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McCain still peddles Palin mythology

By Jay Bookman | Friday, September 12, 2008, 05:30 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Appearing on “The View” on Friday, Sen. John McCain claimed that Sarah Palin had not sought federal earmarks as governor of Alaska.

Here is the official list of federal earmarks requested by Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska for the 2009 budget year, on Palin’s letterhead as governor.

Palin’s defenders point out that her 2009 request was considerably lower than that of the previous year. Nonetheless, it totals almost $200 million, which is more than any other state in the country on a per capita basis.

Furthermore, in the current fiscal year Congress approved almost $15 billion in earmarks. That is down considerably from the peak of $27 billion in 2005, when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress.

So if Sarah Palin is a small-government anti-earmark reformer, so too is the Democratic-controlled Congress under Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

Oh, and for those who ask, I’ll stop writing about it when they stop lying about it. Why?

Because their strategy is to keep restating these lies until people stop bothering to complain about it. And at that point, the lie will become accepted as the truth.

Except it’s not the truth. And the truth matters.

UPDATE: The link above is to a PDF file. It opens for me in Safari, but not in Firefox, so I’ll just post it here for those who want access to it:

http://stevens.senate.gov/earmarks/Approps-StateofAlaska.pdf

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By Darlene Connolly

September 12, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this

I think it is obvious at this point that if you are a Republican and you feel that “Reasonable Doubt” hasn’t been proven in the case of Sara Palin—-with all that has been bi-partisan FACTCHECKED about her, then what is the point of discussing it with you?

I am a Democrat but if this was Obama that kept saying something happened one way when it clearly happened another…and continues to say it like it is pure, undebatable fact, I would definitely say “Obama, what are you doing??? What are you talking about”.

On The View this morning…..WHAT IS MCCAIN TALKING ABOUT????

I think he is talking to those people that vote by what they hear and not from what they are too lazy to research and accept.

Darlene.

By Darlene Connolly

September 12, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

I think it is obvious at this point that if you are a Republican and you feel that “Reasonable Doubt” hasn’t been proven in the case of Sara Palin—-with all that has been bi-partisan FACTCHECKED about her, then what is the point of discussing it with you?

I am a Democrat but if this was Obama that kept saying something happened one way when it clearly happened another…and continues to say it like it is pure, undebatable fact, I would definitely say “Obama, what are you doing??? What are you talking about”.

On The View this morning…..WHAT IS MCCAIN TALKING ABOUT????

I think he is talking to those people that vote by what they hear and not from what they are too lazy to research and accept.

Darlene.

By marko

September 12, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this

Given the fact that so many Bushies still believe the lies that led us into Iraq, are you really surpised that McCain’s still trying to sell Sister Sarah as a tight fisted fiscal conservative? That kind of republican died out a long time ago. But that’s their story, and obviously they’re sticking to it.

By Dusty

September 12, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

When the road gets rough, get back in the rut. Thus driveth Bookman.

I don’t watch every political program looking for Sarah “errors” to flaunt. I don’t even do it for Obama as he peddles his mythology that Harvard is heaven and he is experienced as Father Time.

Why did McCain say what he did? I don’t know except he has promised “No earmarks when I am President” and never got any for Arizona. Maybe he made a mistake. I did not see the show. Maybe Obama made a mistake going to a racist church for twenty years? I don’t know.

But…if you are hunting for a president or VP that never made a mistake, you are going to be a long time looking.

By Michael

September 12, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this

“But…if you are hunting for a president or VP that never made a mistake, you are going to be a long time looking.”

I don’t want one that never made a mistake. I do want one who won’t lie when caught redhanded in making a mistake.

By Michael

September 12, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this

“But…if you are hunting for a president or VP that never made a mistake, you are going to be a long time looking.”

I don’t want one that never made a mistake. I do want one who won’t lie when caught redhanded in making a mistake.

By Sarah

September 12, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this

I just hope enough Americans will be outraged at these lies, and that this pair will never be elected. The fact that anyone, even a Republican, is willing to accept this blatant dishonesty in a presidential candidate is flat-out disgraceful.

By RJ

September 12, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has proposed paying a $150 bounty for the foreleg of each dead wolf. The aerial hunting program she champions has already killed nearly 800 wolves. She’s opposed efforts to save America’s polar bears from extinction. She’s fought against efforts to save some of the world’s most endangered beluga whales

By RJ

September 12, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has proposed paying a $150 bounty for the foreleg of each dead wolf. The aerial hunting program she champions has already killed nearly 800 wolves. She’s opposed efforts to save America’s polar bears from extinction. She’s fought against efforts to save some of the world’s most endangered beluga whales

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

Jay,

I just read a three page story about today’s episode of The View, that I can’t seem to link to, but it never mentions earmarks at all. It’s pretty hard to believe he told a demonstrably false and outright lie on national television and ABC doesn’t even mention it.

I got to the story by going to ABC’s website, clicking on daytime television and then The View. It’s give you a blurb about the show with a link to read more. The read more link takes you to the 3 page story. It seems pretty comprehensive too.

I know there’s an AP story that says essentially what you did, but there’s also a CBS story and it doesn’t mention the earmark bit either.

Do you have a clip or an actual quote? Please don’t make me go watch the episode.

By Mike

September 12, 2008 6:50 PM | Link to this

Yawn. Bookman calling Republicans liars?

Wake me up when something unexpected happens.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

By Ray

September 12, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

All of this rhetoric is useless. The Annointed One cannot win in Nov. The polls released today place the race as even with a bump for McCain in Ohio, Iowa, Penn and Va. These are the states that he needs to win. Even MI with it’s 17 electoral votes is swinging for McCain. If McCain wins any of these states, it is over. The Annointed One needs 18 more electoral votes than Kerry got in 04 and he will struggle to match what Kerry did. The “I will never vote for a black candidate” crowd and the ladies that don’t want a female dissed will make the difference. Even the Demos said in exit polls in the primaries that they would not vote for a black candidate in 10-12% of the interviews. And that is not including the ones that won’t admit that fact until the privacy of the voting booth. The fat lady is tuning up.

By professional skeptic

September 12, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

Stay the course, Jay! Stay the course!

By whynot

September 12, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

Is Sarah Palin the first VP candidate to possibly be indicted? I honestly cannot think of another candidate this has happened to.

History being made.

By whynot

September 12, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

Is Sarah Palin the first VP candidate to possibly be indicted? I honestly cannot think of another candidate this has happened to.

History being made.

By whynot

September 12, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

Is Sarah Palin the first VP candidate to possibly be indicted? I honestly cannot think of another candidate this has happened to.

History being made.

By Bud Wiser

September 12, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this

That’s nickle and dime stuff compared to Obama earmarks Jay, and you know it. Add the fact that she runs an entire state versus an entire community, or whatever the hell Obama runs (if anything), it becomes more apparent that his billion dollar plus earmarks for his personal dispensary sort of shatters the bell curve, does it not?

You really don’t want to get into this issue of what Obama has earmarked (money for the hospital where his wife works, for instance) as a Senator v. Palin as Governor.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this

Speaking of lies:

This year, as the Senate funding request deadline approaches and the final primaries of the Democratic nomination process draw near, Obama’s staff told CNN the junior senator from Illinois will request no earmarks for fiscal year 2009.

Uh-huh:

Senate energy bill contains goodies for Illinois

The actual headline from Oblahma’s website^^, haha.

Goodies.

The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an energy bill that would dramatically increase the use of ethanol, providing Illinois farmers a steady market for corn and bolstering the growing ethanol industry in the state.

The bill contains a provision authored by Obama that would provide $40 million for research into combined electric and E85 flexible fuel vehicles that have the potential to drive 500 miles per gallon of gasoline used.

The bill also contains $85 million total for Southern Illinois University, Purdue University and the University of Kentucky for research and testing on ways to turn Illinois basin coal into transportation fuels.

See, Jay, I provide proof.

By ByteMe

September 12, 2008 7:03 PM | Link to this

RW: the link to the piece with the lie… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMN_PP2qhNQ

By "The Corporal"

September 12, 2008 7:03 PM | Link to this

On a slightly related subject I heard today that ZerObama was making fun of McCains internet skills.

I wonder if ZerObama has ever tried to land a fighter jet, on a carrier, at night, in choppy seas and bad weather ………….Oh, this is too laughable !!

By Wayne Holmes

September 12, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

but wait a second, Sure she’s got some appeal. But what if something were to happen to John McCain? Will she be able to run the United States on appeal? Hummm….,how long has she been a Governor anyway?

By ByteMe

September 12, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this

Bud, Obama is not running to get rid of earmarks. McCain is. Palin is. That’s their “reform Washington” schtick and it’s increasingly based on lies.

Focus.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this

Geez, I didn’t even notice Jay trotted out the per capita BS again.

But earmarks have never been a dirty word in Alaska, a huge state dotted with small communities that have enormous dollar needs for sewers, roads and other projects

It’s really tough to figure out that more per capita thing…/sarc

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this

Uh, I just watched the View interview of McCain and he said, and I quote, “she cut earmark spending by 500 million.”

There was no statement that she did not request earmarks this year.

Who is the liar now?

Jay?

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this

The desperation is setting in.

Bwa.

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 7:20 PM | Link to this

Here is more hurricane Ike video

The sideways rain has arrived.

By ByteMe

September 12, 2008 7:23 PM | Link to this

You need to re-listen AJC/DNC. McCain clearly said she didn’t receive any earmarks as governor. He even repeated it when questioned about it.

He’s a lying liar and those who cover for him are just pathetic enablers.

There, I said it, now I’m off to feed.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this

Hahahahahahaha:

Major Ethanol Producers’ Organization Endorses Obama- Senator Obama supported the recently passed “Farm Bill,” whereas “McCain has opposed every farm bill that has come before Congress for more than a decade.”

Hahahahahahaha.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

ByteMe,

Muy apologies if my last post ever shows up and makes this something of a rerun.

Thanks for link, but I can’t tell what he’s answering to when he says, “not as governor she didn’t” There were two or three things being yelled out and Joy finished her accusation last, but it seems as if he had already started his response to whoever that is sitting screen right of Joy.

You guys are really stretching on this one.

By Mike, Savannah, GA

September 12, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

Mr. Bookman, I guess your job is safe. POLITICIANS have always lied, and will continue to do so as long as keep electing the biggest liars. Democrat or Republican, Red or Blue, they all lie.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

BiteMe: I listened to it twice just to make sure.

He said no such thing, liar.

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

Andy,

Palin: “OK, I Didn’t Quite Say “Thanks, But No Thanks”

Like McCain spewed to finally tell the truth,” Everything is f——-g spin”

You would not know the truth if it slapped you in your vodka drinking pie hole.

By Grant

September 12, 2008 7:41 PM | Link to this

“That’s nickle and dime stuff compared to Obama earmarks Jay, and you know it. “ —- No, I bet he knows the facts. That Obama represents a State with 20 times* the population of Alaska, and that Palin has requested more earmark dollars per capita for Alaska than any other **5 states put together receive. And you can talk about the costs of supporting isolated communities all you like, Alaska has massive oil revenues. THEY CAN AFFORD IT THEMSELVES. But that doesn’t stop them from funneling more money per person out of the federal government than any other state in the union anyway. Palin also hired a federal lobbyist to go grab 27 million in earmarks for Wasilla when she was mayor. 27 million. For a town of 6000 people. And she STILL put the town 20 million dollars in debt!

Trying to sell us this “she’s a fiscal conservative reformer” line of bull is insulting out intelligence. McCain has personally called her out at least three times over the years for being part of the problem and now all of a sudden when he needs the female vote thanks to his intent to overturn Roe v Wade she’s the best reforming mavericky VP candidate in the history of the universe…and just nevermind that she ALSO wants to overturn Roe V Wade and on top of that thinks abortion should be outlawed even in cases of rape and incest, she has ovaries so women will vote for her regardless of her extreme positions. Because they’re just that dense right? That’s obviously what McCain thinks.

Give us a break.

By ByteMe

September 12, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

By the way, Palin admitted to Charlie Gibson that she lied about the earmarks and bridge to nowhere. Of course, she couldn’t actually bring herself to do actually admit she lied, but she tried to justify why she sought the money instead. Typical politician.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

al-Gitmo: “Thank you but no thank you” is not something you write on the bottom of a bill that directs lawmakers in your state to stop pursuing the bridge.

You know what I mean?

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this

Darn. I was so busy chasing around this ridiculous notion that McCain said Palin never took or requested earmarks that I forgot all about ABC News. Maybe I can see it some of the lefty sites later after they doctor it all up.

By Darren

September 12, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this

Mr. Bookman,

I find what is happening to be odd more than anything. Is there a possibility that John McCain is having mental difficulties associated with his age? I know his father was an Admiral, but do not know how he died or if there were any deteriorating cognitive factors at the time that might suggest a hereditary link to his son. While I voted for Senator McCain in the 2000 primary, I find no similarity between that man and the one I see now. But what concerns me the most is that his handlers are perhaps taking advantage of his cognitive problems for some personal quest I have yet to figure out. I would not put that past those who apparently pull the GOP strings.

By CJ

September 12, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this

Speaking of lies, I was watching the news and a new McCain commercial came on repeating that lie that Obama is going to “raise your taxes”.

Obama cuts taxes for 95 percent of all households, and up to 2 or 3 times more than McCain’s cuts for the same households.

As Bookman indicated, as long as McCain and associates repeats their lies, somebody has to keep setting the record straight.

By Ray

September 12, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this

McCain had over 500 carrier landings, something that builds character. A carrier landing is an event that most of the bloggers on this net can only imagine. Put him down, declare him a relic, make fun of his age, dis him for his selection of a running mate, say he is out of touch…… but he will win and win with a good margin. The American people have yet to go to stupid, as evidenced by the defeat of Kerry, Dukakis(sp), Gore, McGovern and Carter. Lets hope it lasts.

By Common Sense

September 12, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this

The question is not about ear marks!

it is about requesting earmarks and then stating I did not request earmarks!

