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发帖数: 315 | 1 Sarah Palin is not such a small-town girl after all
By James Bennett
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 09/09/2008
Have your say Read comments
It is clear that few in America, let alone Britain, have any idea what to
make of Sarah Palin. The Republicans' vice-presidential candidate confounds
the commentators because they don't understand the forces that shaped her in
the remote state of Alaska.
Senator John McCain and Republican vice-presidential nominee Alaska Governor
Sarah Palin
John McCain |
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发帖数: 462 | 2 Palin Defends 'Bridge to Nowhere' Claims
By Michael D. Shear
LEBANON, Ohio -- Facing increasing criticism of her claim about opposing the
"Bridge to Nowhere," Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin refused to back down,
repeating for a soggy but boisterous crowd of several thousand her claim to
have stopped the project.
"I told Congress thanks but no thanks for that bridge to nowhere up in
Alaska," Palin said at the "McCain Street USA" rally here. "If we wanted a
bridge we'll build it ourselves."
That claim -- |
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发帖数: 462 | 3 Updated: 42 minutes ago
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Palin 'Truth Squad' includes Wisconsin official
Associated Press
3:20 PM CDT, September 9, 2008
MADISON, Wis. - Former Lt. Gov. Margaret Farrow is a member of a new group
formed by Republican presidential candidate John McCain to counter attacks
on his running mate.
McCain's campaign says it created the 55-member so-called "Palin Truth Squad
" to deal with attacks against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
McCain a |
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发帖数: 108 | 4 Biden生气了，呵呵
Biden taps Granholm as Palin stand-in for debate
By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN – 2 hours ago
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden has tapped Michigan Gov. Jennifer
Granholm to be the stand-in for Sarah Palin as he prepares for next month's
vice presidential debate.
Biden predicted that Palin would try to make their debate personal and said
he wouldn't respond in kind if she attacked him.
"She's going to try to make it as personal as she can. She's going to take a
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发帖数: 29576 | 5 For Working Moms, 'Flawed' Palin Is the Perfect Choice
By Marc Fisher
Thursday, September 11, 2008; B01
E ight working mothers from the Virginia Run development in Centreville went
together to the Palin-McCain rally yesterday because Sarah Palin is "just
like us." This is something new. Nobody ever accused Franklin Roosevelt or
Ronald Reagan of being just like us.
"She justifies what we do every day," said Beth Tweddle, who works in sales
and carried a sign she drew herself, saying "We [heart] P |
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发帖数: 195 | 6 同学们，这是CNN的消息，偶在想伊们是不是把实际数目cut了一半呢？
CANTON, Ohio (CNN) – In her first fundraising effort on behalf of the
McCain campaign, Sarah Palin raised just under $1 million, according to the
host of the event.
Because McCain has accepted public financing for his campaign, the money
raised will go towards the McCain-Palin Ohio Victory fund, which is
comprised of the Ohio state GOP, the Republican National Committee, and the
McCain-Palin Compliance Fund, which solicits private donations to help the
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发帖数: 16 | 7 能源、政府改革以及帮助有特殊需要儿童的家庭，这个定位很明确，既突出了自己的身
份和专才，又不显张扬。
有意思的是这个AP的记者，在Palin的每段话下都要来一段按语，好像是教主的助选员
。开口闭口in fact，还真以为自己是真理的化身了？
Palin spells out her role in McCain administration
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
Mon Sep 15, 8:24 PM ET
GOLDEN, Colo. - Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she
would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with
special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and
drew cheers when she said, "too often governmen |
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发帖数: 45 | 8 link: http://www.nypost.com/seven/09242008/news/politics/dad_at_play_on_sarahs_big_day_130473.htm
DAD AT PLAY ON SARAH'S BIG DAY
By CARL CAMPANILE and KELLY MAGEE
WHEEE! ONE: Doting daddy and Alaskan "First Dude" Todd Palin lovingly
cradles baby Trig, who has Down syndrome, on The Carousel in Central Park
yesterday.
WHEEE! ONE: Doting daddy and Alaskan "First Dude" Todd Palin lovingly
cradles baby Trig, who has Down syndrome, on The Carousel in Central Park
yesterday.
