Thinking Right

By Steven d.

October 2, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

Cry me a river!

By Maniac is accurate

October 2, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

Your colleagues Cindy Tucker and Jay Bookman are doing their part in grand fashion, Jim. My hope is that the rabidly lathered left will stupidly overplay their strategy (as they stupidly often do) and will create a backlash. I hope their own bile is soon stinging their eyes.

By Ga Values

October 2, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

As usual Saxby lied to us. He said he would not vote for the $700,000,000,000.00 taxpayer Ripoff if it a large number of Earmarks were added. It looks like over $50,000,000,000.00 of earmarks were hidden among the $100,000,000,000.00 of unfunded tax cuts. Here’s an exert from the morning Augusta Paper with their take on this mess.”A number of politicians were actually listening to their constituents for a change. And the public has been adamant in its opposition to the plan. Whether that’s because folks don’t see the seriousness of the problem and the potential effects on them, or because they simply don’t agree with bailing out failed firms and fat cats, they have inundated their members of Congress with calls and e-mails opposing the bailout.

Maybe that will change if the deal’s terms end up more favorable to taxpayers. We’re skeptical: It appears, instead, that the bill is being loaded up and larded up with baubles and bells that may end up costing us more. True to form, the Senate bailout bill included money for race tracks, wool research and Caribbean rum.

Were you not aware that sheep needed bailing out? Neither were we.

Regardless, this has all the earmarks — poor choice of words — of the failed “comprehensive” immigration bills of several years ago. Elites in Washington wanted to ram immunity for illegals down America’s throat. Despite being busy earning a living, hundreds of thousands of us stopped that canard in its tracks. Twice.

The difference this time is that the rescue sure seems necessary. Congress and the White House will just have to convince a whole lot of folks that it is.

But it’s not “incompetence” for members of Congress to ask the same questions their constituents are asking. It’s what a republic does.”

From the Thursday, October 02, 2008 edition of the Augusta Chronicle

By Churchill

October 2, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

Them LEFTIES sure out to get our Girl, Thanks so much for todays article.. love you Jim…….

Skepticism of Palin Growing, Poll Finds

With the vice presidential candidates set to square off today in their only scheduled debate, public assessments of Sarah Palin’s readiness have plummeted, and she may now be a drag on the Republican ticket among key voter groups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

This Story Skepticism of Palin Growing, Poll Finds Washington Post-ABC News Poll Data Palin’s Strengths Rooted in Alaska Media Notes: GOP ‘Gotcha Journalism’ Charges Throw Spotlight on Debate Biden, Aides Focus On Tone of Debate Tracking the Running Mates View All Items in This Story View Only Top Items in This Story Tonight’s heavily anticipated debate comes just five weeks after the popular Alaska governor entered the national spotlight as Sen. John McCain’s surprise pick to be his running mate. Though she initially transformed the race with her energizing presence and a fiery convention speech, Palin is now a much less positive force: Six in 10 voters see her as lacking the experience to be an effective president, and a third are now less likely to vote for McCain because of her.

A month ago, voters rated Palin as highly as they did McCain or his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, but after weeks of intensive coverage and several perceived missteps, the shine has diminished.

Nearly a third of adults in a new poll from the Pew Research Center said they paid a lot of attention to Palin’s interviews with CBS News’s Katie Couric, a series that prompted grumbling among some conservative commentators about Palin’s competency to be the GOP’s vice presidential standard-bearer. The Pew poll showed views of Palin slipping over the past few days alone.

In the new Post-ABC poll, Palin matches the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., on empathy, one of McCain’s clear deficits against Obama, while fewer than half of voters think she understands “complex issues.”

But it is the experience question that may prove her highest hurdle, particularly when paired with widespread public concern about McCain’s age. About half of all voters said they were uncomfortable with the idea of McCain taking office at age 72, and 85 percent of those voters said Palin does not have the requisite experience to be president.

The 60 percent who now see Palin as insufficiently experienced to step into the presidency is steeply higher than in a Post-ABC poll after her nomination early last month. Democrats and Republicans alike are now more apt to doubt her qualifications, but the biggest shift has come among independents.

In early September, independents offered a divided verdict on Palin’s experience; now they take the negative view by about 2 to 1. Nearly two-thirds of both independent men and women in the new poll said Palin has insufficient experience to run the White House.

Obama was able for the first time to crack the 50 percent mark, albeit barely, on whether he has the experience to be president following Friday’s presidential debate, and the question is one of Palin’s central challenges as she prepares to face Biden in prime time before a national television audience.

More than two-thirds of voters in the Pew poll said they plan to watch the debate, far more than said they were going to turn on the vice presidential debate four years ago. The expectations are that Biden, a six-term senator, will win: Voters by a 19-point margin think he will prove to be the better debater.

In the new Post-ABC poll, majorities of conservatives and Republicans maintain that Palin has the necessary experience to step in as president, though those numbers are also down somewhat from early last month.

But a third of independent voters now indicate they are less likely to support McCain because of Palin, compared with 20 percent who said so in an ABC poll a month ago. Palin now repels more independents than she attracts to McCain. The share of independent women less apt to support McCain because of the Palin pick has more than doubled to 34 percent, while the percentage more inclined to support him is down eight points.

White Catholics, another important group of swing voters, also are now more likely to say that Palin dampens their support for McCain.

Still, nearly half of both white Catholics and independents said she does not affect their votes. Even more, about six in 10, said Obama’s pick of Biden did not change their chances of voting Democratic.

The history of vice presidential picks suggests they are rarely consequential, and in a July Post-ABC poll, the nominees’ choice for No. 2 was last on a list of 17 items voters said might sway their decisions.

The reaction to Palin, however, has been uncharacteristically strong.

Nearly three in 10 independent women have intensely unfavorable opinions of her, more than twice the proportion holding such views of Biden. And a majority of Democratic women now have “strongly unfavorable” views of Palin, up sharply from just after she accepted the nomination.

Among all voters, 29 percent have “strongly favorable” views, and an exactly offsetting number hold intensely negative ones. Attitudes toward Biden are more subdued.

Overall, 51 percent of voters view Palin favorably; for Biden, that number is a bit higher at 57 percent.

The vice presidential hopefuls run about evenly among all voters and among independents on the question of whether they “understand the problems of people like you.” That is an important factor for the GOP ticket, as McCain continues to trail Obama as the candidate more in tune with the financial problems Americans face.

White married women are particularly likely to see Palin as in touch, as three-quarters said she understands their concerns. At the same time, a majority of such women do not think Palin has enough experience to be a good president. (White married women support the GOP ticket by a 20-point margin.)

Palin runs far behind Biden on another important attribute: About three-quarters of those surveyed said he understands complex issues, compared with 46 percent who said so of her.

On the eve of the presidential election in 2000, 76 percent said Al Gore had a solid grasp of hard issues; 60 percent said so of George W. Bush.

Despite Palin’s slip in public assessments, the boost she has provided among some core segments of the GOP base has not faded. Enthusiasm for McCain’s candidacy among Republicans, conservatives and white evangelical Protestants climbed sharply after the party’s convention in St. Paul, Minn., where Palin made her debut, and it has held relatively steady since.

But even within these Republican strongholds, questions about Palin’s experience are fairly common. About four in 10 conservatives and white evangelical Protestants, three in 10 Republicans and a quarter of GOP women said she does not have the necessary experience.

The Post-ABC poll was conducted by telephone Sept. 27 to 29 among a random sample of adults nationally, including interviews with 1,070 registered voters. The results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points. Error margins for subgroups are higher.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

October 2, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

Good morning all. Finally a day for our friends possessed of PDS. Since Gwen’s cover is blown, I forecast she will call it comparatively straight. Yes, she will be snippy with Sarah, and she will gush with Joe – this is performance art, what do we expect. If we are expecting a true neutral in debates, we expect too much. 90% of the reporters in the MSM are leftists, so conservatives can never get one truly neutral. (I would posit that a true jerk like Bill O’Reilly is the most neutral moderator one could seek.)

As to Jim’s core thesis, surely the leftists have to try to destroy Sarah, for the same reasons they had to try to destroy Clarence Thomas. A principled honest conservative who does not look like a white English-speaking male is outside the caricature manufactured by the left. If allow to flourish to the level of their skills, such people may inspire other people with brains to leave the leftist plantation. If that happened, how could the leftists continue to feed their friends at FNMA and FHLMC? Corruption requires absolute fidelity, and only white English-speaking males are permitted to favor freedom. Chairman Ann, amusingly explains assassination insurance. Biden would not be amused.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

October 2, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this

Dear GA Values @ 8:38, I’ve been thinking. (Warning to everyone else, that means a lot of blather coming - you may want to cursor down to the next post)

New reports say that the public now supports the bailout; I don’t, more below. Drudge this morning raises an interesting hypothetical. Harry “Loose Lips” Reid tells the world a major insurance company has failed. If a major “mutual” insurance company were to fail in a big way, it could have some unpleasant ripples. The policyholders of a “mutual” insurance company are effectively partners, and hold personal liability for the obligations of the company. If a mutual company goes into bankruptcy, the unsatisfied debts of the company are apportioned among the policyholders, for satisfaction. One can imagine a cry arising among the citizenry, “Not only is my insurance worthless, but I owe how much?” Somehow insurance agents usually fail to mention the theoretical risk to enthusiastic policy purchasers.

Unfortunately Jim Wooten’s Monday essay is proving prescient. Both friends and critics will recall that Jim argued that we were unlikely to get a better bill than the one eventually rejected by the House. Our Senate overlords heard your plea, and instead of a $700 billion bailout, they give us a $700 billion bailout plus $100 billion in tax cuts for friends of Congress. Hollywood gets a big special tax incentive for filming in the US – truly a burning need for America – but if we have to increase the deficit to preserve Hollywood pay scales, so be it. Those people mostly vote for democrats, don’t they? The overlords heard your cry that health care insurance was not expensive enough, and so will mandate a $100/month or so increase, to reward the bribers of the Mental Health Practitioners cartel. I am amused by the bicycling tax credit. Just what we need, a larger and more complex tax code. While the formation of the housing bubble may be mostly due to democrats legislating morality in lending and protecting their friends at FNMA and FHLMC, this new tax law screw-up is truly bipartisan. The most amazing thing of all, however, is that we actually pay the people in Congress to do these things.

I now oppose any legislation to allow government to purchase “toxic” mortgages – it is the wrong solution for the wrong problem.

(1) I would support legislation to allow government – both Treasury and Fed – to enter the “Fed funds” market, facilitating overnight loans to banks and insurance companies and mutual funds companies. As the Fed already operates the discount window, we need only increase the authority, give it some Treasury money to throw around. That will ease the credit squeeze, and at no greater cost than the proposed bailout. If the banks fail, government (meaning “the taxpayer”) usually eats the losses anyway, so what difference would it make? A cheaper way to do it would be to allow government to insure “Fed funds” transactions between banks, although that would create greater theoretical risk to the Treasury. Usually better to control exposure.

(2) The proposed change in the current “mark to market” rule for investment securities – to the variation we had 20 years ago - remains a good idea. A significant component of the current credit seizure is the misperception – entirely due to the artificial accounting rule - of the long-term value of securities that financial institutions intend to hold to maturity.

(3) The best legislation would abolish CRA, HMDA, and Fair Housing, and mandate winding down the affairs of FNMA and FHLMC – get the government out of the housing industry entirely. So long as the overlords can use such tools to control our lives, however, this change is unlikely.

(4) Additional useful legislation would change the Federal Reserve’s mandate, to set money growth at 0.000001% below the inflation rate. As we look at the housing bubble at the heart of the current panic, the constantly weakening dollar for the past six years was causative. The Fed’s intention was based on bad economic theory anyway, as the sole foundation for the policy was the Philips Curve, proven false in 1978.

