Palin's greatest hits, over and over

twocanpete — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:21:29 GMT

http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/
Palin the Parrot can't do anything but tell the same lie the same way. She's to dumb to cover her tracks and the 'First Dude' can't lie for her.

Palin's greatest hits, over and over

Coll Runnings — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:23:23 GMT

Palin is cool. She's taken all the cool from Obama too.

Palin's greatest hits, over and over

the Pajama Pundit — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:24:25 GMT

I'm so glad that someone else has noticed her 'one-trick-pony-ness'. At least give us a new speech... so that we can rip that one apart.

http://thepajamapundit.com/

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Greg, VT — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:24:59 GMT

Noun, verb, POW? Check this out:

http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1

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Nashville_fan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:25:11 GMT

I read the whole post - and now I can never get that time back.

Damn.

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Palin Want A Cracker — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:26:00 GMT

Palin Want A Cracker? I can't wait for the debates. This woman is so out of place. Of course it won't be a level field for Sen. Biden. He might be better off to walk over and just punch her lights out and get it over with because the republicants are going to scream foul the minute she can't answer something anyway. Maybe Joe should let his wife do the debate. She's got more on the ball than fluffy.

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McPalin, Houston Tx — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:26:34 GMT

LIKE I SAID MORE OF THE SAME!!! IF WE ELECT THESE TWO CLOWNS WE WILL GET 4 MORE YEARS OF BUSH AND HIS CREW!!

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MSierra, SF — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:27:15 GMT

DON’T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW !

‘…Executive abilities? She doesn't have any," said former Wasilla City Council member Nick Carney,…’

‘…According to Carney, the newly elected mayor spent more than $50,000 in city funds to redecorate her office, without the council's authorization….’

‘…She said, 'I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'" …’

SOUNDS LIKE GEORGE BUSH !!

‘…But somebody forgot to buy the land before they started building on it. Somebody dropped the ball. It was the fault of the people running the city at the time…’

Who was THAT ?

From Salon.com:

‘…Sarah Palin's wasteful ways
She poses as a fiscal watchdog, but when Palin was mayor, she grabbed city funds to give her office a pricey "bordello" makeover.

By David Talbot

Sept. 17, 2008 | WASILLA, Alaska -- Sarah Palin has been touting herself as fiscal watchdog throughout her political career. But Palin's tenure as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, was characterized by waste, cronyism and incompetence, according to government officials in the Matanuska Valley, where she began her fairy-tale political rise.

"Executive abilities? She doesn't have any," said former Wasilla City Council member Nick Carney, who selected and groomed Palin for her first political race in 1992 and served with her after her election to the City Council.

Four years later, the ambitious Palin won the Wasilla mayor's office -- after scorching the "tax and spend mentality" of her incumbent opponent. But Carney, Palin's estranged former mentor, and others in city hall were astounded when they found out about a lavish expenditure of Palin's own after her 1996 election. According to Carney, the newly elected mayor spent more than $50,000 in city funds to redecorate her office, without the council's authorization.

"I thought it was an outrageous expense, especially for someone who had run as a budget cutter," said Carney. "It was also illegal, because Sarah had not received the council's approval."

According to Carney, Palin's office makeover included flocked, red wallpaper. "It looked like a bordello."

Although Carney says he no longer has documentation of the expenditures, in his recollection Palin paid for the office face-lift with money from a city highway fund that was used to plow snow, grade roads and fill potholes -- essential municipal services, particularly in weather-battered Alaska.

Carney confronted Mayor Palin at a City Council hearing, and was shocked by her response.

"I braced her about it," he said. "I told her it was against the law to make such a large expenditure without the council taking a vote. She said, 'I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'"

"I'll never forget it -- it's one of the few times in my life I've been speechless," Carney added. "It would have been easier for her to finesse it. She had the votes on the council by then, she controlled it. But she just pushed forward. That's Sarah. She just has no respect for rules and regulations."

Carney, who comes from a long-established homesteading family in the area and once ran the city's garbage collection business, has decided to speak out for the first time since Palin's vice-presidential nomination. He is viewed as a longtime Palin gadfly, ever since he sided with her opponent in the 1996 mayor's race. After Palin won, she froze out Carney, refusing to call on him at City Council meetings and deep-sixing his proposals. "That's the way Sarah is," Carney said. "She rewards friends and cuts everyone else off at the knees."

Other local officials -- who lack Carney's acrimonious history with Palin -- share his dim view of her mayoral reign. When Palin ran for mayor, she dismissed concerns about her lack of managerial expertise by saying the job was "not rocket science." But after a tumultuous start, marked by controversial firings and lawsuits against the city, Palin felt compelled to hire a city manager named John Cramer to steady the ship.

"Sarah was unprepared to be mayor -- it was John Cramer who actually ran the city," said Michelle Church, a member of the Mat-Su Borough Assembly, who knows Palin socially. "As vice-president she'll certainly have to rely on faceless advisors with no public accountability. Haven't we had enough of that in the past eight years?"

Other officials in the borough government -- the equivalent of county government in other states -- point out that Palin actually had very little executive responsibility, since the borough oversees many of Wasilla's vital functions.

"After all her boasting about her executive experience, what did she do?" asks a longtime borough official, who, like many in local circles, requested anonymity because of Palin's reputation for vengeance. "The borough takes care of most of the planning, the fire, the ambulance, collecting the property taxes. And on top of that she brought in a city manager to actually run the city day to day. So what executive experience did she have as mayor?"

Palin does have two major accomplishments to her name as mayor: the by now highly publicized sports complex on the outskirts of Wasilla, which she pushed through city government, and the less well-known emergency dispatch center, which she also brought to her hometown.

The sports complex, however, is seen by many local officials as a budget-busting white elephant.

"I feel sorry for our current mayor, because of the mess that Sarah left behind," said Anne Kilkenny, a respected government watchdog in Wasilla. "And the sports arena is still a money loser for the city."

"Sarah was very focused on the sports complex," said Wasilla council member Dianne Woodruff, who began serving after Palin's tenure. "But somebody forgot to buy the land before they started building on it. Somebody dropped the ball. It was the fault of the people running the city at the time. As a result, we've spent well over a million dollars more than we should have. And we're still paying for it."

Today, the sports complex sits like a huge airplane hangar outside the Wasilla city limits, in a clearing in the woods. Since Palin's administration decided to build the complex far from Wasilla's population center, kids can't walk there or ride their bicycles. On a recent, drizzly afternoon, the cavernous building sat nearly empty. Inside, two girls glided aimlessly around on the ice rink.

But the quiet arena still held Palin's charged presence. A wall plaque commemorated Mayor Sarah Palin and her City Council for constructing the edifice. And on the walls, big, bold quotations urged young athletes to attempt impossible, Sarah Barracuda-like feats: "'You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.' -- Wayne Gretzky."

Local officials are also highly critical of Palin's decision to build an emergency dispatch center -- even though Wasilla and nearby Palmer already shared the costs of an emergency operation for the Mat-Su Valley. As a result of the duplication, there are now two expensive operations for an area with 85,000 people, while the city of Anchorage, with a population of over 300,000, makes do with one emergency station.

"Don't tell me about earmarks," snorts a borough official. "Because of Palin's ego, she couldn't stand the idea of sharing an emergency dispatch operation with Palmer, which has been Wasilla's town rival ever since her high school basketball days. So she ran to [Senator] Ted Stevens to get an earmark for her own system. Now we have two expensive emergency systems and both are losing money. She's no budget cutter -- give me a break. She's just the opposite." ...'

It's the code of the North:

Don't Eat the Yellow Snow

Palin's greatest hits, over and over

Mom of Two — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:27:27 GMT

Mrs. Palin had to stay silent on those issues she hadn't previously delved into....she hasn't been coached on those issues yet.

