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Poll: Majority Of Republicans Think ACORN Stole the 2008 Election
Source: Talking Points Memo

The new national poll from Public Policy Polling (D) has an astonishing number about paranoia among the GOP base: Republicans do not think President Obama actually won the 2008 election -- instead, ACORN stole it. My comments on what happened in thread #1 are here.

Palin: 'I Did Couric Interview Out of Pity'
Source:

Now that's some big time spin there, Sarah.

44 Moments Celebrating the 44th President - President Obama's 2008 Election Day Photo Gallery
Source: The Root

Forty-four pictures dedicated to the anniversary of the election of the 44th president.

One year ago today.....

Can you believe it has been a whole year since Barack Obama was elected President? Where were you when you found out he had won? How was your voting experience? I am a Canadian so obviously did not vote in NJ but the Hyder family did have its own Election Headquarters.

In a Terrifying Alternate Universe, Vice President Sarah Palin Claims Victory
Source: Gawker

On election night, Sarah Palin threatened to "go rogue" by delivering a speech someone else wrote for her, but John McCain refused so she didn't.

Sarah Palin's Lost Speeches
Source: thedailybeast.com

We present exclusively the concession speech that speechwriter Matthew Scully—a Palin loyalist—had written for the vice presidential nominee, as well as the victory speech that he penned for her in the event of a positive outcome.

The Anti-Reason Conservatives
Source: RightWing NutHouse

What is it that possesses certain conservatives to fool themselves so spectacularly into believing that they can create a majority out of a minority?

Worker at Kansas company believes he was fired for supporting Obama - files lawsuit
Source: The Kansas City Star

Elliot Snell believes he was fired from KK Office Solutions in Kansas City, Kan., because he voted for Barack Obama. As evidence, in a lawsuit filed this month in Wyandotte County District Court, is an e-mail sent by the company's president and CEO, Matt Brandt.

Michael Moore's sells out to the Obama agenda on Huffington Post article

I take offense at Michael Moore's attempt to facilitate the establishment's NWO agenda and ingratiate himself with the Obama administration,trying to draw us in to his mindset of subservience with the propaganda article he wrote:

Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life" coming out in November. Do you like the title? Do you plan on buying it?

Sarah Palin's publisher announced that publication of her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," has been moved up from spring 2010 to mid-November to take advantage of seasonal gift-buying.

Governor Sarah "Barracuda" Palin: Why she is hated and feard

Sen. John McCain's announcement on Friday, August 29th 2008, that Gov. Sara "Barracuda" Palin of the great state of Alaska would be his running mate, will go down in history as the most daring and courageous decision ever in the race for the presidency of the United States.

Video: Glenn Beck's newest unfounded claim that the 2008 election was all part of a coup
Source: Examiner

Eventually Glenn Beck has to run out of extremist statements but right now he seems to be able to generate absurd quotes at will. The newest claim by Beck is that the 2008 election was all part of a grand coup by Barack Obama.

One Year of Sarah Palin: Her Most Memorable TV Moments - What the hell was the GOP thinking?
Source: The Huffington Post

To mark the anniversary, here is a video collection Sarah Palin's Most Memorable TV Moments (VIDEO) Variations on the expression, "I can see Russia from my house," have become so common that it's hard to imagine it's only been a year since Sarah Palin catapulted onto the nation …

Presidential Horse Race, the 2008 Version
Source: The New York Times

Nine months after the presidential election of 2008, is there anything new or revealing to say about that momentous event? Can a post-mortem on the marathon campaign preceding that vote shed any new light on the participants or the process?

Eugene Robinson Washington Post Columnist - A GOP Bridge to Nowhere
Source: The Washington Post

I could make the argument that all is not lost for the Republican Party -- that last Tuesday's across-the-board defeat wasn't an unmitigated disaster. But it would be a pretty dumb argument, and I doubt many readers would take it seriously.

Spread Freedom? Not So Much by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online
Source: National Review Online

"For so long it seemed the president's most obvious guiding principle was "not Bush," particularly when it came to the Iraq War. Indeed, his anti-Bush stance has led him to stubbornly refuse to say the war has been won or to admit that he was wrong to oppose the surge.

Say Hello to Senator Al Franken (D-MN) UPDATE: Norm Concedes (Video) & Franken Victory Speech (Vid)
Source: Talking Points Memo

The Minnesota Supreme Court has handed down its much-expected ruling in the heavily-litigated Minnesota Senate race from 2008 -- and it's a unanimous one -- deciding against Republican former Sen.

It came from Wasilla: Sarah Palin's missteps and trail of broken relationships
Source: The Latest From VanityFair.com

The article is on six separate pages. If you prefer to view it all on one page, click here.

08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail: beautifully designed, superbly written history of the 2008 collection in graphic novel form
Source: Boing Boing

08 is a time-capsule of the events leading up to the 2008 election, starting with the stinging GOP defeat in the 2006 mid-terms and continuing up to election day, and as with many such recent histories, there's a certain vividness that comes of reading the recent past recast in h …

Hillary The Movie
Source: news.spreadit.org

The Supreme Court watched this to determine if it was a documentary or political ad. If it were a political ad then it could not be shown during an election period, because of the McCain–Feingold Act.

The Rise of Web 2.0 - first excerpt from Greg Mitchell book, "Why Obama Won: The Making of a President 2008"
Source: AlterNet.org

The nomination of an African-American for president by a major party, and the Republicans' first selection of a female candidate for vice-president, were not the only historic aspects of the 2008 election campaign in the United States.

Campaign, Election, Transition, Inauguration: Looking back, what moments were most memorable for you?

Here we are at the end of President Barack H. Obama's first week in office. What a week! What a new year, so far!! And what a couple of years these have been!!!

Obama Got 75% of Jewish Vote - American Thinker
Source: American Thinker

"Obama ended up receiving 53 percent of the vote nationwide, but around 75 to 78 percent of the Jewish vote. Only 20 to 23 percent of Jewish voters pulled the lever for McCain, who received 46 percent of the vote overall.

Jews and the 2008 Election
Source: contentions

The flirtation of the American Jewish voter with the Republican party over the past quarter-century has been, like all great flirtations, a lure and a torment. Both were in evidence again throughout 2008.

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