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blogs.wsj.com - 9/1/2008
Obama’s First Shot at Palin Focuses on Equal Pay
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Corey Dade reports from in Toledo, Ohio, on the presidential race. After praising Republican John McCain ’s new running mate the past two days, Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday lobbed his first salvo at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin . Obama, while ticking off a list of promises to an excited crowd in Toledo, Ohio, committed to closing the income gap between genders, and then turned sharply to Palin, the first woman named to a Republican ticket. She “seems like a very nice person,” ...

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Campaign Trail: The Wrong Attacks at the Wrong Time
The Moderate Voice — ... Perhaps more amazing was the way which the campaign press corps mutely stood there recording his words and image as if he had simply commented on the weather. He was referring, of course, to a campaign stop made by Obama and Joe Biden in Toledo. The Democratic nominee gave one of his standard stump speeches, then tossing in an employment related jab at Sarah Palin. ...

Obama Smears Palin on Equal Pay
Ace of Spades HQ — Obama Smears Palin on Equal Pay Speaking yesterday in Ohio , Obama said she "seems like a very nice person," but that "she's opposed, like John McCain is, to equal pay for equal work. That doesn't make sense to me." In fact, I don't know of any specific statements Palin has made on equal pay, and I bet Obama doesn't either. If she's like a large majority of Americans and a large majority of Republicans, she's all for it. So what the hell is Obama talking about? It all comes back to Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , an employment discrimination case which was ...

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