Quote of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on October 27, 2008 by Allahpundit
“Now by ‘smart,’ I don’t refer to a person who is wily or calculating or nimble in the way of certain talented athletes who we admire but suspect don’t really have serious brains in their skulls. I mean, instead, a mind that is thoughtful, curious, with a discernable pattern of associative thinking and insight. Palin asks questions, and probes linkages and logic that bring to mind a quirky law professor I once had. Palin is more than a ‘quick study’; I’d heard rumors around the campaign of her photographic memory and, frankly, I watched it in action. She sees. She processes. She questions, and only then, she acts. What is often called her ‘confidence’ is actually a rarity in national politics: I saw a woman who knows exactly who she is.”
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AP feeling less pessimistic or something?
lorien1973 on October 27, 2008 at 10:37 PM
This basically goes along with what Fred Barnes said the other day. Everyone who actually meets Palin is extremely impressed with her.
jimmy the notable on October 27, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Nothing to see here…move along, move along.
csdeven on October 27, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Better picture…
http://i34.tinypic.com/30mpcbd.jpg
ninjapirate on October 27, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Our McCain rally is tomorrow here in Fayetteville. I have tickets. I just wish Governor Palin was going to be here too.
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Nah, just throwing us a bone, if you will.
Jaibones on October 27, 2008 at 10:41 PM
I’m amazed at her ability to tackle foreign policy or national security questions after a very short time of “prep”.
jgapinoy on October 27, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Yes, that was exactly my thought, Fred said that most of the conservative pundits who criticize her never actually met her.
neuquenguy on October 27, 2008 at 10:42 PM
The more you learn about her, the more obvious it is why elitist nobodies hate her.
Jaibones on October 27, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Well how on earth is someone supposed to be successful in her line of work if only the people that spend time with her are impressed by her? She needs to convince those that will never meet her that she is impressive…has she?
ernesto on October 27, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Golden Knights (if they still exist) going to jump in? Would be a nice “salute” to McCain.
CC – BHO: “my Muslim faith”
CapedConservative on October 27, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Wow, this woman just reads pissed off. I love it. Here’s a couple other blocks that I loved reading:
jimmy the notable on October 27, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Yes
neuquenguy on October 27, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Yeah, but Sarah’s pretty and wears sexy heels for God’s sake, no way she can be smart too.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Oh god…people, stay away from the comments. I still can’t fathom how people can come up with so much hate.
jimmy the notable on October 27, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Dudes, this is all the talk at Ace:
Barry lowers $250,000 figure to $200,000 right before our eyes.
Editor on October 27, 2008 at 10:46 PM
It’s like petting an animal after you ran over it with an 18-wheeler. Too little too late. I still hate the media and various other elites.
SouthernGent on October 27, 2008 at 10:46 PM
ernesto on October 27, 2008 at 10:43 PM
The tens of thousands who show up Palin’s rallies just to get a glimpse of her would say “yes,” as would those previously dispirited voters who have decided to vote for McCain because of her.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 10:47 PM
That’s why they’re scared of her.
Oink on October 27, 2008 at 10:47 PM
She has more than impressed the conservative base, while you have merely amused us, troll.
Patrick S on October 27, 2008 at 10:48 PM
I’m very impressed.
Oink on October 27, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Well, they or the 82nd Airborne chorus normally come to big events, but they’re not permitted for political events and they couldn’t jump in anyway because the Cumberland County Coliseum is covered. We’d just hear them landing on the roof.
:-)
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 10:48 PM
I just poked Drudge’s eye on this link…
CC – BHO: “my Muslim faith”
CapedConservative on October 27, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Very soon all mention of the $250k will be wiped away. The followers will be told by the Big O that $250k was never the number. It was always $200k and they will believe The Big O. Those who dare to disagree, well, it will be interesting to see what happens to us.
Oink on October 27, 2008 at 10:51 PM
What a welcome and refreshing perspective she brings!
Weight of Glory on October 27, 2008 at 10:51 PM
I think most of us who aren’t moonbats already suspected that about her.
DaveS on October 27, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Sometime in January, 2009: Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President of the United States, Sarah Palin.
