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Since i have done a lot of farming in my time.
If i was a republican, ( Not )
I guess i could be Secretary of Agriculture.
Thanks Matt
Check this out:
DeLay says Dems better organized
Alexander Burns 50 minutes ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democrats could reap electoral rewards from several years of political organizing, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said, a sentiment echoed by several other prominent conservatives.
On the eve of John McCain’s formal nomination Thursday at the Republican National Convention, top Republicans acknowledged that Democrats will hold a significant organizational advantage in the fall campaign. Before the 2006 congressional elections, “the left and the Democrats had spent seven years putting together one of the most powerful political coalitions that had ever been built,” DeLay said Wednesday.
"with a record of accomplishment that exceeds, by far, the governing accomplishments of Senator Obama"
Obama:
B.A in political science from Columbia University, with a specialization in international relations
J.D. in Law from Hardvard, graduated magna cum laude; President of the Harvard Law Review
12 years (92-04) teaching constitutional law
7 years State Senator: sponsored more than 800 bills
4 years Senator for Illinos, a state with 12.8 million people
Palin:
Bachelor's in journalism from University of Idaho
4 years Wasilla City Council (8000 people)
6 years Wasilla mayor (8000 people)
1 year "Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission"
20 months governor of a state with 660,000 people
Do they really think we're THAT stupid?
Posted by chassie on September 3, 2008 at 02:03 PM
You and I both know that just because you may have harvested some corn, you aren't qualified for Secretary of the Agriculture. Send some hot photos of you next to a combine, and let the "vetting" process begin!
Chassie!
Thanks for the 411 last night. I did get it and it was a very interesting read. Too bad she didn't run over and kill the "current" significant other!
Hi all,
here's the scoop on sarah palin from someone who's known her since 1992 -- it's a long post with way too much to put up here so read the whole thing at the Dallas Morning News blog
a few excerpts --
The Truth About Sarah Palin:
Dear friends,
So many people have asked me about what I know about Sarah Palin in the
last 2 days that I decided to write something up . . .
Basically, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have only 2 things in
common: their gender and their good looks. :)
ABOUT SARAH PALIN
I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992.
Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a
first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her
father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a
first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more
City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the
residents of the city.....
CLAIM VS FACT
*"Hockey mom": true for a few years
*"PTA mom": true years ago when her first-born was in elementary
school, not since
*"NRA supporter": absolutely true
*social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill
that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships
(said she did this because it was unconsitutional).
*pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to
promote it.
*"Pro-life": mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby
BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life
legislation
*"Experienced": Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has
residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska.
No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on
supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city
administrator to run town of about 5,000.
*political maverick: not at all
*gutsy: absolutely!
*open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at
explaining actions.
*has a developed philosophy of public policy: no
*"a Greenie": no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores
and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR.
*fiscal conservative: not by my definition!
*pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city
without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built
streets to early 20th century standards.
*pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on
residents
*pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city
government in Wasilla's history.
*pro-labor/pro-union. No. Just because her husband works union
doesn't make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim
that she is pro-labor/pro-union.
Out struggling middle-class need mclame and this chamber-of-commerce prima-donna about as much as they need $7.00/gal. gasoline.
Peace
You and I both know that just because you may have harvested some corn, you aren't qualified for Secretary of the Agriculture. Send some hot photos of you next to a combine, and let the "vetting" process begin!
Posted by BlueinIdaho on September 3, 2008 at 02:16 PM
O Yes Blue i know that, and you know it, but it makes as much since as Palin being Mayor of a 6700 population city. I mean heck the population of the town that she was mayor of, is hardly bigger then my high school was.
Hubby is not running for office, if the story is even true
THEN DO NOT LET ME SEE ONE MORE SINGLE WORD AGAINST MICHELLE OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!
yes things couldn't be any better for the republicans...hahahahahahaha
well, well, looks like McCain got to that Wasilla Church and closed it's website down!!!
Website with Speeches and Sermons from Palin's Former Church Shuts Down as Religious Views of Candidate Face Scrutiny
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/website-with-sp.html
NOT ANOTHER WORD BETTER COME OUT ABOUT REV. WRIGHT!!!! HYPOCRITS!!
McBush greets the baby's father:
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/hbo/archive.asp?postID=26003#comments
Too funny, the blog above has some great ideas at captions.
Now I wonder if Ole Grampa John will listen to Cindy or Sarah gal when it comes time to do something about Abortion??????
In a one-one-one interview with CBS' Katie Couric, Cindy McCain says she disagrees with Sarah Palin on abortion:
COURIC: Some, even Republicans seem surprised that Senator McCain picked a running mate who opposes abortion even in-- in the cases of rape and incest and believes creationism should be taught in schools. And I'm just curious, do you believe--or do you agree with that?
MCCAIN: What I agree with is the fact that she is a social conservative, she is a reform minded woman, she is someone that will shake the-- the-- Washington up, which is exactly what we wanna do. We differ on many issues, we differ with-- across the board with people. We don't have to agree on every issue.
COURIC: Abortion has suddenly become, again, a hot button issue, because of her--
MCCAIN: I think to you all it has--
COURIC: Well, I think probably, at least, it's reported that a lot of people are now talking about this. And I-- where do you stand on abortion?
MCCAIN: I'm pro-life, I'm on the record as being pro-life, like my husband.
COURIC: So, do you oppose it even in the cases of rape and incest?
MCCAIN: No.
COURIC: No? So, that's where you two differ--
MCCAIN: Uh-huh (AFFIRM).
Re: that article on Cindy disagreeing with Palin on Abortion, please look at that picture of Cindy and someone please please tell me what that huge flap of flesh in her neck is! Is there Turkey in her geneology??????
And foreign policy experience? She even has more of that than the rest of them because, as a brilliantly incisive commenter at Fox News noted today - Alaska is right next to Russia! Vladimir Putin has no chance when McCain, who has already outlived the mean life expectancy of Vietnam Vets by 10 years and three time Melanoma patients by probably a hundred, up and dies from a nasty rhinovirus after a frigid day out in January during his Inaugural Parade. There's no way Putin has a chance against a woman who is a mom of five and knows how to boss her nannies around. He's borscht soup. And not the yummy borscht soup that Governor Palin has her cooks whip up for Tuesday's "Bite of Russia" potluck night down at her Godly church.
mom, apple pie, moose and huskies
The Dems that voted for BO should have done some vetting themselves. Rev. Wright, Ayers, His bitter wife... The best is yet to come.
At least SP has run something. BO has run NOTHING before...
Well, looks like the fascists got to the Dallas Morning News. The Sarah Palin post has been scrubbed. Here's the same post at smartcrow. -- Wasilla Alaska Native Paints Real Picture of Sarah Palin
btw...out == our in previous post
Peace
“We are holding a convention that will nominate a Republican woman governor, Sarah Pawlenty, as our next Vice-President.” -- Ann Davidson, Republican National Committee Co-chairwoman
ROFLMAO!
Posted by BlueinIdaho on September 3, 2008 at 02:29 PM
TBOGG has some suggestions for the kid's name. He chose "Puck Palin".
When life gives you babies, make baby names
(This guy is funny.)
Sounds like there are more Republicans on here than there are Democrats.
BO may be able to govern if he surrounds himself with the right people… But he won’t. He will surround himself with the same type of people that he has had in his life for the last 20 years - Socialist and others that hate this country.
Coming out on the offensive after a day of controversy, presumptive GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin said today that the media was to blame for making her daughter Bristol pregnant.
"My husband and I are well aware that Bristol is pregnant, and we know who made her that way -- the media," she told reporters in Pittsburgh.