(5) And I hope the next Congress learns from the government-caused housing bubble, and gets serious about the looming medicare and social security failures. I credit President Bush for trying, if unsuccessfully, to get Congress to address these during his administration.

By Ga Values

October 2, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

Since most of you don’t read the Washington Post, here’s a good read about the options on the bank bailout. They have a good discussion on Suspend mark-to-market accounting. As someone who made his living buy & turning around distressed businesses, If the accurace of the financials was not there I walked.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103110.html?hpid=topnews

By Commander Guy

October 2, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

Jim, you really outdo yourself.

Palin needs no help in looking like a fool. Note simply that most of Tina Fey’s big laughs came when she quoted Palin verbatim. That, my friends, is idiocy we can believe in.

And spare us the the media conspiracy nonsense. Katie Couric is asking simple questions that anyone with aspirations for higher office should be able to answer with at least some modicum of coherence. Good lord.

• Can’t name a single newspaper or book that she has read.

• Not one SCOTUS decision aside from Roe, not even the one from a few months back that reduced the Exxon Valdez payout to the State of Alaska, one that she issued a public statement about.

• Cannot cite one instance of McCain’s maverickiness.

These are softballs, people, the interview equivalent of “can you tell your right from your left?”. That’s without even getting into stuff she just, you know, makes up, like the ebay auction, the bridge, and the fact that Putin flys over her state. (never once, according to NORAD. the known liberal conspiracists of NORAD, natch)

As to the Gwen Ifill “conspiracy”. First news of her book came in July, reported widely in the NYT,, USA Today, WSJ, even the Washington Times. It has been no secret, and anyone with ability to do a Google search will find this news prominently displayed. Anyone in the McCain campaign could have found this info is under 30 seconds.

But why let facts get in the way of another column? Your happy little fairy tale is fine the way it is.

Coming tomorrow: How Palin won the debate hands down. Jim’s writing the column as we speak.

The Wooten Legacy: pi55ing on your cornflakes and calling it milk for 40 years.

By Keeping It Real

October 2, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

I want to watch tonight only to see if Palin is really as bad as she appears. Personally, I do not believe that she is as I see her as being a very astute politician who definitely knows how to play men. I want to see her attempt to play Biden.

It appears that Mr. Wooten has jumped on the Fox news bandwagon where they are saying that Gwen Ifill has it in for Palin and will not be even handed in the debate. Is not this ironic that white males are saying that one woman would try to take out another woman and risk her career doing so? Why is it that white males can write books and make money but females cannot without being emotional or impartial? Do we still have double standards or is Mr. Wooten envious that both of these women have exceeded where he is in his career?

By norman ravitch

October 2, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin is an idiot redneck Christian who takes the crazy Book of Revelations seriously. That McCain picked her to run with him says a good deal about his cynicism, arrogance, and instability.Neither McCain nor Palin should be allowed near the White House.

By ScottD

October 2, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

To Obama Supporters

Iｆ Obama wins, I hope you wallow in the cesspool you will have　created for yourself. If you think Bush was bad wait to see what you are in for with Obama. I am living abroad, so I am protected. good luck.

By Wooten's Conscience

October 2, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

Sarah’s going to do fine. Humorous gaffes? Of course. Ditto, Joe. He’ll shine. Sarah will shine. Both parties will declare a defacto electoral coup.

Wooten, you were ready to stamp the vice-presidential seal on Palin the day she was picked as veep. Without her saying a word. Usually, party loyalty is admirable.

The issue here is how you’re spending all your credibility on articles like this one. Nobody hates Sarah Palin. (nobody doesn’t like Sarah P.).

The separation between your spin and the national zeitgeist is a chasm not even an evil (knievel) poltergeist could leap…. you and your ilk moustache, lunatic-fringe, Log-Cabin-syrup, lipstick-challenged, pigs-in-a-blanket journalists are going 2have2 spend a lot of time mending your reputation.

THis article is downright childish. Both sides will declare victory. Sarah’s going to surprise many voters and even win some votes.

But no matter the outcome of the VP debates, the momentum will still B with Obama, and that’s the key here.

You have to come up with a killer line to stop Obama, not Biden. Think, master, think!

ISAIDTHINK!

By ScottD

October 2, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

To Obama Supporters

Iｆ Obama wins, I hope you wallow in the cesspool you will have　created for yourself. If you think Bush was bad wait to see what you are in for with Obama. I am living abroad, so I am protected. good luck.

By ScottD

October 2, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

To Obama Supporters

Iｆ Obama wins, I hope you wallow in the cesspool you will have　created for yourself. If you think Bush was bad wait to see what you are in for with Obama. I am living abroad, so I am protected. good luck.

By ScottD

October 2, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

To Obama Supporters

Iｆ Obama wins, I hope you wallow in the cesspool you will have　created for yourself. If you think Bush was bad wait to see what you are in for with Obama. I am living abroad, so I am protected. good luck.

By ScottD

October 2, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

To Obama Supporters

Iｆ Obama wins, I hope you wallow in the cesspool you will have　created for yourself. If you think Bush was bad wait to see what you are in for with Obama. I am living abroad, so I am protected. good luck.

By Peter

October 2, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

Well Jim, Not only is McLost ready to lose the election, but AMERICA cannot afford a Soccer MOM for President.

Thank God America will vote Correctly this year !

If YOU think she is Presidential material NOW………that makes me laugh……..

You are very Liberal Jim !

By Get Real

October 2, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

People knew about her book as far back as July. The moderators for the debates weren’t chosen until August 9th. They had more than ample time complain about Ifill, instead of waiting 48 hours before the debate. I trust that she will be completely impartial, based solely on her record, as she is not very fond of Obama anyway. And the book doesn’t even focus on Obama. Go back and do your due diligence Wooten.

And sadly no one needs to try and trip Palin up. She is doing a great job of ruining her name on her own. Retire old man. I’m sure after this election and Republicans are banished from any sort of leadership of this country you will.

By Political Forescam

October 2, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Sometimes I’m too clever even for myself. What does lik moustache even mean, jack@$$?

By GMAN

October 2, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten, would you like some Monterey Jack with that whine?

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

By macca

October 2, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

RagDann - honest to God, even though we hang on opposite sides of the aisle, your posts make this blog worth reading - no name calling, no hyper partisan pandering, no posing. I wish everyone here would take a clue. Now, can you, or someone, explain to me why the Congress can’t just put together a straight forward budget/bailot/rescue — whatever you want to call it — without whoring it up with $$$ for any inconceivable reason? Tax breaks for Hollywood? How is that even relevent? I thought both presidential candidates adamantly opposed the whole earmark thing. I’ve been voting since ‘72, but this is enough to make me just stay home on Nov 4.

By Davo

October 2, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

All of this talk of the debate and nothing to say about the senate vote, JW?

The Senate bailout vote http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14196.html

Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea

C,mon JW…in the spirit of the debate this evening.

By AJC/DNC Management

October 2, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

Face the State is breaking news that a memo distributed among top ranking Colorado Democrats outlined a plan to “educate the idiots” and specifically targetted minorities among other “idiot” groups:

In a confidential internal memorandum obtained by Face The State (PDF), the Colorado Democracy Alliance outlines a roster of “operatives” who worked for Democratic victory in the 2006 general election. The document outlines specific tasks for various members of the state’s liberal infrastructure, including a campaign to “educate the idiots,” assigned to the state’s AFL-CIO union. Among the operation’s intended targets: “minorities, GED’s, drop-outs.”

Republicans are “racists” eh?

By Tangent

October 2, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

It’s not just Lefties waiting for gotcha moments. We have the Lord and Lady of Gaffes on the stage tonight. Considering everything else that’s going wrong in our country and the world at the moment, I think sitting back and laughing at the idiot moments of the vice presidential candidates is allowed to us more cynical voters who are once again voting for the Least Evil of candidates.

Now if McCain comes onto the stage wearing a Darth Vader mask and says to Palin “I am your Father, Sarah!” then I might be amused enough to vote for him… but mostly because Vader made Evil cool. ;)

By GMAN

October 2, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC Management, would you like some Pepperjack Cheese with that whine!

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

By Kevin

October 2, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

I always enjoy reading your columns. You just make sense to me.

To me, this election is looking like Carter and Ford. My hope is that if Mr. Obama is elected there are enough moderate and conservative Democrats and Republicans that will thwart his plans. I wish more people would take notice of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac connections.

Thanks and keep up the great work.

By Eli Jones

October 2, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

I was just reading an article from Human Events that was written by Ann Coulter. Ann had some facts on a Joe Biden interview. In the interview, conducted by the leftist Obama propagandist Katie Couric, Joe Biden incorrectly said that Franklin D. Roosevelt was president when the stock market crashed in 1929. Biden also incorrectly said that Roosevelt went on television to explain to the American people what had happened. Fact: Roosevelt didn’t take office until 1933 and Americans in those days did not have televisions. How dumb can our so called leaders be. Sarah Palin is going to kick the snot out of Joe moron who is also known as a loose cannon and a pork barrel specialist. Anyone that would vote for Obama and Biden needs their perception checked and then rechecked. Biden has already lashed out at the Jews for their lack of faith in him and most of all their mistrust of Obama the smoke and mirrow clown. If one can ignore Obama’s terrorist and Marxist friends/mentors/associates/endorsers like racist nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan,terrorist William Ayres, his shady deals with convicted criminal Tony Rezko,etc. then they deserve what they get but we people of higher IQ’s do not deserve these left wing America hating wind bags. I look forward to watching Sarah Palin take on the senator who has been in office longer than any other. Change, give me a break. Biden is the same old tax everything, disarm the military, retreat when victory is ours, Islamic appeasing left wing socialist. Truthfully, Eli Jones

By Wooten's Conscience

October 2, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Milk Moustache. ilk moustache.

Hey, I’m just trying to bring a comodicum of respectability to the blog.

and make new friends and stuff.

By Ga Values

October 2, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Ragnar Danneskjöld October 2, 2008 8:53 AM

You, Captin Freedom & I are probably the only ones interested in this. Yesterday morning my expartners had a conference call about the economic situation. Among us there is over 200 years of investment banking, general management & turnaround experience, Several have RTC experience. We are all Conservative Republicans. These are a few points from the conversation. (1) None of us think the buy out of toxic “assets” will work.(2)None of us trust Bush, Palson, Dodd, or Franks. (3) Most of us are on the boards of companies ($75-400MM sales) that we owned and none have been called by their banks with a reduction or termination of their line of credit. (4) Almost all of these companies are looking at a tough sales market & are projecting a 15%+ sales reduction for the last quarted. (5) Collection days are up in all companies even with a higher collection effort.(6) Nothing in this plan is going to save or even improve the Housing or Auto business. (7) The increased risk of the country taking on another $1.5 Trillion in debt is not the solution. (8) Since most of my ex partners are in their 60’s & 70’s we have been through many business cycles & think it would be better to have a serious down turn now rather than a more serious downturn later. In Economics 101 were were taught about business cycles, regreatable our politicians were drunk that week.

I also went into Madison for a haircut & lunch, if you want I’ll post comments from that.

By GMAN

October 2, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

Eli Jones, would you like some Gruyere with that whine?

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

By Peter

October 2, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

Well Jim……….

No one on the Right is telling the Age John McLost’s daddy died……..

He died at 70 , so son Johnny with a little stress is right around the corner to met his maker Jim……

You are really WANTING Sarah Palin for President, after Johnny stresses out and passes ?

John McLost oldest President ever ? Never Happen !

Thank you for Picking Sarah Palin….America will never allow her to run the country…..!

By Cal

October 2, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

Ifill should do what is right and step down. Let someone else do the job tonight. However, she is only looking out for herself.

Palin is the most down to earth of all the candidates. She has been asked questions that most American voters or press could not answer and so they think she is stupid. She didn’t get where she is today by being stupid nor did she receive her high ratings as govenor for being stupid.

I like the fact that she is a maverick and tries to get rid of the corrupt in office. We need more of that especially after seeing these Democrats causing this crisis today and gettting rich off of it.

By Steven d.

October 2, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

Jim you never complain when the descendants of Lee Atwater pull their crap, its just politics then. Palin’s out there, why does she need special treatment? Let the chips fall, I do however really enjoy this right-wing whining and not getting my way crying.

By Jim is a caveman

October 2, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

What world have you been living in for the last three weeks, Jim? Sarah is doing a fine job of destroying herself. Remember that statement that one must be decisive and respond immediately? How does that play with her attempts to evade questions with “I’ll have to get back to you on that”? How is it “gotcha journalism” when she parrots Obama’s approach to Pakistan in response to a voter’s question? She is woefully underprepared for the national stage and that is her fault, not the media’s, not the Democrats. She will destroy herself, and take McCain the rest of the way down. Meanwhile, you keep whistling past the graveyard and rehashing the same column every couple of days. Beats thinking.

By Political Forescam

October 2, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

You drop a giant load of respectability in the blog every day. If I didn’t have dsylxeai, I’d have gotten your ojek the first time. Thanks, fiend, er, friend. Happy italics to you.

By Vonnie

October 2, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten, no one is trying to destroy Sarah. She is doing a pretty good job of that herself. Unlike some of you, I want to know everything I can about someone I never heard of before last month if there is a possibility (heaven forbid) that she could be the next president. You right wingers would do the same thing if there were someone running for VP that you never heard of but they democrat. It is our duty to ask questions. It makes no difference what she is asked, you have a problem with it. Let her answer the questions, that’s the way she will win or kill her chances. Not enough questions were asked about our financial system in place now and look where it has gotten us.

By Jim is a caveman

October 2, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

Kevin, what about the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae connections to McCain’s campaign head, Rick Davis? Eli, you are correct. All the vice president really needs to know is who was president in 1929 and when television was invented. The rest of the job is easy once you have these two key facts down. If she can see Russia from her house, that’s just gravy.

By Andrea

October 2, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten, I must say that you have tried to do all you could to sway opinions towards the negative about Obama with your column; distorting facts, making baseless assumptions and by twisting facts that better align with your warped reality.

But that is the beauty of free speech. So, I can imagine how current turn of events probably has you popping bottles of antacids by the hour. I’ve highlighted a few of my favorites.

Otherwise, Obama can never get over the hurdle with Middle America that he sat for 20 years and listened to sermons from the blame-America fringe. Wooten 4/28/08

Huckabee stated “compared the Obama surge to the new-car shopping experience.” And when the costs of buying off all the constituencies who assembled the Obama ride are factored in, working Americans will suffer an extreme case of sticker shock. Wooten 6-11-08

This week’s the Republican convention. There’s no need there to harp on the choices the Democrats have made……Instead, remain upbeat and introduce America to Sarah Palin. They will love her. Oh, happy day. Wooten 8/29/08

The good Biden will do the ticket has been done….. Beyond that, he doesn’t help. Palin does……There’s no question McCain “out-veeped” Obama. Wooten 9/11/08

Obama will lose because with less than two months remaining voters won’t be able to get comfortable with him. He can’t stay on message and he can’t avoid sending signals that interfere with the message when he does. Wooten 9/12/08

The Obama attack on McCain is noteworthy because it is a reminder that Democrats are lashing out in panic. Poll numbers are breaking against them……. Weird. Oh the twists and turns of the panicky. Wooten 9/15/08

John McCain demonstrated Wednesday that he has the instincts, skills and leadership ability required in time of crisis….McCain’s instincts were right….. Nothing could more dramatically demonstrate the difference in the two candidates…….. If Washington hasn’t acted and the one-actor performance goes on, Obama will lose this election. It will be a reminder to all America how out-of-touch with their problems politicians can be. Wooten 9/25/08

Did Obama win over the undecided? No. But he didn’t materially hurt himself either….McCain was disciplined throughout. He stayed on message……Winner: John McCain. Wooten 9/26/08

No question House Republicans did succeed in making the $700 billion bailout proposal better — and credit should go to John McCain for pushing their concerns to center stage……McCain made the right decision in returning to Washington and speaking up for conservatives in the House. He won. They won…….The course now is to vote yes. Wooten 9/29/08

One suggestion Mr. Wooten, leave the fortune telling to the Gypsies because you suck at it.

BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!

By Ga Values

October 2, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

Ragnar Danneskjöld October 2, 2008 8:53 AM

Left out, most of us think there is a bigger loss hanging out in the secondary business lending market. For example a medium size company buys a competator for for 16 times earnings but the assets will only cover 4 times at normal bank loan so they go to a secondary sub lender for the remainder who gets libo + 4% + a stock purchase warrent. We think over 50$ of these deals done in the last 4 years will crash & some are in the $100 million range.

By jm

October 2, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

Maybe Mr. Wooten can correct me if I am wrong but don’t both parties in a presidential debate have to agree on the moderator? If so, why complain now about someone you had already agreed to.

By deegee

October 2, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

I suspect that the republican strategy at this point is “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with circuitous, patriotic platitudes.” They are selling her as a Joe Six-Pack American that can’t be persuaded by a lot of statistics, facts and figures. She knows what’s right because she feels it in her heart. She will eschew the propeller-heads and label them as elitist. She will generously use the words, “blessed”, “great nation”, “great history of our nation”, “reformer”, “maverick”, “change”, “experience”, “country first”, and “service to our country”. She will answer every question with a reason why McCain will be a good president. She will keep her base but isn’t going to get any newcomers to the base. She will do fine. I don’t think that we are going to see any more backfiring political stunts like suspending the campaign until a replacement for Gwen Ifill can be found.

By Andrea

October 2, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten, I must say that you have tried to do all you could to sway opinions towards the negative about Obama with your column; distorting facts, making baseless assumptions and by twisting facts that better align with your warped reality.

But that is the beauty of free speech. So, I can imagine how current turn of events probably has you popping bottles of antacids by the hour. I’ve highlighted a few of my favorites.

Otherwise, Obama can never get over the hurdle with Middle America that he sat for 20 years and listened to sermons from the blame-America fringe. Wooten 4/28/08

Huckabee stated “compared the Obama surge to the new-car shopping experience.” And when the costs of buying off all the constituencies who assembled the Obama ride are factored in, working Americans will suffer an extreme case of sticker shock. Wooten 6-11-08

This week’s the Republican convention. There’s no need there to harp on the choices the Democrats have made……Instead, remain upbeat and introduce America to Sarah Palin. They will love her. Oh, happy day. Wooten 8/29/08

The good Biden will do the ticket has been done….. Beyond that, he doesn’t help. Palin does……There’s no question McCain “out-veeped” Obama. Wooten 9/11/08

Obama will lose because with less than two months remaining voters won’t be able to get comfortable with him. He can’t stay on message and he can’t avoid sending signals that interfere with the message when he does. Wooten 9/12/08

The Obama attack on McCain is noteworthy because it is a reminder that Democrats are lashing out in panic. Poll numbers are breaking against them……. Weird. Oh the twists and turns of the panicky. Wooten 9/15/08

John McCain demonstrated Wednesday that he has the instincts, skills and leadership ability required in time of crisis….McCain’s instincts were right….. Nothing could more dramatically demonstrate the difference in the two candidates…….. If Washington hasn’t acted and the one-actor performance goes on, Obama will lose this election. It will be a reminder to all America how out-of-touch with their problems politicians can be. Wooten 9/25/08

Did Obama win over the undecided? No. But he didn’t materially hurt himself either….McCain was disciplined throughout. He stayed on message……Winner: John McCain. Wooten 9/26/08

No question House Republicans did succeed in making the $700 billion bailout proposal better — and credit should go to John McCain for pushing their concerns to center stage……McCain made the right decision in returning to Washington and speaking up for conservatives in the House. He won. They won…….The course now is to vote yes. Wooten 9/29/08

One suggestion Mr. Wooten, leave the fortune telling to the Gypsies because you suck at it.

BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!

By Shorter Jim Wooten

October 2, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

Waaaaaaaaaah!

By Peter

October 2, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

“Destroy Sarah Palin” is too dramatic. She can simply return to obscurity. There is no there, THERE.

By getalife

October 2, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

Palin destroyed herself but will do better tonight.

It was a sad debate last night. The corrupt Senate loaded it up with pork, both candidates voted yes and Obama gave a speech.

There will be no change only business as usual.

Hope the House kills this outrage. The corrupt Senate has been gone for a long time and should be purged.

By Frost

October 2, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

U have to be a fool and so mired in partisanship and proly closely related to Palin for u not to recognize how ignorant and unready she is for big time.To put such a clueless person a heartbeat away from the Presidency of the most powerful country on earth,wether you are a liberal or conservative,has to be the joke of the century and all time.Just look at her replies to Katie’s Couric”s softball questions and maybe you will get a clue.The reply to the bail out question,for me was the most hilarious.What a joke!!!!

By Peter

October 2, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

I will give credit to Duh-bya for lowering the standard to which “Joe Six-Pack” might feel qualified for the office.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

October 2, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Dear Macca @ 9:16, thanks, I’m flattered, but I also am guilty of advocating for my side too aggressively at times. (Of course, sometimes I feel abandoned by “my side,” so my advocacy is tempered.) I fear you asked the great questions I cannot answer – suppose I should slash my wrists. Thanks again.

Dear Tangent @ 9:22, you make a great argument in favor of watching tonight’s debate. I was not so inclined, but you may have persuaded me.

Dear Eli @ 9:28, I thought the article was funny too.

Dear GA Values @ 9:31, remind me to contribute to your campaign (or that of any of your friends) if you run against Johnny in two years. I cannot dispute a single point you and your friends observe. Too bad we did not oppose Saxbe this year. I am interested in any additional observations from your other visit.

By Peter

October 2, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Hey Jim…Here is a funny from McLost…….

Asked on CNN’s American Morning Thursday if he thought Couric’s question was fair, McCain said he would let the American people decide.

“I know that there have been attacks on Sarah Palin that have been remarkable to me in many ways, but i have total confidence in her,” he said. “She’s very comfortable in her own skin. She’s had more experience in leadership than Senator Obama and Senator Biden put together.”

Yes she has More Experience shooting Wolves from the Air than either of them…….

Now that is LEADERSHIP !

KILL THOSE ANIMALS…… KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL …KILL KILL KILL…….

The Sarah Palin Battle CRY !

By AmVet

October 2, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

Republicans are “racists” eh?

Well, yes, in fact, many are.

Especially in Cobb county.

Anyone here, bought any of those Obama monkey t-shirts that that sleazy bar owner in Marietta was trying to sell?

Mr. Wooten, your entire thesis today simply reeks of desperation.

Is this fodder to later “explain” why Ms. BarraClueless damaged Sen. McCain’s chances as she has?

I fear this right-wing whining will become deafening by November…

By Peter

October 2, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

Here is some real ENLIGHTENING Stuff from Palin…….

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin had difficulty naming a specific Supreme Court case she disagreed with besides Roe v. Wade in a long-awaited clip CBS News aired Wednesday night.

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………………………..

“Can you think of any?” Couric interjected.

“Well, I could think of–of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level, maybe I would take issue with,” Palin responded. “But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a vice president, if I’m so privileged to serve, wouldn’t be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.”

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………………..

Palin’s comments came in the same interview during which she gave a widely-panned answer on the economic bailout bill and had trouble describing John McCain’s record on regulation of the financial industry.

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh………………………..

When Couric posed the same question to Joe Biden, the Democratic VP candidate and longtime member of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he disagreed with a ruling that invalidated a portion of the Violence Against Women Act.

Thank you Joe !

