Video: Shep jumps on Democrat for “age dig” at McCain
posted at 10:05 pm on September 10, 2008 by Allahpundit
Via Gateway Pundit, I missed the memo on why it’s somehow unfair to talk about Maverick’s age, especially now that he’s got a would-be VP with as terrifyingly little experience as, um, Barack Obama. Explain it to me in the comments. In the meantime, as a complement to the exchange here about Democratic disarray, enjoy Politico’s round-up tonight of liberals on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Imagine their surprise to find that a guy who built his career spouting vacant Oprah-isms like “yes, we can,” is having problems delivering a “concrete message” to voters:
A major Democratic fund-raiser described it a good bit more starkly after digesting the polls of recent days: “I’m so depressed. It’s happening again. It’s a nightmare.”Adding to Democratic restlessness, McCain has largely neutralized some issue advantages that have long favored Democrats…
Yet the latest polls – and the seeming ability of Palin to instantly transform this race – would seem to indicate that voters got no overarching message from the Obama campaign other than he is a gifted, even inspirational political performer who aspires to change the country. The economic message Obama is now scrambling to hammer home was either absent or mixed in with a variety of other topics…
Yet still, the Obama campaign seems to be struggling to find a consistent, cohesive economic message. One can understand why aides would not want to muddy his mantra of change and his image as a post-partisan, revolutionary figure. But blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Michigan likely won’t vote for Obama because of some meta-narrative or a series of fabulous speeches.
Exit question via John Judis: We’re all so familiar with McCain’s bio that we take it for granted, but never underestimate how little the general public pays attention to stuff like that until it’s time to vote. Could the POW tributes at the convention be what’s driving Maverick’s surge in the polls?










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soooo, they finaly realized playing the sexist card was doing more harm than good so they recycled the ageist card?
/duh1 really, REALLY needs some adults on the campaign staff!
Buckaroo on September 10, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Fire up your recorder tonight ALLAH
William Amos on September 10, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Shep’s finest work since http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClqfJp4WBBQ
lobstress on September 10, 2008 at 10:09 PM
They don’t really think a woman who voted down a pay raise is going to be burdened with a false per diem charge. I say false because there are no charges next to that line, correct? 72. Got it. GJ Shep.
Spirit of 1776 on September 10, 2008 at 10:09 PM
What a total a**.
His little snark about Palin’s per Diem. These people are desperate and it is obvious.
carbon_footprint on September 10, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Shep is good sometimes.
lorien1973 on September 10, 2008 at 10:11 PM
I’m starting to think that House seats might even be in danger. These folks don’t just stink of desperation. They have the smell of death. OOOOOHHHH that smell.
D0WNT0WN on September 10, 2008 at 10:12 PM
They just CAN’T help themselves- can they.
I mean they really can’t- can they.
FiveWays on September 10, 2008 at 10:12 PM
It’s the isms! Racism = bad; Sexism = bad; Ageism = still accepted, but bad, I think.
Self-destruct mode, T – 10, 9, 8, 7…
JAM on September 10, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Either you can’t make derogatory remarks about any of these areas;
1) Age
2) Gender
3) Race
4) Sexual Orientation
..or you can make derogatory remarks about all of them.
I’m fine either way. I just want to know what the rule is.
Star20 on September 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM
McCain is not drawing record crowds to rallies in NORTHERN VIRGINIA (for crying out loud) because of his Vietnam-era POW story, despite the real heroism of it and much as John Judis would like it to be so.
Judis is in denial that McCain made a bold, gutsy pick that’s electrified his base along with a good portion of the fence-sitters and those otherwise immune to Barry’s hopenchange. The shift in the polls is tectonic and they’re not done moving yet.
Purple Fury on September 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM
That was AWESOME!!! Shep OWNED that geek!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!
Roger Waters on September 10, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Geez Shep….I could have bitchslapped that punk. You let him slide on that per diem lie?
ex-Democrat on September 10, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Loved your work with Pink Floyd- Roger!
