Sunday, August 31, 2008
Palin's problems
It seems that back in April, Palin -- then 7 1/2 months pregnant with her fifth child -- began leaking amniotic fluid and having contractions while attending an energy conference in Dallas, Tex. Instead of heading to the nearest hospital, Palin instead gave her speech to the assembly and then boarded an eight-hour flight to Anchorage (a flight that included making a connecting flight in Seattle). Once in Anchorage, she bypassed some of Alaska's largest hospitals and had her husband drive her almost an hour to Mat-Su Valley Regional Medical Center near her home of Wasilla, where son Trig was born.
Her reason for risking her baby's health by flying home to Alaska instead of giving birth at a Dallas-area hospital? "You can't have a fish picker from Texas," her husband Todd Palin told the Anchorage Daily News.
In case you're still having a hard time understanding Palin's thought process on all this, someone has posted this handy flow chart.
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Open line
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Ma-in-law not sure on SP
The New York Daily News is quoting Sarah Palin's mother-in-law as less than certain about this veep stuff:
Faye Palin said the entire family was shocked by the news on Friday. "I'm not sure what she brings to the ticket other than she's a woman and a conservative. Well, she's a better speaker than McCain," Faye Palin said with a laugh. "People will say she hasn't been on the national scene long enough. But I believe she's a quick study."
The Alaska newspapers, by the way, are NOT impressed.
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A state of scofflaws
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What is the sound of 5,000 Repubs clapping?
That would be response to the news that the worst. president. ever. will skip the Republican National Convention (Darth Cheney, too) in deference to the coming hurricane. Too bad he wasn't so concerned in advance of Katrina. Or after.
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Economic development, TIF style
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Brummett goes to school
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
And the Scripture says-uh . . .
That explains the choice of the Alaskan.
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Clueless
CNN's Political Ticker picked it up: "I'm offended by Barack Obama saying that about my husband," she told ABC News in an interview set to air Sunday. Asked if she thought Obama had gone too far in his criticism, she said "I do. I do. I really do."
McCain — whose net worth has been estimated at around $100 million — said her father was a self-made man. "My father had nothing. He and my mother sold everything they had to raise $10,000," she said. "I'm proud of what my dad and my mother did and what they built and left me. And I intend to carry their legacy as long as I can."
As in selling beer? You'd think this was a subject best left alone.
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Open line
Back to you.
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Clintons boost Obama?
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Who said it . . .
Actually, it was state GOP Chairman Dennis (What We Need Is Another 9/11) Milligan who let his testosterone write a check his ass can't cash with the "man's woman" slip.
He probably speaks for 98% of the Cheney worshippers with that assessment of Palin's qualifications.
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Drilling in wildlife refuges
The state simply needs a much bigger and brawnier environmental enforcement agency -- one willing to crack down on polluters would be nice, too -- with thousands of such holes and billions of gallons of waste fluid in the offing.
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Repubs on Palin choice
Umm. That restaurant in Lower Slobbovia? The whipped chinchilla butter? Interesting. Very interesting. Unconventional. I'm sure you considered all other choices carefully before deciding this was the best option. Unusual.
Columnist Doug Thompson thinks, however, that she's a boffo choice for McCain in Arkansas. Which suggests Doug has a mighty low opinion of the Arkansas voter.
Brummett recalls Dan Quayle. He may have been no Jack Kennedy, but he was on the winning ticket.
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