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Fri September 05, 2008
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Oprah won't let her show be used as a political platform for candidates. Forgets she hosted The Chosen One on her show | (111) |
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McCain edges out Obama with 38.9 million viewers, most of whom fell asleep and left the TV on | (226) |
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What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama? One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy. The other kills her own food | (71) |
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Congressman still stands by uppity comment. Bonus: he lead opposition against renewing the Voting Rights Act, funding investigations into Civil Rights killings | (168) |
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Can the super-rich former governor of Massachusetts - the son of a Fortune 500 C.E.O. who made a vast fortune in the leveraged-buyout business - really keep a straight face while denouncing "Eastern elites"? | (203) |
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That green backdrop that was used during McCain's speech last night? Turns out it was the front lawn at Walter Reed, but it's not the Water Reed you're thinking of | (lots) |
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Al Qaeda vows more attacks against Denmark, Denmark readies LEGO Millennium Falcon for retaliation | (141) |
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Former Todd Palin business partner (yes, that one) files emergency motion to seal his divorce records | (51) |
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"As a matter of history, it is easier to run as the opposition party if you actually are the opposition party" | (165) |
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In McCain's home state of Arizona, Palin's daughters' boyfriend would be a sex offender. But hey it's a private matter, right? | (236) |
| (Right Wing News) | |
The 20 best quotes from the Republican National Convention | (272) |
| (Anchorage Daily News) | |
Sarah Palin's eBay rating drops sharply on news that she did not sell Former Gov. Frank Murkowski's jet online | (152) |
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Congressman Charles Rangel received $75,000 from the rental of his vacation home that he didn't report to the IRS. Guess he didn't learn much about taxes from being chairman of the House committee that actually creates taxes | (64) |
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The sun will always rise in the east, the seasons will always come and go, and Florida will still be counting ballots | (53) |
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The bounce. It's gone. That sound you hear? The collective 'Oh sh*t' of the followers of The Chosen One | (446) |
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Heart is the latest band to fall prey to Captain McCain's pirate rampage, demand campaign stops using "Barracuda" | (238) |
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Obama isn't afraid that women will desert him and vote for Palin...and that's why he's suddenly enlisted as many high profile female politicians as he can to stump for him...out of strength, not weakness | (235) |
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"No one is mocking community organizers in church basements. What deserves ridicule is the notion that Obama's brief stint as a South Side rabble-rouser for tax-subsidized partisans qualifies as executive experience" | (473) |
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Caption outgoing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick | (140) |
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Video of the 9/11 'tribute' put on at the Republican Convention, and Keith Olbermann's apology for showing it | (862) |
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Vote: Who Does Sarah Palin Look Like? No, Spiro Agnew is not a choice | (59) |
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Cry Hillary, and let loose the dogs of war | (64) |
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PBS "accidentally" exposes actual title of Republican National Convention | (46) |
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Palin bikini photos are fake. Somewhere, a talented Farker smiles knowingly, walks away whistling softly | (42) |
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Sarah Palin is so experienced the campaign plans to keep her away from the press until the election | (185) |
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The wrong Palin was chosen | (25) |
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"Obama & McCain to Make Boobies-Convention Joint Appearance at Columbia University". Ladies and Gentlemen, especially the gentlemen, we can all agree that this is a good thing | (30) |
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General William C. Westmoreland, err David Petraeus announces that there will be no major troop withdrawal from Iraq in 2008. Surge™ Accomplished | (84) |
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Barack Obama responds to GOP attacks on him: "I've been called worse on the basketball court" | (363) |
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Sarah Palin's speech watched by 37 million viewers. Expected to beat out Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood in finals | (176) |
Thu September 04, 2008
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It took Palin 6 years and 5 colleges to get her 4-year degree | (198) |
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If McCain isn't elected, Joe Lieberman can basically put a fork in his political career | (125) |
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RNC Day 4 Discussion Thread, Part 2: Cindy, Pawlenty, Brownback, John McCain | (lots) |
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Looking suspiciously like a character from a Michael Mann film, Muammar Gaddafi celebrates his 39th year as ruler of Libya. Is confident that next year will be the year he finally gets promoted to General | (15) |
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If Sarah Palin's speech last night felt a little familiar, it could be because it was written by Bush's speechwriter, before a VP nominee was even selected | (77) |
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RNC Day 4 Discussion Thread, Part 1: Cindy, Pawlenty, Brownback, John McCain (thread closed, please go to new thread) | (π) |
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Michael Moore giving away his lastest piece of crap for free | (337) |
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McCain to accept nomination tonight from "town hall" styled stage, a sharp contrast from Emperor Obama's coronation | (133) |
