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Sarah Palin may not know as much about the world, but at least most of what she knows is true. In the popular media wisdom, Sarah Palin is the neophyte who knows nothing about foreign policy while Joe Biden is the savvy diplomatic pro. Then what are we to make of Mr. Biden's fantastic debate voyage last week when he made factual claims that would have got Mrs. Palin mocked from New York to Los Angeles? Start with Lebanon, where Mr. Biden asserted that "When we kicked -- along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and...

I spoke on the phone Sunday with Sarah Palin, who was in Long Beach, Calif., preparing to take off on her next campaign trip. I pointed out that Obama surely had a closer connection to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright than to Ayers - and so, I asked, if Ayers is a legitimate issue, what about Reverend Wright? She didn't hesitate: "To tell you the truth, Bill, I don't know why that association isn't discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country, and to have sat in the pews for 20 years and...

Normally the vice presidential choice is tangential to the top of the ticket. But that may not be the case this year as this election - a 2-year-long odyssey - has broken a number of rules. Lloyd Bentsen, the 1988 Democratic vice presidential nominee was seen as better in many ways than lead man Michael Dukakis. He couldn't save Dukakis. Dan Quayle had the presence of a ventriloquist dummy. But he didn't sink the senior George Bush. Under Richard Nixon, former Maryland governor Spiro Agnew was elected with scandals rattling in the closet. He became the first vice president to...

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. appeared to incorrectly outline the constitutional role of the job he's seeking in Thursday's debate. In attacking Vice President Dick Cheney, Mr. Biden said the vice president's only role is to support the president and to preside over the Senate "only in a time when in fact there's a tie vote. The Constitution is explicit." The Constitution, though, actually says the vice president is always president of the Senate and legal scholars say he has the right to preside at any time. Early vice presidents, such as Thomas Jefferson, actively exercised...

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With winds of change rivaling Hurricane Ike, John McCain's historic VP pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has blown away the left's mask of "inclusive tolerance," exposing an ugly and desperate countenance below. Flummoxed and frantic, their shameful attacks on Palin and her family have revealed that liberal Democrats, the mainstream media, and those malicious hacks in the "progressive" blogosphere are willing to navigate the deepest, darkest sludge of slash-and-burn politics to see their man, Barack Obama, elected President. The way the media have dispensed with the hold-harmless tradition of "hands-off the kids" and gone after the Palin children is...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin clearly and convincingly won last Thursday night's vice presidential forum with U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. How do we know? Because the next morning most of the liberal talking heads were dismissing the event and, indeed, the vice presidency itself as of no consequence. Had Gov. Palin been anything less than stellar, these same windbags would be, as they were before the event, emphasizing how absolutely vital is the veep's role and how crucial it was for Palin to excel. The fact that she did excel is extraordinary, given the extremely immense pressure that she...

By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret. First, Palin's attack shows that her energetic debate with rival Joe Biden may be just the beginning, not the end, of a sharpened role in the battle to win the presidency. .... more at link

Does anyone think Governor Sarah Palin is not a force in this year’s presidential race? Here’s something for folks to consider when looking at the political landscape and the polls. The usually ignored VP debate drew a historic audience - jumping into first place for any VP debate and into 2nd place for all Presidential debates: Update: Looking at the per network totals at Drudge I noticed PBS and C-SPAN may not be included in the tally, so this could be the all time record breaker! Updated: PBS ads another 3.5 million viewers, making this debate number one even over...

Governor Sarah Palin won the VP debate and proved she is ready to lead, taking on Congress and Wall Street, telling them "we are not going to take it anymore." Proving she is a real Main Street American that understands our everyday problems and showing she is ready to solve them. Palin brought a breath of fresh air to the stale Senate speak from Biden. Clear, direct and confident a real person a real leader connecting with every American. The liberal media whimpered in the corner after snickering at the prospect of a Gov. Palin debate win. They were mistaken...

The Hustler founder has made an X-rated movie using an adult-film actress who resembles the governor of Alaska. Flynt's team had posted an anonymous advert on the website Craigslist just days after Mrs Palin took the Republican convention by storm last month. The ad read: "Looking for a Sarah Palin look-alike for an adult film to be shot in the next 10 days." The actress would be paid $3,000 (£1,700) for the part. Flynt's spokesman confirmed to the New York Daily News that the film had been shot, but he would not yet reveal the title. Bloggers have already suggested...

In the weeks preceding yesterday’s vice presidential debate, one might have been forgiven for suspecting a vast right-wing conspiracy to lower expectations for Sarah Palin. A platitude-filled interview with Katie Couric, spoofed on “Saturday Night Live” and lamented by unnamed but oft-quoted “top advisers to John McCain,” seemed to underscore the impression that the attractive Alaska governor was all style and no substance – and certainly no match for a Senate heavyweight like Joe Biden. Palin did nothing to discourage such deflationary talk. For instance, she suggested that she was overmatched by the experienced Biden when she said that she’d...

