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posted at 10:00 pm on October 5, 2008 by Allahpundit
“A similar blind spot toward the political ‘other’ explains much of the contempt for Palin. If she were a Democrat, her unusual life would be spun into a compelling narrative that would make her the darling of the coastal elite.
How she’s raising that lovely brood of kids, her care for that severely handicapped baby, her relationship with that rugged hubby who often cares for the kids and is part native, her unlikely rise through the political minefields, her tough knocks and gutsy performance on the national stage – all would be testament to a breakthrough of historic proportions we would be ordered to celebrate in the name of diversity and equality…
Some day, we will look back with disgust at the abuse Palin has taken and wonder how it could happen in this great nation, circa 2008.”
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*channeling Emily Latella*
Oh. Oh, well that’s different. NEVERMIND!
ManlyRash on October 5, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Blow me.
AubieJon on October 5, 2008 at 11:29 PM
All it took is one.good.Conservative candidate to make the Right citizens ecstatic and the liberals deliriously suicidal.
Conservatism works! If McCain/Palin acutally is behind in the polls its not because of they’re Conservative ways.
The Right Americans have warned about liberalism for a long long time, we were Right!
Its time to save America for future generations, its time to hold them accountable in public for every bit of the horrible damage more than forty years of national abuse that liberalism has brought home to every American.
Speakup on October 5, 2008 at 11:32 PM
You’re right. We should all stay home so someone even less qualified can be elected at the top of the ticket.
As for running and hiding, that is how the left wanted her portrayed, while ignoring B’HO running to FloriDUH to prepare for his debate.
B’HO was preparing while Palin was hiding? Sheesh. Some people need to think a little for themselves.
91Veteran on October 5, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Ack! This from the link above:
“(McCain)Officials say they will not bring up Obama’s former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, because McCain has forbade his campaign from using that as an attack. But the officials said outside groups supporting McCain might highlight Wright.”
When you purposely load duds into your machine-gun belt, it just isn’t as effective. Grow a pair, Mac, Sarah will show you how.
Bishop on October 5, 2008 at 11:36 PM
people, don’t feed the trolls and don’t water the astroturf …
:-)
:-)
Buckaroo on October 5, 2008 at 11:37 PM
I disagree with you lorien, some of those people didn’t just stand by and watch, they took a very active part in exploding the economy.
But yes, are still uninterested in doing anything about it.
91Veteran on October 5, 2008 at 11:38 PM
But they don’t know that yet, do they? Sarah’s just the one for the job.
smellthecoffee on October 5, 2008 at 11:43 PM
my advice, also
Meanwhile, McCain needs to tear into Obama Tuesday night with a paring knife in one hand and a lemon peeler in the other ( figuratively, of course )
Janos Hunyadi on October 5, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Will you go out with me?
Seriously, why are you dating liberals?!?! DOn’t you know how many damned lonely conservative men that are out there and absolutely DYING for snuggly wubs?
Damn women. They’re all alike and evil, both conservative and liberal. Except Sarah Palin of course. =P
Lincoln on October 5, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Manly ManlyRash @ 11:26
Emily Latella = Todd!!! (often after being on the receiving end of some ‘noogies’ or Todd, aka Bill Murray, trying to look down her shirt)
Rosanne Adann Adanna = Nevermind
Gohawgs on October 5, 2008 at 11:50 PM
“If John McCain had a long association with a guy who’d bombed abortion clinics, I don’t think people would say, ‘That’s ancient history,’ ” Chapman said.
Way to go MSM!!
jukin on October 5, 2008 at 11:52 PM
That’s funny, I feel the exact way sometimes. I couldn’t convince conservatives on this site that Obama really graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law. A blindly obvious fact. Reason , evidence, or logic couldn’t convince any of the posters to come around to the truth. What is so ironic that some partisan on the left and the right have much more in common than you think. If you were to go to the Daily Kos I would assure that the exact same position has been taken as you often, except they would say that right wing fanatics can not and will not be reasoned with instead of leftwing moonbats.
I’m a democrat, and I can assure that I’m not a leftwing moonbat and that I am susceptible to reason. And I’ll give you an example: due to my reading of hotair I’m convinced that democrats were wrong to help block reform and oversight of Fannie and Mae. I’m going to lobby my senator to increase oversight, and change the law so irresponsible people don’t have access to loans.
