Governor Palin: whose baby is it??

I can't believe I am blogging this...It does make me wonder if the following will turn into a story. …the oldest girl is rumored to have actually been the one who had the last baby, the one with Down’s Syndrome. She was taken out of school the last 4 or 5 months of her mother’s pregnancy.

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John McCain's abysmal record of voting AGAINST our troops

McCain voted to TABLE an amendment for $322,000,000 for safety equipment for US forces. I guess McCain feels that our troops don't need safety equipment. And he has the audacity to attack Obama on such levels?

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Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter Lists

The states are swapping data files to find duplicate names, but civil rights attorneys say they are not following federal law to remove them. Kansas, Michigan and Louisiana appear to be purging registered voters. "The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) limits the circumstances in which a state may cancel a voter's registration,"

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Profile: Sarah Palin

As the first woman and the youngest person to be elected Alaska's state governor, Sarah Palin is used to breaking new ground.The 44-year-old was elected in 2006 and has been credited with bringing in reforms in her two years in office.

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Palin's "unbecoming" radio interview

In the Anchorage Daily News Palin's radio interview is called "plain and simple one of the most unprofessional, childish and inexcusable performances I've ever seen from a politician" and "conduct unbecoming a governor."

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McCain Picking Palin: A question of judgment - The Boston Globe

Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, is McCain's surprise pick for vice president. Choosing her is an obvious effort to attract disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters. But it is so gimmicky that it stands to insult the very women it is aimed at attracting.DENVER—What do you think Mitt Romney is thinking right now — that he can't believe that John McCain is even more cynical and manipulative than he is?Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, is McCain's surprise pick for vice president. Choosing her is an obvious effort to attract disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters. But it is so gimmicky that it stands to insult the very women it is aimed at attracting.McCain is treating women voters as if all they care about is gender. Views and experience don't matter.Elected in 2006, Palin is governor of a state with a population that is one-tenth the size of Massachusetts. Her prior political service was as mayor of a town of 5,700 people.

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Governor Palin Has What it Takes to Be the Next Dick Cheney

Funny stuff on the possible McCain running mateShe is what they call Nice Looking for a Politician.(Don't look at me like that. I didn't say it. For one thing, Nice Looking for a Politician is what they say about anyone prettier than Haley Barbour. For another, I think Sarah Palin looks like an anchorwoman on a newscast no one wants to watch. And even if she didn't, I'm not shallow like that. I vote for the candidate with the most flag pins.)Over the weekend, the Anchorage Daily News discovered a whole new reason Governor Palin is the perfect person to be the next Dick Cheney:

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Robert J. Elisberg: The Worst Vice-Presidential Nominee in U.S. history

Selecting Sarah Palin as its choice for a vice presidential candidate is perhaps the worst such choice in American History.

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Incredible! McCain VP Pick: AlreadySCANDAL-RIDDEN !

A legislative panel has launched a $100,000 investigation to determine if Palin dismissed Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire the trooper, Mike Wooten. Wooten went through a messy divorce from Palin's sister! Republican Crony-ism as usual!

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Palin: For the Bridge to Nowhere.. Before She Was Against It

Question: "Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?"Palin: "Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now--while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist".

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Alaska's public safety Commissioner reprimanded 4 harrassment

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- New questions regarding Gov. Sarah Palin's choice for public safety commissioner have surfaced. More details have arisen from the sexual harassment claim made against Chuck Kopp in 2005 while he served as Kenai's police chief.The allegations come as lawmakers consider appointing an independent investigator to look into the chain of events that led to former Commissioner Walt Monegan's termination.More details have arisen from the sexual harassment claim made against Chuck Kopp in 2005 while he served as Kenai's police chief.When Kopp appeared for the first time in his new role he was asked about the complaint."There has never been a sexual harassment allegation that resulted in a lawsuit or a settlement by the city of Kenai and there's nothing in my record that gives me a black eye," he said last Tuesday.

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Cindy McCain's Half-Sister & Her Son: We're Voting For Obama!

Cindy McCain's half-sister says she won't help put her famous sibling in the White House. She: "I'm not voting for McCain," Kathleen Hensley Portalski tells Us. "I'm voting for Obama..." He: "I wouldn't vote for McCain if he was a Democrat..I question whether Cindy is someone I'd want to see in the White House as first first lady."

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Halliburton sued for human trafficking

Thirteen Nepali men were recruited and held against their will for thirteen months in a human trafficking scheme engineered and perpetrated by Halliburton and its Jordanian contractor, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in California federal court...