The famed "Violence Against Women" Act, which Biden cited 1 million times was declared unconstitutional. Good work, Joe. Why did Biden claim someone was accusing him of not knowing what it's like to be a single mother and then start crying? No one said that. Did Biden really need to tell us that the assassination of a U.S. president would be a "national tragedy of historic proportions"? Does he get points for correctly identifying a national tragedy"? Our beauteous Sarah nailed Biden on their plan to raise taxes, nailed Biden on voting against the surge, nailed Biden on not taking...

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, the Mandarin of Talk Radio, with talent on loan from G-d, at the cutting-edge of societal evolution, with half his brain tied behind his back — just to make it fair,...

O n Thursday night in a Midwestern city, a gray-haired senator from the East Coast squared off against the folksy, rookie governor of a remote Western state. It was an occasion to give curious Americans a chance to get to know them better. In Joe Biden's case, this was a good thing. The longtime senator displayed a calm authority and breadth of knowledge that helped explain why he plays such a key role in the Senate, not to mention the Democratic caucus. And his brief moment of anguish as he recalled the tragedy that killed his wife and daughter and...

Well, as I suspected, my email box runneth over with agreement from — admittedly self-selecting — readers who caught Biden's relentless dishonesty last night. Alas, I don't think it matters. The conventional wisdom last week was that debates are meaningful only if they produce a soundbite that the press can replay over and over again. That didn't happen last night. Moreover, just from watching a few snippets on the tube this morning and a quick surf of the web, Biden's glib deceptions didn't much interest the press. Jake Tapper saw no reason to single out Biden. Bernard Goldberg (no relation)...

UPDATED: Thursday's debate between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden proved prognosticators correct and scored extremely high viewership. Last night's debate totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen That's 42% higher than Friday's presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, which scored a collective 31.6 rating among the broadcast and cable networks. It's also a stunning 60% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In fact, the figure surpasses any presidential debate since 1992's second bout between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush (which received a 46.3 rating).

She is Black, she's young, she loves America, and she hates Obama. SHE Deserves our applauses !!

Hi to all, I did a search but couldn't find another listing. The transcript is already up, as is the transcript from the first debate between Senators McCain and Obama. You can also find transcripts of previous debates going all the way back to Reagan/Carter in 1980. Enjoy!

DID YOU SEE IT ? From hair plugs to this. Now I know what those two beige streaks were on the side of his temples ! He used cosmetic tape to give himself an eye lift and it almost closed them shut. Both socialist/democrats suffering from severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I have a screen capture but no matter how I try it comes out as a red x

1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY. 2. AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it. 3. OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.” 4. TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated...

Quick Take: Palin's debate performance could shift spotlight 10:04 PM CDT on Thursday, October 2, 2008 Amid GOP fears she would bomb and take the ticket with her, Sarah Palin turned in a strong performance Thursday night. And that could return voters’ focus back to the candidates who really matter: Barack Obama and John McCain. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for the McCain team: the sagging economy, the Wall Street bailout and Ms. Palin’s gaffe-filled TV interviews. Some conservatives even questioned whether Mr McCain should have picked her. But her folksy manner and ability to navigate the debate...

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 WATCH THE NEW AD HONORING SARAH PALIN - HEREBREAKING NEWS -- A new television spot honoring vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been released by the Our Country Deserves Better committee (website: www.OurCountryDeservesBetter.com) .  The ad will run in targeted key states, ahead of and during a national tour supporting the McCain/Palin ticket and opposing the Obama/Biden ticket.  The tour takes place October 15th - 29th, and more details are available online - here.Those who support Gov. Palin are asked to make a donation so the campaign can purchase as much airtime as possible for this ad.  If enough contributions are...

A pal of mine in the MSM sent this to me. It's CBS News PR agitprop for the CBS Evening News. RE: "VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTIONS" TONIGHT ON THE "CBS EVENING NEWS" ATTN: LISTING EDITORS October 1, 2008 THE "CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC" BEGINS "VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTIONS" SERIES WITH JOE BIDEN AND SARAH PALIN Two-Part Series to be Broadcast Tonight and Tomorrow on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC "Vice Presidential Questions" debuts tonight (1) on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC and concludes tomorrow (2). Couric has interviewed Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin, asking...

Sarah Palin: danced around her rivals 'like Muhammad Ali' One of Sarah Palin's former political foes has delivered a warning to Joe Biden before tonight's first televised vice-presidential debate: underestimate her at your peril. The Alaskan state governor and moose-hunting "hockey mom" plucked from obscurity by the Republican nominee John McCain has been getting intensive coaching ahead of the debate from experts including the former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. Republican concerns grew after interviews in which Ms Palin, 44, has appeared lost for words and supporters feared that a poor performance could deal a lethal blow to the McCain...

