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Palin is admirable and wonderful in many ways. I look forward to big contributions from her as a conservative force on the national scene (more…)

Democrats, especially those in the media, are salivating at the prospect of having Caroline Kennedy take over Hillary Clinton’s (more…)

Before leaving for a brief sojourn through South America, I noticed something troubling on the news. On one channel, hordes (more…)

Wikipedia defines psychological projection as “a defense mechanism in which one attributes one’s own unacceptable or unwanted (more…)

For a supposed foreign policy guru with 35 years of senatorial experience, Joe Biden embarrassed himself in the Vice Presidential debate (more…)

I mostly listened to the Vice Presidential debate on radio, though I did get to see some of it on TV. Palin held her own and well exceeded (more…)

The only really interesting topic of discussion for conservatives right now is Sarah Palin. McCain will be the same mediocrity in the White House (more…)

I cringed when I heard Sarah Palin suggest that human activity might be to blame for so-called global warming in her ABC News interview (more…)

Now this one is just delicious. The Obama campaign has accused Sarah Palin of “first being for the Bridge to Nowhere (more…)

Charlie Gibson’s dishonest effort to trap, embarrass, and belittle Gov. Sarah Palin in his lengthy ABC interview with the Republican VP nominee is unmasked (more…)

I absolutely don’t believe Obama was jabbing at Sarah Palin with his “lipstick on a pig” remark yesterday, and I hope she and McCain laugh (more…)

Slated on Backbone Radio, Sept. 7

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Rudy Giuliani’s powerful RNC speech on “Suppose you were hiring someone” was a primer for voters on the contrast between Kid Obama and Maverick McCain. But if we imagined the same situation for McCain himself as a readiness test for the presidency, the Republican nominee just aced it. In selecting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate, McCain made the most insightful and impactful personnel pick for America’s future since President Bush tapped Gen. Petraeus to turn around the war in Iraq. The self-described “pit bull with lipstick” has put new teeth in Mac’s reform campaign and brought star quality (more…)

Gov. Palin is correct: she and Harry Truman do have a lot in common. Consider this time capsule from 1944: “Poor people of the United States. Truman is a nice man, an honest man, (more…)

Wow! Here are some of the pictures I took during the RNC, where I was one of Colorado’s alternate delegates. (more…)

“Like being a community organizer, except a mayor has actual responsibilities.” “A pit bull with lipstick.” These zingers (more…)