Updates Below the Fold… As I mentioned yesterday the FBI and Secret Service have opened a criminal investigation into the unauthorized access of Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account. That investigation is undoubtedly progressing quietly outside the public view. According to media reports the Associated Press has refused a Secret Service request for copies of the […]
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Are American Voters Susceptible To Blackmail?
Daniel Johnson, the editor of Standpoint has an interesting Op-Ed in today’s New York Sun: LONDON — Are American voters susceptible to blackmail? Ever since Sarah Palin lifted John McCain’s campaign, it is becoming increasingly clear that America will be branded racist if Europe does not wake up on November 5 to find that Barack […]
Sarah Palin’s Private E-mail Account Hacked – Updated
Scroll For Updates… Network World and Wired are reporting that Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo mail account has been hacked and that screenshots of messages have been posted on various web sites. From Wired: Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo e-mail account was hacked, and some of its contents posted on the internet Wednesday. The internet […]
The Democrats Credit Crisis…
The more I dig into the history behind our current crisis the more outraged I become… Commenter Veretax writes: “I think the American people have had it with this situation where the middle-income people in our country are not protected from the ramifications of the risk-taking and the greed of these financial institutions,” Pelosi told […]
How Did We Get Here?
Ed Morrissey @ Hot Air asks “Whose policies led to the credit crisis?” The answer depends on who you ask… Democrats of course blame Republicans and Republicans of course blame Democrats. Personally, I think it’s safe to point fingers at both parties and the Federal Reserve Board. The roots of the current credit crisis can, […]
Palin’s Troopergate Response…
I’ve been looking over the response filed by Thomas Van Flein, the attorney for Governor Palin, filed with the Alaska Personal Board yesterday. It seems clear to me that she had ample reason to fire her Public Safety Commissioner, Walt Monegan. The filling makes it clear that Palin and her staff had become frustrated by […]
Obama Tried To Stall Iraq Withdrawal??? Updated
Update (Friday, September 19, 2008): Jake Tapper of ABC News is reporting that Bush Administration officials support Barack Obama’s version of events… Details below the fold… If this is true somebody’s got some splainin to do: OBAMA TRIED TO STALL GIS’ IRAQ WITHDRAWAL By AMIR TAHER, New York Post, September 15, 2008 WHILE campaigning in […]
Bloody Monday…
The dust is starting to settle on what has been very ugly day on Wall Street. It’s not over by any stretch of the imagination… It’s going to take several days if not weeks for the markets and Main Street to fully digest the implications of Merrill Lynch’s shotgun marriage to Bank of America, Lehman […]
Gibson versus Palin – Round Two
Scroll for Updates Over all Governor Palin did quite well last night, she was relaxed, confident and showed tremendous grace under pressure. I was disappointed in her answers on the economy though. Frankly I think she blew it. She didn’t do anything to differentiate the McCain campaign from Bush administration. She could have easily done […]
Never Assume Malice…
Where incompetence will suffice… Personally, I’m inclined to ascribe both to Washington Post reporter Anne Kornblut. In a page one news story, she accuses Sarah Palin of asserting “that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.” There’s just one problem that’s not what […]
Gibson Versus Palin – Round One
Overall I thought Governor Palin more than held her own. The only really cringe worth moments were her answers to Gibson’s questions on the so called Bush Doctrine and Pakistan. She clearly didn’t know what Gibson meant by the Bush Doctrine and couldn’t answer the Pakistan question with anything more than platitudes about Islamic terrorism. […]
Something to Warm Your Heart…
Now that the conventions are over and the campaign coverage is getting more and more intense, it’s good to take a break from hardcore politics. This story will warm your heart and put a lump in your throat. It comes from Tracy at Beyond the Pale: I try not to talk politics much on this […]
Lipstick, Pigs and Politics…
I wasn’t going to jump into the fray over Barack Obama’s ‘Lipstick on a pig” comment… Frankly I don’t think they were intentionally or maliciously directed at Governor Palin. In politics though it’s not just what you say it’s what people hear. I understand the point Senator Obama was trying to make, I disagree with […]
Fannie & Freddie…
I’m not in a writing mood today but I hate to leave this page silent so I thought I’d share a few must reads on the Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac bailout with you. First is the Op Ed by John McCain in today’s Wall Street Journal: We’ll Protect Taxpayers From More Bailouts By John […]
Debunking Several Palin Myths…
There’s whole host of false or misleading claims about Sarah Palin flying around the internet. Factcheck.org has laid waste to several of them though. Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years. She […]