"You decide '08" aka pick the lesser of 2 evils you didn't want to begin with '08

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The Power of the Internet and the Failure of Rovian Politics

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Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader at a local elementary school about what the Vice President does, Palin erroneously argued that the Vice President is "in charge of the United States Senate":

Q: Brandon Garcia wants to know, "What does the Vice President do?"

PALIN: That's something that Piper would ask me! ...

[T]hey're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom.

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Indeed, while Palin suggests that questions about what the Vice President does is something only her daughter Piper would ask, Palin herself

asked this very question

on national television in July. Apparently, she still hasn't learned the correct answer.

Article I of the Constitution

establishes an exceptionally limited role

for the Vice President -- giving the office holder a vote only when the Senate is "equally divided":

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.

Moreover, the U.S. Senate website explains that the modern role of Vice Presidents has been to preside over the Senate "

only on ceremonial occasions

." ThinkProgress contacted Senior Assistant Paliamentarian Peter Robinson, who also disputed Palin's characterization of the Vice President's role:

In modern practice the Vice President doesn't really control the Senate. ...

If anyone has a responsibility to try to govern the Senate, it's the responsibility of the two leaders.

Update

ThinkProgress obtained the following statement from Jim Manley, spokesman to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

This comment is all the more puzzling because this is at least the 2nd time she has said this.

Gov Palin needs to re-read or perhaps read for the first time the Constitution.

While the Vice President presides over the Senate, he or she is not in charge of it. Article 1 says The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.

The Senate is part of a co-equal branch of the federal government.

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Already, polar bears are starving to death, birthing fewer cubs and
drowning as sea ice disappears and their search for food becomes more
difficult. Scientists at the U.S. Geologic Survey say that polar bears
could disappear from Alaska within 50 years, driven to extinction by
habitat loss and global warming. [1]

Despite the risk of extinction, Governor Sarah Palin has launched an
all-out effort to eliminate protections for threatened polar bears -- a
move that could lead to more polar bears dying of starvation and
drowning, and more being killed by wealthy trophy hunters.

According to the Anchorage Daily News, she covered up evidence from
her own scientists showing the need for polar bear protections. [2]
Now she's doing the bidding of the oil companies and trophy
hunters, suing the federal government to stop the listing of polar
bears as a threatened species. [3]

As governor, Sarah Palin has been a disaster for polar bears, wolves
and other wildlife. A heartbeat away from the presidency, she could do
even worse.

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Straight from their respective campaign websites:

Fuel Efficiency

CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards for cars and light trucks are currently set at 27.5 mpg and haven’t been increased for cars and trucks since Model Year 1990—eighteen years ago!!

McCain supports enforcing existing CAFE standards

Obama supports increasing CAFE standards roughly 1 mpg each year

Energy Efficiency

McCain supports energy efficiency efforts, although he doesn’t propose any specific targets

Obama supports a 15% reduction in electricity demand by 2020

Renewable Electricity Standards (RES)

RES is a national policy which would require utilities to achieve a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources

McCain does not support a national RES, and instead supports local and state efforts to form their own renewable standards

Obama supports national policy requiring 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025

Carbon Reduction Goals

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that global levels of carbon must be reduced by at least 80% from 1990 levels if we are to avoid the most severe impacts of global warming.

McCain supports 60% reduction of carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2050

Obama supports 80% reductions of carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2050

The cornerstone to effective energy policy is an informed electorate. We encourage you to look at each candidate’s website to learn about their respective energy policy. Please read about John McCain’s energy policy and Barack Obama’s energy policy and decide for yourself who will lead us to energy independence.

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YOUR SALARY IN 2016 -- THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MCCAIN OR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

By Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly

Middle-class families will earn about $13,000 more in eight

years if Obama wins and $5,000 if McCain wins.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/103507/

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Bush created 4.8 million jobs while ‘tax and spend’ Clinton created 23 million.»

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been attacking Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as a “tax-and-spend liberal” for his plan to roll back the Bush tax cuts. Under President Bush, however, whose tax plan McCain wants to make permanent, only 4.8 million jobs were created. President Clinton, however, created 23 million jobs after raising income taxes and investing at home, as the Wonk Room notes

Obama wants to return the top two tax rates to where they were under Clinton, at 36 and 39 percent. Bush lowered those tax rates to 33 and 36 percent.

