reality of fear
suffocating
your quiet dispair,
screaming in disappointment!
mourning the loss
of your cause,
your shatter dreams!
sudden loss; with chagrin again
looking to another election loss!
Can't blame them,
they are liberals! |
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You have 'em on the ropes! Keep it up! |
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Man, your panties are really in a bunch.
So SP didn't veto 500,000,000 in spending? She didn't get a dozen corrupt pols out of office? She didn't go after Stevens? She didn't change the rules on how AK does business? She didn't force "big oil" to renegotiate their leases and bidding processes?
Please, please, PLEASE tell me 1 meaningful achievement of your boy BO?
Yah, Joe Biden is a real uniter.
And your using the teleprompter meme made me snort out loud. |
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The politics of the teleprompter AND the photoshop. These guys make up facts out of whole cloth--so long as it panders to their conceits. Barack is a celebrity elitist. Palin is a "reformer"--rather than the money grubbing local politician she is.
And Salty Alaskan, tell us about decency. Judging from the nasty tone of Palin's teleprompting, your guys are going to try and slime your way into office again. We'll see if it works. This election is a referendum on the American people--do we prefer the sense of moral superiority we get from Reep politicians? or do we prefer the simple call to our American ideals? It is not about Barack and Mac. It is about the American capacity, on a national scale, to see past the Republican snow job. The guys in here are obviously suckers. We'll have to see about the broader public. My guess is that Barack is right--in mid to late october, you'll see a break in our direction. 55-45. And in 2012, you clowns won't even clear 40%.. |
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Ex-Conservative!
Has not been conservative for years!
Has said he is not conservative for a long time, now. |
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What is with the male Latino dominant man dominates little senorita thingy, Amigo? Whew, sooooooooooooo passe, Senor Dude. |
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David Brooks
Peggy Noonan
Mike Murphy
Michael Savage (okay, it scares me that I agree with him about something--he seems truly unbalanced) |
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I just went and looked these up.
Add these to the City Journal (very conservative journal) story and you're getting a picture of how *many* conservatives view the Palin pick.
You can hear the reverberation of what Noonan says in come comments here where (apparent) Republicans are talking about things like "personal narrative" and garbage like that. And Republicans calling the opposition "sexist" is beyond rediculous. It's insulting to the traditionalists in the party.
And Murphy *nails* the McCain angle. He's supposedly above cynicism, and this reeks of cynicism.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/03/noona n_and_murphy_meet_the_hot.html
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Now that I'm thinking of it, we should have become low producers and lived off of the government. We could have received free food and medical care, job training and monies paid by the American people-WOW I feel stupid! |
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I am the product of a Democratic household- I chose to be Republican due to the fact that I WORKED hard and never expected things to be HANDED TO ME-I am not wealthy, but expect Americans to be responsible for their situations and NOT count on me to pay taxes to take care of their shortcomings. I have no education beyond high school, but have worked hard and achieved a VERY above average income along with my husband, and my son (which I was pregnant with prior to being married) We now are a six figure family and have risen on our own with no help from anyone-just determination. No one paid for my first car, a college education, or my wedding-we did it by OURSELVES to ensure our children would have a great life. These are my reasons to feel as I do. I hate when people are adulterers, thieves and criminals-BUT I LOVE TO BE AN AMERICAN. I didn't just discover this, as Obama's wife recently did. |
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Perhaps I missed the story of their DYING spouses. |
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Commander in chief of Alaska's National Guard.
A Real Reformer, A doer not a talker, against wasting taxpayers' money.
First week, sold governor's jet on eBay with profit, and released the governor personal chef.
Presently has more than 85% approval in Alaska.
Unlike Obama, she is a doer; not a just smooth teleprompter talker!
Oh, yes, Obama, served on board with friends who tried to blow up American Buildings, proud of it and wished done more! Then his pastor of 20 years said; what? God..........America!
