Sweet: Palin hits Obama on missile-defense cuts
posted at 8:31 pm on April 6, 2009 by Allahpundit
In one fell swoop, a well-placed criticism of Obama and a juicy cut of red meat for the base. Nicely played.
“I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” Governor Palin said. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that we continue to develop and perfect the global missile defense network. Alaska’s strategic location and the system in place here have proven invaluable in defending the nation.”
Governor Palin stressed the importance of Fort Greely and the need for continued funding for the Missile Defense Agency. The governor is firmly against U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ proposed $1.4 billion reduction of the Missile Defense Agency. Greely’s isolated location in Alaska as well as its strategic location in the Pacific allows for maximum security and development of the country’s only ground-based missile defense complex.
“Our early opposition to reduced funding for the Missile Defense Agency is proving to be well-founded during this turbulent time,” Governor Palin said. “I continue to support the development and implementation of a defensive missile shield based in Alaska. We are strategically placed to defend the critical assets of the United States and our allies in the Pacific Theater.”
Missile defense isn’t even the worst cut, in my very poorly informed opinion. Scaling back the F-22 — a key to total air superiority — is. See Danger Room for details on that; the Pentagon wanted almost 200 fighters more but Gates decided that our new emphasis on wars of counterinsurgency means that 180+ are enough. He also decided to scale down Future Combat Systems, which is bad news for the warporn addict within but acceptable to bean counters. It sounded like a boondoggle.
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inspectorudy on April 6, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Thank you for your insight, and thank you for your service! I am an Iraq vet myself, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you did. You tolerated the worst hell of war (and I am talking about the homefront) so that future generations wouldn’t have to. You got spit on and I got parades! I sincerely thank you for the sacrifices that you have made for your country!
(I am a 20 year service member, and a 15 year cop. I am not an emotional person, but for some reason typing this post has gotten to me. Strange)
fumpbump on April 6, 2009 at 10:36 PM
He referred to her as Governor Palin in the same interview, in the SAME SENTENCE as the one where he referred to Wasilla as Wasilly.
But why would anyone bother to check. Who cares, when what you want to believe is more fun.
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 10:37 PM
WHO CARES! I thought this was about the defense of our country, not who said what about whom? If you want, we will see about getting a thread titled “I know you are but what am I?!” so that you will have a proper place for your stupid argument! Until then, maybe we should be concerned about the defense of this nation. THE GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD–Regardless of who insulted who!
Now, pardon me while I step down off my soapbox before I fall off!
fumpbump on April 6, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Go ahead, say “he started it” I dare ya!
fumpbump on April 6, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Sarah’s right and Barry’s wrong.
No reason to bicker over who’s going to replace Barry in 2012, let’s just try to give her a country worth running. If Americans deserved a conservative/libertarian prez we would have one. When we are a moral, educated, and religious enough people we will get another conservative/libertarian prez. Until then America needs a master.
Newagegop on April 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Deza Veau – Carter years all over again.
Things are getting so bad, it’s weird, cause now I just laugh. Hey, when my husband, who’s never paid much attention to world events/politics, says today, I’m getting really scared about what’s happening, well, that tells me that people who don’t usually pay attention, are starting to pay attention.
SoldiersMom on April 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I wasn’t born to walk on water
I wasn’t born to sack and slaughter
But on my soul, I wasn’t born
To stoop and knuckle under
A man can learn to steal some thunder
A man can learn to work some wonder
And when the gauntlet’s down,
It’s time to rise and climb the sky
And soon the moon will smolder
And the winds will drive
Yes, a man grows older but his soul remains alive
All those tremulous stars still glitter
And I will survive!
Let my heart grow colder and as bitter as a falcon in the dive
There was a dream, a dying ember
There was a dream, I don’t remember
But I will resurrect that dream
Though rivers stream and hills grow steeper
For here in hell where life gets cheaper
Oh, here in hell the blood runs deeper
And when the final duel is near
I’ll lift my spear and fly
Piercing into the sky and higher
And the strong will thrive
Yes, the weak will cower while the fittest will survive
If we wait for the darkest hour
Till we spring alive
Then with claws of fire, we will devour like a falcon in the dive!