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:28:33 GMT

When someone is so intellectually challenged as "Sinner" Sarah what do you expect other than the same old lying song and dance over and over again? All she proves is she can read a teleprompter.

How dare "Bush Hugger" McCain say that Barack Obama has been at the center of the lobbyists that have created this Wall Street mess when it's been "Bush Hugger" McCain that's been at the center of the problem with his lobbyist pal Phil Gramm pushing for more and more deregulation. Just more self serving lies from the McCain First crowd.

Go Obama/Biden 08/12!

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Adam Watkins; San Antonio, TX — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:28:54 GMT

I love Palin, but obviously the staff is handling her. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, I guess. Let's keep the bloom on the rose as long as possible. There will be plenty of time for her to spread her wings between January 20, 2009 and January 20, 2025--less than a month before her 61st birthday.

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Doles, Miami, FL — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:28:58 GMT

I guess the people are comfortable with her being president even if it would take her that long to address new crisis. Count how many days she hasn't talked to the press. Which is harder: facing the press or unpredictable events? You decide!

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:29:28 GMT

This is no surprise. Yesterday in Cedar Rapids, IA she said how glad she was to be in Grand Rapids. "Where am I" has to be one of the basics of giving a successful political speech. If you can't get that right you have a serious problem no matter how well you read the teleprompter.

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Elmer, Seattle — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:29:31 GMT

All McCain and Palins speech writers should be fired. Palin made a smashing debut and the advisors were so surprised they hit a home run they keep swinging for the fence. Now their batting average is zero. We all know sequels are never as good as the first movie. Even the hardiest conservatives don't like stale bread. If she has nothing new to say in the age of instant news she is on the bridge to nowhere.

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D Black Diamond WA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:29:38 GMT

And this is a surprise?

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way to go sarah — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:29:42 GMT

I'm so glas that she's showing how much a woman can contribute to a national political campaign by having nothing original to say even after asking permission from to speak.

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tmt Kansas City, MO — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:30:00 GMT

They really are determined to go through with this, aren't they? Of course she answers questions with prepared answers, she's a pageant girl and a journalism major, it's second nature to her.
I don't care who you support or what party you are,no one can honestly say that this woman will make a good VP. I know high school debators with more knowledge of policy and better speaking skills than this lady.

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Jimmy CHICAGO IL — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:30:23 GMT

The hillbilly version of a Stepford wife.

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Chris (Boston) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:30:34 GMT

I don't think this country is ready for a scripted maverick.

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Jody Crocker, Portland , Oregon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:30:56 GMT

She reminds me of one of those dolls that have a string and about 10 sentences programed in. Pull the string and get a sentence. Only problem is...eventually you've heard them all... over and over....hmmm...time for a new doll?

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Vote for the smart guy! — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:31:15 GMT

God, I can't believe there actually are people out there that actually want to hear her simpleton act. The lines are old and meaningless! I guess these people just aren't worried about their economic well being just want some 'hockey mom' tips. Pathetic! If this country is dumb enough to vote in 'Dumb and Dumber' then they surely deserve all the suffering they are going to encounter in the years ahead for themselves and their children. I'm just so angry because people who want an informed and smart president have to suffer for the ignorance of these voters. We've had a dumb president for 8 years and look at the mess we are in now! How about voting for a smart president for once!

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C A, Tuscaloosa, AL — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:31:50 GMT

"And the crowd goes wild"!

What possesses people to go wild over someone who repeats themselves with canned lines (many of which are lies). It's like playing a recording over and over as people sleep or running the same message acrosss a movie screen. Subliminal messaging to brain wash the masses.

This reminds me of the movie Solyent Green where when a certain type of music is played over and over again on loud speakers hundreds of people line up like zombies to enter the human food processing plant.

