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Politics Blog : Obama Suddenly Riled
Sen. Barack Obama ditched his normal languid cool today, punching back at Gov. Sarah Palin as he spoke with reporters in York, Pa, hotly defending his work as a community organizer. He said he assumes Palin "wants to be treated same way guys want to be treated, which means their records are ...
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Touchy fellow, that Barack
Southern Appeal — From Jennifer Rubin at the Commentary Mag Blog : There is no more thin-skinned politicain in America than Barack Obama. He has bristled at press questions, took obvious umbrage at the tough queries in the Philadelphia debate this spring and generally is unaccustomed to criticism. Hence, the Thou Shalt Not rules. Today was no different: Sen. Barack Obama ditched his normal languid cool today, punching back at Gov. Sarah Palin as he spoke with reporters in York, Pa, hotly defending his work as a community organizer. He said he assumes Palin “wants to be treated same way guys want to be treated, which means their records are under ...

'I've Been Through This for 19 Months. She's Been Through It, What Four Days?'
JammieWearingFool — Actually, Barry, it's now eight days, but who said a former community organizer was proficient at math? Ironically, Sarah Palin has come under far more scrutiny since she was selected by John McCain as his running mate than Obama has in those 19 months. The media has a lot of catching up to do. Sen. Barack Obama ditched his normal languid cool today, punching back at Gov. Sarah Palin as he spoke with reporters in York, Pa, hotly defending his work as a community organizer. He said he assumes Palin "wants to be treated same way guys want to be treated, which means their ...

Guess which card Obama pulled out of the deck today?
Hot Air » Top Picks — Guess which card Obama pulled out of the deck today? posted at 3:30 pm on September 5, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly With both Rasmussen and Gallup showing Barack Obama moving backwards even before the Republican Convention dropped its balloons on Andrea Mitchell , one can excuse the Democratic nominee for hearing footsteps.   How desperate has he gotten?  Looks like he’s playing the race card once again:“I know that I’m not your typical presidential candidate,” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told executives and employees of the Schott glass company Friday afternoon, “and I just want to be ...

Obama Asks Hillary to Save Him from Sarah Palin
Tennessee Guerilla Women — Hillary Rodham Clinton has other things to do this fall -- like campaigning and raising money for senate candidates -- but Barack Obama and Joe Biden need her to save them from Sarah Palin. The woman on the Republican ticket is now more popular than Barack Obama, according to Rasmussen Reports. And Obama appears to be growing irritable. CNN's Amy Holmes notes the supreme awkwardness of Obama's dependence on Hillary to save him (and all the Democrats who once trashed the nation's first viable woman candidate!) from Sarah Palin: McCain has a strong woman? Well, the ...

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