Democrats try to forget 9/11? What a rotten, cheap shot -- even from Medved. Are you claiming to the be only people scarred by 9/11? Did it only happen only to YOU, Mr. Medved? You must be feeling quite scared and desperate to make such a stinky crack.
Try forgetting this:
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A female president who hunts, knows how to bait a hook, and likes hockey. That is hot.
Please no Lieberman or Ridge now. That would be like thinking you hooked up with Sarah Palin and woke up to find Old Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge in your bed.
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McCain is a hot dog (aka maverick) and Palin would be a hot dog choice. We will have to see in the next week whether it was a credible choice and beyond that a good choice. If Palin turns out to be a mistake, McCain is toast and Obama will reign. |
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I pray this is true. Getting Lieberman now would be like expecting the best Christmas present ever and getting...Joe Lieberman. |
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Whether she was actually spotted in Dayton? That would certainly reassure me that it won't be Joe or Tom. |
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Other than the fact that Obama was never in the military, ignores our troops and has no inkling of the sacrifice they and their families make.
And you Michael you would know because, well, you never spent a day in uniform either you putz.
Semper Fi you execrable twit. |
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Just let this garbage truck drive on by. Don't jump on it. |
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How can it be that Ms Palin is "less" qualified than Obama? She has the experience of running corruption out of her state (as opposed to running WITH), She is also running as a Veep, A position that Obama is much more suited for himself, not at the top of the ticket. In 10 minutes of watching her speak, I have learned far more about her credibility than in the hours I have suffered through Obamas Blather. She has great traction on an issue that everyone who drives a car (as opposed to riding in a Limo) will understand - Oil and energy. How could Biden ever deal with someone like her who is so close to the issue? - He would look ridiculous trying to tell her that he knows more about ANWAR than she does. She would eat him for lunch, and I think she would come off looking good soing it. Pomp and Arrogance only works in the halls of congress, it doesnt play well in the heartland. I think Sarah Palin would.
I find her articlulate, sincere and she would quickly gain the hearts of conservatives. My only question is, how will she play to the Hillary voters?
To me she sounds like an ideal Veep. She is not a Harvard blowhard egghead (sorry Michael!) she's a bright, clean, articlate, well spoken lady, who has a proven track record against blowhards - even those in her own party.
That being said, how will she play to John McCain? |
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...that he has to do something to tilt this election to his favor. This pick would do it. |
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I disagree. She is at least as qualified to be CINC as Obama. Obama knows squat about the military, so even if Palin knows squat also, she has better instincts that Barry. Obama has what, about 160 days in the Senate, most of which has been spent running for Pres? How does that prepare him to be CINC? It doesn't. DC experience does not necessarily prepare one to be CINC. This is a wash in my opinion. |
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My Pet Goat writes ""bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US"
Democrats try to forget 9/11? What a rotten, cheap shot -- even from Medved. Are you claiming to the be only people scarred by 9/11? Did it only happen only to YOU, Mr. Medved? You must be feeling quite scared and desperate to make such a stinky crack."
Excuse me? Was radical jihadism ever once mentioned by The One as the ultimate challenge of our time, or was it the fact that it's unfair that people who work hard for the American Drean and achieve it are evil and should redistribute what they have to lazy unapprciative spoiled bums? Gee, where's the judgment there. Socialism: no we can't.
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She was a mayor and is now chief executive of a state. While Alaska is not necessarily your typical presidential training ground, she definitely has more leadership experience than the Dalibama. Maybe not the Hahvahd education, but that is definitely overrated. |
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... could steal Obama's thunder from last night, and I think this is it. Over a month ago, Bill Krystol predicted Palin, a prediction which he withdrew a couple of weeks later.
A mother of five, she has a track record of throwing out the trash in government - and that is the message McCain needs to send. We don't need another Beltway bobblehead spending money and McCain says he wants to drastically cut spending. This pick can prove it.
If it is Palin, kudos to the man I've been dissin' for months now! |
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If it's Palin, I'll vote for Obama without hesitation.
