During the vice presidential debate it became clear that Sarah Palin had not boned up too much on health care as she ducked and dodged Gwen Ifill’s questions on the subject. Biden ended the talk on health care with the zinger of the night. The CNN transcript speaks for itself with my editorializing italicized. Joe Biden leads with the McCain quote on his plans to deregulate health care like banking. IFILL: Governor, please if you want to respond to what...
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Note to Readers: Tune In to Special ‘VP Debate’ Edition of ‘Mike Malloy Show’ Tonight (Thursday)
Note to Readers: 1) I want to apologize for not having a chance to post at all today. I had to get the hitch installed on my car this morning for my big move across country, coming up in less than 2 1/2 weeks. It took longer than I expected, and I’ve been spending the day since sorting through papers that needed to be tossed or shred. 2) My good friend Brad Friedman of BradBlog is guest hosting on...
Ten Post Round-Up: Big News in Digestible Bits
Tonight is Palin’s big night! The gawker in me is tempted to watch and play our typical speechification drinking games. But, if I’m going to spend an evening listening to incoherent people, I’d have much more fun at a neighborhood bar. Still keeping the Ten Post Round-Up simple, today. Before you check out the debate, tonight, you might want to check out Obama Girl promoting her new Sarah Palin movie. On with today’s round-up: Sphere: Related Content
Playing the Odds with Candidates’ Health
A somewhat interesting, though morbid, story from the AP earlier this week by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar reviewed actuarial data to estimate the odds Barack Obama or John McCain would finish a term in office. Actuarial data has been a valid tool used in medical studies for decades and still provide the basis for many principles in medicine. This Atlanta company that specializes in individual life insurance quotes estimates that John McCain would have a 24.44% chance of dieing in office compared to 5.76%...
Ummm… Palin Stumped On Supreme Court Decisions
I’m speechless… Watching Palin and Biden answer the same questions, there was a clear contrast and it’s quite clear who is not cut out to be VP. The transcript is here. Sphere: Related Content
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