ManlyRash on October 27, 2008 at 10:52 PM
I’m betting if you could check IPs, Ernesto is mycowardass and a couple other sockpuppets who post here. He has the same stupid style asking stupid questions and never making a point. His site, (mycowardass) is the same way. He sockpuppets comments on his own site to make it look like he’s being attacked by conservatives.
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING! BREAKING!! BREAKING!!!
Hawaii Shocker! Obama’s Momma Had Identical Triplets!
By Code Morse
25 October 2008
With less than 2 weeks to the Presidential Election, documents found in a musty corner of the local hospital purport that Ann Dunham, one of Barack Hussein Obama Sr.’s , wives, gave birth to triplets, named Barack I, II, III.
The current Presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama II, is now apparently accounted for, but the mystery remains where are Barack I and III?
Genealogists researching the Obama family have also reportedly found an attending nurse at the multiple births. Now living in a remote village in Honolulu, the woman requested to remain anonymous, but employment records at the hospital verified that she did indeed work in the birthing room at the time of the Obamas deliveries.
“They were so cute,” the nurse remembered,” but we felt sorry for them because when the father first saw them he screamed “WTF”, and abandoned them all on the spot!”
History reports that soon after, the triplet’s mother remarried, and moved to Indonesia where the Baracks all attended public school in Jakarta. Teachers there said you couldn’t tell them apart except for the number of diamond studs in their ear lobe, either 1,2 or 3,.
Apparently the trio also liked to confuse their teachers as each had 3 piercings done and were known to add and subtract the identifying studs at will causing wild confusion, especially in Economics Class where none of them could understand the theory of “paying your own way.”
Strangely, when the former Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama,Sr. returned to Hawaii, only Obama II accompanied her. She remained vague when asked about her other two sons, saying only they were “traveling” or “pursuing further study in religion and politics with a close personal Mullah.”
Answering an FBI inquiry earlier in his fledgling political career in sleazy Chicago Politics, Obama II produced a wrinkled duplicate of a birth certificate, but it did not specify which of the triplets he was. Not knowing 3 Baracks existed, the field officer let the issue slide.
Now it appears the CIA counter intelligence arm is on RED alert tracking down rumors on the two missing Baracks. Apparently they are as adroit as their footloose father in covering their tracks. Sightings and cell phone records have been traced to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Syria, Pakistan, Venezuela, North Korea, and even to Iceland. Banking officials have also got the whiff of extensive off shore accounts with regular large monthly withdrawals.
Of more immediate concern, not yet made public due to censorship imparted by Howard Dean, DNC chairman, and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, WHICH BARACK IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
In Switzerland a bizarre murder investigation is underway looking into the death of a world famous trans-gender surgeon after completing a sex change operation and reverse liposuction transformation on a patient only identified as being half African. Officials at the clinic where the operations were performed only remember flowers being delivered to the mysterious patient under the name of “Michelle”, but assume that was a pseudonym.
Meanwhile, back in the states, Michelle Obama has had trouble getting a passport to facilitate her husband’s triumphant world Presidential tour sometime in January. She claims the inability of Home Land Security and the FBI to find ANY documented history that she even exists as “racist”, a charge backed by Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who are still searching for their own soul.
And the third Barack? Republicans aren’t saying yet, but claim there will be a big surprise coming for the DEMS in the next week. Insiders say Barack I has been held in Guantanamo for two years as an enemy combatant and has completed an entire history of the curious rise to power of the multi-faceted Obama Family.
HBO says it has already purchased the rights and it will make “The Sorpranos” and “Rome” look like a Disney Production. Stay Tuned for ” The Obominations”
MB4 on October 27, 2008 at 10:54 PM
You’ll be glad you did. I went to one in Concord (Charlotte). Get there early if you want to be up front. I wasn’t able to get any closer than 10 feet to McCain but it was still great having him stand there in front of you and listen to him.
You won’t hear anything you haven’t heard before though. I was somewhat surprised that I seemed to know his speech because I’ve seen so many on video.
Go for the experience to be surrounded by like minded, happy and energetic people. It’s history
Guardian on October 27, 2008 at 10:54 PM
The Golden Knights are going to jump at the air show I’m attending this weekend (Lackland AFB).