It has become common in presidential campaigns for candidates to lash out against the news media, but Gov. Palin's attack was the first known example of a politician blaming the media for her daughter's pregnancy.
Gov. Palin went on to say that since the media had made her daughter pregnant, it was now up to the media to "do the right thing and marry her."
Moments after the governor's statement, the National Enquirer said that it would marry Bristol Palin in exchange for exclusive rights to the wedding photos and the first pictures of the baby.
The Enquirer's proposal was just one of several positive developments for Gov. Palin, who today picked up the endorsement of Unplanned Parenthood.
Elsewhere, the Republican Party officially changed its slogan to "Condoms First."
http://www.borowitzreport.com/
Ok, I've just discovered a big concern come election time. We must make certain that none of America's funny men and women get to the polls. They know that former Ms. Wasilla, Sarah Palin, is a virtual gold mine of guffaws for the next four years. Get the word out: if you are a comedian you may not vote in 2008!
Does it bother anyone that BO is okay with taking a baby that was born and leaving it to die because it was supposed to be aborted.
Warms the heart, don’t it?…
I couldn't hold my own for one minute in a debate on any issue with someone like a Barack Obama or Joseph Biden and neither can Sarah Palin. When the call comes at 3AM I want a mind who was at the top of their class, who has gravitas and a real intellect. I want a leader who is a scholar who can hold the history of civilization in his head and will read and learn from the past as he charts the future. Real debates, where issues are explored, are the only way, prior to an election, to get the two candidates and their running mates to share their ideas and plans for the myriad contingencies they will/might face. This isn't a test. We don't get a re-do. This is the hardest time this generation has ever faced and people are all scared about the economy, our health care and mostly our children's futures. That is what millions of Americans and I can relate to.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-lee-curtis/debate-not-relate_b_123491.html
You have to wonder why the McCain people are so nervous over the Wasilla Church that they shut down their web page. Just what does that church that Ms. Northern Exposure went to said that is so upsetting?
Could it be that they are very anti-Jewish?????
In his speech last night to the Republican National Convention, President Bush talked about a lot of different things: Hurricane Gustav, oil drilling, a painting of a mountain in Texas, and his wife Laura.
But there was something missing from Bush's speech -- any mention whatsoever of the economy.
Of course, he had good reason to avoid this topic. Right now the economy is in shambles for the majority of Americans. Unemployment is way up, wages are down, millions of homes are in foreclosure -- and much of the blame falls on George W. Bush.
Now John McCain is proposing an economic plan that doubles-down on Bush's failed policies. Like the President, McCain probably doesn't want to talk a whole lot about this -- in fact he readily admits the economy is not his strong suit. Last December, McCain told the Boston Globe,
"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should."
Well, we understand that McCain just wants continue Bush's awful economic policies, and it's up to us to make sure all Americans know just how disastrous McCain's economic proposals are.
Help spread the word about McCain's dangerous economic plan -- use our simple tool to write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper:
http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/bushforgot
As you watch the convention over the next couple days, you'll continue hear very little about the current problems with the U.S. economy.
That's because according to George Bush and John McCain, the economy is doing just fine. As John McCain said in an interview on August 20th,
"I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong."
That sounds a lot like what George Bush said just ten days earlier:
"The American economy is the envy of the world, and we need to keep it that way... The fundamentals of our economy are strong."
We've already seen what happens when an out-of-touch president doles out billions in tax cuts to big corporations and the top ten percent. And now John McCain is promising more of the same.
Help make sure all Americans know the true cost of John McCain's economic proposals. Write a letter to the editor right now:
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George Bush has refused to acknowledge that our economy isn't working for the majority of Americans, and he's failed to take responsibility for the damage his policies have caused.
Now John McCain is showing that he is equally out of touch, offering more of the same misguided policies and lack of accountability.
If they won't talk about it, then we will:
http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/bushforgot
Sincerely,
Jeremy Funk
Anyone know why my posts keep disappearing?
During the Democratic National Convention, there was not a day of coverage that did not include breathless speculation on how fractured the Democratic Party and how at any time either Hillary Clinton or both of the Clintons would institute some sort of coup de grace and undermine Barack Obama. Chris Matthews, in particular, compulsively spewed as if he had his own Clinton-centered version of Tourette’s.
But not one mention that there is a whole other Republican rally going on right now. The one for the true Republican Party fracture candidate, Ron Paul. Why, media, why? The portion I watched on Tuesday had such names as Tucker Carlson, Bruce Fein and Grover Norquist speaking. And let’s be honest, it looked far more lively at the Ron Paul rally than it did at the half-full and dispirited Xcel Energy Center:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/03/fractured-party-ron-paul-holds-his-own-convention/
There goes the Jewish vote:
Palin’s pastor, Larry Kroon, introduced Brickner by calling Jews for Jesus “a ministry that is out on the leading edge in a pressing demanding area of witnessing and evangelism.” Jews for Jesus is the same group the ADL accused of “aggressive proselytizing with a deceptive message: that Jews who accept Jesus as the son of God and their savior remain Jewish.”
Brickner then spoke for about 30 minutes about his group’s successful effort to introduce Israelis to Jesus. More on that in a second.
After Brickner’s talk, the congregation took an offering for JFJ, and then Pastor Kroon offered this prayer:
We stand before you as a people who’ve experienced your grace, and we acknowledge that that grace was first extended to our people through your people, the Jews; that there is not a one here in this room who would know Jesus and serve him if there had not been a Jew, generations ago, that spoke Jesus’ name to our people. Father, that comes full circle and we wish to extend your grace back to your people. And we pray and we ask that as a result of this time here, and as a result of this offering, there will be people among the Jews today who come to say the name “Jesus” with faith.
So how do you like Sarah Palin now???
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Barack Obama has struggled for 18 months to lock down the support of a traditionally Democratic group, Jewish voters.
In the past week, John McCain may have helped Obama with his Jewish problem by choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
McCain and Obama are battling over a portion of the Jewish community: older, conservative Democrats, largely in South Florida, some of whom backed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. McCain’s secular, hawkish credentials appeal to many in that group, who are skeptical of Obama’s relatively short record and have been deluged with rumors about his pro-Palestinian leanings.
But Democrats hope Palin’s social conservatism, her paper-thin record on Israel, and — perhaps most importantly — her cultural roots in evangelical Christianity may be a major turnoff to Jewish voters, just as Republicans have tried to reach women disappointed that Obama didn’t choose Hillary Clinton,
Posted by Radical-Socialist-BO on September 3, 2008 at 02:57 PM
Spoken like a Rush Limpballs.
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Anyone know why my posts keep disappearing?
Posted by Radical-Socialist-BO on September 3, 2008 at 03:07 PM
Cuz we don't want you here loser, go listen to Rush, or Hannity.
To my fellow bloggers - I'm sorry if this is long but since they are stripping the web of all of Mr. Palin's church stuff, I feel we must copy and paste. If I put a link up, it might disappear in an hour or so. If you find something, I think it would be a good idea to copy and paste for future reference. The republican McCain/Bush police are wiping her tracks clean it seems.
Jewish voters may be wary of Palin
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Barack Obama has struggled for 18 months to lock down the support of a traditionally Democratic group, Jewish voters.
In the past week, John McCain may have helped Obama with his Jewish problem by choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
McCain and Obama are battling over a portion of the Jewish community: older, conservative Democrats, largely in South Florida, some of whom backed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. McCain’s secular, hawkish credentials appeal to many in that group, who are skeptical of Obama’s relatively short record and have been deluged with rumors about his pro-Palestinian leanings.
