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posted at 10:00 pm on October 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“These people are going to try and shred her after the campaign to divert blame from themselves… A number of Gov. Palin’s staff have not had her best interests at heart, and they have not had the campaign’s best interests at heart.”

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“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone. She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.

Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.”

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“If you measure tension as the interaction between principles and staff who actually have some authority and are trying to win the election, then we’re fine. If you want to report based on the musings and resentments of hangers on and people who like to pretend they’re in the know then you can probably come up with anything.”


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By the way Serr8, the link you posted is a terrific link. If you actually read that piece, you would know the history. That link is a great summary of the history of the bands falling apart.

Well, I can now go to bed knowing that I kicked every ass on here that dared to argue with me with their mediocre minds.

It feels great to win…again.

Out.

Roger Waters on October 26, 2008 at 2:44 AM

Sleep well all……… don’t forget, just one more week before the MSM declares that America is racist and the election was stolen becaus John McCain and Sara Palin won the election………

Seven Percent Solution on October 26, 2008 at 2:45 AM

7%,

This is form 1040. The one most people file every year. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf

Where do you see a “net income”.

Are you talking about the Taxable Income?

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 2:47 AM

It feels great to win…again.

Out.

Roger Waters on October 26, 2008 at 2:44 AM

Ya…right…nighty night Codger.

Over.

1GooDDaDDy on October 26, 2008 at 2:48 AM

Saltysam:

The United States’ Social Security system is the most efficiently run insurance program in the world, with overhead of only 0.7% of annual benefits; for every $100 paid into the system, $99.30 is paid out in benefits to retirees.

http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2005/0505orr.html

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 2:49 AM

It feels great to win…again.

So you can afford a Wii. Congratulations, hippie.

Jim Treacher on October 26, 2008 at 2:51 AM

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 2:49 AM

Huh.

In 2003, Social Security trust funds received $631.9 billion in income and spent $479.1 billion for benefits and administrative costs. The surplus funds are invested in special issues of US Treasury securities. What happens to the extra money collected by the Social Security system? In effect, it is loaned to the Treasury, which is borrowing the money just as it borrows money when it sells Treasury securities to the public. In this sense, the surplus money collected by Social Security helps pay for the rest of the government.

Fuzzy math.

MadisonConservative on October 26, 2008 at 2:56 AM

It gives you, among other things, a Military fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 2:40 AM

okay, good start: that’s less than 15%– well-spent and worth it, but what about the other 5/6 ths?

and yes, there’s customs and po-leece, etc, but that’s only a tiny percentage. You’re probably not old enough to remember when the government was ’shut down’ after the Repubs and Clinton couldn’t agree on spending. Only ‘essential’ government workers stayed on the job, which resulted in most of them being ‘furloughed’

If they were and aren’t essential, why are they there?

‘The power to tax is the power to destroy’……

Janos Hunyadi on October 26, 2008 at 2:56 AM

MadisonConservative on October 26, 2008 at 2:56 AM

What you posted has nothing to do with Social Security, it has to do with other parts of the government.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 3:14 AM

What you posted has nothing to do with Social Security, it has to do with other parts of the government.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 3:14 AM

Coward, who the hell are you to call Conservatives, rats? I have had about enough of your crap you freaking troll. Rats, are what the Brown Shirts used to refer to Jews in the late 30s and early forties to start the process of dehumanizing them. Is that what you’re going for. We’re just a bunch of rodents to you. I’ll tell you what my fine liberal friend, if you think that you bastards on the left will always have the upper hand, you haven’t considered what it’s going to like after the media isn’t so all damned powerful and if you think this election is somehow a finale for conservatism, you’ve got another thing coming.

HA folks, I intend to ignore mycowardice from here on. He is a hateful little man and I would recommend you do the same.

hawkdriver on October 26, 2008 at 3:41 AM

What you posted has nothing to do with Social Security, it has to do with other parts of the government.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 3:14 AM

Uh huh.

The Social Security Program in the U.S.A. – How it works

Editor’s Note: The following information is from the Social Security Sourcebook published by the non-profit, non-partisan National Academy of Social Insurance for 2005. It provides a solid, unbiased explanation of the Social Security program and its finances.

MadisonConservative on October 26, 2008 at 4:26 AM

Since this thread seems to have meandered quite off-topic,

I’d like to add something positive on the note of

McCAIN / PALIN ‘08 :

I read over at Townhall that Obama is now
going to have Bill Clinton campaign with him.

THIS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY IF ANY OF THE
SO-CALLED “POLLS” WERE ANYTHING CLOSE TO BEING

AHEM

A C C U R A T E . . . .