FiveWays on September 10, 2008 at 10:16 PM
De he call Harpoot a “lipstick pig”?
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 10:16 PM
The Dems are measuring drapes? Who do they think they are — Carol Burnett? Personally, they should have a set done in red as an alternate color scheme, in case their guys lose.
unclesmrgol on September 10, 2008 at 10:16 PM
did pimf
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Blame the Media!
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Reminded me of something I heard a caller on talk radio say today.
“You can put a suit on a donkey …. it’s still an ass.”
MsDollie on September 10, 2008 at 10:17 PM
McCain should release an ad with him talking directly into the camera reminding Americans that he offered to have a series of townhall debates with Obama about the issues facing the American people in front of the American people with questions asked by the American people. Instead senator Obama wants to make jokes about pigs, lipstick, age, other nonsense. My friends, is this change?
D0WNT0WN on September 10, 2008 at 10:18 PM
I don’t think Shep thinks it’s generally unfair to talk about Mav’s age, it’s that Shep was surprisingly aware Mav’s age had nothing to do with the question and realized the man was hacking and sidestepping with gratuitous mentions of Mav’s age vs. dealing with Fowler’s tasteless comments.
Topsecretk9 on September 10, 2008 at 10:18 PM
So,I guess, Biden therefore is a spring chicken,no?
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Someone tell Obama to take a nap he is getting loopy
William Amos on September 10, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I don’t get this agism stuff. I wish someone would make a list of every public person who is as least 72 years old. If I were a senior, I’d be mad
bloggless on September 10, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Wow…I’m from South Carolina as many of you know. Dick Harpootlian is, well, a dick. Trust me! He’s a huge blowhard. Also, there are much better shots of the Columbia, SC skyline.
It’s not wrong to point out McCain’s age anymore than it’s not wrong to point out Biden’s age since Biden’s health puts Bambi a heart beat away from having NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE!!!
SouthernGent on September 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Nicely done, Shep.
I do think that McCain is driving the surge more than is appreciated. His acceptance speech was far from flashy, but 40 million people heard a man speak very much from the heart, to them, in an incontestably authentic way. To someone in the mostly indifferent middle, it was a powerful thing to behold, and altogether different from the Obama acceptance speech.
JudetheFossil on September 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM
“…or Barack Obama, who’s promised change, who’s brought about change in a number of different ways…”
Errr… and what, precisely, would those changes be?
Here, let me help you:
- Least qualified person to ever run for office
- has spent more time running for office than in any office he has held
- changes his position on every issue, including: now he’s not going to repeal the Bush tax cuts, he now concedes to limited offshore drilling, the surge worked… in other words, exactly what McCain’s positions have been all along
- he is the only politician to launch his campaign from the home of a domestic terrorist (whom he supposedly barely knows)
- he’s the only politician running how bought his home with the help of a convicted felon
- he’s the only politician in the elections with 20 year ties to a racist church
- he’s the only politician to ever get this far without being vetted
- oh… and did I mention he’s black?
Sorry, I don’t like those kinds of changes. Give me the old guy.
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Thanks William. That is a classic! Kind of defines his candidacy…
Mr_Magoo on September 10, 2008 at 10:25 PM
And some how he brings up the per diem and thinks she should give it back…wasn’t she entitled to this money?
mindhacker on September 10, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Per Diem charge is < ear marks funded to Michelle Obamas hospital and low and behold she gets a raise.
Mojack420 on September 10, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Tzetzes on September 10, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Per diem for living in her house. Oh ya and saving Alaskans hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process. That guy’s a dork.
Mojave Mark on September 10, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Clarified.
MadisonConservative on September 10, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Is anyone else as amused as I am at how he can’t wait for Palin to go back to Alaska?
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 10:28 PM
I agree that Palin should pay back the per diem….just as soon as Biden pays back all the money that has been used to commute to and from Washington DC on Amtrak for the past 36 years.
PappaMac on September 10, 2008 at 10:28 PM
didn’t the per diem for her house have a zero next to it? I thought thats what I read but somebody learn me.
