Tagged: mccain
Krugman: Not About The Financial Crisis
Nobel Prize Winners, Republican Conservatives Oppose Bailout
And rightly so. From ABC News:
Why:
The Democrats should be right along with this as well. I understand something must be done to keep credit flowing within the banking system. But people should also be held accountable for their mistakes. Why should we as taxpayers, who pay their mortgages, bills, and taxes on time be forced to bail out folks who gambled?
Why Did Palin Charge Sexual-Assault Victims For Rape Kits And Forensic Exams??
It’s a known fact: As mayor of Wasilla, an Alaskan town, Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin thought it was prudent to have rape victims pay for their own rape kits and exams. From the NYTimes OpEd Page:
This on top of some startling stats from staralaska.org:
- Alaska is the # 1 state in the country for Rape and has been for 23 out of the last 30 years (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
- Alaska’s reported rate of rape per capita is 2.6 times the national average (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
- Anchorage has the ninth highest sexual assault rate of any city in the United States, and Fairbanks is ranked first (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
- Fairbanks’ rape rate is 4.7 times the national average (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
We really need to understand her reasoning behind this and call her on it. She’s kept quiet about it far too long.
DailyKos: Now We Know Why The McCain Campaign Is Hiding Palin
From the DailyKos, regarding Palin’s interview with Katie Couric:
As Kos points out, Palin says that “Reducing taxes has to be accompanied by tax reductions.”
It doesn’t get any better than this.
National Enquirer: Sarah Palin’s Other Man
Oh boy, let the mudracking begin. From the National Enquirer [hey, they were on the money with the John Edwards affair], reports that Sarah Palin had an affair with Brad Hanson, Todd Palin’s business partner and former city council member from nearby town.
And the breakdown from Gawker.
Racism And The 2008 Election
It’s a sad fact but racism is still alive and well in America as these articles suggest, which will make Obama’s run for the presidency all the more difficult.
Obama effigy found hanging on Ore. campus on Yahoo! News
Supremacists distribute fliers attacking Obama on Star Ledger
Jewish Voters Receiving Anti-Obama Calls in Florida on NY Sun
Neocons Training Palin Like They Did Bush
Pat Buchanan opines on how the neocons are schooling Palin on foreign policy.