Basically everyone that is supporting McClain/Palin it is o.k. to lie in public and we will still support you!

Honesty is not our best policy in this country lying is o.k.!

I want to tell you parents something once the kids see you do it, they will do it to you!

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

RW: It is so obvious, it is unbelievable that the libs are off and running with it, I guess desperation does that.

He clearly said that she “cut earmark spending by 500 million” and then all of a sudden three PMSer’s are screaming at him and he replied “not while she was governor.”

That statement was an admission that she did not cut earmarks when she was mayor of Wasilla.

Which no one has ever tried to deny.

Unreal.

By Midori

September 12, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this

Getalife,

about that video, how far are you away from Houston?

My baby brother lives in Houston, and I’ve been calling and calling on both his land line and cell phone, and I’m not getting an answer.

Do you think the lines are down?

I’m worried sick…….

By TW

September 12, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this

Ray - I think you miss the point. People aren’t putting down McCain as much as they are putting down the Republican candidate.

It’s like the Republican coaxed us into eating at their restaurant, after which we became violently ill. Now, as we lay in our vomit, you guys stroll up with a smile on your face and want us to try your other place.

Or maybe this…your plane is a POS - makes no difference about the pilot.

By CJ

September 12, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

Bookman said, “Appearing on “The View” on Friday, Sen. John McCain claimed that Sarah Palin had not sought federal earmarks as governor of Alaska.”

AJC/DNC Management said, “I just watched the View interview of McCain and…there was no statement that she did not request earmarks this year.”

In response to Barbara Walter’s comment that Palin sought/took earmarks from the federal government, John McCain said, “No, not as governor she didn’t”

By Mike

September 12, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this

“By Darren

But what concerns me the most is that his handlers are perhaps taking advantage of his cognitive problems for some personal quest I have yet to figure out. I would not put that past those who apparently pull the GOP strings.”

Yeah, because it so much more admirable for liberals like yourself to accuse McCain of having non-existent cognitive problems for partisan political reasons.

Take a look in the mirror before you start sneering about what you wouldn’t put past Republicans.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this

Midori: The lines are probably down as well as the cell towers.

How far inland does he live?

By Midori

September 12, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

Thanks, Andy — he lives very near Sugarland (Delay’s home area).

I hope your’e right.

Gov. Perry was against Houston residents evacuating.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

CJ,

Barbara Walters is to McCain’s right. He is clearly responding to something from his left when he made that statement.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

CJ: Whatever, but he wasn’t talking to Babwa Wawa when he said that, he was turned away from her talking to the three other hysterics, whoever the hell they were.

Liar.

By DC2NM

September 12, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

AJC/DNC - I keep reading this stupid claim from you and others that Democrats are desperate. I see nothing desperate about not taking crap from the same republican lies we’ve had to deal with for the past 8 years.

A lie is a lie. Palin lied about the bridge for nowhere for the sake of winning. Her claims have already been debunked. McCain lied for the sake of winning. He definitely stated she never asked for earmarks as governor when she did (even if she did veto some). He lied when he said his de-bunked ads were true. He is not putting country first. He is putting the election first.

Now, it is not our problem that you are only hearing what you want to hear. Every reasonable person heard the truth.

By Chris

September 12, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

What is it that RW and that AJC lady don’t understand? McCain asserted today that Palin did not take earmarks as governor. She, in fact, did take earmarks as governor. Therefore, it was a lie.

Plus, McCain is still running ads falsely indicating that Obama is going to raise “your” taxes, when his specific written proposals are to cut taxes for 95 percent of all households. Therefore, his ad is a lie.

A person who tells lies is a…wait for it…liar. It’s not complicated.

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this

I know, she would admit it was a lie which she just did and you would spin it for her.

McCain came out with ad saying calling her a liar is disrespectful.

I say being lied to over and over and never telling us the truth is disrespecting us.

But that is just me I guess Andy.

By Taxpayer

September 12, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

Keep up the good work, Jay. These Republicans and their lies and starting to make the water-cooler circuits now. They’re all washed up once they’re laughed at while getting a drink of water.

By k

September 12, 2008 8:17 PM | Link to this

Way to go Jay B. SOMEONE need to check out these lies and shine a light on them! Thanks

By Mick

September 12, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this

I have done carrier landings. What does that have to do with running a country?

Mastering a single complex task is done by many people in this country. Race car drivers not only deal with quick reflexes and decisions, but working with the engineers and technicians to make minor changes to the cars during the race. Does this make them qualified to to run the country?

How about your average heart surgeon?

I’m just curious what carrier ops has to do with running the country? It doesn’t even give him knowledge of ground force operations. Much less how an overall military force is used in conjunction with a political force to achieve US objectives.

But I guess being able to say ‘carrier landings’ is a nice slogan to say when nothing else is available.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this

Midori,

Cell phone service uses bandwidth that gets overloaded pretty easily and I’m sure the traffic load is incredible right now. You may want to keep trying on that. It’s possible to overload the landlines too, but you should get a busy signal if that’s the case. Hopefully he evacuated and just can’t get cell service due to the traffic. I’ll keep your brother in my prayers.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this

Midori: I think Sugarland is about 25 or so miles inland, he should be alright. The storm surge shouldn’t get that far. Keep us informed.

By BDAtlanta

September 12, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

Jay has been laying down the liberal smack today! Go man go!

Nice work.

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

Midori,

266 miles.

I saw a report from Houston and it is not windy there yet.

Galveston is in trouble but Houston should be okay.

By @@

September 12, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

Don’t know if it passed, but OBlahMa’s been a busy little porker:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congress is poised to give final approval to a $286.5 billion, five-year transportation program this week, including more than $1 billion a year for Illinois highway and bridge projects.

“This bill will provide much-needed and long-overdue investments in transportation in Illinois,” said Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who was a member of the House-Senate conference committee that worked out the compromise.

A compromise? He must have wanted more than the $286.5 billion.

On his website……

(Snort)

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 8:23 PM | Link to this

Chris: The major problem with you wigging out is that anyone can watch the tape and see the same thing that I and RW saw.

You are what I like to call “desperate.”

By Midori

September 12, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

Thank you both Andy and RW.

Suffice to say, I don’t feel much like blogging these days.

Everyone have a nice evening.

By reality check

September 12, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

obama, cuts the taxes for 95% of the people, Lets see….half don’t pay any income, then we have the income tax credits , where you still get back money when you pay nothing into the system. I have no problem with health care for the losers in the world, as long as the people who use have to pay for it. lucky me I am in the 5% who get a tax hike. Take a look at what happens when folks like him (oboma) get in office, Clayton county county ga. school board? City of atl? Just what we need, a Churches fried chicken in the basement of the white house and check cashing place on the corner. He has also requested that he gets paid every friday “cause, that every other week sheet ain’t woof a damn”

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this

Chris,

It’s impossible to tell from that video just what he’s answering when he said “not as Governor she didn’t”

You can pretend he’s answering whatever you want, but I’m pretty sure he’s answering the person to Joy’s left and I can’t tell what she’s yelling while Joy is yelling something to. He’s clearly not answering Walters.

By BDAtlanta

September 12, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this

Conservatives no longer have any stones. Sister Sarah’s next interview is Tuesday on Hannity. No doubt he throws out the softball questions.

You will NOT see her on Meet The Press or any serious news show between now and the election.

By bush go away

September 12, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

Bragging that Palin “only” asked for $200 million in earmarks, compared to her predecessors $500 million is like saying “My candidate is better than yours because she’s only 2/5 as addicted to crack as her predecessor.”

Of course given that they are throwing their support to a creationist, you can’t expect them to have too much intelligent design when it comes to picking quality candidates.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

Jay B,

If I might make a request, please don’t turn that idiotic comment at 8:25 into it’s own comment thread.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

BDAtlanta,

You want to see softballs you should go check out the transcript of Charlie Gibson interviewing Biden a year or so ago.

Where is Biden by the way? Did they lock him up with Michelle?

By TW

September 12, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

obama, cuts the taxes for 95% of the people, Lets see….half don’t pay any income, then we have the income tax credits , where you still get back money when you pay nothing into the system. I have no problem with health care for the losers in the world, as long as the people who use have to pay for it. lucky me I am in the 5% who get a tax hike. Take a look at what happens when folks like him (oboma) get in office, Clayton county county ga. school board? City of atl? Just what we need, a Churches fried chicken in the basement of the white house and check cashing place on the corner. He has also requested that he gets paid every friday “cause, that every other week sheet ain’t woof a damn”

I CAN’T BELIEVE JOHN MCCAIN JUST SAID THIS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA!

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

Not much to discuss RW.

Idiotic covers it.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 8:44 PM | Link to this

Has anyone heard Limbaugh’s parody movie promo that he did in the first segment today? It was in response to the absurd lib talking points that Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor.

He calls it the The Biggest Story Ever Told and has Governor Pontius Palin come out saying I love my country which is followed by Obama saying why do thou persecute me.

I almost fell over laughing.

Matter of fact, here you go.

By Dog Bites

September 12, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

Rumor has it that JoeBiden will soon be either deposed from the Obama ticket or will leave on his own accord.

I am just going to wait and watch Jay spew that last little puff of smoke from his stack before going silent like a virus or rather “swine flue”.

McCain will win the State here by a land slide….Especially with all the Hillary voters switching sides every day. Nothing you can do about it…Nothing.

You can moan, whine, b***; hold your breath till you turns blue…Obama and Biden will not carry any state below Pennsylvania. When NY Hillary votes go to McCain then that will be the knock out punch….

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

That movie promo is great.

So that’s what a community organizer does! Let’s go over here, no let’s go over here….

By Felix

September 12, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

She reduced the earmarks but increased taxes on the oil companies. Either way we pay.

By Drew

September 12, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

And tell me, which Democrat has pledged to even try to curb earmarks? None, absolutely none. That’s been the problem for years, that the Dems offer no acceptable alternative. None.

By Remember??

September 12, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

Jay, same BS different day? I think you beat this horse last week or the week before.

By BDAtlanta

September 12, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this

Liberal desperation? Please.

Obama is gonna walk off with a landslide. We aren’t even to the debates yet.

Debates = hahaha cause Johnny Mac has no ideas. He jumped into this race because his Sugar Mama wanted to be First Lady (I think Johnny Mac has another word for the wife…”First C”, maybe?)

The Republican Party is bankrupt in the ideas department. Say it loud and say it proud, President Obama.

By the way, why does Cindy always look like she’s in a daze? Maybe some pharmaceuticals at work there?

By Hottopics

September 12, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this

Yep that our girl. We are very proud of her. We are all voiting twice so she can win. I am not sure what happened to what his name running with her. Hopefully he is still on the ticket.

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

I think a better title would be :

“McCain still spewing lies about Palin’s lies.”

Now that the gop made an ad with the L word, lets stop the politically correctness and call a lie a lie.

Looks like Obama is finally going on the offense:

Obama Camp: “McCain Would Rather Lose His Integrity Than Lose An Election”.

Yup.

By "The Corporal"

September 12, 2008 9:01 PM | Link to this

By the way - is this true?

“Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first European/Arab-American President, not the first black President. Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother’s side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African from his father’s side. While Obama’s father was from Kenya, his father’s family was Arabic. Obama’s father was only 12.5% African and 87.5% Arab (his father’s birth certificate even states he’s Arab).

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 9:02 PM | Link to this

BDAtlanta,

Actually, I like his wife.

We have much in common. She had a stroke, loves opiates and racing.

Plus, her jet is really cool

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

al-Gitmo: Hey, I thought Bruno was supposed to be out on the stump???

What do you say to that, turncoat?

Huh, huh?

Bruno 2012, bwa.

By BDAtlanta

September 12, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this

RW, I believe Biden was campaigning with Big O this week. Maybe you should turn off the Fixed News and maybe watch a channel that doesn’t spoon feed thoughts into your head so you can come on here and regurgitate.

Try CSpan…they REALLY don’t have an agenda…heck, they don’t even have a programmer do they? Hehe…what a channel that is. I’m actually starting to like it.

By getalife wingnuts

September 12, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this

Andy,

Clinton vs Palin 12.

Clinton wins big time.

By Rascal

September 12, 2008 9:13 PM | Link to this

Does anyone not get the major difference of a federally elected representative requesting earmarks vs a state or local person requesting them trying to get their share of the federal pie for their state? It is for senators and congressmen to request and either approve or stop earmarks. All state officials do is attempt to get their share. What needs to happen is the federal government needs to be a lot smaller and it needs to stop stealing our money so it can hand out goodies to buy votes. If Obama or McCain asks for funding of local programs, then they should be help accountable to answering to why it is okay, but to ask Palin to justify requesting money for her state, regardless of the ridiculous nature o fit, is BS. She is just doing what everyone else does.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this

Ah hah.

al-Gitmo: See, I knew exactly how to get you to drop your Oblahma supporter cloak, matter of fact, it fell off quicker than I thought it would.

Let the truth be known.

Do you grit your teeth when you post that Obambi nonsense?

By BDAtlanta

September 12, 2008 9:22 PM | Link to this

Corporal,

What??? Are you for real? How many people aren’t part this and part that…and a little of this…oh, and throw in a little of that.

I’m Scotch Irish and German…so what? I was born and raised here. What’s wrong with having ancestors who were Arab? We aren’t in a war with Arabian ancestors.

Why can’t we ease up a little on the hatred of other people, especially the Arabs. All they have is oil and sand…..a lot more sand than oil, by the way. Once we move away from oil dependency they will go back to fighting each other over ancient boundaries that exist mostly in their minds.

They aren’t BAD people in general. Some of them just take their religion a little too seriously…hmmmm, that sounds familiar and eerily close to home…

By Midori

September 12, 2008 9:28 PM | Link to this

Getalife,

thank you for that 8:20 - I’m starting to feel a little better.

I’m watching the storm’s progress on the news.

By "The Corporal"

September 12, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this

To BDAtlanta

I simply asked I question. I don’t care either. My first choice for President was Colin Powell but he wouldn’t run !