GoodBoy on September 10, 2008 at 10:30 PM
All I know is after the Wolves ad, we’re all even. That was brutal. Watch it a few times and it starts to hit you. If they run that in heavy rotation so people see it a few times, it’s going to have the same power as Celebrity and The One ads.
Note the color theme and the aircraft. The plane used in the ad is a plane Sarah would kill wolves from, not an airdrop aircraft like a C-130. Message: Send the wolves and there will be blood.
econavenger on September 10, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Nice one… McCain needs to run that as an ad.
*end of ad*
Do you really want this guy picking up a phone at 3 AM?
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 10:32 PM
There is an example to follow in dealing with age issues.
backwoods conservative on September 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM
John McCain = 30 years + 22 years in the military
Joe Plugs = 36 years in Washington, 66 years old (6 years younger than McCain)
What exactly has Plugs “changed” in his 36 years?
Did I mention that Plugs has spent 36 years in the Senate? He’s so old he’s about to grow roots.
36 years is a long time to spend in one place, eh Plugs?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Someone get McCain Mama to kick this guy’s a$$.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Nope, not even a little. They are just going to keep bashing their little heads off the Palin wall until the damage is so great they pass out from the injuries.
Palin is an existentialist threat to the Left and they will do everything they can to destroy her even at the risk of destroying themselves.
TheBigOldDog on September 10, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Cwac: Obama’s parents are both gone and McCain’s mom looks pretty hardy
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I heard that too.
Spirit of 1776 on September 10, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Me thinks,Shep has redeemed himself!!
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 10:37 PM
The ugliest things I’ve seen are two 0 T-shirts.
One reads: Obama or else
The second has a pic of Palin and reads “Another Bush we can’t trust”! (But surely they are implying that 41 had a secret child right?)
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Meanwhile over at NewsBusters, Joy Behar from the View speaking with Larry King:
Killing babies is ok. Killing animals, not so much.
Mr_Magoo on September 10, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Sure, he’s old. But watch the vid again. The “old” argument seems to be the only argument this empty-headed creep can make. That, and Obama is for C. H. A. N. G. E.
Seriously, Paulnuts have a greater variety of rhetoric than this Harpootlian guy.
fiatboomer on September 10, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Wow what a useless POS…oh yeah he’s a Democrat! Carry on…..
dmann on September 10, 2008 at 10:42 PM
The fact Obama is acknowledging the “lipstick” bit this fervently shows he’s shaking in his boots.
He never said anything of the sort regarding Hillary. The glow is off his halo, and now he’s on the defense.
McCain and Palin need to hit him HARD. He’s showing so much weakness.
—
As far as the video? Fowler is a tool. Another “good feminist” not willing to acknowledge that Palin’s rise is feminist in and of itself.
No need to defend Fowler. No wonder SC is a red state with Democratic spokespeople such as Fowler. Her husband, of course, doesn’t make things any better with his incindiary Gustav comments.
The Democrats are imploding. I predict McCain will take both Michigan AND Wisconsin, and then lock this out in their favor.
lansing quaker on September 10, 2008 at 10:43 PM
“Another Bush we can’t trust”!
clnurnberg on Sept 10,2008 at 10:37PM.
clnurnberg: The DNC has put all of the campaign eggs into
connecting everyone and everything “BUSH” as
their campaign strategy!
The only problem DNC overlooked,is that every
thing and everyone is a “SarahCuda”!:)
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 10:43 PM
I’ve been saying this. These people are pathologically evil. They cannot help but be nasty when things don’t go their way. They’re simply adult-sized children.
fossten on September 10, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Sometimes Shep is good. But usually he’s just annoying.
thekingtut on September 10, 2008 at 10:43 PM
“Imagine their surprise to find that a guy who built his career spouting vacant Oprah-isms like “yes, we can,” is having problems delivering a “concrete message” to voters.”
They should have nominated…Bob the Builder:
‘Can we fix it? Yes we can!’
