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DEL.ICIO.USA great Night 3 for Sarah Palin
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, she did great, coming through for the GOP under what must have been an awful lot of pressure.
In her speech last night, Sarah Palin came across as both personable and tough. She showed a nice flair for the attack line, and seemed quite comfortable slipping a dagger between the ribs of her opponents. This was her first major hurdle, and she cleared it easily. There will be more to come — debates, press conferences, interviews, etc., — but this one she handled. It was impressive.
In fact, the scene had to be a little frightening for Republicans such as Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, who have ambitions to lead their party someday. They were no doubt watching Palin, and watching the crowd’s reaction, and wondering whether their moment had come and gone, because here was its future. Until last night, the Grand Old Party has looked awful old but not so grand in this convention.
However, go take a look at this Washington Post story. Things are getting pretty sticky for Palin in the Troopergate scandal.
Palin first denied that she, her staff or family had put pressure on anyone to have her ex-brother-in-law fired as a state trooper. Then a tape emerged of a top staff member demanding that the man be fired. Palin quickly altered her story to account for that new evidence, stating just last month that “pressure could have been perceived to exist, although I have only now become aware of it.”
The Post story blows that second claim out of the water. Former Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan showed Post reporters two e-mails from Palin, e-mails that can be read only as heavy pressure exerted by the governor personally to have her ex-brother-in-law fired. And of course, when Monegan refused to buckle to that pressure, he himself was fired by Palin without public explanation.
Palin staff members who had promised to testify in an investigation of that case are now refusing. Palin herself had promised full cooperation, but now is refusing to be deposed and claims the investigation is illegal.
So … a great performance. But storm clouds are gathering.
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By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 6:54 AM | Link to this
It’s morning in America, again.
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Does the whining and moaning of the liberals about Palin just not seem so small and insignificant this morning?:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the running mate for GOP presidential candidate John McCain, wrote e-mails that harshly criticized Alaska state troopers for failing to fire her former brother-in-law and ridiculed an internal affairs investigation into his conduct.-Washington Post
Can it not be anymore clear?
She is ridiculing the process as she has every right to do, being that she is the governor of Alaska and the BOSS of the state patrol.
The dude tasered a 10 year old child.
You’re own his side?
Good luck with that.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 6:59 AM | Link to this
Where does it say fire him Jay?
“He’s still bragging about it in my hometown and after another cop confessed to witnessing the kill, the trooper was ‘investigated’ for over a year and merely given a slap on the wrist,” the e-mail said. “Though he’s out there arresting people today for the same crime!”
“He threatened to kill his estranged wife’s parent, refused to be transferred to rural Alaska and continued to disparage Natives in words and tone, he continues to harass and intimidate his ex. — even after being slapped with a restraining order that was lifted when his supervisors intervened,” the e-mail said. “He threatens to always be able to come out on top because he’s ‘got the badge’, etc. etc. etc.)”
Is this not information that should be made public?
What, was she supposed to cover up for him?
Weak.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November.
Check this out, you spineless Republicans in Congress- Demand that they charge him now.
If Bush’s “crimes” are so heinous, what is Obama Bin Biden waiting on?
Force the issue, you weaklings, are we going to let them babble on and on until the election’s over, never having been called on this or are we going to make them show their evidence, BEFORE THE ELECTION?
Wouldn’t it be nice to see Biden’s little gambit go up in flames late October or so?
By Mike
September 4, 2008 7:10 AM | Link to this
LOL. Captian Clicks can’t just say it was a historic speech without bringing up a petty non-scandal. Typical partisan ankle biting.
Hey Jay. How many advertisers are gonna pay good money for your worthless clicks today? How many real journalists will be looking for jobs while you shake the bars at the nut house to get your “clicks”? Do you ever feel shame that your journalism career has sunk to the point where your primary concen is page views?
You are quite a journalist :)
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 7:11 AM | Link to this
There were some other speakers last night, by the way:
Hickabee also flashed his sense of humor, saying that Sarah Palin, “got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for President of the United States.”
“He worked as a community organizer,” Giuliani said to chuckles, “and immersed himself in Chicago machine politics. Then he ran for the state legislature — where nearly 130 times he was unable to make a decision yes or no. He simply voted ‘present.’ As Mayor of New York City, I never got a chance to vote ‘present.’ And you know, when you’re President of the United States, you can’t just vote ‘present.’ You must make decisions.”
By The Way
September 4, 2008 7:18 AM | Link to this
Great Speech! Palin’s only gaff came when she failed to thank her husband’s pit crew.
Her magnanimity became obvious when she told the throng how she forgives her husband for his clubbing (baby seals).
She clobbered Obama, but his campaign will recover, (yeah, when monkeys come flying out of his butt). The Wicked Witch lives! Or is she Cruella Deville? Dammit! I always get my she-devils mixed up. Ever notice how much W’s dog looks like Toto?
Hanna, Ike, and Josephine are three wide at the Atlantic Freeway! Palin’s husband might race snowmobiles, but God races Hurricanes!!!!
‘muff said.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 7:21 AM | Link to this
Also being pumped into the Kultursmog is the canard that McCain showed bad judgment and haste in choosing the governor of Alaska. Actually McCain’s campaign reveals plenty of evidence that its seasoned political operators researched her carefully and the media’s supposed exposes were no surprise to anyone but the morons.
By Charles
September 4, 2008 7:23 AM | Link to this
Sarah Palin’s speech last night can be summed up in one word:
WOW!!!!!!!!
The talking head pundits can say all they want about speech writers and teleprompters - you can’t teach the presentation and delivery she brought to the floor.
More importantly, it looks like everyone is onboard now at the GOP to point out the Liberal bias in the mainstream media - BRAVO! I made sure to switch the channel after Palin’s speech to hear Katie Couric’s reaction. The anger in her voice was all I needed to hear to know the message hit home!
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 7:29 AM | Link to this
Liberal commentators glumly noted the thunderous applause in the convention hall last night. But they could do precious little to attack. Even Keith Olbermann, MSNBC’s official attack dog, could muster only this as commentary on Mrs. Palin’s performance: “People who like this sort of thing will find this … the sort of thing they like.”
Now wouldn’t ya, Barracuda?
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this
“So much for the comparisons with Dan Quayle, who couldn’t have given that speech if his life depended on it.
Some hard-bitten political observers I know were uncharacteristically impressed with the Palin speech. Hal Stratton, a former Attorney General of New Mexico, wrote to me as follows: “That’s what we out west call openin’ a whole can of whoop a— on your opponents.”
By Mike
September 4, 2008 7:34 AM | Link to this
Hey Jay -
Since you are such a fighter of corruption and cronyism, you would think that you would comment on what the Post is reporting. Of course , like all of Obama’s PR flacks, you don’t really care about “change”, you just want something to attack.
Let me know if the AJC ever plans on covering any of these issues with the same scrutiny as Palin’s 17 year old daughter.
“Biden Family Financial Connections Detailed Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden is facing some questions about his family’s lobbying and financial dealings.
The Biden family’s connections to SimmonsCooper, an Illinois law firm that specializes in representing asbestos victims, is detailed today in a Los Angeles Times investigation by Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger.
The Times reports that the firm promised to finance a hedge fund deal for Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, James (which ultimately fell through); picked the law firm of another son, Beau, to work on dozens of asbestos cases in Delaware; and that SimmonsCoopers employees donated about $200,000 to Biden’s campaign efforts since 2001, making the company his top donor.
