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Palin would not acknowledge a need for "education" prior to ascending to the second highest office in the land. Her smirking, contemptuous dismissal of community service at the Republican National Convention; a litany of falsehoods including the claim to have said "no thanks" to the Ketchikan "bridge to nowhere" and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Introducing Sarah Palin | 9/22/2008 | See Source »

Andrew Tobias, Democratic Party Treasurer, gave a passionate speech that could have been a highlight of the convention. But when he said: “In just the last eight years, the Republicans have cut the value of the U.S. dollar almost in half,” my neck got...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: Truth on a Diet | 9/21/2008 | See Source »

The other convention in Minneapolis had its own eyebrow-raising moments. You may think equating opposition to a war with some fanciful will to surrender is a trick so old it must be collecting dust away from the top levels of American politics. If so, Senator Lindsey Graham proved you...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: Truth on a Diet | 9/21/2008 | See Source »

Once again, the media proved their inclination to pursue maximum readership, throwing to the wind the relevance and propriety of the information they provide. But I’m used to some outlets resisting gossip more than others. As the Republican convention started, even The New York Times?...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: Truth on a Diet | 9/21/2008 | See Source »

Worst of all are the laughable hypocrisies American politicos force themselves into as they try to be all things to all people. The panel on A. J. Hammer’s CNN program spent more than seven convention minutes complaining about the fact that Palin’s style is...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: Truth on a Diet | 9/21/2008 | See Source »

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