It isn’t helpful to this great country of ours when half of the country hate and demonize the other half. I think that most of your political opinions are wrong and your vision of government flawed. But I don’t feel the need to categorized you as a crazed unpatriotic nut job. I actually consider you a patriot because you care enough about this great country of ours to vote and have a political opinion. What is wrong with our democracy right now is that it is infested with partisan hatred on both sides. Which makes both parties unwilling to work together for the best solution to our common political problems.
Ric on October 5, 2008 at 11:56 PM
If you can stand the language this is the funniest YouTube I’ve ever seen. I hope this isn’t old and I’m just the last person on the planet to see it. But I was literally on the computer desk laughing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHcxzBwjYHg
hawkdriver on October 5, 2008 at 11:58 PM
I have a feeling if Obama had a downsyndrome child we at Hot Air wouldn’t being making jokes or starting rumours about it. The same can’t be said of your side.
CanadianGuy on October 6, 2008 at 12:01 AM
The only “truth” the MSM and the leftoid opposition know is:
Palin is effective aginst their power grab and thus must be destroyed.
The rest is all a calculated pose to seem “professional”
(“journalism”, “facts”, “objectivity”, “concern”, et al.)
in order to deceive the gullible and naive.
profitsbeard on October 6, 2008 at 12:04 AM
While you’re at it, get them to change their support of late term abortions, opposition in the war on terror, higher taxes, get them to stop their class warfare, socialization of the military, anti-free speech legislation like the Fairness Doctraine to start and after some of those concessions, I might be talked into voting for another Conservative Democrat like Bob Casey.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 12:04 AM
True. The Liberal MSM, Extreme Left Internet Sites and the Democratic Party taught me some first-class hate after you saw the way the country reacted to Governor Palin and made it your mission to not just oppose her but to destroy her. Go lecture your own party before you make the rounds here or on Conservative Sites. We police our own. You poke their cages and get them going even more.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 12:07 AM
I’m a democrat, and I can assure that I’m not a leftwing moonbat and that I am susceptible to reason.
Then you better get about proving it by demanding that your party leaders dismiss the walking, talking disaster that is Barack Obama.
You know, the guy who says his experience for high office stems from running a campaign for said office.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Sounds good, but not the perspective I get from the porch. What we have is 10% on both extremes, 50% that are scared to death that their Cheetos will be taken away, and 30% who pretend to be capable of getting off their asses to actually matter. Be it Red or Blue that 30% talks the talk but would never consider walking the walk. They vote all willy nilly. There isn’t a single position on an issue that isn’t negotiable. I have more respect for the Cheeto grazers. They tell you they don’t give a rats ass and mean it.
Limerick on October 6, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Amen. Case in point: compare the responses to Tim Russert’s death wiht the responses to Tony Snow’s death.
Those on the left who vilifiled Snow and who vilify Palin and those on the left who look away are fellow citizens, but they don’t deserve to be governing this country.
British statesman Edmund Burke is said to have written, “Evil happens when good men do nothing.” I think the vilifiers on the left are evil, and the nosepickers on the left who do nothing are equally disgraceful.
BuckeyeSam on October 6, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Democrats = slavery, segregation, socialism
Mojave Mark on October 6, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Go lecture your own party before you make the rounds here or on Conservative Sites. We police our own. You poke their cages and get them going even more.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Hear hear! And while you do that, be sure to knock down the doors of Obaco’s headquarters demanding to see his full transcripts and medical records.
After that dust settles, ask them why they encourage ‘silencing’ campaigns against media outlets who have guests which question Obarfo’s record or fitness for office.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Ric at 11:56
I have a lot of friends who are democrats – mostly because they have no idea of what the democrat party has been up to lately. I also know a lot of republicans who didn’t hesitate at all to vote for democrat Ben Nelson. There’s a great body of people in America who are reasonable and capable of working together for good.
But Caped Conservative was responding to a video that should be required viewing. An ex-KGB propagandist talking about how the Soviet communist regime planned on making America vulnerable to an overthrow. What he says may help you understand where CC is coming from.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32cxf_yuri-bezmenov
When you’ve absorbed that, a more detailed look at the demoralization,destabilization, and crisis plans can be found at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
The battle isn’t really between people who love America and just differ on how to see her prosper. It’s between people who love what America is at her core and those who consider America evil at its core. It sounds like you love America. If so, then you stand with us and we with you. But there are real enemies who hate America, and that’s what we all need to ponder.
justincase on October 6, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Even if Palin had no downside, she can’t make indies like John McCain over the Black Jesus.