Hammertime on September 10, 2008 at 10:45 PM
For someone who says he wants to get beyond it, he certainly won’t shut up about it. And frankly he does not sound sincere and he protests too much.
Blake on September 10, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Here is the link to Gov. Palin expenses per WP with analysis. Note that the average daily rate was less than allowed by LAW. Plus she spent less than 1/5 of what the previous Gov. spent. Just in selling the jet, is more than enough to cover any expenses for a long time.
http://volokh.com/posts/1220936107.shtml
bobsunshine on September 10, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Not every public person, but here are the U.S. Senators age 70 and over.
Senator Date of Birth
Robert Byrd (D-WV) November 20, 1917 (1917-11-20) (age 90)
Ted Stevens (R-AK) November 18, 1923 (1923-11-18) (age 84)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) January 23, 1924 (1924-01-23) (age 84)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) September 7, 1924 (1924-09-07) (age 84)
Daniel Akaka (D-HI) September 11, 1924 (1924-09-11) (age 84)
John Warner (R-VA) February 18, 1927 (1927-02-18) (age 81)
Arlen Specter (R-PA) February 12, 1930 (1930-02-12) (age 78)
Jim Bunning (R-KY) October 23, 1931 (1931-10-23) (age 76)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) February 22, 1932 (1932-02-22) (age 76)
Dick Lugar (R-IN) April 4, 1932 (1932-04-04) (age 76)
Pete Domenici (R-NM) May 7, 1932 (1932-05-07) (age 76)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) June 22, 1933 (1933-06-22) (age 75)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) September 17, 1933 (1933-09-17) (age 74)
Robert Foster Bennett (R-UT) September 18, 1933 (1933-09-18) (age 74)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) March 22, 1934 (1934-03-22) (age 74)
Richard Shelby (R-AL) May 6, 1934 (1934-05-06) (age 74)
Carl Levin (D-MI) June 28, 1934 (1934-06-28) (age 74)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK) November 17, 1934 (1934-11-17) (age 73)
Herb Kohl (D-WI) February 7, 1935 (1935-02-07) (age 73)
Pat Roberts (R-KS) April 20, 1936 (1936-04-20) (age 72)
George Voinovich (R-OH) July 15, 1936 (1936-07-15) (age 72)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) July 20, 1936 (1936-07-20)
(age 72)
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) July 29, 1936 (1936-07-29) (age 72)
John McCain (R-AZ) August 29, 1936 (1936-08-29) (age 72)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) June 18, 1937 (1937-06-18) (age 71)
Thad Cochran (R-MS) December 7, 1937 (1937-12-07) (age 70)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_age
FreeThinkerNYC on September 10, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Since nobody else wanted to, I will explain. It’s an ad hominem, and therefore a logical fallacy. Shep’s comment was a reaction to Dem’s ridiculous claim that his party was focused on policy debate.
You are welcome.
HelenW on September 10, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Video not loading for me in Opera or IE
aikidoka on September 10, 2008 at 10:56 PM
It’s not that it’s fair or unfair to talk about age, it’s just mostly irrelevant in running for president.
ballz2wallz on September 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM
McCain’s age is a valid issue. He’s 72 and he’s successfully taken care of 3 different instances of melanoma (1993,2000,2004). It’s cancer, so people have a reason to worry. Heck my dad ,a lifelong union Democrat, would have voted for him if it weren’t for his age. With him, the Palin pick complicated his decision with the arguable inexperience issue. He’s Obama now. I know, why worry about when we’re getting inexperience when we can get it right now. Whatever. The mitigating factor for me is the seemingly effortless accomplishment Sarah Palin has in her short time as governor. She took on her own party and won more than once, she took on “big oil” and won, stunningly. Troopergate is a problem, but I’m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, the jury is still literally out. I doubt we will get anything devastating. If there was anything, it would have been shouted from the rooftops by the “unbiased” press by now. She has a habit of firing people who work for her. But it’s different than the Obama bus express. He dismisses people seemingly based upon their effect on his polls. She fires them based upon trust and ability to execute. She fired her primary assistant because (during a divorce) he was having an affair with her friend – he didn’t tell her. She fired him due to loss of confidence. Even he doesn’t hold a grudge, he says she was right to do it. Anyway, it’s more on the spot decision making than anyone else has in the campaign, including McCain. He impresses me with his propensity to “tilt at windmills”, even if it were his own party.l nobody tells John McCain what to think. He may vote with the party “90%” (really 88%) of the time, but when he crosses the party, he tends to put his name on the legislation. Obama , at 97% with party, seems incapable of crossing party lines. One time they got together for ethics reform, Obama wouldn’t stand apart from his party to help McCain, after talking like he would. McCain publicly rebuked him and never forgot.