Is this true because he keeps running as the first African-American Presidential Candidate.

All I want is the truth on the subject.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 9:30 PM | Link to this

BDA,

Actually I’m watching the Red Sox at the moment. Thanks for your concern.

By Catherine

September 12, 2008 9:41 PM | Link to this

Sarah Palin is stupid and McCain is desperate.

Palin is against sex education (abstinence yada yada yada), how did that work out for her daughter? Oh, that’s right, she’s knocked up and due to give birth in a few months. Great life plan.

And you know what? If a girl gets pregnant as a result of rape, tough luck, no abortion, somehow it’s the girl’s problem and she’s supposed to carry the child. Now that’s cruel and backwards and idiotic.

I don’t begrudge anyone the right to act like a moron in the public eye, I enjoy making fun, but Sarah Palin shouldn’t be allowed to become VP and heaven help us if McCain kicks the can.

Worse, Palin’s son-in-law to be (Levi Johnston) doesn’t want children, at least that’s what he said in his My Space profile.

So let’s review: Palin’s daughter is pregnant by a kid who doesn’t want kids, but they’re getting married so it’s all right I suppose. WHAT? Palin’s daughter had unprotected sex with a guy who doesn’t want children and a marriage certificate is supposed to make it all right?! Stupidity clearly runs in that family. And then you have Sarah saying it’s immoral to give teens condoms…

Did I mention that Palin is stupid? And McCain was desperate for some young looking female thing, so he picked her despite the obvious problems. Now McCain having had cancer 5 times and being 72, he knows he’s on borrowed time. He doesn’t care. He just wants to get elected. And if we’re stuck with someone even stupider than W. for a President, too bad, so sad.

So clearly McCain isn’t quite bright either.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 12, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this

I’m assuming that this blog has played out, the liberals have been deposed and now would be a good time for them if we changed the subject:

  • A message from Kieran Lalor, USMC Veteran and founder of Iraq Vets for Congress*

IVC is more than a group of Republican candidates who served in Iraq, and we are here for something other than our respective Congressional races. We want to be a voice for thousands of U.S. military veterans, their families, and hardworking patriotic Americans who are tired of seeing veterans mistreated and their mission slandered.

When I brought the members of IVC together, I wanted America to have a reliable, unified voice from twelve candidates who are uniquely positioned to offer a knowledgeable, credible rebuttal to the Democrats, the mainstream media, and the constant message of defeatism and mistreatment of our troops. That’s what we’re doing every day, and we are counting on and appreciate your support.

Do donate.

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this

A little taste of Sarah

I guess the rest of the interview is going to be on 20/20 in 3 minutes, instead of Nightline.

By WAW

September 12, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this

Actually, I thought the high point of “the View” was Whoopi asking “J.Mc” if she was going to be a slave. Or maybe it was BaWa telling him “You give us Palin and we’ll get Obama”. If the loyal right would listen, John would make it clear that Palin is there for the pro-life and religious right votes only. If he is elected, she can hunt all she wants to, because she’ll never be seen. Sarah who?

By knock-knock

September 12, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this

Does anyone think there is nickles worth of difference? My father told me when I asked the difference between Dem. and Repub? he said it is like the difference between syphilis and gonorrhea. They are all lying, power hungry pigs. There is no such thing a politician who gives a crap about anything but being re-elected.

By MAL

September 12, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

Vets for Obama.org

Vets for Obama is a group of combat and non-combat, currently and formerly serving service men and women who support Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. We believe that Barack Obama is the right choice for us — for the soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen and for all of those from all walks of life — who are serving or have served their country. Our ranks include veterans of all recent wars, including those who are currently serving their nation in Iraq and Afghanistan or elsewhere here in the United States and around the world. All branches of the services are represented in Vets for Obama: the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines, the Merchant Marines and Coast Guard, as well as those widows and the children of those who have served and paid the last full measure of devotion to their nation. This is a completely voluntary and independent effort, and is not an official part of the Obama for President campaign.

About Vets for Obama: Vets for Obama is a group of combat and non-combat, currently and formerly serving service men and women who support Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. Find out more. Please Support Vets For Obama

By Bren

September 12, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this

Why don’t you list the what Pork Obama asked for? Why don’t you list all the bills Obama wrote in his 1 term in the Senate. For someone that claims to be the man of “Change”, did he hit the senate running? NO! He has done little of nothing which is what he would do as a President.

Look at character. This is a man that is associated with several extremist. And the news media is having a fit because Sara made a choice, her choice, to not abort her son. Where are the womens groups who scream and fight for choice, what they really mean is only if your choice is alligned with theirs.

The news media is jumping all over a possible investigation regarding Palins involvement in the handling of a bad cop. Where is the news coverage over the lawsuit that has been file against Obama regarding his citizenship? How about his trip to Afganistain or Parkistan listing his nationality as something other than American. ???????

By DP

September 12, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this

Bren, You’d be much more credible if you’d give us the links to all your information. Then we could go check it our for ourselves. Okay? Thanks.

By Del

September 12, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this

As usual this AH is in desperation. He writes with his deperation every day trying to undermine the McCain/Palin ticket. I think Jay is wishing in one hand and doing a bodily fuunction (unmentionable) in the other. Tomorrow he will examine and see what he has all over his wishes..

By sunshine and thunder

September 12, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

TO: JAY

Jay, that’s a nice PDF file you posted. Did you make it yourself? Sorry, no source, no story.

This is getting absolutely hilarious. I think Jay Bookman is the scared rabbit and Sarah Palin is Elmer Fudd.

Jay, do you have a primal fear of beautiful women in high places?

Why are you so terrified of Sarah Palin that you use all this bandwidth provided by your employer posting weird, paranoid articles about her.

I think you are one sick puppy. But, then again, puppies are nice and don’t make stuff up.

By DP

September 12, 2008 10:33 PM | Link to this

Still waiting, Bren. Post the links.

By donald

September 12, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

Ahhhhhhh AJC/DNC Mgmt. just what your point dude!? The money that is going to Illinois I have no problems with because at least it is looking to solve a problem. The Bridge to Nowhere? That name suits people like U and Palin just fine because that’s where you folks are headed. Did they teach you anything at Puke Univ. dweeb!

By "The Corporal"

September 12, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this

To MAL/Vets for Obama

Those of us in the military always referred to the 10% who never quite got with the program. You know what I mean.

For example, the ones who had their left hand dipped in yellow paint so they could tell their left from their right …… or the ones who put their helmet on backwards the first time.

Thanks for your service. We loved you then and we love you now but I guess you guys are still in that group.

Semper Fi

By "The Corporal"

September 12, 2008 10:51 PM | Link to this

To DP

Try this on for size in case Bren doesn’t get back to you ……

http://www.obamacrimes.com/attachments/001_ObamaMemSupportTRO082108.pdf

By Marie

September 12, 2008 10:52 PM | Link to this

Jay, I believe you have a school boy crush on Sarah Palin. She’s cute isn’t she? You just keep writing every “little thing” you can about this woman. Face it Jay; you like her — you really like her.

By "The Corporal"

September 12, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this

To Marie

He likes those “naughty librarian** types.

By RE

September 12, 2008 11:01 PM | Link to this

So since all these vets, widows and children don’t agree with “The Corporal” , they surely must be retarded, hmm? You’re coming across as a spoiled child. Get over it, brat.

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 12, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

it’s not really surprising that the Republinazis are engaging in ‘the big lie,’ is it? We’ve been told one lie after another for eight years now. Sadly, the moron portion of the electorate accept these outrageous untruths with not even a question, while the Republinazis rob them of their money and rights. All the lemmings care about is being safe. They don’t mind paying ridiculous amounts at the gas pump, in taxes and at the grocery store. Some Republinazis get richer than rich while the poor fools that put them into office barely survive. Sarah Palin is nothing more than a dishonest Republinazi trying to disguise her pigishness with the cheap perfume of some nebulous change. She is a candidate with perky teats and little else.

By mcgroots

September 12, 2008 11:09 PM | Link to this

Corporal,

You don’t honestly believe that nonense, do you?

Really?

I wonder if you’ll give this the same consideration:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23415028/

By ghost rider

September 12, 2008 11:12 PM | Link to this

By “The Corporal”

September 12, 2008 7:03 PM

CORPORAL … The A-4 McCain flew is NOT, and I’ll repeat that for you CORPORAL the A-4 is NOT a FIGHTER…It’s an attack, BOMBER aircraft!

In other words CORPORAL it flies bombing missions!

By knock-knock

September 12, 2008 11:30 PM | Link to this

I checked out all the Vets for Obama groups they said if I joined there would be 3 of us. We get a decoder ring and a real neat flash light………..

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 11:37 PM | Link to this

How great was the end of that interview?

When Barry was with Snuffalufagus last week and a game of one on one basketball came up he made some ridiculous argument that she might have some game since she played some high school ball, but couldn’t hang with him although he did say he wouldn’t get into a target shooting contest using guns.

Correct me if I’m wrong but Barry only played high school ball too and when Sarah got that question about taking on Barry one on one tonight her answer was. That would be a blast.

Can we do the VP debate on the court?

By DP

September 12, 2008 11:40 PM | Link to this

Guess Bren’s still hunting those links. I’m sure she’ll get back with us, she seemed so smart and all…

By RW-(the original)

September 12, 2008 11:43 PM | Link to this

Oh wait…that wouldn’t work because even though Barry doesn’t seem to know it he’s running for President.

BWAHAHA

By Billings

September 13, 2008 12:05 AM | Link to this

knock-knock, You couldn’t get a clue if you smeared yourself with clue musk and danced the clue mating dance in a field of horny clues in clue mating season.

By bush go away

September 13, 2008 12:10 AM | Link to this

The woman is a creationist for God’s sake. One can respect a leap of faith to believe in God, but you have to take a leap of DUMB to believe in creation “science”.

We don’t need someone dying to push the red button so “The Rapture” will come.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 12:17 AM | Link to this

To RE: Didn’t your parents teach you to be nice to your elders (age 62)?

To mcgroots: McCain’s was vetted and dismissed. Apples and Oranges - different facts. Subpoenas were issued by the court this week on the Obama case. The MSM won’t cover it - yet ………..

To ghost rider: As a Mud-Marine I know the A-4 was a close air support aircraft. It probably helped save my life more than once. However, for your edification, following is some information regarding its fighter role.

On 1 May 1967, an A-4C Skyhawk piloted by LCdr. Theodore R. Swartz of VA-76 aboard the carrier USS Bon Homme Richard, shot down a Soviet-built MiG-17 with an unguided Zuni rocket in the Skyhawk’s only air-to-air victory of the Vietnam war.[5]

From 1956 Navy Skyhawks were the first aircraft to deploy outside of the US armed with the AIM-9 Sidewinder.[6][7] On strike missions, which was the Skyhawk’s normal role, the air-to-air armament was for self defensive purposes.

In the early-to-mid 1960s, standard US Navy A-4B Skyhawk squadrons were tasked to provide daytime fighter protection for ASW aircraft operating from some Essex class US anti-submarine warfare carriers, these aircraft retained their ground and sea attack capabilities. The A-4B model did not even have an air-to-air radar and required visual identification of targets and guidance from either ships in the fleet or an airborne E-1 Tracer AEW aircraft. Lightweight and safer to land on smaller decks, Skyhawks would later also play a similar role flying from Australian, Argentinean, and Brazilian upgraded World War II surplus light ASW carriers, which were also unable to operate most large modern fighters.”

Sorry ……….. :o)

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 12:26 AM | Link to this

I just love reading the rants of all these people…you can actually hear their panties crawling up their crack. Do you really think it matters if you vote for the black commie or the old guy? One says CHANGE…CHANGE ! But he has the same old tax and spend policies of the dems, not one new idea! Granted he has come up with different things to spend my money on, but no new ideas. Then the topping on the cake is he goes out and gets a guy who has been in D.C. for 30 years. Lots of change there. Same ole’ same ole’. Then we have John McCain…good guy, but damn he’s old. the job makes a young man old in a hurry. He is actually talking about real change. Less govt. etc. But do you really think it would happen? Not me, Like a horny teenage boy, he will say WHATEVER he has to get to the promised land. Green party? nut jobs…I believe in global warming like I believe in the tooth fairy. The only egg heads who agree on it are on the govt. payroll or are working on govt. grants. Leaves the Libertarian party. Are those people smokin some good stuff or what?

So you see , I do have a clue, at least to satisfy myself and isn’t that what its all about?

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 12:27 AM | Link to this

To bush go away

Einstein

“His faith in determinism and causality reflected that of his favorite religious philosopher, Baruch Spinoza ….. they both believed that a divine design was reflected in the elegant laws that governed the way the universe worked. “When I am judging a theory,” he told his friend Banesh Hoffmann, “I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.”

When he posed that question, there was one possibility that he simply could not believe: that the good Lord would have created beautiful and subtle rules that determined “most” of what happened in the universe, while leaving a few things completely to chance. It felt wrong. “If the Lord had wanted to do that, he would have done it thoroughly, and not kept to a pattern …. He would have gone the whole hog. In that case, we wouldn’t have to look for laws at all.”

From “Einstein” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster - 2007)

I guess Palin is in pretty good company

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 12:32 AM | Link to this

Hey Ghost rider …do you feel as stupid as you look now?

By Nanuk

September 13, 2008 12:37 AM | Link to this

Alaska kept the funding given to them for the ‘bridge to nowhere’. So thanks, but no thanks Sarah. Not interested in anymore mistruths!

By RE

September 13, 2008 12:39 AM | Link to this

Colonel > To RE: Didn’t your parents teach you to be nice to your elders (age 62)?<

Only if they deserve my being nice to them. You don’t.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 12:57 AM | Link to this

To RE Fair enough. But it’s always better to have a reasoned debate on the issues than call names, etc. YOUR CHOICE.

