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Bush’s goodbye present to the citizens of the US (in addition to massive debt, a worsening situation in Afghanistan and an economy in the crapper)- a push to deregulate as much as possible in the little time he has left.

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I really thought Elizabeth Dole was above this sort of base smear. I thought she had a bit more class than to go dumpster diving for votes but luckily, she has been called out on it:

Wednesday night, CNN’s Campbell Brown delivered an impassioned criticism of Dole’s tactics.
While conceding that politics is “not for the [...]

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There is a growing fissure in the Republican Party surrounding what Palin’s role might be should McCain not win the presidency:

In one corner are some conservatives who believe the Alaska governor has been a detriment to John McCain’s presidential bid and threatens to lead the party astray for the foreseeable future.
Another faction says Palin’s [...]

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Joe The Plumber has now joined the Mccain campaign in Ohio and has joined in the baseless fear-mongering which has been a staple of the GOP ticket for the past months.
Joe The Plumber agreed with a statement that a vote for Obama meant “death to Israel” but like so many other right-wing prophets [...]

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Recently, Joe Biden made a statement inferring that when/if Obama becomes President, our enemies will “test” him. Immediately, John McCain and the right wing pundits jumped on the statement as evidence that Obama would place America in greater danger. At the time, I believed that Biden’s statement was a bit reckless in [...]

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James Dobson of the conservative Evangelical group, Focus on the Family, is pulling out all the stops just days before the election in order to scare the pants off Evangelical conservatives by sending out a mailer which outlines what America would look like in the year 2012 with Obama as President. Here are just [...]

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The Democratic congressman from Florida, Tim Mahoney, is an even bigger jerk than we first thought.

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Huffington Post had a blog post about Sarah Palin’s recent interview with Dr. James Dobson of the conservative Christian group, Focus on the Family. Here is a small excerpt but notice Palin’s responses to Dobson, where she seems to not really understand what Dobson means when he refers to the Republican Party Platform:

Dobson:
The Republican [...]

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The Economists’ Policy Group on Women’s Issues (EPGWI) issued a ‘report card’ on how the candidates rank on what are generally considered women’s issues.
Obviously, women are not a monolithic group and we can have different views on issues relating to reproductive rights, the environment, the economy, education, war, etc. Nonetheless, given that [...]

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The number of times John McCain has flip-flopped on various issues since his more principled run for the presidency in 2000, before being beat by George Bush.
In an interview the other day, here is what McCain said when confronted with the perception that McCain2008 is a very different politician when compared to McCain2000:

MCCAIN: You’ll have [...]

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