Hunter Biden is a Washington lobbyist. Beau Biden, the attorney general of Delaware, gave an emotional introduction to his father at the Democratic Convention last night.
The Times’ report follows several stories this week documenting Hunter Biden’s lobbying connections and financial dealings:
— The Post reported yesterday that as a U.S. senator, Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks, including $192,000 for a suburban Chicago university, for Hunter Biden’s clients.
— Hunter Biden received consulting fees from MBNA Corp. over a four-year stretch to work on online banking issues, as his father helped the credit card industry push through a law that made it harder for consumers to file for bankruptcy protection, The New York Times has reported.
“Campaign officials acknowledged that the connection between the Bidens and MBNA, the enormous financial services company then based in their home state of Delaware, was one of the most sensitive issues they examined while vetting the senator for a spot on the ticket,” The Times reported.
— Hunter Biden and Joe Biden’s brother, James, have been accused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, The Post has reported.”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/08/bidenfamilyslobbyist_financi.html
By TW
September 4, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this
John McCain is to be commended for his choice in Sarah Palin - for filling the small sliver of daylight that separated him from his idol, George W. Bush. Palin’s ability to look the American people in the eye and unflinchingly lie about not having taken the money for the Bridge to Nowhere demonstrates the mastery of deceit we have come to expect from the White House. She also brings McCain’s record the much needed stain of corruption and investigation so that he can truly represent himself as George W Bush’s clone. The package is now complete.
Yes, John McCain went out and found himself the missing piece. He found Bushgirl!
McSame/Bushgirl ’08 – ERASING ANY DOUBTS ABOUT FOUR MORE YEARS!
By The Way
September 4, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this
Palin’s greatest moment came when she said she’d rather her husband lose a snowmobile race than her country lose a war. Patriotism like that is going to be hard to beat in November.
‘muff said.
By jon
September 4, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this
Things are getting pretty sticky for Palin in the Troopergate scandal.<<
Yea boy, a real scandal for the MSM to latch onto. She may have made a mistake to try and have the trouper fired. She should have shot and skinned the SOB.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 7:45 AM | Link to this
The guy on Fox and Friends isn’t too bright. He just asked a guest why the Women’s Rights groups weren’t getting behind Palin and defending her.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this
The liberals are hitting on the real important issues, the ones they are able to understand, anyway:
But must her hair suffer? With her long, straight, often pinned-up locks, Palin looks one humid day away from fronting a Kiss cover band. “It’s about 20 years out of date,” said Boston stylist Mario Russo of the Alaska governor’s ’do. “Which goes to show how off she might be on current events.”
The only thing Sarah’Cuda could do better with her hair is splay it across my pillow.
Did I just say that?
Hahaha.
By Goldie
September 4, 2008 7:52 AM | Link to this
I don’t care if Palin did a good job at reading a speech that someone else wrote for her — it doesn’t change the fact that she’s a religious extremist who’s attempting to take over the Repug Party in totality.
The Repugs can kiss the next decade good-bye — say “BUH-BYE!”
By The Way
September 4, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this
Bookman must be very amphibious about his allegience to a fellow Naive American, Mr. Palin. Nookwood doesn’t understand our culture, which is why he coddles trolls all day long. He thinks that the most obscene and abusive troll wins the debate. This is part of his heritage.
You see, in 1874, just 2 years before his last stand, Custer noticed that when Indians argued, the first one to yell, “count coup”, always won. The tribal elders would award the victor a pony and a couple of squaws, and the loser, who failed to yell “count coup” first, would be banned from the tribe.
Now Custer thought he could attain the presidency with this ace up his sleeve. He did start winning debates before our congress and in beer halls, by yelling a corruption of “count coup”, which sounded more like “FA-Q”.
And THAT is how “F******* You” entered our mainstream lexicon. And isn’t it still true? Isn’t the first one to yell FA-Q in an argument always the winner, (and doesn’t he also get the pony and the two hooters girls)?
Well, at least bookworm thinks so.
Stop coddling trolls, kookfoam. It’s becoming tiresome.
By The Way
September 4, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this
Palin’s husband may race snowmobiles, but her daughter is only interested in submarine races.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this
She looked strong as she peered out over that sea of white faces….
By jasper
September 4, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this
Well curiosity got the best of me, so I decided to look up the origin of the name Palin. As it turns out its ancient Greek and means “to deflate Hype”.
By The Way
September 4, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this
How involved is Sarah Palin in Ralph Reed’s Casino Con of Naive Americans in Texas?
My question is this: After signing 500 phony land deals with the US government, how the holy heck is there even one Naive American left who would trust one representative from any government bureau?
Now Sarah Palin focuses our attention on the whole entire history of beads for land. Her husband must stand up and count coup on Uncle Sam right here and now.
Give this man some air. I’d love to hear him speak.
By "The Corporal"
September 4, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this
Jay:
In four or eight years, you are looking at the first female President of the United States. Get used to it.
By Taxpayer
September 4, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this
Well, how could a feisty, gun-toting, war-mongering Republican candidate (I know I’m being redundant but it’s for effect) under the age of the rest of the over-the-hill (aka, Republican “leaders”) gang not breath a little life into that convention. Too bad that it was just more of the same. She’s going to do what — four more years, more war, more borrowing from our futures, more tax cuts for the dwindling number that have income above poverty level, another stimulating prebate to spend on a foreclosed rental or FDA-approved food for the kids, a six percent reduction in pork and a corresponding 106 percent increase in spending…What’s she gonna do? How’s she gonna do it? Huh? Can’t the Republicans in government at least spread around some of those jobs re-loading ammunition or something. The pigs just have to hog it all.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
So the Republican ticket is McCain and his nurse?
By The Way
September 4, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this
I thought I told the corpuscle to stop selling hiswhore.
bwa
By Goldie
September 4, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this
In four or eight years, you are looking at the first female President of the United States. Get used to it.
Corporal— you’re ready for that takeover of the White House by the American Taliban once and for all, aren’t ya?
By GMAN
September 4, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this
Looking forward to the next episode of “The Washington Hillbillies” airing to night when John “Jed” McCain & Sarah “Granny” Palin continue their feeble attempt to trick the American People into four more years of stupidity in leadership. I just loved it last night when they they trotted out Ellie Mae & Jethro!
Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s future.
By Goldie
September 4, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this
All you rightwing-nut trolls need to begin practicing these words: “President Obama” and “Vice President Biden”… it will do you no harm to begin your practice sessions today.
By "The Corporal"
September 4, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
To Goldie:
It’s much better than a closet socialist with terrorist friends in the White House !
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
BDAtlanta, you said:
The guy on Fox and Friends isn’t too bright. He just asked a guest why the Women’s Rights groups weren’t getting behind Palin and defending her.
Was this the blond guy who said a few days ago that Gov. Palin had foreign policy experience with Alaska being so close to Russia? What a moron… which fits well with his audience.
By Taxpayer
September 4, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
Palin, just another name to add to the ever-shortening list of Grand Old Pooh-Bahs. Just wait a few years. She’ll start weathering like the other Pooh-Bahs and then even Andy will quit groping her pixelated image on his lap… top.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this
We chose Obama. Republicans didn’t choose Palin.
Obama rose from nowhere over a 4 year period because we recognized his abilities and leadership qualities. We voted him into the position he is in now.