PercyB on April 6, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Sarah Palin will wipe the floor with “God Junior” if they face off in 2012.
OhioCoastie on April 6, 2009 at 10:46 PM
As one of our great generals said, “In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.”
You cannot have peace without strength. That has been shown time and time again.
coyoterex on April 6, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Why can she see this so clerly and O not? Because she loves and cares about this country and he does not…
CCRWM on April 6, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I know it must be deeply diconcerting that this Alaska chillbilly makes far more sense than your Harvard Law Review messiah, but that’s just the way it goes. Anyway, may your Profit and Earnings ratio always be favorable.
Sure, like the criticism of the Iraq war was all about Rumsfeld.
ddrintn on April 6, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I agree with you about the F-22. I think it’s incredibly short sited for politicians to discount such an advanced aircraft just because we don’t need it this very minute. However, I’m encouraged by the fact that Gates is encouraging the faster production of the F-35 which is capable of everything the F-22 is and more.
jonezee on April 6, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Nothing like teeing up a issue you can hit out of the park. Way to go O.
Clyde5445 on April 6, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Hmm.
I seem to remember you earlier stating that certain comments about Palin were unacceptable here, along the lines of “white trash,” trailer park comments, etc. Yet in the Levi thread, several instances of these comments occurred with no response from you.
Did I misremember your earlier statement? Did you not see the comments? Or did you choose to let them slide for some reason?
Just a curious member of the “Palin cult.”
cs89 on April 6, 2009 at 11:00 PM
More pearls of wisdom from Commander Palin. WTF does she know? Oh right she was a “Commander”…
‘Commander’ Palin and the Alaska National Guard’ (Anchorage Daily News)
We spend enough money on national defense (more than any other nation), we are not going to die because we start to become realistic on spending.
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:03 PM
sigh… once more… with feeling…
The reason the economy tanked when it did was the Change in Mark to Market rules which went into effect in Nov 2007. The stated that the rules had to be implemented by all companies during the next Fiscal year… which eneded in Oct 2008.
Please think back to when the economy suddenly tanked, with no warning… could it be… Sept / Oct 2008? Right before the election?
The trigger was a change in government regulation. Not the CAUSE, but the trigger…
They relaxed Mark to Market last week, and EVERY DAY since they announced they were going to change it, the Market has been up.
Regulation, ie, Government RULES, CAUSED this whole mess.
But please, continue on your partisan rant… because you are soooooo… independent…. not…
Romeo13 on April 6, 2009 at 11:03 PM
More about the subject than does Mitt. Deal with it.
ddrintn on April 6, 2009 at 11:06 PM
No, the economy over the last five years has been a bubbled caused by the federal reserve.
Yes, Greenspan Did It (Stefan Karlsson, Economist)
Yes Government Regulation was a cause but not the cause. Government was and is the problem with the economy.
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:07 PM
People who whine about Obama spending money are the same people who want every new weapons system, even ones that don’t work or we don’t need. So should we go bankrupt to get all these systems? We could be like the old Russia, big military, people starving in civilian populations. Please run that clown from Alaska.
athensboy on April 6, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Except that the 22 owns the 35 in the air…
did you know that the F-16, F-15, Abrahms tank, and Aegis missle system are all from designs from THE 70′s!
I turn 50 this month…. and most of those designs were from when I was in stinkin HIGH SCHOOL!
Romeo13 on April 6, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Why because you can see Russia from Alaska? ROFLMAO!!
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:08 PM
This sounds pedantic, I know, but the F-35 isn’t in the F-22′s league in the air dominance arena. Yes, it’s stealthy & maneuverable, but it’s a multirole airplane. The F-22 is a dogfighting thoroughbred.
OhioCoastie on April 6, 2009 at 11:09 PM
More easily than from Boston. ROFLMAO!!!!!
ddrintn on April 6, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Nah, we’re the ones who remember the shambles Carter left behind. That clown messiah will do pretty much the same. Carter II, maybe Carter On Steroids.
ddrintn on April 6, 2009 at 11:11 PM
And they still dominate all of our enemies weapon systems. I am all for advanced weapons but the costs for some of these is just ridiculous and not justified IMO.
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Right now there are quite a lot of people looking at the prospect of being nuked by a rouge state in AK.
I’m sorry but your talk at this point is ridiculous.
Chaz706 on April 6, 2009 at 11:14 PM
A. Russia had a communist system that failed to reward capitalism and business innovation, among other failures. Their military was a much larger percentage of the GDP than ours during the U.S.S.R. years as well (larger % than ours is now also).
B. In that context, I well remember when Reagan was ridiculed for S.D.I. that “it’s like hitting a bullet with a bullet” and “it’ll never work.” Let’s see, the mantra now is it’s an “untested” weapon system…. but how many of those “bullets” have been hit so far?
cs89 on April 6, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Is anyone seriously concerned that we are only getting 180+ F-22s and not 200? LMAO! 10 could take out any third world countries air force.
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:15 PM
There are some that are unjustifiable. I have a hard time with Obama cutting defense while throwing cash at the U.A.W.
I’d rather buy a Toyota and keep my F-22, thanks.
cs89 on April 6, 2009 at 11:17 PM
So Kim Jong Ill is suicidal? Why has he not dones it yet? At least one of our subs is always in range of NK and will turn the whole country radioactive. What is ridiculous is thinking NK wants to not exist anymore. They have ZERO chance in hell of stopping us from retaliating and they know it.
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I have a hard time with Obama in general, his economic illiteracy is obvious. He should be cutting spending EVERYWHERE and the UAW should be left to rot. But we do spend an obscene amount on National Defense.
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Good Lord, Poptech. And you are disdainful of Palin’s grasp of defense issues? LOL
ddrintn on April 6, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Not as justified as Nationalized health care… or bank bailouts… or funding Acorn… or HAMAS?
Sorry, I’ve gone to war with sucky equipment… when we could have had better… and lost friends because of it.
We are occupying TWO countrys… and Iran, NORKS, Russia (remember Georigia?), and China, are all feeling frisky…
Would you rather pay for an AWSOME weapon, that overawes the enemy to the point where you never have to use it? or save a few bucks and get some of our Service people killed.
Romeo13 on April 6, 2009 at 11:20 PM
The average age of our airplanes is 25 years, how many people are driving 25 year old cars. the left better hope they don’t pass an assault weapons ban, they will be needing them.
Sven on April 6, 2009 at 11:22 PM
I for one don’t think the N. Koreans are suicidal. But the weak way of dealing with them is counterproductive.
Look at the DMZ. We don’t want them to be provocative, they don’t want us to either. But, if they can lob a missile over Japan and call it launching a “satellite,” improve their technology, and end up negotiating for more $ assistance… what’s the downside for them again?
By the same token, if they launched the missile but one of the Japanese batteries had taken it out before or after it passed over Japan, I don’t think we would’ve seen war. They would’ve been “offended” and angry, but mostly embarrassed.
Of course, if the anti-missile technology failed, it would have been a black eye for us.
Maybe Obama just doesn’t trust this technology to work in this high-stakes poker.
cs89 on April 6, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Love the Sarahpac ads! Now we know the reason behind the obsession. Keep it coming!
takeamericabackin10 on April 6, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Just looked at some numbers…
The proposed military budget is LESS than the Clinton military budget…
I was in then… is sucked…. and we did NOT have two large active Campaigns in progress at the time…
And thats not even counting INFLATION since then…
Wow… just…. wow..
Romeo13 on April 6, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Like Dumsfeld did by not sending enough troops into Iraq and without enough Armor? We need better body armor and more Mine Resistant Vehicles. Those are what got our men killed not lack of air power.
Poptech on April 6, 2009 at 11:42 PM
You cannot have peace without strength. That has been shown time and time again.
coyoterex on April 6, 2009 at 10:48 PM
the libs believe the same thing when it comes to guns. They think if we only do away with guns no one will get hurt. they live in lalala land. the only way to decrease gun violence is to increase gun ownership and the only way to have peace is to be the biggest baddest Mother you can so know one in their right/wrong minds would mess with you.
unseen on April 6, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Poptech, where did you amass such a vast storehouse of technical knowledge, strategic brilliance, tactical acumen, and military experience?