Lockstein13 on October 26, 2008 at 6:33 AM

Saltysam:

The United States’ Social Security system is the most efficiently run insurance program in the world, with overhead of only 0.7% of annual benefits; for every $100 paid into the system, $99.30 is paid out in benefits to retirees.
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2005/0505orr.html

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 2:49 AM

Hmmm… paid out $99.30. Gee, so you’re saying that if the money was put into something earning… say 3% instead of being spent, they could be paying out over $102… Bear in mind that efficiently run does not necessarily mean well managed.

CC – BHO: “my Muslim faith”

CapedConservative on October 26, 2008 at 7:21 AM

So the U.S. Social Security system is the most efficent run SCAM in the world ? If I bury $100/year in the backyard ,I’ll have a guarranteed retirement income, and not have to fill out ANY FORMS OR PAY ANY TAXES ON IT, or am I missing something OBVIOUS ?

bigmike on October 26, 2008 at 7:51 AM

Ben Smith quotes “a senior Republican who speaks to Palin” as his primary source.

maverick muse on October 26, 2008 at 7:54 AM

What ? Ben Smith is riding in the back of the plane ? And Piper Palin is his source ? Can’t he do better than a 7 year old ,who is known to tell stories ?

bigmike on October 26, 2008 at 8:01 AM

Bash, Hamby, King: CNN

The Politico reported Saturday on Palin’s frustration, specifically with McCain advisers Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt. They helped decide to limit Palin’s initial press contact to high-profile interviews with Charlie Gibson of ABC and Katie Couric of CBS, which all McCain sources admit were highly damaging.

In response, Wallace e-mailed CNN the same quote she gave the Politico: “If people want to throw me under the bus, my personal belief is that the most honorable thing to do is to lie there.”

Carefully read the sentence construction and note “the same quote she gave” is placed ambiguously so as to simultaneously reference the “rougue” Palin and her source of frustration, adviser Wallace, honorably getting thrown under the bus with the personal belief obliging to lie still.

If Wallace and company were great advisers, they’d keep their mouths shut.

I’m with Schmidt in condemning the out of line pseudo “quotations” without sources named. Today’s reporters are known fabricators of whole cloth. That they love to put flies in ointment is the only documented fact in these articles featured by Allahpundit.

Rogue is the conformist label for Maverick.
Rogue references the authentic personality.

Rogue is how Weathermen Underground referenced America’s population to be terminated for holding dear the Constitution.

BUSH ATTACKED ROGUE NATIONS and the very sources who call Palin “rouge” screamed bloody murder. Screw the screws.

maverick muse on October 26, 2008 at 8:26 AM

Good lord we wouldn’t want to go against McCain’s staff; we all know how effective they have been.

Leave he alone! She may be our only hope.

rplat on October 26, 2008 at 8:29 AM

Obama is now going to have Bill Clinton campaign with him.

That explains Bill Clinton on Letterman, though his support for Obama over McCain wasn’t enough to satisfy the next guest.

maverick muse on October 26, 2008 at 8:33 AM

…ignore mycowardice…

He is a hateful little man toddler.

FIFY.

No need to thank me. Enjoy some football today!

oldleprechaun on October 26, 2008 at 8:47 AM

I don’t get your math. If your business earns you (after the expenses) 250k, I would sell that for millions of dollars. Why would I sell that for anything less? When you buy it from me, you know that you will earn 250k for the years that follow.

Also, the 3% argument doesn’t make sense. The extra 3% is levied on the profits. It will be 3% of the profits, not the whole profit.

So if you make 500k profit, the 3% increase would lower your profits by 250k*.03 = 7.5k … You would refuse to make 158k ? (Versus a baseline of 165k if you are taking a 33% tax rate).

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 2:29 AM

You have never owned a business have you? I have. What you want to sell a business for and what you can sell a business for is two entirely different propositions. I am not really inclined to give you a lesson on it because you already are not listening and I am not going to waste my time trying to convince a person who doesn’t want to learn. The scenario I laid out is a very good starting point for selling a business. If cannot accept that, then there really is no reason to go further with this discussion.

2nd, I checked his website, Obama isn’t saying if the tax is on gross or net, profits or receipts. Does it include inventory etc? This $250K is designed to get votes. Most people can wrap their heads around the fact that they do not make $250K and by God it’s time to punish those who have prevented them from making $250K. But a lot of times, a business that earns $250K gross is simply not pulling down more than the average person does in a year. So it’s Joe The Plumber who grosses $250K, but nets only $60K a year will be taxed at the higher rate and he is your neighbor. So Obama is not punishing the super rich, he’s punishing your neighbor. Because Obama is not making this point clear, it is clear to me he is going after those who have a gross of $250K.