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Bringing Baghdad to Denver Streets

“This is not street theater! This is real!” shouted a man wearing a baseball cap into a microphone as approximately 20 soldiers of the United States army — decked out in camouflaged uniforms and sporting expressions as tense as if they were invading Fallujah — hurriedly established a checkpoint on 16th street (the pedestrian mall in downtown Denve

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BREAKING: Harriet Miers Must Testify, Judge Says

A federal judge denied the White House's last-ditch attempt block a former aide from testifying before Congress as part of the investigation into the U.S. Attorney scandal. "If the government is trying to run out the clock on the 110th Congress, today's decision suggests that Judge Bates won't let them," said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Today's ruling by Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is expected to pave the way for former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, who returned to her old law firm in Texas, to testify before Congress in the coming months. It also urges the White House to turn over documents subpoenaed from former chief of staff Joshua Bolten.

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Sears On Life Support

In the war for retail supremacy top Sears Holding brass continue to desert faster than members of the Iraqi military. In the war for retail supremacy top Sears Holding brass continue to desert faster than members of the Iraqi military. After parting ways with Yum alum Alwyn Lewis, they have now seen the defection of the SVP of Home Services Mark Good and marketing chief Maureen Maguire. They also lost Lands’ End chief David McCreight, who took the No. 2 post at Under Armour Inc. and Bill Stewart, Kmart’s chief marketing officer, who left in June to work on a campaign to protect gay marriage in California. I met both Maguire and Stewart last year. My impression was that regardless of talent, it was difficult for them to function in an environment

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FOX NEWS - McCain not baptized and unsure of church...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has ..long identified himself as an Episcopalian, said this weekend that he is a Baptist and has been for years. the senator said his wife and two of their children have been baptized in the Arizona Baptist church, but he had not. "I didn't find it necessary to do so.

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One of Fournier's job options: McCain - Michael Calderone -

John McCain's presidential campaign tried to recruit Ron Fournier, right, back in 2006. Before Ron Fournier returned to The Associated Press in March 2007, the veteran political reporter had another professional suitor: John McCain’s presidential campaign.In October 2006, the McCain team approached Fournier about joining the fledgling operation, according to a source with knowledge of the talks. In the months that followed, said a source, Fournier spoke about the job possibility with members of McCain’s inner circle, including political aides Mark Salter, John Weaver and Rick Davis.

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FOURNIER IS AT IT AGAIN

The latest piece from Ron Fournier, the AP's Washington bureau chief and the man responsible for directing the wire service's coverage of the presidential campaign, on Joe Biden joining the Democratic ticket, is drawing a fair amount of attention this morning. More importantly, McCain campaign staffers are pushing it fairly aggressively...

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MSM Finally Looks Into Cindy McCain's Family History/Fortune

This has it all. From her father's conviction for black market liquor sales. Multiple lawsuits and indictments for tax evasion. Involvement with organized crime, and accusations of bribing politicians. To the Hensley's launching John McCain's political career, and influencing Arizona politics to keep beer taxes low, and regulations on liquor weak.

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Eight States Where the African-American Vote Will Change the

When party lines are drawn and an election looks close, the end result often hinges on turnout. Much has been made about the enthusiasm of Obama supporters compared to the collective apathy of McCain backers. Still, the polls say it's close. Having known this all along, the Obama campaign has something up their sleeve:

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Watchdogs make it harder for politicians to stretch the trut

How are you going to lie about meeting Mother Teresa???

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Susan Eisenhower Leaves The Republican Party

I have decided I can no longer be a registered Republican. For the first time in my life I announced my support for a Democratic candidate for the presidency, in February of this year.

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Anti-Obama 501(c)4 Funded By ONE Billionaire McCain Donor

The donor, American Issues Project spokesman Christian Pinkston said, is Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who made his first fortune in chain pharmacies and is now listed as the 73rd richest person in the world, with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $2.1 billion.

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Is John McCain's principal foreign policy adviser a traitor?

Article by Long time Republican loose cannon Pat Buchanon: Randy Scheunemann is John McCain's thoroughly Neo Con/ PNAC, foreign policy adviser. Randy Scheunemann, the principal foreign policy adviser to John McCain and potential successor to Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski as national security adviser to the president of the United States, as another identity, another role. He is a dual loyalist, a foreign agent whose assignment is to get America committed to war.

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