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Pandering Works

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Can everyone please stop beating around the bush? The only reason McCain selected Palin to be his running mate is because of her gender. If Hillary was the Democratic nominee, the Republicans would have given up on the female vote and went with another white guy. An ABC News-Washington Post ...

PALIN: WRONG WOMAN, WRONG MESSAGE

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger. By Gloria Steinem September 4, 2008 Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on ...

This Does Not Inspire Confidence

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

The McCain team has hastily assembled a team of former Bush White House aides to tutor the vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, on foreign-policy issues, to write her speeches and to begin preparing her for her all-important Oct. 2 debate against Sen. Joe Biden. Does McCain, a supposed foreign ...

How Disingenuous Can You Get?

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

If Senator McCain really meant any of this, he would have made it a private moment between the candidates, not a campaign commercial for public view.

You Have To Be Kidding Me

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

John McCain, who repeatedly accuses Barack Obama of being the elite in the presidential election (while his net worth exponentially dwarfs Obama's), recently got in trouble because he was unable to tell a reporter how many homes he owns. His response? Don't criticize me because I served in the military. ...

Presidential Debate Calendar

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

September 26, 2008: Presidential debate with domestic policy focus, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS October 2, 2008: Vice Presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO October 7, 2008: Presidential debate in a town hall format, Belmont University, Nashville, TN October 15, 2008: Presidential debate with foreign policy focus, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY