The SarahCuda on the attack
posted at 12:45 pm on October 4, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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The Free Sarah Palin strategy has already begun to pay dividends. Palin returned to the traditional running-mate role of attack dog, reminding voters of Barack Obama’s accusation that American troops had a strategy in Afghanistan of “air-raiding villages and bombing civilians”. Palin considers that a disqualifying event for a person seeking the position of Commander in Chief:
Speaking to Fox News on Friday, Sarah Palin indicated for the first time that she does not consider Barack Obama qualified to be commander in chief and sharply criticized him for saying last year that U.S. troops in Afghanistan are “just air raiding villages and killing civilians.”
Calling Obama “reckless,” Palin said that where she comes from Obama’s remarks “disqualify someone from consideration for the next commander-in-chief.”
“Some of his comments that he’s made about the war, that I think, in my world disqualify someone from consideration for the next commander-in-chief,” said Palin. “Some of the comments he’s made about Afghanistan, what we are doing there, ‘just air raiding villages and killing civilians.’ That’s reckless.”
Those comments came in August 2007, when Obama tried criticizing the Bush administration’s military strategy in Afghanistan. Here’s the video:
Palin does a good job in bringing this back to the forefront. Either Obama meant to smear the military leadership in Afghanistan, including that of our allies, or he didn’t have the first clue what he was saying. Neither commends itself for someone who would command our military during this war, especially the fact that Obama made that accusation without ever having traveled to Afghanistan to see the situation for himself.
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After seeing all the prayers for Palin, and how she
did so great in the debate, I can’t help but think
God has a reason for her being on this ticket. Keep on
praying…:)She seems so confident…I wish all Republicans
could just follow her example in congress.
dec5 on October 4, 2008 at 11:15 PM
I’m not scared but I’m feeling those Dole ‘96 feelings. Bush couldn’t believe that America could elect a draft dodger and I can’t believe we could elect a Marxist.
Let’s put it this way. I’ve never in my life prayed/fasted MORE for an election.
Mojave Mark on October 4, 2008 at 11:15 PM
I would be just ecstatic if the name Kerry was henceforth NEVER uttered again.
irongrampa on October 4, 2008 at 11:17 PM
I have wondered the very same thing. This cannot possibly be a fluke…I sense the hand of Divine Providence here.
ManlyRash on October 4, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Mojave I never thought Dole was going to win…I firmly believe McCain with Palin will…
I’m praying everyday too!
CCRWM on October 4, 2008 at 11:19 PM
ManlyRash on October 4, 2008 at 11:11 PM
sent.
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:20 PM
alwyr on October 4, 2008 at 11:13 PM
You’re right…excellent point…we’re not getting much traction with the association…though we should be…
CCRWM on October 4, 2008 at 11:22 PM
You sound just like Tammy Bruce. I heard her radio show this afternoon/evening. WOW the woman was ON FIRE and very, very motivated. I didn’t know she did a Sat. afternoon show, but I will listen every weekend from now on.
She was apparently at the CA event today, and was stoked…and, like I said, WOW.
It was great to hear her optimism and enthusiasm.
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:22 PM
alwyr on October 4, 2008 at 11:13 PM
It boogles the mind doesn’t it?.
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:22 PM
I have wondered the very same thing. This cannot possibly be a fluke…I sense the hand of Divine Providence here.
ManlyRash on October 4, 2008 at 11:17 PM
I’m sayin’ it again- BHO reminds me of Carpathia in the Left Behind series. He creeps the hell out of me and his followers scare me more.
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Got to repeat–America has had the knack of having the right person for the right time, in any given situation. Even a cursory look through our history will bear this out. The stumbles (Carter) merely point out the correct path.
Given that, I see no reason for this election to differ .
