Post-Speech Reviews & Pics
By SusanUnPC on September 3, 2008 at 10:51 PM in Current Affairs
Larry Johnson’s live radio show is still going, and the conversation is great!
Mark Halperin’s latest post features this great photo of McCain’s surprise appearance on stage with Sarah Palin and her family. Halperin notes, “The crowd roars as McCain steps on stage.”
Halperin also has highlights of Palin’s speech and a link to her prepared speech.
“This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word ‘victory’ except when he’s talking about his own campaign.”
“In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.”
Adds, while referencing her time as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska: “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”
Obama camp responds: Palin’s speech “sounds exactly like the same divisive, partisan attacks we’ve heard from George Bush for the last eight years.” Full statement here.
A seventh inning grand slam.
It was great and we are HooKeD!
Though we find it strange that Obama is comparing his experience to Gov. Palins, while he is on the TOP of the ticket and she is the nominee for the VP!
Sounds like he is running scared.
That’s rich that the Obama team complains about divisive politics Obama’s middle name should be “divsive politics” The fact that things are so divisive sits Sqaurely on Obama’s shoulders.
Right? I’m watching Larry King right now. Harry Reid called her “shrill.” Roland Martin was indignant that Sarah Palin condescended to community organizers BWAHAHA. But it seems she scared the living daylights out of the opposition.
Shrill? Isn’t that what they said about Hillary? Those giant sucking sounds you hear are the women leaving the Democratic party.
I can hear it…
I can hear it, too, and it’s getting louder.
Here’s the video I made on this subject — my reaction to Sarah Palin’s magnificent speech.
‘I Just Might Be a Republican Now:’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91YUzPdQrRM
Hope you enjoy it.
Paul: I’m a lifelong republican who is pro-choice, pro-gay rights, very socially moderate. Sarah is not perfect, and that is what makes her perfect. Only John McCain would have the guts to nominate her. Your video made this 42 year old man, who had been so discouraged with his own party, shed tears. Thank you.
Thank you so very much.
Patrick
Thank you, Patrick.
I cried last night, too.
Last night was what America is about. That is how powerful Palin and her family is.
Thanks for your kind words.
You and I are of the same mindset Patrick. Nice to meet you.
Bravo Paul, as John McCain would say, “THUMBS UP”
John McCain / Sarah Palin is the change this country needs.
There is NOT one doubt that John McCain and Sarah Palin are TRUE Americans.
There is NOT one doubt that they can be trusted to serve our country, to protect our country.
There is NOT one doubt that they DO NOT have terrorist, anti- American associates in every closet.
There is NOT one doubt that they LOVE America and everything it stands for.
There is NOT one doubt that this Pa. Democrat WILL be voting for John McCain / Sarah Palin
Paul- that’s another terrific video!!
Thanks, roseeriter. I’m really glad you liked it.
I was moved last night, truly moved.
Obama is a fraud. Palin is the real deal, and last night was amazing.
Obama is a fraud, and it infuriates me that the DNC put us in a position to have to choose between a corrupt a*hole and sabotaging ourselves.
Why does Howard Dean still have a job?
Obama is a joke, a fraud. His candidacy is offensive to anyone who has fought for Dr. King’s dream.
Another home run Paul! I think I figured it out last night also. Why I connected with her, it’s not just because she’s a woman. It’s because she “is” a mother. She’s a sister and a daughter. Where else did her youngest daughter learn to lick her hand and put down that fly away hair on her brother’s head. I remember doing that to my own babies.
She is small town America, and represents the best that embodies small town America. She’s not big city corruption. She doesn’t bring vanity and conceit. She brings humbleness and passion. She not only loves this country, she loves the people of this country. Especially, the children of this country. She’s not looking out for just her children’s future, she wants to look out for every child’s future. She spoke to every mother, grandmother, future mother last night and she connected. The same as Hillary always did.
The problem with this New Democrat Party is they want to put us in a box. To label who we are. To tell us what it is we should believe. The issues that are important to us. They don’t want to look at the complexity of who we are, the individual. The fact that there are just as many issues that concern us as there are that concern men. But, they better get used to it and real quick. Many today are the mother’s and the father’s of their family. The backbone. The bread winners.
Yep, she can keep her adorable youngest daughter by her side through the whole campaign, and all us mothers will be mezmerized.
It was a very, very good speech. I liked the headline of the Rocky Mountain News here in Denver. A full-page color photo of Sarah and the headline: “A fine how do you do: Palin rocks RNC with hard-hitting debut”
Bet Barry or Joe could not have done this…..
Erick Erickson
Sarah Palin “Winged” Her Speech Because of “Broken” Teleprompter
Halfway through Sarah Palin’s speech tonight at the RNC, people following the speech noticed she was deviating from the prepared text. According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks.
http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/sep/04/breaking-sarah-palin-winged-her-speech-bec/
Diana, what you wrote is beautiful. Thank you for what you said here.
I’m really glad you liked the video.
Diane, like you, watching Sarah Palin’s youngest daughter tend to the baby was very touching. Watching her lick her hand to fix his hair brought tears to my eyes. You could just feel the love coming from her. Just watching her, you know that that is the kind of love she also receives from her family. Just watching Sarah’s family, I would say that she and her husband are terrific parents and role models, not just for her family but for family’s all across the globe.
( unlike Barry and Michelle, who subject their daughters to the anti- American hate sermons of Wright )
It’s the next morning & I just saw your new video. Beautiful job, Paul! Moved me to tears. Thank you!
Paul:
Great video! I’ve always voted for only Democratic Party candidates, and I used to get into some pretty heated arguments with my Dad over politics. I had come to the conclusion that Republicans were inherently EVIL and despicable human beings with no hearts or moral compasses. I had noticed that my Dad was coming around to my way of thinking these last two years as he has come to realize what a total clusterf**k George W. Bush has been, but now he has the last laugh, as the both of us will be voting for the Republicans at the top of the ticket this year. Sarah Palin and her family spoke volumes to American families last night, and I just hope that she can handle a speech and answer direct questions without a teleprompter, as she will need that skill in the coming weeks. As I watched the Republican Convention coverage last night, I found myself repeating, “Damn, they could actually win this thing. Everyone thought that the Republican Party was toast this year, but they could actually pull this off in the face of polls showing that 80% plus think that the country is headed in the wrong direction. McCain needs to clearly demonstrate that he too is an agent of change; that his change is the type that will move this country forward; and that he has a credible and viable political strategy for actually effecting that change.
Thank you, socalannie. I’m happy that you liked it.
Paul,
Beautiful!
She is you and she is me.
Thank you.
Sarah is us, McHope. She really is.
That speech, America needed that.
Thanks for your kind words.
I enjoyed that video — keep cranking them out.
Sarah Palin represents what is right with America, Obama represent what is wrong with America.
obama is also what is wrong with the democratic party.
Thanks, Obama is a bum. Glad you liked it.
Stodghie — Obama is a symptom of what is wrong with the Dem party.
That was, without question, WONDERFUL! You captured the essence of a woman named Sarah, an amazingly “real” person, who most women (and men too) can identify and say……..”SHE IS ME”. Thank you again for you rare skill/talent!
Thank you, Isabelle. I really appreciate your words.
Sarah is us. She is. And that is why Obama is so incredibly afraid of her.
You go, girl!
Paul, your film is awsome!! This has to get into the hands of McCains camp!!! Just incredible! Obama/Biden just lost this election.
Thanks, Tkcooper. I’m glad you liked it.
I have sent a feeler out to certain people in the McCain camp about the video. I don’t know what they’ll do with it, but I will try to pass it by some other people with McCain and the GOP if I can.
Simply breath taking Paul. You have a future in film making, just stay away from Hollywood.
I hope the RNC picks up on it. I am sending it out on emails now. We can make it go around the world and back Paul, and we will.
That was wonderful Paul. Thank you so much. We are the third party.
Thank you, Stacy. I’m really glad you liked it.
That speech, and everything around it, in it, and that led up to it, moved me incredibly. I wanted to give some of that back with the video.
Spread it around. Sarah is the best.
I am so impressed with your video. If I were you I would send it to John McCain HQ in Crystal City, Virginia. They would be proud to use it I am sure.
As I said above, I did send it out to some McCain people. I am going to make an effort to find more addresses for people in his camp to send it to. If you know any, please pass them on.
I’m really glad you liked the video, and please pass it along.
Thank you Paul. Loved the photos. What a woman!
yep, and the B-word is indeed flying on the obamacrat sites. as much as people here dislike obama, somehow we manage not to refer to him with race-based slurs.
why don’t we see more about this
D.C. CONFIDENTIAL
JOE BIDEN’S FAILED ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE BRATTY SON FROM LOBBYING BIZ
K STREET HOLE Joe, Hunter
Vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his lobbyist son got nailed yesterday for being rich and insider-y and basically exactly like every other well-connected political clan you’ve ever heard about. “Biden’s Son a Well-Paid D.C. Insider” advises the headline of a story detailing how Hunter Biden has personally billed clients $3.8 million for his lobbying services, and how the firm he co-founded with one of his dad’s buddies excels in a particularly scummy niche of the lobbying trade that involves coercing a small group of congressmen and staffers to slip earmarks into monstrous spending bills.
That article makes no mention of the jobs and large consulting fees Hunter earned from his dad’s biggest contributor (but this one does!) or Sen. Biden’s staggeringly unsuccessful effort to avoid exactly these kinds of stories by getting his son out of the lobbying business altogether. Many of the alleged details on that can be found in a lawsuit filed last year against Hunter and his uncle James Biden, Joe’s brother.
According to a claim filed by pissed-off business guy Anthony Lotito, “In early January 2006, James Biden called Lotito to inform him that his brother, Senator Joseph P. Biden, was concerned with the impact that Hunter’s lobbying would have on his expected campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.” James allegedly said that “his brother had asked him to seek Lotito’s assistance in finding employment for Hunter in a non-lobbying capacity.”
This supposed ploy worked out just fine at first, assuming that hedge fund work was somehow less of a political liability than lobbying. Lotito partnered with the two Bidens and bought controlling interest of a hedge fund called Paradigm Global Advisors; despite having no hedge fund experience, Hunter was made CEO and given an annual salary of $1.2 million as a way of “fulfilling Senator Biden’s wish that Hunter secure employment in a non-lobbying capacity.” But soon the bottom fell out. Lotito’s lawsuit claims that the Biden boys began “repeatedly citing their political connections and family status” to avoid paying him, and threatened “to use their alleged connections with a former United States senator to retaliate against [Lotito's lawyers] for insisting that his bill be paid.”
The Bidens deny all of this and say Lotito was the bad actor in the deal, but whatever happened, it’s clear that the hedge fund foray was not a success. Hunter quickly returned to lobbying and ostensibly tried to establish some degree of political cover for his dad’s presidential run by playing up his selfless work on the Amtrak Reform Board, a do-nothing patronage gig given to him, of course, by his dad.
Still, the drama continues; the Biden boys were recently slapped with another lawsuit by a different investor who claims they “engaged in an elaborate scheme to defraud” him. It’s unclear how exactly all of this might figure into Barack Obama’s crusade against business-as-usual in Washington, but here’s hoping that some wise journalist covering this week’s Democratic convention will take a look at the impact of Washington establishment brats on Obama’s message of change. We’re looking at you Luke Russert!
By Nick Curran 08/25/08 9:30 AM
Related: D.C. Confidential, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Politics, Scandal
K Street Files: Wither Biden?
It didn’t take long for Hunter Biden, the son of vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, to come under the spotlight for his lobbying career.