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

October 2, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

Dear jm @ 9:53, one definition of fraud is “making claims that ought not be made, or failure to disclose what ought to be disclosed.” There is a reasonable argument that the prospective moderator had an obligation to disclose the nature of her forthcoming book before accepting the position.

Dear getalife @ 10:05, did you ever think we would be on the same side of this one?

By getalife

October 2, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Homer tries to vote for Obama

D’oh!

By Andrea

October 2, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten I get it. Let’s blame the Democrats for the failure of the McCain campaign. So I guess McCain and Palin aren’t to blame for anything? This ridiculous circus that they call a campaign is everyone else’s fault.
Today you lay the ground work and plant the seed that tonight’s debate is a carefully crafted biased “gotcha conspiracy” against Palin so that when she flops it won’t be because she is clueless and inept but because the Democrats along with Ms. Ifill have set her up to fail. Mr. Wooten, the only problem with this plan is that most American’s aren’t stupid which is why Palin and McCain are in the mess they are in. The jig is up and has been for quite a while. Mr. Wooten, repeat after me: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. You can do it; just sound out the vowels: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Mr. Wooten, just keep practicing; practice makes perfect. BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!!!!!

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

October 2, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

Dear Peter @ 10:20, so you are saying that after three years of law school and 40 years of practice, Joe Biden is only one case smarter than Sarah? Or, like Sarah, did he name only one case?

By Here's how it works

October 2, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

A black public figure is publicly criticized or their judgment questioned.

Reporters automatically ask of the black public figure: “Do you think this criticism is racially motivated?”

Black public figure’s pat answer: “I find it curious.”

By AmVet

October 2, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

Actually poor John McCain was in a helluva position.

He could a) pick an established neo-con like Large Fred of Flip-flopping Mitt, b) pick someone much more independent, like himself or c) pick the “safe” bet of someone who is not even on America’s radar.

The risk and rewards were a) win back the “base” but lose the election, b) lose the “base” and win the election or c) play Russian roulette with the “safe” pick.

The otherwise likable, but imminently unqualified Ms. Palin seems like a long shot…

By Cal

October 2, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

I think all these liberals are afraid of Palin. They are so desperate, all they seem to able to talk about are her hunting skills and her chances of taking over the White House.

The leader of Pakistan wants to hug her. Looks like her foreign policy is working great for this country. They like her.

I think Palin is getting more press than the rest of the candidates. People are going nuts over this woman from buying her glasses to posting nude photos of her. Looks like she has made a big impression on the people of this country (good and bad) and I am loving it. Go Palin! Give them he**!

By ron

October 2, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

The left can destroy Palin in a debate if it chooses to,but I don’t want a debater,I want a Vice-President.I think she’d do a fine job.Just imagine how Yogi Berra would fare in a debate if that were a criteria of becoming a ballplayer.

Ga.Values—-In the past short while I have listened to and read the words of a lot of experts on financial matters.Many of them had grey hair like yours and mine.They seem to be split as to whether this bailout bill will work or not,so that puts your opinion on one side of the question only.

Like you ,I don’t trust Paulson,Bush,Bernanke,Reid,Pelosi,Frank,Dodd,or any of them for that matter.I also don’t think the bail out bill will work.The bill has become an unmanageable piece of legislation in it’s attempt to appease the dissenters.I have predicted that it will pass this time and have indicated that I support it.It really needs to be turned down and re-thought out.

Now a question for you.How deep is the problem?To me it’s obvious that the bottom line has never been mentioned.I’m sure that the brains of the financial world have an inkling,but they’re not talking.

When I think of toxic debt,I think of housing mortgages,whereas Paulson is thinking of every bad loan made in the last 20 years.The housing bubble has left so many negative equity houses out there that the amount of money needed to shore that up is staggering.That can’t be done,but if it isn’t,the number of defaults is going to rise.The answer seems to be to let it all bottom out,then restart.In about 5 years.Bleak future,isn’t it?

By Commander Guy

October 2, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Jesus, ragweeddo you really want to encourage the Senator from MBNA into a disquisition on SCOTUS history? You’ll get more than an earful, and more than a few errors, but you have to know that this guy could cite chapter and verse on this topic.

(And many others, may god save us. Oh crap, nobody there. We’re on our own.)

Coming Monday: Jim tells us why the checkout clerks at Kroger are qualified to serve in Congress. (The white ones, that is, plus one negro with a normal name.)

By What a joke

October 2, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

It looks like most of the people on this blog must not work. I especially delight in the ones that must l-e-a-n on their post key after developing 10 minutes of meaningless blah-blah that everybody has to scroll through three and four times. Nicely done!

As for the rest, regardless of Jim’s opinion or anyone else on this blog. What will be, will be.

I am so anti-Republican right now (had been a lifer - now realize it was a prison sentence). I will be pushing for Obama. He can’t possibly do any worse than Bush who has tricked every single one of us…and Mr. McCain will simply place his shoes in Bush’s foot shadows…

By A.J. Wagener

October 2, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

John McCain sure has balls. That’s what he used when he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate.

By hillbilly ragger

October 2, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

It’s really becoming difficult to believe that Jim Wooten is a real-life published newspaper columnist, based on his campaign opinion pieces alone. This latest example might be the shrillest, it’s certainly the most likely to be mistaken for a copy/paste from a particularly demented commenter over at the Michelle Malkin or FreeRepublic website.

Oh, and Ragnar? Might want to replace your Ayn Rand Blow-up Doll.

By lazermike

October 2, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin doesn’t connect with me. Does that mean I’m not an ordinary American? I’m getting pretty tired of Jim suggesting that I’m not.

By fearless fosdik

October 2, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

Are you serious Ron @ 10:34 AM

You equate Yogi Berra and debating!

Baseball players do have their debates, it’s called being the best on the field… The best make the team. Simple ain’t it?

For politicians it’s called being learned, which one is more qualified then the other.

Just like Yogi being the best at what he did, tonight we’ll learn that Biden is much more qualified for the position he is seeking than that of the rookie!

By hillbilly ragger

October 2, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

“I’m getting pretty tired of Jim suggesting that I’m not (an ordinary American.)”

Yeah, you, me, and a couple hundred million others, too. How long did the right wing think they could have guys like Rush and Sean as their ideological standard-bearers, guys who literally loathe decent people who don’t share their views?

Here’s a clue: You don’t make friends by telling people they “hate America.”

By ron

October 2, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

Fearless fosdick—-The point being made is that Yogi Berra was a hell of a baseball player,but he would have been terrible at debates.Debates mean nothing to me.I’m looking ,as I said,for a V.P.

By blah

October 2, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this

Let me save Wooten the time, and AJC the money…here is Wooten’s Friday column: Sarah Palin is a magnificent debater who proved that she’s ready to arm wrestle Mahmoud Ahmademajhad,

By ga_tech_92

October 2, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

Bottom line, spin asside, there is not a neutral moderator.

Imagine: an older white guy, who is an ex-vet, who is releasing a book about ex-military in politics, focused on McCain, being released in a few weeks. Now, this person could ‘appear’ to ask ‘fair’ questions, however, they can definately effect the situation in a passive agressive way. It is a classic conflict of interest, no matter how you spin it. If the situation were reversed, the left would be having a crap fest over it.

By Ga Values

October 2, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

Ragnar Danneskjöld October 2, 2008 10:12 AM

At the barber shop was the owner of the local hardware store, A HVAC contractor, & my CPA. I have know them for over 5 years. 1 Said he was going to vote for OBAMA, all of them said the choice of Paline was a disaster. All are going to vote against Saxby. All are totally & completely opposed to the bailout.

Had lunch with my CPA & several businessmen I know at the group table on the square., none said they were going to vote for Obama but all said McCain had dropped in their opinion. No one at the table expressed any confidence in the bail out plan or any part of the government. Several mentioned that Sonnie was out of the country & really need to call the legislature back into session.

My wife & I have decided to transfer most of our assets to our adult childeren, I wrote the max annual check yesterday to each child, they are going to be shocked friday. Hopefully they can all come home for christmas so we can start divinding by what they want. The house they grew up in is on 140 acres & we would like for 1 of the childeren to take it but 2 live in Va. & 1 in Switzerland. Guess time will tell.

By Peter

October 2, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

INTERESTING that before the debate, before the book’s publication (while Barack Obama is pulling ahead of John McCain in national polls), credit for his electoral win is all dependent on Gwen Ifill.

By Obama for President

October 2, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Oh are you all gonna be surprised come election day! Hootie hoo!

By Ga Values

October 2, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

ron October 2, 2008 10:34 AM

Wouldn’t it be great to know what to to. I learned the turn around business from a bunch of guys who got rich of the RTC. After listening to them, I know this $700 billion buy out is going to make a few really rich people really really rich. In my heart I think like you that we need to let it crash & rebuild on a solid footing. I am so mad about the earmarks being added that I don’t know what to do. Goldwater has to be turning in his grave. Guess it’s going to be Captin Freedom time.

By getalife

October 2, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

The bailout.

A once in a lifetime economic disaster and it happened under gop watch with gop policies.

The choice is clear.

Vote early and fire the gop

By Ga Values

October 2, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

Ragnar Danneskjöld October 2, 2008 10:12 AM

I am actively working against Saxby, If Allen Buckley had enough money to campaign he would win in a landslide.

I don’t know if Johnny is beatable, although he is not the person that I knew he is not in lobbyist pocket like Saxby. Out here the local Republicans are VERY mad at Saxby & he might just be in a run off. Hope so.

By fearless fosdik

October 2, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

My point RON was that it didn’t matter if Yogi Berra could debate, he could play baseball!

Sarah Palins position will require her to meet heads of state, foreign dignitaries etal….Which will require the same skills that you think don’t matter!

How do you find out whether she has the qualifications??? One listens and learns from what she has to say!

She has already FAILED with Charlie Gibson, and Katie Couric to aleviate any doubts concerning her qualifications to play her position.

Why do you think her poll numbers are starting to TANK?

By VoteAlcoholic

October 2, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this

Joe SixPack for President.

By Commander Guy

October 2, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

Ga Values

Would you adopt me, please?

By BS Aplenty

October 2, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

Why Obama Should Not be President

To know a man is to understand the gods to which he kneels.

A man’s speech may be used to inform or misinform others but his worship seeks to edify his own soul. Rarely is there need for deception. So the journey to understand the candidate Barack Obama must pass through his place of worship, the Trinity United Church of Christ. A congregation where he worshipped, sang, taught and learned for twenty years. A congregation where he also found a life’s mentor in the person of TUCC’s erstwhile minister, Jeremiah Wright.

TUCC is a numerically significant and unique church among the United Churches of Christ. How unique? Unique in that it alone has adopted as doctrine the teachings of one James H. Cone, the theologian who systematized black liberation theology. And it is in the doctrine of Cone where one finds candidate Obama’s genuine worship. To many Americans that doctrine would differ markedly from what they view as Christian worship. In fact, one wonders what this archaic, racist doctrine has to do with Christianity at all as demonstrated in a doctrinal passage from Cone’s A Theology of Black Liberation:

This understanding of blackness can be seen as the most adequate symbol of the dimensions of divine activity in America. And insofar as the country is seeking to make whiteness the dominating power throughout the world, whiteness is the symbol of the Antichrist. Whiteness characterizes the activity of deranged individuals intrigued by their own image of themselves, and thus unable to see that they are what is wrong with the world. Black theology seeks to analyze the satanic nature of whiteness and by doing so to prepare all nonwhites for revolutionary action.