So man up, pumpkins, in the end it will be well, our beloved country will survive.
irongrampa on October 4, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Really, if anybody here needs to recharge their batteries for the month ahead, I HIGHLY recommend Tammy Bruce’s show from today.
http://www.tammybruce.com/
http://tammybruce.com/2008/10/weekend_tammy_radio.php
Here’s a good post with a little of what she talked about on the show:
http://tammybruce.com/2008/10/shots_from_the_week.php
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Fox is replaying the Brett Baier report. Is this getting recorded by Hot Air?
God love Fox. Brett Baier is disemboweling the Fannie and Freddie enablers. I don’t care the McCain took $21K and change. This is a roadmap to crucify Obama and the Dems.
Pull the trigger; drop the bomb; you provide the metaphor.
BuckeyeSam on October 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM
BuckeyeSam on October 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM
amen and on the last post amen
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:32 PM
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:26 PM
where is she from. never heard of her, but means nothing of course.
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:35 PM
I’d miss the jokes though. If I could nominate a democrat to get the “begone and never speak again” treatment it would have to be Harry Reid.
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Creep show.
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2008/10/welcome-to-camp-obama.html
Bishop on October 4, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Tammy Bruce is from LA. She is a lesbian, used to be head of a NOW chapter and had the epiphany several years ago that the left was her enemy and the enemy of the nation.
Explore her blog, and I just can’t recommend her show from this evening any more highly. It was amazing … I didn’t hear the first hour or so, because I didn’t even know she was on…I was driving around and switching radio channels and heard her voice…figured it was a replay from Friday, but would still be enjoyable so I kept it on.
WOW. best talk radio broadcast I’ve heard in years. Really.
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Exclusive: Obama to preempt McCain assault
powerpro on October 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Pull the trigger; drop the bomb; you provide the metaphor.
BuckeyeSam on October 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Blast that empty suit, communist, terrorist-loving POS into orbit.
Wait….was that a metaphor?
Bishop on October 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
as far as “swift boating”…if anyone is swift boated then the truth is being told about them. But the dems/bambi freaks and msm are to stupid to realize it. so let the swift boating begin!!!! sorry about the lack of caps- it’s late and i’m drinkin’ wine..
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:40 PM
It was nice to see Palin in California today, I guess there is something I don’t understand though. McCain is down 13 points in CA and probably has no chance there, and never did. He WAS competitive in Michigan recently but decides to pull out. I really wish Sarah was running the campaign, she seems to have a better gut feel than McCain.
echosyst on October 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Good. Maybe that will wake up the McCain team and get them to take the gloves off and start throwing hay makers.
TheBigOldDog on October 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Bishop on October 4, 2008 at 11:37 PM
that is WAY TOO EFFING CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!!! thanx for the nightmares. Goin’ to the gun shop tomorrow- clinging.
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Gloves seem to be off here.
Buford on October 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Precisely. Reagan got us out of the mess Carter made.
Can you IMAGINE if Gore was Prez on 9/11?
And Ker… oops. Won’t say it, no need anyway.
tru2tx on October 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Here’s the page where you can listen to her online if you don’t have a local radio station that carries her:
http://tammybruce.com/2008/10/weekend_tammy_radio.php
I’m not computer literate or iPod literate enough to tell if you can download this afternoon’s show. I hope so, because the part from 5-7 was amazing.
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
that God for epiphany’s
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Of course it is mostly about Bush. Hello? His disapproval ratings are record setting. How is moving away from the least popular President of a generation non-logical? Obama couldn’t have run four years ago, and he probably couldn’t have run four years from now, but after Bush’s lousy 2005 his read was that the time was right. And he was right (ask Hillary). Regardless of Ayers, Wright, et al, Bush’s legacy and the economy are going to be difficult for McCain to shake. But this is going to be a looooong month, so anything can happen.
okonkolo on October 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
LMAO
Oh that’s so devastating, Obama.
CanadianGuy on October 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
echosyst on October 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
let’s see what happens in a couple of weeks. we can all collectively pray- there is power in prayer.
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
yep. Tammy Bruce talked about that this evening too. I’m raving, but her show was awesome.