Very nice article. Don’t read the stupid comments there, though. It’s just a bunch of ignorant twits attacking the heretic.
juliesa on October 27, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Peggy Noonan and Kathleen Parker were too busy sipping sherry with the press corps of the NY Times to be reached for comment.
Physics Geek on October 27, 2008 at 10:55 PM
This was posted at teamsarah.org too.
I’m a member!
Domino on October 27, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Hey everyone,
Check out this contradiction from the comments on that web site:
From someone named “OCgreater”
Ha, ha, ha. I’ll bet this person thinks the exact same thing about Obama.
Any takers, for that bet?
Huh? anyone?
Troy Rasmussen on October 27, 2008 at 10:57 PM
As they say at 4chan….lolwut?
jimmy the notable on October 27, 2008 at 10:57 PM
This was in response to MB4.
jimmy the notable on October 27, 2008 at 10:57 PM
God bless the P.U.M.A.s.
Even the Clintons’ Arkansas friend Linda Bloodworth-Thomason criticizes MSNBC and defends Palin.
Terrie on October 27, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Attacking the messenger is what they have been reduced to now:
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/10/27/obama-campaign-lawyer-trying-to-intimidate-student-jounalists-why-because-they-found-actual-fraud/
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 10:58 PM
ernesto on October 27, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Stupid is those that refuse to think…..she was elected Mayor and then Governor and I’m sure even in Alaska she did not meet with every resident.
dmann on October 27, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Good article. Comments were nasty, of course.
Palin really can’t win. She follows talking points and she is a robot, an empty shell, unable to think for herself. She improvises, and she is “going rogue,” a “diva” looking out for herself. Which is it?
SAZMD on October 27, 2008 at 11:01 PM
I am always surprised that people like ernesto think a stupid person could do what Palin has done. She has accomplished a lot in a short time and has impressed a great many people with her wit and her insight. That is not something a moron would do.
Terrye on October 27, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Madam, these are not just any twits. These twits are my conservative on-line brothers and sisters. They are the finest twits this country has to offer. Twits we can be proud of. Twits we can follow.
What heretic?
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Before the jump maybe they could use “MB4″ as a wind dummy . . . at least he’d be doing something constructive.
rplat on October 27, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Yes, indeed…so brazen. So arrogant. So Barack.
If anyone out there is so inclined…if you look at the final debate Barack says $200k rather than $250k. I noticed it right away and expected McCain to make a joke about it, and for Barry to say that he simply misspoke.
Nothing was said about it again…until now.
I still believe McCain wins this one and saves the republic for another few years.
Dorvillian on October 27, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Thomason and her hubby at one time were pals with Rush Limbaugh. Yep, They put him on an episode of a show they produced called Hearts on Fire I believe. Marky Post and John Ritter maybe?
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 11:04 PM
SAZMD on October 27, 2008 at 11:01 PM
All of the above, depending on the premise being pushed by hysterical lefties.
You need to remember how Dubya has been treated since 2001: simultaneously an evil genius who pulled-off 911 without a single witness stepping forward, and a guy so dumb he can barely speak.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 11:04 PM
All those keystrokes…for nothing. Crystal meth is a terrible thing…
ManlyRash on October 27, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……loves me that Markie Post.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM
For those of you who multitask, did you see the World Series game tonight? A totally miserable weather experience. Temps in the low 40s, driving NW wind, rain, rain, rain.
Awful.
Same weather we had today when SARAH!!! dropped by our little hamlet of Ashland, VA for an unannounced visit to talk to a local business owner. It was crap for weather and we all knew there would be no public speech, nothing other than an opportunity to show support.
Well, there were well over a thousand. I’m thinking over 2,000 for this show of support.
I’m proud of Hanover County. I’m glad that we tied up traffic in the liberal town of Ashland. They were astonished at the outpouring, I’m sure.
But, I could no more condemn the town of Ashland than I could my old County of Hanover, Virgina.
Soaked to the bone. Just got a wave from Sarah and Todd. But I’m satisfied.
pistolero on October 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Heck, Reagan too. He supposedly was senile while also secretly masterminding Iran-Contra. I seem to have a vague memory of an SNL skit with Phil Hartman as Reagan making fun of that concept.