Palin was forced upon Republicans for political reasons by the guy they voted for so he could prop up his ticket with qualities that the far right and religious right can go along with.
Republicans have every right to be defensive and upset.
By The Way
September 4, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this
Reagan said, “R U better off today than 4 years ago?”
I say to Palin: “RU486 four years ago and Bristol would be better off”
seewhatididthere?
By RW-(the original)
September 4, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this
Pay special attention to items 22 through 27 on pages 5 and 6 to see just what Jay’s defending
I know you liberals probably won’t take any advice from me, and that’s a good thing, but if you had any sense you would go back to hitting McCain and pretend Sarah’Cuda doesn’t exist because she’s going to kick your collective rear ends.
By "The Corporal"
September 4, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this
Barack “Styrofoam” Obama - a candidate with a lot of “bulk” but no “weight” !
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
Anyone notice that Palin was banning books at the Wasilla Library? I wonder if the Harry Potter series was on the banned list.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this
Sarah Palin found some unlikely allies Wednesday as leading academics and even former top aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed the Republican charge that John McCain’s running mate has been subject to a sexist double standard by the news media and Democrats.
What else did they expect to find from the Obama Smear Machine and “News” Division?
Harp away little toadies, the world is on to you.
Bwa.
By jasper
September 4, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
Who’s Joe Biden?
By Harpy
September 4, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this
So Jay, Your really bent out of shape because she wanted to fire a cop that tasered his 10 year old stepson but it does not concern you that Obama has had a tight relationship with a man that is an unrepentant domestic terrorist and who helped launch Obama’s political career….naw, we don’t think that’s worth talking about…it would take work to look into that as well as a desire to find the truth at all cost. No surprise there. Palin will hand the Marxist his head anyway.
By Goldie
September 4, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this
Corporal— really? You have no problem with America’s Taliban trying to control Washington DC?
Really?
What’s next — you’ll be on board with their plans to stone women for having premarital relations???
By Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
September 4, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this
Jay - just a suggestion to the AJC so that it can appear less partisan - Young Levi and Bristol are to marry. The AJC photos show a ring on her finger. Thus with plans to marry codified by a ring, one must considered them to be enagaged. The terms boyfriend and girlfriend are, by social convention in this country, replaced by the term fiance when the enagement is made. For one, for the sake of decency, would the AJC please show these young people proper respect and call Levi the fiance rather than boyfriend. Thank you.
By The Way
September 4, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
Hanna, Ike and Josephine are three wide at Atlantic Freeway. Palin’s husband may race snowmobiles, sure, but God races hurricanes. God never forgets to thank his pit crew.
Has God ever thanked anyone? Now there’s a concept.
God, a thank you would be nice. We’re trying down here. None of us asked to be here. You’re the one with the big bright idea about designing built-in obsolescent and adolescent idol worshippers whose only mission is the irony of self sacrifice. We’re supposed to share this planet with the walking-talking violations of the laws of Abraham, Jesus, and Mother Nature that you so generously blessed us with, yet if we lift one finger to trim the herd we get banned from your Truth?
Well maybe we cant handle the truth.
You’re welcome.
(The AJC regrets to inform lurkers that this fool has been struck by lightning and is now roasting in hell. He asks for it, so he gits it).
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this
funny Fox News story:
A few years back when Hugo Chavez was in the news for calling Bush the Devil and oil prices were going up, one of their pre-prime time shows had a reporter in Venezuela discussing rising oil prices. For the last shot of the segment the reporter was standing in a grocery store holding a bottle of oil - cooking oil. I thought “…he can’t think…no…omg.”
By findog
September 4, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this
AJC/DNC - Remember it not the offence it’s the cover-up
The Bush administration is not just the President; do you feel the government should be shutdown like it was for the Clinton impeachment so that the democrats can grandstand?
Charles, WOW? I actually like McCain and Palin, but I’d like to see her be interviewed by Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation before I gave her a WOW.
However, McCain has proven that he is the smartest individual [any party] in the race this cycle yet again by picking a VERY impressive lady as his running mate; but please lets keep the idol worship to fox’s American Idol.
Mike Excellent points on the DNC ticket. Here’s my question from yesterday that no one has yet to address, maybe you could:
The issue is that the first daughter of Alaska is not getting married until after the birth because she would be off of the Governor’s medical insurance benefits so Bristol and Levi start out with a government freebee.
That flies in the face of two GOP stances.
First is personal responsibility and not counting on the government to bail you out.
The second is that health care in America should be based on a market driven solutions and not government based coverage.
It is not that there is an unmarried pregnant teen of a politician (either party) it is that they a scamming the insurance industry for coverage.
By RW-(the original)
September 4, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this
Palin made it clear to the condescending media and her Democratic critics that she is no pushover, no cream puff. Her nickname, “Sarah Barracuda”, seems a lot more fitting after tonight. Not only did she defend her small-town upbringing, she attacked Barack Obama on almost every possible front, and for good measure went after Joe Biden and the mainstream media as well.
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.
We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.
But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate.
But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed … when the roar of the crowd fades away … when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?
But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country. Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not just to mingle with the right people.
By Alfonzo S. Tangerine
September 4, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
Keep trying, Bookman. You and every other Leftie creep who’ve tried to smear Palin over the last few days are digging graves for your own credibility. She made you look like a damn fool last night, and it won’t be the last time.
No wonder you and the rest of the leftist media are going after her hammer and tongs. She’s going to be kicking your tails for the next decade or so. And it scares you to death.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
Why are conservatives defending Palin’s daughter? We are the liberals, that’s our job. Not theirs. Conservatives are supposed to be scolding her.
Has the world turned upside down? What’s next? Democrats are now the fiscal conservatives, too?
Uh oh.
By "The Corporal"
September 4, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this
**To Goldie”
You need to calm down. You’re being just a little ……… hysterical.
Sorry.
By RealityKing
September 4, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this
Jay.., do you actually believe that America has seen fair coverage from the progressive media, i.e…, yourself!?
By Winston Smith
September 4, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
Let me see if I have this correct: liberals are now against premarital sex, against women working and raising a family at the same time, in favor of policemen that Taser minors, in favor of criticizing women for their appearance as opposed to their substance and are perfectly comfortable savaging a 17-year old girl and a baby with Down’s Syndrome?
Jay, do your folks really want to go down this path?
By Taxpayer
September 4, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
We don’t seem to talk much about people like Osama bin Laden much any more. He is still around — isn’t he? He is one that claims responsibility for the teachings of these religious fanatics, the war-mongering extremists of Islam, right? I mean, Islam is taught using the Koran and the extremists use their own interpretation of certain scriptures in order to justify their wars — their holy wars — against evil. So, we clearly need to continue to protect ourselves from people that would use such a perverted interpretation of scripture as a basis for killing innocent people. Now, precisely what are the candidates offering in that regard. I’d really like to hear a well-vetted discussion from the presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
By GMAN
September 4, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
Who is this Sarah “Elly Mae” Palin?
1) She has spent millions of Alaska state dollars on aerial hunting of wildlife from helicopters and airplanes, dollars that should have been spent, for example, on Alaska’s failing school system.
2) She has consistently supported drilling in ANWR, use of coal-burning power plants, strip mining, and almost anything else that will unnecessarily exploit the diminishing resources of Alaska and destroy its environment.