Sure makes one wonder why anyone would want to put themselves through a political campaign to represent such brainless people. Why not just play the same Palin speech over and over again and line them up to board ships that transport them to Zombie Island. ng.

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John, Morgan Hill, California — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:32:02 GMT

How about deputizing Tina Fey as Sarah's official double? Tina is at least entertaining and with two of them on the road they could be in two places at once. Plus, Tina was trained in the art of improvisation at Chicago's famous Second City school. She could give Sarah a few pointers!

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John Mehan, San Francisco, CA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:32:34 GMT

McCain's choice for VP was all about energizing his failing campaign. No thought was given to who would be a sound choice to take over as president, should he become disabled or die.

Country first?

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Nicholas: Minnesota — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:32:46 GMT

Like one of those pull-string dolls.

(Note, this is not a sexist comment. As dolls can be either male or female).

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Citizen, The Twilight Zone, USA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:32:49 GMT

ladies and gentleman, THIS, may possibly be our next v.p., one heartbeat away from the presidency. wow, unbelievable!

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no thanks — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:32:55 GMT

What's worse? Sarah Palin can't seem to speak on her own without asking if it's okay and when she does, it's nothing new. John McCain can't keep anything straight.....Sunni or Shia, SEC or FEC, Iran is in between Iraq and Pakistan, Europe or Latin America, NATO ally or possible foe.

Seriously, who thinks these two should be in charge of anything more important than a lemonade stand?

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Steve A Jonesboro IN — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:33:00 GMT

She's an air head bimbo....even dumber than mccain...which is why he picked her.

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BJ, CA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:33:30 GMT

Doesn't Palin sound more like Obama everyday too?
This right out of GOP pass the buck the wrong way and make it sound they are the right ticket...
Flop then Flip ..that proves they are right..don't listen it's crap mired in bullshit..
Yeah and fake to make is part of that rehash process...

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James Ivey — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:33:42 GMT

It's incredibly sad that someone with so little gravitas may be president should something happen to McCain. Can you imagine her taking on the issues of the day? Just when we thought things couldn't be worse with Bush, they give us someone that proves us wrong! Yikes!!

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ivon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:33:51 GMT

I guess we will have to play "Stump the Candidate"'

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Barry, Riverside CA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:34:10 GMT

I cannot seriously believe that anyone would want to see this laday as VP. Closing ranks is one thing, but I am shocked that there are not scores of Repbulicans honest enough to denounce this choice for what it is. I think Chuck Hagel garners universal respect because he is not afraid to describe what everyone sees.

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Jim, Santa Cruz — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:34:10 GMT

Mark, Sarah is a one hit wonder.

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BJ, CA — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:34:42 GMT

Doesn't Palin sound more like Obama everyday too?
This is right out of GOP pass the buck the wrong way and make it sound they are the right ticket...
Flop then Flip ..that proves they are right..don't listen it's crap mired in bullshit..
Yeah and fake to make is part of that rehash process...

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nothing to say, everything to hide — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:34:57 GMT

She's stonewalling an ethics investigation. She's not talking and no one else who knows anything is, either. And you're worried about how boring and repetitive her speeches are?

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VA Voter — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:35:01 GMT

It's simple. And it's rather stunning that her disciples don't get it. This woman was a television newscaster. She knows how to read script that somebody else has written. There is nothing behind the "fightin' words." You may criticize Obama for reading off the teleprompter but at least he's bright enough to write his own speeches and doesn't have to rely on Randy Scheunemann to write them for him. Yes, the same Randy Scheunemann who was deputy to Donald Dumbs-feld. Hell of a track record. This guy should be banished to the part of Russia Palin can see from her porch, not playing the role of puppet-master in the most critical election we've had in decades.