To knock knock

THANK YOU ………… It’s interesting that instead of debating the issue of Obama’s statement about McCain and his internet skills vs. him flying a sophisticated jet on and off carriers he chose to be obnoxious. Oh well ……

At ease ghost rider. I’ll be in the area all day !

By AL

September 13, 2008 1:07 AM | Link to this

Hey WEASEL you and the libs are playing into the hands of your most hated enemy. Don’t you realize concentrating on Palin is what they want you to do? You’re not going to sway one single vote. The dye is cast. Now by going after Palin you’re only hurting your weak cause.

There was no Democratic Convention bump. Obama voters are set. There are no more in the weeds. They will not convince one more person to vote Democrat. They decided back in March. WISE UP!!

The Republican bump came from people that have never like McCain from the start. He is the weakest Republican candidate since Dole. However, Palin just got him anywhere from 4 to 12 miliion votes.

Georgia is now a lost cause for the Dems. The South is now sealed. Including Va and NC. The attacks on Palin by the Libs only makes that ticket stronger.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 1:11 AM | Link to this

P.S. to bush go away

Sir: A couple of points for you to consider ……….

1) Palin I assume believes in creationism but which kind as there are many beliefs on this subject?

2) I believe in creationism in that God created the universe billions of years ago and when He was ready He also placed life on the earth millions of years ago and when He was ready again He added mankind.

Now, you can call me Nut also if you like but I do have a BBA in Accounting from a major university and I have numerous books written by scientists of all flavors who believe as I do and for 27 years I was authorized to stand next to the President of the United States with a fully loaded weapon.

So at least I am not your average nut ……… :o)

3) Finally, does it bother you that Obama (as a Christian) believes that Jesus was God in the flesh, that He was born of a virgin, that He was killed and rose from the dead after three whole days, that He ascended bodily into Heaven and that He is returning someday as He said? Wow - that’s pretty weird and far out !

Do you think Obama has all his marbles?

By RE

September 13, 2008 1:16 AM | Link to this

Colonel, when you speak of vets, widows and children the way you did in your earlier post, you have no right to criticize me for anything. And I doubt you’d recognize a reasoned debate if it bit you in the crotch. Over and out.

By bosoxfan

September 13, 2008 1:24 AM | Link to this

In treacherous times we need an experienced leader. John McCain is that individual. Although I could change my mind if Obama lands a jet fighter in bad weather on an aircraft carrier. However, I understand Obama is a heck of a typist and a real e-mail wiz. Maybe he wants the job as Chief Admin. My admin staff do not make many executive decisions but they have much better computer skills than I do. If that is the best criticism of McCain The ANOINTED ONE can mount, this election is over. LMAO

By bosoxfan

September 13, 2008 1:24 AM | Link to this

In treacherous times we need an experienced leader. John McCain is that individual. Although I could change my mind if Obama lands a jet fighter in bad weather on an aircraft carrier. However, I understand Obama is a heck of a typist and a real e-mail wiz. Maybe he wants the job as Chief Admin. My admin staff do not make many executive decisions but they have much better computer skills than I do. If that is the best criticism of McCain The ANOINTED ONE can mount, this election is over. LMAO

By bush go away

September 13, 2008 1:25 AM | Link to this

I didn’t know Albert Einstein. I didn’t work with Albert Einstein. I wasn’t friends with Albert Einstein. But still, I can safely say Sarah Palin is no Albert Einstein.

To have faith to explain that which science cannot know (original “cause”)is one thing. To believe the Earth is 6,000 years old, which flies in the face of everything science knows is quite another.

If someone is that far grounded outside of reality, they are simply too big a security risk for the job.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 1:28 AM | Link to this

To RE

Read my post again. I said I appreciated their service and I loved them. I just strongly disagree with their political viewpoint.

Go ahead and hide (over and out) if you wish to avoid debate. Fine with me …………….

P.S. It’s “corporal” not “colonel”. I was enlisted and worked for a living but thanks for the attempted promotion.

By bosoxfan

September 13, 2008 1:37 AM | Link to this

Obama is a wimp. Sarah Palin is more of a man than he is not to mention John McCain. We need strong people in treacherous times, not another Jimmy Carter. Obama apoligized to Europe for our actions since 9/11. He can take that apology and shove it up his butt.

By shuster in the south

September 13, 2008 1:37 AM | Link to this

To the Corporal,

It doesn’t look like RE is returning so I’ll show you what you wrote earlier:

To MAL/Vets for Obama

Those of us in the military always referred to the 10% who never quite got with the program. You know what I mean.

For example, the ones who had their left hand dipped in yellow paint so they could tell their left from their right …… or the ones who put their helmet on backwards the first time.

Thanks for your service. We loved you then and we love you now but I guess you guys are still in that group.

Rather demeaning, wouldn’t you say?

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 1:38 AM | Link to this

**To:

ghost rider RE bush go away Mcgroots BDAtlanta DP**

Please check my posts from about 9:00pm last night as I left you guys some messages. If you don’t want to respond that’s fine. I was just having some fun while I watched the Hurricane News.

*Remember now - reasoned debate but no name calling …….. *

By bush go away

September 13, 2008 1:39 AM | Link to this

Corporal,

27 years with the authority to stand next to POTUS with a fully loaded weapon? Well if Palin got the job I would want you back in the White House so that maybe somebody could put a hitch in her giddy-up if she goes to pushing the red button because “Jesus told me to bring The Rapture.”

Now if it comes to pass she’s not one of those “the Earth is 6,000 years old” loonies, then I’ll just consider her woefully unqualified, as opposed to a clear and present danger.

And if I had to bet, I’d bet the “elitist” Obama, believes in the virgin birth as allegory, not actual fact. Unfortunately, given the hysteria around religion in this county, he probably can’t admit it.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 1:47 AM | Link to this

To shuster in the south

No more demeaning than support for a candidate who despises the military and who has demeaned our troops in Iraq in so many ways I don’t have time at this late hour to go into ……… sorry if the truth hurts.

By Susan

September 13, 2008 1:50 AM | Link to this

I can’t believe I watched that idiot Sarah Palin tonight, but decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. It was like watching a trainwreck. How can any human being be so dumb? What an embarrassment for this country!
What was McCain thinking? He must be as dumb as she is.

By CMW

September 13, 2008 2:01 AM | Link to this

Corporal,

Please give links so we can read up on this. I truly want to become informed. You must tell us where to find all the information about the candidate who despises our military and demeans our troops in Iraq. We are waiting, please hasten. I cannot possibly go to sleep without these links.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 2:06 AM | Link to this

To bush go away

1) Thank you but I am enjoying my retirement and not being a part of the campaign since Ford/Carter. Kennedy was the one President so far to get us closest to nuclear war because he screwed up the “Bay of Pigs” but alas I digress ………..

2) I hear you but just for the sake of argument what if he does not believe it is just an allegory? Would that change your opinion of him?

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 2:10 AM | Link to this

To CMW

Nice try but I don’t work for you.

If you don’t watch the news, read the papers or major magazines that’s your problem.

Private G.I. Obama said he once thought about going into the Army but; “Hup, two, three four, I’d join the Army but there ain’t no war” !

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 2:18 AM | Link to this

P.S. to CMW

I also wish you would ask him to not wear that USMC T-shirt when he plays basketball. Can’t he wear one with “Community Organizer” or something? It really kind of irritates all of us jarheads.

O.K. guys - reville comes early in the morning. I’m out of here. Pray for those in the hurrican’s path. Catch you tomorrow………….

By bush go away

September 13, 2008 2:22 AM | Link to this

Corporal,

If Obama believed in the virgin birth and the rest as literal truth yeah, I’d kind of be disappointed. But nowhere near as worried as someone who believes the whole kit and kaboddle including the 6,000 year old Earth.

1) It flies in the face of all scientific understanding and 2) those who believe it usually believe in The Rapture, and with all that’s happening in the Middle East, it’s not completely impossible, that a President with a “stict creationist/literal interpretation” of the Bible just might be tempted to help Armageddon along.

Did you ever think of what you might do if POTUS lost his mind and ordered World War III, and you were standing next to him with a loaded weapon? (Don’t anwser it, if answering it means that then you’d have to kill me LOL)

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 2:33 AM | Link to this

To bush go away

1) Actually, a President who believes in the Rapture (as I do) would probably be less likely to do something like that as he believes it is God who is “in control” and Who will bring about Armageddon in His timing.

A “non-believing” President might “over-react” (as Kennedy almost did) in a similar situation.

Something to think about ………… :o)

2) In answer to your question, being around politicians in general made me wonder if “I” was the one losing my mind ……..

P.S. You may be surprised what Obama actually believes. Better research it and check it out before you vote just so you will know ………..

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 5:22 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin thinks that if she can see a country, then she can pack her foreign policy resume with it. Well I see England, I see France, I see Bristol’s underpants….

I think that pretty much destroys her credibility, dont you?

By AJC/DNC Management

September 13, 2008 5:33 AM | Link to this

Look, now even the Urinal litter box liner is propagating the lie:

Palin’s comments came after McCain appeared on ABC’s “The View,” where he claimed erroneously that his running mate hadn’t sought money for such pet projects.

“Not as governor, she didn’t,” McCain said.-Urinal/PMS

She didn’t what?

See, they can’t even figure out what the question was either, bald faced desperate liars.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 13, 2008 5:39 AM | Link to this

The Bush administration said it has surpassed its goal of allowing 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the United States this year and will try to admit at least 17,000 next year. After streamlining the admissions process under criticism for not doing enough for Iraqis who have fled their country since the 2003 U.S. invasion, officials said 12,118 Iraqi refugees had arrived in the country since Oct. 1, 2007, and another 1,000 are booked on flights to America.-AJC

Welcome to America.

May you be free and prosperous and live your life to the fullest.

And send word back home of what a truly great country this is.

P.S. Do not pay any attention to what PMSNBC, Thee Urinal/Jihad, See B.S, ABCrap, or any other pinko surrender monkey news organization says about this great land, they are liars, trust your own eyes and your own common sense.

Think for yourself.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 13, 2008 5:42 AM | Link to this

Republicans rip drilling plan- But House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio called the plan a “hoax on the American people,” arguing that nearly 90 percent of the oil believed to be in the restricted offshore waters still would not be available.-Urinal/DNC

Boehner for House Majority Leader, all in favor say aye.

The ayes have it.

bwa.

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 5:51 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin thinks that if she can see a country, then she can pack her foreign policy resume with it. Well I see England, I see France, I see her unmarried, underaged, and uneducated (thank you conservativism), daughter Bristol’s underpants….

I think that pretty much destroys her credibility, dont you?

U C, folks, Americans are stupid. (and fat). Is that anyway to go through history?

Vote to educate your unmarried underaged children so they dont end up fat and stupid like the Palin litter.

Obama 08: Education. Healthcare. and skip a meal, you’ve had enough to eat this year.

Palin 08: No sex education for my unmarried underaged pregnant daughter, do you hear me? No sex ed. (anybody got fresh diapers?)

McCain 08: Is that a snowflake baby?

bwa haw

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 5:51 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin thinks that if she can see a country, then she can pack her foreign policy resume with it. Well I see England, I see France, I see her unmarried, underaged, and uneducated (thank you conservativism), daughter Bristol’s underpants….

I think that pretty much destroys her credibility, dont you?

U C, folks, Americans are stupid. (and fat). Is that anyway to go through history?

Vote to educate your unmarried underaged children so they dont end up fat and stupid like the Palin litter.

Obama 08: Education. Healthcare. and skip a meal, you’ve had enough to eat this year.

Palin 08: No sex education for my unmarried underaged pregnant daughter, do you hear me? No sex ed. (anybody got fresh diapers?)

McCain 08: Is that a snowflake baby?

bwa haw

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 5:51 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin thinks that if she can see a country, then she can pack her foreign policy resume with it. Well I see England, I see France, I see her unmarried, underaged, and uneducated (thank you conservativism), daughter Bristol’s underpants….

I think that pretty much destroys her credibility, dont you?

U C, folks, Americans are stupid. (and fat). Is that anyway to go through history?

Vote to educate your unmarried underaged children so they dont end up fat and stupid like the Palin litter.

Obama 08: Education. Healthcare. and skip a meal, you’ve had enough to eat this year.

Palin 08: No sex education for my unmarried underaged pregnant daughter, do you hear me? No sex ed. (anybody got fresh diapers?)

McCain 08: Is that a snowflake baby?

bwa haw

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 6:00 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin, and most of the Evangelical Right think that if you can see a country, then she can stuff her foreign policy panties with it.

Well, then I see England…….

I see France……………

How many have seen Bristol’s underpants????

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 6:00 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin, and most of the Evangelical Right think that if you can see a country, then she can stuff her foreign policy panties with it.

Well, then I see England…….

I see France……………

How many have seen Bristol’s underpants????

By Tar and Feathered

September 13, 2008 6:13 AM | Link to this

“The Apostled” aka Post Haste, aka Truthmarch, aka peer’er pressure, aka cop talk, aka Oz, aka Bandrity of Pundrity, aka Hans Apology, aka lonely loser, aka wannabe.

By GMAN

September 13, 2008 6:28 AM | Link to this

sunshine and thunder, the problem is not beautiful women in high places but incompetent women in high places! Continue to put lipstick on that pig and watch it continue to oink!

Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s futures!

By Tar and Feathered

September 13, 2008 6:30 AM | Link to this

“The apostled” is also posting under Analcord, the Way, ty cobb, harry willis, gay bait, this is what happens people when you let yourself go, don’t find a mate, drink too much, and have no friends. His posts are so easy to spot for he keeps repeating himself over and over trying to get it right but neverr does, the story of his miserable life. This loser has found himself alone with only his delusions of granduer and lame unoriginal thoughts floating in his head. He craps all over the ajc blogs for he has no life to speak of. Sad little man.

By Tar and Feathered

September 13, 2008 6:33 AM | Link to this

‘muff said

By David Hall

September 13, 2008 7:25 AM | Link to this

AJC continues to slant and lie. Bookman is just as arrogant as he was years ago and just as ignorant. How can he know everything about everything and still but just a lowly reporter. Must be something those evil republicans are doing against this man or is it just that he is as biased as the AJC

By abc

September 13, 2008 7:58 AM | Link to this

Thank you Jay for being a voice of reason. Please keep doing this! There are many out there that are outraged by McCain’s campaign. I watched Sarah Palin’s interview with Charlie Gibson and I was embarrased for her. I couldn’t believe that she is running for VP. I cringe when I think of how they’re parading her as a typical mom with a typical family. Well, having a pregnant teenager is not typical and I don’t want my daughters to grow up (or other teens) thinking this is okay.

By Al

September 13, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

So Obama’s the man….Huh! Suppose Obama was a “White guy”… Let’s see, the white guy attends a white church where hatred is spewed forth from the pulpit each Sunday (NAACP would be on the front steps); the white guy associates with white radicals for some 20 years; the white guy is a radical community organizer (not a job but just something to do because he has no worthwhile job); gets elected to Senate(never would happen) and now 143 days into his Senator’s job is now the nominee of the Democrat party for President of US ( I know koolaid drinkers have a tough time being logical but really….)

We would never have heard Obama’s name ever mentioned in any context if he were a White guy with his credentials. Of course he would not be admitted to Harvard because he is white. That’s a given.

Seriously people.

By Steve

September 13, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

How many times has Jay written about Obamas lies? For instance McCain say we would be in Iraq a thousand years or McCain saying we the economy is bad. How is going to increase spending, cut taxes and lower the deficit. Obama sounds allot like Bush in that regards.

Both sides lie because they don’t have a real plan for the future. Jay is simply a partisan hack. We need the media to put their partisanship aside and push politicians on the issues.

By Steve

September 13, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

How many times has Jay written about Obamas lies? For instance McCain say we would be in Iraq a thousand years or McCain saying we the economy is bad. How is going to increase spending, cut taxes and lower the deficit. Obama sounds allot like Bush in that regards.

Both sides lie because they don’t have a real plan for the future. Jay is simply a partisan hack. We need the media to put their partisanship aside and push politicians on the issues.

By Bip

September 13, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

Sara Palin is a smart, hard-working, probably-reasonably-honest candidate. Only two problems with her: she is a social and environmental disaster, and she is very thin on experience.

By Tony

September 13, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this

Jay:

The only reason you keep dissing on Sarah Palin is because you flaming libs are scared s—tless of her. Like I said yesterday, it BOTHERS you greatly that your anointed savior Obamayomama stands a very good chance of getting his tail waxed in November account Palin is on McCain’s ticket.

There are skeletons in ALL our closets Jay, even yours. I’ll bet at one point or another you even TOLD A LIE!

Give it a rest Jay. You are only making it tough on the candidates YOU support. But then again, that’s not the AJC’s way is it?

By Answer_For_Corporal

September 13, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

Corporal:

Your comment about Obama identifying himself as African-American really shows your ignorance when it comes to those who are bi-racial.

Self-identity comes from within. Those who are multi-racial use their own self-image and experiences to define who they are and which race they most closely associate with.

Welcome to our world. You cannot pin a ‘label’ you feel I should adhere to based on what you think you know about my background….Only I can do that.

My bi-racial children have chosen their own identity, and it has nothing to do with what they look like, or what percentage of which race they are-they chose their identity based on how they felt….

Don’t talk about things you don’t understand; it just underscores your ignorance.

Additionally, you state that ‘you don’t care,’ however, you obviously DO since you brought it up….

By Ain't_Skeered

September 13, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

Tony- No, ‘liberals,’ or shall we say, AMERICANS who are tired of the last 8 years of lies, are NOT ‘scared.’

We are, however, disgusted and fed up with the lies.

Look, when David Brooks, a conservative pundit admits that McCain is taking ‘more liberties with the truth’ and is running a more ‘EGREGIOUS’ campaign (NPR-heard him with my own lyin’ ears)-you have to admit…something’s up with your ‘straight talk, honest John.’

By Ain't_Skeered

September 13, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

Interesting link to an article about the new, negative tone of the McCain campaign…

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13412.html

By GMAN_I_love_you

September 13, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

GMan, If i weren’t already married (many,many years, now), I’d ask you to marry me and allow me to carry your babies!

;-)

By Answer_For_Corporal

September 13, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

“Corporal,” You ARE aware that Kennedy WAS a practicing Catholic, right????

So, I think that lets him out of the “non-believer” catagory….or are you one of those who insist that your Jesus is better than my Jesus????

By Answer_For_Corporal

September 13, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

“Corporal,” You ARE aware that Kennedy WAS a practicing Catholic, right????

So, I think that lets him out of the “non-believer” catagory….or are you one of those who insist that your Jesus is better than my Jesus????

By Mike

September 13, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Remember the other day when Bookman was huffing and puffing about Palin’s response to the Bush Doctrine questio?. Looks like the Washington Post news team disagrees with his partisan knee-jerk reaction:

“Many Versions of ‘Bush Doctrine’ Palin’s Confusion in Interview Understandable, Experts Say”

*Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin seemed puzzled Thursday when ABC News anchor Charles Gibson asked her whether she agrees with the “Bush doctrine.”

“In what respect, Charlie?” she replied.

Intentionally or not, the Republican vice presidential nominee was on to something. After a brief exchange, Gibson explained that he was referring to the idea — enshrined in a September 2002 White House strategy document — that the United States may act militarily to counter a perceived threat emerging in another country. But that is just one version of a purported Bush doctrine advanced over the past eight years.”*

LOL. That’s what I said the other day. Maybe I should get Bookman’s job.

By Taxpayer

September 13, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

The “Straight Talk” Express: Lies You can Have Faith In

Elect ME and me Because We’re the Bigger Liars and We’re Here for You unless We’re Not

I’m John McCain and I’m Sarah Palin and WE LIVE THIS MESSAGE.

By Mike

September 13, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

Genuine analysis of the Bush Doctrine exchange (as opposed to Bookman’s partisan crap):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091203324.html?hpid=topnews

By Taxpayer

September 13, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Sarah, I need you to tell us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Now, go ahead… Sarah… Sarah….

By Bud Wiser

September 13, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

“By ByteMe September 12, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this Bud, Obama is not running to get rid of earmarks.”

You said it brother. He is running hard to see how much taxes Americans are willing to absorb, and how much money he and the Democraps can subsequently spend.

“By WAW September 12, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this Actually, I thought the high point of “the View” was Whoopi asking “J.Mc” if she was going to be a slave.”

News Flash WAW - she already is a slave and doesn’t know or recognize it…a slave to Howard Dean, the DNC, and the entire Democrat Party.

“By bush go away September 13, 2008 1:25 AM | Link to this I didn’t know Albert Einstein. I didn’t work with Albert Einstein. I wasn’t friends with Albert Einstein. But still, I can safely say Sarah Palin is no Albert Einstein. To have faith to explain that which science cannot know (original “cause”)is one thing.To believe the Earth is 6,000 years old, which flies in the face of everything science knows is quite another.”

That statement is, quite frankly, a lie. You’re going to have to provide verifiable links and proof to say that Palin made that statement. Liar. No, make that a pathetic liar, because just making up crap like that and trying to have people believe it is true shows the complete and total lack of integrity and/or decency to post garbage like that….but then again, you are obviously one of the stupid left that thinks just because you say it (or more likely DailyKos, HuffingtonPus/POS, etc etc), it must therefore be true. By the way, you not only didn’t know Albert Einstein, you most likely are not even an intelligent life form yourself. Why don’t you go have Mommy change your diaper, and leave intelligent discussion to intelligent beings? Your moniker says it all, another tool that thinks G W Bush is running again………idiot.

“By Susan September 13, 2008 1:50 AM | Link to this I can’t believe I watched that idiot Sarah Palin tonight, but decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. It was like watching a trainwreck. How can any human being be so dumb? What an embarrassment for this country! What was McCain thinking? He must be as dumb as she is.”

Susan, you wouldn’t know smart if it slapped a fat hand on your oversized a$$. Why don’t you just stick to those late night infomercials and load up your Mom’s credit cards a little more with that junk?

Obama/Biden ‘08 - making it easy to be stupid

By GodHatesTrash

September 13, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

L-o-l-a - making life easier for rapists by making it harder for their victims…

Despite denials by the Palin campaign, new evidence proves that as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin had a direct hand in imposing fees to pay for post-sexual assault medical exams conducted by the city to gather evidence.

Palin’s role is now confirmed by Wasilla City budget documents available online.

Under Sarah Palin’s administration, Wasilla cut funds that had previously paid for the medical exams and began charging victims or their health insurers the $500 to $1200 fees. …Palin, as mayor, fired police chief Irl Stambaugh and replaced him with Charlie Fannon, who with Palin’s knowledge, slashed the budget for the exams and began charging the city’s victims of sexual assault. The city budget documents demonstrate Palin read and signed off on the new budget. A year later, alarmed Alaska lawmakers passed legislation outlawing the practice.

By walter

September 13, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Thank you for keeping the hypocrisy front and center for what it is. Lies.

Unlike your colleague Wooten who either believes what he is writing or simply doesn’t care what the truth is, you are doing a great public service to print the truth.

This is especially commendable in such a right wing state such as Georgia. Keep up the great work!

By Paul

September 13, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Midori

My son is also in Houston, other family in Texas City and north of Houston.

Your brother should be fine. Evidently the surge was about half (7ft) of what was expected. Flooded Galveston Island, not as deep as expected. Houston shows flooding but not too deep - not bad when the damage local tv shows is about cars in underground garages.

My son said without power all night, lots of wind, rain, but wind was not as bad as they expected and no debris to speak of in their subdivision. My folks had a tree crack at the base - missed the house.

So the best to your brother.

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 13, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

Wooten is on the payroll of the Republinazi Party! There’s no other explanation for the garbage he throws out.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

To: AnswerforCorporal

1) Well, then I’m Native American (1/128th I think) and I want my affirmative action rights !!

2) You don’t read well. I never said Kennedy wasn’t a believer. That’s between him and God and by now that’s settled. What I did say was that of all the Presidents to date, he was the one who got us the closest to a nuclear war because of his ineptitude in the Bay of Pigs debacle.

By ghost rider

September 13, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this

By “The Corporal”

September 13, 2008 1:38 AM

Sorry corporal! I for one do not spend my entire friday evening checking for your responses..or watching TV! You need to get a life “MY FRIEND!”

You say this CORPORAL…”At ease ghost rider. I’ll be in the area all day!”

Excuse me CORPORAL, but as a WARRANT OFFICER who served proudly with the 1st Cav (AM) 229th Air Assault Battalion..An Khe, and pleiku 1965-1966. You don’t tell me to be at ease. I tell you!

By @@

September 13, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

Whoaaaa Jay! This one’s been front and center since 5:30 yesterday. Lying dormant this morning are ye?

Fall out soldier!

Muster the prolific fruit that lays beneath your extended branches daily. For without your ability to produce, they will surely lay rotting on the ground.

I checked out some of your favorite sites. Found a great one embedded within another. I’m finding it hard to believe that you were ever a Republican.

Republicans don’t migrate that far-left of the tree.

Off to ANOTHER baby shower. Conservatives being prolific.

By Del

September 13, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Wow! Jay Bookman stating that the truth matters. When did this epiphany occur?

By Dennis

September 13, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

Whatever else may true and/or factual; I am thankfull that Palin is not Biden, McCain is not Obama and best of all McCain/Palin is not a Socialist-Democrat Ticket.

That is more that enough for me.

By fearless fosdik

September 13, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

John McCain debating Mitt Romney said This!

“I wasn’t a mayor for a short period of time, neither was I a governor for a short period of time’!

I guess when he selected Palin for her immense qualifications he forgot how unqualified she really is!

By ......me again

September 13, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

What I’m finding most interesting in this turn of events known as Campaign 2008, is that democrats are so willing to vote for OBlahMa, who, as it turns out, looks like “A Bush”.

Sincerely!!!! @@

By Mike Harmon

September 13, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

Objective, nonpartisan organizations such as FactCheck.org have documented the half-truths of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s opposition to congressional earmarks such as the “bridge to nowhere.” The image of Palin as a reformer is even more tarnished by her role as an enabler in Alaska’s own version of pork barrel spending. It’s called the capital budget, an annual exercise in spending largess where members of the state legislature assume the roles of Congress in earmarking taxpayer dollars for pet projects in their districts with a wink and a nod from every governor since the Alaska oil boom, including Sarah Palin. Flush with oil revenues, the Alaska capital budget since Palin was elected governor has totaled a whopping 4.8 billion, $1.8 billion in 2007 and $3 billion in 2008. Palin used her line item veto power to trim the pork by less than 10 percent. Alaska’s founding fathers intended the capital budget to fund needed infrastructure projects in Alaska as opposed to the operating budget which finances the day to day work of state government. But since the trans-Alaska oil pipeline came online and the state started reaping the benefits of oil tax revenues, the capital budget has become a vehicle for legislators to earmark money for all kinds of pet projects for their constituents. In 2007 Palin promised to control the legislature’s spending excesses with some “adult supervision” through her veto pen. But in 2008, she led the frenzy with a plan to give every Alaskan a $1,200 energy debit card, an electricity subsidies and a holiday on the state’s 8-cent-a-gallon gas tax. Projects that survived Palin’s paltry vetoes included $2 million for a conference to debunk global warming as the cause of polar bear decline. So, too was $25 million for a wind farm that she vetoed the previous year. Palin also left in $15 million each for a UAA sports arena and a questionable port of Anchorage expansion. In her interview on ABC news, Palin, confronted with the tens of millions that Alaska receives in Congressional earmarks other than the bridge to nowhere, she said her objection wsas earmarks were developed in secret, implying that wasteful spending was not the issue. Anybody who knows the Alaska legislature will attest to the fact that the capital budget is not a paragon of openness and sunshine. It’s largely developed in the dark by the chairs of the House and Senate finance committees based on behind the scenes negotiations with members. The waste is self evident.