Speedwagon82 on October 6, 2008 at 12:14 AM
1. Ignore AngryDumbo. It’s suffering near terminal MDS and has been for almost a year around here.
2. It’s exceedingly classless to pronounce a war hero who withstood over 5 years of communist torture ball-less. McCain may be many things, but he’s got cojones that most of the people here can only envy.
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Welcome to conservatism.
Saltysam on October 6, 2008 at 12:16 AM
True, Rush Limbaugh who was at least friedly if not an actual friend of Russert did a beautiful tribute to him for teh better part of a three hour show.
The things said by folks like Randy (hic) Rhoades and Air America, the back-handed remembrences that covered his time as Press Sec to Bush and the absense of comments by others in the MSM was disgraceful. But it really isn’t unique anymore. After Sarah Palin, there is nothing the media can do or say that would surprise me short of them buying guns and taking real shots at us.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Katleen[sic] Parker, David Frum, et al. can go to hell.
As long as Sarah stays clean on the issues, she’s got my vote, whether it’s this time or the next.
spmat on October 6, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Your whole comment sums things up pretty nicely.
91Veteran on October 6, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Here’s a group of patriotic democrats:
http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/
Here’s one that needs donations to run anti-Obama ads in battleground states:
http://tdg.typepad.com/democrats_for_principle_b/
I’d suggest looking at some PUMA blogs. Here’s a good one:
http://pumaalliance.wordpress.com
They will make you stand up and cheer.
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 12:21 AM
–Via CBS News in San Francisco, Palin said: “The Associated Press is wrong. The comments are about an association that has been known but hasn’t been talked about, and I think it’s fair to talk about where Barack Obama kicked off his political career, in the guy’s living room.”–
I love Sarah. I want to sit at her feet with a rifle and protect her. She can pet me like a dog and I will be content.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Send him our best funky. All the best.
Limerick on October 6, 2008 at 12:24 AM
This just proves she has more balls and brains than all of the candidates put together.
George Will…wishes who could play baseball.
Saltysam on October 6, 2008 at 12:26 AM
OOOPS!
wishes
whohe could play baseball.Saltysam on October 6, 2008 at 12:27 AM
FC, do you get the sense over at those sites that they are sincere? I ask because if they are, it tells me even more the media is pushing polls to influence the election.
In what other election since Reagan have people been as fired up like with Palin, with so many traditional ‘Crat voters willing to vote for the GOP ticket?
…and they claim B’HO is up in the polls?
91Veteran on October 6, 2008 at 12:27 AM
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Alright, I will amend: “Grow a pair of campaign seeds to match those military ones you have, Mac.”
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Sarah is ready for VP, but not POTUS at the moment. She will be within a year of McCain taking office.
“Competence” is NOT what we need. We have an overabundance of confidence.
What is needed is exactly what Sarah provides: COURAGE. Sarah will not be afraid to take on the cowardly competent people who created and protected this mortage disaster. I will note though that Thatcher WAS a courageous woman too. Sarah will push for ethics reforms and go right to the American people to get the moral/political support to attack that issue, along with the energy issue.
NOBODY could have made this election any more exciting than Sarah. She is the MOST exciting, lovable, authentic, human, courageous, politician this country has seen in a long time. No other Republican woman could have even come close. Hutchison: old, dull. Snowe: leftist. Blackburn: not courageous or as exciting. Fiorina: leftist. Whitman: leftist.
McCain made the right pick, cause without Sarah, he’d have no chance in Hell of getting close to Obama and his MSM allies.
If McCain loses, Sarah Palin will be back in 2012 or 2016.
Suggestion to Sarah if McCain loses: Finish out governors term and run for the Senate in 2010 and vanquish Lisa Murkowski. Then be the VP or Pres. in 2016 with Cantor or Jindal or any of the other great young stars coming up through the Republican ranks.
Sapwolf on October 6, 2008 at 12:29 AM
This is EXACTLY what they need to do.
They need to weave the case against Obama with a frontal assault upon the press.
Thank God for the huge set of cajones in Palin’s little finger.
Saltysam on October 6, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Sapwolf on October 6, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Off-topic. Check out this map. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvia?
Uh yeah, they’re in a recession.