Obama isn't dreaming up new ways to tax ppl who make over $250,000 a year, he's just ending their tax break because he has seen it has NOT created the new jobs it was supposed to.

If it aint broke dun fix it but if it IS broke for fucks sake fix it. That's all he's trying to do; clean up W's mess.

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THE 11 DUMBEST THINGS SARAH PALIN HAS SAID SO FAR

By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet

Presenting a roundup of Sarah Palin's most hilarious,

shocking and scary statements since she was added to the

McCain ticket.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/104034/

THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN OBAMA'S AND MCCAIN'S PLANS FOR OUR ENERGY FUTURE

By David Morris, AlterNet

It's not so much about their goals as the tools they would

use to reach those goals.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/103792/

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TARGETS ACORN BUT IGNORES GOP VOTER SUPPRESSION

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

On the eve of the 2008 election, the Department leaks a FBI

probe of ACORN but remains silent on widespread voter

intimidation tactics.

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/104201/

MEDICAL BILLS, DRUG PRICES AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE -- ELECTION GUIDE

AlterNet

Find out how the candidates compare on health insurance,

prescription drugs, obesity, veterans' health and more.

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/102227/

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Since everyone seems to trash the Republicans

I want to share this email that a family member sent to me!

Enjoy!!!

Subject: Revelations Chapter 13

This will make you re-think: A Trivia question in Sunday School:

How long is the beast allowed to have authority in Revelations?

Revelations Chapter 13 tells us it is 42 months, and you know what that is.

Almost a four-year term of a Presidency.

All I can say is 'Lord, Have mercy on us!'

According to The Book of Revelations the anti-Christ is: The anti-Christ

will

be a man, in his 40's, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with

persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy

says

that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world

peace,

and when he is in power, will destroy everything..

Do we recognize this description??

[Myk JL 1,730]

Since everyone seems to trash the Republicans

I want to share this email that my father-in-law sent to me!

Enjoy!!!

Subject: Revelations Chapter 13

This will make you re-think: A Trivia question in Sunday School:

How long is the beast allowed to have authority in Revelations?

Revelations Chapter 13 tells us it is 42 months, and you know what that is.

Almost a four-year term of a Presidency.

All I can say is 'Lord, Have mercy on us!'

According to The Book of Revelations the anti-Christ is: The anti-Christ

will

be a man, in his 40's, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with

persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy

says

that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world

peace,

and when he is in power, will destroy everything..

Do we recognize this description??

Ron Paul?...

J/K...

No offense, but you're bordering on being offensive & not all their.

... I'm guessing Palin is your girl...

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Ron Paul?...

J/K...

No offense, but you're bordering on being offensive & not all their.

... I'm guessing Palin is your girl...

Gotta love the humor in my family!

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I'm not so sure posting the records, proposed policies, and media coverage of the candidates can be considered trashing republicans.The republican party has done the job of trashing themselves with their policies tactics speeches etc. Forwarded emails like the one above have become the typical republican scare tactics, yes friends the GOP is desperate and relying on disinformation to save their jobs. Obama is a Christian not a Muslim as was made very public during the whole Reverend Wright scandal during democratic primaries. Yes his father is Muslim, but so are the fathers of over 1.3 billion people on this planet. I wouldn't call Americans ready for serious changes in public policy religious either. We've seen things go from bad to worse to oh gawd these past eight years with a republican executive office. Just because ppl are sick of the status quo and are voting democratic doesn't give Obama "christ like" appeal. People want reform of government and they know they will not get it with a republican in the white house.

Off Topic: In regards to Revelations of the New Testament, please give me a break. As with all religions if people want to believe that crap its their choice but keep in mind there are billions of people on earth that do NOT believe in Revelations at all and some just see it as a coded rant against Rome not prophecy. My own studies have led me to believe its history primarily directed at Rome written by an arguably insane hallucinating pissed off exile. End times dogma permeates many religions. I think of it as an out for desperate people that want to radically change the shitty world they're living in. Its pretty basic psychology to offer up a self fulfilling "prophecy" to the suffering masses that promises them something better. Religion has been used as a tool of control, both mental and physical, since the first thunderclap sent early man running into their caves. Its natural for any religion to point the finger at another religion/group as bringers of the end, after all they aren't on the same team. One of the reasons I have turned my back on traditional western religions is because they practice attrition while telling you to forgive and love thy neighbor. Its contradictory and in my opinion thusly nullifies the entire faith.

