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TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14"><U><B>Bush Strategist: McCain Knows He Put Country At Risk With Palin Pick</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/opinion/12rich.html?em" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/opinio"><U><B>All’s fair in politics</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09voting.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/pol"><U><B>States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11herbert.html?em" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinio"><U><B>Voting has consequences</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11trooper.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/pol"><U><B>Panel Finds Palin Abused Authority in Firing State Official </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/biden-palin-must-condemn_n_132939.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08"><U><B>Biden: Palin Must Condemn Supporters' Hateful Obama Attacks</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-granger/why-after-75-years-emesqu_b_133415.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-gran"><U><B>Why After 75 Years, Esquire Endorsed a Presidential Candidate</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://jezebel.com/5060061/pot-meet-kettle-john-mccains-angry-insults-are-simply-absurd" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://jezebel.com/5060061/pot-meet-kett"><U><B>Pot, Meet Kettle: John McCain's Angry Insults Are Simply Absurd</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/mccain-calls-americans-hi_n_133037.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08"><U><B>"My Fellow Prisoners," McCain Calls 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HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru996Q_7ejw&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/david-brooks-sarah-palin_n_133001.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru996Q_7e"><U><B>Sarah Palin is as dumb as a bag of hair.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008157607_mckeating04.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/po"><U><B>Revisiting McCain's Keating 5 history</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/keatingvideo" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/ke"><U><B>McCain's political favors and aggressive support for deregulation put him at the center of the fall of Lincoln Savings and Loan</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/447taxincreases" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/44"><U><B>John McCain has voted 477 times to raise taxes</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A 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TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/opinio"><U><B>Editorial: The Vice-Presidential Debate </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080927/Presidential.Debate.Polls/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-gen"><U><B>2 quick polls give Obama edge in debate</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZiMDhjYTU1NmI5Y2MwZjg2MWNiMWMyYTUxZDkwNTE=" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZ"><U><B>Kathleen Parker: After Interviews, Palin Should Bow Out</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20228603,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20228603"><U><B>Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: Mock the Vote </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/18/campaign-momentum-shifts_n_127338.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/18"><U><B>Campaign Momentum Shifts Back To Obama</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/dean-obama-calmthoughtful_n_128703.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23"><U><B>Dean: Obama "Calm...Thoughtful", McCain "Hot-headed...Irascible" (VIDEO)</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/campbell-brown-rips-mccai_n_128782.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23"><U><B>Campbell Brown Rips McCain Camp's "Sexist" Treatment Of Palin</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMqHMuM2mqo&feature=related" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMqHMuM2m"><U><B>Randi Rhodes: Sarah Palin ripped apart 1 of 2</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMfdT00pcs&feature=related" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMfdT00p"><U><B>Randi Rhodes: McCain's first wife</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A 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Says</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZKQDyL5gzc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZKQDyL5g"><U><B>The Palin And McCain Administration: Sarah Flips The Ticket During A Rally (VIDEO)</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/undermining-mcc.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/"><U><B>Undermining McCain Campaign Attack, Republicans Back Obama‘s Version of Meeting With Iraqi Leaders </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/mclobbyist" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/mc"><U><B>Obama's Answer to McCain</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/18/republican-congressman-endorses-obama/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/200"><U><B>Republican congressman endorses Obama</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/09/18/amid_turmoil_mccain_turns_to_regulation/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articl"><U><B>Amid turmoil, McCain turns to regulation</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/17/does-mccain-understand-th_n_126947.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/17"><U><B>Does McCain Understand The AIG Crisis?</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/politics/19pollcnd.html?nl=pol&emc=pol" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/pol"><U><B>McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/16/conservatives-turn-on-mcc_n_126749.