Sarah Palin, the User-Generated Candidate
The Republicans, perhaps the savviest marketers of them all, know how to tap into the resentment at smarty-pants, self-appointed urban authorities.
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Jason Linkins: Sarah Palin's Strange eBay Exaggeration [UPDATED]
One strange Sarah Palin falsehood, which she acclaimed as truth yesterday and the campaign reaffirmed tonight in video was that she successfully auctioned a private jet she deemed unnecessary for the State of Alaska to maintain on eBay.
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Say Buh-Bye To The Reality-Based Community: Karl Rove, Armstrong Williams And The Crazy-Making Politico Breakfast
Karl Rove told the story of how Cindy McCain visited Bangladesh with Mother Teresa and encountered two sick little girls and took them both home. It's a heartwarming story, no question -- but hearing it from Rove is just plain creepy.
McCain RNC Video 'Tribute' Links Iran to 9/11
No doubt, showing a 9/11 video at a political convention was emotional exploitation. But it was also something much worse: it was blatant historical revisionism.
Make an Effort
Make An Effort was a campaign to encourage Twin Cities residents to find their own unconventional ways to welcome the visitors who arrived for the RNC this past week.
Reading The Pictures: RNC Final Night Top 10
Who could resist Sarah in pearls and the paramilitary-looking outfit. (Can anyone ID the uniform?).
And, of course, the moose.
McCain's "Worst Speech" Panned by Pundits
John McCain's nomination speech was so flat, so disjointed, so utterly devoid of any vision or affirmative plan for the U.S. -- it's hard to say much about it, other than it sucked.
PalinDrones
Why would Wolf Blitzer and others call Palin's speech "a grand slam," when they know in their hearts that her remarks were little more than a pedestrian speech writer's angry and somewhat juvenile words?
JFK, Marilyn Monroe and, uh, Sarah Palin -- The French Recollection
Pesky foreigners like Forestier probably think Sarah Palin was manufactured in a lab -- or pulled out of a hat -- in order to pander to specific demographics.
Fox News Scoops 'Wash Post' On Bob Woodward's New Bush Book!
Fox News said today it had obtained an advance copy of Bob Woodward's new book on President Bush and quickly spilled some of the beans.
Strengthening the Message
The McCain campaign lost the press last night. The space is now open for a full-on Bush-McCain ad offensive. The press finally buys it.
Old Right-Wing Whine, New Bottle
Palin ran through the full list of Republican branding points about the Democratic Party, a list that read like a transcript from a 'best-of' Sean Hannity show.
Palin & GOP Attack Media: A Look at The Playbook
In the absence of a legitimate argument, and in the presence of half-truths and outright lies, McCain operatives are fiercely attacking news outlets that ask tough questions and dig up the truth.
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