Clint Eastwood was quoted, “I was at a function, and a bunch of political types were there. And John McCain was there. He came up to say hello, I said, ‘Look, don’t even ask it. I will not be your vice president. I have to be on the top of the ticket.’” (Source: Yahoo!)
Sarah Palin recently had her Yahoo! mail account taken over. Screen shots of her email is revealed on forums causing much upset to the Republicans and, erm, Bill O’Reilly.
Here’s Bill O’Reilly visibly pissed off but we know that’s his normal look anyway.
Bill O’Reilly - Sarah Palin Email Hack
Palin Sued for Private E-Mails About State Business
In a lawsuit filed in Alaska Superior Court, a Republican activist seeks to force Gov. Sarah Palin to produce copies of official correspondence she sent and received on private e-mail accounts.
It’s official already. Obama has 2,156 delegates today. He needs to have 2,118. He officially wins the delegate race to become the Democratic nominee to go against John McCain.
Obama: I will be the Democratic nominee
In what he called a “defining moment for our nation,” Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first African-American to head the ticket of a major political party.
“Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another — a journey that will bring a new and better day to America,” he said.
“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States.” (Source: CNN)
British Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China’s appalling human rights record - or face being banned from travelling to Beijing.
The move - which raises the spectre of the order given to the England football team to give a Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 - immediately provoked a storm of protest.
The controversial clause has been inserted into athletes’ contracts for the first time and forbids them from making any political comment about countries staging the Olympic Games.