Rockefeller/Rothschild/Soros/Obama/Biden/Carter/Brzezinski/Trilateral-Commission '08 |
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Your party does try to forget 9/11! 9/11 happened to us all. Only Conservatives realized how big of a threat radical Islam/terrorism is and that is has to be eradicated! |
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God Bless the United States of America!
Sarah Palin is a winner! |
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I only know snippets about Palin. But even her snippets are better than Obama.
If she is the pick, I cannot wait to see the stark contrast between her acceptance speech and Sideshow Joe Biden's speech.
She seems to be a conservative with high future potential.
If she lives up to her reputation then this would be one of the smartest political moves in history. Jack Mac is on a roll--a steam roller. |
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Governor Palin would be the most awesome pick!
Conservatives will be lining up to vote for the expense-cutting, strongly pro-life, tax-cutting, government-reforming, pro-hunting, government reforming, attractive young woman with obvious STRONG FAMILY VALUES.
Hallelujah if it's Sarah Palin for VP!!! Wooohoooo!!!! |
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John McCain picking Sarah Palin for VP could lock up this election for him quickly.
I predict it will. |
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Don't bet your life savings that conservatives will line up to vote for amnesty and cap and trade.
This conservative will not. |
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Then Dick Cheney or Joe Biden!!!! |
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Sarah Palin it is!!! Wooohoooo!
This is SO AWESOME! This should put McCain over the top. Long way to go - but this is a straight BRILLIANT pick by McCain! |
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you gotta hand it to the McCain team for shifting the focus like this, pretty good stuff.
I DARE Obama to dis Palin on experience!
She's cleaned up Alaska, even going against her own party to do so, in very short order.
Obama has done nothing but run for prez., squandering his short time in the Senate, and voted mostly party-line.
Two reformers (McCain / Palin) vs. two "politics first" types (Obama / Biden)
Also...Conservative, Pro Life...
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH JOHN MCCAIN!
McCain / Palin 08!
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Besides being a political neophyte with essentially zero experience....Medved is correct that McCain will lose the "experience" attack. One thing Medved failed to mention....that was the only thing McCain had besides personal insults. He is right on another...there will indeed be a media frenzy...but not the kind he thinks. Generally, the media will wonder what the heck McCain was thinking.
The predictability of the response is too simple and obvious to take any sort of credit. The shills for the Republic party, such as Medved will fall in line like lemmings running the edge of the cliff with any one pushed into the spotlight. I'd be willing to bet that Medved and other shills were ready to write essentially the same piece whether it was Ridge, Romney, Lieberman, Hucklebee, Kasich, Cheney or any other selection.....just fill in the blank. It dosen't really matter, does it. They are virtually interchangable...a group of empty suits.
After the Bush years....you guys have lowered the bar so low....you are unaware there are even clues. |
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Too funny. The bar gets lower for McCain each day. Keep it up boys and girls...delusion will continue to comfort you. |
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I'll vote for Palin for Prez - not VP. Never for McCain. |
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...hard earned cash to the McCain/PALIN campaign!!!!!!!
GREAT PICK! |
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Executive AND Real Life!
ProfessorX writes: Friday, August, 29, 2008 10:01 AM
But Palin Lacks Experience
and no longer could McCain use that argument against Obama.
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OK. You've got me, John. I guess I'll have to volunteer for your campaign now. I wasn't going to lift a finger -- UNTIL YOU MADE THIS FANTASTIC CHOICE -- Now I will go to rallies, make phone calls, and canvass my neighborhood. Without the Palin pick, all you would have gotten is my vote. CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR STUPENDOUS CHOICE IN GOVERNOR PALIN.
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Easier than it is to take down a Moose.
Harder to clean Plugs though, his gut is full of...well we all know what Plugs is full of. |
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This pick takes away the experience issue?
Hardly!
She is three years younger than Obama, yet she has an actual, real, true record -- without the pesky ties to domestic terrorists.
She is a wonerful VP pick.
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Solid pro-life choice and a lifetime NRA Member to boot! This ticket is a winner. |
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"If she's the pick, the press frenzy will be huge ---- HUGE --- but McCain will largely lose the experience issue against Obama. By any standard, Governor Palin is less prepared as commander in chief than Obama"
Totally disagree! She's runnning a State for Pete's sake! What has BHO run beside his mouth? |
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Palin's experienced enough to already be elected Governor of Alaska and to reform Alaska's government, past-tense.