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/10/for-most-cities.html
indythinker on October 5, 2008 at 11:11 PM
___________________________________________________________
h?…Well then,why are so many people out driving in SUV’s? Why are homes being built? Maybe if we do have a problem the illegal aliens might want to go back home, instead they come in bus loads. I see crowds at the mall, never a parking spot at Wal-Mart. Who is behind that information because from where I stand,..it’s “yet” to hit Indiana. Look for it if obama wins. I hear lots of people complaining about Indiana electing the second muslim, but have yet to hear anything about our economy.
obama, the community organizer..: o )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH-2Fwx5RU0
christene on October 6, 2008 at 12:31 AM
Watched the entire first video. I know there were a group of PUMAs trying to make a video before that got absolutely pounded by Obama media and intimidated into not doing one. I wonder if these are the same groups. I hope they finish, but I hope they don’t get hurt over this. Obamas people are just a scary bunch.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 12:31 AM
OT: I don’t know if anyone has posted this. It’s fabulous!
BTW I’m Voting For Mccain / Palin
Connie on October 6, 2008 at 12:32 AM
That was hilarious! Thanks for the link.
TeeDee on October 6, 2008 at 12:32 AM
So what? What does his degree have to do with anything? Is it a measure of intelligence, or a measure of his moral compass? I don’t think so — and I graduated Magna cum Laude too, so if that’s your measure of how smart a guy is — listen to me, ‘cuz I’m at least as smart as Barack by your measure, and therefore I ought to have at least the same radiation signature on your smarts radar. Kinda-dumb-measure, now, don’t you think?
It’s his other public acts which most of us think make him unsuited for the office. Obama was a guy who helped prepare the second domino to fall — and the help Freddie gave his campaign proves it. Quid pro quo (which trumps vero possumus). If you go over to Chicago and look at all those apartments Obama’s people turned into uninhabitable morasses, and you look at Obama’s nifty million dollar home (bought on the salary of a “community organizer” — well partly, anyway), you see what I mean immediately.
I wouldn’t trust the guy to be mayor of a small town, much less President of the United States.
unclesmrgol on October 6, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Hey, I was a National Merit Scholar, got my undergrad and grad degrees with honors in a hard science. Can I be POTUS?
Yay!
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Ric on October 6, 2008 at 12:40 AM
There are patriots and there are pozers. The patriot might not care for you, or what you think, but that won’t stop him (her for PCness) from stopping a monster from gutting you. The pozer will weigh the benefits of your silence against the monster’s threat to his(her)self. Time for the fence sitters to grow a pair (even a small pair). Be it above or below the waist.
Limerick on October 6, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Oh yeah, they are sincere alright. One way I knew that Hillary wasn’t interested in being Obama’s veep was the PUMA chatter. If she was gonna sign on to the ticket, her folks would not have spent the whole summer helping to publicize his problems.
I think the polls are crap, but I think all “social science” is crap. I’m a snob that way.
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Why don’t you dump him? I’m an available good dog needing to fetch papers for a nice lady, as long as I get a headscratchy each day. :)
Let me know if you need my resume. I live in northern Alabama.
Sapwolf on October 6, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Yeah, it was really well dubbed. Perfect really. Most f-bombs I’ve ever heard that wasn’t in a De Niro movie.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 12:45 AM
The media never showed much of it, but when GWB showed up at Middle East bases after the main fighting was over in Iraq after the invasion, folks went crazy. I was back in Qatar to see him stop there and it was like a rock concert.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 12:49 AM
I just found it unhelpful to the political discourse on hotair when a lot of the posts are hateful invective.
Ofer Christsa….do you need a tissue? Should I plug-in the bottle warmer and get some formula cookin’?
How many people post here? How many? Yes you are going to find oddball comments now and then, name a site that has more than ten regulars where you won’t, it’s the nature of the business and sometimes people go overboard.
You came in here with a mile-long post, bloviating about partisan opinion and decrying that…GASP!…you were able to find some at a well-populated blog. Wow, color me shocked.
If you want to debate opinion, then fire it out and we can all have at it, don’t come charging in whining like a school kid and demanding attention.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I wouldn’t say this if she hadn’t done so well Thursday.
She kept herself in the ball game nationally with Thursday’s debate. She has gaps to fill, but what she really accomplished is that she proved she’s worthy of voter’s support on a national level. She proved that she won’t embarrass us and she won’t dishonor us.
At this point, she’s so damned likable I think she’s virtually bulletproof. KeithO, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, and the like have proved that they’re not serious journalists. So she can ignore most of those clowns, and their shots are now meaningless. Accuse us of Kool-Aid drinking if you want, but unlike Obama, Palin’s an American–first and last–and she doesn’t have the bizarre Obama’s associations.