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarah Palin |
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发帖数: 161 | 9 Palin stops the bleeding, just
Oct 3rd 2008 | AUSTIN
From Economist.com
Sarah Palin delivers an adequate performance against Joe Biden in the vice-
presidential debate
AP
UNDER normal circumstances a vice-presidential debate is a snooze. Voters
care about the top of the ticket. Unless the running-mate goes berserk, all
will be well. But the conventional wisdom goes out the window when one of
the candidates is a culture warrior in collapse. The past few weeks have
been hard on Sarah Palin, the ru |
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发帖数: 110 | 10 ARLINGTON, VA -- McCain-Palin 2008 today announced that more than 100 former
U.S. ambassadors are endorsing Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin
for president and vice president.
Prominent former U.S. ambassadors endorsing the McCain-Palin ticket include
former Ambassador to Japan, Senate Majority Leader and White House Chief of
Staff Howard Baker; President George H. W. Bush, former Ambassador to the
United Nations; former Ambassador to Yugoslavia and former Secretary of
State Lawrence |
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发帖数: 3339 | 11 美国看来真的要“黑色大革命”了！穿个"McCain-Palin"T-shirt就是racist！！唉！！
Ashleigh Jones, 12, says her classmates called her racist after she wore a "
McCain-Palin" T-shirt to school.
Friday, October 17, 2008
A Florida 7th grader got a taste of hardball politics after she was called a
racist by her classmates for wearing a "McCain-Palin" t-shirt to school.
MyFoxOrlando reports that 12-year-old Ashleigh Jones got the shirt from the
local GOP headquarters where she was volunteering, and plans to continue
wearing it.
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发帖数: 6 | 12 Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC
affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a
third grader at a local elementary school about what the Vice President does
, Palin erroneously argued that the Vice President is “in charge of the
United States Senate“:
Q: Brandon Garcia wants to know, “What does the Vice President do?”
PALIN: That’s something that Piper would ask me! … [T]hey’re in charge of
the U.S. Senate so if they want to the |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 Remember that 2008 ad where Hillary Clinton accused Obama of being
unqualified for office, hammering him with a 3am red phone call ad? See here:
Turns out, she was right! 2 1/2 years later, Sarah Palin hammers Obama
hearkening back to that same ad: Palin: Obama’s ‘3AM Call’ On Egypt Went
Right to Answering Machine
http://www.breitbart.tv/palin-obamas-3am-call-on-egypt-went-rig |
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发帖数: 4174 | 15 Sun Nov 21, 10:00 am ET
Barbara Bush to Sarah Palin: Stay in Alaska
By Holly Bailey
It looks like Barbara Bush isn't a huge fan of Sarah Palin. In an interview
set to air Monday, the former First Lady tells CNN's Larry King that she
thinks Palin should stay in Alaska.
"I sat next to her once. Thought she was beautiful," Bush said. "And she's
very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there." |
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发帖数: 8758 | 16 【 以下文字转载自 Joke 讨论区 】
发信人: sunnyday (艳阳天), 信区: Joke
标 题: Palin: 不该在研究果蝇这种没用的项目上花钱 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 25 16:44:19 2008)
发信人: yuuli (听，...听), 信区: Biology
标 题: Palin: 不该在研究果蝇这种没用的项目上花钱
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 25 00:19:10 2008), 转信
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/
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发帖数: 1728 | 18 Interviewer: How would you handle a situation like the one that just
developed in North Korea?
Palin: Well, North Korea, this is stemming from a greater problem, when we'
re all sitting around asking, 'Oh no, what are we going to do,' and we're
not having a lot of faith that the White House is going to come out with a
strong enough policy to sanction what it is that North Korea is going to do.
So this speaks to a bigger picture that certainly scares me in terms of our
national security policy. B... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 20 其实我一直以来好奇,Sarah Palin那样的女性,我主要指容貌和个性,不指政治上的,在
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发帖数: 2415 | 21 And why it is an unconventional and great pick by McCain.
1.Palin was the point guard and captain for the Wasilla High School Warriors
, in Wasilla, Alaska, when they won the Alaska small-school basketball
championship in 1982; she earned the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" because of
her intense play.[3] [4] She played the championship game despite a stress
fracture in her ankle, hitting a critical free throw in the last seconds.[3]
Palin, who was also the head of the school Fellowship of Christian |
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发帖数: 791 | 22 sigh, Romney is really a nice person.
