Time: Why Rush Limbaugh Is Good for the Republicans
By Ramesh Ponnuru – Wed Mar 11, 2:20 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090311/us_time/08599188428900
Obama aides Rahm Emanuel and Robert Gibbs knew what they were doing when they declared Rush Limbaugh the leader of the Republican opposition. They were putting Republican politicians in a trap. Repudiating Limbaugh would mean alienating millions of conservatives and declaring Limbaugh's plainspoken conservatism - which many of those politicians share - outside the lines of the national debate. But neither could Republicans allow the insinuation that they take orders from a radio host stand. If voters got that impression, they would look weak. Worse, the polls show more people dislike Limbaugh than like him. ...
Some conservatives have always winced at Limbaugh's in-your-face style. But the debate today has a special charge because, like the similar debate over Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a few months ago, it is tied up with questions about the future of the Republican party.
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complete copyrighted story at link above
Palin's PAC First Step to 2012
By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
January 27, 2009; 3:13 PM ET
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/palins_pac_first_step_to_2012.html
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has started a federal political action committee -- called SarahPAC -- that will allow her to raise money for and donate cash to candidates for office over the coming years, a move that should be seen as a precursor to a run for president in 2012.
The PAC has a website http://www.sarahpac.com and a post office box in Arlington, Virginia but has not yet formally filed its incorporation papers with the Federal Election Commission. According to an official with SarahPAC, papers were filed last night around 5 pm with the FEC and the PAC should be official by later today.
Two map versions of the same data to compare...
Map
http://myngp.com/BCEImages/UploadImages/1788/e0bb7259-67a6-43b3-bdd2-628cb4a4eef5.jpg
Cartogram
http://f9g.yahoofs.com/groups/g_6298918/.HomePage/__sr_/b094.jpg?grA0sUJBYhjobnGQ
Palin = Quayle
Mike W
Tulsa+
Who would actually rank former VP Dan Quayle higher than Sarah Palin!
MCCAIN-PALIN Stories Sunday, Oct 12
NYT - Investigator Discounted Palins' Fears as Motivation to Seek Removal of a Trooper
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12trooper.html
Tribune (Editorial) - McCain mortgages
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-1012edit1oct12,0,7919708,print.story
San Angelo Standard Times - McCain far from being 'maverick'
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/oct/12/mccain-far-from-being-maverick/
Tribune - Palin report a sting for ticket
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-palin-analysisoct12,0,2222539.story
WP - Palin Must Save Her Yahoo E-Mails, Judge Rules
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/11/palin_must_save_her_yahoo_e-ma.html
NYT - Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12strategy.html?_r=1&bl=&ei=5087&en=9129ef63b50f6f1c&ex=1223956800
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MCCAIN-PALIN Stories Saturday, Oct 11
Bloomberg - McCain Hunkering Down to Defend Red States: Campaign Notebook
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aPeeY8LYgMVE
WP (Harold Ford Jr.) - Will McCain Do Anything to Win?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/10/10/ST2008101002847.html
ADN - Troopergate report: Palin abused power
http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/552393.html
AP - Alaska panel finds Palin abused power in firing
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOTk11gvqDAgD0cY3i4WjI_2YOxwD93O2H2G0
Time - What the Troopergate Report Really Says
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1849399,00.html
LAT - Palin ethics lapse cited
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-troopergate11-2008oct11,0,1589217,print.story
WP - Alaska Legislative Probe Finds Palin Misused Power
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/10/alaska_legislative_probe_finds.html
NYT - Alaska Inquiry Concludes Palin Abused Powers
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11trooper.html
Boston Globe - Alaska probe finds Palin 'abused her power'
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/10/11/alaska_probe_finds_palin_abused_her_power
Reuters - Alaska ethics probe says Palin abused her power
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSTRE4998X420081011
KTUU (AK) - Branchflower: Palin abused power
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=9161996&nav=menu510_2
TPM - Palin's Claims She Feared Wooten Were Bogus
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/palins_claims_she_feared_woote.php
ADN - State scrambles to gather private e-mails
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/552319.html
What are the chances that tonight John McCain use his own version of this Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart?
Mike W
Tulsa+
Who is hosting a watch party tonight in Tulsa, OK
http://tinyurl.com/round2
Don't take a chance on Palin!
Couric/Palin Open
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/couric-palin-open/704042
Gov. Palin and Katie Couric get real and adorable
Saturday Night Live, 9-27-08, NBC-TV
6:45
[suggest using full-screen button at bottom left of screen at link]
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Places closer to Russia's capital, than Palin's home
*added September 23, 2008
http://current.com/items/89329684_places_closer_to_russia_s_capital_than_palin_s_home
Sarah Palin thinks Russia is so close to her home, it gives her foreign policy experience. And Tina Fey said on SNL imitating Palin "I can see Russia from my house!" This is a funny map which puts it into perspective. Check out the great map!
Sarah Palin - Democratic Version, SP02
http://www.wallmonkeys.com/ImageDetails.cfm?Product_ID=66
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The Twelve Lies Of Sarah Palin
23 Sep 2008 10:49 am [EDT] By Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/the-twelve-odd.html
Just for the record, I asked an intern to go back and double fact-check the twelve documented lies that Sarah Palin has told on the public record. These are not hyperbolic claims or rhetorical excess. They are assertions of fact that are demonstrably untrue and remain uncorrected. Every single one of the lies I documented holds up after several news cycles have had a chance to vet them even further.
I know the MSM demands that we move on from the fact that someone who could be president next January has a list of public lies so extensive and indisputable that the McCain campaign has still not been able to rebut or even address any one of them, while fencing her off from the press and refusing to hold a press conference to clear the air on so many murky questions of fact that get to the core of whether this person is fit to be vice-president or president.
So for the record, let it be known that the candidate for vice-president for the GOP is a compulsive, repetitive, demonstrable liar. If you follow the links, here is the proof. I repeat: proof:
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