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Hockey mom has no intention of telling you what she thinks about the issues, thank you very much | (220) |
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Ron Paul appears on Fox News. Somehow, neither burst into flame | (135) |
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Sarah Palin is a fundraising machine. For Obama that is | (¼) |
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Poll shows that almost 40% of people think VPILF is more qualified to be PILF than Changy McHope | (156) |
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Bristol Palin's baby-daddy sends his greetings to a grateful nation | (267) |
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Lobbyist Jack Abramoff sentenced to 48 months in prison, where he'll be aggressively lobbied for "pork subsidies" | (126) |
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No Lovin' for You: Proposal in Maryland would ban sexual relationships between elected officials, employees | (54) |
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Fox News reporter pwns US Weekly editor over Palin cover story | (167) |
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Georgia Republican: "Those Obamas sure are uppity." Reporter: "Umm, are you sure you want to say 'uppity'?" Georgia Republican: "Yep. Uppity" | (288) |
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CNN and Kos: Palin slashed special-needs education funding by 62%. Reality: Palin increased special-needs education funding by 175% | (121) |
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New York State Assemblyman takes the floor to announce that goat-milking men should be paid more than goat-milking women. Udderly ridiculous | (24) |
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Karl Rove v2000 - "Did you know John McCain has a black baby?" Karl Rove v2008 - "[Tell] the story of his daughter Bridget's adoption from Bangladesh, Rove asked: "Who knows that? Not enough people." | (115) |
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McCain (R-POW) says he knows exactly how to capture bin Laden, and will, just as soon as he's elected President. No explanation on why he hasn't bothered to share this exclusive hot tip with anyone for the past eight years | (163) |
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Today's massive anti-war rally outside the RNC drew damn near 50 high school and college students | (179) |
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Jesse Jackson hospitalized with case of malignant irrelevancy | (265) |
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Cindy McCain's outfit cost a cool $300,000. Damn those elititist Obamas | (257) |
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Biden's tale of a drunk driver killing his wife in '72 turns out to be exaggerated by just a kinnock or two | (158) |
| (Some Guy) | |
AP notes that the media is preparing to "pore over Palin's personal life." What have they been doing up till now -- making up shiat? Oh, wait | (60) |
| (Some Guy) | |
Yesterday's RNC speakers mention change dozens of times, Reagan oodles of times, and mention George W. Bush ... well, let's go to the transcripts | (170) |
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Sarah Palin's hometown is caught up in a meth epidemic. If only our politicians could come from places with no drugs or crime, like Chicago | (169) |
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"I want to thank the US media for lowering expectations by portraying Palin as a hillbilly know-nothing permapregnant ditz. How's that narrative holding up? Almost as good as your 'devoted husband John Edwards' routine?" | (718) |
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MSNBC.com catches crucial footage of dancing Republicans | (188) |
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Monday: Joe Biden doesn't oppose off-shore oil drilling. Wednesday: Joe Biden evolves his position and opposes it. Thursday: Joe Biden applies ice to red mark on his butt shaped like Obama's handprint | (145) |
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Obama widens lead in two key states; advisors worry lack of photos of Obama holding a rifle and kneeling next to a blood-spattered animal corpse may cost him in polls | (292) |
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Crack investigative journalists discover that the GOP, including voters and officials, is almost entirely white | (387) |
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Sarah Palin couldn't carry Hillary Clinton's jock, says paleo-feminist Gloria Steinem, who's apparently not dead yet | (183) |
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New horrors unveiled: Palin once attended a Libertarian party meeting. More troubling still, it was at a Denny's | (214) |
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Fact checking Palin's speech. You may need to close a few applications to load the whole thing | (1112) |
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Sarah Palin gives a thoughtful speech about how to combat rising unemployment and restore America's leverage abroad. Just kidding, she's a dog that wears lipstick and she sold a plane on eBay | (843) |
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Dems, GOP argue over who has thinnest resume --- will they count merit badges next? | (86) |
| (Some Guy) | |
The Obama campaign's response to Palin's speech | (380) |
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"New-clear weapons". Note to campaign staff: When distributing prepared speech text to the press, remove the phonetic spelling that most 4th graders can get by without | (116) |
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Lesson 1, Ms. Palin: Do NOT fark with community organizers | (lots) |
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Fact-checking the RNC Day 3 | (129) |
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He may not be a closet Muslim, but he does have ties to the Saudi Royal Family. Mainstream media ignores story in 3..2..1 | (106) |
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When a NYC mayor insults big cities, a Mass governor attacks east coasters and a socialite actor mocks cocktail parties you know you are at the Republican convention | (42) |
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GOP to the media: Leave the Palin kids alone... so we can exploit them as we see fit | (lots) |
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Penn Jillette on politics: "the only way to waste your vote is to vote" | (131) |
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Commander in Chief of the Alaskan National Guard? Turns out, not so much | (93) |
Wed September 03, 2008
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VPILF for the defense. She shoots, she scores | (1024) |
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Repubs on open mic did not say the McCain candidacy is over | (202) |
