(SFGate)(55) "The Democrats are in trouble. Sarah Palin has totally changed the dynamics of this campaign." Bonus: It's the former Democratic Mayor of San Francisco saying so
(Politico)(36) The top eight gaffes of the campaign season
(The New York Times)(441) Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews dropped from MSNBC's election anchor desk
(Reuters)(35) Muammar Gaddafi gives Condoleezza Rice a locket with his picture in it and a ring, says he hasn't mustered the courage yet to ask her to the prom
Sun September 07, 2008:
(SFGate)(210) Fox commentator thinks that if you were for Hillary, you should vote for Palin, unless you hate women. You don't hate women do you?
(The Smoking Gun)(196) Remember Todd Palin's buddy's request to seal all documents in his divorce case? The request was denied, and the Palins are only mentioned in the request to seal
(Boston Globe)(84) Bush, who is apparently still President or something, tells Congress that there's still time to cave in on one more issue before the election
(AP)(331) Sarah Palin to do her first interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson
(Yahoo)(127) McCain touts Palin on foreign affairs: commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard, because some of them have died in Iraq
(Gallup)(159) McCain's bump is bigger than Bristol's
(AP)(160) Joe Biden says he looks forward to debating Palin, except for one thing: "I have no idea what her policies are"
(ABC)(134) McCain says he will include Democrats in his cabinet when he's elected president in November
(Reuters)(183) McCain says Palin will meet with the media as soon as they promise not to ask her any hard questions
(Washington Post)(164) Sorry Troopergate fans: there is evidence that Monegan's firing might have been because he issued Palin a warning for not using a car seat for her infant son, not because he wouldn't fire her brother in law. So there
(Yahoo)(250) Obama clarifies his answer on abortion being above his paygrade by not giving an answer and changing the subject
(ABC)(58) Media ponders the big question of the 2008 election: "Are Sarah Palin's rimless eyeglasses the new Hillary Clinton pantsuit?"
(Princeton.Edu)(134) Princeton built a website to scientifically predict the November election. You'll never guess what the elitist, snobby, ivory-tower, "should I have the brie or the camembert" Ivy League types concluded
(Wall Street Journal)(306) Liberal rag The Wall Street Journal smears Palin's record as mayor. I guess the McCain campaign will be shutting out all NewsCorp access now, too
(Bloomberg)(56) Condi Rice announces that the U.S. is ready to abandon a proposed agreement on nuclear cooperation with Russia. Would you like to play a game?
(Newsweek)(86) The Republican party has contributed to the decline of family values
(International Herald Tribune)(123) Canadian federal election to be called first thing Sunday morning. Thankfully, it will feature no stealth Muslims, no pit bulls in lipstick and no one going on about "noun-verb five years in a POW camp"
(Newsweek)(79) What Hillary should say now: an open letter to the almost-nominee
(Independent)(136) Kim Jong Il joins Fidel Castro in ranks of world's zombie hordes
(Queerty)(63) Jesse Ventura's stance on same-sex marriage and gays openly serving in the military
(Talking Points Memo)(302) That story about Democrats throwing their flags away after the convention? Yeah, not so much. Bonus: the story was ginned up by a notorious Fox News propagandist and disseminated by the McCain campaign
(Librarian.Net)(446) The list of books Sarah Palin tried to have banned from the Wasilla Library when she was mayor. Includes Canterbury Tales, Lord of the Flies, Huckleberry Finn, all Harry Potter books, and Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
(YouTube)(194) Since Sarah Palin can't use "Barracuda" as her theme song anymore, suggest some new theme song possibilites for her. LGT subby's suggestion
(aljazeera.net)(86) Pakistan blocks fuel supplies to US forces in Afghanistan in retaliation for US raid on Pakistani village killing 20 civilians and 0 Taliban forces. Quick Someone call 9/11
(Some Guy)(191) Remember the jet that Sarah said she sold on eBay? Yeah, that Sarah. Turns out she just had another jet delivered. A "freshly painted" one
(Daily Kos)(131) Bill O'Reilly sends crack squad of camera commandos to harass anyone who points out he changed his mind about teenage pregnancy the second it happened to a Republican
(Talking Points Memo)(142) McCain has now instructed the media that he chose a picture of Walter Reed Middle School on purpose, to highlight his support for something or other about how children are the future
