http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pa2008/ en-us Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:55:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104167/posts Sarah Palin sat down Friday night with Tribune-Review political reporter Salena Zito for a wide-ranging interview that covered the economy, education, energy and the Alaska governor's approach to governing. It was Palin's first face-to-face interview with a print reporter as Republican vice presidential candidate. John McCain's running mate was in Pittsburgh for a fundraiser at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown. Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104167/posts#comment Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:55:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104139/posts Most Americans wake every morning to news that Barack Obama will win next month's presidential election. Strategists even say the word "landslide" aloud. Every poll shows it, every pundit echoes it, and every analyst predicts it -- therefore it must be true, right? Let's take this political axiom to some of those who do the predicting, to project what America will look like under an Obama administration, governing with a Democrat congressional majority led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104139/posts#comment Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104020/posts With all eyes glued to the collapse of global capitalism ... attention has been somewhat distracted from the race to lead what still remains the most powerful nation on earth.... We ignore it at our peril. From the shockingly partisan presentation by the pro-Obama media on both sides of the Atlantic, you'd think this was a contest between twin pillars of rectitude and inspirational high seriousness on the Democratic side, and a joke Republican ticket consisting of an erratic old man and a brainless, wacko, gun-toting beauty queen, who in a fit of madness John McCain picked as his vice-presidential... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104020/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:47:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103929/posts STORMSTOWN — The Way Fruit Farm Fall Festival had a surprise pumpkin picker Saturday: Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Palin made the unannounced visit with her youngest daughter, Piper, on her way from a rally in Johnstown to the University Park Airport, where her plane was taking off for Philadelphia. The visit was kept secret until seconds before John McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” bus rolled up and caught festivalgoers completely off guard. “I saw the bus come up, took a picture of it,” said State College resident Ty Arbutiski, who had come with his wife and kids to the... Centre Daily Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103929/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:55:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103721/posts Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attacked Barack Obama on abortion on Saturday, saying the Democratic presidential candidate has "left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life." Palin said she and Republican presidential candidate John McCain would be "defenders of the culture of life." She opposes abortion in all cases except where the pregnancy threatens the woman's life. Alaska's governor also touched upon common campaign themes during her speech to about 5,000 supporters in Johnstown, but she focused on children with special needs and then abortion. Palin, whose infant son, Trig, has Down syndrome, said she and... townhall.com/AP News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103721/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103777/posts Pennsylvania hasn’t voted Republican for president since 1988. Democrats have increased their registration numbers here by more than a half-million over the past year, and Barack Obama has a double-digit lead in the polls. Yet John McCain's campaign continues to signal that it intends to contest the state and its 21 electoral votes to the end. It is a high-risk, high-return endeavor: Pennsylvania represents a costly gambit, one that siphons resources from must-win states such as Ohio and Florida, but a win here would enable McCain to lose a few other states that George W. Bush carried and still capture... The Politicio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103777/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:21:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103517/posts WASHINGTON - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103517/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:34:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103510/posts What a great family...even in hostile territory ( notice the Obama signs in the background) Sarah is the picture of graciousness, the kids are adorable. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103510/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:18:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103435/posts OHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attacked Barack Obama on abortion on Saturday, saying the Democratic presidential candidate has "left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life." Palin said she and Republican presidential candidate John McCain would be "defenders of the culture of life." She opposes abortion in all cases except where the pregnancy threatens the woman's life. Alaska's governor also touched upon common campaign themes during her speech to about 5,000 supporters in Johnstown, but she focused on children with special needs and then abortion. Palin, whose infant son, Trig, has Down... MyWay http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103435/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:04:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103480/posts ........The Alaska governor and self-described “hockey mom” heard a few boos when she walked onto the ice, but that soon turned to polite applause as she headed to center ice....... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103480/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:26:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103479/posts October 11th, 2008 7:56 PM Eastern Palin Drops Puck at Flyer’s Game Receives Mixed Reaction by Shushannah Walshe PHILADELPHIA –- Sarah Palin has become known as “The Most Famous Hockey Mom in America” for her constant referral to herself on the stump as “just a hockey mom.” This evening, she met that title head on by dropping the first puck of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey season in their opener with the New York Rangers. A carpet was laid down and Palin, dressed in a beige trench, walked on to the ice joined by her daughters Willow and Piper. The GOP... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103479/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:26:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103458/posts PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) – Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell dismissed the McCain campaign’s recent attacks against Barack Obama’s character Saturday, and said the Republican nominee’s current strategy has severely damaged him here. “I think the John McCain of 2000 would have been a very difficult candidate to beat. The John McCain of 2008 is much less difficult to beat,” Rendell told reporters after an Obama rally. When asked if he thought there has been any racial undercurrent to the McCain-Palin ticket bringing up issues like Obama’s relationship with 1960s radical William Ayers, Rendell shook his head. cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103458/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:58:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103445/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race. Once the nation's best known and most powerful Democrats, the former first couple is getting used to a new role: cheerleaders for Obama, who vanquished Hillary Clinton last spring in a Democratic primary contest for the ages. Whatever recriminations the Clintons may still harbor from that long battle seem to have been nudged aside as they campaign in... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103445/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103447/posts SCRANTON, Pa. — This may be a Democratic stronghold, but folks aren't shy about ticking off what bugs them about Barack Obama. ¶ He seems a bit smug. He was never in the same league as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, then added insult to injury by passing her over for VP. And there's the rumors, false, that Obama is a Muslim. Plus his earlier refusal to wear an American flag pin. ¶ "He said it was a fashion statement, wearing the flag," Trish Votaw , 41, said as she smoked Marlboros on her front porch while waiting for her teenage... St Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103447/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103429/posts Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, second from right, joins Cathy O'Connell, from Erdenheim, Pa., to drop the ceremonial puck between New York Rangers' Scott Gomez, left, and Philadelphia Flyers' Mike Richards, right, before the start of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 in Philadelphia. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103429/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103409/posts I am watching the game and there she is! With Piper and Bristol (or perhaps not Bristol, but the middle daughter- I forgot her name). she looks great! A mixed crowd reaction, but mostly cheering, some boos for sure, but they were drowned out by the music. Hey, people can boo if they want, it's still a free country (for now). It all went off without a hitch. I Love Sarah Palin. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103409/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:16:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103362/posts SCRANTON -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, will visit Scranton on Tuesday, officials announced today. Mrs. Palin, running-mate of Arizona Sen. John McCain, is scheduled to attend a rally at the Riverfront Sports Complex, according to Peter A. Feldman, Regional Communications Director with the McCain-Palin campaign. Doors will open at 11 a.m. The Times-Tribune.com will bring you more information as it becomes available. Also read more in The Sunday Times. Times Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103362/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:02:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103324/posts Defend Our Marines main page THE MURTHA-RUSSELL DEBATETranscript by Rusty Howell THE MURTHA-RUSSELL DEBATE  | Uniontown, Pennsylvania | October 9, 2008 | pdf Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Uniontown in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District for the first and only scheduled debate between Congressman John Murtha, a Democrat; and retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Bill Russell, a Republican. Both men are from Johnstown. I'm Brit Brokaw of the Uniontown Tribune and I will be moderating tonight's debate. I will be asking each one of these gentlemen the same questions so that they may express their views on issues... Defend Our Marines http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103324/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:08:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103232/posts Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama talked about gun control and the Second Amendment during a radio interview in Philadelphia on Friday morning. Illinois Senator Barack Obama was a guest on KYW's sister station, WPHT-AM 1210. Obama told talk show host Michael Smerconish he's a firm believer in the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms -- but admits there must be some limits: "I do believe in some gun safety measures -- so, for example, with all the shootings in Philadelphia, most recently police officers, I want to make sure that we can trace back guns and bullets that... KYW Newsradio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103232/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103218/posts Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged into the culture wars Saturday in Pennsylvania, painting Sen. Barack Obama as a radical on abortion rights. (snip) "A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate that we deserve and that we need on this issue of life," she said. Palin skewered Obama for voting "present" while in the Illinois State Senate on a bill that would have required medical care for fetuses that survived abortion. "So in short, Sen. Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103218/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102603/posts A retired Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice says that she is "not confident we can get a fair election" in the state come November. Justice Sandra Newman, accompanied by Dauphin County District Attorney Edward Marsico and Pennsylvania Republican State Chairman Robert Gleason, expressed her concerns at a Harrisburg press conference this morning. A thick document replete with photo copies of phony registrations and aerial shots of vacant lots used as "addresses" for "voters" was handed out to journalists. Gleason was even more explicit. "Between March 23rd and October 1st, various groups, including ACORN, submitted over 252,595 registrations to the Philadelphia County... Copyright 2008, The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102603/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:08:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102523/posts The Pennsylvania Republican party is claiming that fraudulent voter registration efforts by ACORN are threatening the integrity of the coming election. Saying ACORN has ties to Barack Obama, Pennsylvania GOP leaders are questioning the integrity of the election, citing ACORN’s voter registration activities. But even if there are problems with ACORN, Rendell administration spokesman Chuck Ardo claims there’s a difference between fraudulent voter registration applications and bogus registrations: “Those names are ferreted out, and those voters never actually make it to the polls." But state GOP Chairman Robert Gleason says there are thousands of questionable applications and he believes some... KYW News Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102523/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101898/posts In an interview with conservative Philadelphia radio talk show host Michael Smerconish today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said his relationship with William Ayers is being questioned and his middle name is being invoked at events for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to distract voters from the economy. You can listen to the audio HERE, courtesy of Politico. "This is a red herring," Obama said of the Ayers story," because people don't want to talk about the fact that economy over the last eight years has been mismanaged to the point that we're teetering on a really,... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101898/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:45:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101466/posts What's the difference between a hockey mom and a referee? If you plan on heading out to the Philadelphia Flyers' home opener against the New York Rangers this Saturday, you'll realize they actually have more in common than you'd think. On Saturday, October 11th, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will drop the ceremonial first puck to mark the start of the 7:30 game between the Rangers and Flyers at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. Ed Snider, founder of the Flyers gives reason for his decision on Philly.com: NJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101466/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100892/posts Palin To Drop Puck At Flyers Home Opener PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the nation's most popular hockey mom, will take center ice opening night as the Flyers host the New York Rangers to kick off their 2008/2009 season. On Saturday, October 11, Palin will drop the puck along with the winner of the Philadelphia Flyers regional search for the "Ultimate Hockey Mom" yet to be announced. "Because of the tremendous amount of publicity she has brought to our sport, we invited the most popular hockey mom in North America to our home... CBS3 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100892/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:44:03 GMT