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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (40853)	10/28/2008 1:56:28 PM
From: manalagi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

The highest paid in McCain's campaign staff is the make up woman for Sarah Palin, to the tune around $ 21,000 so far. For McCain, it is a simple process, he just calls the local girl from the funeral home to make him look good. - Bill Maher (not verbatim)

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (40853)	10/28/2008 2:38:40 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Even Red Staters aren't happy with Stevens. Don't Vote For Ted Stevens For Senate or Don Young for House At Large in Alaska Party Loyalty Has Its Limits Posted by: The Directors Monday, October 27, 2008 at 03:52PM CDT Note - A previous version of this post was entitled "RedState Endorses Mark Begich, Democrat For Senate, and Ethan Berkowitz, Democrat for House At Large in Alaska." We have changed the title and amended the post to retract the formal endorsement out of respect for RedState Contributors who did not feel they could be associated in good conscience with an endorsement of two pro-abortion Democrats (though we note that Ted Stevens is also not pro-life). However, our point remains: the GOP, the conservative cause and even specifically the pro-life cause will be better off if Stevens and Young are defeated and the tarnish they carry with them are excised from the GOP. We stand at a perilous moment in American politics, with thereal possibility that the Democrats could get to 60 votes in the Senate. This is no time for litmus tests of party loyalty, for abandoning our own. But we must make one exception: good conscience compels us to advise Alaskans not to vote for Ted Stevens for Senate or Don Young for the at-large House seat in Alaska. We leave it to the individual voter whether to abstain or take the step of voting affirmatively for Mark Begich, the Democrat mayor of Anchorage, and candidate for the U.S. Senate, or for Ethan Berkowitz for the at-large House seat in Alaska. We have no illusions that Begich will be a good Senator (although perhaps he can bring to DC some bipartisan oomph to theneed to exploit Alaska's energy resources for the good of the nation), or Berkowitz a good Congressman. But Ted Stevens and Don Young have been a pox on the Republican house for too long - too addicted to the pork barrel, too fast and loose with ethics. Stevens' conviction in federal court today is the exclamation pointon an era in Republican politics in general and Alaska politics in particular that needs to end (and which Gov. Sarah Palin has been battling to clean up). Republicans need to clean our own house. Washington cannot too soon see the end of Stevens and Young. redstate.com