Palin: Senatorial privilege vs Executive responsibility
posted at 4:25 pm on September 10, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Democrats have reacted with fear and panic to the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate, and given her performance today in Fairfax, Virginia, it’s easy to see why. Brian Faughnan caught this riposte from Palin on Barack Obama’s weird attack on her opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere — which he supported. She skewers him as a poseur on reform and underscores his lack of experience for the job he seeks:
Just the other day, our opponent brought up earmarks, and frankly I was surprised that he did, considering his record on earmarks. I didn’t think he’d want to go there. In just three years, our opponent has requested nearly a billion dollars in earmarks, and that’s about a million dollars every working day.
We reformed the abuses of earmarks in our state, and it was while our opponent was requesting a billion dollars in earmarks as a Senatorial privilege. What I was doing was vetoing half a billion dollars as an executive responsibility.
That will leave a big mark. Obama walked into this trap all on his own, and Palin merely pulled the lever.
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Barack is going to crack!
carbon_footprint on September 10, 2008 at 4:27 PM
LOL, which one of you was the guy who screamed “Yeah” at .15 into the video?
carbon_footprint on September 10, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Man she is vicious when she goes for the groin shot….
Sarah is drawing ‘em in.
The difference between the two camps is Hope’n'Dope plays santa clause with our money…Sarah wants wealth generation so everyone gets money.
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Bravo! If I say that Barack’s comments were like “the pot calling the kettle black”, will that generate 4 days worth of outrage on the lefty websites?
:)
jrlingreenbay on September 10, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Good lord, Ed. That screenshot is atrocious.
MadisonConservative on September 10, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Obama says: “ENOUGH!”
BacaDog on September 10, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Bidenlicious
William Amos on September 10, 2008 at 4:29 PM
This is not going to help Michelle Obama’s children…..
jrlingreenbay on September 10, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Obama is quickly becoming small game for Palin. I just wish McCain would back away. It looks like he’s looking for something to do.
AubieJon on September 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM
I went to my tattoo parlor, and the guys thier have Palinmania!
Mercy4Me on September 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Heh. I see the McCain camp took the “Yeah!” guy from the convention on the road with them.
Spirit of 1776 on September 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM
You know, she’s got a point.
Let’s see if the factcheckin’ Anderson Cooper and his merrymen of “GOP Analysts” talk about Obama’s pork barrelin’.
Vincenzo on September 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM
I absolutely adore this lady. She is a complete breath of fresh air for our country. Go Sarah!!!
UnEasyRider on September 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Ut Oh biden stepped in it
William Amos on September 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM
your corrct Ed, it will leave a mark, a very big ONE…
foxone on September 10, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Baracky and Bidenwinkle take another hit from the Moosekiller.
Cicero43 on September 10, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Moose fear her, and democrats tremble…
right2bright on September 10, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Go Sarah! That was a great comeback. Obama has the audacity to bring up earmarks. Of all people.
jencab on September 10, 2008 at 4:33 PM
She really needs to mention that $1 million of her opponent’s earmarks went to the hospital where his wife works, and where she had gotten a big raise.
NeighborhoodCatLady on September 10, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Obama is going to need to send out for more ice.
SouthernRoots on September 10, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Doom for the Democrats, if they have lost the tattoo parlors, it’s over.
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 4:35 PM
And that’s a great answer. To which Obama will replay, “um, well, uh, you see, uh that I think you have to realize, um, that uh…”
Spirit of 1776 on September 10, 2008 at 4:35 PM
There were more than 23,000 people at that rally.
In Fairfax, VA?
GulfCoastBamaFan on September 10, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Queue it up – Heart with the Wilson sista’s.