This might help….

He has a tax calculator on his website that you can use to figure what you would get under his plan. You first have to enter your annual income NOT ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. If you enter $250K as annual income, the calculator says you will not receive a tax break. So, I assert he is going to hit those who gross $250K but net much less than that.

csdeven on October 26, 2008 at 9:09 AM

Palin doesn’t trust her family? WTF? That’s how u know they’re bogus quotes. Obama’s the DIVA of DIVAS, not Sarah Palin. Why no quotes from Obama’s campaign?

eaglewingz08 on October 26, 2008 at 9:27 AM

Sorry, eaglewingz08. Negative quotes from the Obama campaign is just not relevant here.

wise_man on October 26, 2008 at 9:36 AM

Oh, PLEASE.

Diva
going rogue
yada yada yada

It seems these “journalists” can’t quite get a grip on
someone who “inspires voters.”

Lockstein13 on October 26, 2008 at 9:37 AM

All part of the media&Obama campaign game plan for this election.
Now we are entering the “McCain campaign is falling apart and blaming each other” phase of their game plan.

This will now be the angle of attack from the media&Obama campaign until election day. Try to show to the public that the McCain campaign is giving up so you should not waste your vote on them.

albill on October 26, 2008 at 9:39 AM

Didn’t know where else to put this. It’s at Little Green Footballs.

Claims there’s a damaging tape of Obama being held by the LA Times.

Has anyone heard mention of this around here?

LA Times Hiding Incriminating Video of Obama with Radical Palestinian? Update: Ayers and Dohrn Attended Khalidi Party with Obama

POLITICS | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:18:26 pm PDT

Gateway Pundit says he contacted the LA Times to ask about a video showing Barack Obama at a party for radical Islamist Rashid Khalidi, mentioned by the LA Times in this article: Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama.

At Khalidi’s going-away party in 2003, the scholar lavished praise on Obama, telling the mostly Palestinian American crowd that the state senator deserved their help in winning a U.S. Senate seat. “You will not have a better senator under any circumstances,” Khalidi said.

The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.

LA Times writer Peter Wallsten said he won’t release the video or reveal his sources: Confirmed: MSM Holds Video Of Barack Obama Attending Jew-Bash & Toasting a Former PLO Operative… Refuse to Release the Video!

If true, this is media malfeasance of an almost astounding degree. They have a video that could change the stakes in this election and they’re hiding it. And they’ve been hiding it since last April.

Contact the Los Angeles Times and demand that they release this video.

UPDATE at 10/25/08 9:36:04 pm:

It gets even more interesting.

Also attending the farewell dinner described above: Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

In Chicago, the Khalidis founded the Arab American Action Network, and Mona Khalidi served as its president. A big farewell dinner was held in their honor by AAAN with a commemorative book filled with testimonials from their friends and political allies. These included the left wing anti-war group Not In My Name, the Electronic Intifada, and the ex-Weatherman domestic terrorists Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. (There were also testimonials from then-state Senator Barack Obama and the mayor of Chicago.)

cgoode777 on October 26, 2008 at 9:41 AM

All part of the media&Obama campaign game plan for this election.
Now we are entering the “McCain campaign is falling apart and blaming each other” phase of their game plan.

This will now be the angle of attack from the media&Obama campaign until election day. Try to show to the public that the McCain campaign is giving up so you should not waste your vote on them.
albill on October 26, 2008 at 9:39 AM

If this is part of the media&Obama campaign game plan …. then why are we participating with them here?

Shouldn’t we be fighting this, not being led to join with them in this plan?

wise_man on October 26, 2008 at 9:44 AM

Roger Waters on October 26, 2008 at 2:44 AM

It is easy to convince oneself that you have won a debate. After all, your arguments will never be as cogent to any others as they are to you. I think you have become the poster boy for insular though in this regard.

Hawthorne on October 26, 2008 at 9:46 AM

think that link was bad ..

Little Green Footballs

cgoode777 on October 26, 2008 at 9:53 AM

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 2:49 AM

That syayement is actually an indictment of the social security system. How many times do you want to invest into a plan that returns only 99.3% of your investment? If I take that same money every year and put it into guaranteed certificates of deposit I can do much better than that. It also requires no bureaucracy to manage and no taxes to be taken from my check.

It takes a real big government type to compliment a plan that returns less that what you invest.

