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Barack Obama may intend to meet with Iran without preconditions (yes, he did say it, no matter how often he tries to deny it now), but Iran isn’t granting Obama the same courtesy: Iran’s Vice President Sets Two Preconditions for Talks with US. They’re very simple conditions, really. Just remove ...
John Hawkins has compiled a massive list of quotes by and about Barack Obama, from The One himself, wife Michelle, Joe Biden, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, and even Hillary Clinton: Barack Obama In Quotes Version 3.0.
Last weekend the Bush administration quietly abandoned plans to send diplomats to Iran. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press ...
LGF operative Ringo the Gringo was at Sarah Palin’s appearance at the Home Depot tennis center in Carson, California, and so were a few hundred screeching SoCal moonbats: Sarah Palin Visits Southern California on October 4, 2008.
Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Southern California, Moonbats, Progressives, furries, Photos, Politics
A great piece by Michael Malone at PJ Media: The End Of An Era. Living out here in Silicon Valley, the heartland of American innovation, it’s hard not to be appalled by the events taking place 3,000 miles away in the seats of American finance and government - and ...
The House of Representatives is voting for the cosmetically revised financial bailout bill right now, with about 14 minutes remaining... UPDATE at 10/3/08 10:22:58 am: There it goes — the bill has passed.
The Senate has passed the bailout bill (I refuse to call it a “rescue”). Now it goes back to the House.
The person who posted this video at YouTube is apparently proud of it, and has no idea how completely creepy it is. [Video]
If you got some strange results trying to load LGF a few minutes ago, don’t panic. We’re just tweaking some server settings, and we all know how painful that can be. Meanwhile, here’s an interesting podcast from Shire Network News, featuring Dr. Rusty: Podcast explains Astroturfing For Fun and Profit. ...
Election 2008, Politics, astroturf, Dirty Tricks, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
Caroline Glick, on Sarah Palin being disinvited from the Iran demonstration: Our World: Your abortions or your lives! They should be ashamed. The Democratic Party should be ashamed. And Jewish American voters should consider carefully whether opposing a woman who opposes the abortion of fetuses is really more important ...
This is a list of 15 smart people Wired Magazine thinks the next president should consult for advice on science/technology issues: The 2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To. I don’t see Michael Moore in the list, so it may be worth a read.
This election is bringing back bad memories for Michael Dukakis. Former Gov. Michael Dukakis said Monday that John McCain’s presidential campaign is using the same race-based tactics that were used against him in his 1988 presidential run. ... Asked if he considered the ad to be in the same ...
Election 2008, Politics, Barack Obama, michael dukakis, willie horton
Now someone at Daily Kos is going through the site and deleting diaries that advocate “astroturfing.”
Election 2008, Politics, astroturf, Dirty Tricks, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
Hitchens nails it, in a piece on Barack Obama’s failure to surge ahead of John McCain even as McCain seems to flounder: Why is Obama so vapid, hesitant, and gutless? (Title of the day.) Here’s a swift test. Be honest. What sentence can you quote from his convention speech ...
The Jawa Report seems to have gotten someone’s attention. UPDATE: Within an hour of this post going up, YouTube videos implicating Ethan Winner were yanked, sockpuppet accounts deleted, and more importantly, the Wikipedia entry on David Axelrod began to edit out mentions of his well known astroturfing campaigns. Hmmm, ...
Election 2008, Politics, astroturf, Dirty Tricks, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
Governor Sarah Palin was scheduled to speak today at a protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but was disinvited after political maneuvering by Hillary Clinton and the Obama campaign; the New York Sun has published the speech she would have given: Palin on Ahmadinejad: ‘He Must Be Stopped’.
Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics
In a monumental post, Rusty Shackleford traces one of the sources of the smears against Sarah Palin and finds some not-too-surprising connections: The Jawa Report: Hope, Change, & Lies: Orchestrated ‘Grassroots’ Smear Campaigns & the People that Run Them. Our research suggests that a subdivision of one of the ...
Election 2008, Politics, astroturf, Dirty Tricks, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
Psst. Keep your eye on Jawa Report tonight. Rusty’s breaking a story that might be big. Ace is dropping hints.
Election 2008, Politics, astroturf, Dirty Tricks, Barack Obama
By picking Sarah Palin, it looks like John McCain has lost the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen: The Ugly New McCain. What impressed me most about McCain was the effect he had on his audiences, particularly young people. When he talked about service to a cause greater than oneself, he ...
Election 2008, John McCain, Media Bias, Washington Post, Politics
When pop stars go rancid: [Video]
Here we go again at Daily Kos, with another disgusting, transparently false smear against Sarah Palin: Daily Kos: ‘So Sambo Beat The Bitch’ - Sarah Palin... Progressives! Is there any depth to which they will not dive? Here’s the article they’re linking to, at “LA Progressive:” Alaskans Speak (In A ...
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LGF, Election 2008, John McCain, Advertisement, Politics, Iran
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LGF, Election 2008, John McCain, Advertisement, Politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of conservatives now think religion should be kept out of politics. Some Americans are having a change of heart about mixing religion and politics. A new survey finds a narrow majority of the public saying that churches ...