LAst thing. Anyone see McCain’s mom? She’s 96 and it doesn’t seem she’s going anywhere anytime soon. Just from Genetics, he’s got a good probability of sticking around. That and for chrissakes, he’s 72 and is physically handling the election VERY well. If you can get through this – and it can’t be good for you health, then you’ll be fine.
JeffWeimer on September 10, 2008 at 11:03 PM
not loading for me either, other hotair vidoes are loading fine. :-(
cannonball on September 10, 2008 at 11:04 PM
The liberal talking head says,”who cares what she has to say”.
Well genius,she is a democratic leader in SC and represents
your party,what she says goes straight to her abilities of leadership(or lack there of).
Hard to believe these are the same people who get their panties all up in a wad and blame it on Republicans if Jerry
Falwell says something they don’t like.
The democratic genius wants to make a big deal about McCain’s age and time in Washington.If age and time in Washington is such a negative,what the he!! does it say about Obama’s judgment by picking 66 yr.old Biden who has spent almost 40 years in the Senate:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/08/the_case_against_joe_biden.html
OOOHHHH MMMMYYY God!!Mr. no change is only a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
But have no fear,because a younger man is at the head of the democratic ticket and is ready to heal the world because
he was a community organizer that accomplished absolutely nothing:
What Did Obama Do As A Community Organizer?
And is it really a qualification to be president?
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=OWMxNGUxZWJjYzg1NjA0MTlmZDZmMjUwZGU3ZjAwNmU=
Just how far up your own a$$ does your head have to be for
a democrat to actually make sense?
Baxter Greene on September 10, 2008 at 11:07 PM
What a jackass.
aikidoka on September 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM
This clip wont play for me and im dying to see it.
surrounded on September 10, 2008 at 11:13 PM
This video won’t load on my end either; had trouble with other videos as well.
eaglescout1998 on September 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Very good question! I am continually amazed at your insight.
lionheart on September 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM
I’m sorry I’ll take McCain and skin cancer over Biden and anurisms (sp) any day of the week at least if something should happen to McCain Palin could handle the load where as if something happened to Biden I’m pretty sure Obama would say or do something that would have us at war in days with the way he flups things up
tee866 on September 10, 2008 at 11:20 PM
I love Shep! My wife met him (in passing) in NY once. Said he was very cool.
twoarmman on September 10, 2008 at 11:20 PM
I don’t think the problem is the Hot Air site. I am experiencing the same problem on other sites (ie. Newsbusters) that embed YouTube clips.
eaglescout1998 on September 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Twoarmman: Shep is an asshole… he went to Ole Miss (from a good Mississippi State boy- LOL)
lionheart on September 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Not for me either.
Connie on September 10, 2008 at 11:31 PM
I’d like to know why you keep saying this, when it’s plainly not true to anyone who compares their resumes. Palin may not have years of national service under her belt, but she has significantly more executive experience than the Prophet Barack — or Hairplug Joe.
irishspy on September 10, 2008 at 11:34 PM
This one maybe?
RNC Tribute Video To John McCain
Connie on September 10, 2008 at 11:35 PM
You tube videos are black at any
websitesconservative places I have been tonight……..hmmmm?redwhiteandblue on September 10, 2008 at 11:35 PM
The video isn’t there anymore.
BTW: Has anyone suggested that Michelle Obama return the money she got from her employers in Chicago after Osama Obama managed to get a lot of tax dollars thrown their way?
