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  • Jindal says "No" to Vice Presidency rumors

    07/22/2008 11:11:24 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 11 replies · 166+ views
    KSLA News 12 Shreveport, LA ^ | 2008-07-23 | Ben Wolf
    SPRINGHILL, LA (KSLA) - Governor Jindal will welcome republican presidential candidate senator John McCain to the Bayou State on Wednesday -- a state that political analysts expect McCain to carry without a problem. So the question of where governor Jindal ranks on McCain's list of vice presidential nominees is on the mind of many in Louisiana. The governor answered with a confident no about the possibility of accepting the nomination for the vice presidency. "I'm not going to be VP. I've already got the job that I want. I want to be Governor. I told the people when I was...
  • A McCain donor turns into an embarrassment [taking money from criminals alert]

    07/22/2008 11:13:38 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 13 replies · 195+ views
    The Los Angeles Times - Top of the Ticket ^ | 2008-07-22 | Stuart Silverstein
    There’s an old saying that the only thing wrong with tainted money is that there “taint” enough of it. That might work for universities and other institutions that grace their halls with the names of robber barons, but it’s trouble for political campaigns. The McCain camp recognized that fact of life anew this week. The Washington Post reports that the campaign was stung by its ties to Oregon venture capitalist and political donor Craig Berkman, who was sued by former investors in a fraud case and ordered to pay $28 million in civil damages. Berkman and his wife, the Post...
  • The two McCains: An affair to remember [barf alert/the MSM wants maverick Johnny back]

    07/22/2008 11:16:10 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 21 replies · 162+ views
    At a reception for an emerging artist, a tipsy friend approached me to continue a private chat we had long ago. "So, you still want John McCain for president?" he said, in the neighborhood of 30,000 decibels above a whisper. Jaws dropped. Conversations stopped. I felt every cultural elitist eyeball in the gallery was on me. Awkward!