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PALIN: 'I DON'T KNOW' IF ABORTION CLINIC BOMBERS ARE TERRORISTS

By Jed L, Daily Kos

Palin gives a wink and a nod to right-wing extremists, with

whom she shares radical views about the reproductive rights

of women.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/104590/

MILITARY MOM: WHY I'M SOUR ABOUT SARAH PALIN

By Pat Alviso, AlterNet

After all, if my son can buck up and do yet another tour of

duty in Iraq, I can face a crowd of Palin supporters.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/104521/

WHY OBAMA HAS PULLED AHEAD ON TAXES AND ECONOMIC ISSUES

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet

Republicans push policies that redistribute income from

working and middle-class Americans to the rich. No wonder

people are turning to Obama.

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/104541/

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PALIN: 'I DON'T KNOW' IF ABORTION CLINIC BOMBERS ARE TERRORISTS

By Jed L, Daily Kos

Palin gives a wink and a nod to right-wing extremists, with

whom she shares radical views about the reproductive rights

of women.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/104590/

MILITARY MOM: WHY I'M SOUR ABOUT SARAH PALIN

By Pat Alviso, AlterNet

After all, if my son can buck up and do yet another tour of

duty in Iraq, I can face a crowd of Palin supporters.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/104521/

WHY OBAMA HAS PULLED AHEAD ON TAXES AND ECONOMIC ISSUES

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet

Republicans push policies that redistribute income from

working and middle-class Americans to the rich. No wonder

people are turning to Obama.

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/104541/

Interesting vid there...

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indeed

it just gets worse every time she opens her mouth

ppl who bomb family planning clinics are just as terroristic as Ayers was

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Since everyone seems to trash the Republicans

I want to share this email that a family member sent to me!

Enjoy!!!

Subject: Revelations Chapter 13

This will make you re-think: A Trivia question in Sunday School:

How long is the beast allowed to have authority in Revelations?

Revelations Chapter 13 tells us it is 42 months, and you know what that is.

Almost a four-year term of a Presidency.

All I can say is 'Lord, Have mercy on us!'

According to The Book of Revelations the anti-Christ is: The anti-Christ

will

be a man, in his 40's, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with

persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy

says

that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world

peace,

and when he is in power, will destroy everything..

Do we recognize this description??

you should send this back to all your family members, the bible says NOTHING... lemme make that bigger ... NOTHING about who and what the anti-christ will be, his background, his age. nothing about him at all. these emails that run around, they were sent out about kerry as well, Right wing christian nutjobs who think they have it right over and over and send these out about the democratic canidates.

just copy and paste this entire message im posting here into your email when you send it.

The Revelation

of St. John the Divine

Chapter 13

The Two Beasts

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, Dan. 7.3 having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Rev. 17.3--0.-12

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: Dan. 7.4-6 and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

5 ¶ And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, Dan. 7.8, 25 ; 11.36 to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: Dan. 7.21 and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life Ps. 69.28 of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: Jer. 15.2 he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 ¶ And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14 and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

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Bidding process for Palin's pipeline was flawed

AP investigation shows terms benefited the winner: TransCanada Corp.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment — a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 — emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows.Beginning at the Republican National Convention, the McCain-Palin ticket has touted the pipeline as an example of how it would help America achieve energy independence.

"We're building a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever, to flow those sources of energy into hungry markets," Palin said during the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate.

Despite Palin's boast of a smart and fair bidding process, the AP found that her team crafted terms that favored only a few independent pipeline companies and ultimately benefited the winner, TransCanada Corp.

And contrary to the ballyhoo, there's no guarantee the pipeline will ever be built; at a minimum, any project is years away, as TransCanada must first overcome major financial and regulatory hurdles.

In interviews and a review of records, the AP found:

• Instead of creating a process that would attract many potential builders, Palin slanted the terms away from an important group — the global energy giants that own the rights to the gas.
  
• Despite promises and legal guidance not to talk directly with potential bidders, Palin had meetings or phone calls with nearly every major candidate, including TransCanada.
  
• The leader of Palin's pipeline team had been a partner at a lobbying firm where she worked on behalf of a TransCanada subsidiary. Also, that woman's former business partner at the lobbying firm was TransCanada's lead private lobbyist on the pipeline deal, interacting with legislators in the weeks before the vote to grant TransCanada the contract. Plus, a former TransCanada executive served as an outside consultant to Palin's pipeline team.
  
