Tag Archives: Veepstakes

It seems that much of Sarah Palin’s pre-political background may be fabricated, including her claim that she was Miss Congeniality in the 1984 Miss Wasilla pageant. Amy Gwin, 43, of University City, grew up in Alaska and competed in the Miss Wasilla, Alaska, competition in 1984 against GOP vice presidential choice Sarah Palin. Gwin said Friday that she won the …

“Well, we hit the ground in Minneapolis and, as you can imagine, it’s been quite hectic. The McCain campaign did a brilliant job today of quickly stealing back the spotlight after Sen. Obama’s successful speech in Denver. Sen. McCain’s choice for Vice President, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is a smart choice on many levels. She unifies the GOP across the …

John McCain’s campaign said today that they “have a team on the ground in Alaska” to look more thoroughly into Sarah Palin’s background. Barn door wide open, horse seen accepting nomination. The New York Times reports that not only had McCain only met Palin once prior to asking her to join the ticket, he’d been holding out until the last …

And notice how he fidgets with and then removes his wedding ring. In poker, that’s called a “tell.”

Wonkette has started a “Sarah Palin Early Withdrawal Watch.” Palin was part of some loopy anti-American group of Alaskan nuts that wants to secede from America. Why does she hate America so much? Palin is a big supporter of MSNBC nut Pat Buchanan, but not just because of his funny nonsense on teevee! She actually supported him in his Reform …

The New York Post got to Levi Johnston’s MySpace page before it went private: “I’m a fuckin’ redneck who likes to snowboard and ride dirt bikes. But I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some shit and just fuckin’ chillin’ I guess. Ya fuck with me I’ll …

I haven’t said anything about the whisper campaign that Sarah Palin’s 17 year-old daughter Bristol (above right) actually gave birth to her Downs Syndrome baby because it just seemed ridiculous and cruel. Even over at Daily Kos, many commenters demanded that posts on the subject be taken down. And yet the story continued to grow and entered the MSM. Today …

People Magazine asks John McCain what drew him to Sarah Palin. Obviously, I found her to be very intelligent and very well-versed on the issues. But I think the important thing was that she’s a reformer. She’s taken on special interests since she ran for the PTA and the city council and mayor. The courage, I guess, is what most …

Barbra Streisand takes a dim view of Sarah Palin. For months, John McCain and the Republicans went after Barack Obama for lacking the experience they felt was necessary in order to be commander in chief. Yet, on this day, an aging John McCain, who is the oldest Presidential nominee in history, chose a running mate—a person that is just a …

John McCain has picked 44 year-old Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. It’s a stunning decision and one that will be greatly controversial. Here come the Hillerites! A mother of five, Palin is a former beauty queen who was runner-up in Miss Alaska 1984. Palin has been governor for two years, before that she was the mayor of …

Barack Obama will be making the most important speech of his life tonight when he accepts the Democratic nomination and John McCain is planning to steal the show. According to the Drudge Report, McCain’s camp plans to leak his VP pick at 6pm and then give some sort of confirmation at 8pm. Classy all the way. So much for the …

Confirmed via CNN at 12:45am EST.Earlier tonight: The United States Secret Service has dispatched a protective detail to assume the immediate protection of Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., a source tells ABC News, indicating in all likelihood that Biden has been officially notified that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, has selected him to be his running mate. Sources also tell ABC News …

Sorry, PUMAs and other diehard Hillarians. There’s one Democrat who would seem to have little or no chance of being picked by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be his running mate – his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). But it’s not for the reason you think. Obama has often said, most recently on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on …

Barack Obama is set to announce his running mate, the word may come by tomorrow morning. Senator Barack Obama has all but settled on his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate rollout plan for his decision, beginning with an early morning alert to supporters, perhaps as soon as Wednesday morning, aides said. Mr. Obama’s deliberations remain remarkably …

John McCain says it’s OK for his veep to be pro-choice, like Tom Ridge, but not OK for him to be pro-gay, like Michael Bloomberg. “I think it’s a fundamental tenet of our party to be pro-life but that does not mean we exclude people from our party that are pro-choice. We just have a–albeit strong–but just it’s a disagreement. …

The number of progressives demanding that Barack Obama not choose Evan Bayh as running mate is growing, as many point out that Bayh was instrumental in building the Democratic consensus to support the war in Iraq. Increasing speculation about the vice-presidential prospects of Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana is stirring strong interest among backers of Senator Barack Obama and not …

Barack Obama will announce his running mate by text message. An email from David Plouffe, campaign manager for Sen. Barack Obama, sent tonight to supporters is sure to stoke speculation about the candidate’s announcement of who his choice for vice president will be. In a message entitled “Barack’s VP: Be the First to Know,” Plouffe writes: “Barack Obama is about …