At this point TODAY, she's the ONLY candidate in this election with full-blown executive experience, including strong government-reform experience. Great balance to McCain's experience. |
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That's part of what the VP job is all about. I'd rather have an inexperienced VP than a POTUS. McCain does not need to attack Barack anymore. He just needs to ask why are you attacking us? You have something against women?
Lock this one up. The Libs didn't want the baggage of Clinton, which was there first decision that was going to cost them the election, then they picked an old establishment white guy, mistake two, then McCain, who could have easily given the election back to Barack by picking an insider hit one out of the park. I could not be more excited. |
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Sarah Palin is already involved in a scandal in her home state, involving a very messy divorce. further, John McCain's central and best argument in this campaign is that Barack Obama simply lacks the experience to be President of the United States. And now John McCain, who is a cancer survivor who turns 72 years old today, is picking a vice presidential nominee who has been governor of a small state for less than two years and prior to that was mayor of a town with roughly one-thirtieth of the citizens that Barack Obama represented when he was a state representative in Illinois.
Whatever you think of Barack Obama's qualifications to be Vice Presidential, Palin is manifestly less qualified. And that undermines the central premise of Obama's campaign.
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I just caught some blurbs on CNN and MSNBC. Complete whitewash. ONe jackass said "all she's ever done is raise taxes". These idiots are just shooting themselves in the foot. The cream will rise and the truth will set women free. They will give up on these liars once and for all when they realize all of the positive things she has done. The MSM is panicking. |
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This McCain pick of Governor Palin is awesome. For the record I'm a 34 yr old, white male too.
Voters in my voting block are gonna be voting for John McCain all over the country now. Big time. Big decision, showing McCain's great wisdom. |
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First: "By any standard, Governor Palin is less prepared as commander in chief than Obama."
What state was dumbo-ears governor of?
Here's the best part... when the DemonRats behind Dennis Kuchinich (SP?) file to impeach president McCain (and you know they will), if McCain has failed back to his usual "maverick" leftyism, we just call our representatives and ask them to throw in with the Rats and we get President Palin! The first true Conservative president of the new millenium, the first woman president who is a R-E-P-U-B-I-C-A-N! Yessss! Take that, Hildebeast! |
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"By any standard, Governor Palin is less prepared as commander in chief than Obama."
How do come up with that absurd estimation, Michael?
No Governor is less qualified than Obama. No dog catcher is less qualified than Obama! Obama has accomplished nothing in his life other than the fame of having fallen into a Senate seat. That's it!
Obama stumbles from one fat lie to the next and has a shred of integrity. That alone disqualifies him. His past is such that he wouldn't pass the most rudimentary clearance levels, and yet we are told he is too be entrusted with the fate of the free world?!
The closest tie Obama has to the military is the cowardly Che Guevera and the bomb tossers of the Weather Underground.
Palin should challenge Obama to a game of bowling!
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McCain's got the strength on government reform and change now.
Fresh air is all over the McCain campaign, change in Washington belongs to McCain - Palin. |
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What a brilliant pick! I do have to disagree with Mr. Medved in that as far as experience, she's got as much foreign policy and more executive than BO. She'll kick Biden's butt...and Michelle's too, at the same time! |
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I made the same point on Townhall a couple of months ago when the murmurs about Palin began. McCain will probably be a one term president because of his age. Palin has rocketed to the forefront of contenders in 2012. And she's a clean house kind of girl. The dems will diss her to their own detriment, because when she speaks, the American public will know the truth. It's a done deal. |
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Palin "runs" a state with 670,000 people, and was the mayor of a town of 8,000. Obama's state senate district was larger by far than Palin's "town", and his senate seat serves 13 million people. And, he has more experience in government, than she.
It may not put the experience issue to bed, but it certainly gives the Democrats the talking points to make it with. After all, McCain is 72, his VP choice is more important than Obama's, and people may take a closer look at her on this, than they do on Biden.