By Ray

September 13, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

G-Man I Love you,

Please marry him first. All of us tax paying citizens would appreciate it.

By Pleeeez

September 13, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Jay -

Did I miss your in depth column on Obama mythology? Things like what he did at Columbia, what he really did or didn’t do as a community organizer, how he got elected in IL, his tough race to the senate, and his ground breaking legistlative record?

No? No column on this yet?

I’ll wait

By fearless fosdik

September 13, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

By Pleeeez

September 13, 2008 11:23 A.M.

Pleeeez…you might want to read Wooten’s column.

He will provide you with that in depth column on Obama’s mythology daily!

By dave

September 13, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

The only way I see B. Hussain Obama winning in november is for Biden to step aside and give way to Hilary. If that happens I plan to retire to Venezuela. If I have to live in a socialist country it may as well be one where I’ll be able to afford gasoline.

By Ray

September 13, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

You libs can rant and rave all day about Palin and how much you can’t stand her but it’s just empty rhetoric. The Annointed One has to win all the states that Kerry won (producing 252 electoral votes) plus 24 more to reach Bush’s 2004 total. Mr. Wonderful will need at least VA, Iowa, Ohio or Penn to win. MI is leaning toward McCain or is too close to call with 17 electoral votes. If MI or any of the above goes to the GOP it is all over. Add the pis**d off Hillaryites, women who just want a female, the “I just couldn’t vote for a black president” crowd and Obama is toast. The fat lady is tuning up and getting louder as we speak.

By IT IS OVER!!!!

September 13, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

Count the days mark my words people. IT IS OVER !!! Libs are writing Manifesto’s on this blog about Palin like raving mad people. Like Mike Harmon , that’s crazy Bll Sht!! Any sane person could say the same crap about the “MASCOT” BHO. Give it up go back in the basement until 2012. Desperation is fun to watch!!

By fearless fosdik

September 13, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

By dave

September 13, 2008 11:32 AM

DAVE…delta and mexicana have a one way flight to Caracas for 755.00.

I’m sure Hugo will welcome you aboard!

By Ray

September 13, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

You libs are going to have to think about changing your strategy next time. How many times can you shoot yourself in the foot and still manage to walk? Howard Dean? What an upstanding American!! Maybe Michael Moore would be a better choice or maybe Spike Lee. Both seem to be upstanding patriots who can get along with people and understand how important it is to be an American. Oh, and let’s not forget your standard bearer, Slick Willy, the main reason why you are not going to win this year. Ego as big as Texas but it doesn’t win elections. The Hilldabeast made a bad move when she didn’t dump him and run on her own. Another bad decision. You guys are full of them. McGovern, Dukakis (sp), Kerry, Gore, the ground is littered with your mistakes and you still can’t get it straight.

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

God hates trash….! do you mean to tell me that Palin signed a budget that made people actually PAY for medical services! Find a tree and get a rope! this is the USof by God A! People can and will not stand for paying for their own medical proceedures. My God ! Next thing you know folks will want to sit at home, have babies and get a check in the mail box.

By baseballdoc6061

September 13, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this

I listened to the ABC Palin interview. She is a liar. Charles Gibson asked her directly about the earmark stuff, and she lied and lied some more.

It was clear to me that she understands the rules of debate. The primary rule is to control the conversation, which she did extremely well. No matter what she was asked, she redirected the discussion to benefit her.

Unless the media call her out, and her running mate, Daddy McLiar, they will continue to look you in face and lie. And then lie some more.

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

Hey BHO fans, I keep hearing the “Bush Lied” every freaking day. Problem is, what did he lie about? I have not heard one media outlet quote one word of a lie from him, I just hear “Bush Lied Bush Lied” About what? WMD’s? I heard Hillery,Clinton,Kennedy, Pelosi,all the commies say the same things leading up to the war in Iraq? They were all for it, then the warm and fuzzy feeling came off, kinda like a new car. It smells good and the first few payments aren’t so bad but after 6 months, it’s not new and you think “what did I do?” Well responsible people pay it off, Dems think “this don’t feel good no more, I’ll make somebody else pay.” Then they say the guy at the dealership lied! I Love it!

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this

Hey Bookman, I bet I pay more in Federal taxes than you earn in 12 months. If you ever had to write a check to the dept. of treas. for 35k after paying in quarterly, you might vote differently. It is easy when you are spending opm (other peoples money)

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this

Hey ghost rider “sir”

A couple of points:

1) You started all this last night.

Instead of just debating Obama’s snide remark about McCain’s internet skills vs. his carrier training you decided to be a typical officer jerk about the mission of the A-4.

2) Maybe you missed my reply to your about the dual mission of the A-4 or are too embarrassed to mention it again but just in case here it is:

To ghost rider: As a Mud-Marine I know the A-4 was a close air support aircraft. It probably helped save my life more than once. However, for your edification, following is some information regarding its fighter role.

On 1 May 1967, an A-4C Skyhawk piloted by LCdr. Theodore R. Swartz of VA-76 aboard the carrier USS Bon Homme Richard, shot down a Soviet-built MiG-17 with an unguided Zuni ……. From 1956 Navy Skyhawks were the first aircraft to deploy outside of the US armed with the AIM-9 Sidewinder …… In the early-to-mid 1960s, standard US Navy A-4B Skyhawk squadrons were tasked to provide daytime fighter protection for ASW aircraft operating from some Essex class US anti-submarine warfare carriers …… Lightweight and safer to land on smaller decks, Skyhawks would later also play a similar role flying from Australian, Argentinean, and Brazilian upgraded World War II surplus light ASW carriers, which were also unable to operate most large modern fighters.”

Sorry I had to embarrass you - sir !

3) Again, I thank you for your service ….. but we know who does the real work - don’t we “sir”.

By Question

September 13, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

If landing a carrier plane 40 plus years ago builds the character of a man - what does leaving your disabled wife for a younger woman less than 40 years ago do?

This is not Sister Palin’s race - she is the lipstick Sen. McCain chose to disguise his failed policies for the future of this County and it is really disheartening to realize the American people may just let him get away with it.

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

Hey corp. that was too funny… I am ex Navy…Got out as E-5…many many moons ago

By Question

September 13, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

This duplicate entry corrects “County” to “Country”.

If landing a carrier plane 40 plus years ago builds the character of a man - what does leaving your disabled wife for a younger woman less than 40 years ago do?

This is not Sister Palin’s race - she is the lipstick Sen. McCain chose to disguise his failed policies for the future of this Country and it is really disheartening to realize the American people may just let him get away with it.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

To Question

Sorry - you’re in late on this. The arguement was about Obama’s snide remarks about McCain’s internet skills. My point was that anyone who can’t land on a carrier and is not a pilot should keep their mouth shut about someone else’s internet skills ……….. :o)

To Knock Knock

Semper Fi sailor ! Thank you for your service. You know how those officers are. Sometimes they get a little full of themselves but we have to be “gentle” with them.

Hey, how about this one:

Warrant Officer - “a military person who enjoys milking the advantages of the officer corps without actually having to be burdend with command responsibilities.”

Stay in touch - we need more of us on Jay’s blogs ……….

By American First

September 13, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

Knock Knock,

Not very bright are you. Yep Bush lied “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction” Wrong

“One of the hijackers was trained in Iraq” Wrong

“There is a link to Iraq and Al-Queda” Wrong. This has been disproved many times and yet Cheney still mentions it.

“Im a uniter not a divider” Wrong

“I know how to reach across the aisle and work with other parties” Wrong

Do you need any more lies quoted to you???

By ghost rider

September 13, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

By “The Corporal”

September 13, 2008 12:53 PM

CORPORAL .. you say this ” Warrant Officer - “a military person who enjoys milking the advantages of the officer corps without actually having to be burdend with command responsibilities.”

Nice quote corporal…but the bottom line is a WARRANT OFFICER (UH-1 PILOT in my case)is/was BURDENED with a mission/a mission to make sure the troops were carried to their assigned LZ’s, and brought safely back to base camp once their mission was completed!

You say you were a MARINE, and if you were…The sound of those chopper blades should have been comforting to you…I would hope?

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

My point is lost on the weaker minds here. Bush had said nothing that the democrat leadership did not agreed to at the time. Only now they say he lied. And he is a uniter, he spent money for a drug plan that the dems wanted but only 2% of retired people wanted. He spends like a democrat. why don’t ya’ll love him? The link between Iraq & al-quede is a fact not fiction. Hussain’s military leaders {not obamo} met with them and the meetings are a matter of record. Try again Bottom line, Bush has not lied about one thing that has been brought to light to date.

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

WOW hey guys Ghost rider thinks flyin helo”s is the same thing making “command decisions”. I guess for some people, up , down and left & right are major decisions. LOL…LOL

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

we used to say “Get half the education, become half the officer, go warrant”

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

To ghost rider

A couple of points ………

1) You need to “lighten up” sir.

2) If you ever go to the American Legion or the VFW you know the rank thing is over now.

3) Yes, that wup wup was a comforting sound (except the time our own “birds” shot at us) and that’s why I thanked you for your service.

4) You haven’t admitted your A-4 remark was off base and incorrect - sir.

5) I will never understand (so don’t try) how someone who went through what you and I did could ever support someone like Obama.

“The Corporal” 3rd Marine Regiment Scout-Sniper Platoon DMZ - Vietnam (1967-68)

By Larryg

September 13, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

Some of you liberals who are whining about Palin might be able to explain how your affirmative action candidate looked when he made the following remarks. ‘My muslim faith…” “I’ve campaigned in 57 states” “I’ll call the Joint Chiefs of Staff in and tell them to get out of Iraq” The first is (perhaps) a gaffe. The third is an illustration that he doesn’t know much about the military. The Joint Chiefs are not operational commanders and are not the ones who command troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. The CENTCOM commader does. So much for the messiah’s great grasp of things Presidential. He is an empty suit, and there is no escaping that fact. Somehow, with the urgency of Tucker and Bookman’s and little hate pieces, I think you know it.

By ghost rider

September 13, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

Corporal..

Please…you do not have to refer to me as sir (and you know it)

I was just responding to your statement that I could stand at ease!

This tragedy that we are taling about happened 40+ years ago .. a long time ago my friend.

I spent 6 years in the regular army and 21 in the reserves and guard.

No animosity intended … At one time we were Brothers in Arms!

Have a good day…I have to host a party this afternoon … UGA vs USC…

Happy blogging!

By Joe M.

September 13, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

Corporal,

I got two sites for you, snopes.com and factcheck.org.

No need to thank me, glad to do it.

By Adrianne

September 13, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

Thanks for telling the truth. Most of the media is giving her a pass.

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

Like the pass they give the empty suit obama? Larry is right, People I know who never voted in the last 20 years are so excited about Palin they are planning to get out and vote for McCain. You know as soon as a person refers to “McSame” he has no valid point to make. The only way to try and instill fear is to say “he’s the same as GW!” I love the line ” McCain has voted with Pres. Bush 90% of the time” Did you know that the Pres. voted in the senate? I must have missed that day in class. I like the fact that he voted Yea or nay. Curious oboma simply votes present. Spineless whimp.

By CMW

September 13, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

To CMW

Nice try but I don’t work for you.

If you don’t watch the news, read the papers or major magazines that’s your problem.<<<

You sure sound testy, whoa, just a minute there.

Corporal, the problem is I keep finding these facts about McCain not being around to vote on important bills benefiting our military and veterans. When he did happen to be in town, he voted “Nay”. That means NO. So, I have been left to surmise that McCain doesn’t support our military and our veterans.

You see, McCain wants all these folks to go fight but : A. once they’re doing their job, and doing a great job, might I add, he doesn’t want to give them the time of day, that expression means, he doesn’t care about them any longer.

Now, we go on to B: or wait a second, am I going too fast for you, I hope not, anyway here we go with: B: you’re keeping up with me, aren’t you Corporal? Once they get home, if they are fortunate enough to get home, they may as well drop off the face of the earth, because McCain has no use for them any longer. That expression means, he doesn’t give a damn about them.

Do You Comprehend, Corporal? I sure hope so. You got some more thick head there, fella.

By DP

September 13, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

Bren, where are you?

I hope you weren’t in the way of Ike.

I WANT LINKS!

By Duke

September 13, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

You continue to focus on a minor point. From the beginning of her career, Palin successfully challenged the Good Old Boy Network or her own Party. 85% of Alaska’s tax revenue comes from oil. The oil companies own the state. Politicians get lavish gifts while in office, and well-paid sinecures after they leave office. Palin ran against that, and governed against it.

U. S. Senator Jim Demint (R- SC) writes in the Wall Street Journal:

Begin Quote:

Mrs. Palin used her veto pen to slash more local projects than any other governor in the state’s history. She cut nearly 10% of Alaska’s budget this year, saving state residents $268 million. This included vetoing a $30,000 van for Campfire USA and $200,000 for a tennis court irrigation system. She succinctly justified these cuts by saying they were “not a state responsibility.”

Meanwhile in Washington, Mr. Obama voted for numerous wasteful earmarks last year, including: $12 million for bicycle paths, $450,000 for the International Peace Museum, $500,000 for a baseball stadium and $392,000 for a visitor’s center in Louisiana.

Mrs. Palin cut Alaska’s federal earmark requests in half last year, one of the strongest moves against earmarks by any governor. It took real leadership to buck Alaska’s decades-long earmark addiction.

Mr. Obama delivered over $100 million in earmarks to Illinois last year and has requested nearly a billion dollars in pet projects since 2005. His running mate, Joe Biden, is still indulging in earmarks, securing over $90 million worth this year.

Mrs. Palin also killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation’s budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credits her with killing the bridge.

When the Senate had its chance to stop the Bridge to Nowhere and transfer the money to Katrina rebuilding, Messrs. Obama and Biden voted for the $223 million earmark, siding with the old boys’ club in the Senate. And to date, they still have not publicly renounced their support for the infamous earmark.

