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A Denver recap
Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) The Ohio governor, Ted Strickland, got off the best, unheard line of the Convention when he said that, unlike George H. W. Bush, who was born on third base and thought he hit a triple, George W. was born on third base and stole second. –David Remnick, The New Yorker Love0…
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Another word on Obama in Denver
Excerpt . . .: Obama has been more moving at the lectern—at the Convention in Boston four years ago, when he relied mainly on the story of his modest, yet remarkable, multicultural upbringing; at the victory party after the breakthrough win in Iowa, last January—but he has never described himself and his political vision with…
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Palin, before being picked
In an interview with The New Yorker magazine two weeks before Sen. John McCain picked her as his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was sounding very much like an Obamacan: Before she was running against him, Sarah Palin—the governor of Alaska and now the Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United States—thought it was…
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From the weekend . . .
New York Times Op-Ed columnist Gail Collins had interesting thoughts on Sen. John McCain selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate: It is conceivable that some people will think John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his running mate because she is a woman. I know you find this shocking, but I swear I have…
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That Dog Won’t Hunt . . .
Our friend, Eileen Davis of the DAVISReport, sent us this message: Say hello to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, John MCCain’s VP select ,the governor of a state where its citizens by birthright get checks sent to them up to a couple thousand a year, that represent oil profits gained on state owned land. Yes Virginia,…
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Thoughts on Sarah Palin
Longtime readers will remember that Sarah Palin was on my early short list for McCain. I said back in June that she might be a good pick if McCain found himself behind in the polls and needed a Hail Mary pass. Now that he’s made the pick, how does it look? First, Palin is undoubtedly…
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What’s wrong with this picture?
Have you seen People magazine’s exclusive photo of the McCain and Palin families? Four members of the McCain and Palin familes are absent from the photo. Palin’s eldest son, Track, and McCain’s youngest son, Jimmy, are in the military and on deployment. McCain’s older son, Jack, is at the Naval Academy. Where’s Bridget McCain? Bridget…
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A master stroke
Let’s give the McCain campaign credit for one thing: They sure know how to steal the Democrats’ thunder. Democrats dominated the nation’s attention this week with their convention, culminating with their historic affirmation of Barack Obama as the first African-American to nominated for president by a major political party. Sen. Obama punctuated that with what…
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Bernie Sanders’ note from Denver
As I sat on the convention floor and watched the television monitors showing CNN and other corporate media outlets, I saw the presidential campaign being treated as if it were a football game, an academy awards ceremony or a beauty contest. That’s unfortunate, because this campaign is not really about John McCain or Barack Obama.…
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Majestic
OBAMA: Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) Thank you very much. (APPLAUSE) Thank you, everybody. To — to Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin, and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation, with profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for presidency of the United States. (APPLAUSE) Let me —…