Comander of the Alaska National Guard
posted by jrolsen 08/30/2008 08:06:41 AM EST

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Now it looks like the McSame campaign is going to try to make Palin seem ready for leadership because she is the commander of the Alaska National Guard.
Cenk in his gushing about Sarah Palin made a mistake in his description that she is a member of the Alaskan National Guard. She is as much a member of the National Guard as George Bush is a member of the army.
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McCain's Choice Puts Him on Defense
posted by publius 08/30/2008 01:02:50 AM EST

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The choice of Sarah Palin did something to this race that Democrats had almost been unable to do by themselves. McCain and the Republicans are now on defense. They have to justify this choice.
Most importantly the race is now about this Sarah Palin character, her experience, and McCain's judgement. Right now the focus is not on Obama and his qualifications or policies.
The next couple of weeks are going to be interesting.
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Some Americans should not vote
posted by whoosh 08/29/2008 11:41:10 PM EST

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This is not to be mean. Actually I was very saddened when I heard a caller on yesterdays c-span - washington journal. I guess I'm a big softy, but I could actually empathize with him, though he is definately misguided.
rtsp://video1.c-span.org/15
days/wj082908.rm at about 32m:50s
Clearly this person is not following an ideology or political party that represents his way of looking at the world. What he's apparently following is a Team. His home team. the team he grew up playing with, and no matter what the team says or does it is true and just and patriotic.
I felt truly sorry for this guy. Misguided he might be, but that was the sound of a breaking heart. I really, really dont understand this kind of blind loyalty.
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Sarah Palin
posted by melanievox 08/29/2008 10:44:07 PM EST

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OK. This is the most incredible thing I have ever seen.
John McCain picking a former beauty queen who loves guns and hates abortionists enough to think they deserve prison.
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