On the flip side she has some nice attributes. Young, female, attractive, a mother of five, and a hunter. That helps with a lot of McCains constituencies.
Still - is she ready to be President if McCain at 72 has problems? You can bet that will be debated. |
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I couldn;t be happier with this choice! McCain just totally undermined the one attack on Obama that had some relevance: experience!
As an Obama supporter, I couldn't be happier. Can't wait for the veep debate. Woo Hoo!
Phylo out
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"What kind of woman doesn't tell her parents about her nomination. She's a disgrace."
"REal women don't play basketball." (bet she could kick Barry's butt in one on one.)
"She eats moose! She can't be president."
"Sure he son is in Iraq - it's just a cover for her career."
"Her brother (or some relative) is getting a divorce. Oh the scandal."
"SHE DOESN'T HOBNOB WITH TERRORISTS. How can she know the enemy?"
"She's nothing like Hillary. For starters, Palin is too pretty to be president."
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Did you HEAR ObamaNation’s stupid response to the Russian invasion of Georgia? Sarah could do better than that with, to borrow an expression, half her brain tied behind her back. No worries, mate. |
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Clinton was governor of Arkansas - a wienie state.
People will look upon Palin as someone who can do some of McCain's dirty work. |
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The big message here is this brings excitement to the McCain campaign - he's already got the experience at the TOP of his ticket - even tho Governor Palin will show the world she's plenty competent, real quick.
Plus, McCain's a strong 72 yrs old, and everyone KNOWS it. He ain't going anywhere - he'll have a strong 4 yrs plus. In that time, Palin will prepare for her bright, bright future. |
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Medved is wrong when he states that "by any standard" Gov Palin is less prepared than Obama.
How about the standard of executive experience? As both a former mayor and current Governor, Sarah Palin has more executive experience than Obama and Biden combined. Something worth considering for someone in the Executive branch. |
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That Palin and McCain are surrounded by empty seats. MCain's campaign headquarters are also desparately trying to give tickets away for the convention - thank God they chose a small venue.
Don't worry, I think Palin is the perfect choice for a constituency that literally despises one-third of the American population; good luck. |
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There's a theme that recurs in your books and your speeches, both about putting country first but also about honor. I wonder if you could define honor for us?
Read it in my books.
I've read your books.
No, I'm not going to define it.
But honor in politics?
I defined it in five books. Read my books.
This is pretty interesting, because in many ways the word "honor" is central to McCain's political persona and his campaign's efforts to draw a contrast with Obama.
McCain has repeatedly said that our goal in Iraq is for the troops to return with "honor." The McCain campaign's main premise has been to suggest that his motives are honorable while his opponent's are suspect. He's repeatedly promised an honorable campaign, too -- even as his campaign regularly accuses Obama of treason.
So asking McCain to define "honor" seems like a fair question.
Shorter McCain: Who the heck are you to ask me to define the platitudes that my entire campaign is built on?
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"Pasadena Phil writes: Friday, August, 29, 2008 12:04 PM
Joe
She is not pro-choice, she is pro-ABORTION! Since you never substantiate anything to anyone, I won't bother either. Do your own homework."
I have done by homework Phil. Sarah Palin is a member of Feminists for Life, is Pro Life, and is a religious person. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/05/20/omissio n-watch-pro-life-alaska-governor-has-down-syndrome-baby
For Pasadena Phil to make such a blanant lie is reprehensible. I am ashamed of you. You should be ashamed of yourself. I assumed this was just a mistake on your part, but now I am convinced you are just a dishonorable person. You McCain hatred has turned you into an irrational mad dog. You belong on Daily Kos.
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McCain hit this one out of the ballpark.
He's got an excellent chance of stealing the women's vote from B. Hussein now that he's picked Sarah Palin.
True,the angry Conservative Wing won't be happy with her or JOhn, but most people will be.
I guess I can put a McCain sticker on my car now. |
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That she doesn't turn out to be another Harriet Meyers.
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...for McCain. Now I am.
Sarah Palin rocks! Think "Sarah Barracuda"!
Obama has NO MORE experience than she does!