Hawthorne on October 26, 2008 at 9:54 AM

argh.

again ..

Little Green Footballs

cgoode777 on October 26, 2008 at 9:56 AM

Yes. Here it is:

There is no victory as sweet as that achieved against an enemy who was certain he would win. – Manly Rash

Feel free to use it – with proper attribution, of course.

ManlyRash on October 25, 2008 at 10:06 PM

Can I beat you over the head with it if Obama wins?

Darth Executor on October 26, 2008 at 10:14 AM

I sent my e-mail to the LAT this morning; Has Drudge had anything up about this?

anniekc on October 26, 2008 at 10:17 AM

You have never owned a business have you?

csdeven on October 26, 2008 at 9:09 AM

What makes you think she has even held a job? She’s a law student.

Blake on October 26, 2008 at 10:23 AM

Put this race in context.
1. Obama will have spent over $600 million,
2. Given speaches in stadiums, etc.
3. He’s running against our 2nd/3rd choice
4. Has mindless robotic voters

ONLY AHEAD BY A FEW? This gives me some hope. VOTE!!!

marklmail on October 26, 2008 at 10:29 AM

Pink Floyd’s best album was “Meddle”, followed closely by DSOTM. IMO, their egos took over in the mid-70’s.

“The Wall” and “Animals” had their moments, but I find them both too dark for me to enjoy listening to them much anymore. Intellectually, they appeal. But the music and message just bring me down, with little hope of redemption. Even if the ones who really love me stand waiting behind the wall.

connertown on October 26, 2008 at 10:30 AM

I sent my e-mail to the LAT this morning; Has Drudge had anything up about this?

anniekc on October 26, 2008 at 10:17 AM

Not that I’ve seen.

At first I thought maybe there was still verification and fact-checking going on .. but since the quotes regarding the paper having possession of the tape are coming from an article printed in .. uh .. their paper .. I guess it kind of self-verifies.

cgoode777 on October 26, 2008 at 11:01 AM

So you can afford a Wii. Congratulations, hippie.

Jim Treacher on October 26, 2008 at 2:51 AM

Is there a Hookah Pipe game for Wii?

SlimyBill on October 26, 2008 at 11:04 AM

Politico: “stirrings of Palin insurgency”

CNN: “Going Rogue”

the Atlantic:”is about a schism between McCain and Palin
factions within the McCain Campaign”.
————————————————————

The Left are scared to Death of Governor Sarah Palin!

And it appears that the Liberals like their female
politicians in a lock-step-robot-tote-the-line-talking
-point-don’t-get-out-of-line-or-else mentality!

They are scared of a STRONG,INDEPENDANT,FREE THINKING
WOMEN!

Its time for Liberal Women to get out of the Liberals
16th century thinking and be allowed to express them
selves without fear of retribution by their own party!

The Liberal Democratic Party,either free your women,
or face SarahCuda’coming wrath of Reform,and pay the
price!

Either ‘CHANGE’, or ‘HOPE’you don’t fall victim to
SarahCuda whirlwind of Political Reform in Washington!

Your choice!! (Snark!)haha.

canopfor on October 26, 2008 at 11:04 AM

Seriously folks, this election was lost at two places… after McCain won the nomination and right after the convention on Saturday October 25th and then again at 10:10 P.M. when the ninja spoke …

ninjapirate on October 25, 2008 at 10:10 PM (revised)

Daily Intrade McCain/Republican ticket price tracking chart: 12.8 cents on the dollar.

You can still make some mullah by wiring money in tomorrow and betting on a sure landslide McCain win.

84% of the American people will be going to the polls and voting against spreading the wealth.

Mcguyver on October 26, 2008 at 12:04 PM

late arriving,…

There is no victory as sweet as that achieved against an enemy who was certain he would win. – Manly Rash

yup….that’s a beaut…gonna post it in Comfort for “Hens in a Thunderstorm”…yup…cheers gone up @ the farm.

Music to hold on tight by: Buckethead/Electric Tears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2w9b8i7GU

lobosan5 on October 26, 2008 at 12:11 PM

You know what, I can take 10 more days of the constant ad hominem attacks and the ongoing misinformation.

But America cannot take 4 more years of that stuff. Here’s to hoping the next 4 years will be better than the last 8.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 12:19 PM

What makes you think she has even held a job? She’s a law student.

Blake on October 26, 2008 at 10:23 AM

OK, now I get it. She lives in the world of theories and elietism.

You people who know nothing on a subject, need to keep your pie holes shut. All you are doing is ruining the conversation with your myopic comments.

csdeven on October 26, 2008 at 12:34 PM

OK, now I get it. She lives in the world of theories and elietism.

