By Emily Sherman CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — Experts call it the “forgotten issue,” or even the “ignored issue” — Social Security. Sen. John McCain’s campaign says he is committed to revamping the Social Security system. Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have spent ample time addressing the budget crisis, but haven’t zeroed in on the [...]
Archive for October 23rd, 2008
23 Oct
Wag the Blog: Palin’s Shopping Spree
file:///Users/orourkejc/Library/Application%20Support/MacJournal/MacJournal%20Data.mjdoc/Content/7BDFF7AB-E424-4517-BEA9-0430461B24B3.rtfd/PH2008102202237.jpg Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, walks past media as she boards the campaign bus after deplaning in North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The report by Politico’s Jeanne Cummings that the Republican National Committee dropped $150,000 on clothes and makeup for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has [...]
23 Oct
The 11 Dumbest Things Sarah Palin Has Said So Far
By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. Posted October 23, 2008. Presenting a roundup of Sarah Palin’s most hilarious, shocking and scary statements since she was added to the McCain ticket. When Sarah Palin was first added to the Republican ticket, the McCain campaign went to almost comical extremes to guard her from press scrutiny. The Alaska governor [...]
23 Oct
Five Ways to Fix Our Financial Architecture
By Howard Davies Thursday, October 23, 2008; Page A19 Some urgent reforms need to be made to the architecture of international financial regulation, but talk of a second Bretton Woods conference is misleading. Neither the International Monetary Fund nor the World Bank is a financial regulator in the sense of being a body that sets [...]
23 Oct
COMPARE THE CANDIDATES, ISSUE BY ISSUE
I’m sure you agree this has been a heck of an election season unlike anything in memory, with many highs and lows. Sarah Palin, of course, has gotten incredible attention, as has the mudslinging mostly coming from the McCain campaign. Much of the coverage has been about personalities and attempts to slander — and certainly [...]
23 Oct
Palin Apologizes for ‘Real America’ Comments
By Lyndsey Layton Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 22, 2008; Page A04 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apologized yesterday for implying that some parts of the country are more American than others, even as similar comments by two Republican congressmen were causing a backlash that threatened their chances for reelection. In an interview on CNN, [...]