End quote from Wall Street Journal.

The liberal news media has completely lost all credibility on their coverage of Palin. Jay Bookman is perilously close to joining them. As Peggy Noonan says, the biased coverage of Palin “has reminded American voters just what it is they dislike about the left.”

By Emily Thompson

September 13, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

A couple of headlines floating around the world wide web today:

Lawmakers vote for subpoenas for Troopergate probe

Palin’s husband subpoenaed

I. Am. Loving. This.

By Sunshine

September 13, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Emily, you are just jealous of Palin, plain and simple. Get a life you pitiful ignorant democrat. Wake up and smell the coffee. You are afraid you will have too keep thinking for yourself if the Republicians win again…and they will win. Too bad!

By ghostwriter

September 13, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

Catherine, Thanks for putting Sarah Palin’s decision making process out there. Her 17 year old daughter shows that she is clearly irresponsible. So what to do next - let her marry her 18 year old horny “boyfriend”. What a wise choice! I drink, I party, I get knocked up! Hey mom and dad, we’ll just get married. Hey GOP, marriage is sacred and not something to be taken lightly (are you listening John, Newt, and Rudy?). But I’m sure John can tell the son-in-law, “don’t worry son, when you turn 40 I’m sure you can find a young rich beer heiress.

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

Emily probably has a butt as big as her double wide and did not the way her baby daddy was lookin at Palin.

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

why is everyone bashing Palin for her daughter being pregnant. Obamo mammy be a ho to. I also wonder if ghostwriter will refer to his own daughter as “knocked up”? When it is your kid, well she made a mistake , when it is someone else, it becomes”she knocked up”. It is also hard to believe that all these people talking about her have never had sex outside the marriage.

By Jake Johnson

September 13, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this

I’m astonished by how low McCain has sunk. Claiming that Obama supported sex-education for kindergartens, when in reality the bill Obama supported was for a program to educate kids about avoiding sexual predators? What McCain is demonstrating is that he will use extraordinarily vicious lies to achieve his ends. He’s not the next Bush. He’s much worse. And now he’s denying that the ads are lies. I’ve never seen such low, insulting tactics.

By Jake Johnson

September 13, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

People are not bashing Palin. They are pointing out that she worked for the earmarks for a worthless bridge, accepted the money, and then didn’t give it back.

In addition, she attempted to ban library books, and tried to fire the librarian who refused to agree.

She supports teaching only “abstinence” in sex-education programs. Her own daughter demonstrates that this teaching does not work.

And she is clearly a cynical ploy by McCain to win over fundamentalists and NRA members who would not ordinarily vote for him. McCain sold out to win the approval and funding of Bush supporters. His campaign advisers are largely Cark Rove operators.

Can you really wonder why people see Palin as foul, and McCain as still more foul for choosing her?

By donald

September 13, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this

So tell me, how many of you dumb, inbred rednecks have bought your Obama Waffles? This tasteless treat was brought to you by McCain-Palin, lynching you can believe in.

By Jason

September 13, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this

knock-knock and Sunshine,

The problem with you is you lack the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

By "The Corporal"

September 13, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this

To ghost rider

1) Yes we were “brothers in arms” which is why I find any combat veteran supporting Obama so difficult to comprehend.

2) Those 58,000+ names all represent someone who didn’t get to live the wonderful lives we have. That’s why I’ll never forget”. I owe that to them.

3) “If there was immorality in the war in Vietnam, it was that a democratic nation called her citizens to war, had them killed by the tens of thousands, and then, like a faithless lover, turned and scorned the survivors. Oh, perfidious nation!” (David Donovan - “Once a Warrior King”)

By Deanna Griffin

September 13, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this

Why is it that all the Republican women who have more experience, more tenure, and more dedication get thrown under the bus for this woman that John McCain had met one time? What about Gov. Linda Lingle of Hawaii, Gov. M. Jodi Rell of Connecticut, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Sen. Olympia Snowe or Sen. Susan Collins, both of Maine, Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, or Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas. What is going on?

It is evil to judge by appearance and it is more evil to select a woman for a job based on looks, and it burns me up when I think of all the Republican women who should have been given the chance. It appears we women have not come far enough.

As a Republican I tell you this was a big mistake and as a woman I tell you this was a huge mistake.

Obama/Biden 2008

By knock-knock

September 13, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this

Jake, I have heard with my own ears BHO state and I quote “John McCain has accused me of wanting to teach sex ed to kindergarten children (crowd boo’s and hiss’s)What I really proposed was AGE Appropriate sex ed for kindergarten age kids” No as a father of 5 kids, 25,23,20,9,6 with 2 grand children, someone please explain age appropriate sex ed is for a 5 year old? It is the job of the parents to teach children that no one is to touch them. Not the government He wants them from the cradle to the grave, you have a problem , let the government fix it. Personable responsibility is for free people not Obomas world. Also I would be willing to bet that Palins kid is not in line for food stamps, welfare, wic, and free health care.

By Robert Warren

September 13, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this

There are several commenters who have nothing to say except to hurl insults at other commenters.

Disprove what has been said about McCain and Palin, or shut the hell up.

By Ghostman

September 13, 2008 8:46 PM | Link to this

All of this back and forth is irrelevant. Where in the Constitution is any of these powers given by us to the federal government? Does the Constitution state that the federal government will be in the retirement funding business, mortgage business, education, using our tax money to pay for abortions…food…phones…cable tv…the list goes on and on. So on the issue of earmarks, the real issue is, why do we allow our government to steal money from us then dole it out to the states in a vote buying scheme? If you took the time you spend listening to Bookman and others, then posting this crap on here and instead used it speaking to your representatives (without your hand out for more), would any of this be needed? If you/we continue on this path we are truly screwed as a country. Those that believe stealing money from someone who actually busts his/her butt to EARN it and give to someone just because they are too lazy or who continues to made very bad life decisions expecting us to support them are the same ones that think the president can and will actually do something to make their pathetic life “better”. Grow up, read a few non-fiction books, get out from in front of american idol and contribute…most important, educate your kids…don’t let the fox run the hen house!

By Steve

September 13, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this

“By whynot Is Sarah Palin the first VP candidate to possibly be indicted? I honestly cannot think of another candidate this has happened to.

History being made.”

Not quite…I seem to remember a certain President who was going down that road when he was elected. Of course, I’m sure the Dems don’t want that brought up.

By EM

September 13, 2008 11:13 PM | Link to this

From vetvoice.com

Last week’s Republican convention sure made every superficial effort to come off as pro-Troop and pro-Veteran. And, of course, the media ate it up, not challenging a single thing. But to those of us who did serve, it was offense after offense after offense. Let’s count the ways:

McCain Didn’t Mention Veterans’ Care: Maybe because it’s because he has a terrible record, but not once in John McCain’s speech did he talk about taking care of those who served their nation in the military. With exploding rates of PTSD, suicide, homelessness among veterans. With ridiculous wait times for veterans seeking care, and a VA that every major vets group says is woefully underfunded. With administrators dumping vets out of the veterans care system by diagnosing them with a lesser mental injury than they have. Not. A. Single. Word. And, with the shame of…

Walter Reed: What a slap in the face. The first photo that John McCain stood in front of was Walter Reed. Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California. Chalk it up to someone in the campaign not knowing the difference between the two, but what I find even more offensive is this: At some point John McCain asked his campaign what was going to be on the screen behind him. And someone told him the first picture would be Walter Reed Army Medical Center. John McCain didn’t object - even though he voted against closing tax loopholes to help fund military hospitals like Walter Reed. But that wasn’t the only bit of fake imagery….

“Phony Soldiers”: For the amount that Rush Limbaugh likes to rant on “phony soldiers,” there was a big silence and others from the mainstream media on the fact that the McCain campaign used stock footage of actors pretending to be soldiers in a video, intended to show how pro-military McCain is. It’s actually kind of fitting - phony soldiers to promote a phony record on military and veterans’ issues.

Speaking of phony: Remember that faux-outrage from the McCain campaign when General Wesley Clark dared to point out that being a POW isn’t a qualification for being Commander in Chief? Boy, the McCain campaign wouldn’t let up on that. Where were they when Fred Thompson said the same exact thing?

Real outrage: But, there were some things to be angry about. First, Sarah Palin repeatedly saying that her son was deploying for Iraq on September 11. First, not only is this not exactly true, but if she sincerely believed it to be true, she would be knowingly violating Operational Security (OPSEC), which says you should never tell the enemy when people and units are going to be landing in Iraq. Thankfully, Palin was fudging the truth, and not endangering the troops. So, she either knew she wasn’t telling the truth, or she thought she was and thought violating OPSEC was worth the political points. That, however, hasn’t kept the media from finding someone willing to leak all the movements of Track and his unit, and publishing them, violating OPSEC. Second, there’s the fact that right after the Republican convention, the party produced a bunch of flags that they stole from the Democratic convention in Denver, in an attempt to “prove” the Democrats were throwing out the flag. In fact, workers in Denver were collecting all the flags left at Invesco Field, to send to community events around the country, where other patriotic Americans might want to wave the flag. So, to promote a complete fabrication, Republicans stole flags that some five-year old kid might have wanted to wave on Main Street. Stay classy…

It’s things like this that caused those troops deployed to donate to Obama by a 6-1 ratio.

Though many in the media may lap up the lies, the distortions, and fake representations, troops certainly don’t. We know the difference between fantasy and reality.

And that brings me to the last point. Speaker after speaker told the convention that the “surge worked” and we were on our way to “victory.”

Except not so much. Bob Woodward, in his new book, explains what those of us in the military always knew - commanders on the ground were against the surge, and knew it would not work strategically. And, in fact, it hasn’t worked in stabilizing Iraq’s internal political problems, hasn’t aided our global strategy, or helped strengthen our military.

But, as the President explained to General Abizaid, and others, success wasn’t the point of the surge - the APPEARANCE of success was the purpose. Quoting Woodward’s finding, “A surge would “also help here at home, since for many the measure of success is reduction in violence,” Bush said [to Abizaid].”

In short, Bush knew that since less than one-percent of America had served in the wars, and most commentators were ignorant about what constitutes true military and strategic success, a reduction of violence could be sold as “success,” even if it was not.

And that, perhaps, was the biggest insult to those of us in the military, out of many, coming from the Republican National Convention.

By CMW

September 13, 2008 11:20 PM | Link to this

Corporal,

Where are you?

By Bonedaddy

September 13, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this

Sorry but The Cuda is so damn hot I can’t think straight on this one.

By Just me

September 14, 2008 1:07 AM | Link to this

Em….My son in law and the son of a close friend are both on active duty, one Army one Navy. We have talked at length about the candidates and the attitude of service members. Your 6 to 1 ratio does not correspond with what they are saying. The troops are pretty well divided along racial lines. The black men and women are voting for BHO and everyone else is behind McCain. It is sad. I coach my sons little league football team, one mother who is black said ” I will vote for any black man running, I don’t care if he is convicted rapist and in prison, if his name is on the ballot I’m voting for him.” If he does indeed win (BHO) we can look back on this election as the day in which this republic and this great nation fell.

By Jim

September 14, 2008 7:48 AM | Link to this

It is interesting how all your comments go one way. I still think you’d be a lot happier in your life if you moved to a more democratic party state. How about Minnesota? Al Franken is clearly your kind of guy/candidate-corny, an embarrassment and lacking in any real accomplishments except telling a joke. BTW-did you see that your man Obamanation already gave up on GA?

By "The Corporal"

September 14, 2008 7:58 AM | Link to this

To CMW

And why to you ask pray tell ?

By ghost rider

September 14, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

By “The Corporal”

September 13, 2008 7:29

CORPORAL…The reason is SIMPLE! It’s called VETERAN’s BENEFITS.

McCain along with his toadie Graham have voted AGAINST increasing G.I.benefits. Benefits that you and I, and yes McCain enjoyed as returning warriors.

But I think this says it all…John McCain skipped close to a dozen votes on Iraq, and on at least another 10 occasions, he voted against arming and equipping the troops, providing adequate rest for the troops between deployments and for health care or other benefits for veterans.

September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments.

I don’t really care what they are saying at the legion, or VFW. I for one do not buy into McCains BS!

In 2000 I would have voted hands down for McCain…But, he is not the same man!

On almost every issue that he stood for then, he is now against…PATHETIC!

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleid/9559

Now this old veteran has got to get ready for a flight to Tampa.

Have a great day…..

By Bonedaddy

September 14, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

I will remind all of you that it is easy to say a congressman or senator voted for or against a particular item in a bill. What alot of folks do not realize is good bills are often attached to very bad bills that assure defeat so both parties can point fingers and say gotcha. Sometimes you do have to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Can we all say line item veto, which GWB has wanted for 8 years.

By fearless fosdik

September 14, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

Bonedaddy @ 8:42 AM

I wouldn’t trust GWB to wash my car let alone have the authority of a line-item veto!

On the other hand Bill Clinton also requested said line-item veto and was shot down by the supreme court as being unconstitutional.

By Bonedaddy

September 14, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

Hey fosdik, you saying you trust Osama Obama? With his friends like Bill Ayers?

By Bonedaddy

September 14, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

One more thing fosdick, the line item veto can be used if it is ratified as a constitutional amendment, which it should be, for all POTUS to use at their discretion, including the bleeding heart liberal ones.

By dave

September 14, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Jay rolled on his belly and peeing all ove himself.. What is the worlding coming too, better get used to it Jay, as opposed to Obama, the more people see of this woman, the more they like her…

By dave

September 14, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Jay rolled on his belly and peeing all ove himself.. What is the worlding coming too, better get used to it Jay, as opposed to Obama, the more people see of this woman, the more they like her…

By Joe

September 14, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

As the rabid liberal you are Jay, nothing Palin or McCain will say will please you. Obama has a 10% rating as far as pork is concerned but I guess that dosen’t matter since your one of his cheerleaders. Palin argues the fact that she fought against wastefull spending and I don’t think you can argue that fact. She uses fedral money where it is truely needed. For the tax payers instead of wellfare programs like the dems do….

