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Palin not invited to Obama dinner for McCain?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Her spokesman claims he doesn’t know if she was or not, but come on . Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, his controversial running-mate, will not attend the dinner, Bill McAllister, a Palin spokesman tells Mother Jones… Was she even invited? “I don’t know if she was invited,” McCallister says. Don’t know? How could that be? It’s hard to miss an invitation from a presidential inauguration committee. For its part, Obama’s inaugural committee has declined to say whether an invitation was sent to Palin. Repeated phone calls to its press office produced no answer to this simple ...
The McCain-Palin Split
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Obama coopts the old McCain by severing him from the wack-job from Wasilla. More shrewd moves. If the GOP decide to be the pajama party of Palin and Wurzelbacher in response, Obama's move will look shrewder still. ...
Sarah Palin Snubbed for Obama Inaugural Dinner Honoring John McCain?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... The word is out that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will NOT be attending President-Elect Barack Obama’s dinner for GOP opponent John McCain this next week.
But, why?
On the night before Barack Obama is sworn in as the nation’s 44th President, his inaugural committee will host a series of dinners honoring public servants it deems champions of bipartisanship. To be feted are Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Colin Powell, and John McCain, whom Obama vanquished last November. At the McCain dinner, the GOP senator, who ...
Liberals Plan Dinner Without Palin
Tammy Bruce —
Wait while I shake off the shock.
Palin to be No Show at Obama's Dinner for McCain
On the night before Barack Obama is sworn in as the nation's 44th President, his inaugural committee will host a series of dinners honoring public servants it deems champions of bipartisanship. To be feted are Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Colin Powell, and John McCain, whom Obama vanquished last November. At the McCain dinner, the GOP senator, who managed to suppress his bipartisan tendencies during the hard-fought 2008 campaign, will be ...
Rick Santorum Prophecies McCain-Obama Axis
Politics Daily —
... to presidents if he wants to be. The question remains if he is only interested in stalling Republican agendas. Judging by the way the media shafted him over the last year, I'd say he has a few scores to settle. I already suspect appointment of Janet Napolitano to Homeland Security was an olive branch to McCain from Obama as it removed the only real threat to his senate seat. We'll know soon enough. Memeorandum has this item tagged as related, because it is. MotherJones Blog: ...To be feted are Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Colin Powell, and John ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... and Hamas nearing a deal?
W says goodbye:: 9/11, 9/11, good, evil, 9/11, 9/11...
"Forgive and forget"?
An incredible rescue effort for downed US Airways passengers.
Shoe-thrower held incommunicado.
Also: water is wet, sky is blue...
But, but, but -- I can haz waterboarding?
Warren: be a Nazi-like Christian!
Everyone together now: awwwwww.
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
Comments from Left Field: Nearly 50 years ago, another Republican president said farewell to the nation with what was essentially a warning about George W. Bush and his administration
MotherJones Blog: Palin to be a no show at Obama's dinner for McCain
Truthdig: Bank of America...literally
Culture11: The War on Drugs militarizes our police, enriches our enemies, undermines our laws, and condemns sick people to suffering
Balloon Juice: The most miserable dude in DC right now ...
Obama Reaches Out to McCain: A Moderate DreamTeam?
PoliGazette —
... Mother Jones reports that President-Elect Barack Obama is throwing a dinner for Senator John McCain, the man Obama beat in the election for president last year. The dinner is a rather obvious attempt to reach out to the Maverick senator and to court independent-minded Republicans like him. At the same time, it could be argued that the dinner and Obama’s reaching out to him, gives McCain an opportunity to make a comeback and, especially, to restore his good relationship with American journalists. ...
Poor Sarah Palin. The Living Embodiment of “Always a Bridesmaid”…
Firedoglake —
... Oh, dear, that pesky deficit she ran up finally caught her in a leg-hold trap. Guess she forgot all about it while she was charging those fancy panties for her husband at Victoria's Secret and calling other people trash.
Well, since she was openly uninvited from the festivities, maybe Palin can content herself by purchasing one of these plates as a cherished memento of the truly historic event? She can charge the cost to Alaska.