Someone mentioned earlier how Brrrrrack Hussein Obama only had 160 days experience and most of that has been running for pres.
Not only that she does not have that nasty little relationship with an unapologetic domestic terrorist! |
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I was glad that we haven't heard as much of the same rhetoric about man-made global warming from McCain lately, but this is a real smart move. I am excited now about McCain's campaign, not just resigned to voting for him, because the rest of the field fell away. Palin has a solid record, with strong conservative credentials.
And as Wayne Campbell would say, "She's a babe!"
The campaign has taken a great turn. The Obamunists can only mutter some calumny about how "she doesn't have any experience, and you mean ol' conservatives accused the Anointed One of the same thing." But she does have experience, as a mayor, and as governor, and not only is it experience, she has accomplishments. Barak Hussein has no accomplishments, except for getting elected and writing books. He's done nothing while in the Senate.
This is great!
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"By any standard, Governor Palin is less prepared as commander in chief than Obama."
By any standard...what a stupid thing to say! She has executive experience Obama completely lacks.
Had she none of that, her mind-set makes her transcendingly the better person to lead the nation than the muddle-headed law school professor with the immense ego. |
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Its rare that I get chills as an emotional response. Usually I get them when I hear WWII vets speak about their past. Sarah Palin as the pick hit me like a brick. Simply amazing... I quickly hit the net to learn about her. She is gonna shake up this country. She is the "CHANGE" we truly need.
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Let me see if I understand. A Chicago politician chooses a career Washington insider and tells us we need change. A Maverick Republican, who has worked effectively with someone like Ted Kennedy on major legislation, picks a woman, married to a union member, who has cut government spending and confronted government corruption--that is change. |
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governors command their states' National Guard. That is both executive and military experience. |
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Interesting--Obama can't stand up next to McCain in experience, so the next best thing is to compare him to the VP nominee? Sorry, even if Palin were the presidential nominee, she still has had more experience--successful experience, at that--than Obama. Plus, she's no wimp. Brilliant choice.
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I've been a Mitt supporter all along, but I have mentioned Palin's name several times as the better strategic choice.
It's been fun reading posts from the libs stumble about trying to put a coherent thought together.
I really enjoyed listening to Gov. Palin speak this morning. She even sounds good when she raises her voice. (Whenever I listen to Hillary I hear crows)
Great pick Mac. Now, if you start naming cabinet positions with equally strong choices O'Biden won't stand a chance.
This is exciting. The GOP convention should be fun to watch. |
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Michael, I disagree with your experience comparison. What has Obama run? Nothing. Gov Palin has at least run a city and a state. This is a great choice! She will help rally the conservative base, she's the "anti-elitist", and she's a woman. Homerun on this one! |
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Sarah Palin--this is above and beyond what I was hoping!
The McCain Campaign can take donations up to the 31st, so let the cash flow! $$$$$$$$$$ :D
M. Medved makes a point about experience, but to most of us on a gut level, her experience as mayor and governor IS greater than Obama's experience, which is going to be McCain's joke on him. Most of us appreciate her starting from the PTA and going clear, straight path up to governor. She also has much greater experience on drilling and energy issues than most, and a lot of us have oil on the mind.
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I just got back from CNN.com, where the comments all range from "risky choice" to "bad decision".
Just listening to Dennis Prager right now, too, doing his Happiness Hour, and noting how, generally, conservatives are happier than liberals. There are various reasons to support the statement, but I think we're seeing that phenomenon, even in the comments getting posted to this news story across several websites. We're generally buoyed up by this story, while a lady from VA posts over at CNN, "As a woman, I'm disappointed."
As Jim Quinn says, how terrible it must be to wake up every day, when you're a liberal, and only see the world as such a miserable place.
I also noted that the supposedly neutral CNN closes down articles for comment, after some point. Interesting.
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I'm right there with you! I was just going to vote but McCain-Palin is an electrifying ticket that makes me want to do more!!
I've been hoping and praying for this all week and it's actually happened!! I am too stoked!!! |
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Back during the early primaries, I looked at the field of candidates and thought to myself, no matter which one won the party's nomination, they would all make a great cabinet, taken together.