You people who know nothing on a subject, need to keep your pie holes shut. All you are doing is ruining the conversation with your myopic comments.

csdeven on October 26, 2008 at 12:34 PM

Is it elitist to call 911 to complain about the traffic?

It’s worse than not knowing on the subject, it’s spreading false information.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 12:36 PM

This reply:

Is it elitist to call 911 to complain about the traffic?

It’s worse than not knowing on the subject, it’s spreading false information.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 12:36 PM

To this:

OK, now I get it. She lives in the world of theories and elietism.

You people who know nothing on a subject, need to keep your pie holes shut. All you are doing is ruining the conversation with your myopic comments.

csdeven on October 26, 2008 at 12:34 PM

should tell you all you need to know …

STOP FEEDING THE TROLLS!

IrishSamurai on October 26, 2008 at 12:39 PM

IrishSamurai,

I was just trying to see what counted as elitism. Even Brian Williams asked that question to both McCain and Palin.

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 12:43 PM

To answer what might the LAT be hiding; here is some background info and just imagine adding video to it! http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2U4NTZmNGE4YmFmMmFhZDhiZDIyMGIxOTkyZGNlMDQ=

There are pictures of the Obamas with Khalidi. I believe last Sunday, Hannity showed a map overview of how the Obamas, Ayers, Farrakhans and Khalidis all lived within blocks of each other. Some kind of neighborhood huh?

As to the topic of this thread, why would anyone with half a brain trust anything the media has to say and especially NOW? Unless I SEE a McCain person actually on tape SAYING this kind of stuff, then it is just Charlie Brown’s teacher talking. On the up side, if it is true; ROCK ON SARAH, YOU GO GIRL, GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR DIVA SELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Exit question, would the diva media know a diva if they met one?

We smoke ‘em on Novemeber 4th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! McCain/Palin WINNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freeus on October 26, 2008 at 12:53 PM

Is it elitist to call 911 to complain about the traffic?

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 12:36 PM

And that is supposed to mean what exactly?

csdeven on October 26, 2008 at 1:05 PM

Can I beat you over the head with it if Obama wins? – Darth Executor on October 26, 2008 at 10:14 AM

Well…no…because Obama is going tolose. But here is what you can do when McCain wins: print out the quote on a sheet of paper. Roll it up tightly. Stick it up your ass.

ManlyRash on October 26, 2008 at 1:43 PM

My favorite commenters are ManlyRash and the two who say, “Over” and “Let’s Roll”

Thanks for your steadfast optimism and straight shootin.

Admirable.

Domino on October 26, 2008 at 2:55 PM

My favorite commenters are ManlyRash and the two who say, “Over” and “Let’s Roll” Thanks for your steadfast optimism and straight shootin. Admirable. – Domino on October 26, 2008 at 2:55 PM

Thank YOU, Domino. It’s nice to be appreciated.

ManlyRash on October 26, 2008 at 2:57 PM

Everyone who are attacking Sara are doing so because they are very, very afraid of her. If McCain/Palin lose this election, she will be the one running in 2012. If they lose, she should announce her candidacy on Jan 9, 2009 and start going after that Marxist immediately and make his life a living hell.

cjs1943 on October 26, 2008 at 3:55 PM

Everyone who are attacking Sara are doing so because they are very, very afraid of her.

Yes, we are worried she will destroy america :).

mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM

Yes, we are worried she will destroy america –
mycowardice on October 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM

How, precisely, would she go about “destroying” America? Do tell.

ManlyRash on October 26, 2008 at 4:53 PM

Thread Dead?

Well if not, here are my two cents – If McCain loses, they will blame it on the Conservatives. If he wins, they will credit his “reaching across the isle” crap. Palin will, of course, be the true reason should he win because she was the ONLY VP choice that could bring out the Conservative base of the GOP.

Been saying this since January – I didn’t leave the GOP, they left me! I don’t care who leads the party after this. It is time for a refreshment there, or a new hula skirt altogether!

I am not going to stop supporting Palin cause some cranks think she isn’t humble enough. She rocks!

InTheBellyoftheBeast on October 26, 2008 at 7:56 PM

My favorite commenters are ManlyRash and the two who say, “Over” and “Let’s Roll”

Thanks for your steadfast optimism and straight shootin.

Admirable.

Domino on October 26, 2008 at 2:55 PM

My least favorite commenters are the ones who say “Let’s Roll Over!”

Mr. Wednesday Night on October 27, 2008 at 1:34 AM

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