From rss.topix.net via Topix. (August 31, 2008)
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BIDEN’S SON IN FUND SUIT
Hedge fund executive Hunter Biden has had anything but a quiet introduction to his career in finance. The 38-year-old son of Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden is caught up in several lawsuits regarding the acquisition and…
From news.search.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. (August 31, 2008)
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Lobbying, financial dealings in Biden family face scrutiny
When Sen. Joe Biden’s son Hunter needed investors to help buy a New York-based hedge fund, the first financier to step forward was a Chicago lobbying firm and one of the senator’s top campaign contributors.
From news.search.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. (August 29, 2008)
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The Bidens And The Law Firm
Family’s Financial Ties Could Prove Troublesome For VP Hopeful When Joe Biden’s brother and son wanted to buy a hedge fund company two years ago, they turned for financing to a law firm that had lobbied the Delaware senator’s office on an important piece of business in Congress — and in fact…
From news.search.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. (August 28, 2008)
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Jayne Lyn Stahl: Timed Release
Understood that there was no accusation of fraud, or embezzlement; nevertheless, explain why this story about Hunter Biden is getting more coverage than the resignation of Andrew McCain.
From news.search.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. (August 26, 2008)
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VP pick Biden’s son was a CNMI lobbyist
Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE), the newly named running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (IL), has family ties-sort of-to the CNMI: His son, R. Hunter Biden, served as a lobbyist for Gov. Benigno Fitial’s administration on the minimum wage and immigration issues.
From news.search.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. (August 26, 2008)
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Biden son’s job with credit giant MBNA draws scrutiny
Hunter Biden was paid an undisclosed amount of money as a consultant for MBNA, the largest employer in Delaware, during the years Joe Biden supported legislation that was promoted by the credit card industry and opposed by consumer groups.
From news.search.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. (August 25, 2008)
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Biden’s son a registered lobbyist since 2001
As it stands now, Sen. Joe Biden’s younger son, Hunter Biden, wouldn’t be allowed to contribute money to his father’s vice presidential effort.
From news.search.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. (August 25, 2008)
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And where was the vetting of this guy???
Wasn’t Caroline Kennedy all over this process???
She was just another marketing ‘tool’, another play on the name Kennedy.
Actually more women than ever are voting Obama in polls this week, but since when did reality matter to a PUMA? I watched Palin’s speech tonight. You are all sickening for supporting such sneering vitriol directed at a sitting Senator and fellow citizen. Absolutely nothing spoken at the Democratic convention or ever in this campaign by Senator Obama came anywhere near the ugliness I heard, and I think America heard, tonight. If this level of politicking actually works I fear for the future of this country.
Your such an idiot sf!
Your polls mean nothing…
Didn’t you watch the speech tonight?
I know it must be hard for you right now..
Why don’t you go to bed and get some sleep. The next few days are going to be super bad for your empty suit.
You think Palin’s speech worked because you are a member of the community of ignorant, know-nothing assholes to which the speech was directed: the Republican base, the most disgraceful subsector in American politics. Nixon, Reagan and the Bushes all ran campaigns like this successfully.
Not. This. Time.
You still don’t know what you’re up against. I will relish the bewildered pain on this site on the evening of November 4th. You are everything that that is wrong with this country. You want to empower a woman who clearly believes that the Bible should supercede the Constitution. and you’re all too stupid to care. Fucking Republican sheep.
OBama spent 14 minutes of his DNC speech bashing McCain and Bush and everything republican
Obama has 5,000 advisors and none of them can figure out Bush is not running.
LMAO!
same goes for the REST of my X PARTY!!!
DEMOE_RONS
Ah, well, Obama and his Obots can dish it out but they can’t take it.
I too have been a lifelong Dem. I don’t agree with everything Sarah Palin believes in, but I feel she’s far more qualified for VP than Obama is for President.
The Obots are running scared now and we’re going to see an escalation in their vitriolic remarks, their aggressive even threatening behavior, and they are going to be digging like mad to find a non-existent smoking gun on Palin.
sfhillary is one of the standard Obot crowd, who can do nothing except to call those who disagree with him/her things like ‘ignorant know-nothing assholes’ and ‘fucking Republican sheep’. We can all see that sfhillary is really just the left wing version of the Bushbots who attacked those who disagreed with them in 2004. Kinda sad, really. They’ve become the very thing they abhorred, all because even the hint of ‘power’ has corrupted them.
Yes, the Obots are particularly disturbing because they display a violent, threatening quality that would be even more alarming were they in the ‘majority’ and in a position of power.
Now we have a REAL presidential race, and it’s not one of just ‘promises’. We have candidates with actual EXPERIENCE and the guts to tout it. We have candidates who will provide actual DOCUMENTS when requested, such as birth certificates, voting registration documents, and other documents that Obama has refused to produce (like a birth certificate or proof he registered for the draft as required.)
sf,
If you were actually competent in your understanding of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, you would understand that as has been demonstrated in the democratic primary, Obama employs the corrupt machinations of Chicago politics. Moreover, your ad hominem (not even creative ad hominem) merely provides a glimpse into the mind of an apparatchik and prosaic epigone.
Wow. look. A Bitter Troll!
actually you know what…let me respond to you you ignorant self agrandizing egoticstical piece of shit.
Incase you havent bothered to ever read the constitution in your rush to defend it from those evil people who cling to ther religion…
…This country is based on the principles that its people can have beliefs that differ religiously and opinions that differ politically without fear of persecution.
Why dont you take your fucked up fascist mentallity back to camp fucking koolaid and think very carefully about what that means before you crawl back out and talk about how those who don’t agree with your particular point of view are somehow less intelligent than you.
Oh and one more thing.
Fuck off you ignorant tool. You don’t deserve the freedoms this country gives you if you cant respect the rights of others to choose NOT to bow at the temple of your Oreligion.
Jeremiah, don’t fall to sf’s level. SF is baiting and desperate and rather pathetic. Let SF deal with life in his/her own bitter way and maybe direct him/her to the Randi Rhodes board or Malloy board or Kos or some other pit of humanity where the members will agree with his/her attacks.
Bullies and abusers such as SF find strength in numbers. He/she will be much happier there.
…This country is based on the principles that its people can have beliefs that differ religiously and opinions that differ politically without fear of persecution.
Why dont you take your fucked up fascist mentallity back to camp fucking koolaid
Uh-huh. Is that why you all are creaming yourselves over a woman who wants creationism taught in schools? Is that why you are so excited over a generic attack speech by a woman who thought banning books she didn’t agree with was part of her role as an “executive”?
And you accuse Obama of being a facist? Good lord. You people are so backwards you don’t even realize when you’re staring straight up your own arses.
Soundin’ kinda shrill there, sfhillary.
Hi ya, Perry! Good to see you.
Yup, SF is a bit shrill. I think I’ll drink a cup of calming herbal tea and pretend I didn’t read SF’s shreaking threats. SF’s fear is showing.
“You think Palin’s speech worked”
I think you are working for $7 per hour so you can go to McDonald’s and get a fun meal.
Well if he’s in sf, it’s more likely he gets $10 an hour on the corner of Polk St.
Is that the tenderloin district?
Le me tell you about that Republican community. Lincoln was the first Republican President. He wa part of the radical Republicans that wanted an end to slavery. They are responsible for the civil rights amendments that were added to the US Constitution. When it came time to vote on the civil rights legislation of the 1960s, over 80% of Republicans in the House and Senate voted for the legislation. Not a single southern Democrat voted for it. Republicans pushed the women’s sufferage movement and enabled women to vote. People talk about the Jim Crow days of the South. Jim Crow was a Democrat. The reason that you do not like the speach is that Obamma could never give a speach of that calliber. It was Presidential. Every jab she took at her opponents was truth. You just don’t like the truth. You don’t like that Obamma has done nothing.
Robert well said…. I would like to save what you wrote and repost it elsewhere if you don’t mind?
the cursing reveals your FEAR
yep
I am a 20 yr Dem PROUDLY voting MAC/PALIN
reap the whirlwind maroon!!
W00T!!!
No. You are either too stupid to understand or you simply have no integrity.
When you think it is ok to have to entire state’s votes stolen. Then watch as they fix the roll call to steal even more votes.
That is the subversion of democracy which brought us Dubya in the first damn place.
Let’s see if we can wrap your simple brain around this fact. If the MSM helped to bring us Dubya in a situation that also subverted demoocracy. While bringing a lot of pain to this country.
So why would you support the Democrat’s version of Dubya?
Most sane and smart people would worry about yet another puppet installed with the help of the MSM. But not you! You are just thrilled that Obama has a ‘D’ after his name.
It is a shame you have no critical thinking skills. Since, just these basic facts worry most people intelligent enough to pay attention.
From being a political junkie, I knew Dubya was lying when he said that he wanted a humble foreign policy, without nation building. The Bush Co family business was proof he was lying.
Obama has lied more often and more flagrantly than Dubya did, and you can’t/won’t understand the implications.
No. You are either too stupid to understand or you simply have no integrity.
When you think it is ok to have to entire state’s votes stolen. Then watch as they fix the roll call to steal even more votes.
That is the subversion of democracy which brought us Dubya in the first damn place.
Let’s see if we can wrap your simple brain around this fact. If the MSM helped to bring us Dubya in a situation that also subverted demoocracy. While bringing a lot of pain to this country.
So why would you support the Democrat’s version of Dubya?
Most sane and smart people would worry about yet another puppet installed with the help of the MSM. But not you! You are just thrilled that Obama has a ‘D’ after his name.
oops sorry for the double post.
I fear a country that has a candidate who wished for defeat in Iraq.
Who refuses even now to acknowledge the success of the surge.
If we had listened to Obama America today would be a defeated and humiliated country.
You and the rest of your hate America types are on a suicide mission to bring this country to its knees.
What you saw tonight was patriotism and pride for country.
sf…You’re Anti-American!!
Obama was not opposed to early release for sexual abusers
Crime policy related stories
Obama was not opposed to early release for sexual predators
Illegals should be treated as humanitarian problems not criminals
Record of softness on criminals; gangbangers, sex predators
Obama opposed bill cracking down on Biz that hired illegals
Obama plans to reshape Criminal justice to help minorities
Makes false claim that more young black men in jail than college
Obama voted against protecting school kids from porn
Obama Speech Obscures Left-Wing Record
Freddoso, David (Source HumanEvents.com)
Democrat Keynoter Favors Higher Taxes, Abortion, Lenient Treatment of Criminals
Barack Obama cemented his position as a rising Democrat star with his keynote convention address july 27. he delivered his well-crafted speech with a perfect mixture of frankness and passion, deftly stirring the crowd from rapt silence to raucus enthusiasm-a home run.
There was only one problem: change a few sentences here and there, and the young black Senate candidate from Illinois could have given the same speech at the Republican National Convention.
In his speech, Obama said things like “government alone can’t teach kids to learn,” and noted that inner-city parents know they must “turn off the television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.”
He all but preemptively refuted the class warfare-promoting “Two Americas” stump speech that vice presidential candidate John Edwards would give the following night when he said of his family’s humble origins: “I stand here knowing that… in no other country on earth is my story even possible.”
Porn Near Schools
Obama even cited the Declaration of Independence and its reference to the unalienable right to life in a convention hall packed with avid proponents of abortion on demand.
None of this dimmed the excitement of the mostly left-wing delegates, who knew they were not supposed to believe what they were hearing. Obama may talk like Bill Cosby or even J.C. Watts at times, but when he reaches the Senate next year-a near certainty after the failure of the hapless Illinois GOP to find a credible opponent-he will probably vote like Cynthia McKinney, albeit without sharing her shrill style.
As a state senator, Obama has been no defender of the unalienable right to life. he twice voted against bills prohibiting tax funding of abortions. In April 2002, he voted against a bill to protect babies born alive after a failed abortion procedure. A similar federal law passed later that year.
In 1997, Obama twice voted “present” on an Illinois partial-birth abortion ban. he absented himself from a third vote on the measure. In 2001, he voted “present” on a bill to notify parents when their minor children seek an abortion. he also voted against a cloning ban in 2000, although he voted for it in 2001.
