All the news unfit to print for Saturday, November 22, 2008
The Schmuck and Schmuck-ette of the week: Sarah and that strange guy behind her
You thought I would only name Sarah Palin, didn't you? Nah.. the guy behind her too. He's the unnamed Schmuck of the Week..
No story .. The odd photo op of Sarah Palin .. filmed in front of turkeys being slaughtered as she spoke about Thanksgiving and other interesting issues facin' the people of Alaska..
Palin the center of complete and total mockery this week as she was interviewed at a turkey farm.. as the background images were taken up by a really crazy looking guy killing turkeys..
It's the type of video that someone has to truly see to believe. .and when you see it you'd think it was a scene of a NAKED GUN film. This is real? This really happened? This really went down .. like that?
Attention PETA. . you have your ad campaign handed to you on a silver platter.. and attention Alaskans: Perhaps someone there will get a turkey that was slaughtered behind Sarah Palin..
Sarah, you could have easily been the sole schmuck.. but fortunately for you a strange man existed behind you, holding turkeys in a large grinder until they died..
All the news unfit to print for Thursday, November 6, 2008
Bill Kristol vs.. versus THE REPUBLICANS!?
The McCain attack dogs are looking for blood.. the McCainiacs are blaming the Palin pick for their loss--and blaming Bill Kristol for giving advice to Sarah Palin..
According to reporting today on FOX NEWS by Carl Cameron, Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa was a country.. she also didn't know what countries were in NAFTA. If this information would have been reported during the duration of the campaign, the race would have been an even bigger landslide than it was..
Was she vetted? NEWSWEEK reporting that Palin was announced on a Friday--two days after McCain was still talking about choosing Lieberman for VP.. NEWSWEEK detailing more stories of spending sprees and embarrassing notes from the 2008 campaign--reporting in essence that the McCain campaign was a mess..
McCain aides speaking aloud now .. rumors that swirled in inner circles of the media during the campaign now being made public .. I still don't think for a second that this is the last time we hear about or see Governor Palin.. Rumors up in Alaska go this way: Senator Stevens steps down, and Palin gets the chance to go for the seat herself.. Just keep her away from any committees that deal with the ... country Continent of Africa...
Palin spoke to Marc-Antoine Audette for about six minutes before the comedian identified himself, and she ended the call.
“Thank you sir, we have such great respect for you, John McCain and I, we love you,” Palin tells the imposter, who tells her he hoped she will be president one day. "Ha ha, maybe in eight years," she responded.
Audette, as Sarkozy told Palin that hunting was one of his favorite activities. "Oh, very good, we should go hunting together," Palin replied, adding, "I think we could have a lot of fun together as we're getting work done. We could kill two birds with one stone that way."
"I just love killing those animals! Taking away life, that is so fun," said the fake French president.
Palin laughed. The prankster told her that he'd love to go hunting, as long as "we don't bring Vice President Cheney."
"I'll be a very careful shot, don't worry," says Palin, with another laugh.
Added Audette: "You know we have a lot in common also because from my house I can see Belgium."
"Yes, see, we are all right next door to other countries that we need to be working with," said Palin.
All the news unfit to print for Saturday, October 25, 2008
Within the McCain camp: The Palin insurgency!
Mike Segar/Reuters She's gonna make it after all!
The POLITICO's Ben Smith reporting that increasingly tense campaign stops have greeted Sarah Palin and her aides.. Former Bush aides tasked to handle and control Palin have reported to the POLITICO that she increasingly is on her own, often blaming the handlers for her tarnished public image. One senior Republican aide told Smith for his report that Palin intends to go "rogue" and get even more "rogue" at campaign events.
And what if John McCain would have chosen Tom Ridge? Perhaps things would be a lot closer in Pennsylvania..
And speaking of the Keystone State, MSNBC's FIRST READ reporting that the Obama team feels PA is theirs to lose..
All the news unfit to print for Sunday, October 12, 2008
Feeling blue: 23 and counting.. my election predictions
The election is nasty.. Hateful for some..
But I am going to make my election prediction. Things are changing by the day. But I am predicting an Obama win--actually an Obama landslide, one like we have not seen in several election cycles.
With 270 electoral votes needed for victory, I am predicting Obama easily wins the overall popular vote. I also feel he will handily gain the electoral college, which as we all know is the only way to win.
My map shows McCain with 201 electoral votes and Obama with 337..
