Entries tagged “Palin”
The Gift of Low Expectations
By Sarah Scully on 10/02/2008
By Sarah Scully What if the Biden-Palin debate showdown is not the "thrilla" the Washington Post is expecting? The Vice Presidential debate is arguably more anticipated than all of the McCain Obama debates combined but not because people hope to see a thought provoking, in depth interaction on policy. No, the reason most people are looking forward to this debate is pure schadenfreude. Sure, a few are hoping that the candidates will make up for their respective goofs over the last few weeks and surprise everyone by elevating the political discourse but most are eagerly anticipating seeing either Sarah Palin... MORE »
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The Palin Affair?
By William Rabbe on 09/27/2008
By William Rabbe Conservative columnist, Kathleen Parker, of the National Review has called for Sarah Palin to withdraw from the Republican ticket. Nearly a month after the Sarah Palin's triumphant speech at the RNC, several rather embarrassing moments have called her qualifications into question -- big time. Most of this buzz can be attributed to her interview with Katie Couric of on September 25th, described in TIME as "downright looney" and, "pathetic" by CNN's Jack Cafferty. If you search "Palin Couric" and total the number views on Youtube of various excerpts of the interview it is over 3 million so... MORE »
Debating Debating
By Sarah Scully on 09/24/2008
[Updated] The McCain campaign is now proposing that the Mississippi debate be canceled and instead the St. Louis VP debate be used in its place with Biden and Palin rescheduling for a later date... Hmmm. This is either a rather sensible solution or a really convenient way of giving Sarah Palin more prep time. That is not to say that she particularly needs more prep time but this is the cynical assumption made by many who, in lieu of any evidence to contradict it (or any interaction at all) assume that Palin is cramming like crazy for her first big... MORE »
Guilt by Association?
By William Rabbe on 09/19/2008
By William Rabbe Barack Obama may have stretched the truth in tying Rush Limbaugh to John McCain on immigration. In truth, the two generally do not agree on the issue, but in this political climate, getting away with as much as you can seems to be the name of the game... (Limbaugh's explaination here) Maybe Obama will next link McCain and the right wing of the Republican party to Ann Coulter, who advocated to take away a woman's right to vote: If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind... MORE »
The Facts Attack Back
By Sarah Scully on 09/13/2008
By Sarah Scully Our friends at FactCheck.org are working overtime, disentangling the truth from the barrage of ruthless attack ads and caustic rumors circulating the blogosphere. So far, the McCain campaign seems to be racking up the most demerits for misleading ads, though Obama's camp has put out a couple of their own. McCain's attacks, part of a new strategy helmed by Steve Schmidt, have set a new bar for negativity. The "liberal blogosphere" is making up for Obama's dearth of deceptive ads by perpetuating (though sometimes retracting, to be fair) conspiracy theories about Palin's past. FactCheck has most recently... MORE »
FACT: The Race Is Getting Nasty
By Sarah Scully on 09/13/2008
OBAMA CAMPAIGN MEMO: Unraveling the myth of the Straight Talk Express To: Press Corps From: Obama Campaign Re: Unraveling the myth of the Straight Talk Express Since naming Governor Palin as their Vice Presidential nominee, the McCain campaign has distorted, distracted, and outright lied to the American people about her record in a desperate attempt to hide the fact that a McCain/Palin Administration would be nothing more than a continuation of the failed Bush policies of the last eight years. Indeed, today alone we learned that the McCain campaign's claim that Governor Palin traveled to Iraq is a lie. In... MORE »
Not Good.
By William Rabbe on 09/12/2008
This probably confirmed the suspicions of many that Gov. Palin is terminally naive when it comes to foreign affairs... Disturbing. Palin obviously didn't know that the Bush doctrine refers to the right of our country to pre-emptively strike at another country for purposes of self-defense -- and when asked for a yes or no answer on invading Pakistan, she sounds like a broken record, just repeating the same talking point nearly three times. It hurts to watch. MORE »
Eastern Media Elite
By William Rabbe on 09/06/2008
A hilarious video from our friend Dana Milbank: MORE »
GOP Convention Day Two: Back in Black
By Sarah Scully on 09/02/2008
By Sarah Scully Republicans spent the day getting their convention back on track, successfully mustering the party faithful into a red meat rally. The tone was strikingly serious compared to the joyous mood in Denver, not simply due to the potentially devastating hurricane. The evening's scheduled theme was "Service" with a focus on McCain's military record and those of his supporters. The GOP is putting forth a message of sober strength to counter the intoxicating hope of the Obama campaign. Patriotic prayers and low profile music provided a slow on-ramp to speakers who, one by one, lifted the mood with... MORE »
Reactions to Palin Pick
By Sarah Scully on 08/30/2008
By Sarah Scully Given the disparity between mainstream media interest in Obama's VP selection versus McCain's, is it any wonder the Republican candidate made such a bold move? The publicity factor was clearly not the central reason for selecting Sarah Palin, but she has managed to shove Obama off of center stage for the time being. With a "maverickish" track record of her own, an intriguing life story and a face resembling Tina Fey's, the MSM may have just found a new crush. The criticism leveled at news organizations suggesting that their disproportionate coverage of Obama is a result of... MORE »