In 1999, Obama voted against requiring school boards to put Internet pornography filters on school computers meant for students’ use. In 2001, he voted “present” on a bill to keep pornographic book and video stores and strip clubs from setting up within 10 ,0 000 feet of schools and churches. In 2003, he voted in the Health and Human Services Committee for a bill requiring “age appropriate” sex-education for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Despite his talk of promoting reading among inner-city youth, Obama has repeatedly opposed bills designed to promote discipline in public schools. In 2001, he twice voted “no” on a bill to let school districts require unruly students to complete suspensions before they can be shuffled into a new school district. he voted “present” on an almost unanimously passed bill requiring adult prosecution for students who fire guns on school grounds.
Obama has been markedly soft on crime. In 2001, he voted against a bill that added extra penalties for crimes committed in furtherance of gang activities. he also voted against a bill making it a criminal offense for accused gang members, free on bond or on probation, to associate with known gang members. In 1999, he was the only state senator to vote against a bill prohibiting early prison release for criminal sexual abusers.
Obama has a long record of supporting tax increases as well, although he rarely had the opportunity before Democrats took over the Illinois Senate in 2002. Despite Democratic rhetoric on the high cost of health care, Obama voted last May to hike the tax on insurance premiums. Although this tax is levied on corporations, it effectively raises rates for consumers. The same day, Obama voted to preserve Illinois’ death tax, increase taxes on casino visitors, and charge new sales taxes on businesses.
Given his record, it is not surprising that Obama has the support of leading left-wingers. Political action committees (PACs) that have contributed to his U.S. Senate campaign include: Progressive Choices ($5,000), Planned Parenthood ($5,000), the National Education Association ($5,000) and People for the American Way ($1,000), the leading group helping Democrats to block President Bush’s judicial appointees. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s (D.-N.Y.) leadership PAC gave him the maximum contribution ($10,000), as did the American Federation of Teachers and the National Abortion Rights Action League.
Also; Bush-hating billionaire George Soros threw a fundraiser for Obama’s campaign in New York on june 7.
What acceptance speech did you watch from Invesco? All I heard in that speech were misleading lies about McCain….it was McCain this and McCain that! Good lord have your ears cleaned. Obama’s speech plus everyone else’s at the Democratic National Convention was anti-McCain or feeding the narcissism that Obama suffers from. If you can’t admit the truth then say nothing at all.
I purposely avoided the DNC, I can’t stand the Obamas. I have been enjoying the Republican convention, these people have class which is a breath of fresh air.
I couldn’t watch it either. The place was lost in a fog of narcissism and hero worship to the point that it was starting to remind me of the events staged in Europe in the 30’s.
The Obots are not a part of polite, decent society it seems, since they’re now going into a rather vicious attack mode, laced with personal threats.
The last time someone gave a speach in front of 200,000 screaming Germans was Hitler.
Dry up and blow away.
And still, you troll.
You’re either paid, or afraid…or both.
yeah right SF..and pigs fly..you know the ones with pink lipstick on…
You couldn’t tell that bullshit to the 8 women who sat in my living room last night and were silent and in awe with this woman and when she was done a huge cheer went out ..and no one could quiet down afterwards, how much in love they were with Sarah..and all here were dems.
OKay, sfhillary, you lost all your credibility right there at “sneering vitriol directed at a sitting Senator” since that was always the main ploy of the Obullshit strategy.
sfhillary….you mean you missed all of the hate heaped on Hillary in the primary? Awww too bad, otherwise you would have recognized what the liberals have been heaping on Palin the last week. WHat did Hillary or Palin do to deserve that?
So the attacks on Hiliary weren’t vitriol, suggesting she was racist…
using her husband to diss her
the sneers at her 18 million votes
The attacks on Palin are from the same place:
MISOGYNY
women know it -women see it
the vitriol spewed out against Palin before last night was horrendous
Did you see the vile P Diddy video???
Whether you like her policy wise or not her speech last night was a terrific response
Worried that the Emperor’s new clothes are being exposed??
Then why can’t you see through McCain’s transparant attempt to woo women who vote with their vaginas rather than their brains.
Palin is anti-choice. She has stated quite plainly that she would want her daughter to carry the child of her rapist.
Palin opposes comprehensive sex ed, which, as we all know, hurts young teenage girls far more than it hurts the boys.
And then we have McCain himself, who opposed equal pay for equal work, is ALSO anti-choice, and who wants to make it harder for women to pay for birth control using insurance.
On the flip side, there’s a democratic ticket that is pro-choice, champions equal pay for equal work, and is against abstinence only sex ed in schools.
Now please, fix your puckered mouth to tell me who is mysogynistic.
CHOOSING to KEEP your child is also choice.
and for all your plaints about us voting on gender lines..you seem to think voting on melanin levels is just fine, are you saying people of color are less intelligent?
stop telling us how to vote!!
It’s not working :0)
MAC/PALIN 08
HILLARY 12
I’m going to pretend that this isn’t a blantantly racist and ignorant comment and tell you how specious the “Barack Obama’s success is due to his blackness” argument truly is:
If success in a presidential race came down to blackness, we would have had a black president a LONG time ago.
Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Alan Keys (a Republican), Shirley Chisholm–all black, all ran for president, NONE of them got their party’s nomination.
Now, I’m going to acknowledge that your comment IS blantantly racist and ignorant. I wonder how many times YOU have complained about the fact that all our presidents have been white, despite the fact that blacks have been in this country LONG before its inception. In fact, only one of us has had the opportunity to vote for president “on melanin levels”, and it’s you, dear heart.
sfhillary,go away! the weather bureau keeps telling us these squalls are passing. sigh, but not till november.
Stuff it asshole! Go back to the basement and your vidio games!
You need to clean out your ears. Obama is the most devisive manand disrespectful of both Hillary and Sarah. Wake up for gods sake
When will they ever learn?
Why watch their crap..
I only watch them through a filter now
Just like a few years ago I watched Fox through a filter..
Wake me up!!!
The only station I watch now is FOX, I gave up on the others after the Wright tapes came out and they failed to take him to task and vet him.
Yes – here we go again…”SHRILL”.
“SHRILL” is the word some DNC elite and other male media pundits constantly said about Hillary. (”Shrill Hill” – remember?)
It was the “accepted term” (wink wink) used to put down Hillary by the media who belong to the (forgive me for being blunt) itty bitty penis club of the MSM. You know them as Olberman, Matthews, Tucker Carlson, Shuster, Anderson Cooper, Andrea Mitchell (who I’m not convinced isn’t a man in disguise) Jake Tapper, etc. who were and are…after all… maddeningly JEALOUS.
For, as was evidenced during the primaries and tonight, BOTH HILLARY AND PALIN have bigger balls than THEY do (& they’re smarter & tougher too)!
They call it testicular fortitude!
Andrea does have the largest penis of THAT bunch.
And don’t forget Rachel Maddow’s boyish charm.
Well, maybe shrill is a coded word for sexism!
Thing is you knew the King show was going to be hostile.
I knew McCain turned down his appearance tonight to protest the Campbell Brown interview. At the convention tonight, it was made clear that media is no longer trustworthy, so just ignore them. It sent a strong message, and the pundits tried laughing it off all night.
Larry King had three women Obama surrogates, and it screamed panic. They fell back on Bush scare tactics, and you could tell King was unimpressed.
Obama on O’Reilly tomorrow won’t make the splash they hoped. Tonight was too memorable.
I’m watching CNN, because I’m in Canada. We don’t get FOX here, alas.
Fox has an internet feed of the convention.
Something like five different cameras that you can direct yourself.
Haven’t tried it myself…but maybe you can catch Bill and Barry that way.
poorly written…you can’t control the cameras but which one you want to watch.
Yeah. Use the camera where you see Barry wetting his panties. Obama on O’Reilly? OMG. That could be very very bad. As O’R is naturally going to be for Sarah. If the interview is live Obama is in trouble. Might as well be a debate haha. Which makes me wonder: perhaps this is the best the Obama campaign could come up with to counter the RNC bounce? This could be catastrophic. If something bad happens – and you know Rove will be all over the transcript – it could be too much for the community organiser from Chicago haha.
I used to like Bill O – but I quit watching him because I think he’s arrogant, loud and rude to his quests. In earlier segments, I always thought he was too easy on Obama – and the interview he did on Hillary was tough. I doubt Bill wil ask Obummer the REALLY tough questions. Bill is just doing it for ratings and he wants the dems (liberal dems) to love him as much as he thinks most republicans do. Ratings mean MORE money for Billy Boy.
I won’t watch O’Reilly because Obummer absolutely makes me sick and I cannot stand to watch or hear him speak. I DO hope he bombs, though. (Without speech writers or a teleprompter – that shouldn’t be too hard to do!)
O’Reilly has been kissing Obama’s ass so he can get Obama on his show plus he enjoys people telling him that he is fair with Obama which means he does not criticize Obama.
O’Reilly said today that Palin didn’t have the qualifications to be VP, but said NOTHING about Obama not having the qualifications to be President.
IMO, O’Reilly seems to kneel down to Barack Obama in his attempts to show the world how “Fair and Balanced” he is, all the while missing the opportunity to be truly powerful and incisive and ask questions that have, heretofore, NOT been asked by any reporter in the MSM.
I’ll bet money he will fail again. I hope I lose that bet.
O’Reilly will probably just sit there and tell Obama that he is charismatic, blah blah blah.
I’ve seen Obama do live interviews with right wing pundits. The man is unflappable. Sure he stutters, but he always presents his points without getting angry or terse (unlike John McCain), I’ve never seen him refuse to answer a question just because he doesn’t like it (unlike John McCain), and he always remains cordial, even when the interviewer has raked him over the coals (unlike John McCain).
The only time I’ve ever seen Obama become agitated during an interview is when someone asks him a question that is based on an out and out lie.
Barry has said all I care to hear. I won’t be watching that interview. I’ll be watching McCain’s acceptance speech. I didn’t see McCain giving interviews on Barry’s night, and what was it we heard before the convention. Hillary needs to check herself, this is Obama’s moment to shine. We’ll tonight is going to be McCain’s. Barry needs to check himself.
I agree, I won’t be watching Barry either. I’ll wait for the higlight film from Paul tomorrow
I have gotten to the point that I cannot even listen to Obama. It’s like I’ve been about Bush the past 8 years. I turn the TeeVee off if Obama is on – or Meeshell, too. I can’t stand to hear his stuttering.
Nothing Obama can say will change my opinion of him. If he had some work history, some work ethic to refer to, I might listen. If he’d even once provide requested documents – simple documents – like his ACTUAL birth certificate or proof of his draft registration, I might pay attention. But he’s proven himself to be a liar, a cheat and a fraud. I have no time or energy for his stuttering drivel.
Obama on O’Reilly tomorrow won’t make the splash they hoped.
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You can almost be assured O’Reilly had to agree not to ask “The One” any hard questions. I will be very surprised if Bill ask any question that will put obama on the spot.
Oh yes, I forgot to add “shrill” to the list of crimes being female. Thank you Dems, for not letting us forget what you think about us.
Neither one of their opinions mean anything. Reid is a moron and Martin is a racist.
Harry is shrill…
Fuck Larry King and Harry Reid, two smelly old farts with the morals of a snake.
Eff Larry, Harry and Barry.
The DNC esponse is very lame and lacks originality and humor.
The Arugula ‘R Us party needs some new material.
The DNC couldn’t get orignal at this point. All of the people with original thought have left the party.
That is one liberated man on stage proud to hold his son. I guess he has to be, being married to a wife like Sarah Palin.
What a lucky man!
i agree. the husband seems really at ease with the attention, she is getting and with her strenght. she is one tough cookie. i think they’ve got a winner. you know she was good because Olbermann seemed very unhappy. As unhappy as he looked each time Hillary won a big one, like PA, OH, TX etc.
