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Rephrasing an abortion answer

Obama disclosed that he had once considered serving in the military. “You know, I actually did,” Obama said. “I had to sign up for Selective Service when I graduated from high school. And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  7 Sep 2008

Sutton family retracts Obama story

The information Mr. Percy Sutton imparted on March 25 in a NY1 News interview regarding his connection to Barack Obama is inaccurate. As best as our family and the Chairman's closest friends can tell, Mr. Sutton, now 86 years of age, misspoke in ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  6 Sep 2008

Who's playing the victim?

In three days we knew the name of the boyfriend, of the 17 year old daughter, of Sarah Palin. . Joe Biden has been a Senator for 35 years. Does anyone know about Frank ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  6 Sep 2008

2012/2016 watch

Better line somebody up 'cause 0bama is toast and Hillary's history.......I like my steaks rare by the way......appropriate they hold this funeral at the "Balloon Field"....ha, ha.. ha! ! ! We need 4 more years of Republican rule, tell you what,every ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  6 Sep 2008

Palin hit

That family values fraud of a woman is unfit to serve as VP and DANGEROUSLY unfit to serve a heartbeat away from the Presidency of a 72 year old 4 time cancer survivor!!! Amazing! Sen. Obama states he is the change America needs, but I say, put your ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  6 Sep 2008

9/11 comity

A joint statement from the campaigns: "On September 11, 2008, we will join together to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at Ground Zero. "All of us came together on 9/11 -- not as Democrats or Republicans -- but as Americans. In ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  6 Sep 2008

Moore's (anti-)elitism

But before everyone gets all smug and self-righteous about the Palin selection, remember where you live. You live in a nation of gun owners and hunters. You live in a country where one out of three girls get pregnant before they are 20. You live ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  6 Sep 2008

Trying to scare?

In an echo of the moment when McCain alleged Obama was playing the race card, McCain spokesman Brian Rogers vehemently objects to this Obama riff today: “When [the Republicans] say this isn’t about issues it’s about personalities what they’re really ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  5 Sep 2008

Bon Jovi: 'You don't have to be 72'

Zeleny's pool report on an Obama fundraiser in New Jersey this evening contains Bon Jovi's endorsement: “You don’t have to be 72 to have experience," he said. “It’s the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.... This 21st century man has an aura ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  5 Sep 2008

What Clinton's doing

In case McCain wins, she's saving her guns for 2012. The fundies will ensure that McCain serves only one term in order to get Palin into the Oval Office. HRC is holding her guns for the Apocalype - running against Sarah Palin for the ...

From BEN SMITH, The Politico,  5 Sep 2008

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