OhioCoastie on April 6, 2009 at 11:46 PM
I’d say they were better-equipped than they would’ve been in, say, 1995 or 1979.
ddrintn on April 6, 2009 at 11:47 PM
He plays a lot of ‘RISK’ and ‘BATTLESHIP’.
thomasaur on April 6, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Poptech apparently thinks that if you make a bunch of F-22s right now, they will last a century.
ddrintn on April 6, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Come on Chaz…get with the program…Poptech knows everything about everything…haven’t you noticed that?
Equality 7-2521 on April 6, 2009 at 11:51 PM
you forgot WOW
Equality 7-2521 on April 6, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Better to be over-armed, than under.
(Even sleeveless Michelle Obama knows this. Maybe she should smack Little Barry upside da haid and wake him to the fact.)
Having the enemy think you are aggressive and bristling with weapons of a prodigious nature is part of the psyops used to prevent them from getting cocky.
We can do with fewer dollars going to ACORN and the like and more for national security and defense.
“I will not weaponize space” Barry proclaimed during his campaign.
Forgetting that China already had.
His military thinking is a lumbering sloth.
Palin could field dress it nicely.
profitsbeard on April 6, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Sorry about that, I’m an old guy and it didn’t come off of the top of my head.
thomasaur on April 6, 2009 at 11:55 PM
I will try to state this one more time. The F35 is a multi role fighter/bomber. Anytime you apply the word multi to anything it is a compromise. The F22 is king of the skies now and in any future engagement they will be relied upon to dominate the skies over any US operation. The F35 cannot survive in a hostile air envioroment without the F22. People are prone to say that the F22 is capabale of 30 to 1 kill ratios but that doesn’t count mechanical or other defense commitments. Plus each aircraft carries about six missiles which means that it has to retun to be rearmed before it can be of any use. Divide 187 by all of the issues at hand and you will see that the numbers are not enough. Maybe there should be a national referendum on priorities instead of one party deciding the future defense of our nation. Clinton made the military “Budget Cut Central” and it looks like Obama is doing the same thing.
inspectorudy on April 6, 2009 at 11:55 PM
He also plays a lot with the set of tin soldiers that his mom got him for Christmas last year.
Norwegian on April 6, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Tell that to the people who die in a first strike.
The reason for Reagan’s SDI was so that there would be no need for a second strike, or a retaliatory strike. It was a way to counter the then prevailing attitude of Mutually Assured Destruction (or MAD). Sure, it’s a way of making sure that if your civilians get nuked theirs do to, but the victory is pyrric at best.
And no, I don’t think Kim Jong Il is suicidal, just irrational, and that might be all it takes to push the button! He doesn’t care for his own people (they’re starving to death in droves right now) and perhaps down the road, he may not care for himself!
And what if he’s not the one who presses the button down the road?
And not to mention Iran and the rest of those Islamofacists. Some of them want to die and wouldn’t mind setting the world on fire while doing so!
While you’re at it, tell that to the people (on both sides might I add) who die in the retaliatory strikes. A single nuke would devastate all of North Korea (and the fallout would certainly harm China, Japan, and South Korea).
Chaz706 on April 7, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Don’t forget, the Messiah is also well versed in the ancient language of “Austrian”. A real mastermind of World Affairs.
Norwegian on April 7, 2009 at 12:01 AM
AND one more thing: Obama’s playing with the lives of millions like they’re on a risk board. I invite him to bet his own life first.
This administration’s looking more and more like a long strung out case of criminal neglect.
Chaz706 on April 7, 2009 at 12:02 AM
don’t let it happen again…EVER
Equality 7-2521 on April 7, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Dude, where did he say that?
Upstater85 on April 7, 2009 at 12:03 AM
No matter how you slice this, it is bad, bad, bad. No nukes for us but Iran and NK get ALL THEY WANT! You have got to be freaking kidding me!