MrScribbler on September 10, 2008 at 11:40 PM
LIONHEART!- Who Let the Dawgs Out! LOL! Right back atcha from a woman married to a good Mississippi State boy! Thrilled about Wake Forrest beating the Rebs. Have to say that quietly, my Dad went to Ole Miss! Rather ugly around here at Egg Bowl time.
Back to topic, I think Downtown has a point on why these people seem so unhinged. If you look at the info here on HotAir and other internal polling numbers published elsewhere, there seems to be some indicators that this hammered home Dem landslide might be something made up of fairy dust. Here is hoping! We are going to need a stronger Congressional force for much to move.
freeus on September 10, 2008 at 11:44 PM
They won’t let people in on their strategy but I think that McCain’s target audience was the 45+ crowd and Reagan Dems. Palin targeted the base primarily.
The things McCain talked about in regards to service have a strong appeal for the older group who remembers a time when it “used to be that way”. His Viet Nam experiences and the way he told it this time was more powerful with this older group. Most of them remember Viet Nam and many knew of a family member or neighbor who was injured or killed. Inspiring to the younger group but very real and emotional to those who lived through those days.
Good call by the campaign on both speeches – still reaping the good PR.
Bradky on September 10, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Yes. My 27 year-old son who was an intern for a Republican Congressman, and loves to talk about politic as much as I do has been getting very limited campaign coverage because he’s been studying in Europe all summer. After McCain’s speech he said, “I didn’t know all that stuff about McCain and Veit Nam.”
I have the books. They’ve been on the shelf since the 2000 race. I guess he was too young in 2000.
Oh yeah, McCain is our Senator… If my son didn’t know there are a lot of less political people who had no clue.
petunia on September 11, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Someone mentioned today that Obama’s father died when he was 46 and his mother when she was 54. Both of natural causes. Obama is 47. Why all the talk about McCain?
petunia on September 11, 2008 at 12:05 AM
BIG MOE?? Did Shep just use a term that many in the military use when talking about cards?
When playing spades, you can go “big moe, little moe, blind six, blind eight, 10 for 2, etc”. Awesome Shep! Simply Awesome.
CFL on September 11, 2008 at 12:11 AM
I am late to this thread, so sorry if it has been asked/answered:
Palin didn’t take per diem money when in her own house, she simply marked that she was in her own house and took no money. Surely this guy know this, as does Shep. Why did he get away with that remark?
Hunt035 on September 11, 2008 at 12:12 AM
From the August Angst piece,
You’ve stumbled onto the answer, Ms Lake! The Dems most assuredly DO NOT live in the real world. That’s why they’re almost always wrong, and are confused by what happens. To understand what’s wrong with the Democrats, Ms. Lake, you’ve got to understand this guy.
In the case of the Dems some quite sophisticated spin is called for to preserve the basic fictions being perpetrated by their campaign. The spin works reasonably well (in that the media never objects) except that it does not lead to particularly accurate predictions.
There you have it Ms. Lake. Now you can see why, in the Angst article, “a major Democratic fundraiser described it a good bit more starkly after digesting the polls of recent days: “I’m so depressed. It’s happening again. It’s a nightmare.” As Galileo said, “Garbage in, garbage out.” Year in and year out.
smellthecoffee on September 11, 2008 at 12:15 AM
I think the Democrats needs to reread discrimination laws..
e.g., sex, age, race, religion, family status, national origin, military status, sexual orientation, disability, body size/shape
Chakra Hammer on September 11, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Hey, Star20 has it right, right, right. Just tell us the rules, we’re adults we can play. But the deceitful Dems just change the rules to suit themselves. Hey, they don’t believe in the rule of law either.
hestrold on September 11, 2008 at 12:33 AM
The desperation by the liberals to smear Palin shows with
this baseless attack on her.
It is almost as stupid as Obama and Biden attacking Palin
for changing course and voting against the poster child of wasteful earmarks “bridge to nowhere” when these two “change” merchants actually voted for it.