But Democrats hope Palin’s social conservatism, her paper-thin record on Israel, and — perhaps most importantly — her cultural roots in evangelical Christianity may be a major turnoff to Jewish voters, just as Republicans have tried to reach women disappointed that Obama didn’t choose Hillary Clinton,
Democrats have already begun to to capitalize on the choice of Palin — over Jewish Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman — in South Florida and elsewhere. A prominent Obama backer, Florida Rep. Robert Wexler, has attacked Palin for appearing at a 1999 event with Pat Buchanan — who has attacked the influence of the Israeli lobby in America. And the same factors that are rallying the evangelical base to Palin may push away the Jews.
“There is almost always an inverse proportion between a candidate's popularity among conservative Christians and secular Jews,” said Jeff Ballabon, a Republican lobbyist long active in Jewish politics who supports McCain.
An illustration of that gap came just two weeks ago, when Palin’s church, the Wasilla Bible Church, gave its pulpit over to a figure viewed with deep hostility by many Jewish organizations: David Brickner, the founder of Jews for Jesus.
Palin’s pastor, Larry Kroon, introduced Brickner on Aug. 17, according to a transcript of the sermon on the church’s website.
“He’s a leader of Jews for Jesus, a ministry that is out on the leading edge in a pressing, demanding area of witnessing and evangelism,” Kroon said.
Brickner then explained that Jesus and his disciples were themselves Jewish.
“The Jewish community, in particular, has a difficult time understanding this reality,” he said.
Brickner’s mission has drawn wide criticism from the organized Jewish community, and the Anti-Defamation League accused them in a report of “targeting Jews for conversion with subterfuge and deception.”
Brickner also described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God's "judgment of unbelief" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity.
"Judgment is very real and we see it played out on the pages of the newspapers and on the television. It's very real. When [Brickner's son] was in Jerusalem he was there to witness some of that judgment, some of that conflict, when a Palestinian from East Jerusalem took a bulldozer and went plowing through a score of cars, killing numbers of people. Judgment — you can't miss it."
Palin was in church that day, Kroon said, though he cautioned against attributing Brickner’s views to her.
The executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, Ira Forman, cited the “cultural distance” between Palin and almost all American Jews.
“She’s totally out of step with the American Jewish community,” he said. “She is against reproductive freedom – even against abortion in the case of rape and incest. She has said that climate change is not man-made. She has said that she would favor teaching creationism in the schools. These are all way, way, way outside the mainstream.”
Huffington Post on Tuesday posted portions of Palin speaking at her former church, a politically conservative Assemblies of God congregation, in which she suggested that an Alaska pipeline plan reflects God’s will.
A spokesman for McCain and Palin, Michael Goldfarb, dismissed the notion that Palin would bring a Jewish problem.
“If this is going to be about who was at church on the day of which sermon, that’s not going to be an argument that the Obama campaign is going to win,” he said, a reference to Obama’s controversial former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
“This woman has been on the national stage for all of four days – of course it’s going to take some time for people to get a sense of what her views are on some things,” Goldfarb said. “Once she’s had a chance to make her positions clear on these issues, the Jewish community is going to be very, very comfortable with her.”
In the meantime, however, there’s simply little information available about Palin’s views. Two of Palin’s prominent Alaska Jewish allies, Rabbi Joseph Greenberg and businessman Terry Gorlick, told Politico they consider her a friend of the Jews. But they said they’d never heard her discuss Middle East policy in detail and that she’d never visited Israel, though they cited a boilerplate Alaska-Israel friendship resolution she signed.
Her thin record was underscored when the staunchly loyal Republican Jewish Coalition e-mailed its members evidence of her support for Israel: a video in which a small Israeli flag can be seen poking out from behind a drape.
"I think it speaks volumes that she keeps an Israeli flag on the wall of her office," the group's executive director, Matt Brooks, told Politico in an e-mail. "It clearly shows what's in her heart.”
Obama’s Jewish allies, meanwhile, are doing their best to fill that gap with unsettling information, an effort that in some ways mirrors the overt and covert campaigns against Obama in that community.
“My constituents are bewildered by Senator McCain’s pick and they just don’t understand it,” said Wexler, the Florida Democrat, citing the report that Palin had gone to a Buchanan event, and Buchanan’s “frightening views.”
Also Tuesday, a new Jewish Democratic group, JewsVote.org, sent out an email under the heading “Who is Sarah Palin?” an echo of conspiratorial anti-Obama emails that have criss-crossed the Jewish community.
“Given her record as a hard-right Christian conservative, her embrace of Pat Buchanan, her praise of Ron Paul, and her lack of credentials on foreign affairs, it is likely that her selection would raise serious red flags about the McCain/Palin ticket among Jewish swing voters,” they wrote, asking their members to send out their own anti-Palin emails.
McCain aide Goldfarb called the email “unbelievably cynical—fighting smears with smears.” Gallup and other polls conducted over the summer showed Obama beating McCain by a roughly two-to-one margin among Jewish voters - a comfortable lead, but narrower than John Kerry's and Al Gore's wins among Jewish voters in the last two elections.
Tuesday, both sides scrambled to play on the changed turf of the Jewish vote. Palin, shepherded by Lieberman, introduced herself to leaders of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC in St. Paul on. Tuesday.
"We had a good productive discussion on the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and we were pleased that Gov. Palin expressed her deep, personal, and lifelong commitment to the safety and well-being of Israel," AIPAC spokesman Josh Block said. “AIPAC is pleased that both parties have selected four pro-Israel candidates.”
Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), meanwhile, campaigned through the Jewish heartland of South Florida, showing off his cultural familiarity, dropping Yiddish words into his talk to a crowd of hundreds at a retirement community.
"I want to remind those of you who don't know me — and those of you who do know me — what my record has been. It has been unstinting in the defense and support of Israel," he said.
It was a contrast Wexler said he relished.
“There’s just no relationship, there’s no comfort, there’s no natural affinity with Palin,” he said. “There is with Joe Biden.”
Palin was in church that day, Kroon said, though he cautioned against attributing Brickner’s views to her.
Posted by chassie on September 3, 2008 at 03:17 PM
Shouldn't he be watching the blue haired women and men at the AARP, er, I mean GOP convention?
Wait until you guys read these.
Sarah Palin, has a kooky pastor problem too. His name is Ed Kalnins, and he's the senior pastor at the Wasilla Assembly of God.
See for yourself:
• On John Kerry supporters: "I'm not going tell you who to vote for, but if you vote for this particular person, I question your salvation. I'm sorry."
• On post Katrina criticisms of President Bush: "I hate criticisms towards the President because it's like criticisms towards the pastor—it's almost like, it's not going to get you anywhere, you know, except for hell. That's what it'll get you."
• On Alaska's role in the end of times: "I believe Alaska is one of the refuge states in the last days, and hundreds of thousands of people are going to come to the state to seek refuge and the church has to be ready to minister to them."
• On the other states that will have a big role in the end of times: "Every state has its prophetic calling ... from the Lord. Some states are stronger than others. I believe Alaska is going to be one of the sources of refuge ... just like California, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey."
• On how God is calling on Christians to die fighting terrorists: "What you see in a terrorist—that's called the invisible enemy. There has always been an invisible enemy. What you see in Iraq, basically, is a manifestation of what's going on in this unseen world called the spirit world.... Jesus called us to die. You're worried about getting hurt? He's called us to die. Listen, you know we can't even follow him unless you are willing to give up your life."
