MAD LIBS – Palin Derangement Syndrome Overwhelms Media

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by William Kristol
09/22/2008, Volume 014, Issue 02
The liberal media are angry. Very, very angry. How do we know? Howard Kurtz, the Washington Post’s chronicler of all things media, says so:
 
The media are getting mad. Whether it’s the latest back-and-forth over attack ads, the silly lipstick flap or the continuing debate over Sarah and [...]

Why The US Needs To Secure Its Borders: Organized crime takes control in parts of Mexico

By Jane Bussey, McClatchy Newspapers Sun Sep 14, 6:00 AM ET
MORELIA, Mexico — As helicopters circled overhead, trucks carrying Mexican army troops lurched through the colonial streets of this provincial capital to a central plaza, where a grenade had been discovered near the cathedral.
Law-enforcement agents cordoned off the plaza and removed the grenade. But the [...]

The Bonfire of the Hypocrisies: Palin & Obama – Hypocrisy in American Politics

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The nomination that launched a thousand attacks.
by Tod Lindberg
09/22/2008, Volume 014, Issue 02
Historians looking back on these tumultuous times will no doubt argue over the precise date on which the Age of Palin began. Her speech at the Republican National Convention on September 3 certainly catapulted her to national renown. But there is [...]

Give ‘em Hell, Sarah: Sarah Palin, Harry Truman & Elitism in American Politics

THE WEEKLY STANDARD -09/22/08 – By: Steven F. Hayward
Give ‘em Hell, Sarah – Like Truman, a natural-born executive 
Lurking just below the surface of the second-guessing about Sarah Palin’s fitness to be president is the serious question of whether we still believe in the American people’s capacity for self-government, what we mean when we affirm [...]

Governor Sarah Palin: Her Accomplishments As Governor of Alaska

Doctrinaire Conservatives Beware 
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by Fred Barnes
09/22/2008, Volume 014, Issue 02
Conservatives are rushing to crown Alaska governor Sarah Palin as the new Ronald Reagan. And indeed there are similarities. Like Reagan, Palin has a dazzling star quality and an appeal to voters outside the conservative orbit. But there’s another likeness to Reagan that conservatives may [...]