2008年9月11日星期四

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'Celebrity' dig reflects US culture, history (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:15 AM CDT

Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama speaks to the audience during a campaign stop at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan September 8, 2008. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)AP - When John McCain decided to cast Barack Obama as a feckless upstart, an empty suit, he reached for the dirtiest word he could use: "celebrity."

Candidates halt campaigns for Sept. 11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:55 AM CDT

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks during a town hall meeting in the library of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day.

Campaign shocks! The Outrage Machine is on a roll (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:13 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, accompanied by his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, center, and her husband Todd Palin, take part in a rally, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Oh, the outrage.

Coverage guarantee can hit young the hardest (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:11 AM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks during a townhall discussion on education at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia on September 10. Obama is seeking to refocus the ill-tempered White House campaign back onto voter anxieties as he castigated the AP - Barack Obama's campaign promise should prove irresistible to the millions of uninsured: guaranteed access to affordable health coverage, regardless of illness or condition.

Politics aside, but not absent, on 9/11 (Politico)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 07:54 PM CDT

Politico - The anniversary is an important campaign moment for John McCain, who has staked much of his candidacy on the strength of his foreign policy credentials and ability to win the war in Iraq, and for Obama, it’s an opportunity to shore up his standing with voters on national security issues and dispel false rumors about his patriotism. 

Obama accuses McCain camp of lies, phony outrage (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 12:25 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks during a town hall meeting at Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Republican John McCain's campaign of using "lies and phony outrage and Swift-boat politics" in claiming he used a sexist comment against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Jubilant Alaskans welcome Gov. Sarah Palin home (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 12:24 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to supporters in Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednesday Sept. 10, 2008, after returning to her home state. At left is her daughter Piper. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Gov. Sarah Palin arrived home to a chanting, cheering crowd, a blur of smiling supporters eager to embrace her after a whirlwind of national scrutiny since she was named Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate.

SC Dem chief says sorry for Palin-abortion comment (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:12 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs autographs for an overflow crowd of supporters after a campaign rally in Lancaster, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - South Carolina's Democratic Party chairwoman said Wednesday that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's top qualification seems to be not having had an abortion. She later apologized.

McCain and Palin castigate the earmarks she seeks (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 07:35 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain waves to the crowd alongside Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during an outdoor rally in Fairfax, Virginia, September 10, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)AP - Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called "earmarks" this year.

Paul says he turned down appeal to endorse McCain (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 09:48 PM CDT

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a former 2008 presidential candidate, gestures during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, with third-party candidates to call for greater inclusion of candidates beyond the Republican and Democratic majorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Republican Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas lawmaker who attracted a devoted following in the GOP primaries, said Wednesday he rejected an appeal to endorse John McCain's presidential bid.

GOP foreign policy experts cool on Palin (Politico)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:50 AM CDT

Politico - In state after state, rally after rally, Sarah Palin is generating record levels of enthusiasm among the Republican base. Crowds chant her name, congressional candidates cite her in their ads and there are numerous reports of a surge in grass roots volunteers for the McCain campaign.

Obama says McCain lying over lipstick 'smear' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:49 AM CDT

A supporter greets US Presidential Republican nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin at Van Dyke Park in Fairfax, Virginia on September 10. Barack Obama is seeking to refocus the ill-tempered White House campaign back onto voter anxieties as he castigated the AFP - Barack Obama sought Thursday to refocus the ill-tempered White House campaign back onto voter anxieties as he castigated the "lies and phony outrage" of his Republican foes over a farmyard taunt.

On 9/11, Obama-McCain (Briefly) Unite (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:30 AM CDT

Time.com - After days of trading insults, the candidates make two joint appearances. Will the suspension of hostilities last?

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:11 AM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to supporters in Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednesday Sept. 10, 2008, after returning to her home state. At left is her daughter Piper. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Palin welcomed to Alaska after whirlwind 2 weeks of national exposure as McCain's running mate ... Obama says Bill Clinton will campaign for him with emphasis on the economy ... Ron Paul rejects appeal to endorse McCain, urges vote against 'establishment candidates'

Obama tripped, but wasn't calling Palin a 'pig' (Rocky Mountain News)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:05 AM CDT

Rocky Mountain News - John McCain and Barack Obama are trading barbs over women's cosmetics, and we in the media will spend a few days parsing sound bites to determine whether someone was being sexist.

Palin's attorney: Investigator 'biased' (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:32 PM CDT

Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, right, sits with John Cyr, executive director for the Public Safety Employee Association, to answer questions about the 'Troopergate' investigation during an interview in Anchorage, Alaska on Tuesday Sept. 9, 2008. The Alaska Legislature is investigating whether Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president, fired former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan because he would not dismiss trooper Mike Wooten. Wooten went through a messy divorce from Palin's sister. Wooten said Tuesday he has not been contacted by the Legislature's investigator, former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - A lawyer for Gov. Sarah Palin is taking another stab at derailing the Legislature's ethics investigation into the firing of her former public safety commissioner, accusing the retired prosecutor who is conducting it of acting unethically himself.

Obama, McCain Put Politics Aside to Mark Sept. 11 Anniversary (Bloomberg)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT

U.S. presidential nominees Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/FilesBloomberg - Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain will put their presidential ambitions on hold today to make an unprecedented joint appearance at a commemoration marking the seventh anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Lipstick comments color presidential campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:28 PM CDT

A supporter of Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, shows off her t-shirt as Palin's red shoes are seen on stage during an outdoor rally in Fairfax, Virginia, September 10, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - A spat over gender politics erupted on the U.S. presidential campaign on Wednesday with John McCain accusing the Democrat of a sexist attack on his running mate and Barack Obama denouncing Republicans for "lies and phony outrage."

White House combatants observe Ground Zero truce (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:16 PM CDT

A supporter greets US Presidential Republican nominee, John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin, campaign at Van Dyke Park in Fairfax, Virginia.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - John McCain and Barack Obama were to observe a truce Thursday in their increasingly bitter White House contest with a joint appearance at Ground Zero on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

GOP House candidate in Alabama runs 1st Palin ad (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:11 PM CDT

AP - A Republican House candidate from Alabama began running a television ad Wednesday featuring vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, making it the first congressional campaign commercial to include the Alaska governor.

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