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/16"><U><B>Conservatives Turn On McCain-Palin</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A 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HREF="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/16/fiorina-mccain-cant-run-company-either/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/200"><U><B>Fiorina: McCain nor Palin can run a company</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/palin.trooper.probe/index.html?iref=nextin" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/p"><U><B>Palin allies sue to halt trooper probe</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080916/Palin.Troopergate/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-gen"><U><B>GOP Lawmakers Sue to Stop Palin Probe </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/obama-camp-lets-rip-on-mc_n_125955.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12"><U><B>McCain Admits He's "Divorced" From Reality</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://my.barackobama.com/page/speakout/fundamentals" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://my.barackobama.com/page/speakout/"><U><B>McCain: Fundamentally Wrong on the American Economy</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/palin.investigation/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/p"><U><B>Former US Attorney  warned Palin that firing raised 'grave' concern</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/tim-johnson-palins-experi_n_126004.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12"><U><B>Tim Johnson: Palin's Experience Claims "Laughable," McCain "Hard To Work With"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122143893857134389.html?mod=todays_us_page_one" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12214389"><U><B>Last week, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hadn't sought earmarks or special-interest spending from Congress, presenting her as a fiscal conservative. But state records show Gov. Palin has asked U.S. taxpayers to fund $453 million in specific Alaska projects over the past two years. </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1185304443" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1786848892&playerId=1185304443&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>       </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#333333" FACE="Arial" > <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2LC1e1L3t3U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2LC1e1L3t3U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>        <embed FlashVars="videoId=184086" src='http://www.indecision2008.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#cccccc' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed>  </FONT></div> <div> Peggy Noonan, Mike Murphy Caught On Tape Disparaging Palin Choice: "It's Over,</div> <div>  <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/03/peggy-noonan-mike-murphy_n_123647.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/03"><U>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/03/peggy-noonan-mike-murphy_n_123647.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>               </B></div> <div> <B>     ABC On Troopergate: Women's Groups Rally Against Palin         Begala on Obama, Clintons</B></div> <div> <B>      <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qr5hpJKuh-s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qr5hpJKuh-s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>       <iframe src="http://www.cnn.com/video/savp/evp/?loc=dom&vid=/video/politics/2008/09/11/tsr.intv.begala.cnn" height="393" width="406" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-haven-blake/pow-stories-create-cadets_b_125459.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-have"><U><B>McCain And My Captive Cadets</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/11/sarah-palins-charlie-gibs_n_125772.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/11"><U><B>Sarah Palin's Charlie Gibson ABC Interview: Video And Transcript</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122109403841221751.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12210940"><U><B>Ethics Adviser Warned Palin About Trooper Issue</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1156080,091008ebertpalin.article" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/"><U><B>Roger Ebert on Sarah Palin: The American Idol candidate </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/palin.earmarks/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/p"><U><B>McCain criticized Wasilla earmarks in 2001 </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/us/politics/11pipeline.html?_r=1&nl=pol&emc=pol&oref=slogin" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/us/pol"><U><B>Palin’s Pipeline Is Years From Being a Reality </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Barack Obama hasn’t voted “present” in the United States Senate</B></div> <div> <B>The Race:</B></div> <div> <B>Barack Obama (D) vs. John McCain (R): President of the U.S.</B></div> <div> <B>The Smear:</B></div> <div> <B>James in New York reports hearing a claim that Barack Obama voted "present" 60 percent of the time during his two years in the United States Senate.</B></div> <div> <B>The Truth:</B></div> <div> <B>You cannot vote "present" in the United States Senate, let alone more than half the time. While in the Illinois State Senate, Obama did vote "present" 129 times amid 4,000 votes -- just over 3 percent of the time. This is an accepted practice in the Illinois legislature.</B></div> <div> <B>According to an analysis by the New York Times, "In more than 50 votes, he seemed to be acting concert with other Democrats as part of a strategy." For example, there were numerous bills on choice issues that were introduced by Republicans for the sole purpose of creating wedge issues for Democrats in conservative districts. Pro-choice groups worked out a strategy where all Democrats would vote “present” to deny the Republicans this wedge issue.By contrast, John McCain has skipped more votes than any other Senator this year, and hasn’t voted at all since March.