The map:
As you can see, I am predicting McCain loses and Obama wins in the following swing states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri.. I also predict an Obama win in North Carolina .. McCain will keep the deep South--but with smaller margins of victory than Bush in 2000 and 2008. McCain will end of losing New Mexico.. Minnesota .. and Indiana.
The next debate is coming up this week .. I don't feel that 2008 will be as divided as previous election, I also do not feel there is any way the electoral college will be tied. Further, there will be no reason for networks to wait late into the night without knowing for sure who won this November's election.
Congress will be controlled by Democrats.. as will the Senate.
It's been a long eight years.. Democrats will gain this year in huge numbers due to the newer younger voters (that will actually vote this year) .. and from two wars, and the sudden impact of the economic crisis. McCain's last minute campaign tactics have been foolish looking. He's all over the proverbial map, issuing policy plans at his own whims during debates and suspending his campaign as a stunt.
It all failed for one simple reason: Campaign officials didn't let John McCain be himself. Instead, they reinvented him as George W. Bush .. That's not why people liked him in 2000. Barack Obama ran one of the greatest campaigns in history, trouncing the likely nominee Hillary Clinton, and dominating TVs, internet, radio, and other forms of media. And he got a lot of free help from major media officials, who often let their own biases outweigh their good sense for reporting. Legs were quivering with excitement all over American newsrooms the night Obama accepted his party's nomination. And they haven't stopped yet.
The tingling, quivering, and excitement will be at record highs on election night. McCain, once a media darling, was crumbled up and thrown into a trash heap like any other piece of paper.
And then what? Politics as usual. Party fighting party. But the victory Obama gets this year will give him a mandate for change.. But McCain's ultimate failure is that all year, he never did anything to tell Americans why he felt Obama's change was wrong for America.. Instead, his aimless twists and turns have led his campaign events into angry give and take sessions with people frightened of Barack Obama..
How sad it got.
We'll check back in a 24 days to see how well I did.
But I strongly believe that this election will not be close..
While I didn't put up my official election prediction yet (that's coming later today), it's clear that if McCain loses this year, it may be due to the overall self-destructive nature of him, Palin, and his own base of supporters.. This week, man at a Palin rally displayed a monkey donning an Obama sticker..CBS offers an interesting account,
"After Palin finished her remarks this morning, the man holding the stuffed monkey seemed to notice that a video camera was pointed at him, at which point he removed the Obama sticker from the doll's head and crumpling it up in his hand. He then handed the doll to a young boy who was watching the rally from his father's shoulders. The boy's parents later told CBS News that they weren't acquainted with the man who gave their son the stuffed monkey"
But the question is this: Is it right for CBS news to display the video it does on its site of this man slowly hiding the monkey.. John McCain has *finally* spoken out against the more vile of anger against Obama.. Or is CBS further inflaming race relations..?
All the news unfit to print for Friday, October 3, 2008
There's no place like Wasilla
Reaction to the Biden Palin debate has been fully aired on TV, radio, and Internet all day--plus on factory floors and around office water coolers across America.
Judging from ratings of the event, lots of people got the chance to talk about the debate today.
Record setting. The overall rating of BidenPalin: 45.0, which means 45% of all TV households in the country tuned in.
The Neilsons off the charts; 69,989,000 viewers. The most viewed since the PerotBushClinton debate in 1992. The biggest vice presidential debate--of all time. And higher ratings than Obama vs McCain..
Today, the Barracuda from Wasilla has taken the fight against the media--perhaps McCain's last best hope to energize the base .. a base smaller this year as target markets have been registered to vote in record masses by the Obama campaign..
Grab some popcorn, pick your network, grab a beer, and get ready for what may be one of the most highly rated events on TV: Sarah Palin goes head to head with Joe Biden in a vice presidential grudge match..
Polls have slumped for McCain--some even have Obama with a 10 to 15 point advantage in some swing states.
The McCain campaign has pulled millions of dollars of campaign cash from Michigan.. Some advisors apparently not considering the state lost to Barack Obama.
Can Palin change it all tonight? Can women fall back in love with her stilettos, her miniskirt, her glasses, her hair? Can "Joe Sixpack" (God I hate when people use this term) fall back in love with her for her concern for his well being?
Can Biden tread his fine line between anger and comedy?
Can MSNBC, FOX NEWS, and CNN start acting unbiased?
