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McCain's name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally
McCain's name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally
Palin signs made an appearance at a Florida rally – McCain signs did not. POLK CITY, Florida (CNN) — At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign décor — John McCain’s. Looking around the Fantasy of Flight aircraft hangar where the rally [...]
Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
blogs.abcnews.com — In a conservative radio interview that aired in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov.... Sarah Palin said she fears her First Amendment rights may be threatened by "attacks" from reporters who suggest she is engaging ... (more) Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
Eagleburger Blisters Palin: "Of Course" She's Not Ready
huffingtonpost.com — A former Republican Secretary of State and one of John McCain's most prominent supporters offered a stunningly... frank and remarkably bleak assessment of Sarah Palin's capacity to handle the presidency should such a scenario arise. Lawrence ... (more) Eagleburger Blisters Palin: "Of Course" She's Not Ready
Lopez: Blame Palin at Your Own Risk
article.nationalreview.com — Do not blame Palin for missteps. (more) Lopez: Blame Palin at Your Own Risk
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For Sarah Palin, It's on to 2012
Taylor Marsh — ... John who? If you caught Grover Nordquist today with Chuck Todd on MSNBC, you’d see that the sensation of Sarah Palin is nowhere near ending. She knows it. So do her right-wing fans who are wasting no time in moving on. ...

Hullabaloo — The President Speaks by digby Man, they really are getting desperate: He's been hidden away in his secure location for months and what with all the Republicans endorsing Obama in these last days as the ship makes its final descent to the ocean floor, I thought maybe he was keeping his options open... Update: They aren't even mentioning his name anymore. And I'm not talking about Bush: Looking around the Fantasy of ...

Palin First
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Speaking of Palin rallies in Florida -- which I did earlier -- it seems that, like Palin rallies elsewhere, they're all about... Sarah Palin: At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign décor — John McCain's. ***** [T]he GOP nominee's name was literally nowhere to be found on any of the official ...

Vote for what's his name
Political Animal — VOTE FOR WHAT'S HIS NAME.... Three days until the election, in arguably the biggest and most important swing state, Republicans held a rally and forgot to highlight their presidential nominee. At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign decor -- John McCain's. Looking around the Fantasy of Flight aircraft hangar where the rally took place, there were all the usual reminders that it was a pro-McCain event. There were two large "Country First" banners hung on the walls along with four ...

Feeling Palinesque...
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man — ... And the Caribou Barbie (thanks to Maureen Dowd, I'm not worthy) has gone off on her own. There seem to be three Republican campaigns being waged right now, John McCain's, the RNC's, and that rogue Sarah Palin's. At a recent rally in Florida, there were no large signs for John McCain, but there were new ones for Palin, that proclaimed " Florida is Palin Country." ...

FL: Palin rally is something out of ‘All About Eve’
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... It’s pretty clear that the absurdity of the disintegrating McCain/Palin relationship looks remarkably like that of Margo Channing and Eve Harrington. Take this CNN article about a rally today in Polk City Florida: ...

Going Rogue Update
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — No signs mention McCain at a Palin rally in Florida.

McCain's "name was literally nowhere to be found" at Palin event in Florida
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... Seems like the v.p. candidate and the rest of the GOP dumped their presidential nominee today at a rally in Florida. Via CNN's Political Ticker: ...

Saturday reading: 72 hours to go
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... Indiana. Where he's attracting ticket-splitters. He moves in on Republican turf in rural Virginia. And in Missouri. Broder calls this campaign the best ever. 12 out of 14 pundits predict Obama. Another Republican congressional seat appears to slip away. Be wary of the final weekend. A Kos diarist points out that Obama is in pretty good shape compared to Arnold. At a Palin rally, McCain's name is mostly missing from the campaign decor. Carl ...

Portions of the GOP Already Looking to 2012?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Via CNN: McCain’s name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally the GOP nominee’s name was literally nowhere to be found on any of the official campaign signage distributed to supporters at the event. Members of the audience proudly waved “Country First” placards as Palin delivered her stump speech. Those signs were paid for by the Republican National Committee. The other sign handed out to supporters read “Florida is Palin Country,” but those signs were neither paid for by the Republican National Committee nor the McCain campaign. In small print, the ...

Evita, Evita
N/A — ... Is it 2012 already?  Were there really no signs of McCain’s name at a Evita Sarah Palin rally today? ...

Palin fans: 'Vote McCain, Not Hussein'
Crooks and Liars — ... with a religious core. Already, Palin is mustering the troops to rally behind her after the GOP's looming Epic Fail on Tuesday: In Florida, her rallies alreadt feature no mention of McCain's name. Palin sign CNN_c3e93.jpg It is disturbing to get these glimpses of what the Republican Party is going to look like when it's done reshaping itself. They may end up marginalizing themselves even further -- we can only hope -- but in the meantime they are going to be preying on people's fears, as they've been doing all along.

Saturday reading: 72 hours
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... Indiana. Where he's attracting ticket-splitters. He moves in on Republican turf in rural Virginia. And in Missouri. Broder calls this campaign the best ever. 12 out of 14 pundits predict Obama. Another Republican congressional seat appears to slip away. Be wary of the final weekend. A Kos diarist points out that Obama is in pretty good shape compared to Arnold. At a Palin rally, McCain's name is mostly missing from the campaign decor. Carl ...

McCain/Palin Bashing (Final Edition)
Discourse.net — ... Saturday DeLong, Andrew Sullivan Has Turned Me into a Wingnut Conspiracy Theorist: Where Are Sarah Palin’s Medical Records? Sullivan, Palin’s Medical Records TPM Microtargeting? (not) Kos, Foreign Policy Is Confusing For Sarah Palin Crooks & Liars & Spellers, McCain’s Vetting Crew Strikes Out. Again. Political Ticker (CNN), McCain’s name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally Political Animal, A promise made ...

Will Howdy Doody Be The Scapegoat In The House?
DownWithTyranny! — ... That came after revelations that it was Putnam who paid for the Sarah Palin signs at last week's Polk City rally that mentioned only Palin and pointedly not poor old struggling McCranky. The body wasn't even cold and young Adam was already trying to ingratiate himself with the ascendent Know Nothing wing of the GOP. There was no sign of McCain's name at the rally-- just Palin's... and Putnam's. Hillsborough and Polk Counties Democrats in FL-12 have rallied enthusaistically behind Doug Tudor. Now Republicans who don't appreciate Putnam and Palin shoving McCain overboard ...

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