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Backup Material:</B></div> <div> <B>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20obama.html</B></div> <div> <B>Start fighting back against this smear by telling your friends and family the truth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lo"><U><B>Lose your house, lose your vote</B></U></A><B>    How the GOP works in Michigan</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4106/michigan-republicans-lie-for-donations" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4106/mi"><U><B>Michigan Republicans lie for donations</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/the-mccain-palin-lies-and_b_125240.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begal"><U><B>The McCain-Palin Lies and the Neil Armstrong Principle</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/palins-ebay-story-what-ac_n_125361.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10"><U><B>Palin's eBay Story: What Actually Happened</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/palin-quoted-anti-semite_n_125429.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10"><U><B>Palin Quoted Anti-Semite In Convention Speech</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-r-barber/moosing-sarah----time-for_b_124672.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-r"><U><B>Gender equality means women can't hide their biases and dogmatism behind gender</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                                           <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#333333" FACE="President" >     </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#333333" FACE="Arial" >        </FONT></div> <div> <B>Palin Investigation Stalled By McCain Campaign, State Legislator Says</B></div> <div> September 2, 2008 11:05 AM</div> <bR> <div> ABC News reports:</div> <bR> <div>     Is the McCain campaign afraid of an 'October surprise' involving vice-presidential pick Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska?</div> <bR> <bR> <div>    <B> The Alaska state senator running an investigation of Gov. Palin says the McCain campaign is using stall tactics to prevent him from releasing his final report by Oct. 31</B>, four days before the November election.</div> <bR> <div>     "It's likely to be damaging to the Governor," said Senator Hollis French, a Democrat, appointed the project manager for a bi-partisan State Senate Legislative Counsel Committee investigation of claims that Palin abused her office to get the Alaska public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, fired. </div> <bR> <div> An Anchorage Daily News story suggests that Palin's lawyer is helping stall the investigation. He's trying to get the probe into the hands of a governor-appointed board:</div> <bR> <div>     The state has hired a private lawyer to represent Gov. Sarah Palin's office in the Legislature's investigation into the firing of former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The lawyer already has challenged whether lawmakers even have authority to oversee the inquiry.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>     Van Flein said the investigation should be handled by the state Personnel Board, not the Legislature, because it's "statutorily mandated" to handle ethics cases. The three-member Personnel Board is appointed by the governor.</div> <bR> <div> And he's making it difficult for Special Counsel Steve Branchflower to interview Palin:</div> <bR> <div>     Branchflower hasn't been able to set up an interview with Palin. French said the state will fly Branchflower to wherever Palin is on the campaign trail if needed.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>     "Clearly the governor's new political role will make it more challenging for her to make time for this investigation," French wrote. But Palin needs to be interviewed sometime in September, he said.</div> <bR> <div>     Van Flein said the investigation is "bad timing" in the middle of a presidential campaign. He said he couldn't guarantee her availability this month.</div> <bR> <div> If witnesses don't become available, French says, he'll ask for subpoenas.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>McCain Surrogates Struggle To Defend Palin's Experience</B></div> <div> September 2, 2008 12:44 PM</div> <div> There is, it seems, a dearth of effective talking points on Sarah Palin's lack of foreign policy experience. On Monday, McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds went on CNN to defend the vice presidential pick, only to come up blank when asked to name one specific decision Palin has made as commander of Alaska's national guard. Democratic operatives quickly circulated the video.</div> <bR> <div> On Tuesday, Sen. Jon Kyl, another McCain confidante, was given his turn. And the results were equally problematic for the presumptive Republican nominee. Asked by Fox News' Chris Wallace whether Palin was "ready to be president" Kyl's response was, basically, "in time."</div> <bR> <div> "Obviously, in terms of national security decisions over the first months of the McCain administration, that will be done by John McCain," he said. "But also she is a quick study. I suspect that very soon the American people will believe she has got what it takes to be in any situation, even a tough national security situation."</div> <bR> <div> There is, it seems, a sense of glee within Democratic circles that the Palin choice has effectively made the experience argument moot. But, despite an absence of solid talking points on the matter, McCain's camp is clearly still invested in painting Obama as the one wet behind the ears. Earlier on Monday, they sent out an email to reporters lambasting the Democratic nominee for citing his own presidential campaign as an indication of executive gravitas. Bounds called it "desperate circular logic."</div> <bR> <div> And yet, at least right now, the abundance of attention is going to Palin's resume. Asked whether the Alaska governor was ready from day one to take over for McCain, Kyl again was something less than assertive.</div> <bR> <div> "First of all, in a McCain presidency, John McCain will be calling the shots. I think he believes that, through the campaign and the early part of this administration, she's a very quick study and she is tough. And I think he sees her as someone that could clearly step into his shoes should be necessary. She brings other things that relate to the economy, oil exploration, to the kind of issues that John McCain tends to talk about less. 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