The week in review. What have we learned? Republicans lie. :-)
Links—
Charles Gibson of ABC News interviewing Senator John McCain:
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5715542
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/03/mccain-russia-alaska/
Cindy McCain talking about Governor Sarah Palin's foreign policy knowledge and experience resulting from Alaska's proximity to Russia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VhpA8f8r10
Governor Palin stating that she "so focused on state business" that she didn't have time to think about the war in Iraq:
http://thinkprogress.org/palin-digest/#fp
Governor Palin characterizing the war in Iraq is a "task that is from God":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ypVSYoEKA
Rick Davis, Senator McCain's campaign manager, saying that this presidential campaign is not about issues:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/03/politics/animal/main4409759.shtml
Washington Post piece in which Mr. Davis claims the FBI did a background check of Governor Palin:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR20080830023...
The Atlantic piece in which the FBI denies doing a background check on Governor Palin:
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/palin_and_the_fbi_backgr...
The New York Times article in which the FBI denies doing a background check on Governor Palin:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02vetting.html?partner=rssnyt&a...
Governor Palin claiming to have said "thanks, but no thanks" to the "Bridge to No Where":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnlG6m20L3A
Governor Palin's statement of support for funding of the "Bridge to No Where":
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=11217
Los Angeles Times report on Senator McCain criticizing the federal earmarks sought by Sarah Palin in Alaska:
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-earmarks3-2008sep03,0,6145252.story
Washington Post report on alleged sexist attacks against Governor Palin:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/03/republican_women_turn_t...
Piece from Politico.com on Governor Palin's flip-flop regarding sexism and female candidates for elected office:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Sexism_complaints_no_longer_whini...
Senator McCain campaign denounces Campbell Brown's interview on CNN as "over the line":
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/02/mccain-cancel-cnn/
A McCain campaign advisor opining that raising taxes is "the right thing to do" (at least when Sarah Palin does it):
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/03/schmidt-palin-taxes/
Senator McCain's dim view of raising taxes from JohnMcCain.com:
http://www.johnmccain.com/Issues/JobsforAmerica/taxes.htm
Thinkprogress.org's "Sarah Palin Digest" (a compendium of what we know about this woman to date):
http://thinkprogress.org/palin-digest/
Roger Simon's brilliantly scathing column from Politico.com entitled "Why the Media Should Apologize" -- a must-read:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13143.html
Fox News pointing out that under Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska sought and obtained more federal money for pork barrel projects per capita than any other state in the union, and that it was the Democratic Congress that killed the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere", not Governor Palin who refused it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG7WGVmVl-4
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/palin-bridge-fact-check/
For those interested in the very latest polling data, including the most important thing in an American presidential election -- the state of the Electoral College map -- the following site can't be beat:
http://www.pollster.com/
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