(The New York Times)(81) In a moment of bipartisan unity, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will come together at Ground Zero in New York on 9/11 to exploit 9/11
(Denver Post)(174) While Democrats throw flags away, Republicans recycle them
(Philly.com)(169) Republicans not welcome in Philadelphia, as city council considers eliminating their seats: "This is already a one-party town." Welcome to the place where American democracy started
(Think Progress)(222) John McCain promises that his VP pick will be interviewed on Larry King. Before he realizes his pick is a corrupt, book banning creationist who needs three dozen handlers to help her properly deliver an insult
(Tulsa World)(145) Sen. Jim Inhofe says Obama's no patriot because he doesn't wear a flag pin. Uh, Jim? Check out McCain's lapel from the RNC. And Palin's. And Romney's. And Thompson's
(Wall Street Journal)(200) Obama assures crowd that he doesn't want to take away their guns, startling his Secret Service detail
(The Hill)(431) Obama, Biden, McCain to appear on This Week, Meet the Press, and Face the Nation respectively. Palin to appear in Fox News documentary "An American Woman", will not be interviewed
(AP)(28) Leading political analyst discovers the heart of Obama's campaign pitch: "Hire me." Which is, amazingly, the same pitch used by EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE IN HISTORY. Sorry... is there really still two more months of this?
(Some Guy)(273) I wouldn't want to be the one debating Joe Biden after seeing this video
(YouTube)(124) Dan Rather to journalists: you're doing it wrong
(The New York Times)(64) Convention speeches for each party represented as word clouds. #1 word for Democrats "Change" for Republicans "God". Ron Paul "Crazy"
(Washington Times)(129) Sarah Palin's church promotes converting gays to straight. The only gay eskimo in his tribe expected to become even lonelier
(Daily Kos)(93) Remember the other night when Rudy Giuliani said Obama had "never run a city, never run a state, never had to lead people in crisis"? He said the same thing about McCain less than a year ago
(Snopes)(375) Wasilla housewife writes email to to friends and family giving the lowdown on Sarah Palin. Asks not to keep it to themselves and not post it on the web. Oops
Fri September 05, 2008:
(Radar Magazine)(316) Palin's alleged affair downgraded to alleged flirting that was never consummated
(AP)(193) "Most Clinton backers say Palin's too far a stretch." OMG, she's flexible too? Soooooo hot
(KnoxNews)(148) Even Republicans can't tell the difference: TN delegates cast votes for "George S. McCain"
(Reuters)(152) Biden responds to McCain campaign's assertion that "this election is not about issues." Seriously, this campaign has to be a bet between Randolph and Mortimer to gauge the stupidity of the American public
(Daily Kos)(86) McCain is winning in the "black people from stock photos found on the internet" demographic
(Yahoo)(150) The DNC was "a triumph of choreography." Translation: Spinal Tap's dwarves didn't accidentally knock over one of the Styrofoam columns
(Wordpress)(68) Hillary supporters come up with best conspiracy ever: The Democratic primary was rigged for Obama... what for it... by Hillary Clinton
(The New York Times)(90) George McGovern, 2007 - says he should have kept Tom Eagleton on the '72 ticket. Which makes two defenseless dead guys thrown under the bus by Team Obama/Biden this week. If this keeps up a key Chicago voting bloc will be gone
(The New Republic)(138) Community organizing sucks, and there's no future in it. - Barack Obama, 1987
(Gateway Pundit)(99) Turns out the Code Pink nutbar who bum-rushed the stage at the GOP convention had stolen the badge that got her onto the convention floor. Better civil disobedience through larceny
(Huffington Post)(206) Oprah won't let her show be used as a political platform for candidates. Forgets she hosted The Chosen One on her show
(Reuters)(763) McCain edges out Obama with 38.9 million viewers, most of whom fell asleep and left the TV on
(London Times)(110) What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama? One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy. The other kills her own food
(Think Progress)(349) Congressman still stands by uppity comment. Bonus: he led opposition against renewing the Voting Rights Act, funding investigations into Civil Rights killings
(The New York Times)(224) Can the super-rich former governor of Massachusetts - the son of a Fortune 500 C.E.O. who made a vast fortune in the leveraged-buyout business - really keep a straight face while denouncing "Eastern elites"?