• On how God speaks to him about the lives of golf partners: "I said, I'm a minister from Alaska and I want you to know that your wife left you—you know that your wife left you and that the Lord is gonna defend you in a very short time, and it wasn't your fault. And the man drops his clubs, he literally was about to tee off and he dropped his clubs, and he says, 'Who the blank are you?' And I says, 'well, I'm a minister.' He says, 'how do you know about my life? What do you know?' And I started giving him more of the word of knowledge to his life and he was freaked out."
Yesterday, John McCain's campaign manager told the Washington Post, "This election is not about issues."
It's clear why the McCain campaign doesn't want to focus on the issues -- their platform is the most extreme we've ever seen from the Republican Party.
The Republican platform opposes embryonic stem cell research. It denies a woman's right to choose, even in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. It fails to mention equal pay for women. And it barely acknowledges the $10 billion a month we are currently spending in Iraq.
Rather than run on the issues, McCain and the Republicans are running from them.
I sure hope every women reads this!
I'm tired of these ass clown pundits, on tv. saying that only 27 percent of american's have Pass Ports, which i have no doubt that is true.
Don't they know that the other 73 percent, can't afford to go to their local Wally World, little lone travel out of the country, these folks are idiots.
Well, I am glad to see that Petreus took Obama's advice. there is no such thing as Victory in this country. Not for the USA anyways.
Now what is ole John McSame going to have to run on?????????
US says troops could quit Baghdad soon
By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcfd348c-798c-11dd-bb93-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Speaking of bigots, the republican convention - do they plan on having ANY young people? Like Blue said - it's a sea of blue heads, bald heads and just plain in general - geezers. No wonder they support John McCain - he's one of them!!!
The 10 Worst States for business:
The pattern is even more apparent in the bottom ten, what we’ll call the worst states for doing business.
Look at Hawaii (49) and Alaska (50), which repeated their 2007 survey showings.
Alaska ranked 48 or 49 in three categories, as well as 47 in Cost Of Living. Unlike Hawaii, which made the top ten in Quality of Life, Alaska’s best showing was 35. Neither state scored well in Business Friendliness.
Palin's "leadership" sinks Alaska to a new low
We aren't poor," says Jeff Ottesen, a director in Alaska's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. "But we act poor." His particular worry is underfunded maintenance for the state's roads and buildings, but he might as well speak for nearly every agency in Alaska.
Alaska barely passes the grade on governing
McCain's new strategy and way of handling Palin's Grandkid? Blame the Media!
Yup, it is all the media's fault!
Same with the troopergate she had to get a lawyer for. Same with her Church she sat and listened to anti-semitic crapola from. Same with her wanting Alaska to secede away from that nasty rotten USA.
That damn Media!
Posted by Kathy_from_Indiana on September 3, 2008 at 03:38 PM
Oh yes. They have 5...no six...young people in the audience...and one on the way.
The new VP pick is just a breeder for the GOP.
Oh boy - do they have some neat anti Palin stuff;
www.zazzle.com/pd/find/qs-anti+palin/cg-103607418219351135
Stuff like a picture of her and under it it says: Imagine ME Presidentand another - She's NO Hillary
But my very favorite - A picture of her and the caption reads: Another Bush that Shouldn't be in the White House
and from the Seattle Examiner we have -- Sarah Palin gets dished by Wasilla caterer Sue Williams
".....by accepting McCain’s offer to join the ticket, Sarah knew full well Bristol will become the most well known pregnant high school senior ON THE PLANET.
Apparently that’s what blind ambition does for you, folks. It blinds you to the hearts and needs and lives and emotions and futures of everyone around you - incl. your own daughter who, God only knows how she’ll bear up under the shock and shame when this story finally comes out.
No thank you. I would like a VP candidate who puts the lives of the people she’s supposed to be caring for first, above her own....."
I think we're beginning to see why the GOP fundies are getting behind this empty headed cupie-doll of a candidate...'cause if you're in front of her, you're gonna be pushed aside.
Peace
This is starting to look just like when Bush ran and appealed to the evangelicals, I guess McCain really had nothing to stand on so he went for the same old wedge issues.
How can you say you are a maverick when you're doing the same old thing.
Also, I have no problem with Palin and her personal life, I only disagree with her political views.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
Carlos - but her personal life is spilling into her public life. Everything she does is centered on her religion. It's how she sees everything. She has blinders on and doesn't care if how she governs will hurt others. She's all in it for herself. Look at what she's doing to her prego daughter. She doesn't give a crap about her family - it's all about Sarah Palin
Posted by Kathy_from_Indiana on September 3, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Don't you mean "Sarah Pawlenty"??? That's who the GOP co-chair said was the nominee...
I think that secretly McBush calls her Sarah Plenty.....and Davidson must've overheard him...
Obama is leading big time in Iowo by 15 points, and by 12 in Minnesota, and by 2 points in Ohio.
Looks like the Repos is going down in flames.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
If Florida goes Blue, its all over for McNuts, he can do like Bob Dole, he can do some Viagra, or Cialis commercials.
HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
We have already had the lower classmate in the wh as he was describe to be a guy you wouldn`t mind sitting down and having a beer with. Look where that got this country and McInsane is more of the same.He wouldn`t have even graduated from the Naval Academy unless his father and grandfather were both Admirals in the Navy.More of the same! It`s time that this country put people in the wh that have the intelligence it takes to put this country back together.This goes beyond Democrat or Republican. It goes to common sense!
I think we need to ask MSM why the church sites are being taken down. The only time they take these down is because of content. If they are getting slammed, they usually will put up an error message that tells internet users that the site is getting too many hits. If the site is taken down, you can no longer even find it. This is the case with the church web pages. It's no where to be found....
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, pouncing on a top Republican aide's claim that the campaign is not about issues, said Wednesday that John McCain is trying to run away from his party's bad economic record.
Campaigning in eastern Ohio, Obama noted that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said the election would be decided largely on voters' perceptions of the candidates' personalities.
"This election is not about issues," Davis told The Washington Post this week. "This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates."
Obama mentioned Davis' comment three times during a one-hour appearance at an outdoor forum on economic issues facing women. He used it to accuse speakers at the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., of avoiding talk about job losses, home foreclosures and other issues.
"If you've got George Bush's track record, and John McCain voting 90 percent of the time in agreement with George Bush, then you probably don't want to talk about issues either," Obama said. "If you don't have any issues to run on, I guess you want it to be about personalities."
Posted by Sally-* on September 3, 2008 at 04:13 PM
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Not out of my pooper, numbsy but out of CNN'S new polls, that was just reported 3 or 4 Min's ago, so eat your heart out.
Iowo= Iowa
HAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA
Yep - we've been saying this all along. Obama needs to define this election - not McSame. The republicans have no record to run on - nothing - zip - nada...
They have no record and they have no VP viable candidate. I do hope she's studying foreign policy 101 as much as possible. She's going to have to face the media sooner or later....
The websites are down. Apparently getting the recorded messages from the AIP regarding Sarah Palin are now, no longer available.
WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF PALIN'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE AIP?
Clearly, the AIP, although claiming it's no longer a "fringe group," advocates for some pretty radical ideas. As Liz Arnett's diary sets forth, Sarah Palin recorded a nice message to the AIP Convention this year, saying that the party "plays an important role in our state's politics" and that "we have a great promise to be a self-sufficient state."
In this clip, AIP Vice Chairman of the AIP, Dexter Clark reveals that:
"Our current governor who I mentioned at the last conference, the one we were hoping would get elected, Sarah Palin, did get elected . . . .and there was a lot of talk about her moving up. She was an AIP member before she got the job as mayor . . ."