In passing, it may be worthwhile to point out that whites are in no position whatever to question the legitimacy of black theology. Questions like “Do you think theology is black?” or “What about others who suffer?” are the product of minds incapable of black thinking. It is not surprising that those who reject blackness in theology are usually whites who do not question the blue-eyed white Christ. It is hard to believe that whites are worried about black theology on account of its alleged alienation of other sufferers. Oppressors are not genuinely concerned about any oppressed group. It would seem rather that white rejection of black theology stems from a recognition of the revolutionary implications in its very name: a rejection of whiteness, an unwillingness to live under it, and an identification of whiteness with evil and blackness with good. [7-8]

It seems that for non-black Americans to know the soul of candidate Obama, that is, to understand what he thinks is soul-edifying worship for himself, his wife, his children, one must slog through Cone’s racist doctrine of yester-year. The ‘Change You Can Believe In’ sloganeering now simply reveals this candidate as all-too-comfortable with the politics of deception. And, Obama’s genuine worship shows him as wed to a doctrine wherein there is little tolerance for the larger American community.

The candidate then seems easy enough to parse, but what are we to make of his avid supporters who well-know the philosophical background of his church, who cheer on their candidate even with his well-known acceptance of racist thought like Cone’s? What are we to infer about an American media that seems decidedly negligent in reporting this to the voters? I’ll leave that to you good people.

Did I mention this guy wants to be president of the United States?

By Peter 2

October 2, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Anyone else find Sarah’s interviews remind them of Q&A at beauty pagents?

By JLK

October 2, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

Mr. Wooten wants you to believe has a crystal ball and reads minds. I don’t hate her, and I don’t fear her (at this time), since she has no jurisdiction over my life. I guess if all you have to spew day afer day is HATE, (like Mr. Wooten), you’d naturally assign the attribute to everyone else, even without knowing them.

I don’t give a rat’s fuzzy about the hypocrisy of her positions or her personal family crises, how accurate she is with a rifle, or whether she drinks domestic beer or speaks in tongues on Sundays. I do believe, however, that McCain dropped the ball in his selection of “Presidential Life Insurance” for the people of this country, and that this is indicates both arrogance and a lack of real concern for what will happen to us if he croaks in the midst of a crisis. I do believe the “we don’t need no education” mindset the GOP is advertising is bad for America!

To be fair to McCain, though, he knows she’d never actually make any decisions, since the handlers do that (as with Gee Dubya) anyway. A good pit bull obeys, attacking and defending on command, without questioning. If you’re one of America’s puppeteers, you’d have to be thrilled with the Palin pick. As an average citizen… not so much.

By dirty harry

October 2, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

A blast from the PAST!

Will it happen again tonight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-7gpgXNWYI

By David Russell

October 2, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

I am amused when unattractive lefties like Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal bash Sarah Palin. Is smart and pretty offensive to fems? Dave Russell

By One Voice

October 2, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

Jim,

We leftists don’t hate Palin. I absolutely LOVE that she’s on the ticket. She’s fodder for all kinds of amusement and she’s living evidence of John McCain’s poor judgment (or lack of). I’m really glad he picked her for VP. His choice of running mate couldn’t have been better for Democrats. She’s not bright. She went to five colleges in six years before graduating from Idaho, not exactly the Harvard of the Pacific northwest. And she can’t name one newpaper or magazine or even finish a sentence coherently. She knows less than my 10th graders about world affairs. What’s not to love for Democrats?

By Captain Freedom

October 2, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

THE Captain concurs with the manly David Russell. How dare these saggy uddered harpies raise a hue and cry about Our Sarah Plain and Tall? Where do these harsh on the eyes proto-lezbos get off insulting the next VPILF of the US of A?

It is an altogether different matter when strapping studs like Mr Wooten, or for that matter, Bill Bennett, Rush Limbaugh, and Billo O’Reilly — walking proof that God exists, btw — take their rhetorical cudgel to the dusky hide of Hussein Obamandingo. For even though the coon is svelte, handsome, and is overbrimming with charisma (and like all of his ilk, endowed with a massive sclong, some say over 4 inches worth…just imagine!!!!!!!), criticism from these handsome grandees of the GOP (saggy fat a55es and all) is based purely in reason and sober analysis of the darkie’s ability to answer questions and think. And it is on that basis that these Major Pundits put the whip to the watermelon man.

Sure, We of True Belief realize that Sarah Plain is just “Dubya with Boobs”, but We like that. While we all felt a tad uncomfortable at the loin tingling we felt when Our Leader strutted his package on the aircraft carrier, we need feel no such compunction when we burp our more-than-adequately sized 3 inch squid to images of Sarah P dancing naughtily in our heads.

Giving hot chicks a pass and bashing the coloreds….it is the Right Thing to do.

By BS Aplenty

October 2, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

Why Barack Obama Should Not be President

Barack Obama campaigns on a “change” platform and promises a new bi-partisanship in dealing with Congress and its often conflicting and diverse voices. Certainly, a candidate who aspires to such challenges would have a record reflecting similar accomplishments. One might even expect he has some higher philosophy that has shaped and guided such an outlook.

But, then again, maybe Barack Obama isn’t what he appears to be.

Apart from his speech-making on change, hope and brotherhood, the reality of Barack Obama appears to be less than “brotherly.” One who, like his mentor Wright, will say what his congregation pays to hear. His actions point to an extremist whose genuine philosophical viewpoint is reflected in one of the doctrinal texts of the Trinity United Church of Christ, James H. Cone’s A Black Theology of Liberation:

What does sin mean for blacks? Again, we must be reminded that sin is a community concept, and this means that only blacks can talk about their sin. [White] Oppressors are not only rendered incapable of knowing their own condition, they cannot speak about or for the [black] oppressed. This means that whites are not permitted to speak about what blacks have done to contribute to their condition. They cannot call blacks Uncle Toms; only members of the black community can do that. For whites, to do so is not merely insensitivity, it is blasphemy!

Whites cannot know us; they do not even know themselves. If we could just get “concerned” whites to recognize this fact, then we blacks could get about the business of cleaning up this society and destroying the filthy manifestations of whiteness in it. [108]

This is the doctrine Barack Obama has taught his children.

One comes to understand that when Obama talks about a new bi-partisanship with the diverse political components of America, he does not, as Cone puts it, think them capable of representing him or the black community.

Apparently, though, Obama thinks himself more than capable of representing the rest of America.

By Obama for President

October 2, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

And the Democrats DO love Sarah……

I hope she talks ALOT tonight….on and on and on……and I will giggle, on and on and on.

Go Sarah….GO!

By cubalibre

October 2, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

“The most hated and feared woman in America” to the Left???” “Reagan-like ability to connect with ordinary Americans”??? Really? Ye gods & little fishes, Wooten, even you should be able to see what a stretch that is. As a former Republican, I find any comparison of Sarah Palin with Reagan rather insulting (to Reagan). After all, no matter what one’s opinion is of the late President’s politics, there is no denying that he was at least intelligent, with a knowledge of economics and foreign policy matters that surpassed Palin’s not by mere years, but light years. Further, there are many prominent conservatives who share the opinion of the left that Palin is grotesquely unqualified to even be Vice President, much less President, and that’s not because of her personal political philosophies. It’s because she’s a moron. You can fix ignorant, but you can’t fix stupid, and she’s definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer. (Please, rightwingers, try to comprehend the difference between cunning and intelligence here before you leap to defend her.) Why anyone would want Dame Quayle a heartbeat away from the Presidency is beyond me, and for you to champion her just proves that all you can do is parrot the party line of the extreme right wing of the GOP, which will never admit mistakes, never acknowledge its part in setting up this disaster of a current Administration with the unfettered power to trample all over our civil liberties, and to continue raping our national treasury. All the while, its sheep-like followers continue to keep their heads buried firmly in the sand because they’ve been brainwashed into believing it’s better to vote for Joe (or Jane) Six-Pack, than for people who actually have a grounded knowledge of the principles underlying our current crisis. For shame, Mr. Wooten! I expected better of you than this, but perhaps I shouldn’t have. So much for my lunch hour.

By Churchill's Mom

October 2, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

You all in the liberal media have been doing everything you can to destroy Gov. Sarah Palin. No one in the Democratic Party even comes close to measuring up to her character, love for the unborn, her respect for her family and husband, love for the Savior who saved her, or love for her country. You all in the liberal media would have worked well for Pravda, because you are using their techniques for character assination. Thank You!

By Jason

October 2, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

“Did I mention this guy wants to be president of the United States?”

No sh**? Barack Obama’s running for president? Also, doesn’t Sarah Palin’s church speak in tongues and think man coexisted with dinosaurs?

By Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

October 2, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

ChangeWhat:

It must really gall you that a Republican president thought up, and is presiding over, the nationalization of the mortgage industry. G.W. Bush has also though up, and presided over, the largest increase in the size of the Federal government since FDR. It is a fact that G.W. Bush and his Republican cronies are leading this country down a socialist path. So cry me a river about Barak Obama and the Democrats. It’s all bunk when you look at the facts.

By Lefty

October 2, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

Yo, “genius”:

Sweden is socialist — a monarchy — and a democracy.

Same goes for a number of others of Western countries that are our ALLIES.

As for the concentration of power and money in your self-serving definiation of “socialism” —

Look at Wall St.: a concentration of wealth and power which possess some 1.7 trillion dollars, which screwed up, and which wants the taxpayer — who didn’t screw up — to bail them out, rather than they bailing themselves out.

That’s the capitalism you are DEFENDING. Let me guess: you’re name is Warren Buffet, except that, unlike him, you aren’t a liberal; you’re instead a fool who votes against either your own interest, or against the interests of the taxpayer.

Which of those two fools or theives is you?

By Beth

October 2, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

Those who doubt Sarah Palin’s readiness must include legions of unreconstructed and Godless communists! Don’t they understand God has chosen her to take over after John McCain’s unfortunate medical emergency, a tragedy, yes, but preordained by the Lord for the greater glory of Sarah?

By Jason

October 2, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

“No one in the Democratic Party even comes close to measuring up to her character, love for the unborn, her respect for her family and husband, love for the Savior who saved her, or love for her country.”

Yeah, but her daughter’s gonna burn in hell for having premarital sex. That’s gotta suck.

By w

October 2, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

Palin terrifys me. Actually what terrifies me is that after 8 years of Bush, that this country could take this person seriously, this person who would be so close to assuming the presidency. Are the Nixonian cultural politics still so alive that people could overlook her obvious imcompetance for some kind of “cultural identification”. Do you need to identify culturally with the person who pilots your flight? She obviously has surfed the wave of popularity in Alaska with oil prices up to 140 dollars and fighting a mafia like club of corruption in Alaska state politics. Good for her. But to assume that she can be Vice President of the US, a heartbeat away from the presidency to use the cliche, is just off-the-wall. I pray that the American people will use their minds and do the right thing by voting Democratic.

By She's self destructing

October 2, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

Nobody needs to destroy her, she’s crashing and burning on her own.

By Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

October 2, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

Now we have to vote out our senators. I Hope my Representative retains his backbone.

By Obama for President

October 2, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

“No choices” are a great “choice”…..rock on

By T

October 2, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Nope, just waiting on her to give Tina Fey more to work with.

By Nixon

October 2, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

I like to read this blog right before I go to bed. It puts me right to sleep.

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By ron

October 2, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

fearless fosdic—-The point is that for the last however long both Mrs.Palin and Mr.Biden have been drilled in producing sound bites to questions determined beforehand.What do you expect to learn from such a scenario?Who has the best memory?Who can perform best before the cameras? These debates have no bearing on the situation.

Let’s just say for the sake of argument that tonight Mrs. Palin makes Joe Biden step on his you know what.Are you going to change your vote because of it ?

By williebkind

October 2, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

By ron October 2, 2008 1:30 PM

Yes I am because all of the media reporting against is true. And if she puts them in their place then I will have to vote for her for the same reasons the media said not to vote for her…understand?

By Devastator

October 2, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to lead the nation through its sudden financial crisis, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that underscores the mounting concerns of some McCain backers.

Likely voters now back Obama 48-41 percent over McCain, a dramatic shift from an AP-GfK survey that gave the Republican a slight edge nearly three weeks ago, before Wall Street collapsed and sent ripples across worldwide markets. On top of that, unrelated surveys show Obama beating McCain in several battlegrounds, including Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Iowa — four states critical in the state-by-state fight for the presidency.

