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J ohn McCain s handpicked vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is not a McCain donor, a Herald review of campaign finance records reveals. Federal Election Commission data shows the 44-year-old Republican Alaskan governor has never opened her wallet to a GOP national candidate. Palin did donate ...
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Arianna Huffington: Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... with the Republican platform, believes abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother. He's got someone who, in defiance of science, doesn't believe global warming is man-made. He's got someone who, in defiance of science, wants creationism taught in schools. He's got someone who wants to further increase the health-care burden on the patient. He's got someone who wants to ban all stem-cell research. The Republican Party isn't in dire electoral straights ...

Democratic Fables About Sarah Palin's Positions on Social Wedge Issues
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ...And While They Are At It, Making Stuff Up About McCain, Too One of the more popular fables retailed by the Democrats is that Republicans use social "wedge" issues that have nothing to do with the business of government to win elections, and Democrats do not. Now, I don't deny that Republicans often run campaigns that deal with social issues and the values of the candidates, and I'm not going to get into a long debate here about the relative degree to which social issues like abortion, crime, immigration, the death penaly, same-sex marriage, racial preferences, etc. do or do not have anything to do with the powers of government as they exist in the ...

McCain Radio Ad Claims Palin Will Work For Stem Cell Research
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... he become president and tackle this issue. In a profile published right after her election as governor, the Anchorage Daily News noted that Palin was the only candidate in the race not to promote stem cell research. "Unlike Palin, Knowles and Halcro both support abortion rights, stem cell research, benefits for same-sex couples and a rural preference for subsistence hunting and fishing rights," the paper wrote at the time. The Boston Herald has also noted the difference between McCain and his running mate on this particular issue. Palin ...

McCain Radio Ad Claims Palin Will Work For Stem Cell Research
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... he become president and tackle this issue. In a profile published right after her election as governor, the Anchorage Daily News noted that Palin was the only candidate in the race not to promote stem cell research. "Unlike Palin, Knowles and Halcro both support abortion rights, stem cell research, benefits for same-sex couples and a rural preference for subsistence hunting and fishing rights," the paper wrote at the time. The Boston Herald has also noted the difference between McCain and his running mate on this particular issue. Palin ...

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