links for 2008-11-02

A Quebec comedy duo notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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HAHAHA Those Canadians are hysterically funny, eh?

Stupid……

You mean someone in the government might actually leak something not damaging to the GOP?
Go figure……

Obama's lead firmed heading into the final weekend as he drew even with men, made inroads down South and added to his new lead in the suburbs. But this may have been due to parents out with trick-or-treating kids. McCain held on to married women and Catholics but can't seem to get traction among independents or in the middle class.
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McCain will need a break to win this race. Is there a Bradley effect?

Barack Obama's White House campaign said Saturday it was returning a small donation from his Boston-based Kenyan aunt after questions were raised over her US immigration status.

Aides said Obama had not been in touch with his late father's sister, Zeituni Onyango, 56, for at least four years, and questioned reporting about her residency status so close to Tuesday's election against Republican John McCain.

Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said the campaign was returning 265 dollars donated by the aunt to her nephew's White House bid.

Foreigners cannot donate money to US presidential candidates. But aides refused to say whether returning the money was an acknowledgement that the aunt was an illegal alien.

"Given the information that has been brought to our attention, the contributions are being refunded," LaBolt said in a statement, without elaborating.
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Very magnanimous of Obama, isn't it?

Whether You Like it Or Not!

Republican Sen. John Ensign says Sarah Palin is not experienced enough to be president and John McCain’s presidential campaign “completely mishandled” her early days on the ticket.
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Exit John Ensign as any GOP leader.