3) Prior to her one year as governor of Alaska, she was mayor of Wasilla, a small red neck town outside Anchorage. The average maximum education level of parents of junior high school kids in Wasilla is 10th grade.
4) She is currently involved in a political corruption scandal. She fired an individual in law enforcement here because she didn’t like how he treated one of her relatives during a divorce. The man’s performance and ability weren’t considered; it was a totally personal firing and is currently under investigation.
5) She knows nothing of economics (admittedly a weak area for McCain), or of international affairs, knows nothing of national government, Social Security, unemployment, health care systems - you name it.
Bush/McCain - The poor choice of Sarah “Elly Mae” Palin tells us a great deal about Mr. Magoo’s judgment!
By janet
September 4, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
I wondered the same thing about the health care costs for the pregnancy of Ms.Palin’s daughter? But if they get married before the birth, Medicaid could pay for it since neither parent has a job or any assets. Either way, the taxpayer pays for the birth. Even though the combined income of the maternal grandparents is approx. $221,000. Mr. Palin was going to stay home with the kids when she was elected governor but they found out they coudn’t make it on her 125k salary…so in between dogsledding and clubbing seals and attending secession meetings he works for an oil company. Maybe that is why she is the Governor. They need the money.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
To By Alfonzo S. Tangerine September 4, 2008 9:23 AM
We liberal creeps aren’t scared by Palin. I do feel sorry for Republicans though.
In four months Palin will go back to Juneau. But she will never go away. The choice of Palin legitimizes her as a possible national leader and the religious right has latched onto her so for the next 25-30 years she will have to be considered for every national election. The fundamentalist folks have that much power in your party.
By janet
September 4, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
I wondered the same thing about the health care costs for the pregnancy of Ms.Palin’s daughter? But if they get married before the birth, Medicaid could pay for it since neither parent has a job or any assets. Either way, the taxpayer pays for the birth. Even though the combined income of the maternal grandparents is approx. $221,000. Mr. Palin was going to stay home with the kids when she was elected governor but they found out they coudn’t make it on her 125k salary…so in between dogsledding and clubbing seals and attending secession meetings he works for an oil company. Maybe that is why she is the Governor. They need the money.
By Bosch
September 4, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Winston,
No, we are against GOP hypocrisy. And if you can find an example of any of the things you just described written by a liberal, I’ll eat my shoes.
Hyperbolic nonsenese. What’s with you wingnuts and hyperbole? It’s like you’re proud of the drama.
#Okay, Palin wasn’t boring, but I guess RW can’t rag on Obama anymore for reading off a telepromptor - Good lord, did anybody see the size of that thing? The letters were huge!
By Lewis
September 4, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Palin’s speech was a pretty box containing a whole lot of nothin’. Of course the Republicans loved it since this year they stand for nothin’…except retaining power.
By The Way
September 4, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
Taxpayer, actions speak loudest. OBL was never considered a big enough threat to bother with. It was Saddam, who tried to keel W’s father, who was the threat.
Now we’ve unleashed the enmity of the centuries in the ageless Shia/Sunni conflict. They’re both armed to the teeth and just waiting for the USA to leave.
Everyone knows that, and THAT’S why any withdrawal timetable is political talk and election cards.
We aint never gonna git outta Iraq. We cant. We’d be fools to leave. If we pay the Sunnis to stand down now, we can pay them (or stop paying them) to stand back up, giving us the excuse to stay.
How much violence would it take for us to justify a perpetual occupation of Iraq?
By RealityKing
September 4, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this
Yes, yes, lets talk about Osama bin Laden…
Didn’t Obama say that he was going to get Osama, what ever it takes!? Does that mean he is going to invade Pakistan?? What did Obama really mean!? Especially in light of recent incursion by the US military into Pakistan. Will Obama invade Pakistan to keep his promise to the American people to get Osama or will he just CHANGE his mind again and blame someone else…? Jay? Where was that fair question in your unbiased articles???
->Such actions are counter-productive and certainly do not help our joint efforts to fight terrorism,” the Pakistan ministry said. “On the contrary, they undermine the very basis of cooperation and may fuel the fire of hatred and violence that we are trying to extinguish. Moreover, any attack on Pakistani territory is unacceptable and constitutes a grave provocation.”
By Bosch
September 4, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this
BDAtlanta,
Think Katherine Harris - she got a spotlight for a minute, tried a political career - the people of Florida saw what a crazy woman she was - and she quietly slithered away.
By TC
September 4, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this
I think that Sarah Palin has the Democrats scared for the first time. All I see in the media since her announcement has been about her inexperience and her daughter being pregnant. How can Democrats defend this when Obama is even less experienced than Palin and his own mother was a teen, unwed mother? Palin was a hit with the media and America last night. She gave a blistering speech and delivered it with poise and ease. All I heard the media saying last night was that it was the best speech they every heard and “a star was born”. I would love to be a fly on the wall in the Obama campaign this morning.
You go, girl! I will be honored to have you in the White House.
By John Daniel
September 4, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
If this is all they have on VP Palin, then she must be clean as the wind driven snow. She kicked a** last night, and it is driving the liberals and the press (one in the same) crazy. She has more gonads and governing experience than Obama and Biden combined. She will fire up the GOP more than anyone since Reagan. She is shoring up the base and liberals are helping by attempting to trash her just as they trashed Hillary. Who is the party of the woman now? GOP
By The Way
September 4, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
great point, Borsch, and Katherine Harris had a nice rack 2.
By SL3
September 4, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
Was flipping channels and watched MSNBC Morning Joe and they are making the point about a hypothetical of Pakistan new gov’t sending troops and we have to make a decision about confronting them? How would Palin handle situation with her lack of foreign affairs experience? What a stretch! McCain would make the call. Obama would on the other side. How scary is that? What twisted discussions on these political shows. How about a current discussion of if something happens to Bush & Chaney we have Nancy Pelosi taking over as head of our gov’t. Now that’s really scary!
By Taxpayer
September 4, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this
Well, I’ve posted two scenarios for discussion — one dealing with some of the issues facing the taxpayers and one dealing with the personalities — more precisely, religious beliefs. As I understand the McCain campaigners, they don’t think this election is about issues. So, how about the individuals. There’s been quite a bit of “discussion” about Obama’s religious beliefs and the “bad” things he has let himself listen to over the years. So, to be fair and balanced, let’s do the same for each candidate. Come on people, let it all hang out. Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. Which one of them is most likely to not just push the little red button but jump up and down on the damn thing.
P.S. Sorry for the profanity, Jay.
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
I’m totally at a loss here. I cannot explain this infatuation at all.
Republicans spent the past three months attacking Obama as being inexperienced. Then they nominate a pretty girl with almost no political experience, limited knowledge of how the Federal Government works, limited ties to her party… and they fall in love.
Do they understand that if she wins, she’ll be one bad heartbeat from becoming president?
I know the evangelical fascists understand this in spades. They know that McCain won’t fight for their agenda once he’s elected. So they gotta be thinking “one bad heartbeat, one bad heartbeat.”
But the defense hawks in the party are either scared or elated. Either they think they don’t have someone they can control or they think they do. Either way seems scary to me. They gotta be hoping “no bad heartbeats, no bad heartbeats.”
We’re talking here about someone with no real history to look at to decide: does she understand the constitutional roles of the branches of government? Will she uphold the constitution? Will she know what to do in a crisis? Will she move this country forward in a way that’s helps us continue to lead in the coming century?