The right 40% loves her. The left 40% is exploding heads over her. She’s driving them crazy. And the middle 20%, looking at which side to join, will look at the looniness on the left and start drifing Sarah’s way. The middle voters simply won’t understand how those nuts can vilify the mom next door. They’re proving they’re un-American.
Now, if she can just drag McCain along with her, they might pull this off. Go after Barney Frank and the other Fannie-Freddie enablers, and tell Americans that Palin will stalk congressman such as Frank and Dodd just as she stalked those in her party in Alaska. Now, that’s reform people can get behind.
BuckeyeSam on October 6, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Connie I’ve seen the link and finally watched it. Amazing…that guy needs to run for office. NOW. If the CA GOP isn’t trying to find him, and groom him for a run for the state legislature, well, c’mon.
Arnold, c’mon. That’s talent.
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 12:52 AM
LOL. I bet you’re a good enough fellow that every other day would even keep you happily in the dog run.
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Robert Spencer interviews Geert Wilders
MB4 on October 6, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Good to hear. I figured they would act like the typical surrendercrat and fall in line behind B’HO once the nomination was final.
I don’t ever recall an election where they have not fallen into line behind their nominee no matter how distasteful he/she is.
91Veteran on October 6, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Joe Biden said we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, which is a completely different country than the one he meant, which was Syria. God knows if McCain had made that mistake they would be calling him senile, but with Biden, nothing.
Speedwagon82 on October 6, 2008 at 12:57 AM
You can tell the guy believes what he says given the passion with which he says it.
91Veteran on October 6, 2008 at 12:57 AM
BuckeyeSam on October 6, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I agree Buckeye. The debate was even better than I thought after you consider that half of what Biden said was just flat out mistakes or lies.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122325448093406451.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
This was a great piece and proof that the MSM will never be the same after this election. I remember the gaff about Gov. Palin saying McCellan instead of McKiernan. Maddow on MSNBC only saw that as a point to consider as a mistake for Palin, never mentioning that if Biden knew he certainly would have said something. It would ahve been that Quayle?Benson moment. But it went on and on for teh next couple of day in Joe “Xerox” Bidens favor that he won, some even comparing Palins performance to a tenth grader.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Boy that really conjures up a great vision. Palin on the hunt in DC for some weasel meat.
91Veteran on October 6, 2008 at 1:01 AM
Wow, that guy was on fire.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 1:04 AM
You ain’t telling me anything I don’t already know. The Irish are just as idiotic with the BBC too.
Who cares. The UK will be a caliphate by 2100 anyway.
Sapwolf on October 6, 2008 at 1:05 AM
…well on their way already…
91Veteran on October 6, 2008 at 1:08 AM
Today was the first real all out assault on Obamas character. I know Palin was on it right after her debate, but it’s a full frontal assault now. Fox is going to get beat us worse than they’ve been in the past for the two hours they did tonight from Hannity to John Scott. Looks like the internet ads from McCain are hitting pretty hard. I hope the ones on TV get as intense too. Should also be pretty interesting to see what happens with the campaign raising from overseas too. McCain has got to take it to em though. He has to get tough in his ads and get tough in teh debate with Obama.
hawkdriver on October 6, 2008 at 1:13 AM
mjk
You might consider getting to know sapwolf. Northern Alabama is beautiful country, and the economy is good there. The people are nice too.
Just, ya know. Southern men understand that a woman can be good looking and smart too.
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 1:15 AM
Ric 12:40
Most of the time, when a commenter here at HotAir makes a joke about accepting $2k to “make it look like an accident” it’s just that, a JOKE. Most EVERYtime, when a commenter on the dailyKossack or Huffing-glue-po makes a joke about anything, they actually mean what they say. If you think that I’m inaccurate, just go to one of those gathering places and look for threads on Tony Snow, Michelle Malkin, Governor Palin, or the infant Twig Palin.
Gohawgs on October 6, 2008 at 1:19 AM
Ric,
The problem is not partisan hatred on both sides. The hatred is by far way more on the left. I used to be a Dem and a leftist when I was dumb and young.
The problem is as old as politics in this country. The Dems represent: BIG, INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT / MORAL RELATIVITY. The Repubs., Bush notwithstanding: LIMITED GOVERNMENT / MORALS.