Olberman! Ha! What a sad sack of shit.
yup, sarah’s husband says “happy marriage” to me while the obama household! well, think michelle! uggg!
That’s what Wolf Blitzer called it. He also said she “hit it out of the park”. The BBC called it “a star performance”.
I like how they say govenor Palins remarks are prepared, well all of the remarks are perpared on both sides, news flash, obama needs a telepromter or he dont know what he is talking about, he cant remember how many states we have without it being in writing, why because there are 57 muslim states, he isnt qualified to answer anything unless he has prewritten answers and questions. oreilly is in the tank with obama but he pretends otherwise, this is why he is having him on tonite, i will watch but later, when they have repeats, im watching mccain, it may be the only change we have, since they only have sickening obama on, im so sick of hearing him and he should be well versed in his same old lies and stories, he is the most boring candidate we have ever had shoved down our throats, im sick of their lust for this dope
or in football terms (1 minute left in the game)
that SUPER HAIL
MARYSARAH was caught & delivered!!!TOUCH DOWN MC CAIN/PALIN
(but did any of us doubt that a woman could do it if given a fair shot?)
geraldine got the chance to bounce on that trampoline and touch that glass ceiling (no cracks) but
my hat is off today to the woman (Sen. Clinton) who broke all those millions of cracks in that glass ceiling and made it easy for Sarah to smash it to pieces with her trusted hockey stick!!! lmao~ love it!
Erick Erickson | Redstate Thursday, September 4
Sarah Palin “Winged” Her Speech Because of “Broken” Teleprompter
Halfway through Sarah Palin’s speech tonight at the RNC, people following the speech noticed she was deviating from the prepared text. According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks.
http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/sep/04/breaking-sarah-palin-winged-her-speech-bec/
For those who think that they must support the Democratic party, I would remind you there are more than one way to skin a cat.
If you love Obama, what are you doing here?
If you are only voting for the Precious because you fear and hate (like we do) what the Republicans have done to every part of America…think on this
Obama is not only inept, he is corrupt? Since when does edible fruit fall from a poisoned tree
We will have a democratic majority. If we can displace the worthless Reid with Hillary and ANYBODY BUT PELOSI.. we’ll have a
congress with a spine
a man in the WH who will WORK IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION WITH THE CONGRESS
and who is running to serve his country…not like the precious who if he gave a flying crap about you or me would have waited at least one more election cycle to make this bid and wouldn’t have had to corrupt the DNC to get anointed
take the longer view…it’s not about HRC, it’s about hoping to salvage a toxic Democratic party before THEY become the neo-cons
it’s about saying I OWN MY VOTE and you will NOT FORCE ME to sanction your corruption
in 4 years, we’ll have a better party…one that serves the people, not one installed to serve an inept, pandering jackass of a candidate
I’m right there with you Linda….
But apparently the years of republican over the top, bitter partisan bullshit, it looks like the dumb dems on our side of the fence have taken the bait…and forgotten about America as a W H O L E.
“not like the precious who if he gave a flying crap about you or me would have waited at least one more election cycle to make this bid and wouldn’t have had to corrupt the DNC to get anointed”
Amen.
Be grateful he screwed up as much as he did. At least he’s been exposed now. If things go the way we want then his career is burnt toast. That’s a Good Thing™. Darwinism at its best.
That’s true. Obama is the master of his own misfortune.
It is imperative that Obama is defeated then we will actually see this so-called change we can believe in. Obama will be relegated back to the Senate and he will be lucky if he can get elected again. The caucus will probably be eliminated. Playing the race card will curtail. The Democratic leadership that created this fiasco will be replaced.
If Obama wins then their will be mayhem.
they do it every dang time. the repubs brought out a feisty all american woman that just begged for the toxins in the dim party to go to war. they did and were then cut down like shooting at standing targets.
Right there with you. The duplicity and corruption of Obama transcend all other issues.
ALL other issues!
And I think that’s what people sense now. This GE is not about the same issues it seemed to be about a year ago. People are rallying to the GOP because the enemy of their enemy is their friend.
Geraldo –
Yes…you are profoundly correct in your assessment.
BRA-VO!!! Here’s another former Democrat proudly supporting McCain and Palin after the DNC shafted Hillary.
And what a surprise the MSM is already calling Palin “shrill.” That’s one of their favorite insults for women when they have nothing else of substance to say. They would never refer to a man as shrill. Sexist and stupid.
Who was it here said they were the IBPC? (The itty bitty penis club. Haha.)
That IBPC comment would be me. Sorry…couldn’t resist.
Well said.
Nobama!!
Those of use who support Obama come here for a variety of reasons. Some of us are masochists. Some of us need to reassure ourselves of the intelligence level of those who oppose Obama not for ideological reasons or even on the issues, but just because (and the way you guys are grasping at straws, telling half-truths and whole lies, and putting your warped sense of perception on display…I tell you. It’s refreshing. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of you couldn’t figure out how to work the voting booth come November), and also there are those of use who want to make sure BOTH sides of the story are told. Just in case any independents or undecideds are unfortunate enough to stumble into this 3-ring circus of hell and ignorance.
I hope I answered your questions
You really should proofread before you submit your comments.
I’m hurt that you think so little of my typing skills. Pardon me while I slash my wrists on your razor wit.
Name one piece of major legislation that Obamma has written, ever. Everyone knows that Chicago politics is corrupt, so name one time that he ever took on the corruption in Chicago. How is Obamma going to make us more energy independent? These are all things that an Obamma supporter should be able to answer.
From the Yahoo News fact check of Palin’s speech:
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Full article is here:
http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_fact_check
We’re HooKeD!
It was great.
Though we found it odd that Obama has been comparing his experience to hers, when he is at the TOP of the ticket and she is the nominated VP.
He is a joke and running scared.
I heard the speech and thought Gov. Palin did a wonderful job. So did the thug squad on NBC, who gave her rave reviews. The crowd in the convention center, who represent the repug base and her target audience, were delighted by her. Even Williams and Brokaw said Palin was a “charismatic and effective” speaker. By all accounts, she knocket it out of the park.
Which means, of course, that by 7:00 AM tomorrow, at the earliest, the entire M$SM will have decided that Palin was awful and her speech bombed. They won’t let the truth (or decency) get in the way of their orgy of BZero-fluffing.
During Giuliani’s speech, the crowd booed NBC. LMAO.
Oh, sorry, that was Sarah not Rudy.
Good for them! (Never thought I’d say that about any group of gopers.)
Is there anyone in America who doesn’t recognize the obviously pro-bama slant of NBC News and the M$M in general? When they were biased against the dems it was offensive, and it’s equally awful now that they are biased in favor of one particular dem. What this country needs is balanced, neutral news reporting that treats all politicians the same and covers issues in depth without an ideological slant.
Gulianni, Hannity, and the rest of the Repubs are really driving the message “don’t let the media pick your next president” tonight. I heard it over and over from segment to segment. And only Gulianni could have said what he said about barry with that kind of effectiveness…c’mon, he’s from NY! he was keepin’ it real y’all.
MSNBC is so yesterday’s news.
Seeing Olberman and Matthews crying on each others shoulders following a McCain/Palin victory is priceless and would be the only time I will watch that network.
the only decent one on there is Joe Scarborough… (and Pat Buchanan)
it never fails to stun me when I say that.
New Yorker here, born and raised. Still live in the same small town. Rudy was kicking ass and taking names.
i know ya’ll get the irony of hannity and the rest pointing the finger at dims for their dissing of women. they stood up for their candidate while the dims made fools out of themselves.
What’s funny is neither side knows exactly how to handle us, or what to think of us. I’ve been nosy over at some of the more diehard Republican blogs. I’ve read comments like they can’t be Democrats! Look how they’re talking. The Democrats are trying to pretend like we don’t exist.
The way I see it, the fiascos from within both parties is…they’ve awaken the sleeping moderate from within the parties. We are the true majority of both parties. Exactly why McCain, each time they counted him out, pulled ahead. The true majority of Americans able to rise above a party affiliation for this country. It’s a refreshing change of pace.
We’ve found through Hillary, John, and now Sarah, that there is much more that brings us together, than they can find to separate us. We still have a long way to go with both parties, but we’ll get there. They better get used to us, because we’re going nowhere.
United we stand, divided we fall. America and her democracy is worth fighting for in all parties. We lost that somehow, but we’re getting it back. Never again will we be silenced/silent. As my husband says you can only poke a sleeping dog for so long before they’re going to turn around and bite you…
We’re an enigma!!!
Keith Doberman tried to blunt the positive “Norma Rae” comparison by saying Sarah was more Tracey Flick than Norma Rae.
This occurred exactly 30 seconds after I checked in at MSNBC to see if their heads were exploding after Palin’s wonderful speech. Say what you will about Keith, but he is the soul of consistency. I always expect him to an asshole, and he never disappoints.
Oops, to BE an asshole. And then the a-hole gleefully started reading from a story slamming the Republicans for parading the Palin family out on the tarmac at the airport and again at the convention. Evidently this is the Republicans trying to have it both ways–leave the family alone, but we can use them for our own purposes.
Really, can you imagine what the reaction would have been if her family hadn’t been at the convention? (”Why is she trying to hide her family now???”) These media types aren’t only nasty, they’re stupid.
lolz Up to tonight I saw Sally Field (voice) and Rene Russo (profile) in her. Now I see only Sarah Barracuda Palin.
“This occurred exactly 30 seconds after I checked in at MSNBC to see if their heads were exploding after Palin’s wonderful speech.” I’m with you. I guess I’m not the only one who turnss to msnbc to watch their discomfort whenever anything happens that doesn’t favor Obama.
Hillary always struck me as Tracy Flick, and I say that as someone who loves the movie Election.
Actually, it’s Obama that’s Tracy Flick. Ever fearful that her nefarious tactics will on one day be exposed.
They have already started 1 hour after her speech. They are complaining about how she has stolen the show. She took Barack’s thunder away. He is no longer the star and he’s pissed. Chris Matthews
said were use to Barack creating all the excitement, and how she can relate to small town America. The folks Barack could never get. The pit bull with lipstick. Them bastards!
If Chris “Stiff Third Leg” Matthews said that then it’s not just out of the park or a 7th inning grand slam but the fucking World Series! And if he said this then he’s more or less signed his own career epitaph by making it obvious he was feeding people biased propaganda. I love to see these turds unravel!
Maybe Donna Brazilla needs to come on CNN and say she “mis-spoke” when she told the base to stay home. Karma, sweet karma.
Oh but it’s already out there. Sarah was front page stuff within minutes all across the globe and everyone was fawning all over her. It’s a bit late for the MSM to change much of that.
Gee I did not hear any uuuummmmms and aaaaahhhs during the speech.
What a concept a person running for office that can really speak and clearly make her points.
The faux new democratic party can kiss their asses good bye.
The saddest thing for me was thinking that if the dems had any courage or sense we could of had the best. Instead we got the worst candidate ever.
The roll call broke my heart.
Look at the difference.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS, AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
I have come to the conclusion that the MSM already knew what they were getting into when Sarah was announced as the VP. That’s why they’ve scrambled around and tried so hard to divert and distract. Bring her down. They knew she’d connect and with more than just her base.
Michelle will go back to hating America.
When did she stop?
See… something good happens already!
“…will go back…”
Give me a break, please. Get real.
She never stopped.
She is actually the bitter one as well as her husband. Somebody needs to knock the chips off their shoulders.
GREAT SPEECH, Obama who?