New Obama Ad:
The Arizona senator has long supported a ban on abortions, with exceptions for victims of rape and incest, and for pregnancies that threaten the life of the mother. Palin has an even firmer anti-abortion stance: She would require rape and incest victims to carry their pregnancies to term.
AD:
“Let me tell you: If Roe vs. Wade is overturned, the lives and health of women will be put at risk. That's why this election is so important,” says the nurse-practitioner who narrates Obama’s ad. “John McCain's out of touch with women today. McCain wants to take away our right to choose. That's what women need to understand. That's how high the stakes are.”
An announcer then claims that “as president, John McCain will make abortion illegal,” before playing an exchange on "Meet the Press" in which McCain told moderator Tim Russert that he favors “a constitutional amendment to ban all abortions.”
“We can't let John McCain take away our right to choose. We can't let him take us back,” says the ad.
Obama is leading big time in Iowa by 15 points, and by 12 in Minnesota, and by 2 points in Ohio.
Looks like the Repos is going down in flames.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
McHonor has sold his soul to the Republican party. He is a maverick no more. His message will now be that of the bush republicans and count on Rovian tatics.
But if you really want to piss him off....talk about honor and integrity. His is gone. He is a pimp now. There is no John McCain. He has just been butt raped by Rove and is the republican party bitch.
PAYBACKS ARE HELL
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Joe Lieberman might have trouble getting a Senate parking pass next year.
The Senate Democrats who control perks and, more importantly, committee chairmanships won't need his tie-breaking vote any longer. Democrats are on track to win a solid majority in the Nov. 4 elections, so time is running out on Lieberman's power as the senator whose vote kept them in control of a split Senate.
more: news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080903/ap_ca/payback_time;_ylt=AiLKUezhBJfulubyKCNZrpBh24cA
Obama is leading big time in Iowa by 15 points, and by 12 in Minnesota, and by 2 points in Ohio.
Posted by chassie on September 3, 2008 at 04:26 PM
That is the best news!!! Obama has got to be very happy. Something might be goin on here. That's what about the 3rd or 4th poll out in the last 24 hours that show Obama leading an dgaining. I bet it's because of the Ms. Northern Exposure thingy...
Palin's "leadership" sinks Alaska to a new low
Posted by BlueinIdaho on September 3, 2008 at 03:40 PM
I know you have friends in Alaska, too, Blue. My daughter just got off the phone with one of her best friends she met while up there .
No wonder the Gov has been able to balance her books so well. Seems she has tons of money rolls in from the Oil industry, as well as each person getting a personal check for $3400 . I think they hope as VP, they can get a lot more. No wonder the broad wants to drill in ANWR.
Also, she is gutting out the entire state's environment for other industries.
see Bristol Bay Salmon industries she wants to strip with mines:
http://www.bristolbayalliance.com/
Typical republican. All about Corporations and lobbyist money.
Yep - I bet Obama takes the high road on this whole failed family values trip with what's her name's family - the knocked up teen daughter. Obama will let the media cover it... and the bloggers..
He'll just keep pumping away at issues - those same issues that McSame doesn't want the voters to talk about...
Here's what Bush has reduced our country to! An impotent, weak, country!
US in decline as Russia asserts its rising power
The US provoked Russia to respond militarily and the US as the dominant power is beginning to stumble and "to look desperately for ways to hold on to that power."
"Barack Obama hit John McCain on Wednesday over a comment from his campaign manager that the presidential race will be decided more on personalities than on issues.
“Which probably explains why last night when they were speaking, all these speakers [at the Republican National Convention] came up, you didn’t hear a single word about the economy,” Obama said at an economic forum in New Philadelphia, Ohio. “Not once did people mention the hardships that people are going through.”
“I guess I don’t blame them,” Obama added, “because if you don’t have any issues to run on, you want it all to be about personality. If you have got George Bush’s track record and John McCain voting 90 percent of the time in agreement with George Bush, then you probably you don’t want to talk about issues either.”
chassie, Are you watching John King on CNN with his Electoral map poll? OMG!!! OMG!!
Obama is SO far ahead right now in Electoral states, he only needs to gain 27 more points to get to the 270!
Who cares about phone call polls. Who cares about TV network polls. What it will come down to is Electoral votes, and Obama is sweeping them up. Even Ohio, in the reddiest sections, are tied right now with Obama vs McCain!!!
Jen and Jethro in Cincinnati------Good work! Keep it up, you are winning!
Posted by Michigan_Dave on September 3, 2008 at 04:27 PM
Spot on Dave! It is so apparent when you look at his eyes now. In 2000, they were sparkling and came to life when he spoke. Now they are dead....just like all the neoconservatives who are pulling the strings of the republican party.
Dead eyes. No spark. No light.
Kathy_from_Indiana I don't disagree with what you are saying at all, I'm just personally trying to stay away from that.
Thanks for your comment.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/rnc/1140643,pork090208.article
Sarah Palin's Alaska pork projects clash with reform image
So the earmark queen reduced her request from 300.00 per person to 295.00 per person. Great Repug reform.
the palin reverse bounce continues...bravo john mcbush!!
Ohio CNN/Time McCain 45, Obama 47 Obama +2
Minnesota CNN/Time Obama 53, McCain 41 Obama +12
Iowa CNN/Time Obama 55, McCain 40 Obama +15
chassie, Are you watching John King on CNN with his Electoral map poll? OMG!!! OMG!!
Yes i was Pam, and it looks very good for us and bad for McNuts. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
Obama is SO far ahead right now in Electoral states, he only needs to gain 27 more points to get to the 270!
Yes Yes Pam, and you can bet your butt, I'll be in the Pan Handle of Florida, every week end, until election day, I'll do everything i can to try and deliver Florida in the Obama column.
Who cares about phone call polls.
Not I.
Posted by chassie on September 3, 2008 at 04:26 PM
He's up by 4% in North Dakota, too.
gee sally peggy noonan another republican babe doesn't seem to agree with your prediction when she thinks the mics are off...hahahahahah....
Hubby is not running for office, if the story is even true.
Google the investigation into earmark queen. Hubby sets in on meetings with her and apparently sent emails from her office. Claiming executive privilege -- even Cheney hadn't thought of extending executive privilege to Lynn (or maybe that's where all the missing emails are
MINNEAPOLIS — Tom DeLay, the former House GOP majority leader whose connections to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff brought scandal and disgrace to the Republican party, returned to the spotlight in Minneapolis last night, helping to host a private party that drew hundreds of delegates and Republican officials.
DeLay’s arrival was hardly welcomed by the campaign of Sen. John McCain. McCain led the Senate investigation that revealed many of the abuses connected to Abramoff, and DeLay has criticized McCain for years.
“He is no friend of ours,” said one McCain campaign official. “But you can’t really keep him out of the city.”
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/03/tom-delay-crashes-gop-convention-mccain-not-happy/
oops! this is the noonan tape...it's a must listen pam...an absolute must!
"My husband and I are well aware that Bristol is pregnant, and we know who made her that way -- the media," she told reporters in Pittsburgh
Has anybody checked on the whereabouts of Bill O'Liely?
Listen as Peggy Noonan calls the GOP VP pick "Bullshit":
http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/03/peggy-noonan-mike-murphy-discuss-the-palin-pick-as-bull/
He's up by 4% in North Dakota, too.
Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on September 3, 2008 at 04:57 PM
Thats great, Doo-Bee hes also leading in big in New Mexico, and Got a 5 to 6 point lead in Pennsylvania. Hes leading in most of the swing states.