Several GOP strategists close to McCain’s campaign privately fret that his chances for victory are starting to slip away.

These Republicans, speaking on condition of anonymity to avoid angering the campaign, point to several factors: Obama’s gains nationally and in traditionally GOP states, no McCain boost from the first debate, McCain’s struggles with economic issues as the financial crisis has unfolded and deepening public skepticism about his running mate, Sarah Palin.

They said McCain’s options for shaking up the race are essentially limited to game-changing performances in the final presidential debates or in Palin’s vice presidential debate Thursday night with Joe Biden. Short of that, they said, McCain can do little but hope Obama stumbles or an outside event breaks the GOP nominee’s way.

Democrats hope Obama is starting to build a lasting lead.

“We have a light optimism,” said David Redlawsk, a delegate to the Democratic National Convention who teaches political science at the University of Iowa. “We’ve already learned in the last several weeks that we can be whipsawed back very, very quickly.”

The AP-GfK poll shows McCain faces substantial hurdles.

With the perilous financial situation at the forefront of voters’ minds, 60 percent in the survey say it’s more important to them to choose a president who would make the right economic decisions than a commander in chief who would make the right decisions on national security. Obama leads among economic voters, with 63 percent support, while McCain is ahead among security voters, with 73 percent.

Obama led McCain on the questions of who would best improve the economy and handle the financial crisis. The Democrat also was seen as more likely than the Republican to understand how the crisis effects the average person.

As the two senators prepared to vote late Wednesday on the administration’s $700 billion bailout plan, 16 percent of likely voters said they thought McCain hurt negotiations over the proposal when he bolted back to Washington last week to get involved. Just 5 percent thought Obama did damage when he returned after a summons by President Bush to attend a White House meeting on the crisis.

Adding to McCain’s woes, just 25 percent of likely voters say Palin has the right experience to be president if needed, a huge drop from 41 percent in the previous poll last month. She posted an enormous loss in confidence among Republicans; three in four had called her experienced enough before, but not even half say that now.

“If she was running the helm, she wouldn’t know what she’s doing,” said Caitlyn Pardue, 60, a Republican from Rohnert Park, Calif., who decided last week that she probably would vote for Obama after determining that Palin “doesn’t have the breadth of knowledge.”

By Twofer

October 2, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

What disgusts me more than anything is the Republican’s will to fight the fact that it is an Obama-loving NPR liberal Dimocrat (who is writing a book about Obama) that will be moderating the debate. The Republicans should have acted EXACTLY like the liberal Dimocrats did when they threw tantrums over Fox News’ Brit Hume moderating a presidential debate for Dimocrats earlier this year - which was never done. The Republicans should have shoved this right back at whoever thought this liberal NPR woman up as a moderator. I sometimes wonder if the Republicans don’t actually enjoy getting beat up - they sure can’t fight back. But all of that is moot for me anyway as I know who I’m voting no matter what happens, and it sure as hell is no Marxist who we know VERY LITTLE about because the media won’t touch him, as well as sure as hell is no 30 year senate veteran with little to no money in the bank - or assets. If you can’t be successful with your own life, then how the hell can you be trusted to make decisions for someone ELSE’s life, ESPECIALLY when it’s related to THEIR MONEY? Unbelievable. And for the rest of you moonbats who want to call Republicans racists for not voting for Obama (irrespective of the FACT that over 90% of Republicans vote REPUBLICAN no matter WHO is the Dimocrat candidate), you can stick it.

McCain-Palin 2008: Save our Republic from Liberal Socialism and quasi Marxism

By Brian

October 2, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

I agree with you, Nixon. I get bored reading the same left wing liberal garbage talking points on this blog too. This place is infested with liberalism. Get a real job losers!

By Devastator

October 2, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

Mission: Cry victim and pretend people want to destroy Sarah Palin.

By Brian

October 2, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

Twofer: I say it’s only fair to let either Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin do the next VP debate. That will go over like a lead balloon of course; fairness to liberalism is like the show The View where it’s three liberals against one conservative, or in the case of your typical Sunday morning news commentary show, four or five left wing liberals against one lightweight so-called conservative like George Will or Peggy Noonan who won’t argue back at them. That’s fairness to a liberal for you, pal. And then they have the gall to wet their beds over Fox News and talk radio. What idiots.

By SayNo2McCain

October 2, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

I can’t wait to see what,”JUNK”, Jim Wooten will write when Obama becomes president.

His column has already turned into a comedy.

I hope he takes early retirement, I don’t think I can take 4 to 8 years of his whinning.

Please take early retirement.

By Devastator

October 2, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that his rival John McCain is out of touch with the economic struggles of Americans and doesn’t understand that there’s nothing more fundamental than a job.

Obama hammered McCain’s economic record during a rally in Michigan, a state struggling with the country’s highest unemployment rate. Obama said the government’s jobs report coming out Friday is expected to show a ninth straight month of decline.

“Nine straight months of job loss,” Obama said. “Yet, just the other week, John McCain said the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Well, I don’t know what yardstick Sen. McCain uses, but where I come from, there’s nothing more fundamental than a job.”

The McCain campaign responded that Obama is the one out of touch. “Barack Obama is addicted to government expansion, unable to understand our current economic crisis, and unwilling to support offshore drilling at a time when Americans are getting pick-pocketed at the pump — it all proves his lack of judgment on the urgency of solving these issues,” McCain spokesman Ben Porritt said in an e-mailed statement. Obama dropped his opposition to additional offshore drilling more recently than McCain did and is less enthusiastic about it than McCain.

The country’s financial woes appear to be benefiting Obama’s campaign. Increasing numbers of voters say Obama is better suited to lead through the crisis, giving him a 48-41 percent lead over McCain in an Associated Press-GfK out this week.

The race’s changing dynamics also appear to be giving Obama’s supporters confidence. He drew a large crowd in downtown Grand Rapids that extended beyond the Secret Service checkpoints, despite temperatures in the 40s and the fact that the city is located in the heart of GOP territory.

“Sen. McCain just doesn’t get it,” Obama said. “Well, Michigan, you and I do get it. That’s why we’re here today. We know the next four years don’t have to look like the last eight.”

At one point, Obama said, “If I’m president,” and the crowd cut him off with shouts of “When! When!”

Obama said, “I’m superstitious, folks,” and continued talking about what he would do “if” he wins the election.

Obama has been concentrating on winning Michigan, a state the Democrat John Kerry won in 2004 but that McCain has made a target this year. There are signs that Obama is pulling ahead here, and local news reported Thursday morning that McCain canceled a trip to the state next week without explanation.

Obama’s visit to Grand Rapids and a rally planned later in the day at Michigan State University marked his second visit to the state in a week, while his wife, Michelle, campaigned Thursday across the state in Saginaw and Clinton Township.

Obama was also sending high-profile advocates to campaign in the state on his behalf, including primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton last weekend and performers Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen in the coming days.

By Heather

October 2, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

What’s even funnier Twofer is your mispelling of Democrat. That’s funny! Us Republicans don’t mind getting beat up, trust me it’s better then going a round with a foot hanging out of our mouths. Let Biden talk Sarah, you will see what all us Republicans see. That will be the got you moment in tomorrow’s headlines.

By Towlie

October 2, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Typical like questions that Palin gets asked:

1) Name a US Supreme Court decision in 1973 that John McCain supported.

2) Who was the US Ambassador to Peru in 1982?

3) How much was France’s last recession regarding unemployment?

In other words, WHO CARES?

How about if these smart liberals like Couric ask some REAL questions that are actually meaningful to Americans like:

1) Do you believe the federal government has too much power?

2) Do you believe states should have the right to make their own laws on abortion?

3) Do you think that social security is working for people or do you think that people should have the freedom to take a part of it and invest on their own as they deem fit?

Nah, real tough and meaningful questions like that will never get asked of Palin - or Barack for that matter.

By Captain Freedom

October 2, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

THE Captain welcomes His good friend Twofer (who gets his name from his rare ability to satisfy two customers at once in the Greyhound station lav), a man who brings a much needed presence of calm and sobriety to today’s proceedings.

However, THE Captain cautions his friend Twofer against using his flexible cheeks to deride St John of Hanoi. Just because our good St John leeched his money the old-fashioned way (namely by marrying a wealthy coke whoor heiress, and who among us has not longed for that American dream?) is no reason to mistrust this nearly 30-year Senate veteran who actually has almost nothing in his own name. Unbelievable! In fact, it is Johnny Maverick’s skill in using someone else’s money all these years that makes THE Captain certain that McCain is just the guy to steward our tax dollars for the first 8 months of his presidency until Our Sarah starts slipping antifreeze into his metamucil. (Apparently it is the common woman’s preferred method of pest extermination.) And then tax dollars won’t matter because our problems will be solved through the power of prayer. Praise God and ondlowny parapara nonwhippy ti yi yay.

THE Captain is sure that Twofer knows very little about Obamandingo, as this is the par of his knowledge level in all things generally, save for which lav stall has room for someone in front and behind.

By Towlie

October 2, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

Devastator @ 1:59 —

Substitute Palin for Hillary in your comment and you have a repeat of about four months ago. Hah!

By James Meek

October 2, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

Yeah, the lefties and liberal media are out to get her… or wait, could it be that she just is not qualified. She is govenor of a state whose total population is less than that of DeKalb county. Do you really think Vernon Jones is ready to be president? Even George Will thinks she is not ready. You conservatives should quit taking all your signals from Rush and Shawn and start thinking for yourselves.

By Towlie

October 2, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

Devastator @ 1:59 —

Whoops, I meant to say substitute Hillary for Palin in your comment and you have a repeat of about four months ago. So Hah again!

By Twofer

October 2, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

Heather: what part of DIM in Dimocrat do you not understand? You liberals aren’t too sharp, are you?

By AnonyMoose

October 2, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

Oh, boo hoo. It’s really touching how Wooten thinks everyone is picking on poor little Sarah, after he has spent years villifying Hillary Clinton. What a hypocrite.

I also find it humorous how Wooten effects his aw shucks routine with “That ain’t Sarah” when he really knows nothing about her. I’d bet that six weeks ago the only thing he knew about the woman was that she is the Governor of Alaska. Now he thinks she is the greatest thing since his hero Ronald Reagan. So, not only a hypocrite, but a lemming.

By Jim is a caveman

October 2, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

Jim has already retired, as evidenced by the fact that he has run this same column six or seven times since Nanook of the North was nominated. He’s just phoning it in.

By reader110

October 2, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

As usual, Wooten makes an a* of himself.

Democrats aren’t waiting for the “gotcha moment.” We’re waiting to laugh at Sarah Palin trying to speak in a full sentence. We’re waiting to laugh at her deer-in-the-headlights look when she can’t remember the talking points that the Republicans have been drilling into her for weeks. We’re waiting for her to drop out - to leave the ticket - so that this country can focus on real politics, not Palin’s idiocies.

We dont hate Palin, and we’re definitely not afraid of her. We feel sorry for her. She’s in so far over her head that even the conservatives are realizing what a mistake McCain has made. The only Americans that Palin connects with are those lacking in education and completely unaware of what’s going on in the world. Those are the McCain/Palin supports. It’s the Moron/Idiot ticket.

We don’t care if she’s pro-life - lots of us are. We don’t care if she shoots guns - lots of idiots do. Look at Cheney! We don’t care if she talks openly about her faith because, in case you weren’t listening, many Democrats do also. She’s not an outsider. She’s taken full advantage of Washington earmarks and she’s learned well how to cover her tracks just like the Bush administration.

