Dem Ward Heelers Tout Obama's . . . Whiteness

Vote Obama: he's half white! That's the pitch some Dem ward and union heelers are making to white voters in parts of Philadelphia. According to a Philly.com story, Biden gets mixed welcome in Northeast [emphasis added]:Mike McAleer, the veteran Democratic ward leader of the 66th ward in the far Northeast, said Obama and Biden haven't closed the deal yet."The Dunkin' Donut crowd tells me that we'…
Mark Finkelstein

NewsBusted

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Palin-Smearing Baltimore Sun Columnist Whines Readers Being Mean to He

Susan Reimer, columnist for the Baltimore Sun, is shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, that people took exception to her tactless bashing of Governor Sarah Palin in her September 1 column, "A woman -- but why this woman?" In fact, Reimer is so upset that people where exercised enough to drop her a note, give her a call, or write an email about her baseless smearing of Palin that she says in her September…
Warner Todd Huston

Sally Quinn Does Complete U-turn on Sarah Palin

P.J. Gladnick

Convention Ratings Show People More Interested In GOP's Views

Want to know why John McCain and Sarah Palin are laughing in the picture to the right?Numbers just released by Nielsen Media Research show the average per night viewership of the just concluded Republican National Convention set a record this week topping the audience for the previous week's Democratic National Convention by more than 4 million viewers each evening.This is quite different than…
Noel Sheppard

Maher Buys Into Claim Sarah Palin's Baby Son Really Her Grandson

Declaring “I'm not that convinced that that's her baby,” far-left comedian Bill Maher, Friday night on his HBO show Real Time, forwarded left-wing blog rumors about how Trig Palin, born in April, is really the son of Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter Bristol who is now pregnant. Maher raised his theory during a one-on-one interview with CNN's Jeffrey Toobin, who didn't accept Maher's belief in…
Brent Baker

'90210' Oral Sex Episode: The 'Sarah Palin of TV Shows

Tim Graham

Slate Editor Debate Tip for Joe Biden: Imitate Campbell Brown

P.J. Gladnick

Oprah Refuses To Interview Sarah Palin

When I saw this headline at the Drudge Report, I thought it had to be a mistake:OPRAH REFUSES: PALIN WON'T BE ON Are you kidding me? The strongest and most popular voice for women in this country is refusing to interview the first woman nominated to be vice president in 24 years?WHAT? According to ABCNews.com, in an article stunningly titled, "Is Oprah Biased? Host Won't Interview Palin," such…
Noel Sheppard

Chgo Sun-Times: Palin 'Shook Up Every Registered Voter in the 'Hood

Mike Bates

Convention Reminded NYT of 'Belligerent' Buchanan Speech from

In his Friday "Political Memo," "Firing Up the Faithful With Echoes of Culture War Rhetoric," the New York Times's conservative-beat reporter David Kirkpatrick, watching the Republican Convention, uniquely managed to hear echoes of the GOP's 1992 convention -- specifically what Kirkpatrick called the "belligerence" of Pat Buchanan's "cultural war" speech, widely cited in the media (though not…
Clay Waters

Matthews: 'Foul Play' Behind Balloon Drop on Mitchell

Were those evil Republicans attempting to carpet-bomb Andrea Mitchell with balloons at the RNC last night?  Chris Matthews mused about the possibility on Hardball this afternoon.  The footage of Andrea gamely batting away the balloons has received a lot of play.  This morning, the Today show had fun with it.  But Matthews seemed to conceive a more sinister scenario:CHRIS MATTHEWS: If you were…
Mark Finkelstein

GOP Senate Leader: Greens Have 'Just Gotten More Nutty

McConnell pushes pro-energy agenda, remarks liberal media bias not as bad as it once was.
Jeff Poor

Weekend Captionfest

Piper Palin, preparing to groom brother Trig's hair.
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