Republican National Convention
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LTJG George Bush in World War II
www.history.navy.mil via @WorldHistory101 &bull YesterdayForty-one years ago, a 20-year-old Naval Aviator named George Bush embarked on a mission which he would later describe as one of the most dramatic moments of his life -- an experience which gave him a "sobering understanding of war and peace." There's no question that it broadened my horizons," Vice President Bush said recently. It was September 2, 1944. Just two years earlier, on June 12, 1942, Bush had graduated from high school and joined the Navy as a seaman, second class. But, in less than a year, he completed flight training at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, was commissioned… Full Story »
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Emails Reveal McCain Campaign Mislead The Public About Palin's $150K Plus Shopping Spree
Think Progress &bull Sep 1, 2010One of the more interesting moments of the 2008 presidential campaign came when Politico revealed that the Republican National Committee had spent over $150,000 on clothes and accessories from luxury stores for Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family. The high-end… Full Story »
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Sarah Palin's Increasingly Secretive Life: Extravagant Spending, A Grueling Schedule And More
Huffington Post &bull Sep 1, 2010
The shopping sprees continued through late October and were not, as previously claimed, mainly undertaken to clothe the family for the unexpected emergency of the Republican National Convention, in St. Paul. The number and range of items purchased for the… Full Story »
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NewsFit.info - Sarah Palin's Increasingly Secretive Life: Extravagant Spending, A Grueling Schedule And More
www.newsfit.info via @newsfittags &bull Sep 1, 2010The shopping sprees continued through late October and were not, as previously claimed, mainly undertaken to clothe the family for the unexpected emergency of the Republican National Convention, in St. Paul. The number and range of items purchased for the… Full Story »
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Sarah Palin politician in Poll - public opinion online
electionsmeter.com via @electionsUS &bull Sep 1, 2010ENG - She was a member of the Wasilla, Alaska, city council from 1992 to 1996 and mayor from 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas… Full Story »
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Megha Moronic Breast Flashing Drama Queen Calls Palin Dramatic - Story Analysis by BuzzBox
www.buzzbox.com via @RightyGeorge &bull Sep 1, 2010Riehl World View - The News Real Blog recently featured some of this boob's prose left on the copy editing floor. Let's see, she's flashed her breasts on Twitter, was dumped from the campaign, and her book is entitled "Dirty, Sexy, Politics." And that's... NPR - John McCain's daughter says in a new book that Sarah Palin brought drama, stress and uncertainty to her father's failed bid for the… Full Story »
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Sarah Palin's Shopping Spree: Yes, There's More...
bit.ly via @robert_olr &bull Sep 1, 2010The clothes. Few aspects of Sarah Palin's vice-presidential candidacy have been more discussed than the $150,000 worth of clothing and accessories bought by the Republican National Committee's coordinated campaign fund on behalf of the candidate and her family in 2008. Yet interviews with campaign aides and internal campaign e-mails and documents obtained exclusively by Vanity Fair shed new light on the situation, revealing Palin to have been more innocent at the start of this shopping odyssey than has previously… Full Story »
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Meghan McCain addresses Palin for first time since presidential bid - Story Analysis by BuzzBox
www.buzzbox.com via @catleungbuzzbox &bull Sep 1, 2010SF Examiner: US News - Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, appeared on "Good Morning America" Tuesday to discuss her new book, "Dirty Sexy Politics," but it seemed like the only thing the show wanted to talk about was what she wrote regarding Sarah Palin. In the book, McCain shares many of the intimate details as she watched her dad run for president although she admits, "it… Full Story »
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Meghan McCain: Palin Brought Drama To Campaign - Story Analysis by BuzzBox
www.buzzbox.com via @dapBuzzBox &bull Sep 1, 2010NPR: US News - John McCain's daughter says in a new book that Sarah Palin brought drama, stress and uncertainty to her father's failed bid for the presidency in 2008. But Meghan McCain doesn't blame the vice presidential nominee for the loss. AP: US News - By JONATHAN J. COOPER 2010-08-31T23:11:26Z PHOENIX (AP) -- John McCain's daughter says in a new book… Full Story »
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Meghan McCain on Sarah Palin: 'I Do Have Conflicting Feelings About Her' - Story Analysis by BuzzBox
www.buzzbox.com via @dapBuzzBox &bull Aug 31, 2010ABC News: US News - For the first time since the end of her father's 2008 presidential bid, Sen. John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, spoke out about Sarah Palin, writing in a new book that Palin brought drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty to the losing campaign. Taegan Goddard's Political Wire… Full Story »