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RNC Day 3, Part 2 - Mittens, 9/11, and the VPILF | (3682) |
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Ted Stevens' indictment is not based on a bunch of spurious allegations -- it's a series of taped conversations | (39) |
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RNC Day 3, Part 1 - Mittens, 9/11, and the VPILF (thread closed, please see new thread) | (1488) |
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Ron Paul will not support McCain, but hasn't yet decided which third-party candidate he'll back. He'll check with the voices in his head and the magic pixie that lives under his bed, then make his decision | (190) |
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National Enquirer to print story on Sarah Palin's career accomplishments -- just kidding, they've got the scoop on Palin's Extra-Marital Affair with her husband's coworker | (253) |
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An insightful, well-balanced and intelligent review of Fred Thompson's speech at the RNC | (217) |
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Folks at the Dakota Voice would like to point out that Biden's daughter got arrested but the media hasn't said anything yet. Fark: Article fails to mention the arrest date was over six years ago | (62) |
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McCain meets Bristol and boyfriend, celebrates underage and pre-marital sex | (150) |
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Note to GOP delegates: If a group called the Republican National Convention Welcoming Committee offers you a gift basket and courtesy shuttle -- do not accept it | (73) |
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Kwame kwitting | (123) |
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Captain Tiffany Bilderback says Private Track Palin "is probably going to get teased a lot, they will say 'dude your sister is hot' and things like that" | (158) |
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McCain campaign demands media stop asking questions about his VP choice; indicates she is not the droid we are looking for | (201) |
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The New York Times retracts its secessionist article on Palin. Author flailing arms around, trying to make it relevant again | (39) |
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Live mics catch Republican talking heads admitting The Race Is Over | (ℵ1) |
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Palin slashed funding for a program that helped pregnant teens. And by "slashed" I mean, "increased funding to $3.9M instead of the originally budgeted $5M" | (138) |
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Senator Ted Stevens outraged -- *OUTRAGED* -- to have his phone tapped | (105) |
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"Obama's paper-thin resume doesn't seem to match up well with his incredibly inflated sense of importance" | (354) |
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Palin is now refusing to testify in her corruption probe unless the bipartisan Senate committee that approved it relinquishes control to an administrative board comprised of nothing but Palin appointees | (282) |
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McCain publishes an annual list of the most ridiculous pork projects funded by Congress. No less than three times, these lists have included pork that went to a little town in Alaska that nobody had heard of until last Friday | (188) |
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Thousands trapped in convention center while their own government ignores their pleas. Not safe for work text on page, url | (43) |
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Democrats praise Joe Lieberman for his speech at the GOP convention, congratulating their former VP candidate on his erudition and eloquence and wishing him a pleasant demise in a conflagration | (137) |
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Video of Sarah Palin talking to her church about our divine mission to invade Iraq, the need for Jesus, the gift of prophecy | (1533) |
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Not even Joe Lieberman thinks Sarah Palin is qualified to take over for John McCain | (88) |
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Good news for the Republican party: Sarah Palin is getting 10 times more Google searches than Joe Biden. To be fair, no one is searching for "Joe Biden bikini" or "Hot photos" though | (386) |
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Poll: Voters favor Hillary for president over Palin, 50 to 42 percent. Meaning Hillary wins among people who aren't actually running for president | (40) |
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"She's the object of the cultural disdain of a left that loves the working class in theory, but is mystified or offended by its lifestyle and conservative values in reality" | (378) |
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Fair and Balanced MSNBC Breaking News crawl: "How many houses does Palin add to the Republican ticket?" (With O'Reilly video response) | (118) |
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The Palin backlash is a creation of a media that is upset she isn't someone they know already, a Beltway denizen who has "made them laugh with insider jokes at the Gridiron dinner" | (321) |
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All Congress has to do to allow the resumption of off-shore oil drilling is sit on its hands and do nothing. The moratorium expires September 30 unless Congress acts to renew it | (261) |
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Taxpayers, get out your checkbooks: U.S. to give $1 billion to rebuild Georgia | (190) |
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Palin's husband has a goatee. Is he an evil mastermind from an alternate universe? | (169) |
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All two black Republican delegates at the RNC are seeking a higher profile | (31) |
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Palin is getting advice for her address to Republicans tonight. "Don't say 'pregnant' or 'secede' or 'trooper' or.... You know what, how about you just stand there and not talk?" | (625) |
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"Eight reasons Sarah Palin is more qualified than Barack Obama" | (325) |
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Right Now: Van Halen can't agree on whether John McCain can use their song | (59) |
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All other Sarah stories Palin comparison to this one | (369) |
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An Obama secret meeting with Fox News? It's more likely than you think | (59) |