Sergei on September 10, 2008 at 4:36 PM
I’ve seen it 100 times, but it still makes me chuckle.
marklmail on September 10, 2008 at 4:36 PM
PLEASE buzz this one
DaveC on September 10, 2008 at 4:37 PM
She has it all, doesn’t she? She is indeed one of us.
bloggless on September 10, 2008 at 4:37 PM
So much to the “sticking to the written s[peech meme. anyone else seen this coming. the Left’s inability to treat their opponents as equals always sets them up for the right to do better than expected.
Gov. Palin is an accomplished leader and a politician. she has ran 3 statewide campiagns has an underdog. She won 2 out of three. she has been in 25-30 debates during these campaigns. how many has Joe Biden been in? Anyone that can read a newspaper or search the internet can gain forgiegn policy experience. Diplomacy is different and needs to be learned on the job. But ANYONE can learn the capital of Gerogia or where is Nigeria and what is their oil output from the news and internet.
Yet the Left refuses to give their opponent the respect of equal knowledge and constantly sets themselves up for loss . Now which side is stupid again?
unseen on September 10, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Sarah sure knows how to throw an uppercut!!!!!! She has got me more excited to vote than I ever thought I would be this election.
Reaganite84 on September 10, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Surprising given that there are only 4 Republicans in the entire area.
BacaDog on September 10, 2008 at 4:38 PM
I love that word…
Mr_Magoo on September 10, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Ouch! That’s gotta hurt! Like I said earlier Sarah’s just gonna keep dropping these little grenades on the O!, and he’s gonna keep imploding.
JimK on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Governor Palin represents REAL CHANGE that we can all HOPE for.
She doesn’t HOPE for CHANGE, she just rolls up her sleeves and gets busy.
There is no one currently serving in the house or senate that has a track record as robust and pure as Sarah’Cuda’s
TheSitRep on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
SARAH’CUDA - the ARCTIC FOX
ManlyRash on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
And if the real thing don’t do the trick
You better make up something quick
You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn to the wick
ooh, sarah’cuda! Oh yeah
Fitting.
Keith_Indy on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Done.
Mr_Magoo on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Palin goes Obama hunting again!
Gotta love it when she skewers him and slaps him on the BBQ.
LMAO
txdoc on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
YES YES YES – STAY ON MESSAGE – AND THE MESSAGE IS REFORM
Drop the pig in a poke crap – it’s beneath us, leave that to the Chi-town thugs who like to wallow in the muck.
JustTruth101 on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
With all that pork, I guess Obama was referring to himself as being the pig with lipstick.
Rick on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I heart Sarah Palin!!
StephC on September 10, 2008 at 4:39 PM
OUCH! That’s gonna leave a bruise….especially with as thin as skin as THE ONE, Barack HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH) has…
Dale in Atlanta on September 10, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Wow wow wow wow WOW!
And all the time, she just sounds so conversational, big smile on her face and in her voice. Amazing.
RushBaby on September 10, 2008 at 4:41 PM
OK, I love Sarah Palin just as much as anyone here, but the one-liners about the chef and putting the jet on Ebay have to go. We need fresh meat.
Bruce in NH on September 10, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Notice how the MSM is after Palin.
Just goes to show you their #1 has no polices at all exceor rax and spend.
Well Pelosi and the other Dems. just put “O” Dumbys spending on hold.
Now they want to be the nations leading lenders and also take over Detroit.
The Goverment wants to make cars. LOL
Rick007 on September 10, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Good luck Joe….energy trumps health care this election and frankly she’s gonna crow…
this and “Scranton” I hear she likes Mocha/vanilla splits.
Like I said that noise you hear when the place goes boomb…is gonna be hard numbers on what unrestricted drilling will do for our economy being a lightning bolt to the electorate.
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 4:41 PM
This is like the Norman Rockwell painting, the girl with the black eye. Only Sarah doesn’t have the black eye, she just gives them to people who deserve them.
http://www.tfaoi.com/am/16am/16am246.jpg
bloggless on September 10, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Sarah kicks more ass than Metallica
I guess the only thing left for Barry O to prove how tough
he is is to ride around in a tank like Dukakis in ‘92.