The Washington Post article is a game that media people play with making an allegation in the headline,making the first 3 or 4 paragraphs continuing the allegation and then putting the mitigating factors in the bottom of the article (if at all) where the large majority of people never get to.
Palin never broke the law and actually spent less than her
predecessor :
New Washington Post “Expose” on Palin:
http://volokh.com/posts/1220936107.shtml
Baxter Greene on September 11, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Biden is old–wouldn’t it be fair to ask the question, “What happens if Biden dies? Is Obama ready to be President on day one if Biden dies in office?”
BryanS on September 11, 2008 at 12:37 AM
You really want us to go there?
OK, I’ll bite………… Governor Sarah Palin – Natural Gas Pipeline. Senator Barak Obama – Inflate your tires.
Shall I go on………….?
Seven Percent Solution on September 11, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Let’s try a different line…
I am going to give the Dems their argument. Despite 1200 pages of medical evidence to the contrary, McCain will drop dead at the median age of 75. Fine, are you happy?
What is the result- we have a guy who is possibly the most qualified person in America (and easily the most qualified running) as President for 3 out of 4 years. Meanwhile, Sarah Palin get 3 years of training White House training wheels on top of her already accomplished resume. Smooth, easy transition to someone who is ready for the job and has already proven she can run the largest state in the Union.
vs.
In January we get a guy in the White House who can’t control his own campaigns “hair trigger”, can’t control his own party’s endless stream of smears (he IS the head of the DNC now and he has expressly forbidden these kinds of comments), can hold a position on a policy for more than 3 weeks (and even that is a stretch), comes unglued at the slightest provocation and starts calling everyone in sight either a racist or complains that they are questioning his judgment/ patriotism, patently refuses to show up to debate policy while hurling out empty threats, overestimated his campaign resources & fund raising (How is he going to provide a trillion dollar debt America green jobs, new energy industries, free healthcare and tax rebates when his billion dollar, fund raising record campaign cannot afford to give girl scouts some bumper stickers?), etc. His VP disagrees with him on everything, including his ability to run the country. Biden is supposed to be the foreign policy genius in that camp and he’s been wrong on every call he’s made so far, without exception. 36 years of being wrong EVERY TIME?
And this is just the problems with his campaign (which is his big claim to executive experience) never mind his past.
As far as life expectancy- I am not making a threat or a suggestion- but the plain fact is that there has not been a more likely target for assassination that Barack Obama in American history.
So… what is the problem again?
Damiano on September 11, 2008 at 12:46 AM
cmon ap, you are kidding, right?
The piece was on the BS attacks, specifically the ‘Palin’s ONLY qualified because she never had an abortion’ crap from Democrat leader from SC.
So when another nitwit (D) goes after McCain’s AGE to deflect the horrible remark by another Democrat, Shep called him on it.
He’s just trying to end the baseless shameful crap these guys are spewing out. Whats wrong with that?
(First time I EVER saw Shep stand up for anyone on the right side of the aisle by the way.)
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You ALL need to see this short vid on mis-wording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVR1JunnuGE&feature=related
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I guarantee it.
shooter on September 11, 2008 at 12:47 AM
And the gaffes keep a comin’. The DNC will lose this election because of Barack’s AAA’s. His arrogance, his associations, and his agenda.
hot-heir on September 11, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Gotta be a good sized piece of it. Helluva story and hard to ignore even by the dubious.
BacaDog on September 11, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Now we’re on McCain Feingold.
BacaDog on September 11, 2008 at 12:55 AM
AP, I know that it’s your “thing” to be the most obnoxiously pessimistic person in the world, but could you give it a rest? Gov. Palin obviously has more experience than that idiot on the other side. Lots of people made snide comments last week about the post by Russ at Ace, but it’s the truth; your pessimism is freaking annoying. I can’t tell you how many times that I’ve come to HotAir and seen something by Ed (or Brian) that gave me hope only to have your sourpuss outlook make me feel like I should just give up.
