Always consider the motive.

A collection of insults based on a collection of strawmen. Typical leftist writing in other words.

This kind of garbage used to make me furious, now it’s just mildly irritating, not even worth rebutting because there’s no substance to actually rebut (something the left has of course always banked on).

Aylios on September 8, 2008 at 8:17 AM

Other than the 1 or 2 facts alleged in the piece, such as McCain only meeting her once (I believe they met more times than that), and the “facts” “pouring” out about her. Those can and should be rebutted, inasmuch as the entire left-wing media is using those items to inflate their journalistic souffles. The rest will fade away on its own (to be replaced by new innuendo) -

Unlike the lily-livered liberal intelligentsia, I admire Palin for being a good shot and a good fisherwoman, and capable of butchering large wild animals in her basement, though I do not share her rather unsporting enthusiasm for shooting wolves out of small aircraft. I admire her for her determination, for her energy and her self-possession. I admire the virtues of small-town and frontier America. As for her grooming and her cunningly chosen glasses, if I don’t admire the results, I do admire the self-discipline and self-respect behind them.

Minette Marrin in linked article

I am impressed with the ignorance of Ms. Marrin on wolves and pack behavior. Apparently she has not had any experience with a wild wolf pack and how dangerous it is to cull them on the ground.

I do share her concern over the seemingly rapid and impulsive pick of Palin for VP. Not because I feel that Palin is inadequate to the task. My concern is that McCain has once again let his visceral hatred for any person that challenges him to influence a decision that impacts us all.

McCain is famous for being a hothead. He is quick to anger and very slow to forgive. He held a grudge against President Bush for a perceived mischaracterization of him in the South Carolina primary in 2000. He held this grudge for a couple years before he put he finally it aside out of self-interested political expedience.

He has been observed as having the same kind of hatred for Romney because he threatened McCain in his primary bid. It is fairly well documented on the web if you choose to do a Google search. This is despite all of the efforts that Romney has made on McCain’s behalf since he dropped from the race. McCain hates Huckabee too for the same reason. He dared to oppose him.

I am frankly concerned that McCain took a risk that was not necessary. Choosing Palin may work out for him in the end. But it still was a risk that was not necessary. Choosing Romney would have energized his base too.

I feel that McCain sought any option to Romney to the point where he was willing to risk it all on a roll of the dice with Palin rather than choosing a pretty sure thing with Romney. Letting your emotions impact your decision making is not a good trait for a President. A President must be able to work closely with people he despises for the good our our nation.

This kind of garbage used to make me furious, now it’s just mildly irritating, not even worth rebutting because there’s no substance to actually rebut (something the left has of course always banked on).

BTW, I bet that McCain knows Palin a lot better than Marrins knows any of the people running. She is just an obnoxious little expat and who the hell cares what she says.

In a word: who?

SKYFOX on September 8, 2008 at 6:16 AM

many think so

. Or is it already too late?

SKYFOX on September 8, 2008 at 6:16 AM

I recommend “America Alone” by Mark Steyn

And they say it at the top of their lungs.

I’d like to think that Great Britain will not descend into an oppresive nanny state; that real men will rise up and take back their government and liberty will reign again. Or is it already too late?

These folks have nothing to say, nothing to bring and nothing to warrent the traffic they’ve generated for themselves.

It’s just sad really.

Across the Atlantic, Americans have been convulsed by the overnight sensation of Sarah Palin.

At a stroke, this hockeymom ‘pitbull with lipstick’ has galvanised John McCain’s presidential ticket and given the Obama Democrats their biggest and maybe insuperable problem.

But her significance does not stop there.

Despite obvious differences between the U.S. and the UK, her triumph carries important lessons for British politics, too.

Palin’s storming of the political citadel is the victory of the outsider, the little person who takes on the establishment – and wins.

In Britain and America – as in other parts of the Western world, too – an enormous gulf now yawns between leaders and led.

People have concluded that politicians of all parties seem to inhabit a world apart, governed by self-interest, cynicism, corruption, incompetence, deep contempt for the electorate and an incorrigible instinct to deceive them.

singlemalt_18 on September 7, 2008 at 10:28 PM

But it came in exactly the wrong package in the form Mrs Palin!

Me thinks the folks over at the Observatory best start trainng themselves to Madame Vice-President.

This young man, says it much better than I could.

Would you give power of attorney over your entire life to someone you had only met once, or possibly twice?

What’s the average number of times a person meets their heart surgeons prior to giving them “power of attorney” over one’s life?