His 15 minutes are up
lolz Ted Kennedy’s Swim Coach LMAO
ROTF Hahahahahahahhaha
How many people could have endured the type of vilification Sarah did the last five days and gotten up there without shaking? I gave her credit just for going forward and not dropping out like others wanted her to do but that was one of the best speeches I ever heard — certainly better than any Obama ever gave. Everytime I see Obama putting his fingers together and shaking his hand as he speaks he looks like a baby with a rattle.
Hillary could have .:)
Nobama!!
Probably just about everyone could. The one notable who couldn’t would be Barack Obama. To me, he seems to have a very fragile self-image.
Ugh. That woman is no Hillary. She’s not even close.
I don’t know how you so called Hill-dogs could be anything but disgusted by Sarah “GOP finger-puppet” Palin.
I for one am excited at the prospect of Hillary finding a place next year either in Obamas cabinet or as a Supreme Court appointee.
And anyone who doesn’t think that Hillary wouldn’t insert herself into a Democratic White House is nothing but bitter and short-sighted.
What do you think the chances of either of those scenarios occuring if McCain and Palin have control over the White House?
Her name is Goveror Sarah Palin! Not “that woman” or “finger-puppet”
BTW, I agree, Governor Palin is not Senator Clinton. Believe it or not each and every woman is an individual. We are not a voting block or a demographic that can be fear mongered into voting for an unqualified candidate!
I see. But you ARE willing to vote for two candidates who want to whittle away your reproductive rights and those of your daughter’s.
I don’t share your opinion that Obama is underqaulified. And with McCain being a 72 year old 4 time cancer survivor, there’s a very real possibility that Palin could be president before McCain’s first term is up.
No amount of Republican rhetoric is going to convince me that Sarah Palin’s experience as a hockey mom and mayor of a town with which had a smaller population than Obama’s Illinois congressional district (and certainly less diversity), somehow makes her more qualified than a Harvard educated man who was a law professor, community activist, state senator and US senator.
Especially not when Palin’s “executive experience” includes leaving her town $20 million dollars in debt after inheriting a balanced budget.
Crystal,
….but Barky’s experience as a community worker and a crack addict does it for you? Oh, and that Harvard degree was bought by Khalid al-Mansour, a supporter of terrorists and a Saudi. BO’s refusal to open his Harvard records only confirms suspicions that he was pushed though Harvard to meet the quota for affirmative action, yeah, like a big black turd stuck in the toilet pushed through by Arab money and the self-absorbed Ivy-League phonies, who all have over-sized books of starving people in Africa on their coffee tables to show that they care. You must be proud to be part of that culture.
What are your sources that Obama’s Harvard degree were purchased, or that he was there to meet a quota? And no, opinion blogs do not count as a “source”. Has any main-stream media outlet (hell, I’ll even take Fox News) confirmed any of that bilge you are spewing?
I already know the answer, but let me play
fool’sdevil’s advocate.It is a FACT that Sarah Palin left the Wasilla budget with a $20 million dollar deficit, when it was in fact balanced prior to her taking office.
It is a FACT that so-called “executive experience” includes governing a town smaller than Barack Obama’s Illionis district.
It is a FACT that she has been governor of Alask for less time than Barack Obama has been running for president.
It is also a FACT that Sarah Palin supported that bridge to nowhwere before she was against it (talk about flip-flopping!).
I deal in FACTS, my friend. Provable, quantifiable FACTS. Not wild conspiracy theories.
Show me any newspaper article, or news report that substantiates ANY of what you claim about Barack Obama.
FYI, I’m one of the women who fought for women’s rights. Everything my generation fought for was casually tossed aside in the name of “change”. I will not feel guilt if the youth of today do not appreciate what they have (or had)!
When Hillary Clinton mentioned the assassination of RFK the Obama camp jumped all over her saying she was wishing death on their candiate. Are you wishing death on Senator McCain? As for Vice President Palin stepping in as President, I don’t see any problem with that.
BTW, from what I hear, Sarah Palin got more votes when she ran for mayor of that “small town” than Joe Biden got from all America in his Presidential bid!
Ugh. This by far is one of the most disgusting comments I’ve ever read on this site because it exemplifies my suspicion that some of you would rather see a woman–any woman–in the White House than a true feminist.
GET OVER IT! HILLARY LOST!
You aren’t going to help yourself or any other woman by electing two conservative ideologues into office.
I for one, am more concerned about my reproductive rights and my right to equal pay, two things that John McCain does NOT stand for. His record speaks loudly and clearly to that.
There’s a HUGE difference between likening your opponent to an assassinated politician and talking about the very real possibility that a FOUR time cancer survivor, 3 years shy of the average male life-expectancy, might not survive his first time.
I’m not wishing McCain to do anything but lose this election.
Really? A woman who is under an ethics investigation in her home state for abuse of power is A-Ok with you? A woman who tried to use her power to ban books is someone you don’t have a problem with? A woman who forced her cabinet to swear an oath of loyalty to her and then fired the ones who didn’t fall in line is material for our next president?
And people like you keep throwing the word Facist at Obama?? Ugh.
Oh please. The man is a 5-time incumbent to the US Senate and has been a senator for 36 years. If you want to go that route, fine. Joe Biden has won more elections than Palin has, which also means he’s had more votes cast for him than Palin has. Thanks, try again.
Oh, and according to Yahoo’s fact check on Palin’s speech:
She was awesome! Up your noses, you Regressives. Not Progressives. Regressives. I’m done with you.
Just say no to cowards and those who would surrender American sovereignty.
The democrats are the new scum!!
“Regressives”
I like that.
Mind if I use it?
I just read Obama’s camp response, even they seem to be still in a state of shock if all they can come up with is Palin is just like Bush lol
Obami is probably on a conference call with his 300 advisers trying to figure out how to take out a pit bull in lipstick. All the attacks on her kids and trying to say that women need to be at home taking care of the wee ones hasn’t gotten them very far.
Just heard Laura Ingram say that an Obama supporter & friend emailed her that Palin was “snide”. Did anyone else think that? I didn’t. I thought she was fabulous and tough and smart and funny.
Saw this on yahoo, someone repeated it. They give them one word to repeat “snide” is going to be that word. watch, you will hear various versions of arguements all with “snide” in them. This is yet another sexist attack.
The Obama version is SNARKY. Did anyone notice when he was interviewed on CNN the other night and referred to Palin’s hometown as “Wasilly”?
Obama is the Snarkmaster.
I noticed “Wasilly” from the Snarkmaster, too.
Wasilly is so – second grade playground insult.
Funny but he can pronounce Pakistan like he’s a native!
Of course not! She was genuine, strong, effective and funny! The best critism they can come up with is that this was a scripted speech and it’s questionable whether she can do well extemporaneously. Hello? This is not Obama we are talking about here. LOL.
I think every time they call Palin “snyde” gthey should play Obama’s brushing his shoulders at Hillary.
They have painted themselves in a corner. Obambi is running on Clean Politics.
Palin made no such promise and is going to rip them a new one. And we are going to love it when they get exactly what they deserve.
Hillary had no choice in the face of all those race cards flying around.
The only way to defeat her is to pick on her and I believe Oblahma used up all his free get out of jail female bashing on Hillary.
wow. I said the same thing.
Obama played the race card with Bill and Hillary Clinton, he played it to the fullest, and now we see that it doesn’t work anymore.
He used the race card on the two most un-racist people in this whole entire country.
The race card won’t work on McCain and Palin, and that is all the Obama campaign has.
Hillary 08 maybe and 2012
yep, and they used up their woman bashing card, too. it ain’t gonna work this time.
Hillary had her hands tied behind her back and a gun held to her head by the DNC and their Precious and she still kicked obama’s butt. The DNC stole from Hillary what was rightfully her’s and gave it to an empty suit.
We all know that it is because of Hillary’s courageous run for the nomination and willingness to take the hits by her own party and the misognynist attacks by the MSM that made it possible for Sarah Palin to shine! Even Governor Palin acknowledged that in her first speech!
The republicans have stolen from the democrats what should have been our’s — a strong, intelligent, effective woman in the White House. I will never forgive them for that.
Sarah Palin will be a great president someday and she will obtain great experience for that job as Vice President.
However, come 2012, we will be there for Hillary and make her our President, as it should have been in 2008. Hillary will be a great president and will be the epitom of what a woman can do when given the chance. She will, again, pave the way for Sarah Palin and other women to become president!
Thank you, Hillary, for making it possible for McCain to choose Palin and stopping the DNC insane coup!
“The republicans have stolen from the democrats what should have been our’s — a strong, intelligent, effective woman in the White House.”
The Republicans did not steal anything, the Democrats screwed themselves.
McCain has taken a lot of heat for picking Palin even from his own party. Palin will have a rough 2 months ahead of her having to deal with a media that wants to destroy her, sexism, and the Obama attack machine. Meanwhile Obama gets burped by the media that refused to ever vet him.
I beg to differ. The republicans stole nothing. The Dems did that. To Themselves. The Republicans saw an opportunity and true to human nature. took it for all its worth. This Ex-jackass may morph into an elephant. and she wont forget!!!!!
Oh, if you talked about my children like that, I’d be more than “snide.” So funny listening to his camp whine about how McCain only criticized Obama, but he didn’t talk enough about the economy or offer real solutions or discuss policy.
RULE 1: If you have a good idea, Obama will steal it, even if he was against it an hour ago. “Change You Can Xerox.”
But the first three speakers were Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina and Mitt Romney touched on the economy. Sarah Palin was specific which taxes would be raised under an Obama administration.
And really, who cares? We know that Obama cannot be trusted and neither can the Democratic party be trusted with a rubberstamp Congress.
obama deserves “snide”
at the very least.
Palin is a woman to be reckoned with.
i’m doing the happy dance!
after the way Obama and his masses, the media, blah blah blah behaved toward Hillary, I don’t care if Palin is SNIDE! Bring it on Sarah!
The leftie press chattering class had Gov Sarah Palin drawn and quartered, died and buried in less than 48 hours, when they did not even know her. Now let the fun begin.
How embarassing for them. But many of us already knew this when they gave Hillary Clinton the exact same treatment on the same total lack of substance.
Obama lives in a self-inflicted echo chamber and now is hearing only the sound of one hand clapping.
McCain-Palin – 2008 and 2012.
Sarah embarrassed the MSM since they thought they did finish her off and they got Obama elected. The media will now try to trip up Sarah since their inital attack on her failed.
Oh no. Sarah was snide.
She was shrill too. Didn’t you her her being shrill?
Just like that damn Hillary.
hum. maybe all us uppity women with grit are snide and shrill!
lol Last night Rudy laid into Obama on his 300 advisors, said something like he goes to talk to his 300 advisors and Obama changes his position suggesting the UN could find the solution. (concerning Georgia)He said apparently none of those 300 advisor told him that Russia has veto power on any UN sanction!(not verbatim)
I read several posts from Germany, UK, and Ireland blogs on Obama’s speech in Germany. Asking is he was ignorant or just plain stupid and what exactly do those 300 advisors advise on?(on Northern Ireland. His wall between the Catholic and Protestant example. One heck of a gaffe on foreign land. One that most American’s know about that aren’t even running for office.)If he doesn’t even understand that there are still problems in Ireland, one of our allies, what could he possibly know about our enemies?
Easy. You put it to sleep.
so in others words you are suggesting your thug bros take her out??? typical bot solutionm to everything.
your all sick and scary!!!
Does it hurt to grasp so many straws at once?
I’m surprised they didn’t yell “racist”. LOL.
I thought I heard someone yell PUMA.
Oh but they did, Brian Williams did.
Here’s what was said:
and here is what Brian Williams got out of that:
What do you think he was suggesting?
From Newsbusters, they also have the video:
http://tinyurl.com/5u98bv
Yeah, it sounds so canned, like they either didn’t listen to what she said or, if they did, they didn’t know how to respond.
Really? They reacted the way I was reacting. I’m not canned, except by the Dems. my former party.