Putin has got to be hooting himself silly. And the Chinese I fully expect to have an olympic sized extravaganza celebrating our demise.
Is it just me or are we hearing ourselves being sold out every single day by Mr. Flooffy Pants? He cannot be the President, no President of any country sells their country down the road this fast! Even the Frogs have a better President than we do!
I am at the point where I do not care who the Repubelicans run in 2012. I will vote for anyone who can stand toe to toe with Mr. Flooffy Pants! And yes, Gov. Palin runs circles around Mr. Flooffy Pants backwards and in heels!
God help us, we are so screwed!
freeus on April 7, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Hmmm. Poptech’s suddenly silent. Must be time to audit another course in national defense theory at Google Community College.
OhioCoastie on April 7, 2009 at 12:12 AM
I think he compiles this information…
Upstater85 on April 7, 2009 at 12:15 AM
That’s good. But are you also anti-anti-Palin-cult?
That is, there seems to be more cult-like behavior by those bashing Palin than vice-versa.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 7, 2009 at 12:15 AM
What? What does that have to do with 180 vs 200 $138 Million a piece F-22s? The costs are just absurd, how can you justify it costing such an absurd amount more than the $18 Million F-16? Maybe I am the only one who can do math here.
Poptech on April 7, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Where did I get common sense? Try answering this question, was lack of air power and not enough F-22s the problem in Iraq? I mean we have had carriers in the gulf for years now using their aircraft to do nothing but waste fuel because their capabilities are redundant to the air force and this is with 1970s air tech.
Poptech on April 7, 2009 at 12:23 AM
I mean, obviously Gates is part of Obama’s Administration, so presumably he approves of this, I just think “Palin hits Obama on missile-defense cuts” is an odd way to characterize it.
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Quit thinking it does’nt serve you well.
heshtesh on April 7, 2009 at 12:31 AM
I heard Mitt got a haircut today.
Oh wait, nobody cares about what privat citizen Romney does.
(He LOST to Huckabee, right?)
omnipotent on April 7, 2009 at 12:31 AM
How long are those 180+ F-22s supposed to last? Can you do that math?
ddrintn on April 7, 2009 at 12:32 AM
We have ZERO chance in hell of stopping him from killing many many millions of South Koreans, and they know we know it.
Maquis on April 7, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Try answering this question: is all defense policy going to be based on what we could get by with in Iraq?
ddrintn on April 7, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Hell, seeing as how the Left’s greatest “moral victory” was forcing us to abandon South Vietnam to wolves, we’re pretty damn lucky they aren’t trying to drag us down to Carter levels. Oh, wait…
Maquis on April 7, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Mitt could have bought 2.5 F-16s with the amount of money he wasted on his candidacy.
No worries about his kids though, thier G.I. Bills should cover them nicely.
omnipotent on April 7, 2009 at 12:39 AM
That would be plausible, and would reflect well on Obama to “take the high road.” But as a couple others have already pointed out, that’s not what actually happened. The very next day, he was speaking dismissively of her as “mayor of Wasilly.”
Your simple explanation, that it was a mistake, is matched by the equally simple explanation that it was intentional. Which is more likely?
Granted, Wanderlust went into a lot more detail defending the claim it was intentional, but that adds to its likelihood, compared to … no evidence at all that it was a simple mistake.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 7, 2009 at 12:39 AM
inevitably, she can see north korea from alaska.
sesquipedalian on April 6, 2009 at 8:40 PM
It’s amazing what insight can do.
heshtesh on April 7, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Well, Obama did say about Palin something like, “You can’t just make stuff up!!” I can’t remember if that was before or after Obama was telling us that he had had a plan to clean up the subprime mess. Or that 95% of us would be getting a “tax cut”.
ddrintn on April 7, 2009 at 12:42 AM
You’re not getting away with the flip-flop. We have you on record weeks ago that the “Bush depression” is over.
Did Bush sneak back into office and give us another one?
The “Bush depression” seems to be back every time it’s useful.
