Bombshell: Serious Palin vetting took place one day before official selection
Crooks and Liars — You gotta be kidding me: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday.  In the first and most telling executive decision of his potential ...

Sarah the Surrogate
democracyarsenal.org — Juliet Eilperin and Robert Barnes inadvertently make an interesting structural observation about Sarah Palin's preparations for tonight's big speech: "Since Sunday night, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been holed up in her suite in the Hilton Minneapolis while a parade of Sen. John McCain's top advisers have briefed her on the nuances of his policy positions,.." "Sitting around a dining room table, the McCain team has talked to her about Iraq, energy and the economy, but has focused on what she should say in her speech, ...

Who Pulls McCain's Foreign Policy Strings?
Newshoggers.com — ... is among several national security experts helping brief Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on foreign policy issues as she prepares to hit the campaign trail while cramming for a debate with her Democratic opponent...The McCain campaign has tapped Stephen E. Biegun, the national security adviser to then-Senate Majority Leader ...

Four More Neoconservative Years?
Crooks and Liars — ... is among several national security experts helping brief Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on foreign policy issues as she prepares to hit the campaign trail while cramming for a debate with her Democratic opponent…The McCain campaign has tapped Stephen E. Biegun, the national security adviser to then-Senate Majority Leader ...

Will Palin Be 'The Tiebreaker' Next Year?
Capitol Briefing — Will Palin Be 'The Tiebreaker' Next Year? In the wake of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's coming-out party at the Republican National Convention, GOP campaign strategists on the Hill are hoping to capitalize on the vice presidential nominee's ...

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for September 9, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... I wouldn’t spend 2 cents on yet another Woodward rag in praise of an idiot!  And I won’t waste my time listening to his marketing campaign for that rag! * * * A smattering of what some Alaskans really think about Sarah Palin!  “Letters to the editor (9/5/08).” * * * A note to those senior citizens who are inclined to vote for John McCain in support of his being a senior citizen, just remember, “John McCain Thinks Social Security Is A ‘Disgrace’"! * * * “Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her ...

what's the difference between a good joke and a pig? lipstick!
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... 's claim that he will shake up washington after agreeing with president bush for so long is like "putting lipstick on a pig" -- a common colloquialism that obama has used for years, and one that even some republicans have been known to say. but to the mccain campaign, it was an example of unbridled sexism clearly aimed at alaska gov. sarah palin. ...

Desperate To Smear
JustOneMinute — ... was torn between duty and honor - report the truth, or smear Palin. Somewhat comically, she chose both: Palin Links Iraq to Sept. 11 In Talk to Troops in Alaska By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 12, 2008; A01 FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans."OMG! Everyone knows ...

Strikes Me as an Animal
Whiskey Fire — ... Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans." ...

SM Friday: A Non-Tangled Story Of Journalistic Malpractice
Stop The ACLU — ... ) Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.” The idea that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a view once promoted by Bush administration officials, has since been rejected even by the president himself. But it is widely agreed that militants allied with al-Qaeda ...

SM Friday: A Non-Tangled Story Of Journalistic Malpractice
Pirate's Cove — ... Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.” ...

Sarah Palin is not qualified to be VP
Speak On Topics — ... FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans." ...

Uh, WaPo, Saddam’s been gone for 5 years
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... arises today, on the front page of the Washington Post, no less.  Anne Kornblut writes that Sarah Palin linked 9/11 to Saddam Hussein in telling troops departing to Iraq that they would be fighting the same people who attacked America.  Perhaps the Washington Post hasn’t yet realized it, but Saddam and his regime have long since been dispatched to history: Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out ...

Good journalism from the Washington Post (no snark edition)
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans." ...

McCain has lost another cheerleader
Newshoggers.com — ... His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir -- the person in whose hands he would leave the country -- is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not. ...

$28,500 To Hear The Fat Lady Sing
Riehl World View — ... McCain has soiled all that. His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir -- the person in whose hands he would leave the country -- is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not. ...

The End of the Affair
I Am TRex — ... McCain has soiled all that. His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir — the person in whose hands he would leave the country — is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not. ...

Can the Fraternal Order of Media Whores for McCranky pull the plug on the monster they created?
DownWithTyranny! — ... McCain has soiled all that. His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir -- the person in whose hands he would leave the country -- is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not. . . . ...

Young to Be Certified Winner of Alaska Primary
Capitol Briefing — ... 's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate means that if Republicans capture the White House, Parnell would become governor. Young said Wednesday that he was "chomping at the bit to return home and work hard for reelection," and Democrats are also excited by the prospect of having Young square off in the general election against their nominee, former state Rep. ...

Skepticism Growing
Jules Crittenden — ... .*  With the vice presidential candidates set to square off today in their only scheduled debate, public assessments of Sarah Palin ’s readiness have plummeted, and she may now be a drag on the Republican ticket among key voter groups, according to a new ...

Washington Post Calls Biden A Liar. Sort Of
Pirate's Cove — ... During last week’s debate with his counterpart on the Republican ticket, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Biden twice gave himself credit for shifting U.S. policy on Bosnia. The senator from Delaware declared that he “was the catalyst to change the circumstance in Bosnia led by ...

Washington Post Calls Biden A Liar. Sort Of
Stop The ACLU — ... (Ill.) mentioned it when he announced he had chosen Biden as his running mate. During last week’s debate with his counterpart on the Republican ticket, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , Biden twice gave himself credit for shifting U.S. policy on Bosnia. The senator from Delaware declared that he “was the catalyst to change the circumstance in Bosnia led by ...

His Love-Hate Affair With His Racist Clientele*
Obsidian Wings — ... and Gov. Sarah Palin, that Obama's middle name makes him someone to distrust -- and, judging by some of the crowd reactions at these rallies, someone to persecute or even kill. As a secular Muslim, I too was offended. Obama's middle name differs from my last name by only two vowels. Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah too? Do McCain and Palin think there's something wrong with my name? ...

Journalistic Malpractice:WP Wonders About McCain’s Cancer
Pirate's Cove — ... The effort to learn more about McCain’s health gained steam after he chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. More than 2,700 physicians signed a full-page ad in the ...

Washington Post Just Wonder About McCain’s Cancer Returning
Stop The ACLU — ... The effort to learn more about McCain’s health gained steam after he chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. More than 2,700 physicians signed a full-page ad in the ...

Washington Post Admits Bias Towards Obama
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... , Obama's running mate. When Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated for vice president, reporters were booking the next flight to Alaska. Some readers thought The Post went over Palin with a fine-tooth comb and neglected Biden. They are right; it was a serious omission. ...

Washington Post: We Were Biased
PoliGazette — ... , Obama’s running mate. When Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated for vice president, reporters were booking the next flight to Alaska. Some readers thought The Post went over Palin with a fine-tooth comb and neglected Biden. They are right; it was a serious omission.” ...

Eric Cantor: Another Talented Republican Man of the Future
PoliGazette — ... bailout, helping to block the first version of the plan on the grounds that it did not have enough safeguards for taxpayers. That followed the attention he’d gotten when his name surfaced in this summer’s vice presidential running mate rumor-fest. For a few days in the pre-Sarah Palin era, he was the buzz choice to join McCain on the Republican ticket. The reaction was generally along the lines of, “Who is this guy?” It seemed very mavericky. ...