McCain-Palin Pull Even, Change the Narrative, and Obama Employs Sexism
By Bud White on September 7, 2008 at 7:35 AM in Associated Press, Barack Obama, Electoral College, Fund Raising, Gender Bias, Joe Biden, John McCain, Misogyny, Obama's Neuroses, Political Strategy, Presidential Candidates, Race Card, Sarah Palin, Sexism, South Carolina
Sarah Palin’s speech on Wednesday night might be the defining moment of the General Election. According to CBS’s new poll, Obama’s post-convention bounce has evaporated and the race is again tied. It’s likely that McCain will pull ahead with his own convention bounce. One of few sane netroots bloggers, Jerome Armstrong, sifting through the CBS poll, is warning Obama supporters of a close election:
if we pull out a 4% spread on election day, I’ll be very pleasantly surprised. It’s much more likely that we are going to see the same result as in ‘04 and ‘06, a tie or 2% lead. That’s it.
A tied race is particularly bad place for Obama. The Obama campaign planned on putting McCain on the defensive in Western states and overwhelming him with money in the key battleground states. The selection of Palin will probably nullify any Obama inroads in the West and the Republicans are suddendly at financial parity with Obama. Bloomberg News reports:
With an increase in fundraising following McCain’s choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, Republicans say they are no longer in danger of being swamped by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s campaign cash.
“The money game is essentially off the table now,” said Eddie Mahe, a former deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee.
In addition to the financial boon brought on by Palin, the attempted swiftboating of Alaska’s governor has created a situation where the public overwhelming perceives the media as being biased for Obama. Armstrong suggests that the attacks on Palin will actually strengthened McCain:
The media has been busy digging a grave for us this past week, by following up on the vicious personal smears that have been pushed by prominent liberal blogs into the mainstream. Not only did they mostly backfire by not being true, but they confirmed the popular opinion that the media favors Obama. It’s become conventional wisdom. This presents two huge problems.
First, McCain can basically wield whatever attacks he’d like, and not have to worry about the critique of the media. They are not seen as objective judges in the matter.
Second, the only way that the media can change this public opinion is to go overboard the other way, by attacking Barack Obama with multiple feeding frenzies.
To date, the media has been unwilling to investigate or critique Obama, so a feeding frenzy is unlikely; there’s nothing to suggest that this will change. The public’s understanding of this bias gives McCain the opportunity to define Obama and link him to the media’s elitism and the D.C.-establishment culture. Obama’s selection of Joe Biden makes McCain’s task much easier. McCain/Palin now own the Change narrative. As Bob Somerby says:
That “maverick” narrative is deeply entrenched—and this planet is driven by narrative. (If we might borrow a bit from Lord Russell: It’s novels, all the way down.)
The Associated Press is reporting that Palin’s speech (and perhaps McCain’s as well) was viewed by more viewers than Obama’s, and her critiques of Obama appear to be taking a toll on the Democratic nominee. Obama seems rattled and is now defending his mysterious work as a “community organizer.” Carolyn Lockhead of the SF Chronicle (h/t Paul Villareal) writes:
Sen. Barack Obama ditched his normal languid cool today, punching back at Gov. Sarah Palin as he spoke with reporters in York, Pa, hotly defending his work as a community organizer. He said he assumes Palin “wants to be treated same way guys want to be treated, which means their records are under scrutinty [sic]. I’ve been through this for 19 months. She’s been through it, what four days?” (emphasis added)
Lockhead seems to be approving of Obama as the political pugilist, as Obama “punches” at his rival’s VP pick. Instead, by saying that Palin “wants to be treated same way guys want to be treated,” Obama is drawing attention to her gender and implying that if she complains of his tactics that she’s not as tough as the “guys.” This is classic Obama sexism: it’s the condescending put-down meant to disempower his female opponent by playing into stereotypes.
In the next sentence, however, Obama comes across as defensive:
Obama’s hackles were clearly raised by Palin’s dismissal of his community organizing –a response to his earlier dismissal of her record as a small-town mayor. “Why would that kind of work be ridiculed?” Obama said. “Who are they fighting for?” The idea that community organizing is not relevant to the presidency, he said, just shows why Republicans “are out of touch and don’t get it.”
The McCain Team should be wary of a cornered Obama. In a similar situation in January, on the heels of back-to-back defeats in New Hampshire and Nevada, Obama, sensing defeat, began to sound rattled. In a column titled “Now or Never,” David Broder described Obama’s desperation in psychological terms:
But all that is down the road from South Carolina. For now, Clinton and her husband, the former president, have gotten inside Obama’s head and rattled his composure. Obama seemed unusually defensive in his speech here Sunday evening, launching the final burst of campaigning in the state
Obama’s firewall in South Carolina, as has been well-documented, was the despicable use of racial politics against the Clintons.
McCain’s selection of Palin has shifted the narrative of this race away from Obama’s Hope message and back to the familiar Marverick narrative. While McCain/Palin own Change, Obama/Biden are the verbose Washington insiders. Independents and women voters are swinging back to McCain, and the electoral map projections will change the “inevitable” narrative. The McCain Team should be wary. In times like these, when Obama is feeling down, he lashes out.
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I looks BHO free ride from the MSM may be coming to an end….bout time!
Remember, this is the same MSM that helped bring you (and continues to bring really) the Iraq war. The media has no other narrative, they will have to defend Hussein Obamacus all the way to the very end. Sure, they may ask a hard question, which they will give to Obamacus in advance, and allow him time to get his ducks in a row.
I do think that he will still lose.
I give the edge to the GOP. They are better cheaters.
I dunno, dude. I think more dead democrats vote in Chicago and St. Louis than dead republicans.
If ACORN was there registering, then that is very likely the case.
Bud White — great piece and thanks for the hat tip!
Obama wins the electoral votes in IL, DL, VT -big deal! All he gets is 24 electoral votes (if that). McCain takes the MAP! WINS in a LANDSLIDE OF APPROVAL!
McCain/Palin now there is a ticket for Americans!
Democratic cheating is well documented.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/fund200409130633.asp
I think the media will give the debate questions to Obama and Biden in advance so they can prepare answers for them. The media has gone all out to help elect Obama and would look like fools if the public did not buy what they peddled.
McCain won the Republican nomination fair and square.
It was Obama and his thuggish campaign that stole the Democratic nomination through well-documented and pervasive caucus fraud, buying off and threatening superdelegates, aided and abetted by a corrupt DNC which selectively punished states won by Hillary, handed over delgates to Obama won by Hillary, and held a sham roll call at the convetion to hand the nomination to the only candidate in this race who never has been properly vetted.
Good thing there are no caucus states in the general election, something the DNC chose to ignore about the electability factor that will cripple Obama and would have benefitted Clinton. It’s winner take all in the general election baby! And I believe the red states will stay firmly red and the swing states will probably swing red. BTW, if we don’t have Obama in the WH in November, you can most likely thank a woman and a Bubba. I’m cool with that.
Oh, this could be good news, but seemed like something to mention. Obama pulled all his ads in Georgia. Maybe it’s no longer purple or maybe the fix is in? But today we are all Georgians!
liz b thank you — well said. The Dems figured that even when Obama and Clinton were just about tied they would give the nod to Obama because his people would riot while her women voters would go home with their heads between their legs and shut up. WRONG.
Women have long memories and we know how to carry a grudge. Sorry BO you bought the farm.
And he came from behind to do it too. His party pretty much wrote him off and the right wing conservatives were glad to do it. Now with picking Palin as his VP and his ability to fight on thru all that adversity, he is on track and the public can see what he has actually done. Americans like fair play and fighters for what they believe in. That was Hillary’s deal too. Too bad she ran into party cheaters before she really got to show the general public how good she is. Good for JMac..
It’s amazing isn’t? I was one of those disgruntled Conservatives. I was not going to vote, until the Anti-Messiah rose from Hyde Park
vince — Obama knows how to bring us all together. Me a lifelong Dems and you a disgruntled Conservative united. Its a great day in the USA.
Yes, the Right wanted Huckabee or Romney, not JMac.
MG
I don’t know if that’s the case or not but I’m thinking now that the elimination of the Clintons was planned a long time ago by the leadership of the dems and they groomed 0bama, who agreed to the plan. They knew he was well-versed in Chicago-style politics and that he’d do anything…with their help, of course. I just am thinking it began with the current corrupt leadership.
Also, 0bama’s style has been to win by eliminating his competition. I wonder how he thinks he’ll eliminate mccain?
Well, none of them have my vote…that’s all I know for sure. Have a good one, all.
I think everyone assumes the more desperate Obama gets, the more he’ll try to paint McCain and especially Palin as racists. (I noticed recently on a blog an anonymous waitress said she overheard Palin say “Sambo beat the bitch”). That’s the start. But will it work again? Obama already has the black and white guilt vote. Everyone else may see it as just more of the same.
see #65 on this list.
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/
about #65 (I have an addition for those MEN PUNDITS out there)
you said:
my addition is:
Women are perfectly allowed to call each other bitches and fully get away with it – we ALL are and we ALL KNOW IT and we TRY to keep it to OURSELVES most times but sometimes we can’t HELP OURSELVES!!!
lol
it’s true
ellen — its the law of diminishing returns. This country is getting tired of Obama and his antics. A recent poll showed 50% of Americans feel they have seen too much of Obama and are sick of him. If he starts his racism stick against this woman this will not play with the electorate. Palin has become the underdog and anything he says about her he has already said about Hillary and Bill and small town Americans etc. You can only play the white guilt card so often before people dismiss you as an immature moaner with a glass jaw.
Obama cannot fall back on his experience -
he has none. In fact he has very little in his arsenal but vicious attacks against another prominent woman and cheating. I think the Republicans can cheat better — than he can.
