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I wonder if Chad enjoyed his visit from the Secret Service?  I hope it scared him shitless.
Oct. 29, 2008 WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
Chad Morrisette never imagined his Halloween yard decorations would prompt interest from the Secret Service. But apparently hanging a mannequin of Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin from a noose is not something to [...]

Can you imagine the outrage if this were a black male mannequin?  If they really wanted to get a belly laugh they could have posed her being gang raped…..Sandra Bernhardt thought that idea was pretty humorous.  Some Americans have lost all sense of decency (if they ever had it to lose.)

Halloween Palin Prop Sparks Controversy [...]

Whatever the motivation for Palin’s speech today, it is a speech long over-due and I’m glad to see she is addressing women’s issues.  In the speech, Palin addressed a number of issues but I would like to focus on the issue of violence against women.
In Far-Reaching Speech, Palin Vows To Advocate For Women Worldwide
From CBS [...]

Sandra Bernhard Loses Gig After Attacking Palin on Abortion, Rape Comments
by Steven Ertelt
October 1, 2008
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) — Comedian Sandra Bernhard has lost her slot as a keynote speaker for a women’s shelter in Massachusetts after attacking vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin on abortion. In a monologue criticizing the Alaska governor, Bernhard made crude comments about [...]

There will be a live blog tonight of the Vice Presidential debate….a joint blog with Mountain Sage readers and Capital Hill Forum members. Get in early to have your posts automatically approved.
The blog will go live at 8:45 p.m. EST.
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As soon as videos are available I will post them.  Thanks to those who [...]

On Thursday, October 2, PBS anchor Gwen Ifill will serve as moderator for the first and only vice presidential debate. Ifil is certainly qualified enough.  She is moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She was chief congressional and political correspondent for NBC News, and has [...]

CNN — In the span of just 30 hours, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will meet with nine major international leaders in New York.
Palin’s schedule on Tuesday includes talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
The Alaska governor will also meet with former Secretary of State Henry [...]

Palin to meet world leaders at United Nations
VP candidate to meet with Kissinger, seven
updated 2:58 p.m. ET, Mon., Sept. 22, 2008
WASHINGTON – Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin may have little experience in foreign policy, but she’s about to get a two-day crash course.
The first-term Alaska governor plans to meet seven world leaders and former [...]

I truly hope that whoever is found to have done the hacking serves some time.  Punk hackers are a menace to society and a pain in the butt.  They cause the rest of society time and money trying to prevent identify theft and they cause a lot of anxiety for Internet users.  Hacking isn’t a [...]

Palin draws crowd of 60,000 in The Villages
By Bill Cotterell • news-press.com capital bureau • September 21, 2008
THE VILLAGES — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told wildly cheering, flag-waving, chanting supporters that John McCain is “the only great man in this race” and promised Sunday he will fix the nation’s economy if voters give [...]