http://www.citytools.net Your news, your way. Stories on CityTools where either written by members or are existing stories shared by members. In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2008-10-13T05:02:11 2008-10-13T05:02:11 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/AEE5D9A6-98A0-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ I guess once she gets away from the mobs she specializes in whipping into a murderous frenzy, Lil&#39; Sally Palin isn&#39;t as popular as she thinks.... It&#39;s good to know lots of Americans aren&#39;t buying her fear-mongering and hate.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7TgDanmWkg">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/E8160466-987E-11DD-B016-A53691B8D77D/ A HISTORIC TICKET.... Now that Sarah Palin has been found to have abused her powers, violated state ethics, and lied about it, I did a little digging and found an interesting historical footnote. The McCain/Palin ticket is the first in American history in which both candidates were found to have violated ethics standards before a national election. McCain, of course, was admonished by Senate Ethics Committee &quot;for exercising &#39;poor judgment&#39; for intervening&quot; with federal regulators on behalf of Charles Keating, as part of the infamous Keating Five scandal.<a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_10/015130.php">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/A6CD82D4-9880-11DD-B016-A53691B8D77D/ For months, Mark Wagner stuck by John McCain, even as the economy stalled and other Americans came to blame Republican leadership. Then, about three weeks ago, the deepening economic downturn pushed him to reconsider. Now, the Florida salesman and staunch Republican has abandoned the GOP ticket. Sarah Palin, he thinks, looks under-equipped to be vice president. And McCain, he says, displayed an unsteady response to what may be a global economic depression.<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-wave12-2008oct12,0,5375073.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/9C6380AE-9863-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Despite finding by Alaska panel, VP candidate denies abuse of power WASHINGTON &#8212; It wasn&#39;t technically an October surprise &#8212; because it should not have been, by any definition, a surprise to the GOP presidential ticket &#8212; but an Alaska investigator&#39;s declaration that Gov. Sarah Palin abused the power of her office was still ill-timed for Sen. John McCain. <a href="http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/news/~3/418530345/chi-palin-analysisoct12,0,2222539.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/14339A32-9842-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Ruth Marcus [&quot;Whose Health Plan?&quot;, op-ed, Oct. 7] is correct that eliminating the tax preference for employer-sponsored health insurance, as proposed by Republican presidential nominee John McCain, could bring greater rationality to tax policy. Current tax policy on health insurance favors those who have the highest incomes and those who receive the most generous benefits from their employers. Mr. McCain&#39;s strategy would be an ingenious way to fund expansions in coverage through a progressive taxing scheme, were it not for reverberations that would be ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101522.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101522.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/F8689324-98D8-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ As the presidential campaign heads into its final three weeks, Republican John McCain plans to stress anew tax cuts as a way ... <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/419122379/2008-10-12-campaign_N.htm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/EAA753F6-98D8-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Signs of internal confusion came as the campaign was under pressure from state party leaders to sharpen its economic message. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13plan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/934F48DC-98D0-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Sarah Palin told voters in southeastern Ohio on Sunday that she and running mate John McCain would bring jobs back to this economically ...<a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomPolitics-TopStories/~3/419070951/2008-10-12-palin-ohio_N.htm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/8DA51B32-98D0-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ NEW YORK (AP) -- The debate season that has chewed up its moderators comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News&#39; Bob Schieffer directing the discussion....<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_ON_TV_LAST_DEBATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/39EC4440-985B-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Reuters - Lithuanians voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday, troubled by double-digit inflation and fears their small economy could be swamped by the global financial crisis.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081012/wl_nm/us_lithuania_election">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/50D9CDC8-9831-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ RICHMOND -- A decade ago, Virginia Republicans would joke that their easiest path to victory on Election Day was getting the Democrats to have President Bill Clinton campaign for them. Virginia Democrats rarely obliged, but they still took a series of punishing defeats during the 1990s because many voters in southern and central Virginia had a decidedly negative impression of the former president. Today, Virginia Democrats hope to turn that joke around on the GOP when Clinton holds rallies in Roanoke and Richmond in support of Sen. Barack Obama&#39;s presidential ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101913.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101913.html">[original story]</a>