But i'll still be working hard in Florida, according to John King on CNN with his magical map. He's only 27 electoral votes away, and guess what Florida has got exactly 27 electoral votes. We need a lot of door to door, and phone banking in Florida. I hope Barrack starts spending some time down there. If we can deliever Florida its all over for McNuts!
Oops sorry Greg, didn't see your post. Stoopid blog. ;)
Posted by dixiehen on September 3, 2008 at 05:06 PM
STOP! This is the third time in 2 weeks that people have used Andy Borowitz's HUMOR column as an actual news story!
The first time was when that story about the Olympic Medals turned out to be made of lead with lead based gold paint, (THAT one made it on to the MSM radio as a "talking point"), the second one was a few days ago which referenced a "quote" by the Obama kids and their positions on off-shore drilling, and now THIS one!
IF these emailers would read the last paragraph of his columns, it clearly states that he is a comedian and humorist.
IT IS ALL A JOKE!
Just the fact that it says she made that statement in PA when everyone knows she is in MN should have been a tip off.
The US provoked Russia to respond militarily and the US as the dominant power is beginning to stumble and "to look desperately for ways to hold on to that power."
Posted by PamB on September 3, 2008 at 04:37 PM
I understand from Fox & Friends Doocey that Palin has a lot of experience with the Russians since they're 'practically right next door'. Perhaps she could trot on over there and offer Putin some elk burgers as a way of building detente.
Carlos - no problem as long as we're on the same page. There is a lot of misinformation out there about this gal. Once their convention is over and we take the gloves off, you're going to find more people coming to our side.
So..the Electoral states are adding up.. that is good news... I'm getting pumped!
It's quitn' time
Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on September 3, 2008 at 05:14 PM
I posted it earlier and thought that everyone knew who Borowitz was. Guess I'll have to add a disclaimer next time.
The Obama Campaign needs better slogans. In keeping with the effort to tie McCain to Bush, how about "A vote for McCain is a vote for More Pain"? I like it because it rhymes, it has a good beat, and you can dance to it. Or for bumper stickers, what about simply "McCain...More Pain"? And has anyone noticed that if you drop the "l" from Palin, you get ... what? that's right, "Pain"! Heavvv-y! How's that for profound insight? It's deep, baby, deep! I don't know how Dems can use it, but, hey, it's there for the taking. In '04 we should have used "Four More Years--Drive You to Tears!" (Hopefully, we won't be needing that one in '12.)
Good afternoon, all.
Steve Biegun, who once served as the No. 3 National Security Council official under Condoleezza Rice at the White House, has been hired as chief foreign-policy adviser to the Alaska governor, campaign officials told NEWSWEEK.
Now is this a hoot are what? They've hired one of Condi's "experts" to tutor Palin? Why don't they just tie a hand behind her back and ask her to take on Venus Williams?
My guess is that Palin is consulting behind the RNC's back with the 700 Club for their view on world affairs...and Pat Robertson probably has a much better idea of what's going on even though his data ended 2,000 years ago.
All these filthy accusations against a fine woman like Sarah and her daughter
Since when is having a baby filthy? Just because you don't like paying child support you shouldn't call motherhood names.
From the "Midday Open Thread" at DKOS,
"Did we invade Pakistan while no one was looking?"
U.S., Afghan Troops Kill 20 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 3 -- At least 20 people were killed in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday after U.S. and Afghan troops crossed from Afghanistan to pursue Taliban insurgents in an early morning attack that marked the first known instance in which U.S. forces conducted an operation on Pakistani soil since the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began, according to witnesses and a Pakistani official.
So much for McSame following bin Laden to the "Gates of Hell" (so he can wave at him, I suppose) v.s. Obama saying that he would act on actionable intel.
Cheney is hanging around those parts right now.
Hey Sally and Dandy Dan, we'll probably be up 2 more points, after tonight's ass clowns speak. Tomorrows polls will show us with another bounce.
Especially after they march old Ruddy Tootie, now theres a real values man for you. Just exactly how many times has he been married, maybe they'll put him and Old Newt. side by side.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA
And then will come the speech from Watch ma call it.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
I see another bounce coming are way.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PALIN WILL HURT US!!
Couldn't quite figure out why evangelicals are so head over heels for Palin, after all a VP has NO decision making power, no influence over congressmen when it comes to legislation (only in the case of a tie does the VP get a vote), and this choice will have no influence in the White House on policy issues or decisions or get engaged in world affairs.
She can go around the country and make speeches and raise money for repugs, but so can Joe Lieberman.
GOT IT! She'd be one step from the presidency should anything happen to McShame and she'd be the repugs choice for Pres in 4 to 8 years, regardless of whether McShame wins. It's not the VP seat they covet, they want their evangelical preacher as our next president!
Videos from her church's speaking engagement make it clear she sees Iraq as God's crusade. Now how great will that go over in the middle east, or the rest of the world for that matter? Why would Europeans want to help us fight our common enemies if it appears we're engaged in a Christian crusade. How stupid and dangerous to have a person with these views a heartbeat from the oval office?
Let's hope America wakes up to this peril!
When the slimeballs lose the election they will most likely let cheney nuke Iran. After all we are fighting a christian crusade in Iraq.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/3/9330/95523/364/584429
Matanuska Maid Dairy closure
When the Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing Matanuska Maid Dairy, an unprofitable state-owned business, Palin objected, citing concern for the impact on dairy farmers and the fact that the dairy had just received $600,000 in state money. When Palin realized that the Board of Agriculture and Conservation appoints Creamery Board members, she simply replaced the entire membership of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation.[13][36] The new board, led by businesswoman Kristan Cole, reversed the decision to close the dairy.[36] The new board approved milk price increases offered by the dairy in an attempt to control fiscal losses, even though milk from Washington was already offered in Alaskan stores at lower prices.[37] In the end, the dairy was forced to close, and the state tried to sell the assets to pay off its debts but received no bids.[38][39]
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So she fired everyone, installed a puppet board and had them do her bidding which ultimately cost tax papers money? Sounds like a George W Bush-style neo-con to me!
Cheers,
Tom
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Jezebel
August 29, 2008 at 4:11 pm
So what’s the relevance of the old pageant photo to this story? Just curious.
morningcupofcoffee
August 29, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I thought it was humorous. I’m trying to find pictures of Palin that aren’t what the AP are using. I found one of her playing basketball in high school for another entry. Of course I could run ones with her look stoic and vice presidential… I have 67 days to do that…
Cheers,
Tom
Barry C aka Casey
August 31, 2008 at 11:02 am
Tom,
I think the picture is fitting. Let’s face it Miss Congeniality is a runner-up that all the beauty queens liked. I don’t think women in general identify with beauty queens. She did go a little farther than drug manufacturer rep. taking doctors to lunch while showing more clevage than other professional women. Working moms don’t identify with former beauty queens or cheerleaders (I know she was a basketball player) but she looks like a former cheerleader
JibbyQ
August 31, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Oh oh, the Wikipedia page is “fixed”. Apparently, someone made the sole winning bid a week before her VP nod was given. Convenient, right? Our great Wikipedia editors also decided it wasn’t even worth its own section anymore.
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It's not the VP seat they covet, they want their evangelical preacher as our next president!
Posted by CalDemo on September 3, 2008 at 05:37 PM
Bingo. Robertson has his stealth Manchurian candidate in place.
I wouldn't be surprised if the husband doesn't have a snowmobile "accident" and McCain ends up upside down in a snow drift. Lord knows with his pasty white complexion no one would find him for days.
I'm waiting for the nude pictures of that woman so we can smear her from here to eternity.
