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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama: ‘Lipstick on a pig’ — Amie Parnes reports from Lebanon, VA: … The crowd apparently took the “lipstick” line as a reference to Palin, who described the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull in a single word: “lipstick.” — UPDATE: The McCain campaign is now saying Obama called Palin a pig, which he didn't.
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Glenn Reynolds / Pajamas Media:
DID OBAMA MEAN TO CALL SARAH PALIN A PIG? It's probably just a slip, but . . . “The crowd apparently took the ‘lipstick’ line as a reference to Palin.” — Reader David Schlosser emails: “This will endear him to all those disaffected Hillary voters.” And former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift is calling on Obama to apologize.
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Marc Ambinder:
Obama Did Not Call Sarah Palin A Pig — The first McCain truthsquadding telephone call is taking place right now, and ex-MA Gov. Jane Swift is complaining about an idiom Barack Obama used today: … Suddenly, common analogies are sexist? — The McCain campaign has little respect for Obama, but they don't think he is stupid.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
New heights of stupidity — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — We're fighting multiple wars; our oldest and most established financial institutions are on the verge of collapse; we've fundamentally transformed and then dismantled our constitutional framework over the last eight years, etc. etc.
Washington Post:
McCain Camp Sees An Insult in a Saying — Obama Called Policies ‘Lipstick on a Pig’ — Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday that Sen. John McCain's claim that he will shake up Washington after agreeing with President Bush for so long is like “putting lipstick on a pig” …
Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:
Did Obama Steal his ‘Lip Stick on a Pig’ Speech from a Political Cartoon?
Did Obama Steal his ‘Lip Stick on a Pig’ Speech from a Political Cartoon?
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Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:
The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for
The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for
Lee Speigel / Political Punch:
A Piggish Debate — McCain said Clinton's proposal was …
A Piggish Debate — McCain said Clinton's proposal was …
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Lee Speigel / Political Punch:
Obama Says McCain Is Offering Fake Change: 'You Can Put Lipstick …
Obama Says McCain Is Offering Fake Change: 'You Can Put Lipstick …
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Los Angeles Times:
Palin bounce has Democrats off balance — Some fear Obama's more aggressive tone could enhance her appeal among white, blue-collar voters. — The emergence of Sarah Palin as a political force in the presidential race has left many top Democrats fretting that, just two weeks …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
As Campaign Heats Up, Untruths Can Become Facts Before They're Undone — From the moment Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared that she had opposed the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” critics, the news media and nonpartisan fact checkers have called it a fabrication or, at best, a half-truth.
Mark Hosenball / Newsweek:
Warned by the Court — A judge repeatedly told Palin and family not to badmouth her sister's ex — An Anchorage judge three years ago warned Sarah Palin and members of her family to stop “disparaging” the reputation of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten, who at the time was undergoing …
Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:
DC Handwringing — If I had my way I would be in Utica, New York right now. — When we first discussed where to put the Clinton campaign's headquarters I half-seriously argued for Utica, on the theory that the further away from Washington, D.C. we were, the better off we would be.
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Fresh blood for the vampire — A beady-eyed McCain gets a boost from the charismatic Sarah Palin, a powerful new feminist — yes, feminist! — force. Plus: Obama must embrace his dull side. — Rip tide! Is the Obama campaign shooting out to sea like a paper boat?
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
From the Gut — If John McCain can win this election race with a 50-pound ball called “George W. Bush” wrapped around one ankle and a 50-pound ball called “The U.S. Economy” wrapped around the other, then he deserves to represent America in the next Olympics in any race he wants — swimming …
Jim Demint / Wall Street Journal:
Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge — “But, you know, when you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark person, that's not change. Come on! I mean, words mean something, you can't just make stuff up.” — Barack Obama, Sept. 6, 2008
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Obama Broke Money Record — Sen. Barack Obama broke his monthly fundraising record of $55 million in August, sources said today, but the campaign remains tight lipped about its total haul. — The numbers aren't scheduled to be made public until Sept. 20, when the campaign files …
Patrick Yoest / Wall Street Journal:
Budget Deficit Likely Doubled for Fiscal '08 — WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office said the U.S. budget deficit for fiscal 2008 — $407 billion — will be more than double the deficit for 2007, hit by the wars and a weak economy, and predicted it is likely to rise further in fiscal 2009.
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Ben White / New York Times:
Lehman Sees $3.9 Billion Loss and Plans to Shed Assets — The investment bank Lehman Brothers, in an all-out fight for its survival, said Wednesday morning that it expected a loss of $3.9 billion, or $5.92 a share, in the third quarter after $5.6 billion in write-downs.
Jay Nordlinger / The Corner:
P.S. on “One Thumb Down(ish)” — Sarah Palin is a trillion things. She is not a victim. She is basically the most unvictim person out there. And we should be careful about implying otherwise. You know what I mean? It's hard to say in a sentence or two; there are subtleties.
New York Times:
Palin Aides Defend Billing State for Time at Home — Responding to criticism from Democrats, campaign aides to Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday defended her practice of billing Alaska taxpayers for more than 300 nights she spent at home in her first year-and-a-half in office.