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Latino Republican walking a tightrope in Nevada race
LA Times - National News &bull Aug 31, 2010
Brian Sandoval, the GOP candidate for governor, has come to symbolize a tension within his party, between efforts to attract Latino voters and actions that may repel them. Reporting from Las Vegas - For years, Brian Sandoval has been a rising Republican star, a trailblazer touted as a symbol of the party's increasing diversity. Square-jawed and handsome, he… Full Story »
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Putting Minorities Onstage: In Politics, Diversity is a Winning Message
Politics Daily &bull Aug 31, 2010
The latest grievance from the Tea Party nation is how the mostly white mainstream media projects its own flaws onto mainstream America when they report that most of the attendees at Glenn Beck's rally on Saturday were white. The allegation triggers memories of another big event, the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, where there were more minorities onstage performing and being honored than there… Full Story »
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A Time For Choosing: Rush Limbaugh Talks Tea, The Republican Establishment, And Sarah Palin
thespeechatimeforchoosing.blogspot.com via @rsdriver &bull Aug 27, 2010This is great video from Rush's Thursday show. Here he talks about having to defend the Tea Party and Sarah Palin to some people, who want leaders and hate the establishment, but don't really have the sense to know leadership… Full Story »
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Republican National Convention Blog: Nancy Pelosi, President Obama and Harry Reid Love Triangle VIDEO
rncnyc2004.blogspot.com via @seanjoreilly &bull Aug 27, 2010The successor to politics will be propaganda. The successor to politics will be propaganda. Propaganda, not in the sense of a message or ideology, but as the impact of the whole technology of the times. If we lose freedom here,… Full Story »
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Conservative was last man in seat before Byrd
Charleston Daily Mail - State News &bull Aug 27, 2010
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For more than five decades, Sen. Robert C. Byrd served the citizens of West Virginia. The seat he held is up for grabs this fall for the first time many West Virginians can remember. Revercomb was elected to fill the unexpired term of Democrat Harley Kilgore, who died in 1956, according to the U.S. Senate's biographical directory. Kilgore had served as a U.S. senator from 1941 to 1956. Democrat William R. Laird III - the Carte Goodwin of his time - was originally appointed to fill Kilgore's Senate seat until the special election but opted not to… Full Story »
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The mosque and the 'American Street'
Herald Net - Opinion &bull Aug 27, 2010Youll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. By Froma HarropThe circus around the mosque should start to lose audience. New York officials have the authority to decide whether an Islamic center may be built near the tragic site of the attacks on the Twin Towers. They've given it… Full Story »
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NV GOP Minority Leader Suggests Placing A Two Percent Tax On Food To Close His State's Budget Deficit
Think Progress &bull Aug 26, 2010Nevada is currently "facing a projected $3 billion deficit for the two-year budget cycle that begins July 1." State legislators are wrangling with different ways to deal with the deficit, and efforts have been complicated by conservative leaders signing pledges to not raise taxes under any circumstances. Appearing on KRNV-TV's Nevada Newsmakers Monday, Assembly Minority Leader Pete Goicoechea, (R-Eureka), broke with many of his conservative colleagues and admitted that the state is "going to have to have some revenues increased." However, instead of calling for taxes on the wealthiest Nevadans who can afford it, Goicoechea took aim at all Nevadans… Full Story »
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Joe Miller's primary showing reveals Sarah Palin's continuing sway over Alaska
bit.ly via @LibertyBelleFox &bull Aug 25, 2010Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will… Full Story »
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McCain Wins Arizona Primary on Way to Fifth Term, HOT TOP TRENDS
hottoptrends.com via @hottoptrends &bull Aug 25, 2010Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) - Arizona Senator John McCain fought off a challenge in the Republican primary election in his bid for a fifth term after spending some $20 million and adopting a hard line on his signature issue of immigration.… Full Story »
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McCain Wins Arizona Republican Primary on Way to Fifth Term - Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com via @esoap &bull Aug 25, 2010Arizona Senator John McCain fought off a challenge in the Republican primary election in his bid for a fifth term after spending some $20 million and adopting a hard line on his signature issue of immigration. McCain, who was his party's 2008 presidential nominee, defeated former congressman J.D. Hayworth, withstanding… Full Story »
