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palin Africa reports result of elaborate internet hoax

by Bill Posted on November 13, 2008

On November 6, 2008, reports began circulating online and on TV that Sarah Palin did not know (or could not grasp the idea) that Africa was a continent and not a country. The story, embedded with other Palin-McCain-infighting-related revelations that … Continue reading →

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composing john mccain

by Bill Posted on October 14, 2008

In “Make-Believe Maverick” Rolling Stone‘s Tim Dickinson (who according to his byline “joined the Republican Party in 2000 to vote for McCain in the California primary”) revisits John McCain’s biography and finds one myth after another. The most damning: McCain … Continue reading →

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the great schlep

by Bill Posted on October 6, 2008

Via “Sarah Palin and the Jewish Vote in Florida” by Tristram Korten, I bring you The Great Schlep. Sarah Silverman is really knocking ’em out of the park this election season:

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