
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Caption Sarah Palin | (134) |
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City Manager of Chula Vista who was fired for viewing porn on his computer says he won't sue for wrongful termination if the city comes up with $195,000. Good luck with that | (11) |
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Biden: Bush sent Assistant Secretary of State to Iran. Facts: Nope. Dan Quayle: Can I expect that apology in writing? | (36) |
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Straight talk express derails somewhere between Letterman Avenue and Couric Boulevard | (41) |
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Bill, you're not helping any: Bill Clinton says McCain "acting in good faith" in wanting to postpone debate (video) | (117) |
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How much will the subprime bailout cost? Strangely enough, it could end up making taxpayers money | (145) |
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Nader and Barr: McCain may not have the guts to debate, but we do | (127) |
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Palin announces she'll cooperate fully with the Troopergate investigation. BY which she means the one she started, that's being run by state employees who answer directly to her. The other one she's going to continue to stonewall | (100) |
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McCain's move...bold or ridiculous? Yes | (287) |
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Can McCain pull this off -- persuading the public to forget how he and his fellow Reagan Republicans changed the nation's economic rules in ways that allowed Wall Street to run amok? ... I doubt it | (97) |
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Our economy is strong. Our economy is strong. Our economy is strong. Our economy is strong. Our economy is strong. EVERYBODY PANIC | (222) |
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Republican Congress on deregulating banks in the 1990s: "Was that wrong? Should we not have done that? I tell you, we gotta plead ignorance on this thing" | (144) |
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"Evidence of a widely netted Soviet atomic spy ring with Julius [Rosenberg] at its apex is ... so incontrovertible that now even Julius's longcrusading sons concede the ugly truth about their father" | (74) |
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A Children's Treasury of Web Responses to McCain's pussying out of debate, including shout-outs for several Fark headlines | (68) |
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The Treasury, on why the bailout check should amount to $700 billion: "We just wanted to choose a really large number" | (273) |
Wed September 24, 2008
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Couric: "Can you give us an example of how John McCain will reform Wall Street?" Palin: "I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you." GOP: Facepalm | (849) |
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McCain campaign decides it doesn't really feel like having the vice-presidential debates, either | (328) |
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Sarah Palin is holding high-level talks on international policy with foreign leaders. President of Pakistan to Palin: "you're gorgeous" | (95) |
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McCain cancels his Late Show appearance. Letterman's replacement guest to speak on behalf of John McCain: Keith Olbermann. Uh oh | (178) |
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Letterman rips on McCain for cancelling debate, suggests Palin step in. "This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." | (324) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Coffee company holds contest to see will be the next president. Discovers most people like their president the way they like their coffee | (119) |
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The real reason McCain wants to cancel the debates: Leg-lengthening surgery | (37) |
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What do you call a poll showing a 52-43 lead? How about "functionally tied"? | (82) |
| (The Economist) | |
Obama predicted to win Global Electoral College 6,279-0 ... but the crucial swing country of Bulgaria is still too close to call. Bonus: Switzerland finally takes a stand on something | (58) |
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Obama Campaign: "The debate is on" | (1102) |
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Bill Clinton tells Todd Palin, "Give support...but don't make her look weak." Then, Clinton gave him some political advice | (44) |
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Better adjust those rimless glasses, 40% think Caribou Barbie is qualified | (107) |
| (Government Executive) | |
Obama reform plan bears traces of Clinton and Bush efforts | (33) |
| (Truthseeker) | |
In honor of the financial meltdown, Lets look back at how Elliot Spitzer tried to warn us how the Bush Administration preventing all 50 states from shutting down predatory lenders would lead to a financial meltdown | (67) |
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At 8:30am this morning, Obama called McCain about working together to get the emergency bailout legislation passed. John McCain responded by suspending his campaign and trying to take credit for the idea | (509) |
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Press: "Would you still vote for the bailout plan if your five improvements aren't enacted?" McCain: "Erm, uhm, Democrats... wafflegarbl..." | (26) |
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From Nixon's sweaty chin to Gore's eye-rolling, here's some of the most dramatic moments from past presidential TV debates | (47) |
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Former conservative blogger and gay activist Andrew Sullivan is still obsessing over which icky vagina Trig Palin emerged from | (52) |
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If you thought Ron Paul was a nutjob before, look who he just endorsed for president | (38) |
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Frail old man runs from African American asking for change | (1250) |
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Since Sarah Palin was selected for the vice-presidential nomination, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has given more press conferences than she has | (37) |
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Bill Clinton to "Hustle Up The Cracker Vote".... Obama must not polling well with the Ritz crowd | (23) |
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McCain to Times, come in. Times: This is Times, go ahead McCain, over. McCain: standby to copy transmission 3, 2, 1 You are full of crap you partisan hacks go fark yourself -- end transmission | (343) |
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"It's not that Obama endorses Ayers' domestic terrorism; it's that Obama and Ayers share a hard-left educational philosophy, that Obama has an odd taste in friends, and that Obama has been lying about his past." | (243) |