Afternoon Everyone:
I know that I posted this link yesterday (as did Pam) but the article is so good that I think that it bears re-posting today.
www.truthout.org/article/renewing-americas-contract-with-middle-class
Essie didn't accuse anyone of anything. She pointed out that that kind of stuff was out there, and as it turned out, it was pushed by some wing-nut righty who seems to have an axe to grind. (Andrew Sullivan)
Palin Pregnancy Rumor
On August 31, 2008, Sullivan posted on his "Daily Dish" blog about a rumor circulating on the Internet that Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin faked her fifth pregnancy, the baby was actually her daughter's, and this was done for political gain.
But the noise around this story is now deafening, and the weirdness of the chronology sufficient to rise to the level of good faith questions. [61]
At the time, there were no credible media stories supporting the rumor. He posted a photograph of her looking pregnant, noting that this is her "looking as one would expect. Not in the last year, though." [62] Sullivan responded to critics who accused him of spreading a smear by saying:
Here's why it's not. The circumstantial evidence for weirdness around this pregnancy is so great that legitimate questions arise - questions anyone with common sense would ask... I have claimed nothing. I am asking the McCain campaign to resolve a factual question which they must already have covered in the vetting process. After all, this baby was a centerpiece of the public case for Palin made by the Republicans. They made it an issue - and therefore it is legitimate to ask questions about it.
The original allegation came from an anonymous Daily Kos [63] diary. Eventually, photographic and other evidence showing that Palin was, indeed, pregnant earlier in 2008 surfaced, such as an April post on the Polar TREC website, that said:
Of course I had to check out the “Hottest Governor in the US” and quickly turned to see her pregnant (she has since had her baby) with bags and daughter in tote. Then it struck me as odd. Why is the Governor of Alaska in the airport and preparing to get onto my commercial flight? I questioned PolarTRECer Craig Kasemodel an Alaskan resident. He let me know that Governor Palin sold the corporate jet after securing her official Governor position. Governor Pallin said she would sell the jet because it was impractical and that the Alaska state inventory would be relieved of this dept. The jet was sold on EBay to Larry Reynolds for 2.1 million dollars. [64]
After the photos and other blog posts became publicized, Sullivan admitted that she was most likely pregnant, but defended his role in giving wide audience to the rumors. [65] Blogger Mickey Kaus defended Sullivan's coverage of the rumor, writing:
Andrew Sullivan's role in publicizing the rumor seems legit too. The feeding frenzy of publicity is what flushes out the counter-evidence quickly (and then that evidence gets a lot of attention).[66]
Andrew Sullivan, Wikipedia
Little hands-on
supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city
administrator to run town of about 5,000.
Posted by BoilerMan on September 3, 2008 at 02:18 PM
BoilerMan,
Sounds like Palin needs a handler more than McCain.
sorry link wouldn't post
ttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/3/9330/95523/364/584429
Why Sarah Palin's Mat Maid Scandal Matters
by RobertoW
Her vindictive firings of staff and her hiring of unqualified but loyal cronies in their place, both as mayor and as governor, betray Palin’s lack of leadership skills and any higher purpose. Wasilla, whose annual budget of $5 Million is just at John McCain’s income threshold for a single middle-class family, was debt-free when Palin became mayor. When she left six years later, the town was over $20 Million in debt despite receiving $27 Million in earmarks. As governor, the same troubling pattern of fiscal irresponsibility continued. Alaska took on debt, even as budget surpluses mounted from oil revenues and hundreds of millions of dollars poured in from Washington. Friends of Sarah benefited, even as taxpayers in Alaska and the lower 48 picked up the tab.
Matanuska Maid Dairy closure
When the Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing Matanuska Maid Dairy, an unprofitable state-owned business, Palin objected, citing concern for the impact on dairy farmers and the fact that the dairy had just received $600,000 in state money. When Palin realized that the Board of Agriculture and Conservation appoints Creamery Board members, she simply replaced the entire membership of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation.[13][36] The new board, led by businesswoman Kristan Cole, reversed the decision to close the dairy.[36] The new board approved milk price increases offered by the dairy in an attempt to control fiscal losses, even though milk from Washington was already offered in Alaskan stores at lower prices.[37] In the end, the dairy was forced to close, and the state tried to sell the assets to pay off its debts but received no bids.[38][39]
Rachel Maddow taking on ear mark queens pastor ---she'll be banned to the studio with Oblerman next
This "reform candidates" even refused to go on Larry King last night because of Cameron Brown interview with their spokesperson
George III's convention sucks
this is way too good to miss --
God ditches the GOP
This just in: Even the Lord has abandoned the desperate, shameful Right
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
read all of it here
a taste --
"You gotta admit, amidst all the GOP scandal and meltdown and Obama's revitalizing, meteoric rise to international beacon of change -- a guy who, in Joe Biden's words, has "grabbed the lightning" like no one he's ever seen before -- it's tempting to say even God has abandoned the religious right.
Then again, it's probably far more accurate to say She was never really over there in the first place."
can we say the angels are coming home to roost? or is it simply karma?
Peace
Senator McCain and Governor Palin need to immediately find out if someone in the campaign violated OPSEC by giving a reporter these details, and if they did, the campaign needs to find out where the source got this information from. Whoever that is, is in it deep.
Now this is what I call an op-ed piece! What great writing and expression. This should be required reading for every single person who wants to vote in the up-coming election!
In this election, it is the character of the candidate that will matter the most.
That, and pretty much that alone, has been the core campaign message Republican candidate John McCain has been peddling to all and sundry for nearly two years. His devotion to this particular talking point has come to resemble the kind of passionate zeal rarely seen beyond the compound walls of survivalist militia groups; and the slavish dedication he has displayed in tolerating the mindless monotony of such endless repetition is matched only by the muddy mooing of sacred cows along the shores of the Ganges River in India.
Clearly, Mr. McCain has become deeply invested in trying to keep the entire presidential campaign conversation focused only on this mantra regarding "Character." To be sure, he has definitely put in the work. He began his second, and presumably final presidential campaign on the second Friday in November of 2006; in the six hundred and sixty one days that have passed since he became a candidate again, his maximum efforts have been focused on flogging the "Character" theme every step of the way.
Presidential races being what they are, it was simply impossible for McCain to remain totally focused on this one-liner sloganeering project. Every rare now and infrequent then, something would come along with enough juice to merit the creation and release of a new statement. The campaign message machine would suddenly swerve out of the "Character counts" slow lane and merge itself into the heavier traffic, passenger-side turn signal blinking away for no good reason as usual, but only for a few miles.
Sooner or later, the bus always veered back into that slow lane, those newer messages eventually died of neglect, and would go floating up to whatever Heaven there may be for topics that were either too hot for a compromised candidate to handle, or were too detailed for a stupid candidate to comprehend. Mr. McCain has evinced both facets of this particular phenomenon on more than a few occasions, most notably during the recent Russia-Georgia crisis. Beyond that, almost every single time some reporter posited queries about Iraq, or Afghanistan, or the entire African continent, or basically anything else pertaining to issues of national security, McCain wound up dropping the informational ball.
Rest of article:
Sorry,I`ve tried and tried to enter. It`s seems the slimebag repugs have no problem?
• On the other states that will have a big role in the end of times: "Every state has its prophetic calling ... from the Lord. Some states are stronger than others. I believe Alaska is going to be one of the sources of refuge ... just like California, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey."
Posted by Kathy_from_Indiana on September 3, 2008 at 03:28 PM
Kathy,
I think I saw that movie this summer. Will Smith held up in NY City with his dog and held off the zombies with the sun shining off the Crucifix hanging around his neck.
Boy, that Palin minister must have made a killing from the royalties from that flick.