BigOldDog, I still love your post that the doomsayers and gloom merchants around here are trying to quit in the middle of the game and take other teammates home with them so they can have the self-fulfilling prophecy of a loss.
funky chicken on October 4, 2008 at 11:50 PM
powerpro on October 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM
So still no answer from Obako about his relationship with Ayers.
Bishop on October 4, 2008 at 11:50 PM
CanadianGuy on October 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
is powerpro a troll? i smell something but not quite sure.
kareyk on October 4, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Oh yeah – that sounds like a real man. Geez he’s a whiner. Always the victim. Never takes responsibility. Nauseating.
And probably will backfire with those on the fence. Who wants a whiner leading the country?
tru2tx on October 4, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Anyone see the SNL skit tonight?
Queen Latifah played Ifill. I missed the very beginning, but Queen had Ifill plugging her book twice. It was good.
They took swipes at both of them, though I think they could have swiped at a few of Biden’s lies.
I think Palin did well enough on Thursday that the howls from anything Fey did to diss Palin does nothing more than make the blood of the flyover zone boil.
I may be too lenient on SNL, but Palin’s shown twice that she belongs, so the slams don’t enrage me. I just clench my teeth at the audience howls (say, there was a very cheap shot about her daughter getting married) and stick more pins in the a** of my Barney Frank voodoo doll.
BuckeyeSam on October 4, 2008 at 11:57 PM
CBS news is reporting that the attendance at today’s CA rally was between 15 to 20 thousand… apparently people were sent to an overflow area we weren’t aware of!
This rally was held in a very blue part of the county so a lot of people drove a long way in L.A. traffic to get there… very encouraging…
CCRWM on October 4, 2008 at 11:57 PM
That was a smear. He smeared the troops in order to smear Bush by proxy. Why? Because the people he wanted to vote for him all hate Bush.
Maybe some people don’t care about that, but I guarantee there are a lot of people in this country whose blood starts boiling at that point. If they ever hear it, that is. It’s not like the media goes out of its way to share Obama’s less popular statements with us.
theregoestheneighborhood on October 4, 2008 at 11:58 PM
BuckeyeSam on October 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM
I think that the money given is based on a least twenty year span. That’s why he emphasized that Obama’s second leading amount was in the space of three years comparatively. So $21K for McCain isn’t horrible.
Cindy Munford on October 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
huh, didn’t see Tammy Bruce’s name on the list at the site she linked from her own website. Here’s the link to my local talk radio station that carries her show:
http://www.foxnews1280.com/
It does a live stream during her broadcast, so you can listen to her there if you’re by a computer and don’t get her on radio.
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
EVERYONE needs to understand that the left has NEVER had any love for the military. The “support” comes out when it’s politically advantageous. No distortion in that staement, it’s been evidenced countless times.
irongrampa on October 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
“This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 5, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Someone please explain to me how Obama got $300K knocked off the $1.65M asking price for the home that he and his wife bought a few years ago in a seller’s market.
I would submit that the $300K came from Rezko or another friendly source in exchange for an Obama favor (or a pardon) to be named. I would submit that the Seller, as long as he got his $300K from someone, was happy to go along with the arrangement because that $300K wouldn’t be included in his 1099-B reported to him and the IRS. If the seller’s gain on the sale exceeded the applicable exclusion ($250K or $500K), this arrangement could have saved the seller as much as $45K in capital-gains taxes. Every taxpayer loves an opportunity to stick it to the IRS.
The MSM should be going into overdrive inquirying into this transaction because it suggests that Obama has incurred a debt to some unsavory characters.
Again, it wasn’t a $3,000 or $30,000 reduction in the asking price; it was $300,000 reduction, from $1.65M to $1.35M–in a seller’s market.
