I realize that I’m a very biased observer, but I’m watching the Republican Convention now and… is it just me, or is this not nearly as good as the Democratic one? I know the “gameshow” feel of the Democratic Convention irritated some people, and it was a little silly, but I just can’t help but [...]
I apologize for the proliferation of Sarah Palin posts here but with the way things are going it wouldn’t exactly be shocking if she weren’t the Vice Presidential nominee by the end of this week and some of these stories are just too good (read: weird) to pass up.
Palin has her own potential “pastor problem” [...]
A few short weeks ago, I thought I’d be spending a good portion of the election season detailing gaffes that Joe Biden made when speaking before thinking. But Sarah Palin has been a surprising vice presidential nominee in many ways, none of them particularly good. As I mentioned earlier, the rate at which negative stories [...]
My coworker and I were discussing how, as Democrats, we love the choice of someone who has been governor for roughly 18-months, thinks creationism should be taught in schools, was completely unvetted, talks to Alaskan secessionist parties, and used her power to get her brother-in-law fired as McCain’s running mate. The only way this could [...]
When John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate last Friday, I wondered about the timing. It came less than a day after Barack Obama’s bipartisan praised speech at the Democratic National Convention. The choice was certainly surprising considering that even political wonks were only vaguely aware that Palin existed. The timing of the [...]
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