SAZMD on October 27, 2008 at 11:07 PM
The article was great, the responses were typical of kos and moveon.
Bambi on October 27, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Manly, I have to ask a question. I’ve been checking in and out all day in between my office, the flight line and home and you never stopped posting. What kind of a job do you have that lets you blog non-stop?
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 11:08 PM
After making the jump and reading the whole article I couldn’t help noticing the fist comment in the comments section below the article in which someone basically says she wont vote for McCain/Palin because she feels that Palin does not have enough experience to be President if something happens to McCain. Funnily enough she doesn’t seem to have any such concerns voting for a man who is the least qualified Democratic Presidential candidate in the history of the United States and who is arguably less qualified than Palin is.
Dreadnought223 on October 27, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Right you are, hawkdriver.
OT: Joe the Plumber will join Rob Portman this week on a McCain campaign bus tour of Ohio.
Terrie on October 27, 2008 at 11:10 PM
AS SMART AS SAM ERVIN – WITH A BETTER BOD’!
reliapundit on October 27, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Great skit. And Dana Carvey played Jimmy Stewart who came to visit him. Called him Dutch. He acted like a dottering fool when guests were in the Oval office and when they left he went into the evil genius mode ordering his aides around taking care of business.
And it showed how out of touch SNL was at time. The skit was funny, but Ronny really was that smart.
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Yes. I thought it was weird. He said, “$250,000″ the next time and it all just floated on by, a disappearing mirage. McCain did miss a good one, but he had a lot on his plate.
Personally, I get a kick out of his ever-changing “95% of _____ will get a tax cut”. That phrase went through the whole process, from ‘Americans’, to ‘American families’, to ‘American working families’, to ‘working Americans’. I think those are 4 different groups and the 95% figure would be highly unlikely invariant of the tax analysis … but that BHO is one smart cookie … heh. Then I heard a BHO advisor talking about ’95% of small business will get a tax break’. Too funny. At least they aren’t using imaginary numbers, yet.
progressoverpeace on October 27, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Inquiring minds want to know. I’m guessing that Mr. Rash is a well paid moderator for World of Warcraft.
Terrie on October 27, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on October 27, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I swear he said 200,000 at one of the debates. Eww if McCain or Palin slipped up or changed their numbers….
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 11:16 PM
T
LOL, made my night. Manlys real answer no matter what won’t be as good. I had him pegged for a work at home Mr. Mom with kids running all over and him taping them to the floor and such.
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM
IIRC, Manly is a writer.
carbon_footprint on October 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM
He is really Baghdad Bob in hiding and is still living on the wealth he filched from Saddam.
Murphy9 on October 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Obama has been flushed out and is on the run! Even the MSM can’t save him now!
Biden’s got nothin’!
McCain/Palin are gaining FAST!
Get out the vote for McCain/Palin!
Mr_Magoo on October 27, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Manly is one of my acolytes. I have released him from his normal monkish duties to attend to the happenings of the election process, though he sometimes forgets his place and must be scourged.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Writer.
ManlyRash on October 27, 2008 at 11:32 PM
You wish.
ManlyRash on October 27, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Can it be a giant falsehood, all of this lead this guy thinks he has? Its like fighting with a blindfold on in a dark room as far as us tryin to gauge the media. All I plan on doing is not letting up all the way to the ballot box.
johnnyU on October 27, 2008 at 11:33 PM
…egads!
Intelligent, and hasn’t attended any of the “good” schools!
Next thing you’re gonna tell me is that Lincoln only had a few weeks of school…that neither George Washington nor Harry Truman attended college…and that Billy Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar, but didn’t have brains enough to cheat on his wife with a woman who actually cleaned her dresses after wearin’ ‘em!
Preposterous!
What’s next? Dogs dating cats?
Puritan1648 on October 27, 2008 at 11:36 PM
…how do you get one’o’ them jobs?
I can write. I can cipher, as well…and can whistle like nobody’s business….
…now…whistlin’ and typin’…there’s the trick.
(…sorry…just watched an old episode of “Hee Haw”, and I’m feelin’ ethnic…it’s creepin’ into all my posts this evenin’….)
Puritan1648 on October 27, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Can it be a giant falsehood, all of this lead this guy thinks he has?