Noonan, Murphy trash Palin on hot mic: 'It's over'
After a segment with NBC's Chuck Todd ended today, Republican consultant Mike Murphy and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan were caught on a live mic ridiculing the choice of Sarah Palin.
"It's over," said Noonan, and then responded to a question of whether Palin is the most qualified Republican woman McCain could have chosen.
"The most qualified? No. I think they went for this — excuse me — political bullsh** about narratives," she said. "Every time Republicans do that ... because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at and they blow it."
Posted by Kathy_from_Indiana on September 3, 2008 at 03:28 PM
On January 21, 2009 we need to forceably move all the robertson, dobson and other hate-America religious freaks to concentration camps in alaska, declare them illegal aliens, cut off all subsistence and let the lord help them.
Posted by dixiehen on September 3, 2008 at 05:59 PM
dixiehen,
So Palin's no fiscal conservative and operates the state bureaucracy like Gonzales operated the Justice Department.
Some maverick. She's a certified Bush Republican.
When it comes to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the hits just keep on coming.
Some of the latest revelations surrounding John McCain’s surprise choice of a running mate: The Associated Press reports a private lawyer has been authorized to spend $95,000 dollars of state money to defend Palin in the trooper ethics probe. Contrary to her message of reform, Palin worked to get pork barrel projects for her city and state. Also, according to the A.P., her husband was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party, some members in that group advocate that Alaska secede from the Union. Also, the boyfriend of Palin’s 17-year-old unmarried pregnant daughter is expected to join the family at the GOP convention.
The McCain camp is pushing back hard, calling questions about Palin’s background a “faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee” for V.P. and suggesting Palin is a victim of gender bias in the media. Where have we heard that before? They insist Palin was subject to a “long and thorough” vetting process. Really? The Washington Post reports that the head of McCain’s vetting team didn’t do an in-depth interview with Palin until the day before she was offered the number two slot.
Some are wondering if Sarah Palin could turn out to be another Harriet Miers, a vastly underqualified woman who was nominated by President Bush to become a Supreme Court Justice. Miers later had to withdraw her name from consideration. Gee… there’s that parallel again.
No presidential candidate has withdrawn his V.P. pick since Democrat George McGovern in 1972. McGovern dropped Thomas Eagleton after 18 days as revelations surfaced about his mental health. Eagleton, too, had been a last minute pick.
Here’s my question to you: Should John McCain consider replacing Sarah Palin on the GOP ticket?
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/03/should-mccain-consider-replacing-palin/
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee who revealed Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, earlier this year used her line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live.
DeLay says the Democrats are better organized and the Republican consultants say that McSame is doing nothing but playing politics with his VP pick. The whole campaign is shunning the usually McCain friendly corporately owned media during convention week - no less! Can anyone say "implode?"
WTF, Obama's going to be on the Bill O'Reilly show tomorrow night.
Video of Palin speaking at church:
http://unequivocalnotion.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/palin-the-war-i.html#comments
Posted by BlueinIdaho on September 3, 2008 at 05:07 PM
Blue,
Isn't she the conservative columnist who made fun of the Indian family who had a child born with two heads and had to let it die because they couldn't afford the medical care?
Just like those GOP hypocrites. They would have fought to keep the unborn embryo alive but once it was outside the birthing canal argue that its on its own.
Sally_* says palin is reaganesc. I didn't know regan had a high sqreeching voice that sounds like chalk on a board. I'm sure all day yesterday they worked on that voice, we'll see.
Chassie:
Does anyone know what O'Liely is saying about McSame's pick of Palin? Has he offered any opinion? (I usually don't pay attention to that idiot but I'm just curious.)
By the way, should Sen. Obama choose to, he will 'roast' O'Liely! Sen. Obama is so much more intelligent, not to mention better educated than that ignorant fool of a gas bag!
Joe Biden
Biden Takes On 'Red October' Thompson
By Perry Bacon Jr.
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden attacked a series of Republicans in a speech here, taking on not only Sen. John McCain, but McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, President Bush and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson.
"I don't think I would run into a single Floridian who would walk up to me and say, 'Joe, the economy is doing great' ... unless I bumped into John or maybe Fred," Biden told a crowd of several hundred at a community center here, as he referred to speeches Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention.
McCain has acknowledged Americans are struggling with a slowing economy, but in a speech at the convention, Thompson attacked Obama's economic plan, saying "you don't lift an economic downturn by imposing one of the largest tax increases in American history."
Referring to Bush's speech praising McCain, Biden cast them as the Minnesota Twins.
"George Bush said, quote, 'The man we need is John McCain,' " Biden said. "John has earned this endorsement; he's voted with him 90 percent of the time."
(Bush in that speech emphasized he and McCain had often disagreed on key issues.)
And Biden criticized a remark made by Davis, who told The Post in an interview, "This election is not about issues -- this election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates."
"Not about issues!" Biden said. "That means to them this election is not about whether you're able to scrape up the tuition money to send your kid to college."
Biden, on the third day of a campaign swing targeting older white and working class voters, delighted in deepening his voice as he tried to mimic Thompson, who he referred to as "Red October."
"Fred went there up and said, 'Well, the Democrats are going to raise your taxes,'" Biden said in a low tone as the crowd laughed. "I don't know why we need to give another tax break to Exxon Mobil."
The two campaigns have been debating tax policy for weeks, as the GOP argues that Obama's refusal to extend tax cuts for Americans who make more than $250,000 a year would slow the economy, while Democrats have said McCain's proposed tax cuts for all corporations is akin to a handout to oil companies.
The Florida event marked some of the sharpest criticisms of McCain by Biden since his speech at the Democratic convention last week.
But much of the Delaware senator's rhetoric in his first solo campaign swing has consisted of passionate and at times rambling defenses against perceived Obama weaknesses.
He defended Obama's calls for a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, noting the Iraqi government and the Bush administration have discussed similar proposals, even as Republicans have suggested he wants to "surrender" from Iraq.
"If Barack Obama is the agent of surrender, George Bush is signing the surrender papers," Biden said.
The senator's defense of Obama was not perfect: Just as he had last week, he referred to Obama's wisdom in proposing to send two additional battalions to Afghanistan. Obama has proposed to send two more brigades, not battalions, which are much smaller.
Posted at 2:00 PM ET on Sep 3, 2008
Posted by marymac_memphis on September 3, 2008 at 06:54 PM
Mary, i don't know, i had that network taken off of my Dish in 2004. I can't stand the network of spin master's, liars, and thieves.
If that was the only channel on t.v. i would take a shotgun to it, and deep six it.
According to CBS news the war and the economy are no longer the issues in this election. CBS announced that the big issue this election is abortion.
rove is making it abortion which we can't let this bastard get away with. Damn the MSM.
What does it mean that the Republicans can't even fill a convention hall this election cycle? Oh, yeah! Now I remember. Their brand is broken. One more gift from the Bush administration. They have to run a woman as VP who thinks her few years as mayor of a town with fewer residents than we have students in our county schools and her few months as governor in a state with over 200,000 fewer residents than reside in city I live in qualifies her to make foreign policy decisions. Scary.
Everybody's asking, "Why Palin?" I have a theory: nobody else would touch it. Not just anybody is willing to board a sinking ship. You've gotta have...blinders. You know,those things the NeoCons were wearing when they dragged us into an illegal, immoral and ill-managed war against Iraq. Now they want us to authorize another term for their insane world view? Our memories are not that short.
When is McCain taking off the trainning wheels??
Chuy Munoz
Whittier California
When is McCain taking off the trainning wheels??
Chuy Munoz
Whittier California
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