Former Republican presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney:
“Governor Palin’s story is one that all Americans will find inspiring. She
’s a Washington outsider with a commitment to the conservative principles
that will make our nation stronger. I look forward to campaigning for
Senator McCain, Governor Palin and Republicans all across the country.” |
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发帖数: 462 | 23 采访是星期一做的，cnbc的著名女记者maria bartrimoro采访了palin,主要是关于阿拉
斯加石油开采的。这位女州长坚拥护在阿拉斯加大规模开采石油，说阿拉斯加有那末多
韦什莫要向外国买。她还说利润会用于新能源研究，开采不会影响环境等等。
maria后来谈对她的印象是，a regular person, 还说了好几遍。我看采访也有这种感
觉，palin身上没有政客气，没有那种政客作秀的感觉，就像是一个很普通的
professional woman. 这个对于拉拢女性选民是好事，因为在她身上会找到自己的影子
，没有希拉里那种bigger than person的感觉。但是也可能是对某些喜欢搞个人崇拜的
选民是个minus.
另外一个比较担心的就是她可能对于应付那些华盛顿老狐狸们缺乏经验，被他们钻了空
子或者引诱犯些错误什莫得。这个只能拭目以待了。 |
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发帖数: 462 | 25 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/216cd1d2-77bd-11dd-be24-0000779fd18c.html
McCain's gamble on Palin is shrewd
By Clive Crook
Published: September 1 2008 03:00 | Last updated: September 1 2008 03:00
So John McCain is no longer a maverick. Here is one Democratic talking point
that will need some work, and it is by no means the only one. In naming
Sarah Palin - the young and only recently elected governor of Alaska, a
small-town mayor before that - as his Republican running mate in the US
presidential rac |
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发帖数: 7 | 26 Sarah Palin Runs A State. Barack Obama Runs His Mouth.
Maverick and Barracuda Take On The Status Quo
I cannot tell you how excited I am about the Palin pick. McCainlived up to
his maverick reputation and did well.
It is time to pony up to thecampaign. Sure, we're still going to have to put
up with someof McCain's McCainisms. Let's just get used to it. But, he's
provenhe listens to us. Today he puts us on the trajectory towardvictory.
Now let's deal with some of Obama's charges. Mr. Hope andChang |
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发帖数: 315 | 27 真是脑残.
Congrats to the Palin Family on their Expected 1st Grandchild!
September 1, 2008 by Angel
By an Obama Who? contributor;
Congratulations to the Palin family on the announcement of their first
grandchild! Whooooo Yooooooooooo babies in the White House! Exciting news
for themJ
It is amazing that this young girl is the SAME age as OBAMA’S mother was
when she was pregnant with him. Yet on the internet you would think Sarah’s
daughter committed the cardinal sin of sins. Well if she did then |
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发帖数: 2415 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 WorldNews 讨论区 】
发信人: wonland (why not), 信区: WorldNews
标 题: Re: PALIN的谣言造成稀饭的信仰真空
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Sep 2 11:46:30 2008)
If all these smears are all you Obamabots can come up with, then I would say
Governor Palin is a great VP candidate.
1. Lack of experience. What the heck is community organizer? And does Obama has any executive experience? All Obama can do is READ, READ and READ.
2. Abuse of power. First of all, whether it is a political retaliation or not from former opponents is |
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发帖数: 462 | 29 THE EDGE: Advice for Sarah Palin
55 minutes ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Sarah Palin vaulted seemingly out of nowhere onto the
Republican ticket. The Alaska governor's got stage presence and good politi
cal instincts. But her candidacy already has hit some bumps and there are su
rely more to come. Four AP reporters offer John McCain's running mate advice
on faith, armor, speeches and more.
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BELIEFS MATTER
Dear Sarah:
Tell us what you believe.
By all accounts, faith is an important part of your li |
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发帖数: 115 | 30 1. Sarah Palin is a gift to the Republican base, who has been energized by
her presence, which could bring them out in droves. She's already inspired $
10 million in fundraising, something McCain has never seen before.
Palin’s selection – and the overall sharpening of McCain’s campaign in
recent weeks – clearly is firing up the GOP rank-and-file. While the 73% of
Democrats who say they are voting for their candidate with enthusiasm was
reflected in the record turnout for the primaries in the spr |
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发帖数: 44 | 31 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cvn_palin
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sarah Palin delivered.
An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage,
the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska
governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance.
Wielding a stiletto and a smile, Palin belittled Democrat Barack Obama and
praised her new boss, John McCain, jolting the crowd of GOP partisans.
"Don't you think we made the right choice for the next vice |
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发帖数: 266 | 32 PALIN的出场让戏更加好看了
昨晚佩林的演讲比较成功.以普通老百姓的口吻来谈政治,
非常具有亲和力和说服力.和OBAMA, BIDEN甚至
BILL/HILLARY相比,个人感觉,她在激发起普通美国人,
尤其是摇摆州的蓝领, (比如她刻意提到的密,俄,佛州)会
具有很大的影响力. 这一点上HILLARY好象几十年的修为
似乎还没有这个普通背景的女人更有感染力.