Advice for tonight's vice presidential debate shows Biden, Palin differences08:47 AM CDT on Thursday, October 2, 2008By CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News choppe@dallasnews.com AUSTIN – Sarah Palin must know her facts. Joe Biden must know when to stop. In the most anticipated vice presidential debate in decades, both candidates have something to prove to voters, who are looking for competent answers and something as ethereal as a look or a tone – some kind of connection to their lives, experts believe. Because what survives in a debate are one-liners and impressions, and that is why the only meeting...

Feeling that expectations for Palin are too low, the Democrats are actually now praising Palin's debating skills while sandbagging on Biden's.  HuffPo launched the first salvo on the Dems' behalf and it's now the official Democrat spin.  Beth Fouhy of the AP exposes (H/T to Townhall.com) the Democratic pre-debate talking points: Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a prominent supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign, played up Palin's debate experience from her race for governor as she argued that Palin has sharper skills than she's being given credit for. The Democratic National Committee has e-mailed news stories to reporters describing...

As of 1:17 PM CDT, the website says today's guests are Sarah Palin and Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL). Although I missed the show yesterday, I believe that is incorrect. So, who knows? To talk with Sean during his show call: 800.941.7326

I LOVE Sarah Palin. LOVE HER. But her answer to the Russia/Alaska question was horrible—especially when she had already been asked it. The Couric interview as a whole was bad, but her other interviews have been overstated. They've been okay. Not great, but okay. She's in a very tough situation, but she has to realize she's on hostile ground. Here are a few questions that she might expect tonight—and possible answers. They're not all my views exactly, but they generally work with the campaign’s positions. The "see Russia from Alaska" question Well, I've butchered this question twice—I'm hoping the 3rd...

Just over one-third of voters (34%) say tonight’s vice presidential debate is Very Important to how they will vote, and over half (54%) view Joseph Biden as the more skilled debater, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Okay, folks. Let's keep an eye on this debate and see if Sarah can beat down hairplug.

There are plenty of interesting things going on already.

The founders messed up. We should do away with the office. Sarah Palin is the product of a design flaw -- the unintended consequence of the founders' decision to create the vice presidency. For two centuries, presidential nominees have used the office to balance the ticket by naming a running mate from a different region, or one who speaks with a different ideological accent to a specific constituency. This means that a president's death generates a double shock: The nation not only mourns a fallen leader, it must deal with a replacement who may push politics in a new direction.

WASILLA, Alaska -- The valley where Sarah Palin was raised is vast and tree-packed, and so quiet that once, when Palin's parents left a door open in their antler-festooned house, a moose poked its nose into their den. You can't blame the moose for being curious. The wood-plank loft home of Chuck and Sally Heath is known for its odd, bristling lawn art. A towering sculpture of bleached antlers sits by the driveway. Bright buoys and fishing lures dangle from silver birch trees. But this riot of objects is merely a warm-up for the interior: Fox pelts. Orca teeth. Bear...

Why is it that liberal misrepresentations are never fully addressed before they become established as received wisdom? Whatever the topic may be, the left is consistently allowed to set the terms on which the argument takes place. Opponents may then debate minor points, split hairs, and count angels, but nobody ever seems to get around to looking the basic premises over, even when they're transparently bogus. In the past few years we've seen "WMDs were the sole reason for invading Iraq", "CO2 is the major driver of climatic trends", and "Karl Rove is the Devil Incarnate", to consider only three....

WASHINGTON (AP) - When Joe Biden tells voters he understands the threat posed by Afghan extremists, he dramatically illustrates one reason why: His helicopter was "forced down" on "the superhighway of terror." Actually, snow, not the enemy, persuaded the helicopter pilot to land and wait out a storm. The Democratic vice presidential candidate has repeatedly left that part out, in an episode that Republicans hope will become an echo of Hillary Rodham Clinton's errant tale during the primaries of landing in Bosnia under sniper fire. Biden has made a number of questionable statements recently that, viewed in isolation, might not...

Vice-Presidential Debate Moderator Gwen Ifill questioned whether Sarah Palin could balance being Vice-President with being a Mom only a few days after Palin's selection as John McCain's running mate. Ifill asked her guest if Palin had been "fully vetted," as if there was no way she could have been since she was chosen. It is beyond belief that this person will moderate the debate, given her clear bias against Palin and her vested financial interest in seeing Barack Obama win the election since she has a pro-Obama book slated for release on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009. . . ....

I waited an hour for CBS to post the video. No luck. I’m uploading my own cut so stand by for that; when their version goes up, I’ll swap it in. In the meantime, here’s the transcript. Remember, the rap on Palin is that she’s supposedly a “Christianist” nut ready to impose theocracy at the first opportunity. Here we learn that she supports contraception; doesn’t want to punish abortion with jail time; supports teaching evolution as “an accepted principle” and may very well oppose teaching creationism (it’s ambiguous); and reaffirms that she doesn’t judge gays, partly because she’s had a...