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Melissa- thank your for your consistency. If Edwards is the lowest of the low,a jerk and a hog, can you please give specific descriptions of McCain and Gingrich? |
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Were their spouses dying???? |
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I don't condone cheating of ANY kind-I think it's wrong no matter who does it and I have little PERSONAL respect for anyone who does-doesn't matter who they are. Unfortunately, it occurs everywhere. |
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I'll get called a misogynist and other things, but these are the facts on the ground: Sarah Palin's feminism and apparent careerism is offensive to many traditionalists.
That her teenage daughter got pregnant out of wedlock while Palin was governor indicates that there was a lack of guidance and attention at home. Two problems with Mr. Mom the husband: (1) this feminist model is, at a minimum, questionable to many traditionalists; and (2) he apparently didn't totally do the stay-at-home thing, and the kids were on their own or with relatives quite a bit.
That Palin would "abandon" her four-month old daughter, disabled even, to run ragged around the country is also indicative of a set of priorities that many traditionalists find warped.
If the dems are successful in painting the Palin portrait, and she's an unknown to most people, more and more socons will be troubled by her.
This is not a good situation.
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Melissa- Who is defending Edward's actions? His political career is over and he's not on the ticket. There is nothing like that in Obama's past and no evidence he is anything other than a good husband and father. Are you willing to criticize McCain for divorcing his first wife and taking up with Cindy? Are you willing to criticize Gingrich for cheating on his wife and serving her with divorce papers in the hospital? I imagine you supported Clinton's impeachment because he lied about a BJ. Any comments on Rebublican cheaters? Hello? Hello? |
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What did SHE do that should make her bow out? |
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It's painful to say this, but the libs in here are dead right on this one.
McCain made a terrible choice. He didn't need Palin for the socons; they were already voting for him. All he needed to do with the VP pick was to do no harm.
And he botched it big time.
Someday we'll know just how this pick was made, whether it was, indeed, Maverick seeing a fellow maverick, or whether it was callow identity politics.
Either way, it was a very unwise gamble. The media and the dems are doing exactly what should be expected, and false outrage is expected political theatre but is not to be taken seriously.
Again, I say, if this continues to be a Britney Spears melodrama, McCain may have done himeself serious harm.
Sarah Palin needs to bow out. |
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This man is the lowest of the low. What a true hog-I can't condone cheating on his wife let alone while she if fighting/dying from cancer-ABSOLUTE jerk. Who could ever justify this one? |
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I am a McCain supporter, and after RESEARCHING Sarah Palin, a McCain/Palin supporter. I wasn't convinced when the news broke-I knew the Dems (the party is speaking though the candidate is staying "mum")would criticize whenever possible. I also know to veer away from ABC, NBC and CBS-always very one sided in their approach to politics. We need to look at issues, not personal opinions-look to reading and research to see what is really going on-remember and replay speeches given by those who now oppose the war and listen to where they were when the war was discussed. Remember where we were when the attacks, those I NEVER thought would happened in the United States occurred. We cannot trust our national security to a relatively unknown senator-I had NEVER heard of Obama prior, and I'm sure I'm not alone. It's a scary world. One more thing: When it was believed there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, I'm so glad we waited for nine months to invade-I'm sure if we gave American drug dealers nine months to "rid their stash" they would have done so, just like the b@#$%#^ Hussein did. Americans WAKE UP!!!!! |
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KG- thanks for the insight. I actually thought McCain might pick someone who was qualified to be president if necessary, but you've enlightened me that he put his political survival over the good of his country. The first obligation of a politician is to get elected, while the first obligation of a statesman is to do the right thing for the country. Thanks for letting me know McCain is just another politician. |
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I could not stand to hear one more word from McTex. Hope he has gone quiet into the dark night. |
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Rove said Kaine would have been a "political" rather than a "governing" pick. He also stated that Palin was a political pick.
She is. Mack passed up a bunch of white, rich men who might be better qualified in many areas. But the first obligation of a statesman is to get elected.