I so agree!
MG
Its too bad that no one can ask the media questions like WHEN EXACTLY did you do any vetting of Obama? For example, sending reporters to snoop around Alaska but sending no reporters to Chicago to do the same for Obama.
The bias towards Obama has long been evident to Clinton supporters and because of that, her supporters have become very high information voters and will never vote for Obama come hell or high water.
deep truths — The Dems say we don’t exist and the media says we don’t exist but McCain knows we exist and Palin is his present to us Hillary Dems.
Obama can’t handle that millions of Democrats will not vote for him so he sends out surrogates to get us back in the fold – now if we didn’t exist why would he go to so much trouble to get us back.
Regardless of Obama’s alleged cheating, if the DNC rules were the same as RNC rules, Hillary would be the nominee. I suspect McCain would have trouble beating her. There is something to be said for “winner-take-all” and “winner-take-most” rules.
Not so sure – they are truly sexist.
The best thing about the choice of Palin will be if she really does destroy the Dean/Axerod/Obama western strategy to which this post refers. Democrats really do not know what this stategy entails. If you have not yet done so, you need to read this New Yorker article about what the western strategy entails. (The last five paragraphs are the key):
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/01/080901fa_fact_lizza?printable=true
Here is a very telling quote from the article about what this strategy will bring if it succeeds:
“It’s a party that becomes more Hispanic, and less African-American,” Kenneth Baer, the co-founder of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, said. “More oriented toward high-tech workers and less towards labor. It’s the end of the New Deal coalition.”
I would have dismissed this as crazy except for the fact that it explains Obama’s tactic of dissing Clinton’s record which appeals to the working class. It has only been recently that Obama bothered to point out the great Clinton economy. That was either because he was trying to appease Clinton Democrats or because the race is so close that he has finally realized that he needs those working class folks in Ohio and Pa.
The western strategy is a big loser. Knowledge workers have already been voting for Democrats. Why in the world would you want to turn your back on lower class voters just to please them even more? The only thing I can think of is that it is cooler to represent these types of cutting edge people.
They do realize that Clinton received 55-60% of all Hispanic votes and up to 80% of all Asian-American votes. McCain does have a strong appeal to Hispanic and Asian American voters. There is a strong distrust between Hispanic, Asian Americans vs AAs. 90% of Hispanic American are Catholic and Soetoro has a problem with Catholic voters. If this is the strategy they were depending on-they are more stupid than I though!
I read that Sarah Palin has been polling well with Hispanics who are often Catholic, socially conservative and interested in education / healthcare. It was conventional wisdom earlier in the election that McCain would attract Hispanic voters because of his earlier immigration bill. This might’ve been the case, except this group moved overwhelmingly toward Clinton in the primaries. Sarah Palin’s biography, her fiery speaking and confidence, are playing to McCain’s strengths that he cannot talk about himself, and he has taken on more domestic issues. He is talking about national security, welfare reform, energy independence and creating jobs.
Look I am a staunch FDR/Truman Democrat.
But I have to take issue with
Knowledge workers have already been voting for Democrats.
Because what is exactly meant by knowledge workers???
Does one mean the upper middle class latte and wine drinking set? The doctor; dentist; lawyer; journalist; media, advertising, marketing reps, under 50 corporate middle management types who have actually been doing just fine under Bush II economically yet hate his cultural conservatism and Neo-Conservative foreign policy adventurism. This voter demographic are socially Multicultural Left-Libertarians yet economically are staunch Neo-Liberals. They flock to Barack Obama while at the same time look down their noses at working class Democrats . But they are an elite subset of the electorate. They are minority of Democratic voters, yet for most of the last 30+ years they have had the upper hand in choosing our presidential candidates and party leadership.
The much ballyhooed Left-Libertarian/Economic Neo-Liberal/Minority Coalition has been fatal to the Democratic party for the last 30+ years.
Some might bring up the success of Bill Clinton, to claim otherwise. But in 1992 Bill Clinton ran as a staunch economic populist who reached out to the neglected working class across racial lines. Bill Clinton kept his economic Neo-Liberalism/DLC pedigree under wraps until after the election when he later sold the working class base of the party down the river with NAFTA, China PNTR and assorted other economic chicanery. Also do not forget Clinton had the help of Ross Perot tearing GWHB a new A-Hole at ever turn. Clinto
NOW if by Knowledge Workers who actually mean STEM workers or Science, Engineering Technology and Math degree holders then the Ryan Lizza’s New Yorker article and the Howard Dean/DNC strategy is really off base.
True Knowledge/STEM workers have been hammered for a over a decade now by both the Clinton and & Bush administrations. Nearly a million of over 35 year old IT and engineering professionals have been displaced in the economy because of the combined effects of wildly corrupt H1-B and L1 “insourcing” visa programs, outsourcing, NAFTA and China PNTR.
This segment of the electorate is now a independent swing vote. They are at best “Lou Dobbs” Democrats.
Pro-Employer – Anti Worker/ Open Border Immigration policies and legislation are a deciding issue with this electorate. Neither the Barack Obama or McCain has done themselves any favors by backing the treasonous so-called Kennedy/McCain “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” legislation that proved wildly unpopular with the public across party lines.
Right now the STEM worker vote is split among the Presidential candidates but leaning towards McCain especially since the Palin pick as VP. Obama is not being trusted because of his unrelenting Marcusian/Gramscian Racial Marxist rhetoric.
Yet take a careful look at what is happening in the Senate races in Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota and Maine. A 6-12 months ago these were seen as being easy victories for Democrats. However, unlike in 2006 when winning candidates like Jim Webb, Sherrod Brown, Heath Schuler, Brad Ellsworth, Joe Donnelly among others, staked out their own more moderate if not restrictionist take on immigration, now the DNC, Pelosi and Reid are all insisting that the Democratic candidates support “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” less they not receive lots of very left-wing Hollywood and corrupt corporate campaign cash. Combined with the fact that Obama is soaking up the vast pool of small donations, it has these senate candidates flip flopping all over in order to try not alienate voters. And guess what?? It is not working. All of these races are now swinging Republican or within the margin of error.
Ryan Lizza, Howard Dean, Pelosi and Reid are all wet.
This election is shaping up to be an unmitigated and entirely avoidable disaster for Democrats
I think by knowledge workers they mean primarily the Silicon Valley/Redmond crowd.
Jockey — well said. Ryan Lizza’s article is Howard Dean’s talking points. I read the same words last week quoted by Howard Dean himself down to the last phrase about not being able to get this done this year. I could have added — how about never.
The Democratic Party was the ordinary people’s party and now that it thinks its too good for ordinary people — then there is no reason to be a Democrat at all. I think Republicans are playing it smart in appealing to the Democratic base. I see a more moderate Republican Party becoming the majority party for decades to come.
There is also something else going on here and that is with the economy in such bad shape those who are usually never touched by economic upheavals are in the same boat with the rest of us. If you’re hurting do you want an overgrown kid who was a Community Organizer and has little or no other experience to to be Potus — I doubt it.
bernie — it may be cooler — but its a loser. A party made up of the creative class, latte liberals, AA’s and Youth is not enough to win. And telling the base of the Democratic Party to stay home because they weren’t needed to win will be taught in political science classes as the dumbest political move ever made.
Lastest TIME magazine with Sarah Palin on the cover continues with the lies (asking for book banning issue for one). They also show pictures that are NOT meant to flatter. TIME shills for obama… nothing new! Unfortunately many people are under the impression that magazine is “credible” and its words are fact and truth!! We need to start boycotting and cancelling such RAGS!
Yes, Bud!
“Periodically, when [Barack] feels down, ()he starts launching attacks against…” those whom he fears. This sexist code statement against HIllary used by Barack was detested by millions of women who see that this incompetent sexist race-card baiter hasn’t changed at all and is now attacking his newly perceived female threat.
Beware indeed. He appeared in this youtube mega-hit:
“Obama Gives HIllary the Finger” —
and plays a well-rehearsed JayZ rapper-wannabe act dusting off and scraping off (as if excrement) his female fellow senator HRC, smirking and using his dainty midfinger strategically.
Barry is dangerously camouflagins his sexism so Sarah Palin better be ready for an out of left field attack that could be race-baiting in nature.
It started already with bloggers sayint they found a waitress in Alaska by the name of “Louise” and she head Palin say “So Sambo beat the Bitch”!…
So, the race-baiting already started against Palin.
Barack must be taught a painful lesson and the Republicans, unlike the exDems who didn’t bother defending Hillary against the dirty punches of the BHO crowd, have to quickly neutralize the narrative and even sute Barry for slander by bringing their own witnesses against him.
Barry fights dirty and keeps his manicured nails always clean. But not this time. There’s a baraccuda ready to bite his ears off. And the pumas will be only too delighted to roar their wild approval…
The McCain Team is encouraging Obama to lash out, that is when Obama makes the biggest mistakes of opening doors to things. Today on George Stephanopolis, Obama accuses McCain of labeling him a muslim and hanging around with radicals, what a stupid move, one everyone knows McCain will have to answer too, and answering to it will not be good for Obama and the media.
B Hussien cracked and said McCain called him a Muslim?
BWAHAAAAH how absurd… McCain has been super careful to avoid that entire subject… BACKLASH
Let’s be serious here. If the GOP hasn’t been saying Obama is a Muslim, then who has?
Trolls aren’t serious
You are a troll
Ergo you aren’t serious.
Go away.
Answer: The Obama Campaign itself, to draw the Righteous Indignation “backlash” vote.