There is a choice. Being a Dem means you believe government is the solution not the problem.
Government got us into the mortgage crisis. No ifs, ands, or buts.
Sapwolf on October 6, 2008 at 1:21 AM
funky chicken 1:15
That’s why we call them ‘Southern Belles’
Gohawgs on October 6, 2008 at 1:21 AM
hawkdriver:
here’s the page on the director of wewillnotbesilenced2008. She’s big old money, and a very accomplished equestrian athlete. I doubt she would be easily intimidated by Obama supporters….to win all those awards and to be on the US Olympic equestrian team, she’s fearless.
She will face major blacklisting in Hollywood, and Ron Howard may not help bring her movie to the big screen for her because of her activism, but somebody else will.
http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/director.htm
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 1:34 AM
Ric,
Another difference: Dems have NO sense of humor. I know, I used to be one.
Sapwolf on October 6, 2008 at 1:41 AM
This is slightly off-topic, I suppose — but do you know what I’ve always wondered about? How did Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dohrn know it was (finally) safe to turn themselves in? Who in the FBI contacted Bill’s father? Who gave them the ‘green light’ and said he had evidence that the surveillance was flawed? There’s a book to be written if anybody knows…
grits on October 6, 2008 at 2:33 AM
Yeah……… how about this?
DeMint Explains Opposition to $700-Billion Wall Street Bailout
………. didn’t see this before the vote, did ‘ya?
Seven Percent Solution on October 6, 2008 at 3:17 AM
“grits on October 6, 2008 at 2:33 AM”
the feds f’d the pooch so bad with them and were so compromised at the time it’s [unfortunately] small wonder only that they skated …
:-(
Buckaroo on October 6, 2008 at 3:23 AM
See ya there!
Benjamin9 on October 6, 2008 at 4:51 AM
Rush has been preaching this for 15 years. All of those points listed above? “Just distractions.”
Benjamin9 on October 6, 2008 at 4:59 AM
No, Ric. What is wrong with our democracy is that only one side is “susceptible” to being infested with partisan hatred. With insane, abusive, violent partisan hatred. A hatred that transcends the supposedly unifying principle that all people are entitled to an opinion. It is a hatred born of the triumph of beliefs and feelings over reason and logic. A hatred that manifests itself over and over again in the words and actions of the Liberal Left.
Conservatives do not hate liberals. We are too busy making this country great. Liberals are do-good-ers whose insistence on government interference in our lives, while often well-intentioned, typically does more harm than good.
Liberals debate nuances, protest emotionally, obstruct naively, and destroy unwittingly. Conservatives decide decisively, concur readily, enable properly, and construct ultimately. Conservatives are thinkers and do-ers, not feelers and complainers.
We pity you that you “feel” and “believe” the USA is glass half empty, and we wonder how — amidst this sea of opportunity with all the tools to chart a successful course — you became so lost.
jcmorris on October 6, 2008 at 5:34 AM
C.S. Lewis said, “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may Sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences.”
DrMagnolias on October 6, 2008 at 5:42 AM
Sure. Clinton Derangement Syndrome for 8 years, followed by Bush Derangement Syndrome for 8 years, soon to be followed up with Obama Derangement Syndrome.
The fact that you can’t see it puts you squarely in that blindly partisan category.
Bradky on October 6, 2008 at 6:05 AM
Although I am sure there is some irrational hatred of Clinton, and perhaps Obama, the problem most Conservatives (and Libertarians) have with them is their beliefs are simply oppositional to freedom. I don’t want someone bossing me around and telling me I have to do something because they think I should.
In addition, particularly when it comes to Clinton, there is a serious problem with his character. People who lie, cheat, etc., have bad character–and for those of us who believe Juanita Brodderick, it is quite telling that the Democrat party treats Clinton as something of an elder statesman, rather than shunning him.
None of this has anything to do with “derangement.” It is a sober look at the people who want to lead this country.
DrMagnolias on October 6, 2008 at 6:24 AM
SOME? Come on. Vince Foster is Chelsea’s Dad, Vince Foster was murdered, Obama is a Manchurian candidate, Obama will introduce Sharia, Obama will change the flag design, etc. Janita B made a claim for which no proof was ever offered but we are supposed to shun clinton? Would you apply the same standard to the false charges about Bush’s guard service?
Those are just some of the things floating around out there and to call that behavior “a sober look” is beyond the pale.