Do we have any evidence for any opinion other than a few snippets here and there and a lot of hope? Has it really come down to convincing yourself that because she was governor of a state with fewer people than Dekalb County for less than 2 years that she really has a handle on handling the reins of a monster bureaucracy? Does she have an inspiring vision of how government can improve our country?
I’m totally ignoring the Obama question, because he’s been picked by a majority of his party to lead it. She wasn’t. So why the lovefest… or it really just infatuation with the hot chick who said “yes” on the first date?
By GMAN
September 4, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
Another highlight of yesterday’s episode of “The Washington Hillbillies”…
“On Wednesday morning, a teenage boy from Alaska stood in a receiving line on an airport tarmac, being glad-handed by the potential next president of the United States — because he got his girlfriend pregnant. TV cameras were lined up in advance. The mind boggles.”
Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s future!
By RW-(the original)
September 4, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this
Bosch,
Get back to me when Obambi can speak without a teleprompter, Sarah can do both and if you had watched the speech you would see that lots of it was delivered not looking at it. I’m always afraid Barry is going to get whiplash spinning back and forth between screens.
Anybody care to guess who GMAN is plagiarizing this time before I go check?
By TC
September 4, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
One last comment, Jay. Do I get to see two pages in the @issue section tomorrow all about the inexperience of Obama? I will be looking for it as he is a Presidential Nominee rather than a Vice Presidential nominee. At least do two pages on how feminists want to advance women but only if they are liberals.
By Maniac is accurate
September 4, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
Let’s tell it like it is, shall we?
“that can be read (by Democratic partisans) only as heavy pressure exerted by the governor personally to have her ex-brother-in-law fired.”
She might have felt a reprimand, demotion or other action was appropriate … neither you nor I know. Thanks.
By Shawny
September 4, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this
Palin was brilliant!
She is not a beltway insider and the competition hates that. What is both funny and ironic, is that they foam at the mouth the ‘change’ rhetoric, then along comes a competitor that, along with her running mate, exemplifies more change than they have shown in practical experience, they no longer ‘own’ that tagline. Gads, that has to sting.
Two lawmakers that vote the party line, vs. a lawmaker that works across the party line and votes his conscience with his anti-corruption partner. I think I’ll take the latter.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
The thing about the Iraq war was that it wasn’t about WMD’s, imminent threats, oil, or removal of a crazed dictator. It was about W and his relationship with his dad. W thought his dad would love him if he showed his dad that he could be the better man.
Saddam tried to kill Bush Senior so Junior wanted to go after him. But, recall that dad stopped short of Baghdad during Gulf War 1. So W would show the old man by being the one to get Saddam….to “finish the job.”
If Bush Sr had just told W he loved him a a few more times W would still be a owner of the Rangers and we would never have gotten into a useless war with Iraq. (well, it’s not useless if you own a military contracting company…or if you are an ex CEO of one..)
By GMAN
September 4, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this
RW-(the original) @ 10:05 AM, me thinks I hit a nerve regarding yesterday’s episode of “The Washington Hillbillies”. You can’t handle the truth!
Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s futures!
By Shawny
September 4, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
hmmm…”Republicans spent the past three months attacking Obama as being inexperienced. Then they nominate a pretty girl with almost no political experience, limited knowledge of how the Federal Government works, limited ties to her party… and they fall in love.”
I can explain it in two bullets:
1 - She isn’t running for president. McCain and Obama are. And Obama knows how Washington works, or at least how to vote the liberal side of any bill almost every single time. Measure McCain and Obama and it is obvious that Obama isn’t close in any category, particularly to experience. Even given the very short tenure of Obama in Wash., he hasn’t done anything. Don’t bring up the fictional Obama-Lugar legislation as you ONLY example of what he has done. It can be easily debunked with anyone with half a brain and a browser. 2 - Did Clinton have any Washington experience? Did Carter? Did Reagan? Did Bush 43? No. Plain and simple. They ran sucessfully because they had executive experience, which is to say, they had REAL RESPONSIBILITIES. Sure they had no ‘Washington experience’ which for most senators consists of no real accountability as they voted on bills.And she isn’t running for president.
By Shawny
September 4, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
I GUARANTEE you, that if Biden was the presidential nominee and Obama was the VP running mate, the standard liberal line to confront his obvious lack of experience and no executive experience would be that the VP candidate doesn’t matter that much.
By Harpy
September 4, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
Obama superdelegate and Detroit corruptocrat mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in court this morning, negotiating a plea deal What Jay, no comment?
By RW-(the original)
September 4, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
GMAN,
I was referring to the 9:40 that you present as your own words. It would be impossible to respond to a 10:03 post at 10:05 on this server.
Why is that every time you present something beyond your Mr. Magoo riffs a simple google search turns it up word for word on thousands of blog posting, yet you never attribute the words to the real author?
I’m guessing the 9:40 originated at Slate, but thousands of hits come up and slate only presents it as an email from Alaska.
I wouldn’t bother with the 10:03 because even though you didn’t attribute it, you did at least put it in quotes.
By Locke
September 4, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
Goldie, Just admit it was a good speech and move on. Like Don Henley said, “you keep carrying that anger, it’ll eat you up inside.” You should try yoga.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
To RW:
It’s not plagiarizing when you put quotes around it. Granted, a source would be nice but i believe we all get his point that it is a quote from another source. He makes no claims to it as his own.
Lesson complete, recess can commence.
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this
Shawny: yes, she’s not running for president. I thought I made that clear. She’s running to be the person to replace the president if one bad heartbeat occurs. You really think a 72-year-old 4-time-cancer survivor is a good candidate for longevity? I’m stunned Cheney made it this far with his heart condition.(Liberals: no bad jokes about his lack of heart, please.) And with McCain, you have to worry about the inevitable biological mental slow-down that occurs as people get into their 70s. Reagan wasn’t immune.
You’re also making more of her “executive experience” than reality dictates. Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton were all governors of states with much larger populations and much bigger problems than how much they can fleece from the oil companies to give as a freebie to the people of the state, so the comparison pales when you look close enough.
Again, I’m NOT talking about Obama here. He really has nothing to do with it. I’m trying to understand the infatuation with Gov. Palin given how little anyone really knows about her and what she might do as President in the event of that one bad heartbeat.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
I don’t see any faults in Palin’s daughter’s choices for getting her child birth paid for. What she is doing doesn’t sound illegal. Along the lines of insurance, there are often several options for reaching a goal. Everyone chooses the path that hits them in the wallet the least.
As far as any moral issue around her choice of how to get it paid for? Who am I to judge on morals? As long as Palin’s daughter is pleased with her choice and it’s legal, so be it. it’s really none of my business.
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
Anything to do with Palin’s daughter seems completely irrelevant to me.
As a way to tweak the fascist evangelical right who want to put the full weight of the government behind how they think we ought to live… yeah, that’s fun and great sport.
But really, a pregnant 17-year-old is usually nothing more than a tragedy in slow motion. Anything the future mom does to make her child’s life less of a tragedy is good with me.
By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century
September 4, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
Palin - !
Just another plastic barbie doll placed on the stage by the PNAC-Rovians with a script written by the same person that wrote Dubya’s speeches.
A woman who preaches the same lame Whitehouse rhetoric of - God wants us to go to war,… and God wants that natural gas pipeline built so we can make money….God wants us to grease the natural forest of Alaska… God wants me to be God!…
God help us all!…..