Answers to at least some of these questions coming tonight..
"At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers said. There will also be much less opportunity for free-wheeling, direct exchanges between the running mates.
Among other details: Camp Obama wanted the economics debate to come last, being that they believe it's Obama's best issue.. However, the foreign policy debate will be last--presumably McCain's best suit.
The TIMES also reporting: "Obama aides also agreed to use lecterns at the first event, which Mr. McCain preferred; at the third debate, the two men will be seated at a round table, in the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock positions, with the moderator at 6 o’clock."..
Even more: The scar..
McCain aides said that they were conscious of the fact that Mr. McCain has a prominent scar on one side of his face, and that they could not predict how prominent it would appear with the camera angles, lighting and make-up.
Few people may realize the amount of debate goes into forming the real debate. Arguments between candidates about the setup and stage occur every four years--often times arguments just for the sake of one side threatening to pull out.
But each year, we see our candidates on stage about three times.. For better or worse, we make our choice on how they act. Gore's sighs in 2000 led him to lose, while Kerry's grandiose verbiage caused yawns.. We vote on looks. Kennedy in 1960 looked a lot better than a sweaty Nixon.. Reagan made people laugh in 1984. Clinton bested Dole by looking young.. And now in 2008, Obama vs McCain: The 20th century vs the 21st, on our TV sets of the 20th century, blogged on the net of the 21st, and watched by people of both centuries. A wild election so far, getting wilder and meaner, ready to be in living rooms across America in only days...
All the news unfit to print for Thursday, September 18, 2008
Slacker hacker
A hacker impersonated Sarah Palin--not Tina Fey--and simply logged onto her Yahoo! email account, made a few screen shots, and gained internet fame without having to release his or her name.. The Secret Service and the FBI is investigating..
The scourge of the net: Ex-boyfriends and girlfriends stealing passwords, playing a sly game of "who's talking to him now" online.. A little more serious when someone breaks into the Vice Presidential contender's email..
The hacker's writings: "i am the lurker who did it, and i would like to tell the story," the person wrote in the account.. It appears that the Secret Service may be on a trail that could lead to the hacker..
..But does she have a Facebook.. does she have a Myspace? A hacker's possibilities are endless..
All the news unfit to print for Saturday, September 13, 2008
DISASTER TODAY, COMEDY TONIGHT
TV viewers are glued to the coverage of the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Ike.. but tonight, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is back..
Expect a highly-energized show .. bashing Sarah Palin?
And yes, Tina Fey may be back for the show..
Still no official word.. but she really does look like Sarah Palin..
All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, September 9, 2008
UH OH..Obama calls Palin a pig? In a nuanced way.. sorta.. kinda... maybe not
*UPDATED*
Expect to hear this a lot: Obama calls Palin a pig..?
In a modern, respectful kind of way...
Impress your friends, have the quote before you get the email:
Obama said "You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig."
"You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still gonna stink."
"We've had enough of the same old thing."
Team McCain--until the pick of Palin--was fond of those big forums where no questions were off topic.. Nothing was out of bounds.. But John McCain's second string now with Sarah Palin as the pick for VP.. and he's quickly adapting to Palin country and how to win in it..
Obama said today that he's not worried about today's news of Palin's popularity.. A Gallup survey showed McCain leading over Obama among independents, and Republicans more strongly backing the McCain Palin ticket..
But while America shifted this week a little towards McCain, the world we live in continues to support Barack Obama in huge numbers.. It's too bad the world doesn't bring any electoral votes to the table...
I have battled Obama rumors.. and now Palin. I'm not picking sides here, I am just completely frustrated by the often times unintelligence of American voters.. They simply believe any piece of crap email that ends up in their inbox. Take a few seconds, and Google and Snopes the piece of garbage you get.. And do not send them to me!
Newest wrong rumor about Palin: Reports that Sarah Palin called Obama "Sambo." It's being spread by several liberal blogs.. (same way conservative blogs spread the Obama/Muslim nonsense).. The Palin "sambo" comment is not true.
Heads up. You'll get the email this week, I'm sure.
All the news unfit to print for Friday, September 5, 2008
THE POLITICS OF CHANGE.. STARTING TO STINK .. World of the photoshops: Did you get the Palin email yet?
A few months ago, I had to combat people at work who thought Barack Obama was born in a different country and was a Muslim.. It was tough . .especially with the constant flow of emails into inboxes overwhelmed with untrue messages about Obama's heritage and faith..
