Author: michael o. allen
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John McCain, that champion of women
As Republicans cry sexism at anyone who dares to question Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s qualification, here is a reminder of how craven Sen. John McCain has been in this whole quest to get the Republican nomination. He had an opportunity not to dignify a demeaning reference to Sen. Hillary Clinton and his answer was: “That’s…
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Richter’s scale
I have written a couple of times on this and I was wrong both times. The first time, I thought Scott Richter’s emergency Alaska court filing to have his divorce papers sealed was to conceal an affair he had with the moose hunter from The Alaskan Tundra (I was not the only one but that…
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Kinsley’s take
Sarah Palin’s Alaskonomics By Michael Kinsley, Time magazine, Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2008 Sarah Palin thinks she is a better American than you because she comes from a small town, and a superior human being because she isn’t a journalist and has never lived in Washington and likes to watch her kids play hockey. Although Palin…
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McCain & Bush: Soul Brothers
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We should all be Republicans!
Alright, calm down. Let me rephrase. It just should not be possible that Republicans stand any ghost in heck of a chance of winning any office on Nov. 4, let alone the presidency of the United States. Yet, here they are and here we are. Sen. John McCain is buoyant, ascendant, barnstorming the nation, Alaska…
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Sarah Palin of Wasilla, Alaska
Newsweek magazine, despite a generally laudatory profile of Sarah Palin, serves up some inconvenient facts to counter the myth that she and her state have been swathed in since her nomination: Palin is not regarded as an introspective or intellectual type—not the sort who likes to mull the deepest nuances of every issue. In that…
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Maverick chronicles, I
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Maverick chronicles
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Bouncing Alone
Mark Blumenthal of Pollster.com makes a keen observation in his discussion of Sen. McCain’s post-convention bounce: “[W]e should remember that the Republican convention dominated the news on Friday and, to a lesser extent, continued to do so for much of the weekend.” He cautions against drawing conclusions too quickly. My question is this: “Why did…
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Twin peaks update
On Friday, I breathlessly linked to a post by Andrew Sullivan on an emergency court motion in Alaska by an associate of Todd Palin, Sarah Palin’s husband, asking that his divorce papers be sealed. Like others of my ilk, I assumed the court motion had something to do with Mrs. Palin’s alleged extra-marital affair. But…