Category: 2008 Election

The best quote on Palin’s speech last night…

The best quote on Palin’s speech last night…

| September 4, 2008 | Reply

…comes from someone who doesn’t think highly of her: It was that good. No, she’s not qualified, and the substance was thin, but my God — that was perhaps the greatest bit of political theatre I have ever witnessed. Her critics in the media and in the opposition may regret having piled on quite so […]

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“US Weekly” editor gets shredded by Megyn Kelly

“US Weekly” editor gets shredded by Megyn Kelly

| September 3, 2008 | Reply

US Magazine of course had its infamous cover story this week on Sarah Palin, titled “Babies, Lies, and Scandal”. Bradley Jacobs, the senior editor for US Weekly, has his head handed to him by Megyn Kelly at Fox News by virtue of the fact that she actually read the story: Hat tip to The Jawa […]

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“What’s her real experience? Sure, Alaska’s a state…”

“What’s her real experience? Sure, Alaska’s a state…”

| September 3, 2008 | Reply

The title above is from a comment on a previous post. The graphic below is from Suitably Flip: And while it’s true that Delaware has about 180,000 more people than Alaska, neither Obama nor Biden have ever been governor (or mayor) of anything. Plus, Alaska’s state budget (not to mention its government and infrastructure) [PDF] […]

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New Palin quote

New Palin quote

| September 3, 2008 | Reply

As reported by William Kristol over at The Weekly Standard: McCain aides whose judgment I trust are impressed by Sarah Palin. One was particularly amused by this exchange: A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she’d be under […]

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More Palin images

More Palin images

| September 3, 2008 | Reply

All courtesy of S. Weasel: Sort of sums up my feelings, as do the next two (color versions of Stoaty’s early B&W graphic): I’m going to put this one in my sidebar. Here’s the same graphic with a black border: Heh.  ..bruce w..

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The Incoherence of the Incoherent

The Incoherence of the Incoherent

| September 2, 2008 | 13 Replies

[with apologies to Averroes (aka Ab ‘l-Wald Muammad ibn Amad ibn Rushd)] I have been a registered Democrat since turning 18 in 1971, though over the past 20 years, I have often wondered why. The best answer: every time I consider registering as a Republican, some major Republican (or group thereof) does something so profoundly […]

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Palin images of the day

Palin images of the day

| September 1, 2008 | Reply

From Creative Minority Report: Hat tip to the always-worth-reading American Digest. UPDATED 0854 MDT OK, I ran across this photo of Palin’s parents in their home (from National Journal Hotline): Heck, I don’ t hunt (or like to hunt), but this just cracks me up.  I don’t know what’s more fun: having Sarah Palin on […]

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Palin in comparison

Palin in comparison

| August 31, 2008 | Reply

S. Weasel made the poster to the left; I may try to get a larger version to stick onto our car. Also, because they deserve more attention, two items which I tacked onto my previous post plus a few new ones: Jeff Emanuel has a detailed and — IMHO — rather devastating “tale of the […]

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Woot! It’s Gov. Sarah “Barracuda” Palin!

Woot! It’s Gov. Sarah “Barracuda” Palin!

| August 29, 2008 | 3 Replies

[series of updates below] Palin has been my second choice for GOP VP, after Condoleezza Rice. This is, IMHO, a great move by McCain; what may make it truly brilliant is if McCain makes the “one term and out” pledge at the GOP convention. That way, electing McCain-Palin gives Palin an almost certain shot at […]

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Rating Obama’s speech

Rating Obama’s speech

| August 29, 2008 | 1 Reply

All in all, I thought it a very powerful, well-delivered speech. He is, without a doubt, the best orator that the Democrats have put forward since JFK; he is, I think, more polished than Reagan, though Reagan knew how to be folksy without sounding either stupid or condescending. I thought his attacks against McCain were […]

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