And now, the new rock star of American politics, Sarah Palin, is getting her share of Photoshopped press. Emails flying around of Palin with a gun, wearing an American flag bikini with underage children drinking in the background.. Pictures so well-done it forced one very intelligent man I know to believe the photos were true. He sent them to a lot of people.. I showed him Snopes .. but I think he discounted factual evidence and still continued to believe the Palin Photoshops to be real..
During Obama's Muslim fictitious days, hardcore close-minded Republicans believed Obama was a traitor and sold out America and for these reasons wasn't qualified to be president... During these new Palin-crazed days, hardcore close-minded Democrats believe Palin is an unintelligent right-wing nutcase that isn't qualified to be vice-president. And they are set out to prove it! Even if it means believing fiction..
I just got new emails to my inbox: Palin's kids drinking.. More fakes... and fakes.. and fakes. Didn't get an Obama email lately, though. I guess I'll get it again in October...
I hate to brag, but I predicted the Palin thing a few days back. I know, it's only days..
And yes, there are some topless rumors going around .. more fakes..
The refreshing "politics of change." Looking more and more like the politics of 1800s and 1900s every day. Some brave new world. Some 21st century....
Drudge Report controversy: Slams Oprah over refusal to allow Palin sit on the couch
Matt Drudge reported early this morning that Oprah won't allow Sarah Palin to appear on the show.. Oprah responded to the Drudge Report, which ended up getting some other press about the press from other sources, saying, "The item in today's Drudge Report is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over."
After it's over..If Sarah's free?
All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, September 2, 2008
VETTING SARAH PALIN: MCCAIN PUSHES BACK AGAINST ATTACKS
The strange saga of Sarah Palin continues.. since she was chosen days ago by Senator John McCain to join the Grand Old Party ticket, blogs have slammed her, news coverage has lampooned her, and politicians have taken part in a whisper campaign against her..
The world seems to be piling up on Sarah.
John McCain can only hope the pileon will end up helping..
John McCain said today, "My vetting process was completely thorough." ..Reports state that Palin turned over several years of tax returns, submitted written answers to over 70 questions, and she was once fined for a fishing license violation.. Palin disclosed her 17-year-old daughter's pregnancy in a private conversation..
Palin hired lobbyists when she was a mayor in a small Alaska town.. John McCain said today that America is 'excited' over his choice of Palin..
The Republican party's grass roots seems to be fired up over Palin as VP .. they got even more so when nasty rumors abounded on blogs that Palin's youngest son with downs syndrome was really her daughter's first son... And even more fired up when it was revealed that her daughter is pregnant..
Opponents, however, keep piling on.. Prediction markets bet that Palin will withdraw, news today that she belonged to a Secessionist Party, and today Obama hit 50% in a Gallup poll for the first time since the campaign began..
With all that said, Pat Buchanan writes today that Palin is paying off for McCain, "big-time."
Paying off with conservatives, big-time, yes.. But with all of America? Can't tell yet.
But the world is watching.. And viewing a once obscure Alaskan Governor--and her family--through the lens of a media circus..
Palin addresses the Republican convention Wednedsay..
All the news unfit to print for Monday, September 1, 2008
WE'RE THE WIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP
Move over Jerry Lewis!
The would-be Republican convention has turned into a telethon.. Laura Bush and Cindy McCain lead the appeal for donations after Hurricane Gustav.. They appeared Monday night at an abridged version of opening night of the Republican Convention for the fundraising effort.. Delegates are also putting together comfort packages filled with supplies for hurricane victims..
REUTERS/Matt Sullivan/Files Other womanly-presidential news.. America's would be VPILF Sarah Palin embroiled in controversy already.. Rumors persisted online for days that her most recent child was actually her 17-year-old daughter's child.. The rumor got national attention after appearing on left leaning Daily Kos, republished by the Drudge Report..
Today, Palin acknowledged that her 17-year-old daughter was currently pregnant .. "Life happens," said McCain adviser Steve Schmidt, talking about the pregnancy story..
As for that ugly rumor about Palin's child with down syndrome? Obama said publicly today that if he finds out anyone in his campaign is spreading the rumors they would be fired...
Hockey moms and soccer moms unite? The possibilities of Palin
AP Photo/Heath Family
Now that America is getting to know Sarah Palin--and quite possibly John McCain is getting to know her, too--questions are arising along with a certain pop-cultural "VPILF" pile-on online..
