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NY Times Exposes McCain Lie: Davis Took $15k LAST MONTH from Freddie Mac (Under FBI Investigation)

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 6:28 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 18:28

The first rule of American Politics, Don't Fuck with the New York Times

On Sunday, in an interview with CNBC and the New York Times, Mr. McCain responded to a question about Mr. Davis’s role in the advocacy group by saying that his campaign manager “has had nothing to do with it since, and I’ll be glad to have his record examined by anybody who wants to look at it.”

Rule Two: Don't fuck with the New York Times

One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years.

Newsweek Bombshell: Palin & Family Warned of "Emotional Child Abuse" by Judge

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 8:47 PM PDT

2008/09/09 · 20:47

Bombshell news in Palin's prior behavior in a matter involving emotional child abuse of children entangled in her sister's divorce from Officer Wooten, also knows as the Trooper in Troopergate.

Court documents show that Judge Suddock was disturbed by the alleged attacks by Palin and her family members on Wooten's behavior and character. "Disparaging will not be tolerated—it is a form of child abuse," the judge told a settlement hearing in October 2005, according to typed notes of the proceedings. The judge added: "Relatives cannot disparage either. If occurs the parent needs to set boundaries for their relatives."

"It is the mother's responsibility to set boundaries for her relatives and insure they respect them, and the disparagement by either parent, or their surrogates is emotional child abuse,"He added that: "If the court finds it is necessary due to disparagement in the Mat-Su Valley for the children's best interests, it will not hesitate to order custody to the father and a move into Anchorage."

The judge called Sarah Palin and her family's behavior a form of child abuse and almost awarded custody to Wooten.

Updated: Mayor Palin Charged Victims for Their Own Rape Kits

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Monday September 08, 2008 · 6:03 PM PDT

2008/09/08 · 18:03

It would appear that Sarah Palin has a problem with Rape. In addition to not supporting the availability of Abortion for victims of Rape, Mayor Sarah Palin, Maverick, Fiscal Conservative, also had citizens of Wasilla pick up the bill for their own forensics tests. Hat Tip Americablog.

The Frontiersman / May 23, 2000

Gov. Tony Knowles recently signed legislation protecting victims of sexual assault from being billed for tests to collect evidence of the crime, but one local police chief said the new law will further burden taxpayers.

While the Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies have covered the cost of exams, which cost between $300 to $1,200 apiece, the Wasilla police department does charge the victims of sexual assault for the tests.

Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon does not agree with the new legislation, saying the law will require the city and communities to come up with more funds to cover the costs of the forensic exams.

Words don't adequately describe this offense.

Is "Pitbull" Palin is AFRAID of the Media?

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 12:05 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 12:05

And the media is starting to notice.

Joe Biden, Calderone reports, is doing "Meet the Press" Sunday.

McCain is doing "Face the Nation" and Obama "This Week,"

Which means that Palin is the only one skipping the elite media circuit that she derided last night.

Ambinder seems to forecast it

What harm would befall the McCain campaign if Palin sat for one major television interivew with, say, a gentle but probing Diane Sawyer... and then an interview with her local paper in Alaska... and then gave no press avails and held no press conferences. The media would complain a lot. Would people care?

"Unprofessional" War on Media by McCain Palin is Sexist Garbage!

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 1:36 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 13:36

Things have really heated up today. The lastest moves by the McCain campaign, and ultimately proof that the McCain campaign itself is waging a Sexist Counter-Offensive to end legitimate vetting by the MSM Media. In the words of Joe Klein,

The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate--and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past--have been subject to off-the-record browbeating and attempted bullying all year.

Steve Schmidt has decided to slime the press. He wants the public to believe that there is an unfair--sexist--personal assault going on against Palin and her family. This is a smokescreen, intended to divert attention from the fact the very real and responsible vetting that is taking place in the media--about the substance of Palin's record as mayor and governor... But the media coverage of the Palin story has been well within the bounds of responsibility. Schmidt is trying to make it seem otherwise, a desperate tactic.

Palin Vetted by US Weekly with Detail and Scandal

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 1:15 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 13:15

John McCain has a very serious problem with the Low Info Voter set comin'... they're about to get the dish on Sarah Palin.

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Inside is a collection of Palin lowlights -- from her daughter’s now well-known pregnancy; to Internet rumors that the governor pretended to be pregnant to cover for her daughter; to “troopergate”; to her onetime support for the “bridge to nowhere”; to a radio appearance where she giggled while shock jocks called a political rival a “bitch” and a “cancer.”