The first part of the speech and the last part of the speech was per teleprompter and MSNBC reported there was a problem with the teleprompter. The operator was rolling the script right through the applause so the teleprompter was way out ahead of Palin.
If it would have been Obambi we would have heard a lot of uhs.
Obama= a noun, a verb and an uuuuuhhhhhhhh.
Chuckle
McCain = a noun, a verb and P.O.W.
And how many ‘um’ ‘huh’ ‘you see’ did she make? I didn’t count one! Even with a failed teleprompter.
Obama must be afraid – very afraid!
The whole Bush thing is getting old, especially since Bush is better than Obama. At this point it is difficult to find anyone Obama is better than. Before this campaign is over Obama will be trying to run against Sarah’s baby with down syndrome.
Wow! Bush is better than Obama? Did nobody tell me that Obama lied and used false intelligence to get us into a war? Where was I when Obama squandered the hundreds of billions in surprlus we garnered in the 90s?
When did Obama’s failed economical plans get us into a housing crisis?
Maybe I didn’t know about this because I don’t visit a mental ward to get the latest breaking news.
We just saw the first woman Vice President tonite folks!
And the first Woman President will still be Hillary!
We can hope. Four years with this woman as VP will probably provide a very formidable opponent for Hillary.
It’ll be a great race to watch from start to finish though.
both would suit me fine. Time to shake things up a bit.
I highly doubt it. The Republicans will still be a disaster for the country, but not as bad a disaster as Obama will be. So in 4 years, Palin will be unpopular and we’ll get Hillary elected!
Hillary ‘12!!!
This is very possible.
irony, the repubs now sound like populists.
That would be awesome. Two women running for the highest office in the world and nobody even blinking an eye. All of the sexist shite left in the past. THAT’S REAL CHANGE!
I hope you’re right. In the meantime, there are more than a few Dems that have to be kicked to the curb!
Hillary shattered the glass ceiling. Palin walked on the shards and won America’s hearts.
She better distance herself from Obama if she expects to have a future.
Good point. Look at all the flak she received for not divorcing Bill. Staying “loyal” to Obama is like staying loyal to a rattlesnake.
Not if McCain wins and kicks the bucket before 2012.
…and all those Regressive “anarchists” trashing that city were exactly the spawns of what defeated McGovern. Great job,keep it up you little savages.
You wear masks so your parents, who are footing your lazy assed bills financially, won’t recognize the little monsters they created
So many zingers….it was amazing.
Excellent! We want a hero not a zero
chants: zero zero zero zero zero.
They attacked her for the zingers. They fear her.
I can quote about five lines from Sarah Palin’s speech. I can’t remember a single thing that Biden said.
Neither can Biden. Pass him the bottle.
I loved this part of her speech:
I predict the Dems just realizes that they are going to lose. Someone will leak a scandal on obama. Obama will be force to resign. Hillary will get the nomination…I will still vote for MCCAIN/Palin.
If in some fantasy world Hillary was to get the nomination, there’s absolutely no way I’d vote for McCain.
Get a grip!
I would
Absolutely not! I think you have shown your true colors!
This remains a pro-Hillary Clinton and anti-Obama blog. We are for now supporting McCain/Palin in order to purge the Obama disease.
But our ultimate loyalty and support is for Hillary Clinton!
HILLARY!!!!
Hillary has my vote.
If it a choice between McCain and Hillary …
A vote for Hillary is a vote for Obama and a vote against America.
That is not true.
Without Obama on the ticket, a vote for Hillarya is a vote for America.
Get it straight Geraldo.
Stop lying on Hillary.
Hillary will never accept the nomination.
The MoveOn crowd that has taken over the party must be destroyed if she is to stand a chance of being her own woman.
A win with them controlling the stings is no win at all.
Hillary will pass.
What I’m wondering is who controls the DNC after a loss. How did Dean seize control?
I would love to see Obama scandalized out of the ticket, but if you read the rules on Heid Li’s blog and also the Obamacrimes.com website, the DNC and Governor’s get to decide who will be the nominee then. Do you really think they will allow it to be Hillary? After the 5/31 RBC and the phoney baloney roll call? I doubt it. Most of this was to dispose of Clinton. I still would love to it play out and show just how corrupt the dems are. If Obama is out, they will hand it to Biden you can be sure!
Ditto, Hillary has my vote over McCain.
Me too.
I stand for democracy and I don`t care WHO is bringing it to me. If you want to constantly follow someone then go right ahead.
Country first is more than a slogan to me.
AS far as my true colors…They are red ..white and ..blue. The same colors that we fought for in Vietnam.
So if your feelings are hurt. Tough.
That bumpy thing going down the middle of your back is a spine……use it.
Moron Republican talking. You are just lucky that politics make strange bedfellows. This alliance is only temporary to bring Obama down.
I’m with you Judge!
Yeah
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Then when the time’s convenient we slit
their fucking throats.
I’ve just marked something down in my book of retribution now.
I’m an Afghan-Sicilian cross, BTW, and with a little Irish mixed in.
Same here judge.
To all of you Republicans showing your true colors:
This alliance is only temporary.
We need to clean our Democratic party, and will do that by voting for a Republican, but once our house is clean and back on the right track, we are still Democratic voters.
If Obama isn’t on the ticket, and if it was Hillary against McCain, a REAL Hillary supporter would vote for her, NEVER against her.
We now see right through you harp.
Oh please, let us not become what we hate most (daily kos): calling people names when they disagree with us, and especially using “republican” as an insult. They ARE the party that freed the slaves you know. And while they’ve been pretty awful the last 50 years, they have one or two merits that occasionally raise them above the level of a sewer rat. For example, Nelson Rockefeller was very moderate, and Eisenhour warned of the ‘military industrial complex’.
And if anyone here truly wants “change” then we might need to be prepared for changes we didn’t quite anticipate. So let’s try to keep open minds and not indulge in name calling.
I agree with Harp on some level, not sure which. It has to do with the dem “platform”.
and to much water under the bridge… still MC vs Hillary? Hillary? Pickin daisy’s on that one…mmm
Great response HARP!!
I judge people on the merits.
I love Hillary but if McCain and Sarah can pull it off I’m with them.
I have bitter memories of these demrats who now remind me of enemies America has fought in the past.
But Hillary is not a demrat.
Hillary vs McCain? Hillary all the way.
Well said! Hillary all the way!!!
I have been a Democrat since the early 60`s and have supported every useless candidate they managed to put forward. In the words of Obama……ENOUGH!!! If the R`s can change under McCai/Palin, then great. I`m sure I will never agree with every thing they do but at least I know they will put COUNTRY FIRST. Without that we have nothing.
The democrat party today is Anti-American!
How can I support a party that wished for defeat in Iraq..
How can I support a party that wishes for a depression here at home..
How can I support a party that apologizes for America to the rest of thew world.
If we had listened to Obama and his minions America today would be a Defeated and humiliated country.
It’s going to take some years to repair the demRats if ever.
Maybe a third party might be a better solution especially since they kicked to the curb the Clinton wing of the party.
Right on Harp! And thank you for your service to our country.
I understand the part about the useless Dem candidates Harp, I really do.
My problem with you is that you are lumping Hillary in that same category and that is wrong.
If the Dems nominated Hillary, voting for her IS actually putting your country first.
I agree with Thinker, I was voting for Hillary first. We can’t allow our anger at what the Democratic party did to blind us. There are still a lot of good Democrats. The problem is they’re voices are being silenced. Shouted over.
I also don’t think saying that some of us are/were Republican all along is going to help either.(Especially since I changed my voter registration card
) Seattle, Harp both have been posting here since the primaries and supporting Hillary.
I just think there is a lot of anger. What I don’t understand is why we’re playing in a hypothesis now? We know Hillary is not the nominee. Even if Obama is now forced to step down, it is Biden that steps up. Not Hillary.
We know that’s not the way it works. Which is exactly why Obama didn’t pick her.
This is like when Hillary told us from the beginning she was not being vetted. She was not even being considered some refused to hear her and kept hoping she would be the VP. Anyone fantisizing that Obama will be forced to step down and the DNC will run to Hillary should get that out of their heads now. It will be Biden to step up and he will not chose Hillary for his VP. The DNC is going to try unseat Hillary. To get the Clintons out of Washington for good. Watch and see. It’s up to us to ensure they don’t suceed. We won’t do it like this…
Vietnam was a trumped up war. Do the research. That was the government against the people. The Vietnamese never had a grudge against the US. Be a patriot – just don’t be a fanatical stupid one.
Thanks…..I`ll tell my dead comrades that when I see them….IDIOT!!
I like the Country First theme, it is so much better than the Change theme of Obama. I am tired of hearing Obama and his supporters constantly criticize everything about this country and apologize about to any country that wants to listen to this loon.
The message I have for Obama is that I like this country and I appreciate what others have done before me so I may enjoy it. I don’t want Obama and his change I already now too much about that loser.
good point; “Change” is such an empty, meaningless slogan. “Country first” shows that mccain at least has a clue that partisanship has to be put behind us, and rational, effective, pro-american policies need to be enacted, regardless of what the “official” party position is.
I’m with you on that Harp. I’m no longer a Party loyalist but will vote for who is best for my country whether that be a Republican or Democrat. I consider myself an Independent. I was a former Hillary supporter and I am now a McCain/Palin ‘08 supporter. We shall see about 2012 when the time comes.
Thanks. I agree.
The only good thing that has come out during this election cycle is that people are no longer just voting for a party.
The are using their brains and thinking what is good for the country.
If it takes a third party to bring people that want the best for America, that is not a bad thing.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS, AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
Excuse me that should read
to bring people together
It is Bill Clinton’s x y candidate comparison voting he was talking about. That guy is so far ahead of the rest of the crowd! He is awesome! Can we have Bill again?
The fact that you say that you are former Hillary supports leads me to believe that you were NEVER a Hillary supporter. You wouldn’t just jump ship so easily like that.
Easily? You think jumping ship was easy. I suspect your heart is not with the place, or you would never say that.
Sounds like you are either an Obamabot or a Repugbot.
HILLARY, ALWAYS!!!
I wish Hillary had the nomination.
I’m still grieving.
Watch Newt defend Palin against a reporter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zXi90EVeg
This is how people in your own party stick up for you when you are being wrongfully attacked. The Democrats sat by and watched all the misogyny hurled at Hillary, watched how the nomination was stolen from her, and they need to go.
And I agree Mimi, if this was Hillary vs. McCain/Palin, of course we would pick Hillary. Sarah rocks, but Hillary is in a league of her own and irreplacable.
Absolutely, Hillary always!!!!
Hillary ‘12!!!
It was terrible to watch Hillary be savaged by the press and see no high ranking Democratic stand up for her. Even the Democratic women with the exception of Ferraro bailed on her.
Shameful.
Hillary has done so much for this nation. I lived over seas when she was humiliated by Bill’s lack of selfcontrol. The only thing that was presidential during that period was Hillary Clinton. I was able to look to her to find a way to preserve dignity.
She is strong and she helped to futher the cause of women. SHe answered the call of the sufferagists 160 years past and took the dream and dignity of Elenor Roosevelt and pulled it to the modern age. Hillary set the stage for our daughters by staying in the race so we could see how undemocratic they have become.
Yesterday the DNC started the fear mongering, attempting to hold my ovaries hostage again. As I heard the ad from a PP nurse I got angry. How can the DNC ask us to believe they give a crap about us after what they did to Hillary she won the most votes fro Christ’s Sake.
All they want to do is use our bodies to get them elected and use our bodies for their amusment without having to deal with offspring.
Nope No More.
Let us give Hillary credit and use the momentum she gave women to elect the first Woman VP and throw open that door forever. Let us not let her amazing race fail, if we do it will be another 20 years before a Party Machine is willing to run a woman again. (Remember Geraldine Ferraro).