At least be honest enough to recognize fanatacism from either side of the political spectrum or you risk becoming the prisoner of the school of thought you defend.
Bradky on October 6, 2008 at 6:58 AM
I’d go one step further and say that the dems have lost all sense of sincerity since they began pandering to special interest groups. Since the 60′s I’d guess.
Conservatives have principles that they live on a daily basis. The espouse those values and people of like minds flock to them.
Liberals use faux concern to gather votes for one simple goal….personal power. They don’t really care about minorities. I they did, they would encourage personal responsibility and wholesome values. The liberals are as bad as the slave owners were, they USE and ABUSE minorities for their own ends.
csdeven on October 6, 2008 at 7:11 AM
And so are we to sit by and watch as these the enemies of this republic continue on towards their goal? where are the John Adams of our times? where are the Patriots who would stand up and defend this nation from being taken over by those who would see her irrevocably harmed by the likes of Pelosi, Reid, Obama et al..
When will good men stand up and say enough is enough? Where are the Sons of Liberty when we need them, we approach a dark hour in our nations history, will we be content to bury our heads in the sand and wait for four more years and hope that one will come along that can lead us back to the principles from which we have be founded? Or will we watch as opposing opinions are met with cries of racism and the guarantee of free speech is strangled by those who wont hear the other side or as we have our second amendment stripped from us, where are those Men? do they even exist in this modern time?
Viper1 on October 6, 2008 at 7:17 AM
Wouldn’t that depend of what the definition of “is” is?
csdeven on October 6, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Regarding fanaticism, of course it exists on both sides. I have not heard nearly as much coming from Conservatives as from the Left (and I have not heard many of the canards you cited, although I recognize they must be out there). Please note, also, that I typically do not refer to “Republicans” or “Democrats” unless I am referring to the parties in general, as there are some Democrats who are more conservative than some Republicans.
Regarding Brodderick, the only “proof” ever available regarding rape is DNA, and Clinton raped her long before there was use of DNA evidence. Nevertheless, if you do not believe her, you simply have to look at the various things Mr. Clinton has admitted to to recognize his character. The fact that his party will not shun him speaks about their values.
If you believe I was referring to the “Foster-Chelsea”-type slander when I said “sober look,” you misunderstood me. I am referring to what those of us who oppose Mr. Clinton and Mr. Obama do as we look at both character and objectives. Anyone who lies, cheats, or manipulates has bad character–I apply the same standards to all. And, anyone who wants to boss me around and compel me to live their vision because they think I should be more “compassionate” is a tyrant, whom I will oppose until my dying day.
DrMagnolias on October 6, 2008 at 7:21 AM
Pop Quiz!
What political group does the liberal-socialist media despise even more than conservatives?
Answer: Libertarians
A Libertarian, or in Sarah’s case, a libertarian Republican represents a hardcore limited government view, versus the “limited government lite” of Conservatives.
Thus the vitriolic response to one of America’s top elected libertarians in the Nation, who just happens to represent the most libertarian State of the Nation.
But we’d be seeing the exact same vitriol spewed forth, if any other elected libertarian Republican had been McCain’s pick: Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, SC Gov. Mark Sanford, AZ Cong. Jeff Flake, FL Cong. Tom Feeney, or even libertarian-conservatives like Cong. Eric Cantor or OK Sen. Tom Coburn.
The liberal-socialist media would find something to tear those libertarian Republicans apart, as well.
If McCain didn’t want the heat, he shouldn’t have chosen a libertarian as his running mate. But then again, he would have lost a massive amount of votes to the Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party had he not chosen Sarah Palin.
ericdondero on October 6, 2008 at 7:24 AM
And your qualifications to determine who is and is not qualified for public office are?
It is all well and good that we have opinions but that is all they are, our opinions.
I think she is qualified so my thinking she is nullifies your thinking she is not. I assume you will be voting for the, I assume you think, more qualified BO and I know I will be voting for vastly more qualified, based on both being senators, McCain so again we nullify each other.
jmarcure on October 6, 2008 at 7:35 AM
I don’t know about that. Liberals and libertarians often have common cause. Iraq for one example, drug legalization for another, abortion for a third.
Spirit of 1776 on October 6, 2008 at 7:35 AM
You’re slightly off. The only thing liberal-socialists despise more than conservatives is pro-life libertarians.
Not only are pro-life libertarians dedicated to getting government control out of everything, they don’t think preventing the murder of children in utero is something the state should “get out of.”
