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Entries Tagged as 'Election 2008'

Obama and McCain voting records

September 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments

**Update October 3rd**
There’s been a lot of traffic to this post because of the title. If you want voting records by category, I recommend Vote-Smart.org. Here are a couple of shortcuts for McCain’s record and for Obama.
Obama’s list is much shorter. You may also want to view his Illinois state votes. Here’s a summary.
–Cindy
The original [...]

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Tags: BLOGGING · Election 2008 · McCain · Obama

Charles Gibson: Palin vs. Obama

September 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Via Dad29.
Linking to Hot Air who quotes from The Anchoress, we see a comparison of questions, Mr. Gibson asked Obama, who’s at the top of the ticket, who will be president, if elected, with the questions asked Palin (links are from the post), who, last time I looked, is the vice-presidential candidate.
Hot Air also links [...]

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Tags: Election 2008 · MSM · Obama · Palin

Obama criticizes McCain in ad

September 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

OK, maybe that’s not so amazing but in Obama’s new (I guess it’s no longer new) ad the criticism is for…
Wait for it
McCain is ooooooooold (hat tip to Owen via Dad29).
I think that’s ageism, isn’t it?
Is this part of the new agressive, dealing-with-the-issues Obama?
Obama has seemed to be drifting lately anyway concerning Democrats on the [...]

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Tags: Election 2008 · McCain · Obama · the race for president

They don’t call this the “silly season” for nothing

September 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Leaving no stone unturned in this election season, The Santa Fe Reporter talks to an astrologer about the election.
Some of her thoughts amazing,
You’ve looked at Gov. Sarah Palin’s chart and tentative birth time. What initially struck you about the Republican vice presidential nominee?
My initial thoughts are that she’s highly dramatic, intensely controversial, has an incredible [...]

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Tags: Election 2008 · fluff

Freudian Slip?

September 10th, 2008 · Comments Off

Cross posted at THE Right Side of Wisconsin…
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Tags: Election 2008 · Obama

Palin floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

September 10th, 2008 · Comments Off

Willie Brown may be a liberal whack job from San Francisco, but here sure nailed it here…
“Palin’s speech to the GOP National Convention on Wednesday has set it up so that the Republicans are now on offense and Democrats are on defense. And we don’t do well on defense.
Suddenly, Palin and John McCain are the [...]

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Tags: Election 2008 · Palin

The whole “experience” thing

September 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Ok, the left is charging that Sarah Palin doesn’t have enough experience to be President, hence she shouldn’t be a vice-presidential candidate. The Right, including McCain, has said the same thing about Obama.
My opinion? So what?
Why do I say that? Several reasons.
Harry Truman. Truman was a county judge before being elected to the Senate in [...]

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Tags: Election 2008 · McCain · Obama · the race for president

FactCheck.org posts on Sarah Palin

September 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Via Mara, who posted the link in the comments here, FactCheck.org has posted the first [UPDATE: Hoggernick in the comments corrects this statement. While my statement was true in a sense, FactCheck has already looked at Gov. Palin's speech to the convention and found what they consider to be errors. I misinterpreted,"We'll be looking into [...]

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Tags: Election 2008

Thanks, Washington Post

September 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Partisanship Appears to Sway Opinions on Palin
Whew. I’m glad that’s out in the open.
(Cross posted at Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative).

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Tags: Election 2008

Anne Kilkenny

September 5th, 2008 · 11 Comments

What started at Anne Kilkenny: Are we witnessing the birth of an urban legend? below (83 comments and counting), continues at A chat with Anne Kilkenny from Alaska (149 responses).
On behalf of Cindy (no relation to Anne), who joins the converstaion when she can since she’s on vacation, thanks to all those who took the [...]

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Tags: Election 2008 · McCain