Bingo, you win a free pew.
The inner numbers are different and are scaring the shiite out of the Obambo camp.
Look how hard they and their media whores are trying to convince everyone that the result has been pre-ordained; the acceptance venue going overboard on glitz, the half-hour speech on thursday, the supposed trillions of democrats who are voting early, blah blah blah.
It’s a facade of epic proportions and they know it, McPalin is going to grab states which will surprise the crap out of a whole slew of people, and the media will be caught dead in the water.
The more that Obarfy tightens his grip, the more states that slip through his fingers.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 11:39 PM
And thats why the Left are in a panic!
The Liberals are used to saying anything under the sun,and they themselves, really give a rats #ss as to what they say
or for that matter even care to remember!
Exibit ‘A’——————-Gaffe Biden!
And,the ever helpful Marxist Socialist Media(MSM),they as well, give a fly’nn ‘F’ as to what they report on said Lefty
politician!
Exibit ‘B’——————–Hopey/Changey!
———————————————————
———————————————————
Enter Governor Sarah Palin,aka ‘SarahCuda’!
For some reason, women tend to recall dates,times with an
uncanny ability,Sarah Palin seems to have a laser lock,
with the knack of pulling information out that is deeply
imprinted into her memory banks and like any women,but a
Liberal, can pull out, and process said info at will!
Kinda like an F-14 Tomcat that can process 50 targets,
and lock on and engage 24 of them at will,if my memory
or facts are right!
And for any politician thats a deadly combination!
Like I’ve said many times before,SarahCuda puts the ART,
in ARTICULATION!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on October 27, 2008 at 11:39 PM
You betcha!
Mallard T. Drake on October 27, 2008 at 11:41 PM
and I’m feelin’ ethnic
Ethnic is a code word for inner-city, unemployed, black, union workers who vote democrat.
Racist.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Obama will be burnt. John McCain will to tackle him. Obama will learn a lesson November 4th he will never forget. John McCain will slaughtered Obama on the east coast and will continue to slaughter him as the votes come in from the west.
- Manly “Baghdad Bob” Rash
Murphy9 on October 27, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Grammar. You’re doing it wrong.
lorien1973 on October 27, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Here’s what I really think.
Hot Air is ManlyRash’s site — no intense offended to Michelle, AP or Ed. He runs the place like Giuliani cleaning up the streets of New York. If we amuse or please him, he lets us post here.
Terrie on October 27, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Might I add that the Obambo “Look at Me” half-hour extravaganza will not be broadcast on ABC; he decided not to buy time there even though it was available.
Why? Because the campaign just discovered an urgent need for that money elsewhere to desperately shore-up a crumbling effort.
It’s over for Oborg, he just doesn’t know it yet.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 11:45 PM
ManlyRash appears to be the nom de net of one [
redacted].(Seen much of him lately?)
Using his special NSA-developed eyeglasses~ with a glance-sensitive virtual screen~ which allow him to “type” by looking at the hovering letters and posting with a wink.
profitsbeard on October 27, 2008 at 11:48 PM
She’ll see right through phonies and backstabbers. She’ll ignore writers. She’ll influence the President. When underlings try to undermine her, she’s just liable to fire their @sses. Then there’s all that icky right and wrong stuff. So gauche in this pragmatic world. Like shooting moose.
In a nutshell, that’s why the northeastern entrenchagensia is terrified of her.
Feedie on October 27, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Don’t forget that CNN has spent the last three days pushing a tale about how there is this massive schism going on inside the McCain campaign because Palin has supposedly gone rogue on McCain’s staffers and that she is behaving like some sort of political Diva. (mind you their only proof of this are some unnamed sources within the campaign yet they continue to report the storey as fact)
Dreadnought223 on October 27, 2008 at 11:52 PM
O/T Joe the Plumber will join Rob Portman this week on a
McCain campaign bus tour of Ohio.
Terrie on Oct 27,2008 at 11:10PM.
Terrie:It appears Team McCain got the Hot/Air Memo as a
suggestion to get Joe the Plumber on the campaign
bus!:)
canopfor on October 27, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Looks like I have jumped the shark. Get over it, you farking idiots…I’m not half the writer/pundit/blogger that Michelle, Allah or Ed will ever be.