Liberal-socialists are fine with libertarians who believe abortion is “about a woman’s body” and therefore the state “shouldn’t meddle (just send tax $$$),” because abortion is the foundation of liberal-socialism. Killing the unborn for no reason is merely the first logical step in killing everyone else for no reason.
BKennedy on October 6, 2008 at 7:36 AM
Ric:
I have a dKos user ID. When I post there, I try to be very very subtle… very indirect questions or comments. Were I to be as direct there as you are here, I would no longer have a dKos user ID.
CC
CapedConservative on October 6, 2008 at 7:46 AM
Obamaayersjeremiahwrighttonyrezkoinfanticide!
Kensington@Ace reports that the standing ovation for Sarah Palin came when she repeated the most frequent request: “Tell them about the real Obama.”
T-shirt wrap-around I’d buy:
Obamaayersjeremiahwrighttonyrezkoinfanticide.
maverick muse on October 6, 2008 at 7:46 AM
The polarization over Sarah Palin is positive proof that she is the correct candidate to represent us.
pugwriter on October 6, 2008 at 8:15 AM
My only quibble with the article is the quote “that severely handicapped baby.” He looks pretty robust to me! Maybe being slower may be considered severely handicapped, but not in my book. While not all Downs’ kids are the same, most I know are functioning pretty well and the few who had heart problems get them fixed routinely these days. Severely handicapped to me are the poor souls who are so ill they can’t leave their beds or wheelchairs to participate in life. Believe me, Trig will be mainstreamed and fully participating if I know that family from what I’ve seen of mother, father, brother and especially, his sisters. If Downs’ kids ability to be unusually loving is a negative, then I wish more people had this particular personality “flaw”.
deedledee on October 6, 2008 at 8:32 AM
I am tired of the “centrist” and “moderate” crap. I wish we would all call it what it is “liberal light”. How can abortion be “moderate”. Either it’s OK to exterminate children or it is not. What is a centrist position on gay marriage, it either strengthens the family (which still is the building block of society) or it weakens it. I suppose you can be moderate in how much government intervention you are willing to accept in your life. Whatever the case, I do not believe the republicans can peel away votes from the democrats by fielding “centrist” candidates. It might work for some “issue oriented” voters but it appears to me that the evidence suggest this is not a winning strategy for the republicans.
neuquenguy on October 6, 2008 at 8:32 AM
The ObamaLeft’s newest talking point in order to take the voters’ attention away from his subversive associates is to emphasize the state of the economy.
Palin needs to hammer over and over again how drilling for oil and gas, building new refineries, developing nuclear facilities, and mining will energize the market with jobs directly and indirectly related to those fields, will provide for the energy needs of Americans without jeopardizing their security, and will lessen the strain on their pocketbooks, bringing down the cost of food and heating/cooling and delivery of goods.
Obama has no such plan. Period.
Palin speaks from experience and conviction in the area of energy and the economy.
onlineanalyst on October 6, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Really? Then why can’t anyone find his thesis? If he’s such a brilliant know-it-all, why wouldn’t he post it on his website to demonstrate his great intelligence? Reporters who are trying to find it keep getting turned away–what’s he trying to hide?
After all, he wrote two books about his favorite subject–himself! Why can’t we read what he thinks about other people? Why can’t we read about his great achievements as a community organizer? Why can’t we read about the great improvements he made to Chicago schools as chairman of the Annenberg Challenge board?
If his life was REALLY an open book, maybe people would prefer the other guy.
Steve Z on October 6, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Wow just absolutely disturbing …I am aware of what is happening in Ohio re voter fraud but I had no idea what had happened in the primaries at the caucuses…OMG the Obama- Soros and whoever else is involved are going to try to steal the election or try to stop voter participation by intimidation… the vote tally is going to take months! there will not be a declared winner on the 5th…
It was bad enough to read yesterday about how the MSM is actively suppressing information favorable to McCain (not just being totally in the tank for Obama)…then the polls are being weighted to give Obama the advantage…and now this…I’m getting really scared…someone said CWII yesterday…not far fetched…
CCRWM on October 6, 2008 at 12:07 PM
This quote reveals more about the author and her leftist peers than I think she realizes. No, George Bush did not think about race. He thought about skill sets and temperaments. He filled positions with competent people irrespective of race.
When you fill a position in order to be a racial trailblazer, you neither blaze a trail nor do you further colorblindness.
spmat on October 6, 2008 at 12:07 PM
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