They are hoping Palin gets the votes of socons, people who want to drill now, working mothers, tax hawks, people who hate gov't corruption and man who like real women.
The question: Can she govern as POTUS after some heavy briefings? Why not?
She seems a lot more likely than Obama or Hillary, that's fer sure. |
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I don't even know what Noonan and Murphy said, and I already don't care. What could they say that would be so terrible?
"McCain didn't vet her."
"She's not qualified."
"It's an cynical choice pandering to women."
All of that is going to get lost in the MSM's din of the same criticisms. The only difference is that people are going to say? Peggy who? Murphy who? And you know what? They are going to be just as wrong and embarrassed as the rest of them when it's all said and done. |
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Neo- what a brilliant rebuttal. You certainly addressed the issue of why Kaine, with more local/state experience than Palin,is unqualified to be VP, but she is. That answers my question. Thanks for the insight. |
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you consistently consistent Leftoids. Kaine is a Dipwad Yutz. There, that disqualifies him. :-)
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Just occurred on MSNBC @ 8:00pm est:
Chris pretends he doesn't understand what a sexist attack is, ridicules the sexist attack disputes against Palin, trying to argue they are not sexist, but legitimate questions:
While interviewing Senator Mel Martinez (R-Florida), Chris asks him "Do you believe, Senator, that it is sexist to believe that women have a particular role in rearing children that men don't have?"
Martinez responds, as a father and grandfather, defending Palin.
Chris then goes on "well what about Carly Fiorina saying tonight 'the Republican party will not stand by while Governor Palin is subjected to sexist attacks' ". Chris asks Mel "Do you know what they are talking about, or is this just politics?"
Say what? As if Chris doesn't know what 'they' are talking about. Chris Matthews is a pathetic piece of crap. Amanda can add that loser to her list of losers attacking Sarah Palin.
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Tip O'Neill understood it - no matter what office one seeks, the office is won at the local level.
Many see the Palin pick as a cynical ploy towards women. On the contrary, Palin fills many gaps that none of the senators fill. I think the primary area where she will undo the hopes of the (D)s is that she is "local." She is not a part of the entrenched group of people who know better than us what we need - she is much more like the neighbor we'd like to have on our block.
Is it cynical to bring someone up who is not the status quo?
Palin is a roll of the dice, but I'm guessing that her "hometown" appeal is going to turn the election for McCain. There may be a lot more people in Chicago than Wasilla, but there are a lot more Wasillas than there are Chicagos (which was part of what Noonan wrote about today). |
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On 8/10, Karl Rove was on Face the Nation. He belittled Governor Kaine from VA as a VP pick for Obama because of lack of experience. He was Governor for 3 years (more than Palin) and Mayor of Richmond (200,000 people. Wasilla-9,000). His comment was that if Obama picked him, it would be strictly a political choice and showed he was not concerned about his capability of being President of US. Query- does this standard not apply to McCain's pick? Is there one chance in a billion someone on the "fair and balanced" network will ask Rove about this? I think not. Hypocrisy, thy name is Rove. |
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Those of you attacking CBS for running the story, didn't you notice the story is not about the Enquirer story, it's about the McCain campaign's RESPONSE to it.
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I'm watching MSNBC and they are shocked, shocked that the public is pissed at them for their bias and unfair attacks on Palin.
I heard what Sarah is going to say and it will be a shot at the drive by media tonight..she is also going to hammer Obama.
I love her. (: |
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Defending John Edwards affair, and then berating Sara Palin, really shows left wing hyproscity.
He was an inexperienced senater, runnung for VP, married for 30 years, and has an affair, while his wife and mother of his children, is diagnosed with cancer.
He didn't have a weekend fling or a one night stand, he had an adulterous affair.
Where may I ask is John Edwards good judgement, did he put his family first?
TH did not try to roast John Edwards. And don't mention Ann Coulter she's never nice |
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...or sexism. It's about taking out the opposition by any means possible.