Cheers’
By rightytighty
September 4, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this
I’ll be voting for the HERO not the ZERO..
By RW-(the original)
September 4, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
BDatlanta,
Scroll up to 9:40 and the only thing in quotes is “Elly Mae”
Class dismissed.
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Biden Changes Tune, Opposes Offshore Drilling
And that was just from Monday to Wednesday.
By Midori
September 4, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this
the Sarah Palin gender card
that’s all you need to know………
By The Way
September 4, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
I applaud Sarah Crabcake’s decision to have her baby. But what if the pre-natal tests had showed the baby to be an abominable snowman yeti incubus fetus? Is there rare bigfoot footage that we haven’t seen? Then, instead of a live bigfoot baby, she shows up with one of Jerry’s Kids? How stupid does Sarah Crabcakes think we are?
We want Bigfoot! We want Bigfoot!
Okay, the cover up, like Roswell, where an alien spacecraft was presented as weather balloons, begins.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
From Jay’s column today:
Palin was cast as a reformer who fought the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere.” But in fact, she ran for governor in 2006 as a champion of the pork-barrel bridge and “opposed” it only after it was clear the project was dead. We were told that Palin abhors earmarks, the special congressional appropriations that Alaska politicians have used to bleed billions from the American taxpayer. But it turns out Palin fought to get earmarks both as mayor and as governor, hiring lobbyists and going to Washington herself to bring them home.
Shawny, is that the “anti-corruption” partner you referred to at 10:07??
By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century
September 4, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
-=-
bah! —- Big deal about Palin’s daughter… I mean if the counttry can ignore Cheney’s Gay Pride progeny, an unwed mothers a drop in the bucket. It’s just useful in showing the two sided hypocrisy of the extreme christian right idiots in this country and how they say - one thing is a heresy while condoning it themselves. of course God will get them!…
(Mat 7:22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (Mat 7:23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
-=-
By TC
September 4, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
To RW, You are exactly right about the teleprompter. It was reported that during Palin’s speech, she did lose her teleprompter but you would have never known it. She is capable of speaking on her own where Obama was at a total loss of words like their was nothing but air up there. To: Byteme: I can tell by your name that you are full of anger. First of all, most American’s don’t even know how the government works and they are able to vote for the President. Isn’t there something wrong with that? To Shawny: You are right with everything you said. You just can’t get through to morons and it really isn’t worth it.
By T
September 4, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
The part of the speech I caught was pretty good. It wasn’t boring. So, Republicans want ‘change’ now too? Interesting.
I don’t know how I feel about the trooper. Personally, if my family were being threatened, I might act in the same manner. However, if she did something illegal, she also should be repramanded. She did state that no one is above the law.
By The Way
September 4, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this
Sarah Putin’s husband races snowmobiles. then why is her daughter only interested in Submarine Races?
Sarah’s only gaff last night was that she forgot to thank her husband’s pit crew.
Reagan said to America, “RU better off today than 4 years ago?” I say to Sarah Crabcakes, “RU486 four years ago and Bristoll would be better off!”
Bwa
By Bosch
September 4, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this
I just read through Palin’s speech transcript -
it was a pep rally speech, given by a cheerleader.
Read the speech - there is nothing there - healthcare wasn’t mentioned at all, the only time she mentioned education was when she said she signed up for the PTA to help her kids’ public school education better.
In fact, the only promise she made was this:
“Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we’re going to lay more pipelines … build more nuclear plants … create jobs with clean coal … and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal and other alternative sources.
We need American energy resources, brought to you by American ingenuity, and produced by American workers”
Um, that sounds like someone else’s plan I’ve read (except for the pipeline).
The rest was filled with really unwitty sarcasm at an attempt to attack Obama, and complete scare tactics about how Obama’s going to raise all your taxes and get us all killed by the terrorist!
It’s the same Bush trash written by the same Bush speechwriter- I guess up there in the wilderness she hasn’t noticed that nobody down here likes him.
I take back what I said earlier - her speech was not only boring but it was pathetic as well.
By Eric1
September 4, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
I didn’t watch. I’ve already seen her in the Lens Crafters commercial. When I need new glasses I’ll give ‘er a call.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
Will the republicans address the economy tonight? Finally?
Oh, that’s right. Times aren’t tight for the wealthy….what economy problem?
I can’t vote Republican because I’m not in up in that tax bracket. I can’t afford to continue bankrolling the rich.
Also, we can’t afford more tax loopholes for bankers and other business men. Especially after they screw up or times get hard and they demand taxpayers bail them out. Others have referred to it as “capitalism when times are good and socialism when times are bad.” They can’t pay into the tax coffers but when times get hard they sure know where the coffers are located to get their hand in there and get some of our taxes out.
By The Way
September 4, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this
Yeah, the LensCrafter’s Commercial! Great stuff, sir.
I hate it when I get outmarooned.
By rightytighty
September 4, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this
I liked the part where Rudy was talking about Obama’s 138 present votes. That shug and look about not being about to make up his mind was priceless.
Also Sarah’s reference to Biden’s presidental votes, or lack there of.. A number so low that even she recieved more votes than him, as Governor!
Meat and potatoes baby, meat and potatoes..
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this
Hey Bosch, It’s gonna be hard for Palin to do all that since she will be sitting at home in January.
Eric1, That was hilarious.
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
TC: You know nothing about me. My name is a play on my occupation, and anything more you try to read into it is your own projection of yourself and your feelings about other people.
You agree with everyone else on your team. And you’ve already made up your mind about who you will vote for. That’s fine. You just can’t explain it in your own words. That’s also fine. People can do that.
What I’m trying to do is figure out if anyone can explain the infatuation with her as something other than a schoolboy crush on the hot chick who said “yes” on the first date.
So far, I’m still waiting. The great defenders of all things Republican are at a loss to explain it. I’ll give it some time. Maybe someone will rise to the challenge.
FWIW, I think a citizenship test for people who want to vote would actually be a good thing and get more people involved in what goes on in their governments. However, that’s not what the constitution says, and I’m not a big believer in adding new amendements to the grand old document just because I think it’s a good idea.
By Truth
September 4, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this
Keep pulling straws you lefty loonies…. Palin and Rudy BOTH did great!
By Locke
September 4, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
Bosch, Funny you are searching for substance this week when only last week you were happy to stuff your face with fluff.
BDAtlanta, In 2005 the top one percent of tax filers paid 39.38% of all income taxes. The top 5% paid 59.67% and the top 10% paid 70.30%. I would venture the loopholes the wealthy use are just not very good.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Bosch comes through with the moron comment of the day, despite all thee competition:
the only time she mentioned education was when she said she signed up for the PTA to help her kids’ public school education better.
Of course we can’t get the schools any better unless we turn them over to the government, right, dimwit?
Sarah’Cuda said more about education last night than the liberals have for twenty years.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this
ByteMe, The infatuation with Palin should be that she brings home the extreme right of the party. She banned books in the library and she’s anti-abortion. That’s a home run for MCain.
(Unfortunately for him though, he’s down by 7 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and the pitcher is the only one available to bat.)
By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century
September 4, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
yeah Issues — lets see —
Democrats! - We will raise taxes on these deadbeat corportions that keep sending jobs overseas, moving HQ’s to islands to keep from paying their share of taxes, Corporations that hire illegals, etc…and therefore pay off some of our debt, making the dollar stronger so the economy grows for us all.