Team Obama picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue….
Agent of the Cross on September 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM
…You’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn O! to the wiiiiick …
Ooooooohhh, Sarah, Sarah’Cuda…
RocketmanBob on September 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Ouch!
lodge on September 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM
That had to hurt.
ballz2wallz on September 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM
**Smiles at all of you**
If you get a chance to meet her in person… betcha you walk on water for a day or so.
:)
upinak on September 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Get the Bactine. That’s going to sting a little.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Sorry, must have purchased the license from Nancy and Ann Wilson before you can use that word.
carbon_footprint on September 10, 2008 at 4:43 PM
As I watch her I recall a conversation I had with a friend a few years ago after Tiger Woods won his first Masters. “Tiger’s pretty good, ” I said, “but wait until he learns how to play this game.”
Well, Palin’s pretty good right now; but just wait until she learns how to play this game.
PackerBronco on September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
she’s loving this..
DaveC on September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
I bet this really frightens Matt Damon!
cntrlfrk on September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
I’ve always wanted to visit Alaska.
AubieJon on September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Nonononono, wait. He won’t. See, and he’s been perfectly clear on this…
but what he’s also said…
Typhoon on September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
BBQ’d Moosiah. Tastes like donkey.
fogw on September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Responsibility v. Privilege.
Need to hammer that home.
jharada on September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Hate to come over all pessimistic and worried but there is a real problem with these speeches just repeating the same thing over and over. There can’t be anyone who hasn’t heard about the jet on eBay or the Bridge to Nowhere. Maybe all politicians repeat the same speeches over and over but the media sure as hell are going to have a go at her for it. The Republicans really need to keep her sounding fresh. It is going to become a problem. And she is going to have to start doing interviews at some point.
She was looking particularly hot, though…
schiehallion on September 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM
That’ll teach the punk to call her a pig!
Sarah I love your lipstick and what you put it on!
dhunter on September 10, 2008 at 4:46 PM
That’s a good shot right on Obama’s jaw. He’s never done squat to limit earmarks.
To some degree that’s true, but I’m noticing that they are starting to integrate new stuff into their stump speech – the topic of this post being Exhibit A.
thirteen28 on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Any day now, the Messiah is going to have a DeanScream(tm) moment.
crazy_legs on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
The mustang of the left just became a gelding. Thank you Sarah.
meci on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Obama is reeling because the person with the “big boy pants” comes to do battle in a skirt. He just can’t handle it.
bbz123 on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Correct me if I am wrong, but much of that speech was new, wasn’t it? Many people are just hearing her for the first time and much of what she has said needs repeating. And anyway, as she said, she is not here for the MSM, she is here to serve the people of the USA.
bloggless on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Media follows up on Obama’s pork spending in 3…2…oh wait, abort count down…sorry ~B
Brian on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Palin’s last words to Obama before she walks out the door….. “You might want to put some ice on that”.
PappaMac on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Palin is looking like the new CEO of an ailing company, trying to lead it back to prosperity… while Obama is looking like part of those pathetic, paid-for protesting groups standing outside in the rain, holding a “Shame On _____” banner.
VastRightWingConspirator on September 10, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Oooof
This lady continues to rise above & beyond my wildest dreams for this election season.
Somebody pinch me.
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 4:49 PM
After 8 years of go along to get along, not picking fights with the dems and letting them walk all over us. Being a uniter not a divder it is a breath of fresh air to hear republicians standing up for their beliefs. Screw this crap that AMerica has tilted towards the left we have not. We have been ashamed at the shoddy “performance of Bush in his second term” Not of his policies. It was always a performance issue not his core beliefs.
unseen on September 10, 2008 at 4:50 PM
I enjoyed the Democratic primries, but this, THIS is entertainment.
HiHo on September 10, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Enough is Enough!
