Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008

OK, I admit I don’t have an Iphone.

I gather some of you with them were having problems with it and this blog, though, (Totally unreadable, I hear)  and of course I want to help. I’ve added some code to

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davidl on August 29th, 2008

Jake Tapper has the tale of two takes, ABC News

“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency,” said Obama spox Bill Burton. “Gov.

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008

BBCT to Michelle’s readers…

Reader Brian wrote:

My secretary was just listening to channel 7 news on the thedenverchannel.com online.

The news guys had the audio on and did not know it.

They commented that they think McCain and Palin

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008

I’m going to take the unusual step of sending the news release out untouched from The Source, since with all the political goings on, there’s no way you’re going to hear much of it otherwise. You certainly won’t see it

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008


Bruce McQuain at Q&O:

Oliver Willis asks on Twitter:

“How many qualified and tested Republican women did McCain pass over for Sarah Palin? “

About as many as the Democrats passed over to pick Barack Obama, Oliver.  Why?

LOL… sometimes

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Holiday weekend, so this will be a short one… essentially a nod to the Ramble Tradition.

  • As to the holiday itself, let me say this clearly: Labor unions have outlived their usefulness, and have evolved to the point where they

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008

I’ve cleaned up the front page a bit, as well as the footers on individual posts.

The object is to lighten the load a bit on the Database server, and get the page looking a bit cleaner. Individual posts still

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davidl on August 29th, 2008

The official Democrat Party Veep Hit list: 

Bobby Jindal
Mitt Romney
John Thune
Tom Ridge
Tim Pawlenty
Carly Fiorina
Charlie Crist
Fred Smith
Eric Cantor

Blind-sided baby!

Sarah Palin gives the McCain-Palin campaign some leverage to attack Obama a several

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008

I said a short while ago, I wasn’t buying Palin as the VP choice until it came out officially. Apparently, it just did. Fox News Channel:

DAYTON, Ohio — A senior campaign official in the John McCain campaign confirmed to

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008

The latest chatter I’m hearing is on Palin.

Sister Toldjah seems to have this stuff down, though;

Instead of breathlessly reporting on every news report that comes out, I’m gonna wait until it’s actually confirmed before I blog about it

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Eric Florack on August 29th, 2008

Yes, I saw the speech last night. Let me be brief, because frankly, his dog and pony show deserves no more effort than that.

Obama, in the end, did and said nothing new. His speech was grandiose, certainly, but

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