Articles in the Elections Category

McCain Recycled Trashed DNC Flags
Posted in Elections on 6 September 2008

John McCain recycled some 12,000 miniature American flags left over from Barack Obama’s nomination speech last week and gave them to audience members at the Republican National Convention.  The flags were discovered in trash bags in and near garbage bins at Denver’s Invesco Field.  Democrats say that the flags weren’t being thrown away and were [...]

Sarah Palin Bikini Shot Faked, Global Warming Blamed
Posted in Elections on 2 September 2008

An alleged photo of a bikini-clad Sarah Palin has been circulating the net today and it’s a fake according to this article at Right Wing News. The blog’s owner found the original and shows them both to dispel rumors. However, the really cool thing is that maybe this person wouldn’t be wearing a [...]

More on Global Warming Skeptic Sarah Palin
Posted in Elections, Quick Hits on 29 August 2008

Source: michellemalkin.com
Source: politikditto.blogspot.com
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Pro-ANWR Drilling Supporter Sarah Palin is McCain’s VP Pick
Posted in Elections on 29 August 2008

In a move to target women and Reagan conservatives, John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his VP running mate.  Palin, a first-term governor, is a pro-drilling candidate.  Let’s hope this influences McCain’s energy policy and pushes him away from the global warming advocacy he’s displayed in recent years.
Source: www.charlotteobserver.com

Anticipated McCain VP Pick: Don’t Spend Time on Skeptics
Posted in Elections on 29 August 2008

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is expected to be in the running for John McCain’s VP pick and, as a big talker of smaller government, Pawlenty also believes we should have listened to former President Jimmy Carter on his energy policy.  Pawlenty said that we shouldn’t spend time on voices that say climate change isn’t real.
Source: wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com

Obama Vows to Defeat Climate Change
Posted in Elections on 29 August 2008

While promising tax incentives to families to pay for energy, Barack Obama promised to defeat climate change during his acceptance speech. Isn’t that sort of like defeating your opponent in a shadow boxing match?
Source: www.ens-newswire.com

Obama’s Climate Change We Can Believe In
Posted in Elections on 26 August 2008

The soon-to-be Democratic nominee says he will push hard to curb carbon.  Big Government Barack wants to expand the EPA’s authority over greenhouse gas emissions if Congress won’t work out a cap-and-trade scheme to limit the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by U.S. companies.  Just another big government liberal that wants to take your [...]

Let’s Try It Again: Joe Biden’s Global Warming Voting Record
Posted in Elections on 23 August 2008

Joe Biden had might as well be Even Bayh’s clone with regard to his voting record on global warming and energy policy.  Biden voted against an oil-leasing program in ANWR.  He voted for banning drilling in ANWR.  He voted in favor of establishing greenhouse gas trading allowances.    Voted no on funding a nuclear waste [...]

Update: More Evan Bayh Speculation
Posted in Elections on 22 August 2008

MSNBC and CNN are both confirming that Evan Bayh will not be selected as Barack’s running mate. More details and analysis as more is announced.
More Evan Bayh news from Michelle Malkin. Apparently she has connections with someone deep in the political t-shirts biz and this person says that Bayh is the VP pick [...]

Update: Expected Vice Presidential Candidate Evan Bayh on Issues
Posted in Elections on 22 August 2008

MSNBC and CNN are both confirming Bayh to not be Obama’s pick for Vice Presidential candidate. Guess we’ll have to wait until Barack sends out the text message tomorrow.
Evan Bayh, the expected Vice Presidential candidate pick of Barack Obama, has a very pro-global warming anti-energy independence record in the US [...]