Qualified by Fred Thompson When John McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin, as his running mate, the Democrats and their far-left constituency let out a primal scream that could be heard from sea to shining sea. How dare he choose someone that they and their pals in the media had not had a chance to vet (i.e. libel, slander, and otherwise and otherwise eviscerate). Ah, but it was not too late. These seekers of “a new kind of politics” poured torrents of malicious abuse upon her and her family. Plane loads of scandal mongers, lawyers and other truth seekers became more...

When John McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin, as his running mate, the Democrats and their far-left constituency let out a primal scream that could be heard from sea to shining sea. How dare he choose someone that they and their pals in the media had not had a chance to vet (i.e. libel, slander, and otherwise and otherwise eviscerate). Ah, but it was not too late. These seekers of “a new kind of politics” poured torrents of malicious abuse upon her and her family. Plane loads of scandal mongers, lawyers and other truth seekers became more numerous in Alaska than...

Election '08: One lackluster TV interview has the media questioning Sarah Palin's readiness for office. Yet her stellar record as Alaska's governor lies buried, like treasure. Maybe that deserves attention, too.We won't make predictions about how Palin will do in Thursday's debate against Sen. Joe Biden. It may be that she's been sequestered too much by the McCain campaign, detracting from the spontaneity that so delights voters. But there's also history, and Palin's has long been underestimated to the consternation of critics. Now it's happening again because too little weight is being given to her substantial record as governor. With...

HH: Governor Sarah Palin, welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show. Great to have you. SP: Hey, thank you so much. Nice to hear your voice. HH: Governor, your candidacy has ignited extreme hostility, even some hatred on the left and in some parts of the media. Are you surprised? And what do you attribute this reaction to? SP: Oh, I think they’re just not used to someone coming in from the outside saying you know what? It’s time that normal Joe six-pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency, and I think that that’s kind of taken...

Gwen Ifill, Thursday night's moderator, has a book coming out inauguration day titled The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama I can't believe that this can't get some traction anywhere. I've posted this several times here because we need to get the word out before the debate. I sent to Drudge...crickets. This is a tremendous conflict of interest and nobody seems to care. http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Politics-Race-Age-Obama/dp/038552501X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222813827&sr=8-1

The McCain-Palin campaign finally did something its supporters have been calling for for weeks now — they unleashed Sarah Palin. She did an interview with Hugh Hewitt this evening. (Check HughHewitt.com; Hugh will replay it twice on his program. I appeared after Palin and was the first to analyze the Palin's answers. Short version - her first couple answers were a bit of the "generic talking point Sarah" we saw from the Gibson and Couric interviews. But she warmed up quickly. She mentioned that she and Todd had lost $20,000 in the past few weeks in their 401(k)s. Can you...

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) will be speaking at his eldest son's deployment to Iraq as a member of the Delaware National Guard on Friday, according to MSNBC. Biden, who has no campaign events until his debate with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday, will speak at a deployment ceremony for the 261st Signal Brigade, which his son Beau is a part of, as part of his position as the longest-serving Delaware senator. "I have to admit to you, I wish he wasn't going," Biden told ET last week. "It does make it more personal... when you've...

NEW YORK (AP) -- As Sarah Palin gets set for this week's debate grilling on topics from foreign policy to the economy, some fellow working mothers are hoping she'll get grilled on something else, too: Her ability to stand up for them in Washington. Sure, Palin is a working mother herself, something that women voters across the political spectrum have noted with genuine excitement. But what, some women want to know, would Palin do for them as vice president? Would she stand for paid maternity leave? Expanded family leave and flexible work hours? Better health care? ''Where is she on...

Come with me back through the mists of time.......focus your eyes to see through the haze of the media fog machine.....there it is, The Lost Sarah Palin Interview.Your eyes will mist over as you fondly remember the bright, competent, confident governor who lit a fire in conservative hearts in their darkest hour oh so long ago. Well, it's only been a month but it seems ohhhh so longggg ago.....On Monday, I was in Alaska for an hour-long CNBC special on the oil business and had an exclusive interview with Governor Sarah Palin, selected Friday as Republican John McCain's Vice-Presidential running...

September 29, 2008 Categories: Veep In reintroduction, Palin to do more interviews and "tell her story" Tacitly acknowledging criticism that she's been diminished in part by an overly protective media shield, Sarah Palin will take a more forward-leaning approach and do additional interviews in the weeks ahead, a top aide said today. "She's seen the reviews and heard the criticism, but she's a fighter," said this aide. "And now she's in a fighting mood." Palin heads to McCain's cabin in Arizona today to prepare for her Thursday debate, and while she's there she'll do a round of conservative talk radio...

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