Editor: As I sit here and listen to the "morning after" rhetoric of the VP debates I am absolutely dismayed by the response to Gov. Sarah Palin's performance. She exceeded the expectations of 85 percent of most Americans and all over the news are reports of her ability to hold her own against Sen. Joe Biden.
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The nation's first vice president, John Adams, once noted that the vice president "is nothing, but may be everything."
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Editor: I am disappointed that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed funds for the Homeowner and Renter Assistance Program when he signed the budget. The program provides a once-a-year payment to eligible homeowners and renters.
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Editor: Remembering Hillary Clinton's "3 o'clock in the morning telephone ring" television ads, makes me think of the following scenario:
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Henry Kissinger was correct when he wrote in the Wilson Library Bulletin "that each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem."
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The nation's first vice president, John Adams, once noted that the vice president "is nothing, but may be everything."
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Editor: Now that Congress has finally passed the bailout bill and the president has signed it, it's time to kick out everyone that voted in favor of it.
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Editor: All this $700 billion is insane. Panic never gets results. When politicians talk their ears are closed. The madder we get the dumber we are.
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Editor: Thanks for the laughs from the online newsletter I receive every morning.
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If you're a frequent customer of KFC, you may not wish to know the calorie content of that bucket of fried chicken. Or maybe you enjoy the mystery and don't want anybody to spoil it for you. In either case, stop this reading now.
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Editor: People shouldn't be so harsh on Sarah Palin. After all, she has enhanced the image of one particular Republican. She's made Dan Quayle look like Winston Churchill.
