Daily Archives: September 9th, 2008 «

 

File this under “You’ve GOT to be kidding me”

Posted by: ST on September 9, 2008 at 10:01 pm » 5 Comments

Is talking about someone’s stint as a community organizer really an attempt at veiled racism? NY Governor David Patterson thinks so: ALBANY (CBS) ― On Monday, Gov. David Paterson angered some state lawmakers by comparing them to vampires, calling them a bunch of “blood suckers.” On Tuesday, he raised eyebrows again, and tempers, by accusing [...]

 

Revealing news of the day

Posted by: ST on September 9, 2008 at 8:17 pm » 4 Comments

Via Rasmussen: While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the [SCOTUS] justices should rule on what is in the Constitution, just 29% of Barack Obama’s supporters agree. Just 11% of McCain supporters say judges should rule based on the judge’s sense of fairness, while nearly half (49%) of Obama supporters agree. I think that [...]

 

McCain’s numbers jump in North Carolina

Posted by: ST on September 9, 2008 at 6:49 pm » 14 Comments

After months of me (and a lot of other NCers) doing a lot of nailbiting over polls showing Obama and McCain running within just a few points of each other in this long time red state – no doubt helped by Obama’s numerous visits here, we finally have a reason to be cautiously optimistic: RALEIGH [...]

 

WaPo’s latest cooked up scandal against Gov. Palin

Posted by: ST on September 9, 2008 at 3:55 pm » Comments Off

When last we left you, they were bogusly claiming that Gov. Palin “slashed” funding for teen moms earlier this year via line-item veto. That story was debunked hours after the WaPo first reported it. To my knowledge, they still have not issued a correction. The latest comes in the form of a poorly worded, insinuation-filled [...]

 

Tue open thread

Posted by: ST on September 9, 2008 at 1:31 pm » 5 Comments

Hey ya’ll – this is the first I’ve had I’net access all day and on top of that I’m swamped … I’ll be back tonight to catch up.