(Daily Kos)(775) That green backdrop that was used during McCain's speech last night? Turns out it was the front lawn at Walter Reed, but it's not the Walter Reed you're thinking of
(Canada.com)(168) Al Qaeda vows more attacks against Denmark, Denmark readies LEGO Millennium Falcon for retaliation
(The Atlantic)(920) Former Todd Palin business partner (yes, that one) files emergency motion to seal his divorce records
(The New York Times)(168) "As a matter of history, it is easier to run as the opposition party if you actually are the opposition party"
(Some Guy)(256) In McCain's home state of Arizona, Palin's daughters' boyfriend would be a sex offender. But hey it's a private matter, right?
(Anchorage Daily News)(165) Sarah Palin's eBay rating drops sharply on news that she did not sell Former Gov. Frank Murkowski's jet online
(The New York Times)(65) Congressman Charles Rangel received $75,000 from the rental of his vacation home that he didn't report to the IRS. Guess he didn't learn much about taxes from being chairman of the House committee that actually creates taxes
(TC Palm)(59) The sun will always rise in the east, the seasons will always come and go, and Florida will still be counting ballots
(Politico)(466) The bounce. It's gone. That sound you hear? The collective 'Oh sh*t' of the followers of The Chosen One
(Entertainment Weekly)(249) Heart is the latest band to fall prey to Captain McCain's pirate rampage, demand campaign stops using "Barracuda"
(Breitbart.com)(235) Obama isn't afraid that women will desert him and vote for Palin...and that's why he's suddenly enlisted as many high profile female politicians as he can to stump for him...out of strength, not weakness
(RealClearPolitics)(481) "No one is mocking community organizers in church basements. What deserves ridicule is the notion that Obama's brief stint as a South Side rabble-rouser for tax-subsidized partisans qualifies as executive experience"
(Some Guy)(146) Caption outgoing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
(YouTube)(884) Video of the 9/11 'tribute' put on at the Republican Convention, and Keith Olbermann's apology for showing it
(My Fox DC)(60) Vote: Who Does Sarah Palin Look Like? No, Spiro Agnew is not a choice
(Some Guy)(31) "Obama & McCain to Make Boobies-Convention Joint Appearance at Columbia University". Ladies and Gentlemen, especially the gentlemen, we can all agree that this is a good thing
(ABC)(85) General William C. Westmoreland, err David Petraeus announces that there will be no major troop withdrawal from Iraq in 2008. Surge™ Accomplished
(YouTube)(365) Barack Obama responds to GOP attacks on him: "I've been called worse on the basketball court"
(LA Times)(177) Sarah Palin's speech watched by 37 million viewers. Expected to beat out Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood in finals
(MSNBC)(125) If McCain isn't elected, Joe Lieberman can basically put a fork in his political career
(CNN)(2014) RNC Day 4 Discussion Thread, Part 2: Cindy, Pawlenty, Brownback, John McCain
(BBC)(15) Looking suspiciously like a character from a Michael Mann film, Muammar Gaddafi celebrates his 39th year as ruler of Libya. Is confident that next year will be the year he finally gets promoted to General
(Time)(77) If Sarah Palin's speech last night felt a little familiar, it could be because it was written by Bush's speechwriter, before a VP nominee was even selected
(GOP Convention 2008)(2494) RNC Day 4 Discussion Thread, Part 1: Cindy, Pawlenty, Brownback, John McCain (thread closed, please go to new thread)
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