Republicans! - We will lie about the Democrat tax plans saying it will be a tax on the poor and middle class - we will lie that it will cost Americans their jobs from big business profiteers. We will coddle big business with windfall profits and tax breaks and tax credits. We will borrow more money from China and run the debt up higher devaluating the dollar — and start more money to play with our new weapon toy boom booms that we spent the taxpayer money on.
It’s government for the people by the people — not government for the corportion! Stupid!
By Locke
September 4, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
ByteMe, Clever pun. Must have taken you a while to come up with it.
Allow me to try to explain Palin’s appeal. You probably recognize the traits she shares with Hillary - toughness, strength, intelligence. Unlike Hillary, she also brings attractiveness and likability.
By Bosch
September 4, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this
Well it appears I hath hit a nerve by criticizing the school boys’ sweetheart.
By Bosch
September 4, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
BDAtlanta,
For the ALA’s Banned Book Week - they should put a big picture of Palin with a red circle and line through it over her face.
I really hope that the banning books thing isn’t true.
By AmVet
September 4, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
What a surprise.
The lunatic sheep just adore Sister Sarah and her two mules.
But then these are the idiots who repeated year after year after year that BushCo were real conservatives in spite of the mountains of irrefutable data that the bungling chicken hawks and clowns were virtually the very opposite.
And in many cases these are the same flat earth society morons who said for a decade there was NO global warming. Now they “sheepishly” contend it exists but that they have nothing to do with it.
Zero cred. None, nary, nada, zilch..
Republican Bloodbath, Part Deux. Coming to an election everywhere this November.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this
To By AJC/DNC Management September 4, 2008 11:39 AM Sarah’Cuda said more about education last night than the liberals have for twenty years.
Yeah, let’s not forget the resounding success that “No Child Left Behind” has been.
By the way, why would Republicans show concern for public schools? Don’t they all have their kids in private schools?…No? Not all of them? Some of them aren’t as financially well off as others? And they still believe the Republican party represents them? Ha!
By TC
September 4, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this
To Byteme: Yes, I don’t know anything about you but it works both ways. I happen to be a woman and a happily married one with children. The only thing you can come up with is a crush. I don’t think so. But I also wonder the same thing about Obama. Why the infatuation with him? He is nothing but an empty suit that can’t speak for himself, only wants to advance himself, can’t make up his mind so he votes present, changes his positions daily to what he thinks will get him elected and has no experience. What is there to like with him?
Why shouldn’t I think the world of Palin? She is a smart, well spoken, EXPERIENCED, woman that isn’t afraid of the “good old boys” in Washington or the media? Like the media said, “A star is born”.
I think there should be a test. I saw a woman interviewed the other night and was asked “who is running with McCain” and she responded, “Obama”. She doesn’t have a clue with what is going on and she will go out and vote. We have too many of those in our country. Look at the Obama crowd swooning over an empty suit.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this
AmVet, I agree. Leader’s of industry weren’t willing to admit to global warming until they found an angle on how to profit off of the danger. Now they have their investments in line so now they can admit to it. Look at T Boone. Hell, he’d never admit to an energy problem unless he had his investments lined up.
By the way, wasn’t he talking wind energy a few weeks ago? Now his ads are about natural gas? Why did he switch?Well, i’ve pretty much blown my day off on this board…but it beats digging plant holes out in the yard!
By AJC/DNC Management
September 4, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
BDAtl: I hate to burst the moron bubble you live in but Ted Kennedy authored the “No Child” legislation.
Look it up.
~~~~~
Uh-oh.
Buyer’s remorse in the Dhimmi party.
Bruno or Hair Plugs?
I give Hair Plugs until the 15th.
Then it’s under thee bus.
Bwa.
By 2thousand33
September 4, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
Allow me to first say that I have never, will never vote for a repub, nor a demo. However, after learning a bit more about Gov. Palin, it is more than clear that the better choice is w/ Obama/Beiden. Firstly, she is pro-life(which really means than one is willing to let others die on any other level),and thanks to her insidious religious beliefs, she want’s to end a womans right to choose. Do I even need to mention Iraq?
By findog
September 4, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
BDAtlanta @10:38,
So we can now dispense with the personal responsibility plank of the Republican canard that is in their platform?
Great to know that acting just like Reagan’s welfare queens is now approved behavior for the RNC…
By Hmmmmm
September 4, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this
My, my……. Me thinks I see fear coming from the left side of the aisle.:))
As an independent, I have not been impressed with either political side. Both sides are FLAWED to no end. I gave VP Palin 5 minutes of my time and she kept me up for the whole speech. She was a breath of fresh air! I have researched her as much as possible and have found her to be EXCEPTIONAL! It’s not surprising to see the democrats running for cover. Bookman’s comments are ABSURD, as are the comments of most of the liberal blogger s. Hey, that’s what happens when people are fearful of the truth. Fear sets in, and all the liberals can do is criticize! That’s OK, Senator McCain messed up and somehow made a brilliant decision to appoint this woman! A woman who is going to grow and evolve into something special. A woman who is already more experienced than Mr. Obama…. The ONE thing I am really sure of, is that GOD has a plan! I think HE showed us a preview last night in Minnesota.
By Hillbilly Deluxe
September 4, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
Reading these comments I’m reminded of the old Paul Simon lyric, “A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”
MSNBC kept stressing the point that the speech was written for her. Just a point of interest, who was the last President who didn’t have speech writers? Does anybody know? I would be curious to know. I would think it would be pre-FDR but thats just a guess.
I flipped around and watched different commentators on different channels. The comments of most were what I expected both left and right. I was struck by how in obvious distress Keith Olbermann appeared to be. Most on each side at least tried to show a mask of objectivity. I thought the most objective comment of the night was by Chris Matthews, “It’ll play in Scranton”.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
TC, You say Obama can’t speak for himself but I believe Obama wrote that speech he gave back in 2004.
Watch Cspan. There you can see the candidates giving speeches without scripts so you see what a candidate can do with no teleprompters….and I promise Obama won’t say Nookuler once.
By Slick
September 4, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin’s speech reminded me of a shrill, narrow minded, basically ignorant, opinionated party hack who was reading a speech prepared by her handlers. Its purpose was to furnish “red meat” to the redneck base, and based on this objective, she acomplished her mission.
She obviously shares McCain’s “shoot from the hip,” high risk approach in dealing with situations, which scorns information gathering and thoughtful analysis.
She fits right in with the worst of the Bush administration.
By TC
September 4, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
Yes, BDAtlanta, but did you see him when his teleprompter went out?. He fumbled around until his teleprompter came back up. He couldn’t think of one thing to say. He can deliver a speech well but he sure can’t think for himself. Why all the “present” votes? I have to guess he was clueless or was afraid that he would upset some voters which would hurt his election. At least McCain votes!
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
BDAtlanta: I get that she’s going to bring the evangelicals who are secretly hoping McCain will die soon. She has no real power except in that possibility. Their infatuation makes perfect sense.
What I don’t get is everyone who is hoping that McCain will be healthy through his entire presidency. How can that be a realistic strategy for deciding who to vote for?
Locke: It took me longer than I’ll care to admit.
I actually do not recognize traits that she shares with Hillary. Hillary has some heft to her; Palin does not. Palin strikes me as a lightweight that hasn’t received more than a 700,000 votes in her entire life. She’s never undergone significant scrutiny. So why the infatuation without really knowing about her?
