The Scum at the Top
Commentary on the Rats in Washington
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy"
-Obiwan Kenobi
Washington Scum - Part G
Former GOP senator calls
Palin a 'cocky wacko'
APNews/Excite
© September 11, 2008
McCain gets Social
Security but criticizes system
By David A. Lieb
APNews/Excite
© July 17, 2008
Commentary: St. Paul,
Minnesota -- the land of make believe
By Jack Cafferty
CNN
© September 2, 2008
Story Highlights
- Cafferty says GOP once stood for small
government, tight spending, integrity
- Cafferty: Republicans have lost track of
principles and damaged their brand
- GOP faces demographic challenge as U.S.
becomes more diverse, he says
- Cafferty: Younger voters and growing
minorities want change
Palin still excites GOP
but her luster dims a bit
By Alan Fram
APNews/Excite
© September 29, 2008
Report: Voting problems
in several swing states
By Kitty Pilgrim
CNN
© September 18, 2008
Story Highlights
- New report finds voting problems in states up
for grabs this year
- Report says 10 states are at risk, including Ohio,
Virginia, Wisconsin
- Problems listed include lack of voting machines
and registration glitches
Where Palin Made Her Name
By Nathan Thornburgh
Time
© August 30, 2008
Electile Dysfunction
By Christopher Dickey
Newsweek
© August 28, 2008
When it comes to foreign policy, McCain is from Mars,
Obama is from … Earth.
Her deadly wolf program
By Mark Benjamin
Salon.com
© September 8, 2008
With a disdain for science that alarms wildlife
experts, Sarah Palin continues to promote Alaska's
policy to gun down wolves from planes.
McCain says Obama
didn't call Palin a pig
By Brendan Farrington
APNews/Excite
© September 15, 2008
Where the Bars
Are Open Till 5 A.M.
By Amanda Coyne
Newsweek
© September 22, 2008
Sorry, Frank Capra: Wasilla is no Bedford Falls.
A dispatch from Palin Country.
Alaska trooper not
contacted by investigator
By Steve Quinn
APNews/Excite
© September 9, 2008
McCain's citizenship
called into question
By Pete Williams
NBC
© February 29, 2008
Candidate, born in Panama Canal Zone, may not
qualify as 'natural born'
Once Upon a Principle
By Anna Quindlen
Newsweek
© April 28, 2008
Page 64
There was a time when John McCain had positions.
Then he ran for president, and everything was
suddenly up for grabs.
Commentary: Is McCain
out of his mind?
By Paul Begala
CNN
© August 29, 2008
Story Highlights
- Begala: McCain's VP choice unqualified to be heartbeat
from the presidency
- Choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is "shockingly
irresponsible," he says
- Begala says choice makes McCain's age, health, and
judgment central issues
McCain: The Most
Reprehensible of the Keating Five
By Tom Fitzpatrick
Phoenix New Times
© November 29, 1989
The story of "the Keating Five" has become a
scandal rivaling Teapot Dome and Watergate
Palin's pork requests
confound reformer image
By Andrew Taylor
APNews/Excite
© September 2, 2008
Palin's town charged women
for rape exams
By Jessica Yellin
CNN
© September 22, 2008
Story Highlights
- While Sarah Palin was mayor, Wasilla charged
victims for their rape exams
- Interviews, review of records show no evidence
Palin knew victims were charged
- Former state representative says it seems
unlikely Palin was not aware of issue
Palin meets Karzai without
usual reporters in tow
By Sara Kugler
APNews/Excite
© September 23, 2008
McCain and the Zigzag Express
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
© September 19, 2008
In this crisis, the GOP candidate has swerved
all over the road.
As a working mom with a child
with Down syndrome, Sarah Palin makes me shriek
By Amy Silverman
Phoenix New Times
© September 11, 2008
McCain’s ‘Hail Sarah’ Pass
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
© August 29, 2008
Palin's debut was good theater, but there's a reason
that rookies rarely score hat tricks.
Obama aide: McCain campaign
'sleaziest' in modern history
CNN
© September 13, 2008
Story Highlights
- Barack Obama rails against John McCain in New
Hampshire rally
- Obama aide: McCain running "least honorable
campaign" in modern history
- McCain spokesman: Obama comments shows "zero
restraint" during hurricane
- McCain releases ad blasting Obama on immigration
although he voted the same
A Reality Check On ‘Change’
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
© September 22, 2008
Being labeled a 'maverick' sounds good to the public,
but it makes it hard to forge bipartisan deals.
Campaign confirms Palin did not go
beyond Iraqi border
By Peter Hamby and Rebecca Sinderbrand
CNN
© September 13, 2008
Fiorina: Palin not qualified to run company
By Peter Hamby
CNN
© September 16, 2008
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