Just saying.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
dude? why do you watch that? if you want comedy, rent the Blues Brothers or even those old Eddie Murphy/Nick Nolte police comedies. (forgot the name of that one obviously)
or Animal House or something
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
One hopes that McCain is getting talking points for attacking congress for the tuesday debate.
lorien1973 on October 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
I suspected as much, but I was in the middle of something that precluded me from paying close enough attention.
Besides, Obama is Number 2 after only, what, four years.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
People………… we all know Obama’s faults.
If there was anytime to out flank the left, it is now.
The point, that nice big ugly picture of Pelosi et al claming credit for the “Bail-Out” plan………
……… but the fact remains, nothing in the bill solves any of the problem that created the mess in the first place.
Just ask the question…….
Typical Democrat response……………
THE ANSWER……………….
Seven Percent Solution on October 5, 2008 at 12:22 AM
BuckeyeSam, funky chicken too. I tryed to watch SNL. It ain’t what it used to be. Nothing but degrade Pres. Bush and Gov. Palin while the libs laugh. Humor in fully in the gutter now.
AMartinez on October 5, 2008 at 12:23 AM
I was flipping channels at the time. And after Thursday, I could stomach it.
I still think Latifah did a pretty good job as Ifill, if nothing else for ridiculing her twice about her book. After Ifill’s insistence that her book had nothing to do with her role as the moderator, I found the slams regarding her extraordinary conflict of interest to be quite delicious.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 12:23 AM
Dodger game is over and the hubby wants to watch a movie…it was nice hanging out with HA on a Sat night…
CCRWM on October 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM
It’s written in the stars
I see it everywhere I go
On election night you will all be headed to the bars
For McCain is destined to get the ‘ol heave ho
But Sarah will survive the tars
And her future will grow
Tav on October 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Crowd goes wild as Palin introduced in Carson. (Check out the crowd)
CanadianGuy on October 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
More background on one of the architects of the Fannie and Freddie mess. Nice judgment. A vote for Obama enables Barney Frank.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/gobie2.htm
C’mon, McCain-Palin, tee off on the Fannie-Freddie enablers.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 12:40 AM
New attack ad questioning Obama’s character.
CanadianGuy on October 5, 2008 at 12:43 AM
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Brett said three, so I assume it is not as of today. The part that shocked me was Paul Gigot, he apparently went to the CEO of Countrywide (excuse the aside but he looked like a tall Umpalumpa (sic) from the original Willie Wonka movie) to interview him about the irregularities and the guy got into his face, accused him of being from his competitors. Now this was a few years ago but I bet it will be discounted because WSJ is owned by Murdoch now.
Cindy Munford on October 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
“BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 12:40 AM”
the debate on tuesday becomes the latest in a series of “OMG HUGE DAYS” in this campaign — however since it is a townhall John needs to be careful; the people there will be interested in one thing like they are at all these stupid formats — “what is govmint gonna do for me?” — the proper answer needs to be “not f’ing up fannie and freddie by causing federal encroachment like my opponent and his cohorts have done for the last two decades!”
Buckaroo on October 5, 2008 at 12:46 AM
CanadianGuy on October 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
THUNDERSTUCK!!!!!!!
Cindy Munford on October 5, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Eeyore saw her walk on the stage
Then looked as his MSM page
“She don’t have a chance!”
“She ain’t wearing pants!”
“We need to retreat to our cave!”
Limerick on October 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
“CanadianGuy on October 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM”
Thunderstruck for the intro. music!?
/sweeeeet ….
Buckaroo on October 5, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Buckaroo on October 5, 2008 at 12:49 AM
I wonder if she made the change. I like it so much better. But I have never been a fan of chick singers.
Cindy Munford on October 5, 2008 at 12:54 AM
“Cindy Munford on October 5, 2008 at 12:54 AM”
well, given saracuda’s age i thought she woulda kept with the van halen stuff …
:-)
Buckaroo on October 5, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Sunday brunch with Gov. Palin at the Burlingame, CA, Hyatt Regency tomorrow!