In 1924, while seeking to become the first Irish Catholic Governor of Massachusetts, James Michael Curley hired people to burn crosses in the heavily Protestant western part of the state. He did this so he’d be able to point at them and yell “BIGOTRY!” and suggest that anyone who voted against him was a bigot. (He lost anyway.)
This is what the Obamabots did- desperate after losing New Hampshire and Nevada, they threw the race card into the SC primary by accusing the Clintons of doing it.
Now they can reap the whirlwind.
Well you know there is strong evidence out there that Mr. Soetoro is by birth a Muslim. Plus he has not produced his origional BC-what is the problem??? Why no original BC?
Why no original BC? Because the State of Hawaii won’t provide it.
hello? you mean Soetoro couldn’t get his real birth certificate from the state of Hawaii, and that is why he forged his sisters BC and put it on his website?
A federal court can and will order the state of Hawaii to produce the BC–which will say “Barry Soetoro”. Soetoro-”Obama” won’t produce it, so he was sued to produce it, and evidence of his citizenship.
Soetoro is not eligible to be POTUS. That’s why he introduced Biden as “president”, you know.
How about show us the Birth Certificate he wrote about in his own book? You know, the one he had in a box. Show us that one then.
Oh, you mean he just made up that for the book???
John — My favorite saying is HE WHO DEFILES HIS OWN HOUSE SHALL INHERIT THE WIND.
Well in the Primaries whenever a smear like that would leak out, they usually traced it back to staffer on Obama or Clinton or whoever’s campaign.
So in this case if someone is calling him a Muslim, then where is the outcry.. because the press would just love to scream bloody murder about it and expose the evil hateful Republicans.
But they haven’t.
That photograph of him with his brother came from his campaign.
freedom
Your boss has been saying it. Now he’e playing the ‘religion card.’ The Clintons never said anything racist but your boss played that card too. It won’t work with the Repubs–they couldn’t care less. In the war between the Daley machine and the Republican machine the latter wins hands down.
Obama just raised the issue HIMSELF. It would have been helpful if BO had tried at least one case in court. Any good lawyer would tell their client to shut-up about that topic.
First rule of politics: ‘when you’re explaining, you’re losing’.
Hillary could not do this during the primaries without being labled “biggest racist” in the world. I am so happy that he is calling him on the racist call and maybe my fellow AA will see through this. And by the way there were 7 more murders in Chicago this weekend.
Let’s bring Chicago Politics to the Nation!!!
I still can’t believe the Democrats were dumb enough to nominate someone who came directly out of the Chicago sleaze political machine. The Democrats would probably put up Al Capone if they thought he could win.
I just hope the MSM go into his non action in fact participation of us having the highest taxes in the country, his house getting a waiver on historical landmark (Michele) and Valeria Jarett his “Brain” and her relationship with Mayor Daley.
OBSP I doublt that the corporate controlled media is going do do very much! They are losing the trust many Americans use to put in them. I hear so many people knocking and hating these charlatans! Its about time, we need to break the monopoly which these liars have on our airwaves!
This is what happens when you entirely deregulate the media. The only thing to get any regulatory attention recently was a wardrobe malfunction. Just more diversion so that do-nothing politicians could appear to be busy doing the people’s work.
I for one, will be glad when the adults take back the reins of government from the extreme left and extreme right and start getting some real governing for their money.
I notice Obamabots are all ovder comment threads for the UK Telgraph and The Times, because more Americans are reading the foreign press, hoping for objective coverage. More people think our elections are unfair and the corporations control media content.
STEVE1 McCain has suffered at the hands of this media also and when he gets in he can put some decent people in at the FCC and take away licenses of stations who call themselves news stations but do commentary instead of news like CNN. If I was McCain I would put Sarah Palin in charge of this.
Farrakhan in 2012!
What an idiot! You don’t go on national television and call attention to the very thing you’re trying to deny the most. It just reminds me of what Shakespeare said—”Me thinks he doth protest too much.”
amen to that!!
Wow, he’s REEEEAAAAALLLY desperate.
Hey-they are playing the same race card. Don’t you remember when they accused Clinton cmapaign of the same thing. But you know what-he probably is a Muslim. Nothing wrong with that. But, to lie about and than accuse your opponents of swearding this, is the height of hypocrisy! Well this time real Americans are not going to fall for it. Barry Soetoro, Indonesian adopted father, Lolo Soetoro, Barry Soetoro traveling to Pakistan, who paid for that? Who did he meet? Barry Soetoro and out right LIAR!
steve 1
Why THIS time real Americans….will notice?
Where they not real Americans when Clinton was in the primaries?
Friday, June 20:
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2040982720080620?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Hey Barry, we’re tired of these cards. Don’t you have any more?
Oh, and calling us all racists and islamophobes seems a little divisive to me.
In his own words Obama has said why he would be bad for this country. He is young and inexperienced and his wife is a bitch. Like a broken clock Obama tells the truth twice a day.
LOL
New Zogby poll out there, and it’s more good news for Palin/McCain.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1548
The GOP team is ahead 50-46%.
This explains the utter overreaction to Palin. They are seeing it all fall apart due to Obama’s hubris. Obama is yesterdays news and saying everyone is calling him names is pathetic. He only has 8 weeks and it is not enough time to reinvent himself again. He gambled on not selecting Hillary as VP and lost.
Imagine if Obama was attacked the way Palin was — Obama would completely unravel and they would have to lock him up.
Well, nobody was allowed to attack or question Michelle, remember?
What’s funny is how Obama had to give the entire country a lecture about race when HE was attacked for his RACIST minister of 20 years.
Did Sarah lecture any of us about anything when they tried smearing her?
I don’t think that is funny, I think it is disgusting. Are you a certified moron? Nobody made Obama give an inane lecture on race — he needed to explain what he was doing in that disgusting church for 20 years, what he heard and knew about Wright, and why he was still there. Obama decided he would not do that, instead he took no responsibility and lectured us. WE should be lecturing HIM. I expected Obama to drop out of the race at that point. I am so angry at that jackass for turning his egregious conduct and lies into a lecture to the citizens of this country that I developed deep hatred toward that man.
It was at that point that I quit listening to him at all. I can’t take more than three minutes of his speeches now, especially the cadence and preachy tenor. He reminds me of one of those ministers that gets caught with a hooker. I just roll my eyes when he tries playing his mind games, “They”re going to do this…” and “People will say…” and as I have said many times, I’m tired of hearing “folks.” Ain’t no folks in DC, Hyde Park or Hawaii.
Funny: as in being Odd, curious, etc..
You are right. It was a huge mistake to not ask Hillary to be his VP. He proves once and for all that he is a petty, grudge holding, immature man.
If Obama can not put personal feelings aside for the bests interests of his campaign, how can we expect him to act in the best interests of our country?
Kat or anyone else who’s reading. Do you know why Real Clear Politics stopped including the Zogby Poll in it’s average?
When it grossly favored Barky it seemed it was included.
Or am I just being paranoid?
(after the May 31 Michigan vote grab…I am a little paranoid)
I noticed that too. I also noticed that they have no polls in PA later than 8/25 or something. They are still giving those votes to Obama because of a 5 point lead as of 8/25.
But his lead had shrunk to get there. Perhaps they will update that this week.
FiveThreeEight is also losing its mind over these polls. HAHA! By “projections done right” they mean *WISH PROJECTION!*
Two days ago they told all the Obamafans to stop hyperventilating because the post-Palin bounce was “over.”
HAHA, then suddenly they are not reporting Obama’s continued tanking anymore, just weird attacks on Palin being a “hockey player” not a “hockey mom” — whatever that’s supposed to mean!
Just listen to Air America radio and Olberman- they tell us that it’s because “pollsters arent reaching the younger crowd because they have cellphones and not land lines, so the young are being undercounted, and of course they are heavily for Obama blah blah blah..”
Which is a complete and utter joke. Pollsters ARE reaching cellphones. They want to be accurate, not look stupid.
It’s just bad news for the Obamabots. Ignoring it or dismissing it won’t make it go away.
No you aren’t paranoid you are being realistic!
http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
Gallup has Obama down to just a 2-point lead. The top story says that Obama’s lead is steadily shrinking.
That 2 point Obama lead was yesterday’s results. Today, McCain is up by 3.
Hey as a member of a traditional Democratic family, parents, grandparents, we have never voted Rep. We, will! We can hold our noses for the next four years. We rather put up with an honest, decent, heroic straight talker and America first, president.
Than vote for that lying, limo riding, glass-pipe smoking, hanging with the hate America crowd, pretentious phoney! Clinton 2012.
Oh yeah, I forgot to add, hypocrite!
…and you forgot “sexist.”
.. And Marxist
And a LIAR, repeating this “Muslim” thing that no American politician has ever called him.
and thug
and scattered do-nothing who admits he’s no hands-on executive.
I am preparing myself financially for a bumpy ride. I think this country can go another 4 years with Republican rule without destroying it. But I don’t think our country can go through another 4 years of Bush/Obama with a rookie.
OBSP: The plan is to fix it now. stop spending increase .. painfully try to balance budget.
Will the radicals in the leadership cooperate?
This member of a traditional Democratic family, parents, grandparents, who have never voted Rep. We will proudly be voting for a True American and his running mate. We will not be holding our noses. We will be breathing in a relief of fresh air not a pile of chit, which is what Obama is.
I am another pa small town girl(altho girl may be stretching it) and I agree!!!
pasmalltowngirl — your background with the Dems is the same as mine and like you I will proudly vote for a man with 20 years experience — who worked hard and waited his turn and his running mate who is as tough a cookie as they come. These are the reformers we have been waiting for. The Dems are going to have one huge hangover when this is over. Those who sell their principles for a quick win — end up unprincipled losers.
Team Obambi does get rattled easily and then makes mistakes. But that is also when they pull their most disgusting, vile, dirty tricks out of their arsenal. But this isn’t the primaries and caucuses. And the opponent is not the Clintons. The Clintons were forced to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. The GE is a different game. McCain will come back swinging. And Palin will body-check Obambi. Conservatives are immune to Kool-aid. It’s a new game. And whining doesn’t work.
McCain- the Canidate Y- 2008
Hillary- 2012
GOP have a different brand of Kool Aid which is surprsingly close to the Obama brand in results.
Actually, they don’t. That is just YOUR kool-aide addled brain at work hallucinating.
The Republicans take no prisoners. The thug punks are in for a rude awakening. The Repub’s have just begun on Obama. As it gets closer to the GE, you will see them bring out more of the negatives on Obama that they know. And believe me…..they know something.
Jerome is correct, but I still don’t like the guy.
He welcomed the HRC supporters at a time when
they were being harassed and ridiculed on
Daily Kos and other blogs. And having their
posting privileges abruptly revoked.
THAT was fine and good. Plus Jerome’s sleepy
blog enjoyed high ratings.
But then the Daily kos thugs swarmed Jerome’s
blog and started taunting and harassing Clinton
supporters. Jerome caved to them.
Ultimately, the thugs won. Most Clinton supporters were thrown off Jerome’s blog.
As soon as the Kos thugs ran the Clinton supporters
out, they took off.
Jerome’s ratings plummeted into the toilet.
Good riddance Jerome.
I’m loving watching the disloyal blogs tanking. I hate bullying.
True. Todd ‘The Twit’ Beeton is Jerome’s ENFORCER.
Who needs to worry is the DNC leadership. They messed up big time turning a blind eye against Hillary. But you guys know how to say the rest of what goes with that better than I can…
In order for the DNC to be renovated from the ground up, it must be first demolished. I am prepared to do that. I want my party back!
They are doing it to themselves. Popcorn anyone?
After the election just send in the hazmat team. Then we can start over.
Purge-big time. We have to flush these money hungry idiots who forgot what our party truly stands for. Its time for a complete house-sweep. Excuse my language-those funkers!
fuckers!
I like funkers better… they will be in a funk soon.
Bud, thanks!
My Montana relatives are “estatic” over Palin’s selection. She and her family could vacation with them!
My evangelical relatives in North Carolina and Virginia are going with the Republican ticket!
My relatives here in Tennessee are older and all are going for McCain!
Our navy vets are going for McCain!
We are only one group, but if this trends across the country, the Democratic ticket is in serious trouble…whoopee!!!!
When Oblahblah lashes out this time he will be in for a rude awakening. I don’t know what the GOP has up its sleeve but its sure to be very bad for diaper boy. The McCain team is showing discipline akin to us being in the eye of the hurricane where all is calm. I hope the trolls enjoy this temporary respite. They better stock up on cheetos. They will need their energy for the shitstorm coming!
REJOICE!
And now Rassmussen shows that not only is Obama’s DNC bounce gone, but McCain/Palin are EVEN UP, which they were NOT prior to the DNC.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Take care,
Patrick
I posted here Friday asking you guys to look inside the numbers. The average was boosted by Hotline numbers on Real Clear Politics. By they way, Susan I think you would like this, Sarah was wearing the same thing Friday and she did in a 2006 interview. I like this women.
Another nasty rumor quashed –
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/06/the-bogus-sarah-palin-banned-books-list/
Palin Derangement Syndrome strikes again.
This time it’s hysterical librarians and their readers on the Internet disseminating a bogus list of books Gov. Sarah Palin supposedly banned in 1996. Looks like some of these library people failed reading comprehension. Take a look at the list below and you’ll find books Gov. Palin supposedly tried to ban…that hadn’t even been published yet. Example: The Harry Potter books, the first of which wasn’t published until 1998.
The smear merchants who continue to circulate the list also failed to do a simple Google search, which would have showed them that the bogus Sarah Palin Banned Book List is almost an exact copy-and-paste reproduction of a generic list of “Books Banned at One Time or Another in the United States” that has been floating around the Internet for years. STACLU notes that the official Obama campaign website is also perpetuating the fraud. And it’s spread to craigslist, where some unhinged user is posting images likening Palin to Hitler. Here it is again.
The person who first spread the Palin smear is identified as “Andrew Aucoin,” a commenter on the blog of librarian Jessamyn West. West has done the right thing in keeping the bogus comment up and pointing out in her main post that “there appears to be no truth to the claim made by the commenter, and no further documentation or support for this has turned up.”
Sorry about reversing the blockquote command. I have not had coffee today yet.
Pours a cup of high-test for kat.
Thanks, I needed that.
I posted this yesterday, but it bears reposting for any who missed it. The GOP has a big edge in defense and national security issues.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/democrats_regain_wimp_factor.html
I think I’d have to say that a major reason for this is the success of the surge, though maybe some of the news about Obama’s doubtful associations is causing this.
And I did not use the word “wimps.” The Chicago Tribune writer did.
Oblahblah is a wimp. Hillary would have made a great CIC.
Kat,
I also think the do nothing Congress has a bit to contribute to these rankings as well. The lack of leadership in both houses, the immediate removal of impeachment by Pelosi, left a bad taste on specific national security trust. Least of all not to forget Fisa. They all relate.
I see the koolaid addiction has become terminal with the desperation level reaching Mars.
Critical mass has been reached; there should be a very loud kaboom in short order. Oblahblah is going to have a major meltdown prior to the GE for all the world to see.
Ferd I pray you are right!
So do I, Backtrack (love the name-LOL).
ferd — perhaps if Obama changes the subject to Impeaching George Bush that might work for him — Nah — I didn’t think so.
This “news” bothered me. So I researched it myself.
Mayor Palin did not have ONE book removed from her city library. What she did do was ask the librarian a hypothetical question in order to test her commitment to working as team with the new adminstration. ( have to admit, she could have picked a better question!) She did this with other department heads as well or asked for their resignation so that they would re-apply and be re-appointed by her if their past performance merited it. That is SOP in top level federal and state positions. Seemed over the top for local goverment. If it is based on performance, it is an excellent system to get rid of bloated- do nothing- political appointees just collecting a taxpayer paycheck. It is also mis-used to fill taxpayer funded positions of importance with bloated-do nothing political appointees. ( Anyone remember FEMA Brownie?) On this topic, I would be more interested in her actions as Governor than Mayor.
Tuppence, thanks for the information. It is always worth looking into for ourselves.
As a mayor though, Palin tried to get her own pay cut by $4000 because she voted against a mayoral pay increase when she was on the city council.
How’s that sound? A government employee who tried to get their own pay cut?
Kat,
Thanks for this from Malkin. I have a post coming up about all the email smears. The Nutroots have clearly gone off the deep end, which isn’t surprising but many apolitical people receiving these emails believe them.
I can’t wait for the post.
medusa — I got the e-mail from a 74 year old idiot. Seems to be a coffee klatch attack. I was furious.
Amateurs!
Steve1 According to something you posted yesterday I think you may be interested in this link. There are some interesting events and dates (1980(s)
http://www.iacsp.com/itobli3.html
Written by an investigative reporter and correspondent Steve Emmerson, UK.
Sorry about the slip of the page here. Go to the bottom of the page to “return to home” for the full posting. I gave you the link to the second page. LOL!
Thank-you cpl. Interesting read, I cna’t believe how these guys got all of that info, off the interent? Reporter never really stated? Its scary to think that these types are running all over in America!
I would like to pose a question. First, a preface. Has anyone considered that the *problem* is not whether the president is a republican or a democrat, but is linked more to the individual president’s background? The common background I see between presidents I have come to loathe is that they are Ivy Leaguers. Specifically Harvard or Yale graduates.
Isn’t it time to see how people who come up outside that track will perform? The last non-Ivy League President was Ronald Reagan…unfortunately, the last Navy man was Carter, the worst president in history…but McCain seems to have little in common with a guy who should have stayed in nuclear engineering…
I agree that Carter was the worst president ever. Obama has similarities to Carter but Obama is so inept he would relieve Carter at the bottom of the barrel.
Watch this.. it’s almost scary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiurw9T5p_s
vince — wow well done. I do miss those 21.5% interest rates. It was great for the savers.
Worst President ever? Jesus people, it’s George W. Bush.
If I had to pick #2, it’s JFK. Yes, JFK. You read that right. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial-CONGRESSIONAL complex and no one listened. Since then, we’ve had countless military adventures, exploding Pentagon budgets, raiding of FICA to hide the costs of war, the coddling of “big business” (it was NOT Nixon who started that, it was JFK), etc.
Everyone agrees it is Carter, he earned the slot.
Uh, no, everyone does not. Carter didn’t lose two buildings, a city and invade an innocent country.
Not everyone…
Carter did not erode our Constitutional rights.
He was ineffective and considered weak, but he did not damage our country as much as Bush has. Then again, he only had four years in office.
Carter???
Jesus, where have you been the last 7 1/2 years living under a rock? GEORGE W. BUSH owns it, biggest attack on American soil, drowned city, innocent country invaded, thousands dead from all of the above. The US treasury empty and China and Russia rising fast! Why do you think the Republicans barely mentioned him last week? Cause he’s done such a bang-up job?
Moron, all of the experts agree the Carter is the worst, there is not much debate on the topic.
obama is a bum –
Richard Milhaus Nixon — is the worst President ever.
rrrrr I AM NOT A CROOK
second!
Patrick, you know that Republicans have infiltrated this site when you suddenly get a “Carter was the worst president ever” post, followed by an absolutist statement like “everyone knows he was.”
I think that most of the people on this site are like me- disgusted Democrats for Hillary who will not vote for Obama- but there are also plenty of stealth Republicans here enjoying the fun. They are the ones who go off on “Kennedy is a murderer” and “Carter sucked” rants out of nowhere.
Yes, I have thanks to Oblahblah. I’ve never voted for a Republican but thanks to NQ and what I’ve learned about his shady background I will be voting on McCain’s better background and substance.
Hmmm I see Obama has gone and declared his self President already, guess we don’t need to vote anymore lets see what the media does with this latest gaffe.
http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/apparently-nothing/
*crickets*
Nothing. Probably say the McCain has done it too and then say what a great Constitutional Law Professor Oblahblah was.
He meant to say that…I suspect that every move he makes is by design. The subject matter bothered me as much as the supposed slip of the tongue.
Instead, the media has been running non-stop infomercials for Obama — I’m surprised they have not yet asked people to make four easy payments of $49.95 to the Obama campaign.
What the hell does a community organizer do, knock on doors and ask for money? That is the only thing Obama seems to be any good at.
Obama, you don’t get it. Palin was elected Governor, she has responsibilities and has actually worked at her job something Obama has never done. Obama gets elected to the Senate and thinks the job description consists of running for president.
Obama is trying to run against the Republican VP nominee and he is getting his ass whipped. It may finally start sinking through to some slow people that Obama is inept.
Very good points O is a Bum – especially about asking for four easy payments. Ha!
I just like Sarah – she just makes me feeeel good – she inspires me. Obama just isn’t likeable enough for me.
Obama’s will keep his medical records from examination. Help me out. Which of these two conditions clearly applies to Oblahblah:
http://www.truthaboutdeception.com/confront_a_liar/public/pathological-compulsive.html
Why he is a pathological compulsive habitual liar
Hope that helps.
They help organize the people? Ummmm, I guess? He circulated and contacted Rev Wright! He layed the ground work to attain election for Illinois State senate. Than he ripped those poor folk-of. Big-time. Tony Rezko, slum lord, that district is much worst off than before Soetoro was their elected representative. Community organizing, yeah, sure!
Obama: attacks Palin’s service as a small town mayor.
Palin: attacks Obama’s service as a community organizer in response.
Obama: WAAAHHHH! in response.
I got an email from one of my journalist friends who I have told them that they are so left they can not make a right on red. There is the talking point for this week, where Rick Davis opened the door on morning Joe about Sarah not doing interviews. This is the “talking points” this weekend and I just saw it for myself on MSNBC.
Is there anyway you can get information posted for NBC to stop the lie. Their Promo’s for Biddens first interview since being named VP running mate.
This morning on Fox, Bozo insisted on the same thing. He was called in.
I suppose Palin will do her first interview at Fox with Greta. Lets see.
FOX is the only station that did not bash Palin. She should just interview at FOX and boycott the others, why help their ratings?
WOW ..
check out the new McCain Ad
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/07/mccain-ad-temple/
The brittle Messiah is going to be enraged
Excellent, It is so easy to tempt the O campaign into these little fights, the thin skinned one cannot take having his words thrown back in his face. Only McCain defines who he is, that is clear.
I’m enraged as well.
The democrats gave us a corrupt newbie, and the only alternative is Bush II.
I won’t be voting for either, and will wait impatiently for HRC to run again.
Listen standard, if you don’t vote for McCain-than you are pushing Soetoror-Oba,a, you can’t have it both ways? If the phoney one creeps in because of people not voting, kiss Clinton chances good-bye!
HAHAHA!!! McCain is turning the tables on Obama.
The biggest weakness for Obama is that the media can’t let something go. They always react, which means they’re the SECOND to say or do something. If they’re second, then they’re followers and McCain is leading them along. It’s really great to see how McCain is forming the narrative.
It’s so funny how McCain diminishes him and turns him into cartoon.
I have to say.. all conservatives were so upset with McCain in the spring when he had his strict rules about not being harsh on Obama. We all thought he was going to run some gentleman’s campaign against a ruthless Marxist
Total bluff!
What I find really amusing is who they left out – Hillary Clinton. They know damn well what they are doing. McCain is one smart politician. And even though I don’t agree with her on almost anything, I really like Palin. I can’t help it.
I think McCain-Palin will destroy Obama-Dean’s Western Strategy.
We’ll see.
No question now. That’s why the battle has moved to Florida and Ohio. Obama can only hope to tweak the 2004 Kerry map.
Republicans have bashed Hillary for years and years.
FoxNews has also.
NOW they are supposed to be champions AGAINST sexism?!?
Obama made two sexist comments during his campaign. The rest of the sexism was promoted by You Tube, the media, and idiots like Daily Kos. Who, actually, are NOT Obama.
Yes, he could have spoken out against it. But it’s not the same as actually doing it. Republicans have no credibility at all.
And Palin said Hillary was whining when she made her two or three comments against sexism (I think she was allowed one or two, she bore up against the onslaught incredibly). So Palin thinks it’s whining, that means it is now whining on the Republican Party’s part to complain about it.
I guess neocons really do believe if you repeat a lie often enough people will believe it is the truth.
Kate: Who else have the Republicans been sexist against?
It is not mine or anyone else that I know value to be sexist or racist. And we immediately noticed the sexism against Hillary in the primary.. her fight against it earned some respect from us.
The Left tries to roll over whoever is it in its way,using whatever weapon works the best.. so if you’re a woman, it will be sexist.. if you’re gay and an enemy of the Left they will come after you for being gay.
Republicans are angels compared to what the Left does routinely.
The Hillary bashing from the repugs is expected.
It hurts more coming from your “supposed” friends. Obama’s whole campaign was about encouraging Clinton hatred.
Well said PJ.
Wasn’t the blond witch of the East sexist against the South Carolina adulterer. I don’t know. My memory fails me.
If my dog lifts his leg and pees on my sofa, I get mad.
If my boyfriend lifts his leg and pees on my sofa, I get FURIOUS, and disgusted, and kick him out.
Have you been hibernating the entire year? Clinton got bashed by the entire media and FOX was by far the least offensive to her. She has been bashed by Obama and all of his thugs so don’t come in here trying to promote Obama — The WORST. CANDIDATE. EVER. Thanks to people like you we are stuck with him.
We could have had some quality debates with McCain and Clinton, instead all we have is racism and sexism from your so-called messiah.
The best coverage of Clinton in the primaries was from Fox. It was the only place we Hillary supporters could go at all. MSNBC and CNN were out of the question.
again…another person who didn’t pay attention to Palin’s whining comment. Here we go. Palin said Hillary complaining is PERCEIVED as whining. Do you know what perceived means? Whether it was whining or not, the media, public etc would take it that way. That ia a BIG difference than saying Hillary was whining. She did NOT say that.
Your selective indignation is showing again. Obamatrons emulate the neocons. Have you policed up all that broken glass, yet?
Well Kate, how many times did Obama reject or say anything about all the sexist and misogynistic comments by the press. And we all know he and his campaign didn’t play the race card. Did I mention that he is Black
ABC News’ Eloise Harper Reports: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in a video interview with Newsweek posted on YouTube, discussed the coverage of Sen. Hillary Clinton. In an interview that appears to have taken place during the Democratic primary, Palin criticizes Clinton for her response to media scrutiny she received while on the campaign trail.
Palin says, “When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her I say man that doesn’t do us any good. Women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this county. I don’t think it’s, it bodes well for her a statement like that.”
linda — we are all sisters under the skin but we are not conjoined twins. I have heard a more recent comment by Palin in which she acknowledges how much more difficult it is for a woman than a man in politics.
UGH. There is nothing worse than seeing a smiley face punctuate a hateful rant. It’s a sign of a deranged mind.
So, Kate. You only counted two sexist comments during the campaign. That’s a rather low estimate and still two too many for someone who claims to represent hope and change. Don’t think for a minute Obama’s campaign doesn’t send memos to the media and use Huff Po and Kos to start whisper campaigns. He’s got new media down.
Then this part makes me think you’re on drugs or incredibly slow-witted:
Yes, he could have spoken out against it. But it’s not the same as actually doing it.
You just said he did it twice! Of course, you can’t expect him to speak out about it. Obama never admits a mistake. Even if he did at this point, no one would care. His credibility has been shot.
Here is my take on Palin’s comment. Hillary complained that sexism was happening to her after she was seriously damaged. She waited too long to address it, and that may have been Mark Penn’s advice. She should have been quick to point out sexism, especially through surrogates, and there should have been women’s groups who were alert to coded language and gender politics. Those groups formed at the end of her campaign, and it was pretty close to that time that Hillary complained that the sexism got out of control sand hurt her campaign.
I think Sarah Palin’s point was that “whining” about it doesn’t do women politicians any good. You have to take action. That’s what her speech did. She subtly addressed every argument, strategy and rumor Obama leveled at her and fired back. She stuck them to him. Palin was no longer the small town mayor, Obama was a community organizer, and WTH did he ever do for anyone? Prominent Republican women spoke out on her behalf. And the McCain campaign was adamant that this sleaze would not go unnoticed or bde tolerated.
That is the appropriate way to deal with sexism. Whether the Republicans needed a reason to do that like appealing to women voters in an election is irrelevant, because McCain took a risk in selecting Palin. She has stood up on her own merit as a candidate and earned respect. That women would rally to the GOP ticket was never guaranteed. And I am proud to say that 100 years ago, Republicans were the party of Lincoln, and it seems they’re reclaiming their heritage. They did a very good thing in advancing equality in this election, even if you want to be cynical.
Hope Floats — How many racist comments were make by Obama or his campaign surrogates against Bill and Hillary Clinton? There are millions of us who will never forgive Obama for that.
Kate you trolls don’t get it — all you know is you get your $7 an hour check along with your Koolaid and you are good to go.
TROLL -
Obama doesn’t do well when he’s challenged, even slightly. COntrast this to Palin’s calm cool when her family and reputation and record were viciously and libelously attacked for days without merit or substance. The gross claims of racism agaisnt the Clintons that won him SC won’t work this time. We’ve seen that game and will lose him votes. Go for it Barry!
Does anyone know what is happening down on the Recycled Flag Thread?
Look at the dates.
Have we been hacked or something?
Someone came on last night and posted on that thread, often o supporters go to a back thread and make some pretty filthy remarks, most people don’t check the dates. I caught the post and just don’t like that sneaky way of insulting behind our backs, so I responded. The post was brought back up last night into the open, so folks could blog about it again. I don’t thing we were hijacked, just addressing sneak attacks.
I think someone else posted that Huffpo has a piece that the flag story was false. barry returned all those flags or some such nonsense.
These trolls have no shame. They could have put yet another story to rest by just saying, “Oops, my bad, We’ll get it sorted out”. They’ll ultimately blame it on Clinton for not policing up the mess after the Frat Party.
I think our girl will get all the blame for Barry’s ultimate unraveling. She should stay far far away from him.
The best line on that flag thread was……..At least the flags didn’t go to Ayers.
Oh Snap!
Zogby has McCain/Palin up by 4.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1548
Great post! I hope we start getting balance in the media. There is still time.People need to be far better informed about Obama–and I don’t mean spreading the gossip stuff (e.g., his religion) but the facts.
I quit watching the MSM, but has this been shown on American networks?
http://www.iacsp.com/archive1.html
I really am behind the times.
You should check out this blog.. these are the best on-site ameuter journalist blogs for this war
http://www.longwarjournal.org/
You’ll be an expert on the Northwest Frontier Province Tribal Agency
I DO hope he pulls a LOT of sexism. That should finish him. His pants are down. First Hillary, now Sarah. He might as well nail a sign to his forehead: “I’m a sexist pig, ladies! Better vote for the other guy!”.
wry I agree Zogby actually is a contributor and an advisor to Obama.
Obama and crew use scare tactics to rally the nutroots to give more money and register more people, and to get out and vote.
I would bet money Zogby and Obama are using these numbers to manipulate the nutroot, etc. to get more money.
Rasmussen is supposed to be more right leaning, so let’s hope we can trust its reports.
judy — Zogby’s brother works on the Obama Campaign. How much more money does Obama need? He has enough now to pay us all off to vote for him. Obama would never manipulate his numbers to go down. This is the guy who made up his own presidential seal and had a mock up of Air Force One for his really big speech.
Obama did not have one single success story for his years as a community organizer.
He was a total flop.
There was a piece in the NYT about this several months back.
Yes and Sugar, of the Sugar and Spice blog, wrote a diary on it back in early July.
http://sugarnspice.typepad.com/sugar_n_spicea_meeting_pl/2008/07/barack-obama-is.html
The Past Week: Recaps and Random Thoughts, August 31-September 6 (A REAL Political Pregnancy Scandal; Free Don Siegelman; Don’t Show Off, Obama!, Canadian Election, GREEN CHILE!)
http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/the-past-week-recaps-and-random-thoughts-august-31-september-6-a-real-political-pregnancy-scandal-free-don-siegelman-dont-show-off-obama-canadian-election-green-chile/
Includes a preview of an upcoming discussion of former Alabama Don Siegelman and the politicization of the Justice Dept. courtesy of Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales…and the Democratic “leadership” who are going to let Rove get away scott-free…Sliegelman was at the Democratic Convention begging for support for House vote and nails the “leadership”…..
Some Palin Rumors Debunked, in fact, a whole bunch of ‘em debunked at this great clearinghouse effort:
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/
That is a neat little list and will come in handy. It’s surprisingly long for a woman who just arrived from Alaska last week. Obama has been busy! When he found out about Sarah Palin, his reaction was “Kill it, and kill it fast.” Kudos to her for being so tough and to the author of this list for not calling it something stupid like Fight the Smears.
McCain/Palin: Change you can REALLY believe in!
Posted on August 27, 2008
CCAGW’s 2007 Congressional Ratings
See:
http://swineline.org/2008/08/28/pork-in-the-presidential-race/
And
http://swineline.org/2008/08/26/cagw-in-washtimes-biden-pork/
I think McCain will save this for the debates. These things are devastating for Democrats during debates. Remember Kerry’s “It is true I voted against it before I voted for it.” With Obama, he’ll have to admit being for earmarks before being against them.
Thanks for the links bmc. Aren’t they freakin’ nuts trying to make EARMARKS a topic?
As for Biden, more voters should know that the unofficial name for Delaware is the Corporate State. Those earmarks aren’t building bingo halls for seniors.
I live in Central Florida, and every republican that I know is voting for Obama. I firmly believe that the reason McCain polls higher here is for two reasons: A large percentage of Floridians don’t have phone numbers with Florida area codes…because they are cell phones. Along this same line of thought — I believe the older residence here ARE voting for McCain and they are the only ones who have landlines (and receive the push poll calls). I work for a very large defense contracting company too…I have only seen about 5 McCain bumper stickers and haven’t seen 1 single yard sign.
“and every republican that I know is voting for Obama.”
you mean every democrat is voting for mccain, right?
b/c the rest of your post would then make sense…
just curious…
no — i don’t know anyone voting for McCain. I work with mostly republicans and play club rugby with people that are either libertarians or republicans.
the democrats i know are all oogly over Obama — so no, they aren’t voting for McCain either.
If everyone you know is voting for Obama then you only know black people. Republicans hate Obama. The only Republicans I know who are voting for Obama are the ones not happy with McCain to a point where they want Obama to screw things up so bad that they will win with a conservative candidate in 2012.
Obvious — you must not get out much.
Come out of your cave and look around–you may like it –Try It LOL!
I don’t believe it. Either they aren’t Republicans or they are telling you a lie.
Probably because when you ask them they would like to keep their jobs. Along the same lines, they would like to keep their homes from being vandalized. Old folks too are afraid of some Obamabots that have very little scruples.
Counting campaign signs and everybody “you now”. How scientific.
I meant “you know”….
Drink more koolaid VMorris
I only know of ONE Republican here in Florida that is voting for Obama…. and she’s black.
west palm — The Obama people are saying the will get the Jewish Senior Vote in South Florida — I don’t see that happening.
know what…if you aren’t supporting the Precious, it’s at your peril to say so in some states
The bots will bash in the windows of your car if you had a HRC or McCain sticker
only the most ardent will display their opposition because they know Barry and the bots are steeped in the Chicago thug traditions…and causing YOU property damage
jeeze, we cannot allow this guy to get elected
Polling organizations call cell phones and Vonage phones and land line phones. They use random number generators to call, not the phone book.
Obvious, you work for a large defense company? Well, you better find another line of work once Obama wins, right?
Anyway, I have lived in Florida for 17 years, have major family and friends there and guess what? None of them (repubs and dems) are not voting for Obama. Obama may have some votes in central and parts of south, but he isn’t going to win the panhandle or north Florida by a long shot.
All these folks aint really saying nothing about the issues, Obma is a little tiny bit, but it seems like Palin and McCain just mantra stealing when they need to talk about N. Korea rebuilding nukes like North Korea has fallen off the map
When Obama feels threatened, he reflexively goes to his “They’re going to try to make you afraid of me” speil. And then the spoken paragraph invariably ends with a charge that Republicans in general, and the McCain campaign in particular, are racists.
E.g., “They’re” going to say:
1) “And did I mention he’s black?”
2) “He does not look like all the other presidents on dollar bills.”
Post-Palin, Obama tried that tactic once again on September 5th (the single quote marks note Obama channeling the Republican mind):
‘We’re going to try to scare people about Barack. So we’re going to say that you know, maybe he’s got Muslim connections or we’re going to say that, you know, he hangs out with radicals or he’s not patriotic.’
That being said, I don’t think this tactic will work anymore, because it was called out and identified and effectively rebutted by the McCain campaign after his “dollar bills” remark.
So, Obama has the character (or lack thereof) and the motivation to lash out with false and malicious charges, but it remains to be seen whether he can come up with something more effective.
That is a hedge tactic that has worked for him many times. It tips the press and his surrogates to move swiftly against those who expose the truth of his deception. Like any hedge it looses effectiveness with repetition. Then it backfires. We’ll see.
I really don’t like to vote Republican but this year I may have to vote that way.
First of all, it is obvious that McCain is much better than Obama as per accomplishment, experience and patriotism.
Secondly, the Democratic party leadership should be taught a lesson not to mess with their constituents. Dictating to the Democrats who their Presidential candidate should be is very undemocratic.
O.T. MSMBC…I was just watching…McCain states he will ask his CABINET POST to work for %1.00 a yr. to show the American people he is VERY serious about proving that they will be working “FOR THE PEOPLE”
I was reading Google News yesterday, not blogs. A couple of articles had Sarah Palin saying racist remarks about blacks and native Alaskans.
They must not know that her husband is part native Alaskan.
I couldn’t believe this was in the news area. Talk about smears. Sexism isn’t working, so they are going with racism.
Been to Google corporate campus this past year and last — they are definitely infected with the kool-aid. Surprising how such seemingly smart folks can be so taken over and turned into mindless political drones. You should hear how some of them talk when politics comes up – they lose all of their intelligence and common sense.
I think Obama just mispoke and said “my Muslum faith” instead of my Christian faith. George S. corrected him.
George just asked Barry to comment on the fact that the repbs are talking about his Christian Religion. His anser to George was when They talk about my Muslim Religion no I mean my Christian Religion….Lying SOB
He’s rattled to his core. He didn’t take into account that all the attention he craved would include negative attention. His utter inexperience is showing and none too soon. This man is both unfit and unqualified for POTUS.
49 ACORN EMPLOYEES under investigation in milwaukee
for voter fraud. GOOD
more of Obama’s friends
Here is the Muslim faith line video !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zQK_EhDhZQ
INSHALLAH!!
Now this one is heating up the internet lol, poor Obamabi he must be kicking his self with this latest gaffe, how could he make such a slip???
Michelle must be very angry with him now, guess she did not give him his pep talk this morning, on the other hand he should not worry too much Hillary is coming to the rescue lol
SJ — Ok one question cleared up Obama is a Muslim. We just need to know if his real name is Barry Soetoro and where was he born. Those appear to be simple questions — but so hard for Obama.
Also, keep in mind that the polls are smapling 5-10% MORE Democrats than Republicans!
For the poll results to be even or with McCain with a lead, really shows that Obama is losing support from Democrats!
Stand up for the REAL change ticket that will work with both sides of the asile to get things done for America!
McCain-Palin ‘08
Sarah and McCain are both not giving many interviews. They are turning their backs on MSM after the lies and abuse that have been heaped on Sarah by the MSM. What they have done is not vetting but piling on. Why won’t they vet Obama? Why not only give him a free pass but shove him down our throats 24/7? Because he and the DNC are bought people. There is money and power involved.
McCain will be giving an interview in the next few days in Jacksonville, Fl. Donna Heicken a local will do this exclusive interview. I can see Sarah and John giving MSM their backs and turning to the local stations for their interviews. Sarah and John will also hold a rally here in Jacksonville in the next few weeks or days. Yes I will attend and so will lots of my friends, neighbors and co workers, and family, both the whites and the blacks.
We all know what Barry thought of Florida don’t we? Well we will return that favor. He didn’t need us then and we sure don’t need him EVER.
McCain/Palin 2008
Why is it reporters who were willing to pursue Bristol Palin, who isn’t on the ballot, somehow think it is unseemly to ask Sen. Obama tough questions about his drug use? Oh, that was a long time ago, they’ll argue. But a 1986 arrest for driving while impaired by Gov. Palin’s husband — not the candidate — is somehow worthy of extensive front-page coverage?
The double standard is shocking — but perhaps not to Sen. Obama. In his memoir, he gives the most telling explanation of how he has gotten away with avoiding discussions of his drug use. It was the same technique he used on his mother when she confronted him in his senior year of high school: “I had given her a reassuring smile and patted her hand and told her not to worry, I wouldn’t do anything stupid. It was usually an effective tactic, another of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/the_unexamined_life.html
Covered at TD:
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/speaking-of-17-year-olds/
And one wonders why he won’t release his medical records. I wonder if Biden will merely release a summary.
Katmandu, How long do some drugs last in your system and if you dont want anyone to know about your drug use do not show yourmedical records….
Holy cow. How telling!
I really should force myself to read his book.
Sarah used “Change” before Obama…from the book Sarah…..
I saw where Obama was saying McCain was trying to take his “change” …Sarah had it first.
Oops, there goes another talking point. They’re down to only a handful now.
She has ran to make change, clean things up and make the government answer to the people…she made enemies on her way up and they are going after her now.
It won’t work. The Big Zero is a fraud and it’s starting to show. He peaked too soon, as it were (thank God).
Watching Bambi on ABC News with George Stephanapolous…..Bambi is horrible and sounding very defensive..
Mike,
I didn’t watch…just didn’t have it in me today…I will catch it on-line later if you recommend it.
Interesting story out of Chicago. The city cannot fire its bad cops. The police superintendent has wanted 80 removed for bad acts, but a citizen review board only permitted 21 terminations. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1149201,CST-NWS-board07.article Sarah Palin was right to push so hard for Wooten’s removal. Too bad she didn’t have any support from that police commissioner.
Parents Beware because this is no biography of Obama, this book looks and reads like a campaign pamphlet.
I’m sure that Obama supporters will proclaim that although Obama has yet to achieve status as one of our nations’ greatest leaders, his nomination itself is historic. That argument would carry some weight, if the book wasn’t written well before Barack Obama was the nominee of his party and if it did not read as a campaign pamphlet.
Publishers Description: Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held on to Hope. Even as a boy, Barack knew he wasn’t quite like anybody else, but through his journeys he found the ability to listen to Hope and become what he was meant to be: a bridge to bring people together.
This is the moving story of an exceptional man, as told by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Bryan Collier, both winners of the Coretta Scott King Award. Barack Obama has motivated Americans to believe with him, to believe that every one of us has the power to change ourselves and change our world.
http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2008/09/parental-advisory-obama-supporters-aim.html
That is some of the most addle-headed tripe I’ve ever read. It’s landfill material.
Barf. But you can imagine that it would become required reading for elementary school kids should Dear Leader manage to steal the election.
Yes, Palin did smoke marijauna when it was legal. Yes, she did advocate for pro-contraception education in school. Yes she did veto a bill banning benefits for gay partners. Yes she did impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies and turn around and give that money to the people in her state in the form of a rebate. Yes she did suspend the gas tax. Yes she did increase funding for low income weatherization programs. Yes she has done a great deal of outreach into rural native populations, working to increase funding for education.
In my opinion, she’s got a better so called “liberal” resume then Obama tries to claim, LOL.
In reading her book I am even more impressed by her.
She is a fighter…
30 year Dem… I know exactly what you mean…I have to give it a break from time to time.
I recommend that you do watch it though…Bambi is self inflicting today…doing it to himself.
OK I will watch it when it goes up.
Obama NEVER talks about the impact of his community organizing work and his ties with Rezco and their impact on complete lack of rehabilation of housing for all of that money. There are numerous videos out about the deplorable state his district, the South side of Chicago. For starters, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP-YoB5mnZs
Conditions on the South Side are well known, especially in northern Illinois, and I haven’t seen or heard any criticism re Obama in this election year. He’s running on his role of “community organizer,” but, um, ah, er, it’s far from organized.
BO’s mansion and his neighborhood are awesome, though.
Just was watching George Stephanopoulos on ABC interviewing Obama. George asked Obama if he thought Sara and Rudy talking about Obama’s stint as a “community organizer” had racial overtones. So now George is playing the race card for Obama, how absurd, he wants to see a racial angle under every rock, what a pity and shame. I hope someone in the MSM does a real story about what Obama was really doing, just promoting himself as usual.
obvious
I’m from Ohio. I have relatives in Florida and they are all voting Mccain/Palin. They are a mix of both parties.
That is good news….
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/07/uselections2008.republicans2008
A British writer talks about how hate campaigns, like the one launched against Palin, rarely work.
The writer than shows how in different political settings the same berserk attacks have not worked.
In short, the Republicans can thank thoughtless bloggers like Kos, Marshall, Sullivan, et al. for some of their current success.
lol, great post, Bud!
I particularly liked this catch:
“…which means their records are under scrutinty [sic]..”
According to Obama I’m from the state of “Massatusetts.”
The heads of both campaigns was on FNS…it was good, Alexrod knows he is in trouble with Palin…
I wonder how South Carolinans feel, that the did not know the truth, believed Backtrack Barry, and how do they now feel about him that he LIED and spread all those rumors about the Clintons? But, it wasn’t just So.Carolinans, was it? Many believed those lies and accusations because the media was reporting it that way. Folks like Donna Brazile, a key member of the Demagogic Party, who claimed she was NEUTRAL, and CNN allowed that, as she played the Axe(lrod) for Camp Obama on CNN. Being one of the first to lie and say Bill Clinton was being racist when he said the idea of Barry being in the White House is a Fairy Tale, when the only words Bill Clinton said in conection to Fairy Tale, was his record on the Iraq War, being he voted for it for the full 2 years he was in the Senate before announcing his presidency.
Bud, I do remember that time so well. I remember him later saying (the most admitting one got from Barry) how it’s ok, it brought him back in line where his confidence may had been getting the better of him. [paraphrasing]. But we all remember the path the embarked on. Backtrack Barry has shown he does and says anything for the end prize. That was when Craig Crawford appeared on Countdown the day after New Hampshire Primary and said about Backtrack Barry and his Campaign, claiming race “and I hope this isn’t the [strategy ] they will be playing in to South Carolina” [paraphrasing because countdown removed the transcipts and I don’t feel like searching me emails
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I think folks are realizing Backtrack Barry has absolutely no place in running for the Presidency or even representing the Democrats. My sister felt forced to watch Backtrack Barry’s speech, because of a friend of hers at work and she said she couldn’t believe even THERE, at his Convention speech, made it seem like he VOTED AGAINST THE WAR. And of course, he didn’t. So many peoople actually think he was in the Senate and voted against it. So obviouslly they don’t know that in his short career, he also voted to keep the war going for those 2 years, even voting NAY on the one bill to end the war date certain put up by Kerry and Feingold in June 2006.
That’s another reason Backtrack Barry and the Dems are in freak out mode. They made this all about FEELINGS (Thanks to Lakoff and Gov Dean pushing his book) it wasn’t issues for Barry, because he doesn’t have the record to back up those issues and now, there’s a new FEELING in town.
From June 20. Poor Barry, it’s a Reuters article. I do think Reuters is a bit more reputable than The Atlantic. And the South Carolina primary was in January, right? And he goes on TW with George Steph in September and says the same crap with a couple of different words added.
It’s like the guy runs on a template that only allows a stray word here or there to change. Otherwise his control panel might short out.
link
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2040982720080620?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
how do I put the link in something smaller?
Good post on Willie Brown’s piece about Palin on Anglachel.
http://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/09/willie-brown-on-palin.html
thank you. Great post.
Try “TinyURL!”
It’s a website that converts long links into tiny ones.
lol No Barry, you’re doing fine on your own!
Poor Barry — he can dish it out but he can’t take it. Must he always moan like this. When is he going to compare himself with the President on our paper money again? Obama was cute at first — now he makes me want to vomit.
I live in Central Florida too, Tampa to be specific. I think there are more Obama voters from both parties in Tampa than you would typically find in Florida, generally. However, if you go into “real” central Florida (outside Tampa), I don’t think you’ll find Barack the majority pick of your typical Republican OR Democratic voters. As a former Democrat, now Independent, I see Florida going McCain by a large majority.
With a McCain/Palin ticket, and when examining Obama’s, people are changing their minds about Obama. In summary:
1. Obama has a consistent record of being sexist. While he talks about equality for women, he pays his female staff less then his male staff. Independent research shows this is not true of McCain (or former President Clinton).
2. Obama has a consistent record of being racist. In addition to 20 years of sitting in a racist church and his other associations, when the hispanic population in Chicago was increasing, Obama told the newspaper that he would not allow the increased hispanic population to take seats away from the black population.
3. Obama voted to prolong Terri Schivao’s death.Obama voted with the Republican Congress and the pro-life Democrats approving legislation transferring the Terri Schiavo case from state courts to federal courts, delaying her death and taking the decision out of the hands of her husband. McCain and Hillary voted against this decision.
4. Obama and the Iranian Guard. Obama voted against the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, which labeled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization. McCain and Hillary voted for the bill.
By the way, recent on Iranian television, Iranian Political Science Professor Mohamman-Ali Farhnesh slammed McCain and Palin and praised Obama.
No surprise based since Obama voted against the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment.
5. Obama’s Tax Plan Hurts Small Businesses Obama continues to say he will tax people making over $250,000. What he doesn’t tell people is that plan to tax “people” over $250,000 includes small businesses and is a marriage penalty. Obama’s plan to raise taxes on households making more than $250,000 will raise taxes on most small-business profits in America. These are mom and pop shops that employ few employees. These are the corner businesses that make America work.
What type of tax rate are we talking about? Currently, S corporations face a top tax rate of 35 percent, while sole proprietors and general partners face a tax rate of 37.9 percent (since they’re responsible for paying both income tax and the Medicare component of the payroll tax.)
Nice touch! But this time, if Obama’s “claws” come out, McCain is holding the hammer. He doesn’t have to fight Obama with one hand tied behind his back the way Hillary had to. If McCain really wanted to, he could bury that punk Obama. All Obama has to do is give him one good reason. If McCain turns this election into “God Bless America” versus “God Damn America”, it is over!
Obama’s running out of steam. Here comes the race card.
Oh and further proof. McCain / Palin had a HUGE and enthusiastic crowd in Albuquerque yesterday. They added bleachers to fit the more than 6000 jammed attendees.
…MEchelle had about 1000 at her event a couple days ago.
Palin = sexist (anti-choice, anti-sex education, anti-equal pay)
Choice is the bedrock of feminism.
Trying to convince former Hillary supporters that a vote for Palin is a vote AGAINST sexism just isn’t going to work.
I am a long time Democrat, long time feminist, long time liberal.
Warning Democrats: this site is now overrun by neocons.
I can’t STAND Obama, but I am not going to cut off my nose to spite my face and revenge vote for a sexist platform and candidate. I will be voting AGAINST Palin.
no, your going to vote to destroy the party of feminism, equality and truth by installing a Chicago thug and his minions
hope you enjoy your vote because it will BE THE LAST TIME you have a say in your own party
Obama’s nomination = death of the progressive position in the Democratic party
With a democratic majority we can AFFORD to defeat Barry to gain the greater goal.. a REAL DEMOCRATIC party with REAL DEMOCRATIC VALUES
you vote for Barry then you are sanctioning corruption on a scale not seen since the last century. Barry is going to sell you down the river.. hope you enjoy the ride
kate — you trolls need a new line. That one is not going to change any minds. Maybe we know the fraud too well after 20 months. Save it for the Daily Kos.
s.hall,
You are correct. Obama trolls can’t think for themselves. They don’t realize they have been used by a con poseur who is actually Bush 3.
The women following Obama don’t know the definition of feminist.
Obama’s Democratic Party: Home of Sexism, Misogyny, Racism, and the Glass Ceiling for Women
“We didn`t leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left us.”
“Warning Democrats: this site is now overrun by neocons.”
Didn’t you used to say that about Hillary?
these folks aint really saying nothing about the issues, Obama is a little tiny bit, but it seems like Palin and McCain just mantra stealing when they need to talk about N. Korea rebuilding nukes like North Korea has fallen off the map
“Palin = sexist (anti-choice, anti-sex education, anti-equal pay)
Choice is the bedrock of feminism.”
That’s one way of looking at it. Another way is respect for women is the bedrock of feminism. Curing men of misogyny is the bedrock of feminism.
My mother told me that sexism was a daily constant in a woman’s life. She wasn’t talking about ‘issues’. She meant the way men treated her every day, everywhere — expecting her to step to the side, interrupting her, acting more aggressively towards her than they did with men. We spoke after the Clinton-Lazio debate. She was the First Lady of the United States, and yet Lazio still expected her to back down.
What represents the biggest change? Liberals voting for a black man? Or Republican men giving a woman in authority a standing ovation?
Well ladies and gentleman, we have work still to do , by continue, getting the right information out, the one thing we dont want to do is to let our guard down, those of you who have been here long enough the O’s have changed their tactic, on perceiving that they are laying down the truth and fighting with the same doctrine that they were asked to attack, now they are pulling Hills stands and trying to get more readers to see it their way, and we know that the O’s never liked hill and used racist , sexism, and nasty descriptions of her and her record, it seems as they are pulling out more and more of stands that Hill takes to dish out against Palin.
It is time they receive the attention that we keep speaking out against, continue voicing out our concerns and the unfair media, we will force them to do the unthinkable, investigate stories about O, since they have been drinking Koolaide for the past 19 months they will have to be sent to rehab to dry out, and bought back to reality, of being a news agency rather than O dirty political team.
But there is another agenda to make sure that the DNC knows how disgusted we are with the dirty politics it played on Hill , by selecting and allowing the Chicago machine, to demean and control the democratic party , with the bullying of the undecided electoral votes, that they forced to make a choice of a candidate not on merit and the belief of a more suitable candidate, but out of party unity, and a quick buck for the campaign trail, there were quite a few that stood their ground and i applaud them , but there were many who threw inthe towel when they passed off that fake rollcall, no spine, for party unity. Our drive is to force the DNC party to vote to remove those in charge Dean Pelosi Reid, for taking the side of sexism and racism and allowing it to be used against the Clintons, and the blind eye it allowed the O campaign to use against the bloggers who support Hillary, this is no longer a Party for the people other than a party of dirty political leadership that decided who our candidate would be because of race and the dislike of letting the people decide who their candidate would be because they did not want a Clinton in the White house, shame on them, and now they must hear from those democratic voters on the disgust of it all sexism, racism and voter fraud it allowed to decide the election, knowing alot of this was being used maybe not all on the board , but many in charge.
As we continue to watch the news and the debates, lets play close attention to how many pundants will come out with hatred on their agenda, and race card that will be put out, I can count about 6 pundants so far upset that Palin is not suitable and how she was not vetted, and that she does not speak out for the people and small towns, because they are from small towns. They will voice outrage and they will cause unrest of the O supporters, yes I believe even riots, as we see that code pink and the antiwar groups did at the Rnc convention this week, im pretty sure we who have spoken against the dirty manuvers of the O campaign; as we know their leaders are in the tank for O, and Ayers probably had a roll too. Since we all know that Axelrod still meets with Ayers on a regular basis.
Thanks for keeping up the good work and continue posting those demeaning post to the media, as the only man not in the tank on CNN Lou Dobbs, even he voiced the media was in the tank for O, and he was disgusted, he really needs to consider moving over to Fox, since he is an indapedant at heart, and does not care who likes his observation, , no spinn Lou, bravo for having the gumption of speaking up.
Remember a silent vote for O is a stay home vote, a third party vote, a fall in line vote, and a sign in vote for Hill, I own my vote and will vote for someone with experience, record, and integrity along with character and who has always worked across those party lines McCain Palin, Puma
I see that we have alot of new comment contributors here, welcome, and as for you O supporters we have your number, so go back to your shady leader and tell them we got you figured out and were not rolling over and falling in line. For those who are new, here we are used to the name calling and bullying and the dispicable stories the oO supporters dish out, we have to give them some credit, we learned to let hit roll down our back and continue sounding the alarm that the dirty politcal machine is at work and using dirty tricks to boot. Remember ladies and gentleman, we have new vistors that peer in and read, more and more people are telling me that they like this sight, so keep up the good work, and continue voicing one voice one vote , now teh DNC can take some lessons on Party Unity at its best ,Puma NObama McCain Palin 2008
It would require one to “suspend disbelief” when a commenter claims to know “a lot” of Republicans and not one of them is voting for McCain/Palin, and to take this claim seriously.
“Old doubts about Democrats on security, after diminishing during 2006-2007, have begun to re-emerge.”
As well as new doubts. I never doubted the Dems on security until they were ‘acquired’ by MoveOn.DailyKos. On Kos there was a recommended diary that the U.S. should be invaded to teach us ‘how it feels.’ These are the people bankrolling the ‘New Democratic Party’, so concerns about security are justified.
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