Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a “task that is from God.” By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Writer ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent [...]
Archive for September 4th, 2008
4 Sep
Economic straight talk?
GLOBE EDITORIAL September 4, 2008 ST. PAUL ?JOHN MCCAIN portrays himself as an old-fashioned fiscal conservative, at a time when public and private thrift has given way to spiraling debts. In the run-up to the nation’s current economic mess, under-regulated mortgage and credit card companies blithely lent money to people who could never pay it [...]
4 Sep
Readers Write: What the Palin Pick Means for America
By Tana Ganeva and Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. Posted September 4, 2008. AlterNet readers weigh in on McCain’s pick of Gov. Sarah Palin, the many skeletons in her closet, and what it all means for the country. So far, Republicans have toed the party line on Sarah Palin, obediently parroting the McCain campaign’s tenuous claims about [...]
4 Sep
A Swarm of Lobbyists Would Run McCain’s White House
By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. Posted September 1, 2008. McCain has already assembled his clique of advisors, and they don’t have our best interests in mind. The political media establishment is enraptured by John McCain. Mainline media sparklies, as well as the blatherers on the Fox channel, routinely buff up his image as a straight-talking, [...]
4 Sep
Palin Fails by Her Own Standards
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted September 4, 2008. Palin went on attack Wednesday night, deriding Democrats, mischaracterizing Obama and insulting Americans, who she must think won’t know any better. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nomination Wednesday night in a confident and insistent address that attacked members of the media and Washington [...]
4 Sep
A Partisan in Maverick’s Clothing
By Matthew Yglesias Tuesday, September 2, 2008; 5:02 PM The Washington Post The idea that John McCain’s problems stem from some paradoxical downside to his “maverick” style and record of post-partisanship (Matthew Continetti, “Sounds Nice, But Will It Get Votes?”) is the sort of clever conceit on which the punditry business is founded. But a [...]