Lots of Dems set to protest, of course.
fred5678 on October 5, 2008 at 1:04 AM
I’ve already posted that I’ll be there. Do you live in the area? Can you make it with me?
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 5, 2008 at 1:10 AM
Tav on October 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
defeatist p*ssy, or Axelrod astroturfer? like it matters. Hey, Tav, Dick Cheney has a lovely message for you that he first shared with Patrick Leahy. Go f*ck yourself.
If you gave a rat’s ass about our men in harm’s way, you’d get up and fight to keep Obama out of the Oval Office instead of thinking you’re so witty with leaving your droppings here.
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 1:10 AM
How about that Joe Torre?
CanadianGuy on October 5, 2008 at 1:11 AM
One of only two reasons to go to the NYT Web site every week–Safire’s weekly language column:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/magazine/05wwln-safire-t.html?_r=1&sq=Safire%20language&st=nyt&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print
Gigot strikes me as a very straight shooter. The Countrywide CEO (now former) is unbelievably sleazy. He can be the effigy for business community greed. He’s the guy that helped Dodd get his sweetheart deal.
I don’t care about the ownership conflict. WSJ has been reporting on these matters for years. I’ll guess that 80% of the country will concede that the WSJ is a reputable source. Besides, the ownership conflict came up only this year, and Fox acknowledges it in its reporting–more than I can say for other media and Gwen Ifill.
OT: Ifill chose a lousy social issue–same-sex benefits. Biden blabbed on ad nauseam about property and hospital visitation rights as if they represent some form of widespread violations of civil rights. In fact, they represent instances in which gays and lesbians are too careless to name their partners as the designated beneficiaries of life insurance policies, IRAs, 401(k)s, and the like. The hospital visitation issues can be easily fixed by completing a living will and a health care surrogate.
In the end, all these issues can be easily addressed by some fundamental estate planning. Gays and lesbians are typically well educated and pretty affluent. I don’t regard these problems as civil rights problems. Besides, gay and lesbian partners are in exactly the same position as unmarried heterosexual couples.
If Biden proposes to revise the estate-planning related statutes in each of the 50 states to recognize civil unions and, in turn, to treat gay and lesbian partners as a spouse under all these default statutory regimes, he should start calling the legislatures of the 50 states. Whether default statutes are enacted or not, careful estate planning is always the better option. These problems arise primarily for those who don’t plan ahead. And during the debate, this was a completely bogus response by Biden.
Anyway, a far more interesting question for Biden (the Catholic) and Palin (the pro-lifer) would have been abortion. We’ve already seen Obama (the liar) and McCain (the one with the great answer) deal with abortion at Saddleback.
Just saying.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 1:14 AM
protesting Sunday brunch? These people really do have no lives….
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 1:14 AM
Sorry – too far away (200+ mi). Have a great time though.
fred5678 on October 5, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Call them nazis and goons, and tell them to get a life. Better yet, tell them to go to church.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Yeah. The husband and I are legally married, but we still have wills and living wills, etc. It’s easier to go to legalzoom.com and create the documents you mention than it is to get married anyway.
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 1:18 AM
Keep the faith, folks. The MSM is pushing through the Ardennes. All we have to do is stop em and chase Barry all the way back to Berlin.
Limerick on October 5, 2008 at 1:20 AM
great stuff from the other thread
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Slightly OT – via PUMA.org,
links to a new Dem. group against Obama:
http://tdg.typepad.com/democrats_for_principle_b/2008/09/would-you-buy-a-used-car-from-this-man.html
fred5678 on October 5, 2008 at 1:30 AM
Just asking because it’s a legitimate question, I don’t have an answer, and swing-staters are asking.
Why aren’t the Iraqis paying for some or all of the war now?
If not now, when is this supposed to occur? I understand that Iraq is not going to kick in money any faster for Obama than McCain. But voters are pissed about this. I got an earful today, and I didn’t have a good answer.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Nuts!