So Romney supporters, Huckabee supporters, Hunter supports, Giuliani supporters, let's pull together to defeat the Leftists, and let's encourage our favorite candidates to work together in a Republican administration.
And especially Fred Thompson, I didn't forget him, I'd like to see him in any role in such an administration.
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Sure, any governor will gain some executive experience which, all things being equal, is a good thing for executive branch candidates. But let's face facts, in his brief time in the senate, Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 570 bills, sponsored or co-sponsored 15 bills that have become LAW since he joined the Senate in 2005, and introduced amendments to 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate (from the congressional record, available online). This on a range of domestic and international issues that Palin has barely thought about. So, you can call him "bambi" or "leftie" or the even less charitable things you call him; when I see the same people who were on tv last week slamming HIS experience coming on tv today to say that Palin's "life experience as a woman" somehow qualifies her for even the VP slot, I am stunned at the intellectual dishonesty to which the Right can sink. Unbelievable. It's ok to live in fantasy land on the weekends, but during the week, why not live amongst the real world facts?
Why not debate facts instead of name-calling and lying?
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Hey Will wherever you are! Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Tom Ridge indeed! Go Sara! NRA! Prolife! Against gay marriage. Plays basketball! Honest! Honest! Honest! The anti-Pelosi is coming! |
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Hey, Medved, take some advice from this "losertarian" (who, along with about a million of my fellows, will probably be responsible for a McCain win come Novembe).
Stick to picking horses, not VP candidates.
And the sour grapes there at the end...
Lets get real. My tabby cat is better equipped to be POTUS than Obama!
Give the Lady a break. Maybe they'll even let you visit the White House if you quit pouting. |
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He liked Bobby Jindal. That was Medved's dream pick. So what. Many of us liked Bobby Jindal. Jidnal is a young rising conservative star.
But I liked Sarah Palin more. So apparently did John McCain. I am thrilled with the pick. Does she have weakness on experience? Well compared to some, sure. She happens to have more than Barack Obama, which I would think would be the most important thing. She also has more executive experience than Plugs Biden. She also has great expreience on energy.
So don't be too hard on Michael. I think he is okay with the pick. |
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In her acceptance. Good speech.
On the subject of experience. Michael, you are dead wrong. Obama has nothing to offer in the way of experience, other than his pet attack dog Biden. At least Palin has worked for a living and she has accomplished something while doing so. If experience experience really matters...McCain/Palin is the team. |
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Medved says by any standard, Governor Palin is less prepared as commander in chief than Obama.
I answer that LEADERSHIP is the ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission. The standard of leadership is the ability to get the willing respect of the entire military, which neither Clinton ever did earn.
So what is the Medved standard, male versus female, a lawyer versus a non lawyer? A Harvard Lawyer who served a couple hundred days making laws is more qualified to meet the standard than one who has had more than 200 days in executive experiences as Mayor and as Governor?
Alaska is about same size as Delaware, and Lawyer Biden setting in the senate making laws for 30 years makes him more qualified for a leadership job in executive roles? Sounds like a Corporate lawyer is as qualified to run the corporation as the CEO? Playing in the orchestra does not makes one qualified to be the conductor, the ability to "duct", to channel talents.
Leadership is the ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission. |
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Palin has executive experience. That places her head and shoulders above Obama for consideration for the position of command in cheif.
But then, we should be used to Medved getting things wrong by now. |
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But McCain is still committed to amnesty. And carbon taxes. And no drilling in ANWR. And campaign finance reform. And closing Gitmo. And........ |
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Most important qualification: She can probably beat Barack one-on-one on the basketball court~!
She at least knows how to handle a gun. And she has, as they say, "skin in the game." Not to mention, as above, her executive experience eclipses his. Obama couldn't even improve Chicago schools with $150 million at his disposal! What does that say about executive leadership? |
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Leadership attributes include beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge, and skills. Palin has those attributes. Leadership is not about ideology, nor Ivy League college education. Leadership is earned through respect, not earned through college curiculum.
