she's a member of "feminists for life", and I understand that is their position.

Posted at September 21, 2008 11:26 PM in response to Palin Still Bad-Mouthing Trooper

I think it's pretty important, and that this is the primary reason why she was picked for the ticket. this has the potential to increase the far-right turnout above bush's. bush said he supported the fundamentalists and they still love him, but even he didn't put a radical pro-lifer on the ticket with him.

it's clear to the radical right that palin didn't pay for rape kits as mayor because she believed emergency contraception is abortion, and abortion is murder. thus the victim had to pay.

the campaign's response on troopergate just re-references this for the faithful, while it slips past most of us.

I strongly believe she wasn't picked as any sort of feminist appeal in Hillary's wake, but that that claim was a smokescreen for her truly frightening radical nature-- the real reason she's on the ticket.

Posted at September 21, 2008 11:25 PM in response to More Connections

she's better off making this about her brother-in-law if she can, as long as she can delay the investigation. (and she can, since the mccain campaign now apparently controls the Alaska legislature).

If it's not about Wooten, then people will start to focus on the reason the campaign actually gave for the firing-- that Monegan was too aggressive in pursuing sex offenders. Any talk about her brother-in-law is preferred.

Posted at September 19, 2008 2:51 PM in response to Palin Still Bad-Mouthing Trooper

because performance is actually a WORSE defense in this case, if you listen to the reasons the campaign gives:

He was too aggressive in pursuing sex offenders, pushing for funding for rape kits to gather forensic evidence.

What's Palin's problem with the rape kits? They include emergency contraception, which she and her organization "feminists for life", considers murder.

If they actually use this as their defense, she will terrify moderates and independents. The radical pro-life community, on the other hand, already understands her position.

Posted at September 19, 2008 2:45 PM in response to Palin Still Bad-Mouthing Trooper

a bush-league Bush.

amazing how mc/palin is making bush/cheney look like sages.

Posted at September 14, 2008 10:11 AM in response to NYT: Palin Personally Sought To Ban Book From Library

or let people know that the liar that they believe used to be honorable. and used to be trustworthy, but that he changed. they weren't wrong, we were ALL misled by him.

it takes a while for people to pivot-- I used to get really incensed when obama would praise mccain for his service and call him honorable, but now it looks like it was a setup all along. (unless he starts doing it again...)

Posted at September 13, 2008 11:28 PM in response to New Obama Ad On McCain's Reformer Image: "Wait A Second"

that's a very good point.

seems like obama's letting mccain redefine his own image--the latest attacks look like they'll have more impact longterm on mccain than they will on obama, and obama is using his responses to direct the attacks back to mccain's character, consistently.

I think it's a risky strategy, but it could be devastating to mccain in a few weeks.

Posted at September 13, 2008 11:19 PM in response to New Obama Ad On McCain's Reformer Image: "Wait A Second"

oh he's not playing the pow card, actually it appears in this case that Rogers was simply making an excuse for McCain's faulty memory.

Posted at August 21, 2008 10:37 PM in response to McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW!

where are these from? would be good responses to emails about 'facts' from the book if there was a source.

Posted at August 14, 2008 6:12 PM in response to Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating

yep. it's hardball for this. dig up his past-- he's asked for it.

Posted at August 14, 2008 6:07 PM in response to Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating