Not only does John McCain have at least 10 properties he can’t remember, but he also owns a parking lot in Phoenix Arizona worth between $1.4 and $2.4 million. That’s over $1 million more than the average American home! It’s no wonder McCain has said time and time again that the “fundamentals of the economy [...]
Archive for September 3rd, 2008
3 Sep
Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC
T. PAUL – Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on Monday afternoon. All three were violently manhandled by law enforcement officers. Abdel Kouddous was slammed against a wall and the ground, leaving his [...]
3 Sep
8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin
By Isaac Fitzgerald and Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. Posted September 3, 2008. More skeletons come out of Palin’s closet. Since the McCain campaign apparently didn’t even bother Googling Sarah Palin before picking her to join the Republican ticket, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to compile some important — and terrifying — revelations about Palin. Yesterday AlterNet [...]
3 Sep
The Real Economic Scorecard
By Robert J. Samuelson Wednesday, September 3, 2008; Page A15 The Washington Post Just last week, the Census Bureau released its annual study of household incomes, poverty and health insurance — often called the nation’s “economic report card.” Its hard numbers seemed to confirm how many Americans feel. Sure, we’re prosperous, but prosperity is fraying. [...]
3 Sep
Aides Say Team Interviewed Palin Late in the Process
VP VETTING McCain Says Vetting Process Was Thorough Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he’s satisfied that Sarah Palin’s background was properly checked out before the Alaska governor joined the Republican ticket. By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 3, 2008; Page A01 ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2 — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin [...]
3 Sep
The Cynicism Express
By Eugene Robinson Tuesday, September 2, 2008; Page A15 The Washington Post ST. PAUL, Minn. — Has anyone noticed that Sarah Palin‘s central claim to political fame is a fraud? She represents herself as a fiscal conservative who abhors pork-barrel projects and said no thanks to the “Bridge to Nowhere” — a $398 million span [...]
3 Sep
Republicans Rush In
By Richard Cohen Tuesday, September 2, 2008; Page A15 Washington Post One of the great sights of American political life — a YouTube moment if ever there was one — was to see the doughboy face of Newt Gingrich as he extolled the virtues of Sarah Palin, a sitcom of a vice presidential choice and [...]
