McCain Aide: Palin Doesn’t Need to Talk to the Press

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2008 According to McCain campaign strategist Nicole Wallace, it doesn't matter if Sarah Palin talks to the press because Palin can make "her own points" in her speeches, directly to the American people, as she did in St. Paul last week. "Who cares if she can talk to Time magazine?" Wallace asks Jay Carney of, yes, Time magazine in this clip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Acceptance Speech Interrupted, Made Hilarious

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2008 There are three great moments in this short video of McCain's acceptance speech. First, a Code Pink demonstrator interrupts McCain's speech and gets dragged out to chants of "U.S.A.!" Then, McCain fumbles and makes an antiquated tech-related joke about static. Finally, McCain delivers his speech in front of a blue screen. Stephen Colbert, eat your heart out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin Goes on the Offensive

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2008 Sarah Palin has been a one-woman soap opera the last few days, so when she strolled out onto that RNC stage Wednesday night without dragging a baby or a caribou carcass, she was already ahead of the game. Then she showed that she could handle the spotlight, casting herself as a small-town victim of the big-city media and relentlessly attacking Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Over 300 Arrested at RNC

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2008 Beginning Saturday with a guns-drawn assault on a protester meeting space and continuing through the weekend with raids on houses of known activists in St. Paul, Twin Cities police have arrested over 300 anti-RNC demonstrators. At least 120 of them are accused of felonies, including trumped-up "conspiracy to riot" charges. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flag Worship

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2008 Leave it to the Grand Old Party to go from Martin Luther King to 9/11 in less than three seconds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lieberman Feels the Power of the Dark Side

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2008 Sen. Joe Lieberman did his best to make Sarah Palin look good on Tuesday by giving a speech at the Republican convention. Although the GOP faithful managed to keep Lieberman off what might have been one of the least charismatic tickets ever, the self-described Democrat stood by his man. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Schlafly, Ingraham Team Up for Palin at RNC

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2008 It was a lineup designed to bring women at the Republican National Convention ever forward and onward into the year 1800, but alas, Sarah Palin couldn't make it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Biden Grins at Rove’s ‘Doofus’ Diss

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2008 Either Joe Biden is practicing a kinder, gentler form of campaign-trail politics or Karl Rove's got another thing coming just not right this very moment On Tuesday, after hearing that Karl Rove called him a "big blowhard doofus" at the RNC the previous day, Biden just had a smile and a patriotic compliment for Bush's one-time sidekick. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amy Goodman, ‘Democracy Now!’ Producers Arrested at RNC

BLANK Sep 2, 2008 According to the "Democracy Now!" Web site, producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested Monday afternoon "while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention," and host Amy Goodman was arrested for "defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The RNC and the Storm

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2008 Many Republicans who originally planned to spend Monday in St. Paul with other Republican National Convention-goers were compelled to change their plans, thanks to Hurricane Gustav -- including the GOP's own presumptive presidential nominee, John McCain, who was busy over the weekend playing the anti-Bush when it came to disaster preparedness. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who’s That Lady?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2008 Mother of five, one-time Miss Congeniality, caribou hunter, pro-lifer, proponent of creationism: Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin is all of these things, rolled into one strategically advantageous package -- at least in the eyes of the GOP higher-ups who backed her rise from relative obscurity to sudden political stardom as John McCain's running mate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lieberman to Speak at GOP Convention

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2008 Here's some news that's bound to spark outrage from within the Democratic ranks: None other than Sen. Joe Lieberman, "Independent Democrat" and vice presidential candidate on the 2000 Democratic ticket, is slated to speak at the upcoming Republican National Convention in Minnesota. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )