Bob McCarty Writes

After being on the receiving end of unprecedented media scrutiny during the past week, Republican John McCain‘s running mate Sarah Palin dished out both tough talk and humorous anecdotes — essentially nailing her speech — as tonight’s keynote speaker at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.  The text of that speech follows [...]

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“COUNTRY FIRST” is the theme, appropriately enough, of this week’s Republican National Convention taking place at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.  Images like the one shown above will be buttressed by stories about John McCain‘s heroic service to his country and testimonials delivered by people who know him well — people like [...]

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Declaring their “massive anti-war march successful despite police repression,” a coalition of liberal, left-wing protesters at the Republican National Convention plans to hold a news conference at 9 a.m. Central today at 400 Western Ave. N. in St. Paul, according to a news release this morning. The news conference will involve representatives of three groups [...]

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A Founding Bloggers video published today shows Republican National Convention attendees’ reactions to having their bus attacked by anarchists while en route from Minneapolis to St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. According to Jim Hoft and other bus passengers, the anarchists attacked the bus by dropping bags of sand and/or cement from an overpass above. And [...]

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Other than official business activities, not much took place inside the halls of the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., today, the first official day of the Republican National Convention. Outside, it was a different story — or several stories — as protesters of every ilk drew attention to themselves and their causes.  See [...]

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I’ll wager dimes to donuts that the same people who criticized my recent tongue-in-cheek post post, I’ll Be Praying for Rain in Denver on Aug. 28, are now hoping — but not necessarily praying to God about it since they are atheists — that Hurricane Gustav hits New Orleans and the Gulf Coast as soon [...]

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