Mission: Destroy Sarah Palin

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 Danneskj�ld

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 Danneskj�ld

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 Danneskj�ld 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 Danneskj�ld 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