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We are watching the Palin/McCain ticket self-destruct.
Marc Ambinder
(September 24, 2008) - McCain’s Bottom Line: No Deal = No Debate

A senior campaign official says that McCain will NOT debate — no matter what — if Congress hasn’t reached an agreement on a bailout package.
The aide did not know whether Gov. Palin would attend Oct. [...]

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Daily Kos: Mid-afternoon thread
A picture is worth a thousand words.  Or, perhaps ten cars, three scooters, a jet, and eight houses.

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More than a few listeners have emailed me to say, “Thank you for reporting on John McCain’s history with the Keating Five scandal.”  On the air I put it in my “Under the Radar” segment to note how this completely relevent story is being ignored my the MSM - the last major financial regulatory scandal [...]

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OK, the rumor that Sarah Palin faked her pregnancy with fifth child Trig to cover for her 16-year-old daughter (who coincidentally was pulled from school for four or five months during Palin’s pregnancy) can be put to bed.  Sarah Palin is the mother of Trig, and she did indeed have her water break in Dallas, [...]

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If you were listening to the show late and didn’t get the full scoop on Sarah Palin’s ethical problems, Talking Points Memo has a great post up explaining the situation clearly:
Talking Points Memo | Getting Real About Palin
We rely on elected officials not to use the power of their office to pursue personal agendas or [...]

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KTUU.com | Alaska’s news and information source | Welcome to Alaska, Trig Paxson Van Palin
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin gave birth to her fifth child at about 6:30 a.m. Friday morning.
Trig Paxson Van Palin was born at Mat-Su Regional Hospital about one month before he was scheduled to arrive.
…Just yesterday, Palin was in Texas [...]

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Somebody please give Rachel Maddow her own TV show. She and Keith Olbermann just demolished John W. McSame’s record on veteran’s affairs. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the silver lining of the Cheneyburton Maladministration will be the end of the Republican Party being considered the “Support the Troops” / [...]

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The British newspaper The Guardian’s obituary on Sen. Jesse Helms.  You won’t read anything close to this in the American press, and it’s a very fair reporting of Helms’ life.  They even pull punches on racism, mentioning only “bigot” and his opposition to Civil Rights, but not any of the various racist quotes and anecdotes, [...]

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Conservative Icon Former Senator Jesse Helms Dead At 86 - Politics on The Huffington Post
RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July.
He was 86.
“It’s [...]

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