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You twit

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:23pm.

Anyone using Twitter? I was just introduced to it and am trying to make sense of why people are so enthusiastic about it. If you do use it, what is the allure and any suggestions?

Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 2:01pm. Tags:

Politics

Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.

Those are not my words, but rather the prescient words of John Moody, FOX News Vice-President. Well, if Fox News is to be believed, John McCain's campaign is over and forever linked to race-baiting as the Pittsburgh Police have ruled the allegation to be a hoax:

A Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Ashley Todd confessed to making up the story & is facing charges

Debate Thread

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 4:02pm. Tags:

Politics

Well, we are finally here. The third and final debate. As I write this, CNN has just moved Virginia to the Obama column, now giving Obama 277 electoral votes if the election was held today. Stunning development given that Virginia hasn't voted for a Democrat since 1964.

How could anyone vote for this ticket?

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 5:59pm. Tags:

Politics

I'm sorry, but at some point in time you really have to question not only the judgment of John McCain, but any American who would vote for a ticket on which the Vice-Presidential candidate had this to say:

COURIC: What other Supreme Court decisions [than Roe v. Wade] do you disagree with?

The IQ of Parsley

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 3:00pm. Tags:

Politics

I feel terrible taking such glee in watching the roadkill that is Sarah Palin. The only thing Katie Couric did not do is ask Palin how to spell potato. Seriously, she is making Dan Quayle look like Albert Schweitzer. One can only hope that the electorate is paying attention this year and realizes that this woman is literally a heartbeat away from being President of the United States. If my daughter was foolish enough to want to be in a beauty pageant, I wouldn't even hire Palin to be her coach, let alone be the leader of the free world.

Fill in the blank

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 6:18pm. Tags:

Politics

The McCain/Palin ticket has been a boon to comedians across the country. Following Palin's profound statement that she has foreign affairs credibility because she could see Russia from Alaska, everyone began bragging about why they were qualified to serve in a McCain/Palin Administration. Some of my favorite lines were: "I can see the moon, can I head NASA? I can see the ocean from my house, can I be Secretary of the Navy?

Commander of the Alaskan National Guard Speaks!

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Thu, 09/11/2008 - 5:54pm. Tags:

Politics

Some excerpts from the Charlie Gibson interview are beginning to leak out. It is becoming quickly apparent why the McCain camp has kept Palin hidden given some of these gems:

"GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn't we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?

PALIN: Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help."

On Sambos, Bitches & Artic Arabs

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 11:18am. Tags:

Politics

We all know the media is out to destroy Sarah Palin. In her own acceptance speech, Palin told the adoring crowd that she cares only what the people think, not the media. So what do ordinary Alaskans have to say about Ms. Palin?

Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

She is a Monster

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 6:32pm. Tags:

Politics

Geraldine Ferarro reveals her inner racist:

"I think what America feels about a woman becoming president takes a very secondary place to Obama's campaign - to a kind of campaign that it would be hard for anyone to run against," she said. "For one thing, you have the press, which has been uniquely hard on her. It's been a very sexist media. Some just don't like her. The others have gotten caught up in the Obama campaign.

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," she continued. "And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

Good thing we armed the Sunnis?

Submitted by Spin Doctor on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 12:47pm. Tags:

Anyone else a bit troubled by the recent U.S. policy decision to arm the Sunnis in light of this terrible news from Iraq today:

BAGHDAD, June 13 -- Early morning blasts Wednesday destroyed two minarets at the same Shiite shrine in Samarra where an attack last year demolished the mosque's gilded dome and plunged the country into a wave of deadly sectarian violence.

No one was injured in the 9 a.m. explosions at the revered Askariya shrine in Samarra, about 65 miles north of Baghdad. But officials said it was just the sort of event that could spark a spiral of retaliatory attacks and make it harder to reduce the violence that has brought the addition of thousands of extra U.S. troops stationed at high-profile posts on the streets of Baghdad and elsewhere.