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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 07:56 PM) From the category of "Things that come up when you properly vet a person", it turns out that in the mid 90's, Palin and her husband were members of the Alaskan Independence party, which advocates Alaska bringing up a vote on secession. She was still in contact with their convention earlier this year. Swiftboating? http://newsbusters.org/blogs/john-stephens...ce-party-are-fa

Happy Birthday to a fellow SS

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 11:38 AM) I think all the coverage is bulls***, but it will die down and go away pretty soon (barring something else coming out) and in the end this won't matter. I hope so. It really shouldn't matter, like so much of the other BS in this election that keeps playing ad naseum.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 11:04 AM) What are you talking about, the Ayers thing got tons of attention...? Not NEARLY what Palin's daughter has received. Yesterday pretty much every news story was either Gustav or Palin.

It is really sad that Palin's pregnant kid has gotten more attention than the William Ayers connections did...

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 09:43 AM) bobby Abreu had the same problem until later in the season, when he had time to recover. He didn't play in the heat of Texas and he didn't have slumping players in front of him. The home run derby, while fun, can cause some major problems for people...not tiring problems...timing problems. Go back and look at first half versus second half splits for players down there... It is definately a trend for Rangers to fall off in the second half.

I would have to call myself a Jeffersonian. I believe the government should be extremely limited in size and in scope. The country was formed on the ideals of each person being an independant entity, and we have gotten a long way away from that. Lots of the points still ring really true to me 230+ years later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonian_Democracy

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 08:07 AM) Rasmussen Tracking today. Obama 51 - McCain 45. So Palin has been worth 3 points so far?

77-60 tied with MN

Gavin Floyd and JI... Jim Thome

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 09:26 AM) He then actually went despite pressure not to. Obama went, but not to Iowa. He stayed away from the middle of Iowa per the Gov request. Which, again, isn't how you portrayed it, at all.

Mark has since taken it back based on Gavin's preformances. This.Story.Is.Dead.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEX!!! (Screaming just in case his hearing aid isn't on)

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 08:50 AM) that's exactly how I portrayed it. Actually its not, according to you, McCain did exactly what was asked of him and "prayed from a distance", while Obama went in. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=1665138

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 31, 2008 -> 09:18 PM) The Palin pick seems to be a pretty good one. It helps with some of the GOP base, puts a woman on the ticket, adds someone with at least some executive experience, and she has very high approval ratings. Of course, McCain isn't going to pick someone Obama voters will approve of, as nothing besides McCain dropping out of the race could appease them. I think the 'state trooper scandal' will be a big deal to the DailyKos and such, but not the average voter. Speaking of which, it seems the Dems are already launching attacks on the Palin family, really no surprise here. http://townhall.com/blog/g/9b3375c7-6a27-4...04-b267282a1ce1 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/30/12.../137/486/580223 The same group that yelled at the GOP to leave Michelle alone, right? Stay classy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 31, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) Gavin is rapidly becoming our stopper. Dare I say, Gavin could make an incredible arguement to be the White Sox MVP right now. It would be a tough choice between him and Carlos... Without either of those guys, this is a third place team... at best.

THere aren't many guys in the game today who have the competitive streak that Jack had. Now there is a guy who would make a helluva pitching coach. Could you imagine taking a set of brass balls like Black Jack and an arm like Vazquez and putting them together? Wow.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2008 -> 01:09 PM) John Kerry on Stephanoplous: The exact samething could have been said about Obama. He could have actually chosen a VP who was for "change", instead he took a Washington insider with ties to big banking, and the messes in bankruptcy and mortgage. He was a slave to the left who had to address Baracks foreign policy vaccuum. He picked John McCain to be his running mate. Ironic, isn't it?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 31, 2008 -> 07:28 PM) That is 100% accurate. Funny, that's not how you portrayed it when it happened, not that I am surprised by that or anything...

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 31, 2008 -> 05:46 PM) Apparently McCain is seriously considering giving his acceptance speech via satellite... from the Gustav disaster zone. Yes, the last thing you need in a disaster area is a throng to media and Secret Service security. And this post was brought to you by the same guy who ripped McCain for not going, and praised Obama for going to the Iowa disater site...

77-60 +0.5 games over MN.

76-60 +0.5 ahead of MN

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 04:15 PM) Interesting... apparently the McCain campaign is considering turning the convention into a telethon to help with the hurricane. Interesting idea. I have no idea how to handle this if I were them. The logical choice would be to hold the nominations on Monday and cancel the remainder. But that's not really an option i dont think. Politically. they cant afford the lack of coverage after the Obama convention / speech. But as humans, they need to cancel. Somethings are bigger than politics. If people want to change their votes because they GOP doesn't waste a lot of money on a festival because people are in trouble, there isn't much to be said for them anyway.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 05:08 PM) So a question for the R voter people. ATH, no answers from you, I want to hear from the already decided McCain voters. You've now had 24 hours to chew on Sarah Palin as a VP pick. Taking all the good and the bad together, how do you feel about your ticket right now? I get the feeling that if I were a Republican I'd be really nervous about that ticket, but I'm really not qualified to give an opinion from the side of someone who thinks McCain's a good candidate. My take? Obama sold out and picked McCain as his running mate, so McCain sold out and picked Obama as his running mate.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 04:26 PM) the University of Illinois is paying John Edwards $65,000 to give a speech what a bulls*** waste of school funds. The sad thing is that his fee went up after he announced he had cheated on his wife. Stay classy John, stay classy.