This is a distraction from the REAL ISSUES.
danjrussell on September 10, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Sure sounded new.
carbon_footprint on September 10, 2008 at 4:50 PM
The Audacity of Rope-a-Dope!
econavenger on September 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Team Obama has earmarked several hundred thousand dollars for Depends since 8/29/08.
jukin on September 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM
I almost feel sorry for Obama and Biden, almost.
Theworldisnotenough on September 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM
God forbid the carnage if she ever donned a great kilt and claymore ;)
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM
PappaMac at 4:48
Whew! I wonder if Juanita Broaddrick would feel vindicated if Sarah tells the hot-shot male politician trying to rake her through the mud, “You might want to put some ice on that.”
That would be sweet justice.
justincase on September 10, 2008 at 4:54 PM
0′BomBa/BiBi
It’s not nice to pick on girls!
dhunter on September 10, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Sarah Palin is the REAL DEAL people.
Any questions?
Didn’t think so.
Old Hippie Vet on September 10, 2008 at 4:55 PM
When will Biden quit the ticket so he can concentrate being re-elected to the Senate?
meci on September 10, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Right. I guess the difference is that Obama didn’t use the Bridge to Nowhere as an applause line in his speeches.
crr6 on September 10, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Isn’t “Enough is Enough” a Barbara Streisand song?
Rick on September 10, 2008 at 4:58 PM
You mean vary it up by telling the five same hopey mcchange speeches with three sycophantic questions each?
Look Yoohoo is mocking her for no questions, fact is she does not want to be “GaffeMistress 3500″ but remember Barry gets testy at 8 questions and he is their lead.
I suspect she will start working more regional issues in next week….she’s been campaigning while learning.
I think she’s doing an awesome job.
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 4:58 PM
This just in… Matt Damon has gone to Walmart to buy some big girl panties.
GoodBoy on September 10, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Uh, why would he? He supported the stupid bridge.
Rick on September 10, 2008 at 4:59 PM
or logic in his criticisms….people with 1 billion wampum need not try to toss it all over the Potomac at once chief.
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Lucy Lawless needs lend her Xena outfit to Sarah!!!
Tom
marinetbryant on September 10, 2008 at 5:01 PM
BURN!
Samhain on September 10, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Ronald Regan is looking down and giving Sarah a big thumbs up.
Mojack420 on September 10, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Good you’re catching on. So did Palin. Then she withdrew her support only when it became a national embarrassment. Then she kept the money allocated for the bridge anyway. Yet she uses it as an applause line.
crr6 on September 10, 2008 at 5:02 PM
That’s subliminal racism; when you say it out loud, it sounds like the (white) “girl with the black guy”, which plays on fears of black male sexuality just like talking about Britney and Paris while showing phallic symbols like the Tower of Pisa….
/race-baiting talking head
The Monster on September 10, 2008 at 5:02 PM
this snuck in on Drudge…not that McCain had to worry about South Carolina, but…
yikes.
Matticus Finch on September 10, 2008 at 5:02 PM
I imagine more of a “Listen. Uh…um. The thing about…those…particular…earmarks…is…that (vacant blinking) Look. We can talk…all day…about who…fought (more vacant blinking) Look…I’m here to work for the future.”
rvastar on September 10, 2008 at 5:03 PM
That money wasn’t “allocated for the bridge”; if it were, AK wouldn’t have been able to keep it.
The Monster on September 10, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Why is the video “no longer available”? Are those rat-bastards at YouTube now policing videos that are embarressing to Obama?
lionheart on September 10, 2008 at 5:04 PM
That reminded me of the Scott Steven’s hit on Eric Lindros in the 00′ playoffs… I must be jonesing, all this hockey mom talk just reminds the the season is a long way off….
liquidflorian on September 10, 2008 at 5:04 PM
It’s never over ’till the fat lady sings, but this kind of argument will probably win it for McCain. If he makes this a salient part of his message it will help him with independents.
jaime on September 10, 2008 at 5:05 PM
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