Jed has video with unedited sound. The boos are deafening.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/10/fox-news-edits-out-palin-hocke.html

Bless the folks who brought the Obama-Biden signs.


On such meetings do fates of nations turn.

It must have been a terrifying experience for the two girls...

John McCain - Punked by Paris

Could be.
"Look; you call our crowds abusive - yours is much worse!"

John McCain - Punked by Paris

But they pulled out of Michigan??? It's the strangest strategy.

~~~THIS SPACE FOR RENT~~~

How can anyone feel sorry for someone so ambitious, unethical, vicious and blatantly racist?  She deserves the opprobrium.

Hey, I just found this out, but it's more than relevant:

In 1985, Leonard Peikoff (Rand's designated philosophical heir) and Ed Snider founded the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), the first organization devoted to the study and advocacy of Objectivism since the closure of [the Nathaniel Branden Institute] in 1968.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivist_movement
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=index

Yes, this IS the same Ed Snider.

There is much difference of opinion among Objectivists (i.e. Ayn Randians), and Palin is by no means universally admired by them. For a window into Objectivist opinions on Palin, try this:
http://aynrandcontrahumannature.blogspot.com/2008/09/objectivism-history-part-9.html

Ed Snider is also  major financial supporter of Freedom's Watch, an astroturf front, described by Right Web as "a well-funded pro-Iraq war advocacy group... Supported by a number of major Republican Party figures, including supermarket magnate Melvin Sembler, Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson, and former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer..."

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/4512.html

(Snider is mentioned in the next to the last paragraph.)

Is this not enough to explain Palin's otherwise puzzling attraction to Philadelphia?

http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/06/8690_natl_journal_ro.html

Stone says not to be fooled by Rove's hesitance to be identified with John McCain publicly.

    ...away from the spotlight, Rove has been busy pitching in by giving informal advice to McCain's team and spending a considerable amount of time as an outside adviser to Freedom's Watch, the conservative political group that is expected to spend tens of millions of dollars to help elect House GOP candidates. William Weidner, a Freedom's Watch board member, recently told National Journal that Rove has offered strategic advice to both the group and its major financial backer, Las Vegas casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson. Weidner, president of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., which Adelson chairs, called Rove "an invaluable asset" to the group....

While the top of McCain's campaign won't admit to extensive conversations with Rove, fearing that Rove is too closely associated with the Bush Administration and its worst scandals, some folks are willing to spill the beans off the record.

    "Generally speaking, Rove's advice is action-oriented and useful," said another senior consultant to the McCain camp. "It's always well received." This McCain adviser noted that Rove talks periodically to Black and a few other top campaign aides on several key matters. "It can be policy ideas, messaging ideas, fundraising prospects, or people who need calls from someone in the campaign." Rove is "part of the information network that the campaign has," this adviser said, adding that Rove talks fairly regularly to such key people as Wayne Berman, a major fundraiser for McCain; Nicolle Wallace, a communications adviser; and Steve Schmidt, a senior aide.

And Rove is even more deeply involved with Freedom's Watch, the internally troubled right wing group that seeks to make trouble for Democrats throughout the campaign season.

    [William] Weidner [a Freedom's Watch board member] stressed that Rove has been "very generous with his time and ideas. He gives up his time for those things he believes in."

    Two GOP strategists said they have heard that Rove has worked out a private consulting deal with Adelson; this arrangement, one strategist reported, pays Rove in the mid-six figures for giving speeches and providing assistance to Freedom's Watch on labor union issues, a top priority of the group.