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<p>Chicago radio station WGN-AM is again coming under attack from the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama for offering airtime to a controversial author. It is the second time in recent weeks the station has been the target of an "Obama Action Wire" alert to supporters of the Illinois Democrat.</p>

Was staring at this radar image from Weather.com: And got to thinking of Glen Campbell: Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin' I still see her dark eyes glowin' She was 21 when I left Galveston Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing While I watch the cannons flashing I clean my gun and dream of Galveston I still see her standing by the water Standing there lookin' out to sea And is she waiting there for me? On the beach where we used to run Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of...

The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of United States president George W. Bush, created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. 1) The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves, which was used to justify the invasion of Afghanistan. 2) Later it came to include additional elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a threat to the security...

Is it just my local cable tv company, or is the ABC sound not synchronized with the lip movements? If this is national, it's really unforgivable.

*** GENESIS *** #1) Elizabeth Berry, of the Democratic Party, used the "Lipstick on a Pig" template, on Saturday, August 30, 2008: Elizabeth Berry, Democratic Party, used "Lipstick on a Pig" Template, on Saturday, August 30, 2008http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079250/posts [According to her Democratic Party profile, Elizabeth Berry lives in Garland, Texas. Curiously, though, there is a Wikipedia entry, on an artist named William D. Berry, who was married to a "Liz", or "Elizabeth", and who lived in Fairbanks, Alaska.] #2) Bill Kristol, of The Weekly Standard, first noted that Sarah Palin refers to herself as a "Pitbull", with "Lipstick", on Tuesday, September...

<p>McCain aides whose judgment I trust are impressed by Sarah Palin. One was particularly amused by this exchange: A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she'd be under from the media, the viciousness of the assault that she'd be facing, etc.: Palin: "Thanks for the warning. By the way, do you know what they say the difference is between a hockey mom and a Pit Bull?" McCain aide: "No, Governor." Palin: "A hockey mom wears lipstick."</p>

*** GENESIS *** #1) Elizabeth Berry, of the Democratic Party, used the "Lipstick on a Pig" template, on Saturday, August 30, 2008: Elizabeth Berry, Democratic Party, used "Lipstick on a Pig" Template, on Saturday, August 30, 2008http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079250/posts [According to her Democratic Party profile, Elizabeth Berry lives in Garland, Texas. Curiously, though, there is a Wikipedia entry, on an artist named William D. Berry, who was married to a "Liz", or "Elizabeth", and who lived in Fairbanks, Alaska.] #2) Bill Kristol, of The Weekly Standard, first noted that Sarah Palin refers to herself as a "Pitbull", with "Lipstick", on Tuesday, September...

Elizabeth Berry's Blog: McCain's Selection of Palin is Lipstick on a Pig Elizabeth Berry aka Liz Aug 30th, 2008 at 8:28 am EDThttp://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/elizabethberry/Cgsq Palin does not change one single thing of what the Republicans are offering which is four more years of George Bush. All that McCain did was to put lipstick on the Pig (the Bush Administration whose failed strategies have wrecked our nation). Nothing has changed except for an exciting and sexy dash of lipstick to freshen up their tired old face of more of the same. The same people who do not like the Bush Administration for...

We know that NARAL was using the "Lipstick on a Pig" template as early as Thursday, September 4: "Lipstick on a pig" and other liberal misogyniesTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/09/lipstick_on_a_p.html We know that the "Lipstick on a Pig" template appeared at mybarackobama.com on Sunday, September 7: Lynn Ehrlicher's "Lipstick on a Pig" post, at mybarackobama.com, on Sunday, September 7thSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078854/posts We know that Bob Beckel used the "Lipstick on a Pig" template on Fox News on the morning of Monday, September 8, and that Julien Epstein used similar language, on CNN, in the same general timeframe: Bill Hemmer rips...

Lipstick on a Pig By Lynnie Gal Sep 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pm EDT It is appropriate that Palin refers to herself as a pitbull--an ugly, snarling, threatening animal. But we all know that the lipstick she talks about isn't on a pitbull. She is lipstick on a pig, the pig being the Republican party in general, John McBush in particular. We've all heard the joke that Washington is Hollywood for ugly people. I get that. But we need to push back on the cynicism that McSame is pushing, knowing that signing on a sexy grandma will get white men...