Get on some meds for goodness sake.
prolix on September 11, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Shep almost knocked me out of my chair! I look at Shep as a Liberal. He at times makes me furious. But that was awesome!
sheebe on September 11, 2008 at 12:57 AM
One of the funniest things Shep ever said was when he was commenting on a story about that HUGE FAT housecat that was found without a color and how nobody wanted to adopt her.
And then Shep says something like, “But she has a great personality.” You could hear people off camera laughing and the women sharpening the knives.
I laughed for a week after that one. Hilarious.
Sapwolf on September 11, 2008 at 1:03 AM
ditto.
I was one of the first here on HA but now I read one or two AP posts a week…if that.
MM.com is my usual read now and I miss Bryans articles too.
shooter on September 11, 2008 at 1:10 AM
McCain should release an ad with him talking directly into the camera reminding Americans that he offered to have a series of townhall debates with Obama…
D0WNT0WN on September 10, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Well said. If he’s running from debate because he’s only good at speechifying, he should be hammered on this. But…
1. He’s a lawyer.
2. He survived the Saddleback Church interview, so in a short term give and take he might not gaffe himself into Oblivion.
3. The stakes are so high that he would be coached like Michael Phelps. Remember how sad a case Kerry presented-he lost the election in part because he stunk in the debates, even though he was declared “The Winner!” by the media, which bring me to
4. The debate mediators will do all they can to shore up Obama and sink McCain. Just as always seems to happen.
A fair debate would have a representative from each side, say Charlie Gibson and Rush Limbaugh as mediators.
Doug on September 11, 2008 at 1:39 AM
I didn’t take on the last part of your question in my original post,but this is my best shot at it.
1. Shep saw that he was making a fool of himself enough without having to call him on it.When you watch the video,the liberal talking head makes several bogus statements one after the other,to call him on everyone would
have made the segment incoherent.
2.”surely this guy knows this”
Of course this guy knows what he is saying is bullsh!t,but liberals don’t care about the truth,it’s about staying on message and throwing enough against the wall to see what sticks.Every democrat talking head on the other networks is repeating the same talking points,over and over and over and
over,knowing that eventually it will stick with enough people that only watch a 5 minute news cycle and the help of
the MSM that will rarely refute the smear.
liberals used this tactic with the help of the MSM in branding Bush with the “Bush lied” label concerning the Iraq
war.
1.democrats spent most of the 90′s and up until most of them
voted for the Iraq war telling America that Saddam was a threat due to his WMD/Nuclear programs,ties to al-qaeda,massive genocide,and starting several wars.
……
2.Our own intelligence agencies,France,Germany,Britain,and the UN backed up most of our intelligence on Iraq with the final assessment being one of “high confidence”from the CIA concerning Saddam’s weapons programs and ties to al-qaeda.
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3.Every major investigation into the Bush Administration concerning pre-war intel has found that Bush did not lie.
(9/11 commission,Butler Report,2003 Senate intelligence report,2007 Senate intelligence report(a democratic partisan joke):
‘Bush Lied’? If Only It Were That Simple.
By Fred Hiatt
Monday, June 9, 2008; Page A17
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060801687.html
WaPo: Bush “substantiated by intelligence” – UPDATED
http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/06/09/wapo-bush-substantiated-by-intelligence/
4.Democrats have had control of Congress since 2006,have full control of the house.If Bush had lied,they could have
impeached in a heartbeat.He didn’t lie,thus no impeachment.
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But none of this stops liberals from continuing to repeat this bogus drivel and with the help of the MSM,hollywood,and
democrats on the hill,a lot of people still believe that Bush lied to get America into the Iraq war.
Liberal lies concerning NSA wiretapping,Katrina,Haliburton,and Bush’s ties to “Big Oil”are basically repeated over and over and over until they
stick.
This is why duke of dumbsh!t was rattling off democratic talking points without the least bit of concern for the truth.
Liberals don’t want the truth,they just want their ideologies and opinions confirmed,no matter how much lying or cut and paste propaganda it takes.
Baxter Greene on September 11, 2008 at 2:08 AM
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