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This was a strange speech, y'all ... it's not often that the Presidential nominee gets upstaged by his VP pick. But I think that happened tonight.

John "McSame" McCain claims that Obama believes he is the "anointed one" to save our country at our hour of need. Yet Senator Obama said last week that this campaign is not about him. It's about us. And pray tell, what did John McSame tell us tonight?

He told us that he's the better choice to be President because he was a prisoner of war. That being a prisoner of war made him love America more, which means he's the better man to be President than Barack Obama ever will be. I've never quite understood that logic, but I guess it's because I'm not a Republican.

McSame also LIED to us tonight. Not just once. Several times. I'll lay out some of the BIG ones for ya:

McSame told us that "I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them."

REALITY: Obama Will Cut Taxes, McCain Will Raise Them

• "The Tax Policy Center, a research group run by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, has done the most detailed analysis of the Obama and McCain tax plans, and it has published a series of fascinating tables.

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A poll released yesterday by the Garin-Hart-Yang research group of Washington, D.C., and paid for by the pro-choice women's group Emily's List, shows that women voters have a more favorable opinion of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by 23 points after being read a short bio. Click here for the full poll.

The poll also found that by a 59-20 margin, women voters feel McCain selected Palin out of "political considerations" rather than because she's ready to serve as VP. That margin is almost exactly inverted when asked about Obama-Biden. A 50%-29% margin, to be specific, think Obama picked Biden because of his qualifcations and experience. 

56% of female voters say are less likely to vote for the McCain-Palin ticket when they learn that Gov. Palin opposes abortion even in cases of rape or incest, only 29% say that stance makes them more likley to vote for the ticket. 

55% of female voters say that they are less likely to vote for the McCain-Palin ticket after they learn that as Governor of Alaska, Palin slashed funding for pre-kindergarten education and a successful dropout prevention program, only 19% of women voters say that stance makes them more likely to vote for the ticket. 

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