• Under a different set of rules four years earlier, TransCanada had offered to build the pipeline without a state subsidy; under Palin, the company could receive a maximum $500 million.
  
• "Gov. Palin held firmly to her fundamental belief that Alaska could best serve Alaskans and the nation's interests by pursuing a competitive approach to building a natural gas pipeline," said McCain-Palin spokesman Taylor Griffin. "There was an open and transparent process that subjected the decision to extensive public scrutiny and due diligence."
  

Only one viable bidder

There were never more than a few players that could execute such a complex undertaking — at least a million tons of steel stretching across some of Earth's most hostile and remote terrain.

TransCanada estimates it will cost $26 billion; Palin's consultants estimate nearly $40 billion.

The pipeline would run from Alaska's North Slope to Alberta in Canada; secondary supply lines would take the gas to various points in the United States and Canada. The pipeline would carry 4.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas daily, about 8 percent of the present U.S. market.

Building such a pipeline had been a dream for decades. The rising cost and demand for energy injected new urgency into the proposal.

So too did the depletion of Alaska's long-reliable reserves of oil, which are trapped in the same Arctic Circle reservoirs as clean-burning natural gas. Not only does that oil provide jobs, it pays for an annual dividend check to nearly every Alaska resident. This year's payment was $2,069, 25 percent higher than 2007 — plus a $1,200 bonus rebate to help offset higher energy costs.

Palin was elected as governor two years ago in part because of her populist appeal. Promising "New Energy for Alaska," she vowed to take on Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and BP, the multinational energy companies that long dominated the state's biggest industry.

Oil interests were particularly unpopular at that moment: Federal agents had recently raided the offices of six lawmakers in a Justice Department investigation into whether an Alaska oil services company paid bribes in exchange for promoting a new taxing formula that would ultimately further the multinationals' pipeline plans.

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No guarantee gas pipeline will be built

Palin ousted fellow Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski, who pushed a pipeline deal he negotiated in secret with the "Big Three" energy companies. That deal went nowhere.

With Alaskans eager for progress and sour on Big Oil, Palin tackled the pipeline issue with gusto, meeting with representatives from all sides and assembling her own team of experts to draw up terms.

Palin invited bidders to submit applications and offered the multimillion-dollar subsidy. Members of Palin's team say that without the incentive, it might not have received any bids for the risky undertaking.

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The following is an excerpted transcript from Michael Moore's appearance on CNN's Larry King Live

Larry King: He is many things, but dull isn't one of them. Michael Moore, the academy winning documentary filmmaker. The latest film is "Slacker Uprising: A Look at the Youth Vote." His latest book is "Mike's Election Guide '08". He is a supporter, as you might imagine, of Barack Obama.

He comes to us from Traverse City, Michigan. And I understand you have some friends with you tonight calling themselves Plumbers for Obama.

You want to explain this? Where are you?

Michael Moore: I'm in a senior citizens house here in Northern Michigan. These guys behind me, they don't just call themselves Plumbers for Obama, they actually are Plumbers for Obama. And they they're licensed plumbers and they're going around helping out people who are in need of plumbing help, who maybe are of modest income, modest means. And so they want to show that real plumbers are for Obama. The average, you know, plumber makes maybe $40,000 to $60,000 a year, if he's lucky. And they're all going to benefit greatly from the Obama tax break that they're going to get if Obama is elected.

King: What do you make of the "Joe the Plumber" thing with McCain?

Moore: Well, I think it's part of the same illusion that the Republicans have been presenting for the last eight years. They say one thing, but the reality is, you know, something else, whether it's weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or whether it's now playing up "Joe the Plumber."

The Republicans, their whole tax plan is to punish the plumbers and everybody else who has a job like this in this country. And yet they somehow have taken this guy -- I feel kind of sorry for this guy, too. He probably didn't expect to be in the limelight like this. And but it's not really about him as an individual. And I don't think people should be getting down on him just because he isn't a licensed plumber or his name isn't Joe or anything else that's come out. I just think that that's kind of irrelevant.

The only relevant thing is that McCain is going to make sure that the wealthy get another incredible tax break while everybody else suffers. And Obama is going to make sure that the guys like this who are working behind me tonight here in Northern Michigan, they're going to get a tax break. They're going to get relief. They're going to get help.

King: What do you make of this, Michael?

