(2008-09-17) — Bolstering his reputation as a uniter who rises above petty party politics, Sen. Barack Obama said today that he has asked his top supporter, Sen. Hillary Clinton, to reconsider her decision to back out of an event at the United Nations after she learned that Gov. Sarah Palin would also attend.

“As everyone knows, [...]

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(2008-09-16) — With intense pressure to raise money because he decided to forgo public-funding of his presidential campaign, Barack Obama has altered his slogan from “Change We Can Believe In” to a more direct appeal inspired by the distinctive speech patterns of Yoda, from the Star Wars movies.
“Change We Need“, now appears on the podium [...]

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(2008-09-12) — Jeremy Kleckner, a junior at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., said today that Sen. Barack Obama’s efforts to ignite a wave of young volunteers across the nation is succeeding beyond the Democrat presidential candidate’s wildest dreams.
“He hasn’t even touched the bully pulpit in the White House yet,” said Mr. Kleckner, “and already Obama’s [...]

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(2008-09-10) — In an attempt to get the mainstream media and the blogosphere to stop talking about Sarah Palin after Barack Obama’s now-famous “lipstick on a pig” gaffe, the Democrat presidential nominee attempted to direct attention to his remark just before the lipstick comment yesterday in which he used a line from a political cartoonist [...]

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(2008-09-10) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s growing popularity has spawned a booming cottage industry in Palin-esque items from hockey jerseys to her distinctive frameless eyeglasses. Now, an allegedly off-hand remark by Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has sparked a run on another product, clearing the shelves of pig lipstick at farm stores across the nation
Yesterday, [...]

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(2008-09-08) — Strategists at ABC News said they hope that correspondent Charles Gibson’s interview with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will increase the public’s confidence in the ability, maturity and credibility of ABC News.
“Charlie is spending a lot of time preparing,” said one unnamed ABC insider, “He doesn’t want to get caught off guard [...]

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(2008-09-07) — Sen. Barack Obama told ABC’s George Stephanopolous on Sunday that he considered joining the military when he left high school in 1979, but declined when he learned that the Vietnam War had ended some four years earlier, and that the first Persian Gulf War wouldn’t start for another 11 years.
Sen. Obama’s opponent, Sen. [...]

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(2008-09-06) — In the days following Gov. Sarah Palin’s appointment as John McCain’s running mate, Americans have grown increasingly concerned about her brand of radical Christianity. A new recording released to the media today by Barack Obama’s campaign, gives definitive proof that Gov. Palin’s pastor, in an emotional tirade, once called on God to “bless” [...]

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ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott periodically writes non-satirical columns at Townhall.com. Below is an excerpt of his latest and a link to read more.

Sarah Palin: Is She Meaner Than Jesus?
by Scott Ott
During a CNN.com panel Thursday at the Republican National Convention, the discussion turned to Gov. Sarah Palin’s use of sarcasm to attack the Democrat duo [...]

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(2008-09-03) — Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrat presidential nominee, reacting to the growing concern about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s lack of foreign policy experience, today asked his staff in Washington D.C. to introduce legislation creating a $44 billion program to “teach girls about other countries.”
“My bill will not only help future female vice presidential [...]

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