“Within hours of McCain’s surprise introduction of the little-known, charismatic mother of five as his running mate, the scandals began to emerge as quickly as flies at a Labor Day picnic,” Mara Reinstein writes for the magazine.

Palin is definitely Failin... Take the Poll @ US Weekly

Earth To McCain Gustav is going to LOUISIANA not Mississippi Get it right or stay away

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 7:29 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 19:29

The situation with Hurricane Gustav is grave. I have 20 family members that live in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. It's ground zero for projected landfall of a storm likely at Cat 4. I've been in communications with my family and they are preparing accordingly; luckily we live far enough inland to not have to worry about storm surge below 20ft and the winds get knocked down with the abundance of trees. We've weathered Cat 3 and Cat 4 before and this is another one... One too many, but another. And they're ready for it. New Orleans additionally is under threat of flooding on the West Bank. The track will most likely follow Hurricane Betsy which landed at Cat 3 and killed 76 people in New Orleans as the levees broke in 1965. If you didn't already know, the NE side of the storm is the worst side of the storm; Katrina passed to the east of New Olreans but the surge still broke the levees. This time, the positioning is closer to Betsey and there may be flooding; meanwhile down in Iberia and Lafayette Parishes, on the coast, where the storm will really hit, Gov. Jindal has issued mandatory evacuations and there seems to be a good job going on getting the word out.

Palin Makes McCain's OLD AGE THE #1 ISSUE in November

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 8:30 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 08:30

The reported choice of ethically challenged Alaska Governor and "PUMA Other Woman" Sarah Palin, on McCain's 72nd Birthday, immediately makes AGE the front and center issue of this campaign now. Besides being endorsed by Ted Stevens, she really is in no way qualified to be Commander in Chief, especially if after only 2 years, she's already facing her own Ethics probe. She has nothing in the way of experience; She was a mayor of Wasila Alaska, which is smaller than Obama's state senate district.

McCain turns 72 years old today. At 72, anything can happen. Certainly, it's a concern to any voter to trust that for four full years, the person they chose to lead this country will have the full mental and physical capabilities to lead. Should anything God for bid happen to prevent that from happening, then we must trust that the person to have a capable and ready Vice President to back them up.

Update w/ Video: Obama Goes Up with Ayers Response in Ohio

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Monday August 25, 2008 · 11:49 AM PDT

2008/08/25 · 11:49

Video Link Here

This is some good news... here is the transcript of the ad, video coming soon, which rebuffs the anti-Obama Smear ad linking him to 9/11 and William Ayers

Barack Obama: I’m Barack Obama and I approved this message.

ANNCR: With all our problems, why is John McCain talking about the sixties, trying to link Barack Obama to radical Bill Ayers?

McCain knows Obama denounced Ayers crimes, committed when Obama was just eight years old.

Let’s talk about standing up for America today.

John McCain wants to spend $20 Billion a month in Iraq, tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas, selling out American workers.

John McCain, just more of the same.

As noted via Talking Points Memo, the anti-Obama Ayers ad is up in heavy rotation in places like Columbus, Ohio.

Our Dream's Last Chance is Barack America, America Personified...

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 12:58 PM PDT

2008/08/23 · 12:58

Joe Biden turned to address Barack Obama and he called him "Barack America"

"Barack America," he starts to call his running mate.

Which isn't really off message.

No Doubt, this could be the greatest frame I've ever heard in regards to Barack Obama... Joe Biden just finished a heated populist message, touching on a number of themes, attempting to recapture the American Dream, the last chance to capture that dream...

Our Dreams Last Chance is Barack America, America Personified...

McCain Released New Ad, Obama Should Do a McNopoly Ad

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 8:06 AM PDT

2008/08/22 · 08:06

This ad was released today to perhaps change the subject, perhaps gain media attention, perhaps push the lie that somehow McNopoly feels your pain.

I have a script in mind for an Obama response, follow me below the fold:

Update: OH MY GOD!!! Obama Response to Ayers Ad; GOP desperate - Rezko and Wright now "Fair Game"

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 1:17 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 13:17

What a difference a day makes...

UPDATE: Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor responds:

The fact that John McCain dispatched his paid consultant to launch this despicable ad from a so-called ‘independent’ committee shows how desperate he is to change the subject from his shocking disconnect with the economic struggles of the American people. He knows that Barack Obama has denounced the detestable crimes that Bill Ayers committed forty years ago.

Instead of invoking Paris, Britney and obscure sixties radicals, Senator McCain should take the day off at one of his seven homes to consider whether his support for outsourcing, tax breaks for companies who ship jobs overseas and continued spending of ten billion a month in Iraq is really putting ‘country first.’ To us, it sounds like just more of the same.

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