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Apparently, Sarah Palin's newly fitted persona as reformer of earmarks is being questioned by Alaskan leaders:

That’s the backhanded compliment from Bill Hobbs commenting on the treatment of Drew Johnson at the hands of Pete Kotz’s Nashville Scene:

Blue Collar Muse dissects the Nashville Scene's hit piece on Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

Remember Willie’s post about per diem expenses? Remember the Washington Post article he linked.
I wonder why he left this part out.
Gov. Palin has spent far less on her personal travel than her predecessor: $93,000 on airfare in 2007, compared with $463,000 spent the year before by her predecessor, Frank Murkowski.
By the way, elected officials have [...]

Hobbs says:

Only by twisting her words does the left/media axis attempt to create the false impression that she lied.

The presidential campaign for president being waged by Sen. John McCain isn't just scraping bottom - it is digging through the bottom in search of new awfulness. The GOP is celebrating the McCain Myths and Legends Tour, and the fictions which prop up this tour just grow and grow.

If you were thinking about a place you could go to accurately predict the future, I bet the place you wouldn’t pick first would be The Onion, would it? Wrong, future breath.

Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over
January 217, 2001

The Davidson County Public Defender, Ross Alderman, was killed in a fatal motorcycle accident over the weekend. Ken Whitehouse has a tribute article up about him which asks prominent Nashvillians to discuss their thoughts on his passing.

The Tennessee Democratic Party released a 30 second video prior to Sen. John McCain's arrival in Nashville for a town hall forum at the Ryman Auditorium and several closed media fundraisers.   

The short video makes it clear that Sen. McCain represents a third Bush term. 

The editorial voice of the City Paper discusses Karl Dean’s place in the pantheon of recent Metro Mayors: