Quote of the day
posted at 10:25 pm on August 29, 2008 by Allahpundit
“Here’s I fear the worst harm that may be done by this selection. The McCain campaign’s slogan is ‘country first.’ It’s a good slogan, and it aptly describes John McCain, one of the most self-sacrificing, gallant, and honorable men ever to seek the presidency.
But question: If it were your decision, and you were putting your country first, would you put an untested small-town mayor a heartbeat away from the presidency?”
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Point taken. I stand corrected.
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 12:54 AM
Now stop that Spirit of 1776!
The last thing all this pessimism needs is a lot of pesky facts shedding daylight through all this gloom!
Good God, if Maverick wins there’s going to be a suicide pact in here………..
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 12:55 AM
As governor of Alaska, Palin presided over 600,000 or so people…with no urban center(s), and a budget smaller than that of the City University of New York’s. Small town mayor she remains, unless you count a population of 600,000 (only 400,000 more than my HOMETOWN of yonkers and 400,000 less than my home county) as real serious executive experience…and if you do…call Andy Spano over at the county executive’s office, im suuuuure he’s ready for a primetime spot in the next admin.!
If he needed a woman, he shoulda picked hutchinson.
ernesto on August 30, 2008 at 12:57 AM
I was wondering how long before someone was going to compare her to Maggie Thatcher. Why don’t we wait and see how successful she is at curbing McCain’s tendencies to f**k over his own party during his administration before we start awarding her the gold standard. Let’s just say for now she’s ‘articulate and clean’ and that’s good enough.
I don’t know if you caught the excitement a few weeks ago; Terrye’s partner in crime wise_man (whizzman as I call him)was screaming troll at people whenever they disagreed with any of his simpering paens to McCain and trying to have them banned. He was subsequently warned that not supporting John McCain doesn’t make you a troll. You want a real laugh Michael? Get Terrye started talking about reasons to support McCain…maybe it’s me, but whenver he/she starts in about supporting the party I start humming the old Russian National Anthem. No fun being a dissident these days. But think of how much fun it will be to say ‘I told you so’ if McCain does get elected.
austinnelly on August 30, 2008 at 12:57 AM
I’d be happy if he’d just turn down his swing music while I’m tryin’ to sleep.
Oh, wait. You meant the other old man upstairs.
Nevermind.
Carry on.
soundingboard on August 30, 2008 at 12:57 AM
With the exceptions of horseshoes, hand-grenades, and nuclear warheads.
soundingboard on August 30, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Hutchison is an adequate Senator. That’s about it.
texette on August 30, 2008 at 12:59 AM
If ONLY we could have picked a community organizer who was a jewish Palestinian from Texas who had red hair hazel eyes still feared the bicycle bar and was fashionably bisexual while at Harvard law School having never held an executive position in her life but plagarizing a speech or three…..
IF ONLY
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Palin was Mayor of Wasilla (pop: 6000) – ooooh man is she qualified!!!!
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:02 AM
sven,
Perfect candidate, for sure.
texette on August 30, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Don’t you have more important thigs to focus on? Why be so puerile?
You are not very observant. If you take the time, or if you’d have paid attention, there have been threads on many a night that Michael in Michigan, Spirit of 1776, MB4, myself, and others, debated issues during the primaries. There is no way on this planet that a thinking person would conclude that Michael in Michigan (go check his blog) and MB4 could be the same person. You’re extremely naive and in a way also a bit vicious to insinuate “coziness”. The two love to debate, and the more you disagree, the better they are at it.
Many of us disagree with them, not on the sentiment, but maybe on the approach, primarily on MB4′s, but we have the capacity to argue with them, or to just read, or not read, and move on. You can not convert them and, thus, what do you gain from fighting them.
Take a good example from the great Spirit of 1776, and how he and the eloquent Michael in Michigan have debated in a civilized way in this very thread. We can sit back, agree, or disagree, but learn. You can also ignore.
You can also continue to be childish, but then we won’t take you seriously. I know that you want McCain to win. I want the same thing. This will happen with, or without MiM and MB4. Still, the two will continue to comment, and so they should.
Unrelated, has anyone seen alphie since the Palin announcement?
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:02 AM
A “suicide pact” among those who think that there is such a profound day-and-night, life-and-death difference between McCain and Obama, if Obama wins, would seem far more plausible than among those who see far less difference between the two.
That is so elementary.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:03 AM
McCain, you magnificent fossil I love this pick !!!!!!!!!!!
oxnard777 on August 30, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:02 AM –
Don’t let the facts get in the way of feelings…
Palin was elected governor in 2006 after defeating incumbent governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary and former Democratic governor Tony Knowles in the general election. She was the youngest person, and the first woman, to be elected governor of Alaska. Before becoming governor, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council from 1992 to 1996, and was elected and re-elected mayor of Wasilla for two three-year terms in 1996 and 1999. She also ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002.
She’s not a quitter, that’s for sure.
coldwarrior on August 30, 2008 at 1:05 AM
And Allah is right on cue with another long piss in the punchbowl.
Don’t go changin’ AH.
leftnomore on August 30, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Barry was cleaning up the streets as a COMMUNITY ACTIVIST!
Barry O’Bama is Messiah the Lightworking Detective!
Here I am on the street, Sesame Street doing my post to hope for change and hope in the youths here at the Children’s television Workshop…..
Sunny Day!
Everything’s A-OKAY!
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:06 AM
I believe I addressed that earlier. She is upset as we didn’t go for a threesome with her.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:06 AM
did thay ask you to trade hot ashes for trees…
hot air for a cool breeze…
cold comfort for change…
did you exchange a walk on part in the war…
for a lead role in a cage?
soundingboard on August 30, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:02 AM –
alphie was around earlier in the evening…not a lot of people were responding to him/her.
coldwarrior on August 30, 2008 at 1:07 AM
For a bit of fun, Red State Update video poking fun at Palin.
Yakko77 on August 30, 2008 at 1:09 AM
Oops. Wrong one.
THIS link for the Palin video.
Yakko77 on August 30, 2008 at 1:10 AM
I miss him terribly.
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:11 AM
Why would we commit suicide? It is we, who have been standing up shouting about how horrible is McCain for the past 9+ months, who are going to be needed to stop him from pushing through some of his bad policies.
On the other hand, if you’re talking about all the people who say “Vote McCain or Obama will Destroy the Country, nay, the WORLD!”, then, yeah, I worry about those people.
Me, I already know we are in store for a left-leaning President coming next (no matter who wins) with an extreme left-leaning Congress at his side. The next four years are going to be a LOT of work for conservatives to stop the President from putting forth a lot of bad policies.
Michael in MI on August 30, 2008 at 1:11 AM
coldwarrior on August 30, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Is that a Joke? I NEVER let facts get in the way of feelings.
Would Palin be the nomination if she was not a woman?
Her council and mayor duties were performed here. FACTS SUCK.
Alaska is one of the smallest states (pop: 600,000) and she has been governor for less than 2 years. Any Big City Mayor is more qualified. Her other qualifications are….. ?
B.A. in Journalism? WTF?
So you are going to tell me this was not an Affirmative Action pick and she is more qualified than Romney?
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:11 AM
Both he and freevillage are back in the motherland receiving further instructions from me. They should both be back soon. Do not worry.
PootyPoot on August 30, 2008 at 1:12 AM
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Explain to me how this is an argument. So Barry has no experience means it is ok for us not to have any? How does that make sense to anyone but the mentally deranged?
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:12 AM
David Frum, I’d put my trust in Sarah Palin and I would refuse you any in turn.
Palin has some excellent experience. But more over, Palin has what it takes to make a great VP and POTUS as well. And what really matters is that Palin has the decency, true grit, fortitude and judgment to succeed carrying the conservative torch into the 21st century.
Because Palin has all of the good potential and grounding foundation to fulfill her conservative and productive VP calling, detractors will shriek all the more shrill howls. To hell with evil and Marx. Obama and the Kennedy thugs act more and more like blood suckers.
Palin will choose her alliances and prove her perceptive talents as well as being able to keep things under wraps proving cogent wisdom. Her talent in speech and dialogue are already on record.
Thank God for all good things and send good thoughts Palin’s way. Sarah Palin need not cast any pearls before swine.
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 1:14 AM
That makes one of you :)
It depends what you are looking for. In economics? I doubt it. In energy? Yes. In Foreign Policy? I doubt it. In Pro-Life stuff? Yes. In results? No, not with both the Olympics and MA in Mitt’s bag. But her’s are not unimpressive because of how they were done.
Mitt may not have brought the excitement Palin did (and I don’t think this is a gender issue, but it’s not for me) and he may have brought negatives and division from the Huck train. Sad reality.
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 1:15 AM
Poptech: it is a specious argument to pretend that Palin’s OH NOOOOZ OH NOOZ
“lack of experience is the end of the world to an electorate that seems to have accepted Messiah the Lightworker as the modern incarnation of the founding fathers/fdr/and MLK all rolled into one…..
furthermore McCain has engaged in some judo and is using her to force Barry to expose his neck on issues…..
Stalking horse my friend….stalking horse.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:16 AM
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 1:14 AM
Put away the pom poms. Did the GOP pass out meds to get people to turn their brains off or is everyone voting with their pants now?
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:16 AM
it is hard for any Veep to get “experience” if they are sitting at home watching Barry and Pinocchio getting inaugurated….
sad fact
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Pessimism is pessimism. It is its own degree of profound day-and-night. It is (in and of itself) ALWAYS a life-and-death difference between itself and optimism-
regardless of the external circumstances.
And that- is a tad more than elementary.
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Actually my good chap, that makes two of us.
semloh on August 30, 2008 at 1:18 AM
Depends on the mayor.
bridgetown on August 30, 2008 at 1:18 AM
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:11 AM –
Have nothing to say it was or wasn’t an affirmative action pick. What I have seen today, since the announcement, is that Palin’s being picked has brought in some major segments of the GOP that were not on board with McCain.
I have also seen from a large number of blogs, media and other sources, that the GOP based is fired up in a way thought impossible a week ago. I have also seen a lot of bile and outright hostility aimed toward Palin by the Left since the announcement. Palin seems to have struck a chord a ong the Obamites…and shown them for who they really are.
Her being selected as an affirmative action VP seems moot in the bigger picture at this point.
As for Romney…his campaign ended when a huge segment of the GOP turned their backs on him because they were too timid to deal with a Mormon and someone who changed their mind about abortion.
Adding Romney to the McCain ticket would have been impossible…there is still too much friction between the two, even today.
Romney will campaign for the GOP and McCain, and he does a great job doing so from what I have seen thus far. But, adding another white guy to the ticket at this point, after the affirmation of Obama as the Holy One in Denver would have garnered how many Dems, Republicans, and independents for the McCain ticket?
coldwarrior on August 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 1:15 AM
She is more qualified than Romney on Energy policy? Why because people keep saying this and she says drill ANWR? WHAT? So some lobbyists tell her to do it makes her an expert? Every Alaskan politician is pro-drilling. You are not sure if she has more economic experience? What major corporation did she run (sportscaster)?
Palin hasn’t done a damn thing! How is the Huck train happy with a Catholic, I bet they are not even aware yet. Looks like they are ok with the Pope now.
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:20 AM
You see but you do not observe, your hear but you do not listen.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:20 AM
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:16 AM
Right I cannot speak the obvious that she is an inexperienced affirmative action pick and obviously the most qualified choice because her female and beauty queen credentials have nothing to do with anything.
McCain just lost his experience argument. GREAT Strategy!
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Is this satire….orrrr….what is this????
bridgetown on August 30, 2008 at 1:23 AM
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Nothing like on the job training I mean no one was thinking of using this argument against Barry O.
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:23 AM
should the fact that EVERY media outlet is bashing her with the same lib talking points as “inexperienced”, a “who? why?” pick, and every jon stewart skewering her a billion times, should that make us:
A) worried jmac blew it and really picked someone unworthy
B) reassured the dems are SCARED like crazy and mccain-palin as reform will ride us to victory
i say this as a PALIN! fan all the way, but i was astonished tonight at the level of “instant” hatred… a couple news sites had stories about “PALIN BELIEVES IN TEACHING CREATIONISM” right above “PALIN EMBROILED IN SCANDAL”
chris matthews, reading from some printout (i figure msnbc is the worst so i watch to see the worst possible rants) was going off, claiming she was in favor of pat buchanan’s culture wars, claiming she wanted to outlaw every abortion all the time, claiming she was a radical, out of touch with regular moms….
he kept saying “she said i dont have much interest in iraq”…. DUDE HER KID IS GOING THERE IN 2 WEEKS. SHE WILL UNDERSTAND IT PLENTY!
can it be that JMac picked a home run, or are the media effete elite right (for once)
i wish it was great, but even abcnews (who i consider much ‘closer’ to the middle than any of the big 3) was repeating obama talking points tonight….
which is it? reassure me…. i thought all day how wonderful this was, how it was a slam dunk…. now i hear the exact opposite from every dem. if they were really scared, why would they all be saying “MCCAIN just lost the election”
????
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:23 AM
aphie was here earlier and I actually found myself agreeing with his/her posts a few times when s/he pointed out some the more ridiculous adulatory comments being about Palin. I don’t mind praise of Palin, but, some people were just going so over the top, it was like reading the reverse of Obamania. No, not in the sense of messianic worship of an empty suit; I know Palin is much, much more accomplished. But the over-the-top hip-hip-hooRAY! comments about a VP candidate, when our Presidential candidate still sucks was grating.
So I had to laugh and agree with alphie calling out some of those going over-the-top. Probably the first and last time that ever happens… me agreeing with anything alphie posts. heh
Michael in MI on August 30, 2008 at 1:24 AM
No, I didn’t say that. Mine was a soft way of saying no.
For the same reason people think we should listen to the generals who have boots on the ground. If you don’t agree, that’s fine.
The reality of the fact is that as a VP she doesn’t negate anyone else’s strength. Mitt can, and should, still be a great asset to a McC administration.
No need to over-minimize.
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 1:24 AM
well glad you asked….
the major corporation she ran was “community activists and change peddlers of Greater Chicago”…….
so not only is she eminently qualified to be a GOP VP…but happily she can, with the aid of a slight mocha tan, now lead the Donk ticket as well.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:24 AM
coldwarrior on August 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM
$50 Bucks Huck Train is not aware she is a Catholic.
Wait oooops, should I say that?
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Delaware has 800,000 people. And Joe Biden was never even Governor there, just a bloviating Senator.
rockmom on August 30, 2008 at 1:24 AM
“Look mummy, there’s an aeroplane up in the sky”
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the
promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue
sky?
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all gone, but the pain lingers on.
Goodbye, blue sky
Goodbye, blue sky.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:25 AM
It’s a lot like Global Warming on the left. You either go along or your are branded as an apostate.
Same show, just under a different tent.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:25 AM
Here’s the cold water for Matthews. If McCain wins this election, it will be because folks like you got out and voted for him. The mere fact that today you were jazzed about this, and by extension McCain, should prove to you the validity of this choice.
This is the only possible pick that had appeal beyond a certain niche or region. It was a smart move by the Maverick. It has the potential to backfire if she can’t hold her own, but the signs point in the opposite direction.
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 1:27 AM
rockmom on August 30, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Joe Biden looks like a genius compared to Palin:
Palin
- B.A. Journalism
Biden
- JD, Syracuse University College of Law
- BA, History/Political Science
- Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, 1991-present
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:28 AM
You speak but you do not think, you recite but you do not comprehend.
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 1:29 AM
You are obviously not a fan of Boyd poptart.
Palin was not nominated to allow John to attack Barry’s inexperience Palin was nominated so the MSM and Team O-pollo would attack her percieved inexperience. Guess what it was a stupid avenue of approach that O-pollo now recants. McCain is playing 3-d chess while mouthbreathers play checkers. He is controlling Barry not the other way around.
Her announcement relegated Keef’s “symphony” ie “best or even BETTER speech than MLK” moot within an hour of sunraise today.
I am less than a fan of John but he or his people played Barry like a fiddle.
She is there to bring in the conservative base that is at all adaptable to any change of their status quo-fundraising says a LOT of us
She is there to try to do long-term damage to the feminists unity, and maybe snag some moderate fems.
She’ll do fine at both.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:29 AM
She’s female and was picked for that reason, in part, but that doesn’t make it necessarily an “Affirmative Action” pick, a quota. Elections are strategic in great part.
If you are a die hard Romney person, I was for him in the primaries, after Fred Thompson got out. However, imagine the McCain ticket with Romney, as good as Romney is at the executive level, experience, etc.:
- Instant picture of two older and rich guys versus two ‘average Joes’. Note the single quotes, because I don’t believe that crap, but the media would have.
- The evangelicals wouldn’t ever reconcile to a Mormon. Fight it all you wish, there is that bigotry and it is what it is. I disagree with it but it ain’t goin’ away soon. To your “Pope” comment, they seem to suffer Catholics easier than Mormons, still. Yes, it’s insane, but it is.
- Romney will be prominent in very big positions, I assure you. If that’s what you wish, make sure Obama doesn’t win.
Now, I have not followed your comments enough. If you’re a liberal, then please excuse this comment, or just get annoyed by it. Otherwise, all the best,
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:29 AM
That is terrible.
The damned thing doesn’t even rhyme in any places, don’t you see? And if a rhyme doesn’t rhyme, it doesn’t make a poem, if you follow me.
BlakeneyP on August 30, 2008 at 1:30 AM
i thought she was pentecostal.
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:32 AM
I’d agree with you, if you could accept that Barry is actually running for the presidential position on the ticket.
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:32 AM
You’re right Senator I do not have your long tenure in DC…..
you’ve been “fixing DC and making America better” for 35 years how’s that working out for you?
Your new boss says he wants to crusade against “tthe same tired old politics” do you think he means YOU….
Also so far as is known Sarah would have to almost drop out and committ several acts of plagarism to match Pinocchio’s academic record…..
you better send Joe your library card poptart, he’s gonna need to “borrow” a few speeches.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:33 AM
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
- Confucius
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:34 AM
hmmmm?
A measurable comprehensive political record- versus an unscientific unproven consensus?
And that analogy works for you?
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:34 AM
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:33 AM
spin I mean sven, she was a member of the PTA!!!
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:35 AM
I fail to see how anyone with any degree of perception could come to such a conclusion. You must try harder to keep up.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:35 AM
All in all, it’s been a very good day. Doncha all tink?
Kini on August 30, 2008 at 1:36 AM
And your choice is….?
Johan Klaus on August 30, 2008 at 1:37 AM
You should have stopped with the hmmmm, that was your high point, as you went down hill from there.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:38 AM
“Beware the man of one book.”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:38 AM
But is that a POSTIVE for voters or not?
“Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor’s Degree: 2006″
Pennsylvania 25.4%
Ohio 23.0%
Nevada 20.8%
Florida% 25.3
“Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree: 2006″
Arkansas 6.2%
very rarely does the smartest kid in the class become class president if said kid REMINDS everyone he/she’s the smartest kid.
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:39 AM
Heh. I’ll refrain from using an analogy for you and alphie. It’s Friday night, ahead of a long weekend, and I feel generous.
Unrelated to anyone here, I’m just happy that you are back, commenting, and not just reading. No one can write more flawlessly, and argue better based on facts, agree or disagree. Often I do, and sometimes I don’t. However, I always respect you and appreciate what you convey.
I smiled in total agreement the other day when you said that we comment here solely to be gratified to see our own creations on a blog. That was so raw, and so true. Thanks for pointing that out, and for reminding all who saw it to get a much needed reality check. Best always,
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:39 AM
“I was a community organizer DAMMNIT!”….
keep firing every one of these attacks diminishes the very real leadership role women play in their communities.
This is precisely why she was nominated…that you cannot see why Juan Queeg won his 300 bucks from me means you do not understand concealed motion, not me.
John is drinking your and milkshake.
The MSM has drove their node up her ass with a fury that has to be seen to be believed……
so average voter goes:
hmmmm they can try to lend credence to the lunatic leftbat fringe’s intonations she faked a pregnancy but can only dismiss any slight to Barry (PBUH) summarily???
“she hasn’t been vetteed by the press”
yeah like the press has done a rectal exam on Barry….
no this is an awesome strategic pick
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:41 AM
Excellent rebuttal-
Substantive, reasoned, factually based, and clearly laid out….
…oh wait….no…no it wasn’t….
hmmmmmm again…….
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:41 AM
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:39 AM
I am so happy voters are morons and look to elect uneducated people.
What is this propaganda she is the commander of the Alaskan National Guard? Why do they keep repeating this propaganda? WTF is that about?
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 1:42 AM
I recall back in college reading that the only majors with lower SAT scores than education majors were journalism majors.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:43 AM
She has had troops under her direct command and oversight prepare for the GWoT and report readiness to HER…..
that’s something “above Barry’s pay grade” as a teenage daycare worker.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:44 AM
JOHN??? IS THAT YOU????
“You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”
Tip: people with education should not bash those without. ‘Those without’ are in the vast minority, and even if you were right, Americans don’t like snobs.
(and this comes from someone with a master’s — education was a choice, not a gift to be lorded over the masses)
exit question: if J.D.s are so important, why did OBAMA omit any reference to HARVARD in his pretty ‘biography’ videos at the convention?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:45 AM
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:45 AM
Bill Whittle with an comment on point.I want to quote it all, but I’ll quote just this part
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 1:46 AM
lol. You really must be new here.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:46 AM
You got me…instead of being an all-star basketball player she could have been doing DeKuyper’s and snorting coke like Messiah the Lightowrker and getting into the Ivy League with a drug habit and a B average…..
BARRY (PBUH)
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:46 AM
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:39 AM –
Guess there are still a lot of people who are impressed by a sheepskin on the wall.
Advanced degress do not automatically translate into leadership.
If that were the case, most of our Presidents would never have set foot in the White House. Reagan wasn’t an academic, had no fancy law degrees from some Ivy League school. Did pretty good in the leadership category, though.
Clinton graduated from Georgetown, Oxford and Yale. And all his academic credentials translated into what? A micromanager of the first order.
coldwarrior on August 30, 2008 at 1:47 AM
I’d rather Romney be the king of his domain – cabinet secretary, for example – than Vice President. I’ve said it before: a VP is as relevant as the President lets him be.
From the stories, McCain wanted Lieberman, and the GOP wouldn’t let him have Lieberman. Forcing Romney on a notorious crank would be bad all the way around. I could see Maverick taking it out on his shotgun-wedding VP for four years.
Mitt’s turnaround skills would be better suited to cleaning up the executive branch or bureaucracy one department at a time.
sulla on August 30, 2008 at 1:47 AM
it takes lots of dutiful people to prop up any “beautiful people”….
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:48 AM
The idea at this point in the game is to WIN. The Palin pick takes the wind out of the Obama sails. She has more executive experience than Obama, and she’s the VP pick, not the presidential candidate.
She closes lots of loops, women who were leaning toward McCain after Hillary lost, anti-abortion, anti-corruption, fiscal conservative, the West, energy experience, real life/real people experience, working mothers, the disabled, etc. It’s a long list. Plus she’s tough enough to go up against Biden without crying.
And the fact that she isn’t a lawyer is in her favor in my book.
Common Sense on August 30, 2008 at 1:48 AM
not a great way to instantly categorize those teaching your existing or future children
besides, i don’t give a heck if my kid’s 5th grade teacher can define “inchoate” or define the Cosine ratio. i want him/her to teach my kid’s skills, to discipline them, to teach them to respect authority, and to fulfill the requirements set by the state. plus, that teacher needs to be PASSIONATE about reaching young people, and shouldn’t mind having to stand up at their jobs all day, except for the nice 25 minute lunch break between recess duty.
but, oh yeah, what idiots those education majors are because they didn’t sign up for Kaplan’s “learn vocab words for $500″ courses…. i mean, surely the almighty analogies+fractions of the sat define what we need in american teachers?
wow.
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:49 AM
You really must be old here.
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:49 AM
And she shoots stuff!
Win or lose it was a bold pick by Johnny Mac. Grit. They both have it. That is what scares the hell outta nutroots.
Limerick on August 30, 2008 at 1:51 AM
If we weren’t all so interested in our own opinions, life would be almost unbearable.
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:51 AM
I’m watching her being interviewed right now on CNBC and she doesn’t sound like a pompus blowhard like Biden and she isn’t stuttering like Obama without a teleprompter.
The idea that a degree, of any kind, equates to mental prowess is typical elitist b.s.
Obiden is toast. Deal with it.
TheCulturalist on August 30, 2008 at 1:52 AM
i think you misunderstood… i put those % up as a reminder that the vast majority of america DOESNT have college degrees, and wouldn’t see letters on a wall as instant credibility.
most people assume they themselves are pretty smart.
and again… this is Joe “indians in dunkin donuts” Biden we are talking about…. what a genius!
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:52 AM
It was, and for once in the cycle, it looks like the base will have reason to get out and help everyone down the ticket.
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 1:53 AM
A Captain’s main job is to bring coordinated fire on the enemy.
- Tommy Franks
MB4 on August 30, 2008 at 1:54 AM
How are the journalists going to attack her degree in journalism?
I bet some of you attacking her degree didn’t do very good in your studies. Don’t bother to respond.
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:55 AM
Crossing my fingers and toes. I was sure it would be Mitt, which would be OK by me, but I have to tip my hat to Sydney for stirring up the pot.
Limerick on August 30, 2008 at 1:56 AM
or O’biden without alienating the “geniuses” in the media?
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 1:56 AM
Who is the enemy?
FiveWays on August 30, 2008 at 1:57 AM
battleoflepanto1571 on August 30, 2008 at 1:52 AM –
In total agreement with you. Just elaborating on a finer point. Most normal folks don’t like elitists showing off their credentials and looking down on them at the same time.
[BTW, like the "handle." Epic sea battle. Kept the Ottoman's from taking over Western Europe. Lord knows what sort of blog this would be if that had happened 500 years ago.]
coldwarrior on August 30, 2008 at 1:57 AM
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 1:39 AM
I’m not very good at taking compliments, but I wanted to say thank you for your kind words.
Michael in MI on August 30, 2008 at 1:57 AM
I expected Mitt too, but this works for me. I’m surprised and impressed by the enthusiasm, including myself. And with her speech she reinforced that; needless to say I didn’t get a lot of work done, heh. Anyway, punching out for the night. Cheers.
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 2:01 AM
“Ph.d.s are misoverestimated” ~ ~ George W. Bush
Entelechy on August 30, 2008 at 2:01 AM
What is sad is I understood what Kerry was saying and all the GOP handlers let the dumb part of the party run with this. Kerry was directing his comments at BUSH not the soldiers. All you do is prove my point about education.
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 2:01 AM
wait a sec why would a master debater like Jean Francois make a statement we mere plebes could misconstrue in such a grievous way????
JENGGGGGGHHHHHISSSS-Khan
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 2:03 AM
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