By Goldie
September 4, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
OK— so McBush/Failin have decided that they will not talk about the issues facing Americans today, other than “drill, drill, drill!” to put a Band-Aid on our leaky oil importing policies. And McBush is the one who’s so desperate to become the next Repug dictator in the White House that he’s totally compromised any “maverick” cred that he may have had 8 years ago.
MMA — Maverick My @ss!
By Swami Dave
September 4, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
I made the prediction a couple of months ago and I’m more comfortable with it now than ever.
The all-hype / no-substance schitck that is the Obama candidacy plays well to the partisan left, but middle America knows a fake light show when they see one.
As Chris Matthews said: “This will play well in Scranton…”
Elections are won in the Scrantons of this country; not in the Hollywoods and Chicagos.
A personal note to the Liberals out there: We know that the louder you scream - the more scared you are becoming.
Sometime it is fun to be the Swami…..
-Swami Dave (Truth, History, and Common Sense refute Liberalism.)
By tc
September 4, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this
ByteME: We don’t want McCain to die. We love him just as much. We just like that their are two mavericks now. McCain has been through much worse situations, at the brink of death or more than one occasion and he can surely get through eight years in the White House. That is a piece of cake compared to what he has been through.
What makes you think that Nobama will make it through his term? And then you will be left with President NoBiden who by the way also thinks that Nobama lacks experience.
By BDAtlanta
September 4, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
Looks like Time magazine did some legwork on vetting Palin. They published this on Tuesday. What a soap opera. Looks like Cicely, Alaska wasn’t thought up out of thin air.
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1837918,00.html
Sig Heil Palin
By Locke
September 4, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
Goldie, Maybe you are new to politics and don’t realize that all politicians promise the moon prior to the election and then muddle through the best they can afterwards… even your anointed one, Obama.
Byteme, Having run for gov, I’m sure Palin’s opponents have scrutinized the dirt on her and slung all the mud they could find. If you don’t find her intelligent and strong then you’re entitled to that opinion but come on, man, can’t you see she’s hot and has personality plus?
By Bosch
September 4, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
What should really scare the hell out of most people with Palin - is not only would she be one heartbeat away from the Presidencey, she would also be one heartbeat away from nominating Supreme Court Justices.
A fundamentalist evangelical freak nominating Supreme Court justices?
By Locke
September 4, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
Swami Dave, You’re right. Polls show the country tracks just right of center. Obama is out there and McCain has always been seen as a centrist. VP-wise, Biden is out there with Obama and Palin appears to be out on the far right. That said, the McCain ticket average appears to more closely align with the nation.
By Locke
September 4, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this
Bosch, Palin nominating justices doesn’t scare me. The Court’s make-up is a pretty balanced representation of America. It takes the conservatives nominating conservatives and liberals nominating liberals to make it that way.
By Taxpayer
September 4, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this
I hear Palin, the accomplished author of many a fine work of fiction, is having a book signing at her local library. Just bring in your copy of Celsius 233 (+/-). The word on the street is that things may even get a little fired up if Palin has things her way. Or, was it if she does not have things her way.
By carlin
September 4, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this
I am seriously worried about McCain’s judgement. Tapping Palin who clearly isn’t appropriate as the VP candidate is troubling. But I expected him and his campaign to realize this mistake and correct it, not try to sell us a bill of goods. Palin is a disgrace and a joke. She may be a nice lady but she is not anywhere near ready to be president.
By Hmmmmm
September 4, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this
Carlin,,,
You and your liberal buddies just can’t stand that this woman is more qualified than Mr. Obama…. Seriously, a joke and a disgrace, don’t you guys think before you hit the post button…. Guess not. But hey, I am just a redneck. :)) Just ask Slick!
By Swami Dave
September 4, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this
This is abject laughable!
Supporters of a candidate who is unqualified to be President (according to statements by his very own Vice Presidential running mate) attacking their opponents because their Vice Presidential candidate is not qualified to be President.
Let me get this straight….
Obama (unqualified according to Joe Biden) is acceptable as a nominee when he will be President; Palin (unqualified according to Liberals who apparently know alot about selecting unqualified candidates) is unacceptable as a Vice Presidential candidate when she might be President. For her, there is a problem with being “one heartbeat away”; for him, there is no problem with being THE heartbeat.
….and if we are going to discuss qualifications, the reality is that there is only one candidate on either ticket who has executive experience on her resume at all!
That is, unless Obama would like to release all of the details and records of his time running the foundation with Bill Ayers……(I’ll pack a lunch waiting for that one!)
Moral of the story for the Obama supporters: You look pretty dumb pointing out the failings of the other teams backup QB when your starter can’t complete passes! (aka. Don’t throw rocks while standing in front of a glass candidate!)
-Swami Dave (Truth, History, and Common Sense refute Liberalism.)
By Copyleft
September 4, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this
Just skipping back a week to the DNC speeches and the predictable right-wing reactions:
“Just like the Dummy Democrats to be impressed by a bunch of speeches. There were the loyal liberal crowd, screaming and cheering their fool heads off at silly catchphrases and cheap shots at the opposition… all flash and no substance, that’s what those convention speeches offer. You libs sure are suckers to lap it up like that.”
Odd how the RNC speeches are being touted as “proof that we’ve got this thing in the bag, the Dems are doomed, cackle cackle.”
Ahh, the right-wing hypocrisy engine is in tune and running at full throttle. AGAIN.
By AmVet
September 4, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
Well, the more I learn about Sister Sarah and her two mules, the less there is to like.
Apparently her claims about fighting against earmarks don’t jive with her track record.
Apparently she is another of these global warming denier idiots.
And apparently she is a grade A bible thumper.
I’m not certain she is going to cost him the White House, but it seems she certainly ain’t gonna help, as I sense that many (most?) independents and moderates are starting to shy await form the once maverick who seems bent on displaying his neo-con tendencies.
And besides, McCain could have done SO much better than this bush league no name…
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this
Locke: I agree that she got scrutiny running for Governor. However, that scrutiny was slanted Alaska-style. In other words, having your husband belong to an Alaska separatists group is a non-story in Alaska, but it makes many people in the other 49 states wonder about whether he’s a wack job. Not saying he is, but there’s a difference between being on a small insular stage and the national stage with a bazillion bloggers and newspeople looking into your every orafice.
And, yes, she’s definitely a hot feisty woman. That’s why I think this is infatuation and not real love.
TC: Melanoma shows no mercy. It’s that simple. You can survive something painful as a 20-something, but something that moves unseen through your body attacking everything in its path and your immune system is already winding down due to biology… it’s a whole different contest.
Also, as I mentioned before, as we get older, our brains start to wind down and certain parts of it that control rational responses starts to fade. You ever sit and talk to someone who’s old and something totally out of character and not so nice pops out of their mouth and you wonder where that thought came from? It’s biology at work. Happens to all of us as we get old, the part of our brain that regulates bad thoughts gets compromised. So the VP in this situation is definitely a concern. She needs to be ready on day one to be president.
I see a feisty hot woman who’s very ambitious, but over her head. And I’m not reading anything so far that even comes close to providing evidence that any of her supporters really support her as a solid #2 for this country. Except for the infatuated.
By ByteMe
September 4, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this
Oh… and except for the religious fascists. I mentioned them earlier.
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