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Charlie McCarthy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:35:19 GMT

I don't think I can vote for an anamatron for V.P. Do you? She is like the Chatty Cathy doll. Pull her string and she says 4 or 5 things. over and over and over. She will be exposed for the fraud she is when she has to debate Joe Biden

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Anne/Ohio — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:35:36 GMT

maybe she uses a tape recorder her self and then lipsinks everything so you think she is talking

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di — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:35:56 GMT

Empty

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frank, NC — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:36:14 GMT

Doesnt she sound a lot like George Bush folks??

Popular governor of a huge oil rich state who has little to no foreign experience. Deeply and fundamentalist is religious belief. Believing that the Iraq war is God's Will.

As repubs point out, of the 4 running she is the only one with executive experience. She is, but not as much as George Bush. How did that turn out?

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Suburban Mom paying attention, IL — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:36:25 GMT

She's had weeks of studying and coaching- and THIS IS THE BEST SHE CAN DO? Canned talking points- and when she does stray from the points, she either gaffes or tries to steal Obama's ideas. This is getting old rather quickly.

I especially enjoy the "story" she tells about the broken teleprompter at the convention- and having to ad-lib her speech. Yet, her stump speeches have been exact replicas of the convention speech. How does that happen Sarah?

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gepa — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:36:43 GMT

sarah palin said she wants equality for women? 'maybe , but not if they are gay women..

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NoWay McSame — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:37:01 GMT

HAHA!! This lady is a joke, might as well put a robot up there to spew those crappy lines.

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Thed Weller, B'ham, AL — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:37:10 GMT

She is a joke of a selection. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT! PERIOD!

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MikeCT — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:37:17 GMT

The GOP campaign is a joke. I can't believe this election is going to be close. Everything McSame and the MILF say is just ignorant and wrong.

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Former Hillary Supporter, St. Louis — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:37:36 GMT

Maybe we should listen to Michelle Obama and not vote because "She is pretty". I would rather listen to Sarah's solid background over and over than subtle digs at Sarah Palin from Michelle.

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jawillie, Philadelphia, PA. — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:37:41 GMT

HEY KIDS, IT'S VP BARBIE! Just pull the string in her back to hear phrases like...

“I told the Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that Bridge to Nowhere. "

“In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.”

“There's a time for politics and a time for leadership, a time to campaign and a time to put our country first."

“There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you.”

Up to 12 phrases in all. And now sold separately, POW McCain. Pull the string in his back and he says, "I was a POW."

Batteries not included. Troopergate scandal, lobbyist, and false, misleading ads also sold separately.

Obama/Biden '08!

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MC314 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:38:05 GMT

I have a catch phrase for her:
No way, No How, No Palin/McCain (as she put it yesterday)

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HotRodMama4Obama — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:38:28 GMT

This woman scares the bejeezus out of me. She's going to set working women back 50 years (or more).

Her decision that making a speech was more important than leaking amniotic fluid or her unborn baby? The one she already knew was special needs? Flying on a plane for 9 hours at that point? Returning to work several days after birth? Preaching abstinence and then a shotgun wedding for her 17 year old daughter?

Belive me, this is going to turn into "I did it and so can you...."

Someone yesterday referred to McCain/Palin as "dipstick and lipstick." Thank you, that was the best I've heard in a long time. It still makes me chuckle.

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Nancy Diamond — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:39:09 GMT

what else is new. she is a abroken record, well programmed. America is waiting for the VP debate.
my kid 3 years old, as soon as he sees her in the TV,ne says thanks,but no thanks and laughs.

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Indie Woman in Denver — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:39:31 GMT

Last week FR was lamenting the fact that only the Repubs were re-using material from their acceptance speeches on the stump, while the Dems were not, like how were they gonna get any traction if they didn't repeat those lines? Now y'all sound like you're bored with the Repubs repeating themselves ad nauseam and with nothing new to say. Be careful what you ask for...

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Nancy Diamond — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:39:33 GMT

what else is new. she is a abroken record, well programmed. America is waiting for the VP debate.
my kid 3 years old, as soon as he sees her in the TV,ne says thanks,but no thanks and laughs.