And, since you obviously have not been paying attention, let me explain something to you. Gwen Ifill did NOT write a book about Obama - she wrote a book about the rise of blacks in the political arena. She uses Obama as an example, not as subject matter. Get your facts straight. Moreover, everyone knew about the book for weeks before Ifill was accepted as moderator - including the Republicans. They’re just crying foul now because they’re realizing that Palin is going to show the rest of the country just what an idiot she really is. Again.

Of course, Republicans aren’t interested in facts. That’s why I like to read you, Wooten. Your point of view, along with all the other right wing ignoramuses that comment here, just tickles me silly. Whenever I need a laugh, you and your supporters are right there to provide it.

By KellyAnn

October 2, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

When did it become O.K. to bring religion into the White House? As a Republican, it’s my job to see that the Constitution of the United States of America is upheld - whether I personally “like” its provisions or not. The Constitution covers EVERYONE in America, not just white Christians. I know we all agree that to support a candidate based on their race or gender is ludicrous. But to support a fanatical candidate that will proudly bring their personal religious beliefs to the White House and impose them on our diverse country is downright criminal. What’s next?

By hotlanta

October 2, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

Wooten Palin will detroy herself. If this was black folks crying fowl about Obama you will be telling us to get over it. I for one will not be watching the debate. Be a man about it just face reality and say Palin is dumb. Let’s see will she be wearing a flag pin so you can get a tingle. Like I said earlier, Palin is not a bomb shell. She is a shell that has bombed.

By hotlanta

October 2, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

Wooten Palin will detroy herself. If this was black folks crying fowl about Obama you will be telling us to get over it. I for one will not be watching the debate. Be a man about it just face reality and say Palin is dumb. Let’s see will she be wearing a flag pin so you can get a tingle. Like I said earlier, Palin is not a bomb shell. She is a shell that has bombed.

By BS Aplenty

October 2, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

A TEN-SECOND PLAY

Sunday morning worship service at the Trinity United Church of Christ. A young Obama sits in rapt attention. The song service (and the lessons) have just begun.

REV. JEREMIAH: (standing up) Yes, brothers and sisters, sing with me the songs of redemption, the songs sung by our ancestors as they broke their chains of bondage and headed for freedom, yes sing with me now…

(SUNG to Jesus Loves Me)

Foolin’ Whitey’s good to know, Come on in and join our show,
Shoutin’ loud and dancin’ real, *Maybe Soul Train makes a deal.

Yes, foolin’ Whitey, Green’s God-Almighty,
Stacks high & tidy,
My conscience full o’ blow.

Welfare’s payment for your sins, Givin’ Green’s a recompense, Brother’s got to blame someone, You got Greem, so you’s the one.

OBAMA: (singing) …Yes, foolin’ Whitey, Green’s God-Almighty, Stacks high & tidy…

Twenty years later on the presidential campaign trail and the song remains the same.

OBAMA: (answering reporters’ questions) …and I sang so off-key in church that anyone familiar with a capella singing would not believe that I believed a word I was singing unless they were singing more off-key than I was. This issue is a diversion from the true problem in America which is color…(…yes, foolin’ Whitey, Green’s God-Almighty, Stacks high & tidy…).

THE END

By Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

October 2, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain is giving up on winning Michigan.

Republican officials with knowledge of the strategy said the GOP candidate is shifting resources to other states. Democrat John Kerry won here in 2004, but McCain had tried to make it a target to switch parties this year amid economic problems in the state.

(enlarge photo)Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands at a rally at Calder Plaza in Grand Rapids, Mich. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The news came as Barack Obama campaigned in the state Wednesday.

The Arizona senator canceled a trip to the state next week, he won’t run ads on TV after this week and is dispatching staffers to states that show him in stronger position.

The Republican National Committee also just went on TV in Michigan, but there appears to be no plans for that buy to continue either.

By FSJR

October 2, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

A YouTube moment should be the least of our concerns and if there is one, it won’t be because it was conjoured up, made up, or spun.

By Get over yourself

October 2, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Mission to destroy Palin?! Oh please! She does not need our help. All she has to do is open her mouth and that job is done!

By catlady

October 2, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

One thing you’ve got right: Sarah Palin is feared. Not for what you think. Most of us are terrified that she will end up in some position of REAL authority and send the US the rest of the way to H3ll.

By Dusty

October 2, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

Hit ‘em hard with the truth, Jim Wooten. Liberals here sound like a choir from Dante’s Inferno—loud, off key with assonant ashes.

Aside from that, is anyone else having a problem with connections? I am having a few problems posting.

By Commander Guy

October 2, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

BREAKING NEWS: John McCain pulling campaign out of Michigan

Wow, Wooten faces a tough dilemma. Which column to write, the one about Palin kicking Biden’s a55 last night or the one about McCain pulling out of Michigan proves he is going to win in November? Bull5hit about something that has not happened yet or about something that is happening right now?

Gee, the life of an esteemed pundit sure is hard.

By Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

October 2, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

The newest CBS News poll finds: “President Bush’s overall job approval rating has dropped five points from last week and is now the lowest of his presidency. Only 22% of Americans approve of the job he’s doing — a new low — while 70% of Americans disapprove — a new high. President Bush’s job approval rating has dropped 68 points from his all time high of 90% back in October, 2001… .

“Just 18% of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling the economy, while 77% of Americans disapprove. Even a majority of Republicans disapprove of the President’s handling of this issue.”

Massimo Calabresi reports that in the latest Time poll, Bush’s “approval rating is 23%, the lowest number ever found by Abt/SRBI, the company that conducted the poll for Time; 73% of respondents disapprove of his performance as President. Only 26% approve of his handling of the current financial crisis.”

Gee, those numbers make the 26 percent approval rating in the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll that I wrote about yesterday look pretty good.

By steve-o

October 2, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

Come on, Wooten! Destoy Sarah Palin??!! That woman is destroying herself by confirming what the most informed of us knew all along—that she’s completely unqualified to be VP of the United States of America!

She can’t name a Supreme Court decision besides Roe v Wade.

She is completely inept at grasping ecomomic issues.

She thinks that merely being near Russia gives her foreign policy experience (maybe through osmosis or something?)

She cannot name a newspaper she reads to comple afloat of current events.

She didn’t have a passport until two years ago.

She thinks that the cause of global warming is irrelevant to finding a solution (How can you solve a problem without first identifying its cause or origin?)

I could go on and on, but McCain’s selection as VP has made a joke out of the state of American politics and a joke out of the highest office in the land.

By Jim is a caveman

October 2, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

Dust for brains, even the computer can’t stomach your nonsense posts. I am decided you are either Jim Wooten’s pen name or his wife. No one else could be so supportive of this daily tripe.

By GA4OBAMA

October 2, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

wooten as a journalist aren’t you supposed to do your homework? Gwen Ifill’s book also contains Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, aa republicans. you will be watching as well, hoping that she doesn’t come up blank when she is asked a question. or just spits out a programmed answer for every question. why is that she is the only candidate that is suffering from “gotcha” politics? interestingly enough you have never voiced your opinion about any of her interviews. hmm…why is that? because you would be forced to say she looks like a complete mess in front of the camera. something has happened to her since becoming the vp candidate. she has lost her confidence. but one thing is consistent about her. if she doesn’t know the answer to a question she will just make up nonsense. palin does a good enough job of destroying herself.

By ADL

October 2, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

Palin dumb? Not hardly. She is more prepared to be Vice-President than Obama is to run the country.

Take a good long look at the events of the past couple of weeks. It’s pretty obvious that Congress has most of the power. A Democratic Congress and a Democratic puppet, er, President makes for an experiment in Socialism.

By Alan

October 2, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

At what point will you admit to yourself the left is not afraid of Sarah Palin? Nothing could be further from the truth. They are still in denial that anyone takes her seriously. Reality is going to deal a stinging blow to someone in November. Also, the left is not “out to get” her. Don’t blame the left for her self-destruction.

By KIHFG

October 2, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

I AM VOTING FOR MCCAIN BECAUSE PALIN IS PERKY

By SteveO

October 2, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

Good call Jim! As usual, your right about how the libtards are foaming at the mouth about Sarah Palin! They hate her because she is a Christian and a Mother. Liberals hate their mothers!

Sure, Sarah Palin doesn’t have any experience, credentials, knowledge, insight, or general intellectual curiosity, but that doesn’t matter! She’s a MOM and a True Christian. Not like those Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, and Lutherans.

By MAC

October 2, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

I’ve sent Palin index cards for the debate, 15 answers to cover ANY question asked.

By so what?!?!?

October 2, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

Okay…she might have been my first choice as a Republican candidate for VP (a a woman)…and there is something I question about her abilities…but she does have the right to prove herself…she is not inherently evil just because of her politics, her beliefs or her views…and even though I am not voting Republican (never have and probably never will)… I defend her right to go before the American ppl and represent her party and her position in that party…I have become a little tired of the unnecessary negative press that has been her bane since being named as the Republican VP candidate…no, she may not be someone I would want to see hold that particular office…but in my opinion, Dan Quayle was far worse…and so have several other VP candidates been too…give her a chance, let her present herself and them make a more well-informed opinion of her…or at least refrain from any irrelevant and derogatory comments…and that is how I as a person voting Democratic feel…I believe in the political process…and this is just a part of that process…and she is just another voice in it.

By Dusty

October 2, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

JIm is a Caveman 3:42

Dear Neanderthal,

I have decided you are Ossma bin laden. Evidently your turban is twisted too tight. Nobody as dull as you could be any thing but a Himalayan mountain goat. Say “baaa” and run back to cavequarters and eat your own tripe.

By hotlanta

October 2, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

Sarah should have proven herself since day one. I know yall ain’t buying the assumption that she has been kidding all of these days and tonight she is gonna really get serious.

By hotlanta

October 2, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

Sarah should have proven herself since day one. I know yall ain’t buying the assumption that she has been kidding all of these days and tonight she is gonna really get serious.

By Pro Hater

October 2, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

I will try to give her one more chance to redeem herself from her past interviews tonight on the debate, but I’m sorry, if she doesn’t come any better, this woman doesn’t need to be anywhere near the White House. To the Republicans, are you blinded that much by your hate for the Democrats or Obama, that you think this woman could run the country if McCain dies??? Not rhetorical, I am looking for an answer. Please enlighten me.

By Copyleft

October 2, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

You give Mrs. Palin way too much credit, Wooten… understandably, since you desperately want her to be taken seriously.

The truth is, we “lefties” aren’t afraid of her. We’re also not in a “panic,” as you like to claim day after day. We’re happy and content, cruising easily to our inevitable victory this November.

I sense some projection here—because the ones who are REALLY scared are the far-right nuts like you, watching it all slip away and unable to do a thing about it.

(snicker)

By THE Captain Speaks

October 2, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

And if anyone knows about cruising the streets, lavs and sewer systems it’d be you CopyLeft. Get those regular HIV tests, kid. Your Johns, Juans and Billy Goats expect nothing less - but, then, not much less could be expected from you.

Nobody cruises like you can - nobody.

By chaps

October 2, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

It doesn’t matter a bit what happens at the debate tonight. Writers like Bookman and Tucker already have their pieces written. They only have to sprinkle a few quotes in before they publish. The decline in favorable ratings for Palin only reflects the power of mainstream media to make lies seem like truth.

By THE Captain Speaks

October 2, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

And if anyone knows about cruising the streets, lavs and sewer systems it’d be you CopyLeft. Get those regular HIV tests, kid. Your Johns, Juans and Billy Goats expect nothing less - but, then, not much less could be expected from you.

Nobody cruises like you can - nobody.

By Gheri

October 2, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

Palin is unqualified to serve as VP and certainly could not run the country. The woman can’t even answer an intelligent question. Maybe Katie Couric should have ran. If she can’t respond to Katie with something intelligent..how the hell is she going to be able to respond to world leaders and economists about issues and policies? She flip flops, she avoids, she stutters, she manipulates, she draws blanks over and over. We needed a good VP candidate but we got a beginner. She probably would be great ten years from now but we are in no condition to take on a beginner. These times need a well experienced candidate. There were many he could have picked with better qualifications and we all know that. We just don’t want to admit it and either does the party. Go back to Alaska and that World History, US Government and then go to Washington.