Without them I wouldn’t be here.
ManlyRash on October 27, 2008 at 11:54 PM
I thawt us Republikans cant reed goowd.
V15J on October 27, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Thank you Allah.
I have never been as happy, motivated or inspired by any candidate as I have been made by Sarah Palin. She is wonderful!
CCRWM on October 27, 2008 at 11:57 PM
A WRITER, PVT MANLY? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, MICKEY FREAKING SPILLANE? YOU’RE NOT A WRITER PVT MANLY, YOU’RE A KILLER. LET ME SEE YOUR WAR FACE!
hawkdriver on October 27, 2008 at 11:59 PM
You Betcha
DaveC on October 28, 2008 at 12:00 AM
You might have a point, if we lived in world were the Left was composed of people who were intellectually honest and open-minded about their political opposites.
But we don’t live in that world. Rather, we live in a world where the Left is composed primarily of obstinate, intractable crybabies who are committed to being absolutely unreachable.
These are the same leftists who have been shrieking about how George W. Bush failed to unite them, even though they never had any intention of allowing him the slightest opportunity, even as he bent over backwards to try and establish a new tone of civility and collegiality.
In short, trying to impress the Left is a waste of time.
Kensington on October 28, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Anecdotal but another weird tale from my stop at the local gas station on the way home from work. An immigrant (from that place down south) was getting his change after pumping gas on a prepay. He was happy that his truck took $54.00 to fill up instead of $65. As he got his change he told the store clerk he had told every one of his friends to fill up before that Obama ***** was elected president and gas was $5 a gallon.
Yes…I laughed outloud.
Palin is hope and change, Republican style. She has gotten many off their fannys. Will it be too late? Maybe, maybe not. Seven days to go. Either way we still have a mission….FIGHT. FIGHT the lefties at every turn. In power or out.
Limerick on October 28, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Manly reminds me of those Irish Springs commercials back in the day when I was little.
Domino on October 28, 2008 at 12:02 AM
And eye like it toooooo……
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Mr. Rash, surely you are familiar with the concept of hyperbole? My overly fawning post was farcical, as was my ridiculous suggestion that you moderate an RPG.
I thought I made clear in previous comments that I value your truly unique contributions ’round these parts. That said, I would probably be defensive, too, if I were in your position. It seems like you are a threat, challenge or object of fascination to many.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 12:07 AM
I’m doing my part like the libs taught me. I voted absentee in PA already. Then I’m early voting in Hoke County tomorrow after the rally. Then on election day I’m going to vote again in Cumberland Country. I have a stack of fake mail in provisional ballets (just in case it’s close) Man it really feels good to be part of the political process
hawkdriver on October 28, 2008 at 12:07 AM
The comments at that article are sooo special.
aikidoka on October 28, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Sounds like a breath of fresh air, as compared to Bush.
Mark Jaquith on October 28, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Manly Rash…nothing more or less. Thanks, Terrie. Good night.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Decent article on Palin-hatred at TWS
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/720xgfha.asp?pg=2
Being thrust into the middle of a presidential race has of course made things twice as difficult for Palin. The raging bigots of the feminist and atheist left and the snobs of both the right and the left might have learned to temper their reactions if they’d had more of a chance to get used to her – tough I confess I have no sure idea how a longer introduction might have been managed. The feminazis and morally and intellectually slovenly anti-religious bigots like Christopher Hitchens wouldn’t have had so much scurrilous trash and exaggeration supplied to them, and would have felt less motivation to seize upon it and accept unqustioningly it as secular gospel. The conservative elitists might have been encouraged to think more deeply on the subject of American democracy going back to the Founding, perhaps while listening to Aaron Copeland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” or reciting the poems of Walt Whitman.
When push came to political shove, they still would have rejected her, but fewer of them would have lost all decency, and sought to maintain at least a semblance of reason, civility, and simple good manners. They would have worried a little more about the damage they were doing to their own reputations and to the willingness of their fellow citizens to be considerate of them the next time around.
CK MacLeod on October 28, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Oops… hate it when I do that…
CK MacLeod on October 28, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Will this be on pay-per-view?
platypus on October 28, 2008 at 12:18 AM
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