Either that, or you’re just talking through your you-know-what.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 7, 2009 at 12:44 AM
So 20 more will last 100 years? WTF are you talking about? By your illogic we should buy one a year and they will last 180 years. Your whole comment makes no sense. How many we buy has nothing to do with their service life.
That is South Korea’s problem not ours and shouldn’t be.
Poptech on April 7, 2009 at 12:47 AM
So tell me what the extra 20 F-22s means? We can take on China and Russia? ROFLMAO!
Poptech on April 7, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Aren’t you the humanitarian.
You have an interesting ability to be revoltingly offensive and arrogantly ignorant. Interesting.
Maquis on April 7, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Poptech, your constant drivel about Palin is annoying, but this kind of “thinking” costs lives. I’m just glad the decision is not up to you.
Do you know what North Korea’s biggest export is? Weapons. If they perfect their rocket systems, they will sell it to the highest bidder.
Or did you somehow miss the ship that was intercepted on its way to Iran with North Korean missiles?
North Korea doesn’t have to risk suicide. They just have to supply the people who love suicide with better weapons.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 7, 2009 at 12:59 AM
Non sequitur. The F-22 exists to square off with another nation’s air assets, not to fight a counterinsurgency.
You seem to be arguing against the F-22 on that basis alone. It is illogical to extrapolate so broadly from Iraq & Afghanistan.
Our strategic acquisitions must prepare for many possible kinds of wars. Nobody (not even you, genius) can guarantee that we’ll almost exclusively fight insurgencies so regularly for the next several decades that we can afford to ignore the likelihood of war with another modern military. The other military powers are fielding 5th generation fighters. If we neglect the Raptor, our F-35s and aging Hornets/Eagles/Falcons will be easy meat.
Are you even superficially acquainted with the Su-35? The EuroFighter? Any 5th (or even late-4th) generation fighters? Please explain how Obama-won Kenobi decisions reassure you that we can hang with those potential enemies without a lot more Raptors.
P.S. — Do you think counterinsurgency warfare is possible without first securing air dominance? Oooo … didn’t see that one coming, did ya, Poptech?
OhioCoastie on April 7, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Despite what Palin fanatics would have you believe, I’m not anti-Palin. I’m anti-Palin-cult.
Allahpundit on April 6, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Correct!
heshtesh on April 7, 2009 at 1:01 AM
She can also see something that you couldn’t – that Obama is a fake, a race hustler and a tyro.
bravecowboy on April 6, 2009 at 8:51 PM
I got a chill up my leg go figure.
heshtesh on April 7, 2009 at 1:08 AM
capitulus on April 6, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Biiiiiiiggooooottttt!!!!!
FontanaConservative on April 7, 2009 at 1:20 AM
Norwegian is funnin’ ya. Obama never claimed to be well-versed in Austrian. In fact, quite the opposite. He admitted he didn’t know the term for “wheelin’ and dealin’” in Austrian.
But there is something ironic about a guy who was soooo condescending toward Americans who don’t speak languages other than English — and then we come to find out he doesn’t even know Austrian. Really, how hard is it to learn a “language” with a total vocabulary of 0 words?
Obama would be comedy gold if the MSM weren’t in the tank for him.
CJ on April 7, 2009 at 1:20 AM
Wow! Another positive Palin post on Hot Air.
Thank you Allah! You be da’ man!
sarahpalinfan99 on April 7, 2009 at 1:21 AM
Who’s air assets? Why not first prove that our existing 217 F-15Es are incapable of taking out 12 Su-35s. Let alone with the help of the 180 F-22s we have ordered.
The Eurofighter? We are panning on attacking Europe now?
Please explain where we have not secured air dominance.
You have yet to make the case for 20 more F-22s.
Poptech on April 7, 2009 at 1:23 AM
No, Allah called it right. The CNN Ticker Headline read, “Palin slams Obama on missile defense” earlier today.
sarahpalinfan99 on April 7, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Good try but sorry, Palin is making more sense regarding this issue than the entire Obama administration.
