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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (30171)	9/3/2008 6:59:20 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Palin's affair with husband's business partner. This is now spinning totally out of control. It has engulfed the convention. Where was Cheney? You'd think they would just IGNORE the National Enquirer instead of broadcasting this story and giving them tons of free PR. What is up with this? ===== McCain Camp Knocks Down Enquirer's Palin Rumor Posted by John Bentley\| Comments34 (CBS) From CBS News' John Bentley: (ST. PAUL, MINN.) – John McCain’s campaign threatened legal action against the National Enquirer today for running a story about McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, allegedly having an affair with her husband’s business partner. “The smearing of the Palin family must end. The allegations contained on the cover of the National Enquirer insinuating that Gov. Palin had an extramarital affair are categorically false. It is a vicious lie,” said McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt. “The efforts of the media and tabloids to destroy this fine and accomplished public servant are a disgrace. The American people will reject it.” The Enquirer also alleges that Palin unjustly fired a public safety official while she was governor of Alaska, but the story is based entirely on unnamed sources. The Enquirer has also paid sources in the past to speak with them, something mainstream media outlets do not do. “Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin look forward to discussing the issues that Americans care about, fixing broken government, creating jobs, making our country energy independent and securing the peace for the next generation by bringing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a victorious end,” said Schmidt. “Legal action will be considered with regard to this disgraceful smear.”

To: stockman_scott who wrote (30171)	9/3/2008 8:04:31 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

CNN/Time: Obama Strong in Upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is best! ;-)

To: stockman_scott who wrote (30171)	9/3/2008 8:14:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

No pregnant pauses: TV comics on Palin, the election The events surrounding VP nominee Sarah Palin provided plenty of fodder for late-night monologues. By BILL WARD, Star Tribune Last update: September 3, 2008 - 1:45 PM The soap opera around Sarah Palin's family life dominated the late-night talk-show monologues on Tuesday, although the hosts occasionally took on a bipartisan theme. Not to mention a bit of sameness. NBC's Jay Leno noted that "Gov. Palin announced that her 17-year-old daughter was five months pregnant. O-ho, you thought John Edwards was in trouble before." Later in the evening Leno's network mate Conan O'Brien quipped "Palin has revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. Palin said, 'We should never have introduced her to John Edwards.'" Leno also had a gag virtually identical to one thrown out by CBS rival David Letterman. Leno's version: "Turns out Gov. Palin is a lifelong member of the NRA and a longtime hunter. Another vice president who's a hunter, what could go wrong there?" Letterman's: "And you gotta love this. Sarah Palin is an avid hunter. A vice president who likes guns? Well, what could go wrong there?" But it was the surprise pregnancy of Bristol Palin that prompted the most one-liners. ABC's Jimmy Kimmel got in this zinger: "Remember when the Republicans compared Barack Obama to Britney Spears? Now they've got their own Jamie Lynn Spears." Letterman joked that "the Palin family crisis has been solved now. The baby is being adopted by Angelina Jolie." And O'Brien had some fun with the convention's daily themes. "The theme [Tuesday] night is, 'Who is John McCain?' The theme for [Wednesday] night is, 'Who forgot to check and see if the vice president's daughter is pregnant?'" Another gibe about the themes came from Comedy Central's Assif Mandvi. "The theme for Day 3: Republicans will buy your house. They've got money, and they love houses." McCain's multiple homes also were the topic of a Leno wisecrack: "John McCain was ... helping out with the hurricane. To give you an idea what a passionate guy McCain is, he moved over 200,000 evacuees into some of his empty houses." Kimmel, meanwhile, worked in a jab at both the pregnancy and McCain's age: "Sarah Palin's got a 4-month-old of her own, she's about to become a grandmother and she's partnered with John McCain. How many diapers can one woman possibly change?" Also commenting on McCain's age -- he turned 72 on Friday -- was Leno. "Did you see Sarah Palin standing next to John McCain at the podium the other day? Didn't it look like one of those commercials where the daughter is trying to find a nice home to put Dad in?" Other targets: • Leno on Sarah Palin's beauty-pageant past: "Back in 1984, Sarah Palin finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant. Now she might be the vice president. You know what that means? For the first time in history, a beauty-pageant contestant might actually bring about world peace." • Comedy Central's Jon Stewart on the Republicans suspending political speeches for a day due to Hurricane Gustav: "We must get back through this storm as Americans -- and tomorrow it's back to printing Obama Bin Laden T-shirts." • Leno on Palin's admission that she had tried marijuana: "She said she had not enjoyed it. Isn't that amazing? Something like 100 million Americans have smoked marijuana. The only people who don't seem to enjoy it are running for office." Meanwhile, the host state did not escape the late-night barbs. Stewart, who's taping his show in St. Paul, had an allusion to the comedy film "Twins" when comparing the Twin Cities. "St. Paul is way better ... Minneapolis is Danny DeVito to St. Paul's Arnold Schwarzenegger." And O'Brien took a poke at our demographics: "True fact: This year there are only 36 black delegates at the convention in Minnesota. As a result, there are now 37 black people in Minnesota." startribune.com