Warren Buffett was turned down by Harvard Law School, and is now the richest person in the world. Over half the worlds most prosperous members have no college education, including Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft. The Obama group, promising tax breaks to the 95%, will fund their new programs on the back of the real leaders of America, from punishing small business upward. |
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Let's see -- Gov. Palin has been a business person, a mayor and a governor. Obama has never held a full-time job (part-time attorney, part-time lecturer at Chicago Law School, part-time Senator who never participated in Senate debate or committees). So, how is Obama even the least bit prepared to be President? |
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Every time I start to think Michael Medved is making sense he makes another inane remark. Today it is “…McCain will largely lose the experience issue against Obama. By any standard, Governor Palin is less prepared as commander in chief than Obama.”
Michael Is wrong let me count the ways:
1. She is currently the Head of the Alaska National Guard; while Senator Obama knows that there is a National Guard.
2. She has a son serving and within two weeks will be in Iraq; while Senator Obama won’t even visit the troops when he visits Iraq.
3. She is a mother and as such is less likely to make a military decision based on ego; Senator Obama is so egotistical that he would not even admit he was wrong on the surge as recently as his visit to Iraq and Europe.
Michael you are an extremely intelligent man, but all too often you leave us scratching our heads saying “What was he thinking?”
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Imagine yourself the wagon master planning the leading of a train of wagons across the Oregon Trail, across deserts, mountains, hostile environments. Which would be the asset, the liability? Which backbone would you trust, which the survivor on all fronts, Palin, Obama, or Biden? Palin is alread proven to be a proven frontiers woman, surviving harsh environments.
Or, if you owned a big piece of a major corporation, which of the three would you want on the board of directors, or even the CEO? |
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If you people are so upset about 9/11, then why hasn't our current Looser-in-Chief found the bastards who attacked us almost 7 years later?
PS: I've come to expect such slime ball stuff from Medved. I used to be shocked.
Even worse......
http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280016?f=h_latest |
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"No one is above the law, and no one is beneath its protection. Upholding these principles, and bringing Americans together on the side of life, is the work of leadership. And I can assure you that if I am elected president, advancing the cause of life will not be above my pay grade."
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Are you serious? No, really, ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Just by virtue of having a moral center and NOT being a political windsock like BHO she's automatically more prepared to lead than he is.
She is that rare politician who got into politics to make a difference and then actually did so.
And the more people compare Palin to BHO the smaller BHO will appear.
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Yes, excellent post. The dems will be appearing as a big, thick glass ceiling if they try to go after Gov. Palin.
And on an anniversary of suffrage, too. Touche, McCain. |
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We the People of the United States of America have the right to have our borders and our laws respected and enforced.
Citizens of other countries illegally in our country have no right to demand anything from our government. They most certainly have the right to petition the governments of their home countries for change if they are unhappy with their home country. If they want to be Americans, we have a path to citizenship, more generous than any other nation, and it starts in their home country.
We need to insist on the equal protection, application and enforcement of the law or devolve into anarchy. Our Republic only functions if everyone follows the same rules. We should not change the laws to accomodate those breaking them.
If America annouces to the world "We can't stop you, so come on in" with another amnesty, the deluge will be overwhelming. If 3,000 a day didn't get your attention, then wait until it's 10,000 a day. We cannot sustain this influx and survive as a nation. We must speak up and speak to each other about this and not let false claims of racism or bigotry be used to intimidate us into silent assent. America is not Congress' to give away. America belongs to We the People. Speak to your neighbors, speak to your coworkers, but please speak up to your Congressmen and Senators. It's O.K. for us to enforce our laws, no really, it is.
Someone please tell Sen. McCain.
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"If you people are so upset about 9/11, then why hasn't our current Looser-in-Chief found the bastards who attacked us almost 7 years later?"
-- Those bastards died in the attack, you stupid nuckfut!
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"Medved is correct that McCain will lose the "experience" attack."
-- Does McCain somehow now NOT have experience that stretches back to before Obama was born? Nope. Look: it's still there.
"He is right on another...there will indeed be a media frenzy...but not the kind he thinks. Generally, the media will wonder what the heck McCain was thinking."
-- Because they're fair and balanced of course.
