Margin Between Norm Coleman and Al Franken Tightens; Sarah Palin's Turkey Interview; United Auto Workers and the Bailout
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Minnesota Senate Winner(s): Lizard People
The recount saga continues in Minnesota, and Josh Marshall at TPM says Al Franken supporters can be cautiously optimistic, but it's still very much up in the air. The Franken campaign is more than cautiously optimistic, though, claiming that Norm Coleman's lead is down to double digits. The campaign has also lashed out against what they call falsehoods about the vote count that various news outlets have reported. A RedState blogger criticizes the lawsuit Franken filed to get permission to dig through absentee ballots, saying it's a "recipe for potential fraud." If he did get to dig through them, what would he make of the vote for "Lizard People?"
Palin Pardons One Turkey; Others Get Screwed
Yesterday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin followed tradition and pardoned a turkey right before Thanksgiving. Then, in a break with tradition, she decided to give a TV interview at a turkey farm while turkeys were being slaughtered in the background. While some more sensitive bloggers were shocked, others said "deal with it" and pointed out that turkeys have to die before they are eaten. If you want to skip the slaughter and the meat this year, the Huffington Post has 10 reasons to pardon a turkey.
UAW: Blame and Defense
Liberal bloggers speak out today against conservatives who are blaming the Big Three's workers for the crisis in Detroit. Jonathan Cohn explains why the claim that a Big Three autoworker makes $70 per hour is a myth. A HotAir blogger says both management and labor problems have contributed to the Big Three's failure, and at RedState a blogger says the automakers are in trouble "largely because the compensation demanded by their unionized workforces leaves them unable to compete with more efficient automakers elsewhere." Obama also gets heat for wavering on his position on the auto bailout.
—Gretchen Hannes
Reader Comments
Sarah Palin/unions
The deal with the turkeys is not the fact that they were being slaughtered. It is the fact that as a former sportscaster she of all people should enough about backgrounds and camera angles to know that turkey slaughter equals poor layout. It just reinforces the fact that she has no idea how dumb she really is. Blame Katie Curic all you want, any journalism major who can't name a newspaper she reads on a daily basis does not belong anywhere near the whitehouse!
As for the unions they have made several consessions including halving the wages of all new hires. There are some other numbers we need to consider. 1)The number of dealerships Toyota has a 1500 in the U.S. Last numbers I heard GM had about 7000. 2) Models Toyota makes about 6 models. How many does GM produce? Has ford ever considered killing off the Mercury Brand, which is nothing more than a re-badged ford? Same with Chevy and GMC trucks. Consolidation would do wonders.
Sarah Palin
We have not seen the last of Sarah Palin,Thank God! In spite of the lying news media, Sarah will run again and win. Why? Because she is a real conservative, not like the moderate Macain. Actually, Sarah is a female Ronald Reagan, but so much better. Wait and see! After the Obama disaster hits the iceberg of reality, people will be looking for more than hope and pie in the sky bullpucky! So you don't make 250K, you are not going to be immune to the Obama tax and spend agenda. Time will tell and how. Obama is the CEO of federal bureaucracy and he has three silent partners, Cheatum Cheatum & Howe!
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