现在美国政客最常用的句型,比如提到某个具体普通个人,
说他们全家是如何受苦,又如何具有美国精神的坚韧,而且
最重要的是如何跟随自己的领导. 这种句型从民主党的KERRY
书生型,或者BIDEN老政客型嘴里说出来, 整个就一个假惺惺的感觉.
利百曼这个民主党的叛徒和佩林, 说起同样的话来让人感觉
更真诚些.
很有意思, 共和党虽然实际对有钱人更有利,但是推出的里根,
小BUSH, 还有PALIN,都是对中下层更有感染力的形象.OBAMA
虽然是民间社区领袖出身,好象阿扁,演讲虽然也煽动力强,但是更
依靠花骚和口号的鼓动, 缺乏实在的说服力.民主党不知道怎么就
喜欢找些看起来就是人精的类型.
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发帖数: 462 | 33 I think the author is a democrat, but very good analysis
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/thoughts_on_sarah_palin.php
Thoughts on Sarah Palin
04 Sep 2008 09:34 am
They're a little scattered, since I spent the speech lying in bed and
wheezing. So, bullet points.
* This woman is an Obama-level political natural. She is a ferociously
good speaker, and almost preternaturally composed.
* Sarah Palin is what the McCain camp has badly needed: an attack dog
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发帖数: 462 | 34 foxnews.com
Sarah Palin electrified the Republican convention Wednesday, all the while
reading off a faulty teleprompter and an outdated draft, John McCain
officials told FOX News on Thursday.
The Alaska governor overcame several glitches and technical problems to
deliver her speech without getting flustered, impressing McCain and his
staff and allowing them to breathe a sigh of relief.
Foremost of the obstacles, Palin抯 teleprompter was not working properly.
When she took the podium, the machine |
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发帖数: 44 | 36 http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080906/pl_politico/13198
Crowds turn out for Palin, McCain
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.—John McCain may have swapped one enthusiasm gap for
another.
As he touched down in suburbs outside of Milwaukee and Detroit, the just
crowned Republican nominee found himself first on the newly-fashioned signs
proclaiming the unlikely GOP ticket but seemingly second in the hearts of
the thousands who thronged rallies to catch their first glimpse in person of
Sarah Palin.
McCain d |
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发帖数: 50 | 37 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/28011
Head of Alaskan National Guard
Jennifer Rubin - 09.06.2008 - 12:14 AM
I confess I thought the “head of the National Guard” argument was a weak
one in defense of Sarah Palin. But this is actually a fairly illuminating
interview which explains what she did and how she did it. You actually
learn something about Palin and how she operates.
This is one of those instances where the talking point sounds goofy on the
surface, but actually h |
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发帖数: 462 | 38 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/07/uselections2008.sarahpalin
Specs appeal sweeps Palin nation
Critics remain sceptical about whether she possesses the vision thing. But
plenty of fashion-conscious voters who look into Sarah Palin's eyes like
what they see - her glasses.
Opticians in America have reported a surge in demand for the rimless
rectangular specs worn by John McCain's running mate during her convention
speech. Retailers are racing to stock the $375 designer frames as 'hockey
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发帖数: 161 | 39 Record Contradicts Palin's 'Bridge' Claims
By ELIZABETH HOLMES and LAURA MECKLER
September 9, 2008
The Bridge to Nowhere argument isn't going much of anywhere.
Despite significant evidence to the contrary, the McCain campaign continues
to assert that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told the federal government "thanks
but no thanks" to the now-famous bridge to an island in her home state.
The McCain campaign released a television advertisement Monday morning
titled "Original Mavericks." The narrator of t |
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发帖数: 6327 | 40 华尔街日报：有人怀疑Palin的VP资格，因为她的州人口少，预算“只”有120亿。根据
一项研究，考虑到各类因子（制订预算等等），阿拉斯加州政府权力和四个州并列第二
。92年克林顿当选总统时，阿肯色州预算只有20亿。
Running Alaska
September 10, 2008; Page A14
One rap on Sarah Palin's qualifications to be Vice President is that she
governs one of our least populated states, with a budget of "only" $12
billion and 16,000 full-time state employees. On the other hand, it turns
out that the Governor's office in Alaska is one of the country's most
powerful.
For more than two decades Thad Beyle, a political |
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发帖数: 6327 | 41 FAIRBANKS, Alaska (Reuters) - Republican vice presidential running mate
Sarah Palin returned home to Alaska on Wednesday to a hero's welcome as a
new U.S. political star and promised her compatriots she would make the
state proud.
