blogs.tnr.com - 8/30/2008
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Alan Wolfe is a TNR contributing editor and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College.
With John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin, none of the major candidates for national office in 2008 will be from the South. Of course one of ...
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Sarah Palin
The Buck Stops Here —
One weird bit from a New Republic post on McCain's choice of Sarah Palin (it seems to be credited to professor Alan Wolfe, but surely he wouldn't say something that is without evidence): ...
Sarah Palin Witch-Mother?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... writes: One weird bit from a New Republic post on McCain's choice of Sarah Palin (it seems to be credited to professor Alan Wolfe, but surely he wouldn't say something that is without evidence): Sarah Palin named two of her children after witches, once took drugs, and refused to sign a bill forbidding domestic benefits for gay couples. It's unclear where this "witches" claim is coming from, although I suspect it's due to ...
Alan Colmes: Sarah Palin’s first child supposedly conceived out of wedlock - PLUS: Other vicious far left attacks on Palin
Sister Toldjah —
ST reader Mwalimu Daudi has done an great job in finding out about what certain popular far leftie blogs are having to say about Sarah Palin. In one post, MD pointed to the following links:
—- TNR: Sarah Palin named two of her children after witches. Andrew Sullivan, surprisingly (not), echoed a similar theme here. The real facts are here.
—- Certain far left blogs are asserting that Palin posed for nude ...
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Local newspapers across Alaska reacted Saturday after their first-term governor was tapped to be John McCain’s running mate.
Editorials and articles from the state both raved that an Alaskan made history as the first Republican woman on a ...
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