Mark1971 on October 5, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Al-Qaeda and his band of Renowns are certainly listening to the democrat talking points and queuing from them also.
Please, oh please, Mr. Osama! Please endorse Obama!
Kini on October 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM
LOL…A man of such eloquence must be saved!
Limerick on October 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM
OT:
MooveAlong.Org – don’t leave till the end of the movie or you’ll miss the ending.
Kini on October 5, 2008 at 1:43 AM
Kini on October 5, 2008 at 1:43 AM
Damn. Did I miss an after-credit scene?
Disturb the Universe on October 5, 2008 at 1:46 AM
Yes! It’s a killer!
Kini on October 5, 2008 at 1:53 AM
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 1:14 AM
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 1:18 AM
I have three kids, all young adults of the marriageable age. Whatever that means. I am struck that they and their contemporaries think that marriage is really trivial. Their peers live together, buy houses together and have children together but no marriage. Not all of course. It is just so odd to see same sex couples clamoring to get married when heterosexual couples seem to consider it a thing of the past. As someone closing in on 34 years of marriage they seem lazy to me.
Cindy Munford on October 5, 2008 at 1:55 AM
Obama is a Socialist, I’ve had enough of watching the press give him a pass. Spread the word.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMGyFREA_2s
cannonball on October 5, 2008 at 2:05 AM
Really? So those ~90 Afghans we blew up in the latest air-raid to hit the news waves was what? Extermly helpful? Ingenious? The right track forward?
Or, was it a tragic mistake exacerbated by the fact that the Allied forces in Afghanistan have no clear strategy to win whatever we may or may not think needs winning in a war that’s never been won before?
For that matter: where the better half of sanity comes from, Sarah Palin’s remarks on domestic policy disqualify her to be Chief Executive of our country. I bet none of you can describe to me in detail any of her rambiling answers to any of the questions posed to her at the debate. The very fact that people descirbe her as doing well, soley because she held her own, doesn’t exactly warrant a win. Nobody wins for just standing there, smiling and winking. You win if you bring it to the table, and that’s not what Sarah Palin did. If you think it is, find the transcript and quote from it directly.
PresidenToor on October 5, 2008 at 2:07 AM
I cannot believe i found out that others are fasting/praying for the outcome of this election HERE!!! Our household is also. Chaplet of Mercy.
lobosan5 on October 5, 2008 at 2:09 AM
I just passed my 14th anniversary. Before getting married, we lived together, albeit in glorious sin, for 13 years. It was during that time, 14 years ago I discovered conservatism. Life has only gotten better in health, wealth and that glorious sin…. but now I have a license.
Let the same sex partners have the all the benefits of marriage and all the pain of divorce.
Actually, I don’t really believe that. It would clog the courts with already more bad divorces. Plus, the art of responsibility and accountability would give way to throw-away marriages and children. Which sounds very much like today’s values in some places.
sigh….
Kini on October 5, 2008 at 2:09 AM
PresidenToor on October 5, 2008 at 2:07 AM
From Embed in A-stan
cryptojunkie on October 5, 2008 at 2:16 AM
From the story you linked…
And also from the story, the Fox Team was shown the exact same evidence that the U.S. military says supports their claim that only a few people were killed. They went through the same rubble the military went through, and saw the same graveyard the military did – it only seems right that they came to the same conclusion the U.S. military did.
PresidenToor on October 5, 2008 at 2:26 AM
I don’t even know what to say anymore………
…………… the “Bail-Out” plan by the Democrats fixed nothing….that is the key to winning this election, what the heck the rest of you are talking about really causes me anx….
Seven Percent Solution on October 5, 2008 at 2:48 AM
Kini,
Have to agree… freedom for everyone means freedom for everyone and equal means equal. The way modern America and the West treats marriage I see no problem with same sex people who want to formally join together doing so. It isn’t my marriage and none of my business quite frankly.
