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There was a joke that used to go around about a golf game involving entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. Another player asked his handicap, and Davis replied “I’m a Jewish black man with one eye; how much more handicap do I need?” This came to mind when I read the New York Times story about President [...]
Archive for the ‘Palin’ Category
July 3rd, 2009
Category: Palin
Instead of being a quitter, Sarah Palin decides to … quit.
Either there’s a real scandal in the offing, or she’s just a complete flake.
December 19th, 2008
Category: Palin
Sarah Palin’s daughter’s fiance’s mother’s legal problems are really none of anyone’s business.
November 5th, 2008
Category: Palin
We should defend Our Sarah from the McCainites’ attacks. We owe her. And as the weakest possible Republican candidate for 2012, she’s too valuable to give up without a fight.
October 31st, 2008
Category: Palin
Palin refuses to say that she will vote against Ted Stevens, her political mentor and now a convicted felon.
October 31st, 2008
Category: Campaign 2008, Palin
“If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations, then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.”
October 27th, 2008
Category: Palin
… what does Gov. Palin have to say about their long political association? Does she support him for re-election? So far, she hasn’t been willing to say.
October 27th, 2008
Category: Palin
A friend who was doubtless more socially successful in her high school than I was in mine characterizes the McCain/Palin ticket as “the captain of the football team and the mean girl who connived her way to head cheerleader: the two kids you most love to hate.”
