This story has been making the rounds for some time, and I’m glad to find this video (h/t Mudflats) that addresses the issue. What isn’t said here is that the rape kits cost a staggering $1200. No victim of violent crime should have to pay one cent, of course, towards an investigation, but that number [...]
Archive for October 6th, 2008
sarah palin’s executive experience: victims in wasilla had to pay for their own rape kits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AK Muckraker, Alaska, Mudflats, rape kits, Sarah Palin, Wasilla on October 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
mccain-palin: the ultimate tag team in disgusting political behavior
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bailout, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, economic crisis, GOP hypocrisy, Jeremiah Wright, John McCain, McCain campaign lies, Richard Wolfe, Sarah Palin, William Ayers on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alright, this is the last fucking straw. I’ve tried to be understanding of people with differing political views in this election, but I have had it. A vote for McCain-Palin is a vote for immorality, period. These people are unforgivable. They will do anything in their quest for power, morals be damned. If they’re this bad [...]
diagramming sarah palin
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged diagramming Sarah Palin, grammar, Kitty Burns Florey, Palin gaffes, Palinisms, Slate.com on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not for the faint of grammar. See the whole excellent piece here, wherein some Palinisms are more successfully wrestled unto diagram than others. Exhibit A:
I know that John McCain will do that and I, as his vice president, families we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and [...]
a shout-out to those religious neo-cons!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Book of Armaments, Brother Maynard, Michael Palin, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin neocon, the holy hand grenade of Antioch on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just kidding. Desperately sought-after relief from them, more like.
One Palin leads to another… as in, Michael Palin reading from the Book of Armaments, in one of the funniest bits ever from Monty Python’s Holy Grail. The more I hear about those espousing your basic Rapture-based foreign policy, the closer to reality this sketch starts to sound. [...]
the mccain healthcare plan: it gets better and better
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Douglas Holtz-Eakin, health insurance, John McCain healthcare plan, Medicaid, Medicare, Palin Reagan quote, Wall Street Journal on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh. My. God. No wonder they don’t want to talk about the issues. Safe to say Palin’s use of that Reagan quote (“freedom!”) about the evils of Medicare was no accident. This from the Wall Street Journal today (h/t TPM):
John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top [...]
matthew yglesias tries to help palin out on geography
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan neighbor, Matthew Yglesias, Palin gaffe, Palin geography, Palinisms, Sarah Palin, thinkprogress.org on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He quotes a Reuters story on one of her latest campaign trail bits of wisdom:
Three days after a mostly gaffe-free debate performance, the Alaska governor fumbled during a speech in which she praised U.S. soldiers for “fighting terrorism and protecting us and our democratic values”.
“They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there [...]
mccain economics: keating 5 + phil gramm = america’s screwed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bailout, Charles Keating, deregulation, economic crisis, John McCain, Keating 5, Keating Five, Lincoln Savings and Loan, Make-Believe Maverick, Phil Gramm, Rolling Stone, S&L crisis, savings and loan scandal, William Black on October 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Dear god… I hadn’t realized until I read the Rolling Stone piece that the Keating Five meeting to pressure federal regulators to back off of Charles Keating happened a full TWO YEARS before the savings and loan collapse, which left taxpayers to foot the $3.4 billion dollar bill and wiped out the savings of 20,000 investors. The only lessons [...]
