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A former Massachusetts governor popped up in the thousands of e-mails released Friday detailing the day-to-day pressures of Alaska’s former top executive. In 2008, a Palin press aide sent her an essay about Jane Swift, the onetime governor of Massachusetts, who also had small children while in office. Palin replied with a barb about a recent column by an Anchorage Daily News writer. “Pls remind Julia Omalley that ‘they’ said the same thing throughout my career — ‘too young,’ ‘pregnant,’ ‘kids’ ... ‘She won’t be able to do it,’ ” Palin wrote. “This coming from good ol’ boys who don’t like...

Former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift was diplomatic, but her message was clear: because Sarah Palin remains doubtful of getting a fair shake from the MSM, she wants to take her message directly to the American people. Swift, speaking on behalf of the McCain-Palin campaign, made the remark in response to a question from this NewsBuster during the course of a conference call this afternoon. Swift took the question after making opening remarks in which she said that Governor Palin won last night's debate in part because she was able to connect with Americans as "a person from the middle class...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift tonight flatly stated that Obama had called Palin a pig. "[T]he formation of the Palin Truth Squad couldn't have happened too soon, as we saw when Sen. Obama in Lebanon, Va., this evening uttered what I can only deem to be disgraceful comments comparing our vice presidential nominee Gov. Palin to a pig," Swift said. "Sen. Obama owes Gov. Palin an apology," she said. Asked why she was so confident Obama was "comparing" Palin to a pig, she said Palin was the only one of the four candidates on both parties' tickets who wears lipstick....

It's not shaping up to be a big Brian Williams Fan Club day for me here at NB. Earlier, I noted how the Nightly News anchor seemed to suggest Sarah Palin was playing the race card. Here I am again, back on the Brian beat. Interviewing former GOP governor of Massachusetts Jane Swift at the top of MSNBC's 1 PM EDT hour, Williams hid behind unnamed feminists to make the "who's looking after baby?" charge against Sarah Palin. BRIAN WILLIAMS: Are the women who consider themselves feminists, and are perhaps working women with several children, are they wrong when they...

There's a new Swift attack in town, and her name is Jane. Former Bay State Acting Gov. Jane Swift, campaigning with John McCain in Manchester, challenged the qualifications of Mitt Romney and other Republican presidential rivals last night. Swift said Romney, who followed her as governor, lacks the foreign policy experience of someone such as McCain, a military veteran and senior U.S. senator from Arizona. "We can sleep at night," she said, knowing McCain is President. McCain, launching a campaign blitz in New Hampshire, sounded a similar note as he spoke of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the struggle...

THERE IS only one presidential candidate with the courage, character, and conviction to lead this country: John McCain. I can't say I recall Oct. 26, 1967. I was 2 when John McCain was shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese. But I've seen the chilling footage. I've heard his band of brothers attest to his bravery. I've listened to him humbly describe the acts of humanity he witnessed during his years in prison. Most impressive, I've watched him build a life of service to his country, without bitterness or recrimination. McCain is no ordinary hero, and these are no...

First of all, the timing is off. What's the point of unveiling the portrait of ex-Gov. Jane Swift on Oct. 24? Once you get that close to Halloween, don't you owe it to the taxpayers to make the ceremony the ultimate trick or treat? All the women who show up at the Senate Reading Room (now there's an oxymoron) could be wearing that blue dress suit that Swifties always seemed to wear, whether she was in a firing mood, or being fired, basically, by Mitt Romney. Speaking of which, Mitt will attend the festive event. It was earlier thought that...

Jane M. Swift, aka Winthrop Murray Crane, admitted in her deposition in a messy case brought by former Pike board member Christy Mihos that she communicated with her senior staff as lieutenant governor and acting governor with an e-mail handle identifying her as the former GOP governor, whose portrait she chose to hang above her Corner Office desk.

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... interlocutor\in-t&r-'lä-ky&-t&r \, n: 1 : one who takes part in dialogue or conversation 2 : a man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... probity\'prO-b&-tE \, n: 1.adherence to the highest principles and ideals 2.Complete and confirmed integrity “He was a gentlemanly Georgian, a person of early American probity” (Mary McGrory). Etymology:Middle English probite, from Old French,...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... invidious\In*vid"i*ous\, a: In*vid\"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid\"i*ous*ness, n. 1. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. Etymology: From...

Acting Gov. Jane Swift is planning to slash nearly $200 million from state programs - mostly in human services - within the week, as the stagnant economy threatens to blow a new hole in the red ink-soaked budget. First quarter revenue data, released yesterday, showed an anemic $47 million gain in tax collections - not nearly enough to head off a deficit that's snowballed to $350 million. ``It's time to take some castor oil here,'' said Swift's Administration and Finance Secretary Kevin Sullivan. By late this week, Swift plans to use ``9C'' emergency powers to roll out a package of...

<p>BOSTON -- It was 1968, as U.S. soldiers were being shipped off every day to fight the war in Vietnam, when 22-year-old Robert Reich walked into the Oakland military induction center and made the examining sergeant's day.</p> <p>"Just what we're looking for!" the sergeant said upon sight of the 4-foot-10-inch Reich. "A tunnel rat to flush the Vietcong out from under the rice paddies!"</p>

Jane Swift just can't seem to get the hang of this governor thing. First of all, in a lame-duck feeding frenzy, your main agenda should be hiring people, not firing them. They'll all be fired soon enough, just like you were. Second, shouldn't any sitting governor, even a toll-crazed embarrassment, be able to come up with a better consolation prize than a $42,600-a-year no-show with the U.S. Postal Service? Oh sure, the ``part-time'' post office gig is like stealing, and that's important to a serial kleptomaniac like Swift. Her dream of a $12 toll from Framingham to Logan may be...

BOSTON (AP) -- Acting Gov. Jane Swift dropped out of the governor's race Tuesday rather than fight for the Republican nomination against Mitt Romney, the acclaimed Salt Lake City Olympics chief. Romney formally entered the race a few hours later. He thanked Swift for her years of work and said he didn't want to take attention away from her on ``her day.'' ``I also think it's admirable that she's decided to focus her resources on managing the state during tough economic times and also to help raise her family with all her energy and heart,'' Romney said, surrounded by his...

Olympic Chief Mulling Mass. Gov. Spot Thu Mar 7,11:47 PM ETBy JOHN McELHENNY, Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) - Salt Lake City Olympic chief Mitt Romney thanked Republican supporters in Massachusetts for pushing him as a potential gubernatorial candidate and said he would decide by late next week whether to run. In the e-mail to his backers, Romney said their efforts were important to him and acknowledged obstacles to his election, including the quick timetable to seek support. The state GOP convention is April 6. quot;The letter was proof that he's one or two or maybe three steps closer to...