YOUTUBE VIDEO: Obama Smears McCain-Palin As Lipstick On A Pig Let let let's just list this for a second. John McCain says he's about change too. Exce- and and so I guess his whole angle is - watch out, George Bush - except for economic policy, healthcare policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy, and Karl-Rove-style politics, we're really gonna shake things up in Washington. That's not change. That's that's just callin' sumpin' the same thing somethin' different. But you know, you can't, you know, you you can put, ah, lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. Tom Toles,...

Using user-profile data from visitors to the two candidates' web sites, Business Week had an interesting little feature in its latest issue contrasting Obamanians and McCainiacs. Here are some of the categories: • Among news sites, Obama visitors tended to flock to The Washington Post. McCain visitors popped over to USA Today. • Obama folks like the PBS site. McCain folks frequent the Food Network. • Among online dating sites, the Obama folks preferred Match.com while the McCain folks hit eHarmony. • Obama folks shop at Ikea. McCain folks like Bed, Bath & Beyond. • Among baseball teams, Obama visitors...

DAY 1: 10,175+ views DAY 2: 78,241+ views DAY 3: 126,360+ views

U. of C. shunning poor patients? HOSPITAL DISPUTE | Obama's wife, 3 aides tied to plan to free up space BY TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters August 23, 2008http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1122691,CST-NWS-hosp23.article Sen. Barack Obama's wife and three close advisers have been involved with a program at the University of Chicago Medical Center that steers patients who don't have private insurance -- primarily poor, black people -- to other health care facilities... Obama's top political strategist, David Axelrod, co-owns the firm, ASK Public Strategies, that was hired by the hospital last year to sell the program -- called the Urban Health...

...Dowd may have unwittingly summed up her conundrum in a July piece, in which she remarked to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, "It seems a President Obama would be harder to make fun of than these guys." (For the record, Stewart scoffed at her notion, asking, "Are you kidding me?") Sorry, but Dowd's references to Obama as Beanpole Guy, Barry and No-Drama Obama seem to be forced attempts at humor... For her part, Dowd can occasionally appear to cross the line from sarcasm to meanness. She recently wrote about McCain: "John looks in the mirror and sees his face marred...

Tatan Syuflana, of the Associated Press, took this photograph, showing that "Obama" attended school in Indonesia, as Barry Soetoro, with religion listed as "Islam": But "Obama" told the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois that he had never had another name:

I have been reading for some time about Barack Hussein Obama's birth certificate controversy. At first I dismissed it because I thought there was no way the Democratic Party would allow someone who is not qualified to run for the office of President. I now understand that at least half of the state attorney generals in the country will challenge Obama’s residency before certifying his nomination. Lawsuits will be filed to clarify Obama’s birth in the United States. Until today I simply believed that Obama was born in Hawaii. After doing some research I found it is not so clear...

Originally Pamela Geller had the action in this story: ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: FINAL REPORT ON OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE FORGERY CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN Sunday, July 20, 2008 http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html But since then, the momentum has shifted to TexasDarlin, over at Wordpress: *Breaking* Sister Maya’s Name Uncovered on Alleged Obama Birth Certificate [Update] August 5, 2008 http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/breaking-sister-mayas-birth-certificate-used-to-forge-obamas/   *BREAKING* Barry Soetoro’s Birth Certificate in Republican Hands [UPDATE] August 10, 2008 http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/breaking-barry-soetoros-birth-certificate-in-republican-hands/   Obama’s Dual Citizenship Disaster: an Overview August 10, 2008 http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/obamas-dual-citizenship-disaster-an-overview/ Unfortunately, I think that TexasDarlin may have been getting threats from the Obamanation kooks [possibly to include death threats], so...

Hillary and her campaign continue to try to hold Obama and his campaign to a higher set of standards than they're willing to adhere to. Apparently Hillary and her people can mock and deride Obama all they want to. And what about Hillary's Machiavelian [sic] response to "60-Minutes" Steve Croft's question to her about whether or not she believed Obama was a Muslim? She knows very well he is a Christian. So she could have clearly and finally put an end to the untrue rumor with an unequivocol "No, there's no truth to that rumor". But she purposely chose...