McCain seems to have chosen Palin on a gut instinct.. Not knowing her, he had to rely on what he knew about her, or at least what he was told about her..
I envision a sort of awkward meeting.. perhaps he's not too sure what to think of this strange-accented Northern gun-toating snowmobiling 'hot' Governor-ess from a state very few people even think about when the speak of "America." It's a huge gamble..
Did she get vetted? The PEOPLE magazine cover this week on the new McCain/Palin team looked strange .. McCain seems able to 'strange up' any situation he's in, though. He looked like a proud grandfather at a baptism for his grandchild.. Palin the happy mom of 5.. The risky gamble..
State politicians up in the North are stunned at the Palin choice, too.. State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to give her the news.. "She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?"
And Lyda Green is a Republican!And a reader of Andrew Sullivan notes a fact: The pop cultural appeal of Palin is already ongoing.. I wrote of that the day of her pick..
I also read one story in which the author mentioned that McCain "fingered" the Alaska governor for his VP choice.. .. perhaps now that we have a female Vice President it may be necessary to watch the verbs we choose? Be careful, editors...
HAVOC AT THE GOP CONVENTION: WHO WILL ATTEND, WHO WILL CANCEL? McCAIN/PALIN TO GO TO MISSISSIPPI
The Republican party is set to start its convention Monday--just as Hurricane Gustav (and then Hanna) make major headlines in the Gulf of Mexico..
Tonight, as Governor Bobby Jindal says Gustav could be worse than Katrina and Mayor Ray Nagin is telling New Orleans residents to be 'very scared' of Gustav, questions persist as to who will be speaking at GOP convention.. The POLITICO details a scrambled mess .. President George W. Bush, officials say, will most likely not be at the convention.. There are even plans that John McCain may deliver his acceptance speech via satellite..
According to the POLITICO report tonight, McCain was scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech Thursday but now may do so from the devastation zone if the storm hits the U.S. coast with the ferocity feared by forecasters..
All the news unfit to print for Saturday, August 30, 2008
POLITICO SLAMS MCCAIN: HE'S DESPERATE
PEOPLE magazine placing the McCains and Palins on the cover.. the new happy family of politics.. Maybe.. but I noticed watching the talking heads that, for even those that really dislike VPILF candidate Sarah Palin, they are having lots of trouble being critical. Being very careful..
Besides Keith Olbermann..
The POLITICO this morning issues a hit on McCain's motives, calling the once declared maverick 'desperate'..
Authors Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris explain the six things that the Palin pick says about McCain: He's desperate; he's willing to gamble — bigtime; he's worried about the political implications of his age; he's not worried about the actuarial implications of the age issue, he's worried about his conservative base; and at the end of the day, "McCain is still McCain," marching to his own beat..
But on the heels of Obama's convention address, the most amazing political speech since Lincoln addressed Gettysburg during war, McCain needed some good press. Sure, he only met Palin once or twice, and sure, maybe her husband is not even a Republican, and sure, maybe she wasn't quite sure what a Vice President did.. And for a candidate that just turned 72 trying to distance himself from George W. Bush, what could be better than a PEOPLE magazine cover with his new attractive young Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin?
Palin's husband is a member of the Steelworkers union, but tonight the union has issued a press release from USW International President Leo W. Gerard on the Palin choice takes away some of those union hugs.. We'll see how long the McCain camp uses the union line..
REUTERS PHOTO
Until today, Alasksa Governor Sarah Palin was unknown in the lower 48 states..
The Obama campaign wanted today to be all about Barack.. the speech, the 75,000+ in attendance at Invesco, and the 40 million record viewers watching on television around the world..
But instead of typing and talking about the monumental speech last night given by Obama, the media quickly turned its attention to the world's best kept secret until about 10:50am today: John McCain's vice presidential pick..
The 'hockey mom' and tough governor often took on her own party.. she opposed the bridge to nowhere.. (however, she is until scrutiny in her state now after firing someone that did not fire a state trooper..) .. she also hid her pregnancy from the public until about 8 months.. she opposes abortion--tested by her youngest child, born with down syndrome. She wanted to keep her baby.. Her oldest son enlisted in the military and is headed to Iraq..
