Daily Archives: August 30th, 2008 «

 

Quote of the weekend

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2008 at 10:59 pm » 1 Comment

One of my all-time favorite pundits weighs in on Sarah Palin: First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, “all-American”, but hyper-American. What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I’m not saying I came to the United [...]

 

VIDEO: Sarah Palin on drilling in ANWR, energy policy – PLUS: Andrew Sullivan’s sexism

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2008 at 9:22 pm » 11 Comments

You go girl (Via MM): (adding the actual video link here so it will show up when this post is emailed) After you get done watching that, make sure to check out this side by side comparison of the experience of Democrat presidential nominee Sen. Obama versus the experience of Republican VP nominee Gov. Palin. [...]

 

And speaking of conventions …

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2008 at 9:01 pm » 1 Comment

It’s been a long time since I linked to Senator Zell Miller (D-GA)’s barnburner of a speech at the 2004 RNC.  Here it is again. Enjoy

 

In light of Gustav’s storm path, GOP reconsiders convention type

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2008 at 7:57 pm » 4 Comments

Via CNN (h/t: ST reader MD): WASHINGTON (CNN) — Officials with the McCain campaign and the Republican National convention are considering changing the event’s agenda as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast. Sen. John McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, plans to meet with officials in charge of the party’s convention planning in Minneapolis-St. Paul [...]

 

Weekend open thread

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2008 at 1:33 pm » 9 Comments

Hope everyone’s enjoying their holiday weekend.  I’ll be back later this evening.