Country First for our daughters!!!!
The Democrats sat by and watched all the misogyny hurled at Hillary, watched how the nomination was stolen from her, and they need to go.
They hurled it at her!
And then they turned their rabid dog lackeys onto Palin. It’s too bad she’s not loyal to the Dems like Hillary had to be, ha ha.
I noticed that too.
you know, I just keep wondering, in the midst of all these sexist attacks on Palin where is Hillary in all this? Why wouldn’t she step up and condemn it?
Hillary was giving Palin the room to stand up for herself.
She knows that Palin’s hands weren’t tied behind her back like Hillary’s were.
Sarah took a punch and gave it right back.
Hillary knows saying anything would have made the blows less effective.
Why is Hillary being defended and promoted right now like she didn’t go along with it when she was told to “sit down and shut up”?
She did everything Obama and his handlers demanded of her. She is out of the race. Does anyone think she will replace Biden as the VP or become the nominee still?
Are you a bit dense?
Hillary hands remains tied while the “Democratic” Party is under the rule of the nutroots and Obama. She has to bid his time, and she can only take back the party if Obama is proven a spent force.
A defeat of Obama goes a long way. But it cannot be seen that Hillary played a part in it. She simple cannot be seen as an unloyal Democrat. Use your political brains if you have one.
HILLARY!!!
IA. Look at McCain, he got screwed over by Bush and Rove, now he will be president. Thx to BO and Co., Hillary will have to bide her time, kick more ass in the Senate and come back in 2012. I’ll be here to support her.
Agreed. I think we should give allowance for people to correct their mistakes. The Republicans made a horrible mistake and now they have a chance to correct it. I hope we get our chance in 2012.
Extremely good point Bue Topaz!!
I will continue you to support Hillary as well.
I only defended why Hillary didn’t stand up for Palin and the sexism.
I am far too cynical to believe that Hillary even wanted to be on Obama’s ticket. She knows he is going down and hinted as much a few times.
When looking at the convention and the MSM attacking the Clintons for daring to speak at his coronation. It makes me think the Clintons had to fight just to be able to speak. It looked to me like the Obamas expected the racist smeared Clintons to tuck their tails and be grateful for the scraps.
They ‘negotiated’ for months for their traditional convention rights. While the Obama people complained that the Hillary people were like the ‘Japanese soliders’ who wouldn’t surrender.
That says a lot about those back room talks. Hillary wasn’t sitting down and they didn’t like it.
Frankly, they expected everyone in the Dem party to ’sit down and shut up’ and thankfully not everyone did.
Yes, Karma, unfortunately that is the political reality.
Hillary PUMA
What’s amazing is how Hillary had so many battles to fight:
1. The Obama campaign and their racist smears
2. The Media and their sexist smears, and they jumped on the Obama bandwagon and implied that she was racist.
3. High ranking members of the Democratic party that treated her like a leper.
4. The GOP that possibly had their own operatives in the media. I don’t underestimate them at all.
Sarah has it easier in the sense that she and her party are fighting bad press. Her party actually supports her. She isn’t fighting 4 different battles all at once.
Exactly. Hillary had all the long knives out for her every where she turned. Former nearly life-long allies whose political fortune came from Clinton help and generosity, betrayed Hillary and President Clinton. They had no one to turn to or lean on support except for us, her loyal supporters.
Make no mistake. Palin had it easy. She didn’t have to fight anything to get to be the VP nominee. She only, had what, five days of cruel media exposure? Hillary had 16 years of the beating storm.
HILLARY OVER PALIN ANYDAY!!!
Unfortunately, we don’t have a choice. Damn those Dems!!!!!
Lochos Vestu – thank you. Hillary over Palin any day.
McCain/Palin for the time being.
Hillary over the both of them anyday.
Hillary has had to fight for everything that she has won.
Hillary’s top campaign officials released a press release today complaining about sexism against Sarah Palin.
They wouldn’t do that unless Hillary told them to.
Of course she can’t put her name on it — the rabid crowd would savage her again.
Stay tuned — this isn’t over.
Wait, where did you find mention of it? I want to see it!
send this clip to Dean and pelosi, this is the proper way to defend your own. Man, those two are so on my shit list.
Dry your eyes. Time to keep on fighting.
Same here, I am so depressed at what the corrupt DeaNC, RBC have done and the other Dems that let it happen. The Democrats are wet dishrags, can not stand up to Bush’s blatant and obvious corruption and crimes gives “Proud to be a Democrat” a different meaning so I guess corrupt Chicago politicians fit right into the new Democratic party.
Maybe 2 bright spots in all the mess are: The “Press” are dead and jokes and maybe McCain/Palin are truly for reform of the Republicans and the corrupt systems of Governance in the Houses.
It was her own party doing a lot of the attacking!
Me too. Hillary all the way. If she got the nomination by some miracle, that is. Unfortunately right now I’ll have to vote Republican.
would love to see obambi have to withdraw. but hillary would be crazy to take it over if that happened. that sort of thing guarantees a loss for whoever it is. better she should wait for 2012, when she could win.
in the meantime, LOVE sarah and DEFINITELY voting mccain/palin.
If Americans don’t elect a 72 year old white male, who has military services, what makes you think a 65 year old female-Hillary- will get elected in 2012? Age is a factor…not trying to be mean.
I dont think age is a factor as much as looking old! Mitt Romney doesn’t look 60. Ron Paul is 71 and his age is not issue because he doesn’t look or seem old. McCain was tortured and that affected how he aged and how is perceived to be old.
If Hillary ages well, in 4 years, and sounds mentally sharp, her age wont matter!
I agree. If by some reason, Obambi has to withdraw(won’t happen), I do not want to see Hillary take it. I will vote for her any time, even against this lady,Sarah Palin, whom I am learning to admire. But Hillary would be severely disadvantaged to take over a Presidential run part way thru. In a way, it would be more Dim leaders misogyny to try and throw her into a poisonous situation like that. She deserves to win a nomination( no wait, she did that) and run her own campaign without being a replacement. I am still for Hill!!!!!!!!!! Puma
BBC already have a big splash up with the full text of her speech. Totally GREAT pic too!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7597238.stm
It’s from the back.
YES I KNOW it’s from the back. So? It’s a great pic. Which is probably why they published it.
You might also say “you can see her waving and people waving back”.
You could have seen that from the side.
Thanks so much for sharing this. Interesting to see which lines of her speech they high lighted.
To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters.I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House.
Obama camp must be saying oh dam, now what are we going to do bet anything by tomorrow you will see Obama going to visit some special needs children or seeing some family of his that has one
Please understand my cynicism I am truly Nobama but he’ll work that one through the Kennedys and the Special Olympics but you are definitely on point!
Obama is,perhaps,a tad nervous about the fact that Sarah kept and loved her Downs syndrome baby while he refused to vote for the Born Alive Infant Protection Act even after hearing testimony about a Downs syndrome baby born alive during a botched abortion abandoned to a soiled linen closet to die(found by a nurse who held this infant for 45 min. until he stopped breathing)
On Larry King, an Obama surrogate all but accused her of pimping out her kids. “Distasteful” was the word.
these hacks know no bounds of decency. So Barry had his kids on Xtra and parades his girl at Invesco field and it was okay, but she can’t proudly show off her family? The hypocrisy is beyond laughable.
Its a bitch when you play the “Kid” card and the opposition comes out and raises the bet past your pocket…
Trig will take the tough guy vote and place it firmly in the hands of Palin.
No tough guy can look at a baby and hold up to it. That kid is cute and smothered with love. Smothered. He undoubtedly gives it back by a huge factor more.
They look to me like a real, normal American family.
Think about it for a minute and if it weren’t true, it would be a TV series on Tuesdays at 8:00.
(You read that here…My Property! Mine! HaHa!)
The youngest daughter holding the baby and licking her hand and smoothing down his hair was the sweetest thing I’ve seen in a long time. I cried, I’ll admit it. Bristol and her fiancee Levi make a great couple, too.
All we need to do is cast this and we’ve got 13 weeks on USA.
I get the “Whacky nextdoor neighbor” role.
I could sit on my porch with a Remington Street Cleaner and the Good Book and stare at everyone…
Why do you watch those turds, darlin’? They’re bad for the digestion.
Hmm, sounds like “pimping children” is a favorite attack phrase against WHITE WOMEN.
Anyone even remotely implying that Barry’s “pimping” anybody (no matter how accurate the statement might be) would be hung from the highest post with a “racist pig” sign attached to the body, regardless of the speaker’s own skin color.
sj
let us not forget that obama voted against BAIPA(the Born Alive Infants Protection Act)
not once, but twice.
while almost every other politician in congress voted in favor of it.
I said she would do McCain proud.
Damn I love it when I`m right!!
McCain looked thrilled when he made a surprise appearance at the end to greet the family and congratulate Palin. He was whispering to them under his breath “amazing job.”
I thought I saw McCain mouth “you bet she did” or something
Someone there muttered “wow”. I remember that.
“Palin’s speech “sounds exactly like the same divisive, partisan attacks we’ve heard from George Bush for the last eight years.”
Translation: ouch! my butt is sooooo soooooorrrrreeeee…
I am so proud of her she is doing on thing that will change this game, she is taking the fight to Obama and all those willing to go toe to toe with her.
Hillary’s problem was that she did not want to do any of that, she came off too soft and that is why she is where she is today, Hillary was too weak to take the fight to Obama
Are you kidding me? Hillary not only had to take brutal beatings daily from the propaganda machine called the MSM but she had to hear the loud and constant backlash from her own party whenever she critisized “The One.”
Not a fair comparison.
I mean criticized.
PJ,
SJ may have a partial point in that Hill could have hit harder but when you do that to someone in your own party, you can damage things too much. I also think that she might have taken him as her VP had she gotten her due and it hadn’t been proven what a crook and cheat he is.
Therefore, it is possible that through betrayal early, (and taking the phone list with her) a race card here and there to bleed her a bit more, and the caucus frauds (which will NEVER happen in my precinct again… might make the news though) Hill may have misjudged the level of wrongness that is Barry Obama and it cost her the nomination.
That is one interpretation. I favor a mix of that strongly flavored with the simple fact that had that sonofabitch not cheated, that democracy would still be grinding along the sorry old way it always has.
I am of the opinion that there is the possibility that not only can the mental fog that is Obama be lifted, but that there will be a renaissance in our country.
A re-birth which is centered on the fact that WE know how close we have come to losing our country to a man whose lifelong personal agenda is based on resentment and hatred of all the things about this country that we hold dear.
If we have been dealt lemons, let’s get out the lemon recipe book and get to work. If its shit, we’ll get out that recipe book and force feed it to those sonsofbitches over there. What really wins for us after we stomp this upstart is making our country strong again.
Let us find platforms we CAN and need to agree on and get those done sans partisanship. Nothing will end this wussy pessimism that is the Obamanation like getting off our asses and accomplishing something together. Check history and see what a Dem president did about the depression. He sure as hell didn’t tax anybody… who had anything to pay with?
We will make this thing better by cleaning it up.
Think of it as scandisk.exe for the country!
Exactly, Sarah was selected by a man as his second in command. She has the full support of her party behind her, and she has McCain fending off any jealous Republicans to protect his investment in Sarah Palin.
Hillary was the first viable woman candidate who on her own initiative ran for the presidential nomination, a whole different and greater challenge. She only truly had Bill, Chelsea and a small circle of loyalists on her side. The rest were turncoats and backstabbers. Still, she won the primaries but never had control of the party, which without a thought betrayed her.
Remember, the Republicans are only nominating a woman VP 24 years after the Democrats. They are not trail-blazing at all, but they certainly have a better chance of succeeding, thanks in part to Hillary’s historical effort this year.
well said.
all true!
Being LOYAL to your party, and friends who are your party members does NOT make one weak.