I wish conservatives would again become advocates and agents for competent government rather than be associated so clearly with its worst failings over the last eight years. The change that Americans crave for is competence.
lexhamfox on October 5, 2008 at 3:32 AM
I support, well can tolerate civil unions…code pink demands “marriage” which intersects with my religion can’t cave on that point thanks.
You know oddly, “change is competence” rings sort of hollow when the other side nominates Barack “I seem a teenaged candidate” O’bama for their one slot…..
If Barack is the answer it was a pretty stupid question I am betting.
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 4:02 AM
Amen!
Kini on October 5, 2008 at 4:53 AM
Now is the time for citizen soldiers!
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/now-is-the-time.html
True_King on October 5, 2008 at 5:50 AM
“Maybe Obama Doesn’t Know How To Use A Computer, Either”
American Thinker
haha
maverick muse on October 5, 2008 at 6:02 AM
Gee, I’ve never seen candidates completely evade the questions asked and shift gears to their talking points before. Must be something they invented in Alaska.
Give me a break. Dems have done this on every issue for which they don’t have a real answer for YEARS, and the media never calls them on it. Ask Barry or Biden where they plan to save money to pay for their tax cuts, and they’ll give the cop-out answer that they “plan to go over the budget with a fine-tooth comb.” In other words, “we’ll get back to you on that…just trust us.” No, I think I’ll pass on trusting Dems to keep promises.
Palin played the “debate” game the way it’s been played for many years. The moderator could have gone either way on this – she could press for more direct answers (which she would then be obliged to do with Biden), or she could let them both slide. Ifill was in a tough spot due to her book, and wisely chose not to go down the road that would lead to partiality.
connertown on October 5, 2008 at 6:41 AM
She really needs to pick up Coulter’s brilliant line
“Surrender, socialism and sub-prime mortgages!”
lodge on October 5, 2008 at 6:52 AM
Hogwash!
You provide the details of the little king’s domestic and other policies . . . other than raising taxes on the middle class and small business; socializing health care; destroying the military; and, implementing his Marxist/socialist policies throughout the economy. As with all communist revolutions, people like Obama always appear in tough economic times. Elect this empty suit Chicago rabble-rouser at your own peril.
rplat on October 5, 2008 at 7:21 AM
The media IS trying to depress the vote by demoralizing us. They did the same thing to Sarah in 2006 in the Governor’s race.
I was there in Anchorage, campaigning as a volunteer for Sarah. Even waved signs with her, right on the busiest street corner in Anchorage.
The last poll that came out 3 days before the election in 2006 had Dem Tony Knowles up over Sarah by 5. She ended up winning by over 10%.
It was clearly a Anchorage liberal media ploy to throw the election to their beloved Tony Knowles. It didn’t work. And it won’t work in 2008 for McCain/Palin!
ericdondero on October 5, 2008 at 7:40 AM
A pattern may be developing.
The Chicago Cubs lost their series to the LA Dodgers 3-0.
The Chicago White Sox play the Tampa Bay Devil Rays today, but they’re down in that series 2-0.
Is McCain going to be ready in his two remaining debates to sweep the Chicagoan Obama? Are McCain-Palin going to overcome Obama-Biden?
McCain, with the left hand, go for Obama’s throat, with the right hand do what Jesse Jackson proposed to do. Quit pussy-footing around and beat Obama up for the Dems role in the Fannie-Freddie subprime fiasco. Starting reforming now. Otherwise, we will never hear of it, and nothing will change–except for the worse.
Lisping Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters, Franklin Raines, and all the rest make great whipping boys. Get a copy of last night’s Fox program, and get the story straight. It needs to be played over and over from now until Election Day–it’s a blueprint for victory.
BuckeyeSam on October 5, 2008 at 7:40 AM
The mother of all inspirational speeches. For those fellow HotAirHeads who have not read it or are not familiar with it I strongly recommend you go here and spend a few minutes of your time. You WILL be inspired, I promise.
ManlyRash on October 5, 2008 at 7:54 AM
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