Monthly Archives: August 2008 «

 

McCain picks Palin!

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2008 at 10:36 am » 22 Comments

.!. It’s official! Fox News’ Carl Cameron is reporting that a senior source in the McCain campaign has confirmed it’s Gov. Sarah Palin. Oh.My.Gosh! No.He.Didn’t! Watch as the conservasphere goes wild. Update 1: Is this the official website? Update 2 – 11:48 AM: 12 minutes away from McCain and Palin taking the stage. Update 3 [...]

 

Speculation on Mc’s VP pick turns to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2008 at 9:24 am » 10 Comments

10:40 AM: New post – It’s official: It’s Palin! ———- The news wires are all over the place this morning with stories trying to figure out who McCain’s veep pick is. They’re providing contradictory reports saying Pawlenty will and will not be in Dayton today. Same same for Huckabee. I’m hearing that Romney will and [...]

 

The two Obamas

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2008 at 9:05 am » Comments Off

In 2004, twice failed candidate for president John Edwards made famous (or infamous?) the phrase “Two Americas” and when he said it, he was essentially talking about the haves versus the have-nots in classic liberal class warfare style. Last night, we got the Obama who left out several important, intriguing facts about his record and [...]

 

Members of the mainstream media cheered Obama’s speech

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2008 at 12:41 am » 6 Comments

Yes, they did: Standing on the periphery of the football field serving as the Democratic convention floor, dozens of men and women wearing green media floor passes chanted along with the crowd. Two members of the foreign press exchanged opportunities to take each other’s pictue while wearing an Obama hat and waving a flag. Several [...]

 

It’s after midnight

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2008 at 12:20 am » Comments Off

And not one leak has surfaced about who McCain’s running mate will be. Do they have a tight lid on this thing or what? Last week, the news about Biden leaked out about 11:30 PM the night before the Obama campaign was to send the much-talked about text message to supporters announcing the pick. I’m [...]

 

Line of the night from Obama’s speech

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 11:41 pm » 4 Comments

“If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.” — BO, 8/28/08 Oh McCain campaign please, please use this line in an upcoming ad against Barack Obama, amplifying his lack of a record to run on. Actually, there were several statements Obama made in [...]

 

Denver – Day 4: Toga party at Invesco Field

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 7:07 pm » 5 Comments

***This post will be updated throughout the night. Newest updates will appear at the top of the post**** Update 11 – 10:03 PM: The DNC video of Obama is playing. Obama should be out in a few minutes. His speech is estimated to last for about 50 minutes, including the applause. I had a chance [...]

 

LOL Quote of the Day

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 2:12 pm » 3 Comments

Via the NYPost regarding Obama’s temple (emphasis added – h/t: Captain Ed): But the set is designed to evoke the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, not the Acropolis, said staging supervisor Bobby Allen, a Spears set vet. “We’ve done Britney’s sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated [...]

 

New McCain ad: “Remote Control”

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 1:20 pm » Comments Off

It’s a newly-released web ad, and one that if they could condense from one and a half minutes down to 30 seconds, would be very effective, I think, on TV: Jim Geraghty describes it: A lot of political ads try to do too much, but by using the “picture in picture” television format, it’s a [...]

 

Democrats react to Obama’s Greek temple

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2008 at 12:01 pm » 3 Comments

ABC News’ “Liveblogging” blog reports some angst on the part of some Democrats regarding the Obama campaign’s Greek temple setting for tonight’s acceptance speech: Said one Democrat: “This is a disaster of mythical proportions.” Said another: “It’s not enough that he wants to be president — he wants to be Zeus.” Said the first: “Will [...]