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Nancy Pelosi would rather see the U.S. economic system collapse than vote for a bill without Republican support. That's some mighty fine principled politics, Louise | (132) |
| (Commentary) | |
Everything about Obama's voting record, statements, and background indicate that he makes George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry look like hardcore right-wingers by comparison | (164) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Sarah Palin gets blessed by witch hunter, weigh-in with a duck is still pending | (180) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Fox News anchor in Maine not happy about bring mistaken for Sarah Palin, having viewers leave messages like, "What is this is K-mart version of Sarah Palin...what did you do, lose your little cheapo glasses?" (pics) | (189) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Administration finds out that credibility matters, as warnings about the need for a bailout are met with skepticism: "where have I heard this before? Iraqis have weapons of mass destruction, and they're ready to use them" | (165) |
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"The media ruthlessly and endlessly repeat McCain gaffes while ignoring Obama gaffes. You have to go to weird little websites to see all the stammering and stuttering Obama needs before getting out a sentence fragment or two" | (183) |
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NRA: Obama would be the most anti-gun president in history. Obama: Um, hello? I support 2nd Amendment rights. NRA: LA LA LA LA LA NOT LISTENING LA LA LA LA OBAMA GONNA TAKE YOUR GUNS LA LA LA LA | (518) |
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Caribou Barbie gains some more insight in how to look like a lightweight in a puff piece in the NY Post | (68) |
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New Polls show Americans are a bunch of fickle, indecisive mofos | (214) |
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PEW Research's Obvious Division announces pollsters who ignore millions of cellphone only people have skewed results | (138) |
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You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of gaffes and ideas. You've just crossed over into the the Biden Paradox | (181) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Obama's pledge to not take money from "fat-cat lobbyists" doesn't include spouses of "fat-cat lobbyists" or "fat-cat lobbyists" registered in state capitals or from law firms that lobby, or from | (133) |
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VP candidate Palin schedules visit with Bono in effort to clinch douchebag vote | (75) |
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18% of voters are still making up their mind, which is well within the margin of stupidity for all these other "my state is for/against Obama/McCain by two points" submissions | (230) |
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A secret US intelligence report which says the political and military situation in Afghanistan is "grim" will be withheld from the publicoontil after the election, a new report says. It's Rove tested, Hockey Mom approved | (163) |
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Obama is Skywalker, Bush is Vader, Cheney is Palpatine, and Washington D.C. is the Death Star. Palin is an Ewok with lipstick. Just kidding, she's Leia | (297) |
| (The Buying of the President) | |
How American democracy was hijacked | (109) |
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McCain: "We will end the lobbyist control of Washington" McCain's Chief: "I stopped being a lobbyist years ago" Freddie Mac: "LOL we're still paying you $15k a month" | (254) |
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CNN's Campbell Brown thinks McCain's campaign is treating Sarah Palin in a very sexist way. What's wrong with being sexy? (with video rant) | (469) |
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Dick Cheney threatens to shoot House Republicans in the face unless they vote for the Wall Street Bailout | (51) |
Tue September 23, 2008
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McCain up three points. In Michigan. A state Democrats have carried nine of the last ten times | (321) |
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Limbaugh continues his bizarre quest to convince people that Obama is Arabic | (246) |
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Finally, some Straight Talk - McCain expects to be totally pwned by Obama on Friday night | (398) |
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Democrats to allow drilling ban to completely expire | (398) |
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The Republican Party official platform, adopted less than a month ago: "We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace." | (337) |
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Those anticipating an early round Biden TKO in the upcoming VP debate should know McCain's camp has restricted the format to questions and talking-point answers, with little direct sparring between the hair-plugged and petite pugilists | (254) |
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If you asked Biden why his oatmeal was cold, would he blame tax cuts for the wealthy? | (173) |
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Biden trying to Gaff his way out for Hillary. Biden: "No coal plants here in America." (Coal provides more that 50 percent of our electricity) | (202) |
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Because of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, Barack Obama may have to scale back on the flying unicorns, universal massage coverage and $5-per-hour jobs at the widget factory he promised us | (145) |
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New York Daily News hires Sarah Palin to walk around streets of New York to see what happens. Typical comment: "You're hot. But I hope you lose" (pics) | (259) |
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Now Biden retracts slam on Obama ad, claims it was someone else's remark and he forgot to footnote it | (63) |
| (MLive) | |
Here's one Michigander ready for the Chinese invasion (last letter on page) | (194) |
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Dear Huffington Post: Printing a transcription of one of Obama's speeches with a few comments about how amazing he is sprinkled on top does not an article make | (48) |
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When Sarah Palin ran for city council, she implied that her Christian opponent was Jewish and circulated a rumor that he and his wife weren't married. And this was after the guy had been her mentor, helping her run for another seat | (122) |
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Biden surpasing Palin as the Dumbest VP Choice Evar | (375) |
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McCain Camp tries to ban reporters from accompanying Palin on her tour of the UN. Shockingly CNN finally grows a pair and threatens to pull their crews on the grounds they only cover news, not campaign photo-ops | (692) |
