If You Had Any Doubts the "Attacks" on Palin Were Manufactured Bullshit ...

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emptywheel
John McCain just doubled down on his attack on truth and the press by introducing a "truth squad" that in fact manufactures fake attacks out of common colloquialism. It's an attempt, no doubt, to cow the media into backing off its actual reporting on

Sarah Palin Has Failed in Her Primary Role as Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska National Guard

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emptywheel
According to the guy that Sarah Palin just promoted as his opinion about her flip-flopped, Sarah Palin's primary role in serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska National Guard is in ensuring the state meets its recruiting goal. Only the state has the worst recruiting record in the country.

Secessionist Sarah and Her Stay-at-Home Subsidies

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emptywheel
As you've heard, Sarah Palin has been billing AK for her trips home to Wasilla. I'm most interested in what that says about her ties to the successionist Alaska Independence Party.

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emptywheel
So far, Sarah and McCain have repeated the lie about the Bridge to Nowhere 19 times.

Nar.Ra.Tive

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emptywheel
Marc Ambinder thinks it's just too bad that voters haven't figured out that McCain is basing his entire Sarah Palin show on shameless lies.
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Oil Wars

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emptywheel
Both the Democrats and the new Republican VP nomination are busy trying to pull off some jujitsu on energy issues. Your guess is as good as mine who will be more succesful.
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McCain is MIA; Believed Hidden Behind Palin's Skirt

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bmaz
John McCain has always had a schizophrenic relationship with women. He has constantly painted himself as the randy, tough flyboy, but, as both he and his mother (and everyone else who seems to have knowledge) readily admit, he was, and still is, a flat out mama's boy all the way. Now, the emasculated flyboy McCain has found an even bigger skirt to hide behind, that of Sarah Palin.

Turns Out It's Not Moose Burgers...

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emptywheel
Can it possibly be true that the moose hunting governor from the north is really a elitist latte fan?

Rather than Vetting Palin, McCain Will Orchestrate a Cover-Up of Her Abuse of Power

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emptywheel
It says a great deal about how McCain would govern that--instead of making a considered, rational decision, he instead decided to cover-up the negative aspects of his choice for VP.
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The Devil Went Down To Georgia

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bmaz
Well, okay, it was Dick Cheney. Close enough. Cheney, was in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, yesterday to underline America's "deep and abiding interests" in the Caucasus, and announce a billion dollars of aid, in the face of Russian warnings that any western moves to rearm the country, or bring it into NATO, could bring further instability in the region between Moscow and Washington. Vladimir Putin thinks the US ginned up the recent war in Georgia in an effort to aid a certain candidate in the coming US election. I wonder who that could be?

Anthrax: Nobody Buys the FBI Story

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emptywheel
It's not just Pat Leahy who thinks the FBI story about anthrax is bogus--it's pretty much everyone who has examined the case.
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The Gray Lady's Lizard-Brain Logic

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emptywheel
AdNags and Rutenberg present a bunch of evidence for how the McCain camp is still incompetent. And then use it to extol the competence of Steve Schmidt.

The Politics of Resentment

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emptywheel
Among other weak and strong attacks on McCain-Palin, Biden's beginning to undermine the Republican politics of resentment.

John Bush's Son's Bank Just Failed

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emptywheel
Andrew McCain's bank just went under. Seems like Neil Bush all over again, huh?

Did Three Million People Not Turn Off Their TV Quickly Enough?

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emptywheel
Looks like several million of the people watching McCain last night simply didn't turn the channel after watching football.

TrooperGate Investigation Timing

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emptywheel
Seven people involved in TrooperGate have just recently refused to testify, as they had earlier agreed to do. The hearing to vote on subpoenas will be September 12. After that, the final report deadline has been moved up to October 10.

"Uneaten potato chips, rigatoni, and a McCain cake"

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emptywheel
Ut oh. Looks like people in mid-western swing states aren't all that enthused about McCain, even after he picked Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
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