By "The Corporal"

September 14, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

To ghost rider

Well, all I can say is I didn’t go into the service for benefits ($87 per month) and that never was my main focus after.

There are more important things to this country than the degree of veteran’s benefits.

By Bonedaddy

September 14, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Corporal, thanks for the assistance in the frontal assault on the libs. My dad was a Marine, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and a DI for a short stint. He was also CIA. Before he died he did some “splaining” that really opened my young, 18 year old, Jimmy Carter voting (worst mistake of my life) liberal weenie eyes. There is hope for the rest of the great unwashed. Generally it is called getting older and being responsible for ones self, then the epiphany of self reliance happens.

By Elle

September 14, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMY!!! IGNORANT GEORGIANS VOTE FOR THE MCCAIN/PALIN (REALLY THE PALN/MCCAIN) TICKET IF YOU WANT BUT I SURE AS HELL DON’T WANT TO KEEP PAYING HIGH FOOD, GAS, AND HEALTHCARE.

By just me

September 14, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

What the heck do “carrier landings” have to do with being a good President? And besides, he graduated 4 spots from dead last at Anapolis and crashed 4 planes. He couldn’t even get that part right! You neocons (because you’re not conservative) really need to look at the facts instead of the stories.

By Socrates

September 14, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Bookmeat is a reflection of what is going on in the liberal media today. Their God, Obama, comes from Chicago which is the land of dirt politics and corruption but Bookmeat doesn’t mention any of that. How many earmarks Obama every voted against Bookmeat? Why don’t you tell us?

By Bonedaddy

September 14, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

Elle, It is not the responsibility of government to control food prices, gas prices and give( funded by taxpayers) you health care. Please wipe your own butt. Move to Canada. And Just me, what part about Osama Obamas lifelong relationship with Bill Ayers (terrorist) don’t you understand. Furthermore, who gives a damn if McCain can fly onto a carrier? Osama Obama can’t even fly his finger up his a**.

By HeySoose

September 14, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

Wow Jay, NOW that your candide is losing, one whome you could care less what he’s done in the past, you want to take someone to task on their record. You’re a p****** joke.

By HeySoose

September 14, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

Socrates, Don’t expect a response. He and his boyfriend are too worried that their monthly government subsidy of vaseline may be delayed because of the hurricane.

By HeySoose

September 14, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Ironic how the Liberal Sheep, refuse to look at, or even acknowledge, The One’s record, or in his case, the lack thereof. They’re too stupid to recognize their own hypocracy. Then again, in their eyes…..that’s always different.

By HeySoose

September 14, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this

Jay Bookman - “Except it’s not the truth. And the truth matters.”

OMG…thanks for the good laugh. Like the truth matters to you and the other Dimokraut sheeples….

By "The Corporal"

September 14, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this

To Bonedaddy

“For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.” (Author Unknown: found on a C-rations box, Khe Sahn, Vietnam - 1968)

Thanks for the kind words and Semper Fi

By Craig

September 14, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

The ignorance of most bloggers makes a normal reader laugh. This election will be determined by the independent voters as well as the female voters. Who will be more attractive to these voters. Most of the comments on here are from people who are either extremely liberal or extremely conservative. They are not the voters who will determine the outcome of this election (unless they do not vote). Both candidates are not the person each party would have preferred in the general election. DNC wanted Clinton. RNC wanted a more conservative candidate (Huckabee would have been their choice). Obama came from left field and surprised alot of DNC party members. If Florida and Michigan were counted during the primaries, Clinton would have won(Obama would not have had the momentum that he was able to achieve after super tuesday). McCain has never been a favorite among RNC party members. He is a moderate who has sided with democrats on several bills. Obama has touted change, but he picks an old senator from the east coast (for which voters tend to not vote for east coast candidates..VP included…) McCain picked a young, popular governor from Alaska (who is the only person on either ticket that has any executive experience). McCain shored up his conservative base and re-energized it. Obama picked someone who is part of the establishment that he wants to change. He should have picked Evan Bayh of Indiana (that would have won him the state of Indiana and possibly Ohio). If you are a moderate person who is looking for a new direction….who would you choose? We will know by November. Governor Palin seems to relate to the swing voter group and shows how McCain’s decision process could be like if elected president (picking key people for posts). The media is also helping the RNC. Biased reporting and consistent bullying of the RNC candidates makes moderate voters more thoughtful about those candidates and they seem to win. Most of your moderate voters also ignore the hollywood types and do not care about their opinions. They did not help Kerry, who by all counts should have won the last election. But the biased media coverage and the slamming of Bush by people such as MIchael Moore and Sean Pean appeared to help Bush. I guess we will see what happens in the future. My guess is that McCain/Palin will win the same states Bush did and might actually pick up a couple of more based upon the independent and female voter demographic.

By "The Corporal"

September 14, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

To Craig

Some excellent, reasoned points on this blog for a change. What a breath of fresh air.

By GaLiberal

September 14, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this

Craig: You state the obvious (that’s why Corporal thinks it’s ‘excellent, reasoned points’)so it proves nothing. In fact, the Rethuglicons have been much better at lying and smearing Democrats particularly if you add in the neocon talking heads (Boortz, Hannity, Limbaugh, Savage, etc.) that act as amplifiers. Take the ‘lipstick on a pig’ non-issue the Rethuglicons hyped on all the news networks and then falsely demanded an apology from Obama. What a lot of complete B.S. McCain himself has said that several times when discussing Hillary Clinton’s health programs, but no news hype there. And there are plenty of other examples from the Rethuglicons.

Just as a reminder, I use the term Rethuglicon because the Republican party has become a bunch of thugs and con men. They need to be exposed for what they are. Their con man tactics of constantly repeating lies until they become accepted as the truth and their bullying of anyone that doesn’t buy in to their narrow theocratic world view. Palin is just sop to the Rethuglicon base; pro-gun, pro-Christian, pro-rich, pro-business. She plays the ‘I’m just one of you.’ card that Bush used to successfully sucker people into voting for him. If people can’t see those same character traits between Bush and Palin, they need to look harder. McCain by himself is toast. He’s out of touch, use his Vietnam POW experience as his credible for leadership, and claims he’s a maverick but is part of the Washington culture. He has no credibility or honor.

If the Clinton supporters want to punish Obama by voting for some 3rd party also-ran or for McCain, they will regret that decision. Their only hope is Obama and I’m sure he will put Hilliary Clinton on his cabinet (HHS Secretary sounds right to me). Just think if McCain put Romney or Huckabee in that position. Or Secretary of Defense. So scary. So very scary.

When you vote Rethuglicon, you vote against your own best interests. And McCain/Palin is living proof.

By she's a tyrant

September 14, 2008 11:06 PM | Link to this

read some of the recent articles describing her cronyism, favoritism, and unethical behavior

nice choice john

By Craig

September 15, 2008 12:54 AM | Link to this

GA Liberal…

Your response was the reason for my points. You are an example of the extreme side of the political spectrum (based upon you response…extreme left). You resort to childish name calling when expressing your view point towards a specific political party. Each party has had issues with breaking or stretching the law to benefit their side/agenda. Ted Kennedy got away with murder, if I recall. Richard Nixon tried to cheat even though he would have easily won re-election (he was popular with the general public for withdrawing the US from Vietnam and opening the doors to China). Those are just two examples of each side. If you look at the basic demographics, most of your democratic strongholds are in urban settings (which have their own unique issues and wants politically). the republican strongholds are suburban and rural (which also have their own unique issues and wants politically). Successful politicians need to address the concerns of both sides, or find a nice place in the middle. Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were able to do this and won re-election easily because of their strengths with the middle ground. Ronald Reagan was able to bring both sides together and work out compromises (being a California republican helped due to the political climate of California). Bill Clinton was successful because of his background in politics in a southern state plus by adding Al Gore (from Tennessee) helped by keeping the ticket closer to middle America. Both Clinton and Reagan were great speakers and people would listen to what they would say. An interesting side note is that a lot of democrats in the south switched to being republicans for their own political survival during and after the Reagan administration.

Both parties have great people who commit themselves to public service. Every now and then, someone will get corrupted by them system and fall from grace. Democrats and Republicans alike. For every republican, you can name a democrat who has done something “thug” like or unethical. During the Clinton Impeachment hearings, the person who was most critical of Bill Clinton’s affairs was Indiana Congressman Dan Burton ( a republican), who was also discovered to be doing the same thing Clinton was.

Hopefully, this election will start bringing both sides to a middle ground. People who have strong feelings towards the left and right are not those who will bring about unity and their opinions do not really matter. It’s about reaching middle America.

No matter who wins, some of the most heated items of the debate will not be addressed by the government. There will not be a National Healthcare policy. There will not be true immigration reform. There will not be a government answer for the economy. The economy goes up and down. It is a cycle. Every now and then, you will have a drop off, then re-alignment. Just read your history books. National Healtchcare is too much of a wildcard that makes good debate material, but you will never see anything substantial pass over the next 10-20 years. Immigration debate has been around since the 1800’s. Bottom line, immigrants fuel the economy and neither party will prevent it. The will publically try and state a side of the debate to win votes, but privately will do nothing. Politics are just that, politics.

People will vote based upon the beliefs and their own personal background. People that resort to name calling (ie..McShame or Nobama) or trying to place religious overtones to their arguments have already decided who they will vote for. Independent voters will not listen to such frivolous, one sided beliefs. They will do their own research and make the judgment based upon what they know is right. The upcoming debates will help some of those undecided voters with regards to who to vote for.

By Skip

September 15, 2008 6:05 AM | Link to this

What definition of “earmark” are you using? E.g., it looks like one of the biggest items is $71 million for compliance with the federally mandated Safe Drinking Water Act. I think of “earmarks” as unnecessary pork barrel projects; taking federal money to do what the federal government requires you to do hardly seems like the “earmark” problem to me.

By bobfromcanton

September 15, 2008 7:16 AM | Link to this

Glad to hear you say the truth matters, Jay! Oh, except when Bill Clinton doesn’t tell the truth?!!! I agree with Mike’s post:

Yawn. Bookman calling Republicans liars?

Wake me up when something unexpected happens.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

By Democratic National Party

September 15, 2008 7:58 AM | Link to this

From: The Democratic National Party Headquarters To: Mainstream Press Newsrooms aka DNC Field Offices Subject: Sarah Palin talking points

Okay folks, it looks like these ‘lies’ we’re fabricating against Governor Palin aren’t working. Her likeablity factor with women, the undecided and of course the Republicans is producing a backlash against OUR lies. We need to find another angle to derail her candidacy.

Let’s do a search for 8mm’s of her making a ‘Girls Gone Wild’ film. Maybe that will turn off the gun-toting, Bible thumpers on the Right!

By Patricia

September 15, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

bobfromcanton,

Last I heard, Bill Clinton isn’t in office or running for office, so let’s leave him out of this, shall we?

By Michael

September 15, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this

Mr. Bookman,

Yes, please continue writing and exposing lies, even in the face of those who would continue repeating lies to desensitize us to them. We, as Americans, have been victimized by this tactic far too often since 9/11, by those who would capitalize on our fears and weaknesses.

Thank you.

By Think

September 15, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN, MONICA LEWINSKY???????Imagined, false prosperity with all of the .com companies that failed during his terms. Lies? Lies? Stop whining and get off your butt. I was laid off for lack of work and I am still BLESSED-Yes BLESSED by the grace of GOD-YES GOD- that I was born in the USA. A country that was founded on the belief that GOD created us. If you want to believe you evolved from monkeys, then go to the grant zoo blog and converse with them. Oh, and my brother dated an english girl when we were younger who had a simple ankle operation in England. It took months to heal improperly. You don’t want national health care!!! Obama doesn’t even have as much experience as Sarah. And you angry libs who are personally attacking her are pathetic. Did you forget that you libs are supported by women who recieve welfare and have fatherless babies??? Give me the 72 year old PATRIOT ANYDAY. FREEDOM AIN’T FREE

By Did you Cash your Personal Earmark?

September 15, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

Also known as your Tax Stimulus Check?

Really, who is going to turn down free money from the feds if they can get it? It returns money from the feds to your own constituents. You do not have to raise any taxes to get it.

You did not as an individual. Do not expect local and state government to do so either.

Read the truth about why these guys are afraid of Palin-

http://www.nolanchart.com/article4706.html

By Think

September 15, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

Patricia, Yeah lets forget about the last miserable lying democrat who was in office-how convenient. Oh, yeah-I want my $7000.oo or so per year that Osama said we all received during Willys reign????

By John Hayes

September 15, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Jay. In being so negative about all that is Republican is what has gotten us to this disturbing point in our country. The Republicans can not stand the Democrats and vice versa. Therefore instead of trying to work together to solve our country’s problems and there are many, we simply play the blame game and say our policy (insert your party) is beter than their’s and so here we are. I am an Independent. I know that “W” has gotten us into a mess that will take years to straighten out. Maybe. However that doesn’t disqualify McCain. I see some good qualities/ideas from both McCain and Obama. I have some concerns about both. I think I probably just described the average independent voter. Who will I vote for? At this time I don’t know. But I do know that all the negativity from both sides is making me tired. I would like to be given a reason to vote for a candidate rather a reason to vote against a candidate. The only thing worse than Jimmy Carter the president (and we all know he was God awful) is Jimmy Carter the ex-president.He was a Democrat. But I still appreciate the 8 years of the Clintin administration. “W” is worse than awful but I still appreciate Reagan. See how it works. Democrat/Republican. Some are good others not so good. We have to be smart enough to figure that out and vote accordingly. If we all did this I think maybe we would all be better off. There’s good and bad in both parties.But that doesn’t eliminate/disqualify the others. My mama told me a long time ago,”Boy, don’t go shooting all of the dogs just cause one of them has fleas”. I think in this difficult time we would all be served better if we would consider this simple advice. John Hayes Camilla, Ga.

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