Rumors today that John McCain really didn't know Palin.. perhaps it's a surgical strike against the Democrats, a hopeful play in the year everyone wants change.. And the year everyone is talking about that glass ceiling..
Revealed tonight on Hardball, Palin and her husband was a fan of Pat Buchanan back in 1996..
She's a lifelong NRA member.. She was a runner up for beauty queen.. Her husband works in oil. She likes basketball and hockey..
And the world is reacting.. A sampling:
Comedy Central: Superhot Alaska Governor Palin picked for VP ..
Palin is 44..
AP: "McCain 'taps' Alaska governor"Andrea Mitchell reporting that McCain has only met Palin once!TIME mag: Unclear what her foreign policy beliefs are..Palin gets PEOPLE magazine treatment..
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Origin:
1890-95; Yiddish shmok (vulgar) lit., penis of uncert. orig.
MUCKRAKER: A muckraker seeks to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public
Origin:
Theodore Roosevelt used the term muckrake in a 1906 speech in which he agreed with the
accusations of muckrakers, but questioned their methods
Schmuckraker: A website dedicated to expanding knowledge of readers by muckraking and
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According to reporting today on FOX NEWS by Carl Cameron, Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa was a country.. she also didn't know what countries were in NAFTA. If this information would have been reported during the duration of the campaign, the race would have been an even bigger landslide than it was..
Was she vetted? NEWSWEEK reporting that Palin was announced on a Friday--two days after McCain was still talking about choosing Lieberman for VP.. 
Reaction to the Biden Palin debate has been fully aired on TV, radio, and Internet all day--plus on factory floors and around office water coolers across America.
Judging from ratings of the event, lots of people got the chance to talk about the debate today.
Grab some popcorn, pick your network, grab a beer, and get ready for what may be one of the most highly rated events on TV: Sarah Palin goes head to head with Joe Biden in a vice presidential grudge match..
Polls have slumped for McCain--some even have Obama with a 10 to 15 point advantage in some swing states.
The McCain campaign has pulled millions of dollars of campaign cash from Michigan.. Some advisors apparently not considering the state lost to Barack Obama.
Can Palin change it all tonight? Can women fall back in love with her stilettos, her miniskirt, her glasses, her hair? Can "Joe Sixpack" (God I hate when people use this term) fall back in love with her for her concern for his well being?
Can Biden tread his fine line between anger and comedy?
Can MSNBC, FOX NEWS, and CNN start acting unbiased?
Answers to at least some of these questions coming tonight..
The amazing race: 
A few months ago, I had to combat people at work who thought Barack Obama was born in a different country and was a Muslim.. It was tough . .especially with the constant flow of emails into inboxes overwhelmed with untrue messages about Obama's heritage and faith..
And now, the new rock star of American politics, Sarah Palin, is getting her share of Photoshopped press. Emails flying around of Palin with a gun, wearing an American flag bikini with underage children drinking in the background.. Pictures so well-done it forced one very intelligent man I know to believe the photos were true. He sent them to a lot of people.. I showed him 
The world was rocked about 10:10 pm EDT last night..
Sarah Palin spoke.. and the 
AP PHOTO
RED MEAT: PALIN HITS HARD AGAINST OBAMA/BIDEN
The Republican party is set to start its convention Monday--just as Hurricane Gustav (and then Hanna) make major headlines in the Gulf of Mexico..
Tonight, as Governor Bobby Jindal says Gustav could be worse than Katrina and Mayor Ray Nagin is telling New Orleans residents to be 'very scared' of Gustav, questions persist as to who will be speaking at GOP convention.. 
PEOPLE magazine placing the McCains and Palins on the cover.. the new happy family of politics.. Maybe.. but I noticed watching the talking heads that, for even those that really dislike VPILF candidate Sarah Palin, they are having lots of trouble being critical. Being very careful..
Besides Keith Olbermann..
The 
REUTERS PHOTO
Until today, Alasksa Governor Sarah Palin was unknown in the lower 48 states..
The Obama campaign wanted today to be all about Barack.. the speech, the 75,000+ in attendance at Invesco, and the 40 million record viewers watching on television around the world..
But instead of typing and talking about the monumental speech last night given by Obama, the media quickly turned its attention to the world's best kept secret until about 10:50am today: John McCain's vice presidential pick..
The 'hockey mom' and tough governor often took on her own party.. she opposed the bridge to nowhere.. (however, she is until scrutiny in her state now after 