The Alaska governor was greeted by cheers and even squeals of excitement at
her first solo rally as Republican John McCain's running mate, less than two
weeks after she burst onto the national stage.
"It's been an amazing couple of weeks," Palin told about 2,000 suppor |
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发帖数: 2249 | 42 A former Hillary Clinton loyalist says Barack Obama should focus more on
Sarah Palin’s readiness to lead, and that she still needs to be “tested”
on that ability.
“I would deal with this differently, and not because (Palin) is a woman,”
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California told FOX News.
Noting John McCain’s “four bouts of a notoriously invasive cancer,” she
questioned whether the first-term Alaska governor and Republican vice
presidential nominee could handle the pressure of the White |
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发帖数: 462 | 43 ABC's Gibson grilled Palin hard, but it may backfire
By MARTIN SIEFF
Published: Sept. 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Order reprints | Print Story | Email to a Friend | Post a Comment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- There were no surprises, no knockout zingers,
but also no bloopers Thursday night in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's first TV
interview since becoming the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Charles Gibson of ABC News was out for blood and inherently applied a double
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发帖数: 29576 | 44 Your Dreams (and Nightmares) About Sarah Palin
She hands you a $20 bill. She marries you. She tells you to kill all the
animals in the zoo. She's your barista.
By Abby Callard and David Plotz
Posted Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at 10:53 AM ET
This week, we asked Slate readers to e-mail us with their Sarah Palin dreams
. So far, you've sent us nearly 500 of them. Many of you were appalled that
Slate would undertake such a frivolous (according to liberals) or insulting
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发帖数: 3339 | 45 人与人的待遇就是不一样啊。看看教主和教主夫人的当时上这个节目的时候，那可是前
呼后应啊！
McCain Gets Grilled on ‘The View’ Over Palin
by FOXNews.com
Friday, September 12, 2008
If John McCain was hoping to cruise through his fifth appearance on “The
View,” he was in for a surprise Friday.
Within seconds of walking on the set, the Republican presidential nominee
was grilled by the co-hosts of the ABC morning show over his choice of Sarah
Palin as running mate and his claims that together they will reform
Washington.
“I don’t see the old Joh |
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发帖数: 50 | 46 http://www.adn.com/front/story/343508.html
Stevens, Palin swap shots over earmarks
By SEAN COCKERHAM
s********[email protected]
Published: March 12th, 2008 10:18 PM
Last Modified: March 12th, 2008 10:21 PM
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is aggravated about what he sees as Gov. Sarah Palin
's antagonism toward the earmarks he uses to steer federal money to the
state."The fact the state has seen fit to raise the issue of earmarks and
the way they handled the bridge money has led to a lot of controversy back
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发帖数: 462 | 47 Obama's Strategy for Campaigning Against McCain-Palin, the POW and the Mom
Obama must penetrate motherhood-and-military armor the Republicans have
devised
By Liz Halloran
Posted September 12, 2008
"Kids for the Hero and the Mom"
That hand-lettered sign, held aloft by a little boy at a rally this week in
Virginia for GOP nominee John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin,
neatly summed up the dilemma Barack Obama faces going into the final stretch
of the presidential campaign.
With the emergen |
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发帖数: 2249 | 48 Here are the headline and the first two paragraphs from an article posted
online that apparently will be on the front page of Friday's Washington Post
"Palin Links Iraq to 9/11, A View Discarded by Bush" By Anne E. Kornblut &#
8232;Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 12, 2008; A01
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq
with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of
soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the i |
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发帖数: 195 | 49 Sarah Palin, in her second media interview since becoming John McCain’s
running mate, told FOX News Wednesday that the economy is a “mess” and
defended the Republican presidential nominee against charges that he
believes the markets are merely experiencing a hiccup.
Palin told FOX News’ Sean Hannity that it was “unfair” for Barack Obama
to criticize McCain earlier in the week for saying “the fundamentals of our
economy are strong.” She said McCain was clearly talking about the
workforce.
“It was |
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发帖数: 195 | 50 by FOXNews.com
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Bill Clinton said in an interview Thursday that “it would be a mistake to
underestimate” Sarah Palin, adding that he’s not surprised by the bounce
John McCain saw in the polls after naming the Alaska governor as his running
mate.
“She is an instinctively effective candidate with a compelling story,”
Clinton told CNBC. “And I think it was exciting to some that she was a
woman, that she is from Alaska.”
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