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My personal opinion is that this is getting really really bad. As I said here, maybe they shouldn’t let her talk.

In the clip Sarah defends her comment that living in Alaska endows her with expertise in Russian affairs— And Canada too!

The classics never die. Check out Sarah telling an AP reporter that:

I think our presence in Iraq and in Afghanistan will lead to further security of our nation. Again, because the mission is to take the fight over there, do not let them come over here and attempt again what they accomplished here. And that was some destruction. Terrible destruction on that day. But, since September 11th, Americans uniting and rebuilding and committing to never letting that happen again.

I’ve made a lot of fun about McCain not letting Palin speak. On second thought, maybe that’s best decsion McCain’s made in a long, long while.

Bush’s former Treasury Secretary isn’t what you’d call comforted by Bush’s knowledge of the current financial crisis. In a recent ABC interview the former Treasury Secretary had some choice words about his former boss:

“I don’t think he understands or knows much abut any of this and it shows.”

Ouch.

O’Neill, who resigned from the Bush administration over the irresponsibility of the Bush tax cuts, did say that he is glad Hank Paulson is in there and that, “he knows a lot about this and it’s good that he’s there.”

Full interview here.

This is some pretty painful stuff to watch. Everyone’s talking about how Palin was unable to name a single pro-regulatory position that McCain has ever taken, but for me the worst part is observing Palin completely freeze up when asked about McCain campaign manager Rick Davis’ ties to Freddie and Fannie.

You’ve probably seen it, but just in case you missed it, it’s pretty clear she has no idea what she’s talking about.

John McCain claims to put “country first” in advertising designed to convince people that he should be President of the Unteid States. Like any product you market, always accentuate the positive and don’t talk about the negative. Is that why McCain, who is 72 years old and has had cancer 4 times— let me repeat that: HAS HAD CANCER FOUR TIMES– won’t release his medical records?

John Mccain’s four bouts with cancer have been with malignant melanoma a deadly skin cancer with a 40% recurrance rate. Moreover, survival and mortality rates in this type of cancer are judged in 5-year survival rates. As in “an 80% chance of surviving five years”, an “40% chance of survival for five years”, etc.

I know McCain’s wife, Cindy, hides all her income tax statements and refuses to release them to the public under any circumstances. Imagine if Obama or Kerry or Gore tried such a stunt? Picture the media’s reaction.

However, that’d be a purely political issue. John McCain not releasing his medical record puts the entire nation in the dark. Regardless of your political party you have a right to know the medical condition of the man (72 years old or not. Four time cancer survivor or not) who could possibly be the leader of the free world for as many as eight years. A man who puts the good of the nation above his personal desires for power would release these records.

Moreover, considering that McCain’s VP is universally seen as wildly unqualified to run the nation makes McCain’s records all the more relevant. Please contact your local and national media outlets to request that they ask four time cancer patient John McCain why he refuses to release his medical records.