Palin celebrates an earmark: from the archives of the Wasilla City Council, via the Washington Independent. In her handwriting: We did well!!! That’s three exclamation marks!!!
But wait! Those weren't earmarks, they were ourmarks. Totally different.
From the Politico via Jake Tapper’s Political Punch, after McCain hired Tucker Eskew, one of the people who slimed him in South Carolina in 2000, to coach Sarah Palin:
"He's one of the best and most collaborative talents in Republican politics," McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace told Politico, speaking of Eskew. "He also has a wit and an ability to turn a phrase like no one I've ever met before."
Sample witty phrase: "Your kid's a black bastard!"
According to a McCain advisor in 2000, Eskew comes from the "darker side" of the party. Of course now beating people to death is the new "dark". Libellous robocalls are just sort of twilightish.
What is it with guys named Tucker, anyway?