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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Grover Norquist’

McCain Can’t Afford To Drop Sarah - They Won’t Let Him Anyways

By Charley James • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Features
by Charley James
Despite numerous calls from serious conservative columnists over the last week for John McCain to drop Sarah Palin from the Republican ticket, she’s not going anywhere regardless of her debate performance.
“She’s our lifeline to the money coming in from evangelicals and the far right,” says my contact at McCain headquarters in Virginia. “Without [...]


She United and It Feels So Good

By Denis Campbell • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Features
Olbermann said it first. More than a bad pun, the Democratic Unity, New Hampshire photo-op happened yesterday. Newshounds desperate for a story angle spoke of backstage tensions between their handlers or jumped briefly on trivial Republican, Grover Norquist’s “he’s Kerry with a tan” racist comment, until they saw who said it. To listen to pundits [...]