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Listen to live Senate bailout testimony. Where else would you hear someone tell Paulson, "Market confidence will not be from how much money you have in your pocket next to your bazooka"? | (184) |
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"Republican is the new gay" | (502) |
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Representative Jim McDermott (D-Seattle) notes King George just got deposed by King Henry | (56) |
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Burmese junta "lovingly" releases 9,000 prisoners. Plans to "caringly" keep the rest and possibly administer the occasional "tender" beating | (37) |
| (Some Candidate Wannabe) | |
If at first you don't succeed, try, try... for pity? The most pathetic political ad you will see in the next... well, ever | (68) |
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Fox News: New York Times is a pro-Obama advocacy organization that attacks McCain | (104) |
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George Will: "Treasury Secretary Paulson, asked about conservative complaints that his rescue program amounts to socialism, said, essentially: This is not socialism, this is necessary" | (177) |
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Fifth grader suspended for homemade "Obama is a terrorist" t-shirt | (661) |
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Old and busted: pandering to Mexican illegal aliens. New hotness: pandering to Irish illegal aliens | (166) |
Mon September 22, 2008
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Republicans: your Democratic incumbent candidate used a horse barn for his voting address. Democrats: your Republican challenger registered a dog track as his voting address. Yes, it's Florida | (58) |
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Bill Clinton says he understands Palin's appeal. I bet he does | (70) |
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Biden forgets which ticket he is on, attacks Obama for negative ad | (187) |
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Sarah Palin hurting sales of Palin Syrah | (35) |
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Right-wing media wrings its hands over SNL's Palin incest joke; is also fuming over Jonathan Swift's proposal to eat Irish babies | (107) |
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McCain campaign calls press conferences to whine about being called a liar but doesn't deny lying. Party of personal responsibility is officially dead | (165) |
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"Managerially, software-wise, procedure-wise, training-wise, there is no confidence that these people will be ready in less than 50 days for the election" | (100) |
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What would be the dollar cost of not bailing out Wall Street? 30. Trillion. Dollars | (154) |
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Gay activists out John McCain's chief of staff, accusing him of holding all-night orgies, wearing white after Labor Day | (570) |
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Barney Frank negotiates mortgage aid and strong congressional oversight into the bailout plan. No word on reacharounds | (100) |
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Tired of thieves, Portland woman lets the world watch her Obama sign | (77) |
| (CCRKBA) | |
"And now we are supposed to believe that Joe Biden is a gun-toting defender of the Second Amendment, after years of trying to dismantle it. This guy has spent a career in Washington, D.C. assaulting the civil rights of gun owners" | (473) |
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Not news: "If something stupid can be said, you can believe someone on Daily Kos has said it." Fark: Said the owner of Daily Kos | (136) |
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"We won't get into a theological debate with Mr. Biden, except to say that Biblical tax rates tended to run around 10%, not the 39.6%-plus that Barack Obama's tax plan calls for" | (267) |
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How the Democrats created the financial crisis | (403) |
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The Palin Effect. Suck it, libs | (554) |
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McCain's campaign manager was paid $2 million to defend Fannie and Freddie against stricter regulations. Doh | (409) |
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Love technology? Probably won't like changes to Obama-Biden technology plan | (176) |
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John McCain: Bank execs who take the mortgage bailout should be limited to a maximum salary of $400,000. Plus every screwed taxpayer gets to throw one free punch | (237) |
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"This is a very important week for the integrity of the Congress. This is a very important week for the future of America. If Washington wants our money, then it owes us some answers" | (122) |
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John McCain's blind faith in "market forces" saving Social Security just cost him the election. He'll be allowed to keep Gov. Palin as a lovely parting gift | (146) |
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Lesser-known tips for getting elected: Share the same name as a recent Playboy cover girl | (41) |
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John McCain to take Caribou Barbie to the UN so she can meet some real, live world leaders, will take her out for ice cream afterwards | (131) |
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"McCain picked Palin for a number of reasons, [but] it may turn out that the main contribution she makes to his effort is in goading the Democrats into spasms of self-defeating and entirely lunatic rage" | (375) |
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Hey, remember Iraq? New York Times Iraq reporter does, says he can barely recognize the place, it's so peaceful | (100) |
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Which Obama will show up at the debates? If you have to ask, there may be a problem no matter which one it is | (80) |
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Candidate's positions on science. Come for the basic research, stay for the innovation | (57) |
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Rumors that Biden will get sick in October to make way for VP Hillary. It's all that bacteria in his mouth from his foot | (91) |
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Person Of Interest in Palin e-mail case reportedly flees party when the FBI shows up. Unknown if he was wearing the exact same dress as FBI agent | (76) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Obama campaign created videos alleging that Sarah Palin was part of a separtist group. Finally, astroturf that we can believe in | (77) |
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Sarah Palin: "Thank you so much, Iowa. It's great to be here in Grand Rapids." Crowd: "CEDAR Rapids." | (133) |
| (Delaware Online) | |
Joe Biden take the "playing politics with my dead child (and wife)" title from John Edwards | (49) |
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