Wasilla, Alaska: Fast Track to White House
or Next Superfund Cleanup Site?

Wasilla City HallLet’s hope the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency looks soon into the drinking water quality of Wasilla, Alaska, because apparently there’s something in it that causes residents to become suddenly dumb-founded when asked the most basic of questions.

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Colin Powell Diplomatically Throws
His Influential Weight Behind Obama

Colin Powell - World Economic Forum 2003 Annual Meeting, Davos SwitzerlandSen. Barack Obama added two prominent endorsements to his quiver over the weekend — both of which cited his opponent’s poor judgment in choosing a running mate and at least one of which should cause even earnest skeptics to pay the Democratic candidate a second look.

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The Politics Of Hate: Inciting the Masses

KKK museum exhibitThis year’s presidential campaign seems destined to be noted by historians for at least three remarkable features — two of which the American nation should be proud while the third should cause many to hold their heads in shame.

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The John McCain He Prays You Never Know

McCain - The Manchurian Candidate?Few among us would fault someone for wanting to keep his or her most unfavorable traits or personality quirks hidden whenever possible. Certainly a presidential candidate is no exception. But when such a candidate deliberately cultivates a public image that is almost entirely at extreme odds with his actual nature and historical record — which show a pattern of brash recklessness, irresponsibility and placing ambition over country — we can only hope the truth is revealed in time for voters to take that into account as they cast their ballots. Rolling Stone has performed just such a public service…

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