"I'd be willing to bet that Medved and other shills were ready to write essentially the same piece whether it was Ridge, Romney, Lieberman, Hucklebee, Kasich, Cheney or any other selection.....just fill in the blank. It dosen't really matter, does it. They are virtually interchangable...a group of empty suits."
-- IF true, it would match your empty rhetoric.
"After the Bush years....you guys have lowered the bar so low....you are unaware there are even clues."
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"McCain has repeatedly said that our goal in Iraq is for the troops to return with "honor." So asking McCain to define "honor" seems like a fair question."
-- He has. It means to return only after a definitive victory has been won. What it does not mean is running away before the job is done.
"He's repeatedly promised an honorable campaign, too -- even as his campaign regularly accuses Obama of treason."
-- Listen up, loser. John McCain's campaign has NEVER accused Barack Obama of committing treason. Feel free to list real facts before giving your opinions; equally, feel free to keep your lies packed away in the same place from which you draw those opinions. |
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Michael Medved I like your articles but!!! Lets look at this. Gov. Palin would not be the most qualified VP we have had. But lets see how she compares with the "top" of the Democratic Ticket. When Obama was a street organizer for ACORN she was a supervisor of a town. When Obama went to the state senate she became a mayor. When Obama became a US Senator she became a Govenor. Both for the same period of time. Michael you've temporary lost your mind if you can see something there that makes him better qualified to be Commander In Chief. There both weak but he's going the "top" job. |
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I do not agree that "by any standard Sarah Palin is less prepared as commander in chief than Obama" as stated by Michael Medved at the end of his article.
Take the standard of executive experience. She has had both mayoral and gubernatorial executive experience for at least two years. What has Obama had? Acting on the stage with world leaders, and oh that's right he was a community organizer which is a pleasant euphemism for an agitator. But then he has been in the Senate for two years, one of which doesn't count because he is out campaigning. Some credentials for commander in chief.
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when he says that Palin has less experience than Obama. Afer all, Obama and his pall Ayers ran an Annenberg Challenge foundation into the ground in Chicago, failing to improve education but improving their own pocketbooks. So, in the area of "experience as usual", Palin has MUCH less experience than Obama.
Michael, next time write down your evidence, not just your opinion. Opinions are like derrieres; everyone has one. |
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Lady Sarah should be the top of the ticket. She has more executive experience, honesty and integrity than the 3 mooseburgers combined. She is a simple person but a born natural leader in the manner of Ronald Reagan. Compared to Obamba who will defund an already stripped military as Carter and Clinton did,leaving us with few defensive alternatives, President Palin will restore America to its rightful place as the undisputed leader of the world. |
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An NRO reader explains:
There is a difference between feeling like you have to vote for McCain because of support for our troops (and judges a few other pressing matters) and actually being energized to vote for the ticket...
A lot of voters would have been pragmatic without Palin. But it appears that many more will be pragmatic with her, and more, she just softens the blow for many of them and makes them more excited. That’s normal – and it’s a reasonable (and in my opinion, correct) feeling. The verdict is out on Palin, but the fact she has made the base more energetic in no way means the base was wrong to be frustrated and apathetic. Maybe the base had something to do with McCain going with Palin instead of Lieberman. Maybe the base will push McCain to pick Roberts, not Souter. Maybe the base will make sure we actually get border security coupled with a sensible immigration policy instead of token measures on the road to amnesty.
That’s healthy. It shows that conservatives can stick together and influence policy – in a way that was not true prior to the Internet, before there was a Heritage Foundation, before there was a National Review (or NRO), before there was a Federalist Society. We can make a difference, and we are not wrong to demand adherence to basic, conservative ideology. Whether Palin represents that basic ideology is yet to be determined, but the signal is strong that she has a vision rooted not in Washington and big government programs, but in the individual, the family, the community… and that is a vision for America that I want to live in. That is a vision for America I can be enthused about. I just pray she grows into this role and stands strong on those basic, conservative principles that we all are hoping she holds.
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I SAY........
SARAH PALIN IS THE ...... __MS.__DEEDS.........
COMES TO WASHINGTON JUST LIKE THE OLD MOVIE
WITH JIMMY STEWART AS MR.DEED
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