By Chaz

October 2, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

I’m sure if Gwen Ifill were to suddenly remove herself from tonight’s debate and they put, oh say, anyone from Fox News in her place, the left would go postal. MSNBC & PBS would pull the broadcast, and the other networks would run a disclaimer across the bottom of the screen through the entire debate.

McCain’s response? “Life isn’t fair.” You said it, bubba.

By Dusty

October 2, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

Well, the funny thing about this is… Sarah Palin does not have one worry about liberals. OH she wants to win the election and will do her very best which is plenty good.

She has SAVOIR FAIRE. She has self confidence. She is self reliant. She is intelligent.

If her great team does not win, she will move on with her life as will McCain. Both of them love this country and will serve with dignity and decisiveness. Both have already shown those leadership qualities.

The petty trolling of liberal politics can only be likened to mosquitoes. They may bite and sting but they do not keep anyone from going where they want to go.

By swolf4810

October 2, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

Nobody has to set out to “destroy Palin”…she’ll do it all by herself. Watch and see.

By getalife

October 2, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

Kathleen Parker Discovers Her Fellow Right Wingers Can Be A Nasty Bunch

Too funny.

By Jim2

October 2, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Where does all this hate come from? Your Christian faith? Your patriotism? Your conservatism? Yikes ! As if I needed another reason to stay away from the likes of you and your kind. Just listen to yourselves. And frankly I resent the fact that you associate the average America with a lousy six pack of beer. And so I ask you: What Would Jesus Blog? Not this trash…….

By D.S. Brown

October 2, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

blog.2rulesof3.com

I wish Sarah well. She seems like a wonderful woman. I hope she has a good showing tonight.

However, she’s not qualified. And please do consider that someone with her idealogical disposition could very well turn this nation into a Theocracy … like Iran. I’m just asking you to consider the possibility.

blog.2rulesof3.com

By Pro Hater

October 2, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

Dusty, come on

By Oronike

October 2, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

How is it that all these Right Wing Conservatives think they “know” Sarah Palin better then Liberals do? What have they seen that we haven’t?

Putting her sound bites and much repeated convention and stump speeches aside, all they have to go on are what the McCain camp tells them and what we’ve seen in her interviews. She hasn’t made herself accessible to the media or to them and the rest of America.

What we have seen that was not scripted down to the “wait for applause” moments have been scary. Not scary because she does not know the answer but scary because she willfully refuses to admit that she does not.

Instead of saying “I don’t have foreign policy experience but I have the ability to learn and make sound judgements,” she makes the now famous asinine comment about being neighbors. Instead of saying “I don’t have time to read as much as I’d like,” she says she reads all the newspapers and magazines in the world. Come on!

We don’t need anyone else in the White House that can’t admit that they’re wrong. We need THOUGHTFUL people guiding our nation. People who can admit their weak points and learn and grow. She’s another “I don’t know anything but I’ll say anything” candidate. No thanks.

Having the highest incarceration rate, highest teenage pregnancy rate and lowest education rate of any industrialized nation does not a great country make. We need someone in office with enough intelligence to make thoughtful decisions and not repeat stump speeches or check the yes box to whatever her running mate puts in front of her.

No Palin. No McCain. No how.

By donaldg7

October 2, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

Wooten, next to Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin, you have to be the dumbest (con)servative artist out there! First of all, the debate tonight will be just that, a debate. Each side will spin that their canidiate won. What is important to note is that Palin can’t even begin to answer basic questions asked of her by news people. Now who’s fault is that, the “liberal media”!

Everyone knows that she’s been grilled and coached as well as Biden. Her problem is that she will not have that latitude if she’s VP. Let’s see, she was the one telling anyone who’d listen that Obama has NO experience and then proceeeds to tick of her pseudo credentials. Who was holding her back from giving meaningful interviews, substituting them with “canned” photo-ops. Sure wasn’t the liberal media! Now she has to run to the friendly confines of conservative pundits who will ask her things like: “how many cookies did you bake this week”! Please, give me a break, she has been expoused for what she really and truly is, a moose hunter in the headlights. Even if she wins this debate tonight, the die has been cast. Katie Couric didn’t expose Palin, Sarah Palin exposed herself!!

By Paul W

October 2, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

I continue to be amazed at the immaturity of posters on both sides of this debate who can’t even comment without name calling. GROW UP PEOPLE.

As for a grasp of the details, POTUS and VEEP have wonks to dig into the minutia. Leadership means having a clear head, good values, and good judgment. I am sure that I will now be picked to pieces and called names, but under those standards Sarah Palin would make a better PRESIDENT than either man on the democrats ticket. Good Lord, people, haven’t you been watching TV for the last few days (not MSNBC, I mean real TV). We have been witnessing what we get when we elect those who have mastered the DC system; an effeminate Senate Majority Leader, a vitriolic Speaker who would rather take one more hateful shot an Bush that help the nation’s economy, a lisping gay House Banking Committee chairman so astute that one of his boy toys was running a prostitution ring out of his home with no political or legal consequences, and a bunch of wimpy, ineffectual Republicans enabling them all. And that is BEFORE mentioning that the biggest benefactor of FNMA and GNMA is Chairing the senate’s BVanking Committee, leading the “reform” of what he has supported and praised for years.

Good Lord, this would be funny if it were fiction, but it is not. I have decided that I would rather have a new face and a fresh perspective (PALIN) than ANY of the other three (OBAMA, BIDEN or McCAIN).

By Dusty

October 2, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Pro Hater 4:59

Yes??? Where’s Anti Hater?

By Common Sense

October 2, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

Can anyone tell what Dusty is talking about?

I like Governor Palin, what we are seeing is the Governor really does not pay attention to issues that affect the country or the world.

That is o.k. Alaska is a unique country and therefore the Governor does not have to know about what is happening in the United States.

By Oronike

October 2, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

How is it that all these Right Wing Conservatives think they “know” Sarah Palin better then Liberals do? What have they seen that we haven’t?

Putting her sound bites and much repeated convention and stump speeches aside, all they have to go on are what the McCain camp tells them and what we’ve seen in her interviews. She hasn’t made herself accessible to the media or to them and the rest of America.

What we have seen that was not scripted down to the “wait for applause” moments have been scary. Not scary because she does not know the answer but scary because she willfully refuses to admit that she does not.

Instead of saying “I don’t have foreign policy experience but I have the ability to learn and make sound judgements,” she makes the now famous asinine comment about being neighbors. Instead of saying “I don’t have time to read as much as I’d like,” she says she reads all the newspapers and magazines in the world. Come on!

We don’t need anyone else in the White House that can’t admit that they’re wrong. We need THOUGHTFUL people guiding our nation. People who can admit their weak points and learn and grow. She’s another “I don’t know anything but I’ll say anything” candidate. No thanks.

Having the highest incarceration rate, highest teenage pregnancy rate and lowest education rate of any industrialized nation does not a great country make. We need someone in office with enough intelligence to make thoughtful decisions and not repeat stump speeches or check the yes box to whatever her running mate puts in front of her.

No Palin. No McCain. No how.

By deegee

October 2, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this

I recently heard an interesting comment on the news. When John McChange was questioned whether he had any regrets about choosing Sarah Palin, he said what all old farts say when they hook up with a younger woman. To paraphrase, “what she lacks in experience she makes up in enthusiasm.”

By Captain Freedom

October 2, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

First off, Dusty, THE Captain had no problems posting His words of wisdom today, and suspects your abject failure to post your daily quota can be explained by an E.S.O. problem. It is quite common for people like you.

But a Captain Kudo to you, dear dessicated Dusty, for your stalwart defense of Our Sarah Plain and Tall. While THE Captain objects to your using a surrender monkey phrase like savoir faire, He is foursquare behind you in this matter —granted, no one can see him there, in your shadow, and the view is enough to put a man off his food, but still, THE Captain abides.

Tonight’s Patooie in St Louis compels THE Captain to recall a classic episode of the Beverly Snowbillies. Mr Drysdale was forced to invite Ellie Mae to the big cotillion dance, but everyone was worried about how she might make a fool of herself. Miss Hathaway tried to coach her in the ways of refined talk and such, but that just confused poor Ellie Mae, who ran off crying about not wanting to “put awn ai-ers” and Uncle Jed said, “Jes let Ellie be Ellie.” And because Jed was the richest sumbotch in the room, everyone did what he said and lapped his nutsack like it was covered in honey (which it was, some days), even though the guy was as ignorant as bag of rocks about anything not to do with shooting at little furry creatures.

Anyway, back to the story. Well, comes the night of the big ball, and lo and behold, there was Ellie Mae, with her t|ts pushed up higher than a kite and her pert round ta tas arched proudly to the sun, and wearing a dress that really showed off the shape of her rump, arched like a baboon in estrus. Well pretty soon, all the hoity toity Hollywood cocktail party boys were tripping over their peckers to get a dance with Ellie, and hardly anyone noticed that she was an ignorant Bible thumping backholler peckerwood who didn’t know her bun?hole from her va-jay-jay, what with all that abstinence-only home schooling from Granny. But she was cute, and just like Dusty (except for the cute part), so everyone laughed and Mr Drysdale made her Vice President in charge of Mortgage Loans for his bank. And the rest is, as they say, history.

And that’s how it is going to be tonight. So saith THE Captain, and it is very true.

By Pro Hater

October 2, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Anti Hater, cute. You can’t really believe those things you said about Palin based on the things you’ve heard from her. Where do I start. She doesn’t seem very confident in interviews. Yeah, it takes an real intelligent person to go to 5 different colleges before they graduate with their first degree. Don’t know enough to comment on her reliance, so I plead ignorance. She loves this country when her husband was on a committee to have Alaska secede from the USA? Yeah, that sounds real patriotic.

By Rove/ Bush

October 2, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

We all want to be like Governor Palin, Hey the Governor billed the state of Alaska over 300 days becausing she worked from home!

Hey I want to work at the ranch and not the White House! Wow I wish I had thought of that idea. Work from the ranch and billed the government.

Hey I can even use my yahoo e-mail account to conduct government business.

By Get Over Yourself Wooten

October 2, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

How dare you put words into this Democrats mouth Mr. Wooten. I DO NOT HATE Palin. In fact, I wanted to like her when I first saw her. I thought “here is a fresh face… a new take on politics.” I expected her to be bright, articulate, adn savvy. I did not expect to agree with her on every issue, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt.

Then she opened her mouth and all of that nonsense fell out.

How can you, in good faith, suggest this young lady is ready to run this battered and damaged country? Are you willing to turn the reins of government over to this lady? Are you willing to vote her into office, knowing that McCain is a 72 year-old cancer survivor who refuses to release his medical records?

If you are, then you are a greater fool than I took you for.

By THESECRULES

October 2, 2008 5:52 PM | Link to this

Hey easy folks,

Governor Palin represents DAWG country!

The governor likes to shoot animals and we love that is DAWG country!

I’ve never shot a moose or wolf but I would like the opportunity!

Those liberals do not know what they are missing when you go shootin and drinkin!

By THESECRULES

October 2, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

To Paul W,

I see you did not do your homework!

See our President Bush advocated that we grow the housing ownership. Which was a great idea if we did not have so much greed from the CEO’s of these financial companies America would be doing just fine!

President Bush is a tremendous American!

By nana

October 2, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this

This blog is just like the left blog….most everyone has already picked who they’re going to vote for so any “facts” given about either candidate(s) falls on deaf ears. All I can say is may GOD BLESS AMERICA when it’s over and if one party wins we’re really going to need God to step in more.

By Sara

November 5, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

You people lost - what a bunch of uneducated a*****. HAHAHAHAHAHAH