Moore: It's one of the tenants of John McCainism and George Bushism. I mean that's exactly what they've done in the last month. I mean the complete irony of this, that they have spread the wealth around to more wealthy people. They have bailed out wealthy people who were playing a high stakes game of risk and failed. They were using money that didn't exist, that wasn't theirs, to try to make more money.

Actually, when these guys behind me here if they were to ever write a check for money that they didn't have in the bank and actually use that check to buy something with it, they'd be arrested. It's called check kiting.

But that isn't what happens to Wall Street. That's not what happens to the CEOs and the hedge fund people. They get away with this. It's these people, McCain, his campaign, they stand for socialism for the rich. Obama and the Democrats stand for giving these guys and other people like them a break.

King: Let's say Obama promises tax cuts for 95 percent of the people. How do you do that and solve health care and all the other problems that need to be paid for?

Moore: Are you asking me if I were drawing up the next budget?

OK. Here's what you do. You end the war in Iraq. That's $10 billion a month that we're spending that could be spent on repairing our roads, building bridges, building schools, increasing our workforce of nurses -- all the things that we really need in this country. We could start by taking the money away from this war and the money away from crazy Pentagon ideas that haven't done us any good and have only hurt us. That's one really good place to begin to find the money that needs to happen.

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I thought Mike's Election guide was smart, honest, and funny when he got ranting about W and his buddies taking the perp walk. Slacker uprising just left me feeling even more frustrated over a 2nd W stolen election and more determine to make sure no more elections are swiped in this country.

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at the Palin rally I watched earlier the ppl were chanting use your brain vote McCain and all I could think of was What? use your brain as a coaster?

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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PRESSED BY BUSH TO CONTEST 200,000 OHIO VOTERS

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

How far will an already politicized Justice Department go to

assist Republicans win on November 4?

http://www.alternet.org/election08/104735/

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PALIN'S TRAJECTORY TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE POWERED BY HER ANTI-ENVIRONMENTALISM By Carl Pope, Huffington Post

Her campaign was born because of her defiance of the Clean Water Act.

http://www.alternet.org/water/104387/

Palin explained that environmentalists had invoked the Clean Water Act to oppose a plan by a mining company, Coeur Alaska, to dump waste from the extraction of gold into a pristine lake in the Tongass National Forest. Palin rejected the environmentalists' claims. (The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Coeur Alaska, and the dispute is now before the Supreme Court.)

....

She opposed a requirement that schools give parents 48 hours notice before a school was to be sprayed with pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

.....

In the summer of 2007, Palin allowed oil companies to move forward with a toxic-dumping plan in Alaska's Cook Inlet, making it the only coastal fishery in the nation where toxic dumping is permitted -- putting America's food supply at risk. Running for governor, she was opposed to the proposed Pebble Mine, but once elected she helped the mining industry defeat a citizen initiative that would have controlled toxic run-off from the mine. And Palin refused to help local communities get the U.S. military to clean up the toxic waste mess it left behind at Alaska bases.

I don't want another asshole VP

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"Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich did what conservatives have been waiting for someone to do since Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain's running mate: take on someone in the media claiming that she lacks the qualifications to be vice president.

Such marvelously occurred Tuesday evening on the convention floor in St. Paul when MSNBC's Ron Allen said to the former Speaker, "But to be fair, her resume is not something we're familiar seeing with presidential candidates."

This didn't sit well with Gingrich who strongly replied:

It's stronger than Barack Obama's. I don't know why you guys walk around saying this baloney. She has a stronger resume than Obama. She's been a real mayor, he hasn't. She has been a real governor, he hasn't. She's been in charge of the Alaskan National Guard, he hasn't. She was a whistleblower who defeated an incumbent mayor. He has never once shown that kind of courage. She's a whistleblower who turned in the chairman of her own party and got him fined $12,000. I've never seen Obama do one thing like that. She took on the incumbent governor of her own party and beat him, and then she beat a former Democratic governor in the general election. I don't know of a single thing Obama's done except talk and write.

Newt then challenged Allen:

I'd like you to tell me one thing Sen. Obama's done.

With that, Allen retreated, and said:

Thanks very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to leave it there. I'm not going to argue the case. Thanks very much.

Hmmm. Imagine that. I guess folks like Allen are only willing to argue the case when there's nobody playing the part of the defense attorney.

How convenient."

http://vodpod.com/watch/984381-newt-gingrich-challenges-msnbc-reporter-on-sarah-palin’s-vp-qualifications