It is OBAMA who tore down fellow dems such as Bill and Hillary who is the sniveling coward.
Anything to win!
Just one more thought on this subject – if it wasn’t for Hillary Clinton, there would be no Sarah Palin.
Still, I thought Sarah was magnificent this evening. I do appreciate that she paid tribute to Geraldine and Hillary when it was first announced that she was VP.
Hillary wasn’t weak at all.
The race card is a very powerful card, and if her delegates were to nominate her, she would be known as the White woman that stole the White House from a Black man.
1. If Hillary had taken the nom, Barack would have been seen as a victim, when he is the actual perpetrator of voter fraud, and widespread corruption.
2. The whole world needs to see, once and for all, what a corrupt fraud that Obama really is.
3. When Obama isn’t elected President, people will NEVER be able to say that it’s Hillary’s fault.
Actually, they will say that it was Clinton’s fault. It will be toxic nonsense, but they will still say it. After all, nothing could ever be Obama’s fault.
SJ, how dare you attack Hillary Clinton!
She was abandoned by her party! She was abandoned by the DNC! She was abandoned by those she counted as friends, allies, Democratic politicians who owed their careers to the Clintons!
With backstabbers, Judases and traitors like these, she still fought Obama to a draw, if not a win by real standards of democracy.
But the “Democratic” Party would not let her go any further in attacks on their chosen anointed one, His “Holiness”, the Charlatan Phony Obama.
Hillary, always!!!
My first loyalty is to Hillary and I will always take her over ANY other candidate. But Sarah did a great job tonight. I was very impressed with her as a Mom. I think the picture she painted spoke volumens to all women.
This race is ON!!! Take that, Barky Boys!
Mac & Sarah ‘08
Hillary ‘12
oops, “volumes to all women.”
Great to see you around here, dee4hill. Taylor Marsh no longer welcomes us, those who hang out over there during the primaries. I feel very sad at what Taylor Marsh has become, to the point she is now banning my posts and censoring the posts of others.
She was abandoned by those she counted as friends, allies, Democratic politicians who owed their careers to the Clintons!
- She sure was, and it’s amazing how she was still able to win so many states.
She is a remarkable woman and maybe not this election, but she will become the President of the United States.
Hill puts party before person. She ignored the attacks because she didn’t want to divide the party.
SJ,obviously you’re no Hillary fan. And very obviously you lack information and facts. Give it a rest. Hillary is head and shoulders above Palin.
Hillary Harridan/PUMA
Don’t be fooled. The Obots may have a new strategy. Posing as GOPers and bashing Hillary next to Palin. These slimy little bastards!
Baloney!!! Hillary used the word obliterate and got called out for being too mean, tough, all those names. She has a tough core and would fight for all Americans. Don’t doubt that.
Hillary is right! Obliterate was the correct answer. Obama and his jerks can kiss my ass!
JB,
Even more than that, my friend… Every time they use the excuse of “Four more years of Bush,” or any of its offspring, they have been hit very, very hard.
Something you do when you really get nailed in a fight is “go on automatic,” if you have anything in the way of a programmed fighting response, you fire off that muscle message and watch what happens from what is left of your conscious mind. Its sorta like looking down a dark hallway at the real world. Oh, and there’s a lot of pain, too.
The point is that its an automatic reflex.
They truly have no cogent responses to the ‘Cuda’s statements. She spoke the Truth.
Yesterday, one of us got so angry at the Obama machine’s evil attacks on Gov. Sarah that he said we needed to attack Obama the same horrible way. I believed that was not the way to do it and said so. A couple of you thought differently and said so. I now very proudly say to you…
Did you see that woman? Did you listen?
Did she drop down to their level? Did she answer adequately for you?
That is how you do it, ladies and gents… that is how you gather people together and give them real hope.
I am filled with admiration at how she has handled these awful personal assaults and, by the simple use of the truth, reduce the other side to falling back on its only possible response… “More of the same…”
This is the start of the demise of the Obama campaign.
Anybody notice Obama’s ungracious statement tonight after the speech? Is it a problem with “women” or has he just realized that his 15-minutes are up? Palin framed him in a way that he will not be able to recover from.
I supported Clinton, have made clear I’d opt for McCain if she didn’t win the nomination. Obama didn’t give Clinton even the slightest respect. Still she outclassed him and pledged support. Now, tonight, he’s got Palin on his case and she’s not constrained to be a loyal party member–she’s found Obama’s soft spot–inexperience. Just wait until she gets around to his lies.
Not a problem for the O’Man. He’ll just tell some more.
No I think she will corner him. Worse still for him if she wins 4 November and starts a crusade against corruption and the weird Ayers/Muslim types in Chicago. The FBI are already there in droves; add Sarah to the mix and the Daley/Ayers era is history.
Still she outclassed him
- I was thinking the exact same thing. Hillary has more class than Pelosi,Dean,Brazile and Obama combined.
That’s not difficult.
Right — no gracious ad on this historic moment. What a cad!
Gov. Palin hit it out of the park, ladies and gentlemen.
Straight. Down to earth. Connected with the audience and did her job.
She was also very moving when speaking about John McCain. And she pointed out very calmly and clearly that Senator Obama is an empty suit who has written two memoirs but passed no legislation. Ouch.
Nicely done.
job well done. and you just knew that Keith Oheissobad and Daily Kos had the same reaction….that she was Tracey Flick. the truth is, she is the
professional and they are the sophmoric ones.
Olbermann is despicable. He fancies himself a journalist and he’s nothing more than a TV news entertainment show host partisan hack.
I checked in with MSNBC very briefly long enough to hear Rachel Maddow (wearing her lovely Drew Carey eyeglasses)refer to Palin’s “phonetically correct” speech patterns talking about subjects that she was not familiar with.
So sorry Rachel but we’re not all Rhodes scholars like you getting our own show on a second rate cable station.
They all looked shell-shocked, except Buchanan. Eugene Robinson is so blinded by 0bama adoration, he couldn’t get out of shower of rain.
Rachel looked as if she suddenly realized, “Oh shit, there’s a new kid on the block, she’s a winner and the Republicans have got her.”
Look for the scandal hunt to go large.
Isn’t it time for the 527s to let it roll?
Rachel is every bit as bad as Olbermann in my opinion.
Side note: Has anyone noticed Tweety’s hair this week? What the hay is up with that haircolor???
Olbermann is a tragic person with very apparent deep rooted psychological issues.
You’re right. Ruppert Murdoch fired him, calling him nuts, loone-toons.
BOYCOTT GE PRODUCTS.
She’s a Rhodes scholar?
What’s weird or frightening about this ObamaMania is that so many seemingly intelligent people have fallen for it.
If she’s Tracy Flick, The Obamedia is Jim McAllister.
I like that ending.
However, Olbermann forgot to mention Tracey won the election in that movie.
BBC News: Palin takes battle to Democrats
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7597218.stm
John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, has made a stinging attack on Democratic presidential runner Barack Obama at the US Republican convention.
Lots of video clips of the speech too.
Oh, yes I loved the big smile McCain gave after her speech. I know the VP and the Pres sometimes have to pretend they like each other, but I think John and Sarah really do!!
They’re new to each other but it’s important for the cameras they don’t hug too long – otherwise Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Chris Matthews, and Keith Olbermann will have a field day. And Olbermann will attack them asking “HAVE YOU NO SHAME?” So it’s important their public personal relationship be well orchestrated. Privately however it’s difficult to see how two such people could not be big fans of one another.
At least old Mac didn’t kiss her full on the lips, LIKE OBAMA DID TO BIDEN’S WIFE! DISGUSTING OBAMA – SEX MANIAC!
You took the words right out of my mouth
McCain/Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
Barky NEVER
What’s Mars ever done to have to put up with stinky?
I thought Palin was fantastic
and I think most “small town” Americans will too…..
She, and McCain have my vote
Loved it when she spoke about the greek pillars from the DNC convention. The lady is not afraid of straight talk- just like her running mate McCain.
Hillary08 If not,
McCain/Palin 08
One of my favorite lines!!! Wonderful.
I was at McCain/Palin headquarters here on the Monterey Peninsula. Big enthusiastic crowd. I’m volunteering. She is a huge hit.
I am not far from you I may wing by !! Love your place!!!
“Swing”
Hillary 08….?
I still want to believe that Obama will drop out now, for the sake of the Democratic party…
I just don’t want to get my hopes up.
CNN’s Candy Crowley did an inadvertent(?) swipe at Hillary, saying that in all her “experience” in election coverage, she never saw a woman who went on the attack and came out on top.
Really?
Was Hillary so long in the past that she forgets she got the popular vote, and supers were denied a complete roll call vote due to last minute negotiations by Obama?
And Hill didn’t get those votes because she was sweet and demure. Obama still bears the scars… and they will be re’opened time and time again before November.
I lost all respect for Candy Crowley in 2000 when she was in the tank for dubya over Al Gore.
Hillary is powerful, she was able to get this far without the help of her own party, technically, she is out of the race, but yet the msm is still attacking her.
That CNN clown didn’t forget, which is exactly why she is trying to put her down.
Hill would have divided the Dems. Her opponent was in the same party. That doesn’t hold now.
Hillary would have united the party by putting the loser BO on the ticket. I’m sure of it. It would have been the nobrainer thing to do and we all know that she’s smart.
It makes this agnostic think that maybe there is a bigger plan and maybe BO shouldn’t be anywhere near the oval office. Hillary would have guaranteed it.
No, Geraldo, Hillary would not have divided the dems.
I’ll add you to the list with Harp.
your true colors are very apparent now.
Geraldo:
But since Hillary rolled over for Barky and the Barkettes, the party is oh so united now right ?
OK now who can tell me on thing that Obama said in his speech but I sure will bet that this speech from Palin people are going to remember a lot of lines, regardless of which side of the fence you are on.
does anyone know anything about OB meeting today with the FBI and any charges against him?
Maybe Barky will lose his special media darling status now that Palin has arrived.
I think it had something to do with the Saudi advisor that got him in Harvard Law School.
This is true?
It was a national security briefing. You know, this guy couldn’t get a security clearance for an entry level job in the FBI or the ATF. He should not be getting briefings until he is elected, which will be never.
Is that the truth or a cover story?
I sure didn’t by it when they spland it that way. The verbage was off.
Any FBI types here that have briefed Presidential candidates on “national security issues? By having BO come down to the “office”?
Sorry this kites bullshit meter is in the red on this.
No, it makes sense. The FBI offices have secure facilities where they can access the confidential information. I’m not sure why FBI officials briefed him: maybe they just delivered him the Daily presidential briefing. But it does make sense to have him go to an FBI field office.
Truth of the night, Gulliani asking if Biden got the VP in writing from Mr. Flip Flop
Some of these guys are really funny when they cut loose.
Rudy was on! Nothing, NADA! Hilarious.
Brave woman, she delivered as I expected, well done Gov Palin and thanks Sen McCain for trusting her and giving us ‘a real hope’ for good things to come!
She is one tough woman. Wow. She gave the speech I wanted Hillary to give all year.
Here is what happened to me to night: I TRUST PALIN. I trust if she did become President because of something happening to McCain she would have to learn quickly but she would. I trust her. That is what I needed.
Me, too. And I expect- we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
No wonder they tried to take her out so viciously.
I trust her common sense. Presidents don’t make decisions out of the blue. They have lots of help. I trust Sarah to know who to listen to and who not to.
I love that strong determined chin and stubborn lower lip. It says to me that she does not suffer fools gladly. Sarah’s a no nonsense kinda gal…just what I like.
Rudy redeemed himself with me tonight too. OK Rudy where’s that tape?
That means she delivered. (For the sixth time – HA!)
I am definitely voting McCain/Palin. I want the authenticity of hope, not the audacity.
She delivered. I have decided, finally.
McCain/Palin 2008