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Sarah Palin's family got to make private decisions privately. But her public views would deny that same right to other Americans | (134) |
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Not quite satisfied with just burning the bridge, Lieberman calls in a B-52 strike, and then nukes it from orbit | (72) |
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Sarah Palin has experience running a business... a car wash business... into the ground... last year... due to ignoring laws of state... in which she governs | (109) |
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Artist creates image of Obama to help earn money for the campaign. Now he's upset that people are copying the image and profiting from it. Damn this country of opportunity | (39) |
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Obama says he has the "executive experience" to be president, because he has run for president | (122) |
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Obama is about to show Bill O'Reilly what the "No Spin Zone" really looks like | (190) |
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Fred Thompson on Palin: "And I can say without fear of contradiction that she is the only nominee in the history of either party who knows how to properly field dress a moose ... with the possible exception of Teddy Roosevelt" | (89) |
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Palin pastor problem presents potential pitfalls | (79) |
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McCain's voicemail to Sandra, er... I mean, Sarah Palin leaked | (40) |
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"Obama, McCain seen as better prospects than Kerry and Bush." In other news, Scarlett Johansson marginally better looking than Kelly Osbourne | (29) |
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Palin slashed funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live | (339) |
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Jon Stewart introduces McCain's VP choice: "The librarian from every Skinamax movie" | (123) |
Tue September 02, 2008
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McCain Campaign Manager: 'This election is not about issues' | (189) |
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The Democrats release Sarah Palin's social security number, her home addresses, and her private phone number | (153) |
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US urges Russian authorities to investigate journalist's death in Ingushetia. State Department promises to assist in investigation as soon as they're able to locate Ingushetia on map | (53) |
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RNC Chairwoman Jo Ann Davidson: "The next vice president of the United States, Sarah Pawlenty" | (117) |
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"I can assure you, we put Governor Failin through the exact same process that - OH CRAP" | (206) |
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Levi Johnston to join Palin family at convention, cruise for chicks | (153) |
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Bill O'Reilly: "But here the blame falls primarily on the parents of the girl, who obviously have little control over her" | (161) |
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Finally, what America needed. A clear, concise and easy-to-understand summary of Sarah Palin. By Lindsay Lohan | (50) |
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Intrade market now estimates a 12% chance for Palin to be withdrawn before election. Speculation would be higher but it's obvious that Palins don't know much about early withdrawal | (453) |
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Video of Sarah Palin debating her opponent in her 2006 gubernatorial election | (98) |
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"When John Edwards's and Jesse Jackson's 'troubles' came to light, nobody asked about proper birth-control techniques. Those questions are reserved for the teenage daughters of female conservative candidates" | (498) |
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McCain's campaign has officially pulled out the "sexism" card in response to damn near everyone's questions about Sarah Palin | (343) |
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McCain cancels appearance on Larry King Live tonight because of Campbell Brown's pwnage of Tucker Bounds | (168) |
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RNC Convention thread, Day 2: Will it last more than an hour today? | (2279) |
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James Dobson of Focus on the Family approves of unmarried teen pregnancy, as long as it's a white Republican unmarried teen | (299) |
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How do you get Sarah Palin out of the news? Give Phil Gramm a microphone | (141) |
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As mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin got $27 million in federal earmarks, or $4000 per resident. But I'm sure they were very rugged, independent earmarks that don't need the government's help | (161) |
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"Unlike Obama, Palin seems to believe that the Second Amendment means the exact same thing in rural Alaska as it does in the streets of Chicago." | (425) |
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Hundreds of Ron Paul supporters rally in Minneapolis to endorse their hero, in the largest collection of nerds, dorks and misfits since Buck RogersCon of 1994 when Erin Gray showed up | (310) |
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Minnesota pleads with national press to cover RNC: "Hey, media: We've been planning this party for two years. Could you at least stay till dessert? We've already confiscated many buckets of urine. Come back. Please?" | (146) |
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Since no one's paying attention to the GOP convention, Dave Barry sneaks out on the floor and nominates himself. With photo goodness | (94) |
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Democrats pissed off that "Mallard Fillmore" comic strips don't show the sun rising and setting in Saint Obama's pants while he heals the sick and brings lasting peace to the Middle East | (189) |
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Proof Palin was never member of Alaska Independence Party. Suck it, Libs | (227) |
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It's "almost inconceivable" that 2 or 3 daughters of recent Presidential and VP candidates did not have unplanned pregnancies. Why haven't you heard about it? They all had abortions, of course | (108) |
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"This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant. It's not." | (270) |
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Q: What do you call Obama and Anderson Cooper together? A: A wind tunnel | (165) |