Palin scores a TKO!!
sarahpalinfan99 on April 7, 2009 at 1:33 AM
Mitt can see the Kennedy compound from his house in Mass. He can also see the Mormon Temple from his other house. He can see the mountain from his house in Aspen, he can see the ocean waters from his house in Malibu, he can see the eifel tower from his house in Paris, and the blue ocean waters from his house in Tahiti.
portlandon on April 7, 2009 at 1:34 AM
You do realize that “Austrian” is not a language and that fogw was mocking Obama’s recent embarassing gaffe that Austrians speak Austrian?
sarahpalinfan99 on April 7, 2009 at 1:38 AM
According to Allahpundit, it was not 180 plus F-22′s v. 200 F-22′s, rather it was 180 plus F-22′s instead of about 400 F-22′s (180 plus + just under 200 more).
However, having 180 plus F-22′s or 400 plus/minus F-22′s seems a lot less important than the missile defense cutbacks. That, as I see it, should be the primary target here.
MB4 on April 7, 2009 at 1:40 AM
And it took a little ole’ hockey mom from Wasilla to do it!
sarahpalinfan99 on April 7, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Nah, that would require him to come up with some new material.
Jim Treacher on April 7, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Poptech,
Perhaps reading comprehension is not your strong suit, but the F22 argument is not 180 Vs. 200, it is 180 Vs. 380 aircraft. So yes, it is important. A 10% cut would mean very little, but a program cut of more than 50% is huge.
Highplains on April 7, 2009 at 1:48 AM
Poptech,
Perhaps reading comprehension is not your strong suit, but the F22 argument is not 180 Vs. 200, it is 180 Vs. 380 aircraft. So yes, it is important. A 10% cut would mean very little, but a program cut of more than 50% is huge.
Highplains on April 7, 2009 at 1:49 AM
Poptech,
Perhaps reading comprehension is not your strong suit, but the F22 argument is not 180 Vs. 200, it is 180 Vs. 380 aircraft. So yes, it is important. A 10% cut would mean very little, but a program cut of more than 50% is huge.
Highplains on April 7, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Help us Governor Sarah Palin, you’re our only hope.
long_cat on April 7, 2009 at 1:50 AM
“I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” Governor Palin said.
Up here in Alaska, we have something called the Alaska Territorial Guard, that will protect our soverign state if it is ever needed.
obama is irritating a lot of people; the new PM of Israel, Netanyahu, who has commented that if need be against Iran, it will go it alone, and if obama will not do anything about Alaska and the western US, palin will
ConservativePartyNow on April 7, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Good luck with that one.
Screw the Russian military. We got the Alaskan National Guard with Sarah Palin as Xenu warrior princess to command!!!!
The Wall on April 7, 2009 at 2:00 AM
BWAHAHAHA!!
The Wall on April 7, 2009 at 2:01 AM
I went into a bit of detail because I wanted to illustrate what I believe to be an important point: people at Obama’s level (that is, people who have a lot to gain and a lot more to lose, in a contest/negotiation) do not generally make “simple mistakes”. A “simple mistake” would be called a “gaffe”. Smokin’ Joe Biden is full of gaffes. But Joe wasn’t running for President at that moment; Obambi was.
Obambi may come off as stupid and uneducated on finance, world affairs, and military strategy, but he is most certainly not uneducated on politics and elections, for the most part.
Elections are, in one sense, a very complex, ongoing negotiation. Contractual negotiations have been part of my work for the past several years, hence my interest.
So yes, everyone makes mistakes at one time or another.
But, consider the factors involved:
The timing of the comment (the next morning following Sarah’s nomination to Veep); downplaying her political position (referring to her as “Mayor”); and the sarcastic, almost juvenile sounding mis-pronounciation of the city name (“Wasilly”) add up to be something that Obama planned to do, as a strategic move against the McCain/Palin ticket, rather than as a mistake.
Credit where credit is due. Obama is a consummate politician.
Nothing more, and nothing less.
Or would you rather blame his “mistake” on the lack of his having a candidate for TOTUS to guide him? :)
Wanderlust on April 7, 2009 at 2:14 AM
Was that Beavis I just heard, or Butthead?
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 7, 2009 at 2:14 AM
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