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Just when I think all the bugs are shook out of the rug and the skeletons in the closest are finally buried, something else comes up regarding Governor Palin.. Off the top of my head I’m aware that:

She hired a lobbyist, when mayor of Wasilla, to generate $27,000,000.00 dollars of Federal earmarks for Wasilla. This is more than any other city per capita in the nation; at the same time she is campaigning on being against earmarks. She was for that Bridge to no where (in actuality there were 2), until there was an outcry from Congress. Then she has kept the initial allocation for the bridges in the Alaska treasury.; Now she claims she said “no thank you” to the bridge projects. Palin is murky about sex education, believing in teaching contraception and but doesn’t say what kind (abstinence only is a form of contraception). Which is a great lead in to the meat of this diary put together by Steven R on Daily Kos.. continue over the flip for more:

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Keith Olbermann, the host of Countdown, gave a particularly rousing commentary on Bush’s posturing on the FISA that he insisted should include retroactive prosecution immunity for the phone companies and members of his administration for participating in spying on Americans..
Listen carefully to points Keith makes:

Send your letters supporting resolution 333 ASAP
Cindy asked for letters to get to her by Friday November 16th. Read on for explanation..

Goldstar families for Peace are organizing a letter writing campaign to clue Nancy Pelosi to take her up on her statement that is she received 10,000 hand written letters from American citizens calling for the impeachment of Richard Cheney, she would put put the question of impeachment back on the table. Cindy Sheehan is asking that you send your letter to her, because the letters will be counted and hand delivered to Nancy Pelosi. See particulars below.

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In the interest of catching up on the news, here are clips from Harper’s Magazine, posted with permission. At the bottom are links which will take you to the complete column. There’s alot going on!

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