CNN Compares Tina Fey Parody to Real Palin Interview (video)(0)
Segment from CNN’s Late Edition, September 28, 2008
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McCain Pre-Palin: Mayors & Governors Can’t Handle National Security(0)
“I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I’ve been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since Beirut, I understand the issues, I understand and appreciate the enormity of the challenge we face from radical Islamic extremism, I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job [...]
McCain and the politics of mortality(0)
It’s a macabre point to raise on the night when Palin will speak to the convention here — but a look at the actuarial tables insurance companies use to evaluate customers shows that it’s not an irrelevant one. According to these statistics, there is a roughly 1 in 3 chance that a 72-year-old man will [...]
Aides Say Team Interviewed Palin Late in the Process(0)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that [...]
Palin Received Millions In Earmarks, Clouding Reformer Image(0)
The presentation of Palin as an anti-earmark, fiscally conscious pol is challenged by a review of recent political records. As mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, she hired the firm of Hoffman Silver Gilman & Blasco to help secure spending projects for her town. The expenditure apparently paid off. From 2000 through 2002, Wasilla received more than [...]
6 things the Palin pick says about McCain(0)
We knew McCain is a politician who relishes improvisation, and likes to go with his gut. But it is remarkable that someone who has repeatedly emphasized experience in this campaign named an inexperienced governor he barely knew to be his No. 2. Whatever you think of the pick, here are six things it tells us [...]
Sarah Palin: McCain’s Vice President(0)
U.S. Senator John McCain today announced that he has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate and to serve as his vice president.
Link:Huffington Post.
Cindy McCain’s Half Sister: “I’m Voting for Barack Obama”(0)
“I’m not voting for McCain,” Kathleen Hensley Portalski tells Us. “I have a different political standpoint.
“I’m voting for Obama,” the Phoenix resident says. “I think his proposals to improve the country are more positive and I’m not a big war believer.”
Link:Usmagazine.com
No single-term pledge for McCain(0)
John McCain stated unequivocally in an interview with Politico on Wednesday that he would not pledge to serve only a single four-year term, rejecting a suggestion that some allies believe would allay questions about his age and underscore his nonpartisan message of putting country first.
“No,” McCain said flatly, “I’m not considering it.”
Link:Exclusive: Mike Allen and [...]
McCain unsure how many houses he owns(0)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.
“I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.”
Link:Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen - Politico.com.
