Legislators in Alaska have agreed to release a politically sensitive report on allegations that Sarah Palin abused her power as the state's governor. She is accused of firing Alaska's top law enforcement official for refusing to sack a state trooper who was in a bitter custody battle with her sister. Mrs Palin, who is John McCain's running mate, denies any improper behaviour. And Alaskan state Senator Gary Stevens, a Republican, said there were "some problems" with the report. "I would encourage people to be very cautious, to look at this with a jaundiced eye," said Senator Stevens, after it was announced the report would be released.
Legislators in Alaska have agreed to release a politically sensitive report on allegations that Sarah Palin abused her power as the state's governor.
She is accused of firing Alaska's top law enforcement official for refusing to sack a state trooper who was in a bitter custody battle with her sister.
Mrs Palin, who is John McCain's running mate, denies any improper behaviour.
And Alaskan state Senator Gary Stevens, a Republican, said there were "some problems" with the report.
"I would encourage people to be very cautious, to look at this with a jaundiced eye," said Senator Stevens, after it was announced the report would be released.
page 47, finding number one "Govenor Palin abused her power" Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
I don't suppose the report will do a lot more than swing anothe point or two in the Obama direction. The kooks on the right see abuse of power as a good thing and not a bad one, and they'll also be outraged that anyone would dare to try to enforce a law when it's not in their favour.
What do you with a country when a third of its population is pathological? (And not just the US, of course.)
What do you with a country when a third of its population is pathological?
Need any more analogies? In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
ET doesn't exist to incite violence in any form. There's quite enough of that elsewhere already.
Just thought I'd make that clear.
Acts of violence or acts of survival?
Will be interesting to see how the ET attitude evolves as the hunger pangs develop. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
As it is, the current narrative in the press is, "It's over, but we just aren't allowed to say so yet because it's impolite since people haven't voted." Obama's moving fast towards a double-digit lead with everyone except -- who else? -- Zogby in the polls (+7 Ras, +10 Hotline, +12 Kos, +10 Gallup, +11 Newsweek). And he's now consistently hitting 51/52, while McCain is still sinking on the trends. 43 always felt like his pre-undecideds-breaking sweet spot to me. Maybe 44. But he's down to 41/42 and still falling. Among registered voters, Hotline's got him falling to 39.
If this keeps up, the narrative is going to turn into, "Should the Reps cut off McCain and Palin to save their House and Senate seats?"
The debate, the stock market crash and the backlash seem to be giving Obama an extra bump. Like AT said (I think) last week, it's turning from a strong win into a slaughter. My guess is that another couple days of this will put Georgia and West Virginia in the "Competitive" category, if they're not there already.
Maybe McCain gets it. It would explain his bizarre choice of places to appear. He keeps campaigning in Iowa, even though the closest he been to Obama in forever is 8 or 9 points, and every recent poll has him losing by 10-15 there. He's not even bothering in North Carolina or Florida anymore. The RNC, which basically is the McCain campaign here, seems to have pulled out of Virginia. Three states he can't lose.
Either he's praying for a new, supercharged Bradley Effect that magically saves the red states or he's on the verge of giving up. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Time for Sarah to go back to fish-picking and hockey-momming and whatever the hell else they do in Alaska. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Good to hear from you again. Have to go buy myself a new pair of walking shoes. Blew out my current pair with all of these trips to the Sac State campus. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
As to the Presidential race: Game Over. The McCain campaign has officially exploded. If Palin is on the ticket they lose everybody who isn't a wingnut and lose. If Palin is replaced they lose the wingnuts and lose.
Rumor going around the Republican National Committee (RNC) is going to yank funding from McCain and put it into Senate and House races, trying to salvage something to stave off a debacle. (And it is starting to look like one.)
I'm thinking the total GOP vote goes below 2000 (50.4 million) - as the Moderate Republicans sit this one out and the Undecideds and loosely-attached jump to Obama - while the Democratic vote is more than 2004 (59 million & change) to about 62 to 63 million. IF this happens AND the votes are more-or-less evenly distributed the GOP is hosed. In the last redistricting the GOP gerrymandered to the max assuming the vote distribution would remain constant. A shift of 3% could easily flip 50 - 70 house seats.
Man oh man. Hold onto your seats. This is going to be one wild ride.
The ultra-wealthy hold all the cards; the rest of this bullshit is just ... bullshit. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
