Biden sparring with a Palin stand-in

Posted by bruni on September 28, 2008

Democrat Joe Biden has tapped Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be the stand-in for Sarah Palin as he prepares for next month’s vice presidential debate.

Biden predicted that Palin would try to make their debate personal and said he wouldn’t respond in kind if she attacked him.

Will the gaffe machine still activate during the VP debate?

Palin’s Daughter Preggo - Marrying the Father

Posted by bruni on September 22, 2008

Politico.com Breaking News:
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Sarah Palin released a statement saying her daughter is pregnant and plans to marry the father.

white trash family for VP
Weren’t you one of the guys defending the choice in the other threads?

Oh, so anything besides the standard model is white trash? Or only when the grandmother is of an opposing ideology?
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GOP remains in Congress despite the Democrats adjournment for vacation

Posted by bruni on August 26, 2008

A bit long but worth reading

Pelosi and the dems won’t let off-shore drilling up for a vote even when 70%+ of Americans are demanding it. Plus, she doesn’t want to force a vote on Obama because she knows it could be political suicide for him. House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking.

"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.
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Best Mayor in the country

Posted by bruni on August 13, 2008

Award goes to Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit, Michigan!

  • In May 2005, the Detroit Free Press reported that over the first 33 months of his term, Kilpatrick had charged over $210,000 on his city-issued credit card for travel, meals, and entertainment
  • Kilpatrick’s first controversy started as rumors of a wild party in the fall of 2002 involving strippers at the official residence of the mayor the city-owned Manoogian Mansion.
  • In July of 2003, WXYZTV reported that Kwame Kilpatrick was seen riding the streets of Detroit on a Harley-Davidson Electra Glide police motorcycle which was taken from the Detroit Police Motorcycle Squad by Kilpatrick.
  • In January 2008, The Detroit Free Press examined and revealed the existence of more than 14,000 text messages exchanged between Kilpatrick and his chief of staff Christine Beatty on their city issued SkyTel pagers between September October 2002 and April May 2003.
  • In 2005, WXYZ-TV reporter Steve Wilson reported that the city had entered an expensive one year lease for a luxury SUV. It was to be used to chauffeur the mayor’s family. The lease was for $24,995; five dollars under the amount that would have required the approval of city council.
  • It was revealed on July 15, 2008 by WXYZ reporter Steve Wilson, that in 2005 Kwame Kilpatrick, Christine Beatty, and the chief of police Ella Bully-Cummings allegedly used their positions to help an influential Baptist minister arrested for soliciting a prostitute to have the case dismissed.
  • Tamara Greene was a 27-year-old exotic dancer who went by the name "Strawberry" and who claimed to have performed at the Manoogian Mansion party. While sitting in her car with her boyfriend, Greene was shot multiple times with a .40 caliber Glock handgun.

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