If Mitt had been the VP choice, we'd be back to raking Mormons over the coals.
BTW: Levi and Bristol are a young, sympathetic couple. Once people put faces on this "situation," they will get over it.
The kids will stand as a cautionary tale for other teens--and an example of standing up and taking responsibility for their choices.
Also: I remember hearing some devastating rumors about Obama. One guy was on a local talk show. Did those rumors, false tho they may be, surface? Not at all.
The double standard really is nauseating.
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I read the column, and I didn't think it was completely inconsistent. In the column she basically said it could succeed or fail. She just didn't say which she thought it would be, out of fairness to McCain. I guess she could be accused of not "calling her shot" and saying she thought it was a bad pick, but she didn't really lie or anything. Anyway, that's my take.
And yes, Elephants are rare here...it can get lonely in the wilderness :-).
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You see anything wrong or weird about four senators (Obama, Biden, McCain and Hutchison, Snowe or Collins)as the dem/republican ticket? Very over-loaded with the "greatest deliberative body" so to speak. |
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Here's one thing that people (the left and the elites) don't get about Christians. Christians can hate the sin but love the sinner. While I do not condone nor elevate having intercourse outside of marriage between one man and one woman, neither do I forever hold against the sinner. Because I have sinned in the past, today and will again in the future. But the key is to forgive and then support. Christians are seen by the elite as casting Hesther Prynnes out of the community and this is decidedly NOT what happens. I know from personal experience being on both sides of the equation.
The only perfect person to walk on this Earth was Jesus Christ and this unblemished lamb was the sacrifice for me and everyone - for Christians and for non-Christians who choose to believe. |
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"It surely couldn't be true that they're smart and experienced political observers who know a crass, political move when they see one."
No, that's not it - it could be that they say one thing publicly and a completely opposite thing when they think no-one is listening. If they're that smart, experienced, and recognize a crass, political move, then why not appear smart and experienced publicly by writing about their actual, true opinion?
http://brianw.blogtownhall.com
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While the Left decries sexism,they seem to be most ardent practitioners of it. |
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No, I think Noonan and Murphy are just bent because their choice wasn't McCain's choice. They'll get over it. |
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As liberals, and apparently some prominent consevatives have been saying, why not Hutchinson, Collins, Snow or number of qualified women.
Personally, it won't suprise me if we don't see the Gov on the ticket this fall.
...I'm just sayin' |
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They don't cross the street. They just keep turning left. Counter-clockwise. Counter-culture. Counterproductive. |
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Time for the attacks on them to start. What will the approach be? They're just part of the liberal MSM and drank the Kool-Aid? Maybe they knew they were on-mike and cunningly knew this would backfire and galvanize even more support for Palin? It surely couldn't be true that they're smart and experienced political observers who know a crass, political move when they see one. It couldn't be they actually love this country and decry a move that potentially puts an inexperienced novice within a heartbeat of leading the country in these dangerous times. No, there must be some other reason. What can it be? Look forward to HH's answer. |
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Like hearing a scream in the night and shutting the window, far too many on the left are simply cowering during this embarrassing display of media malfeasance.
National politics is tough, but simple decency seems to be absent in a critical mass of the left. |
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Any chance Obama didn't pick another black person for V.P. because of the "dmographics" and white voters? You know like the one you and Noonan are so upset about that McCain did. You've got 18 million pissed off female Hillary voters and you don't think McCain is going to pick a woman?
How you people cross the street without getting killed is a mystery to me. |
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Oregon Elephant writes: "Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan are good folks. They got caught giving an opinion with the mike off, which is hardly a federal offense"
The rap is on Noonan's remarks caught on mike compared to her column.
It is about integrity.
Aren't Elephants nearly extinct in Oregon? |
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Hawkeye - Christopher Hitchens already wrote the story on Mother Theresa. Not pretty. |
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Check out Noonan and Murphy on youtube assessing the Palin pick over a hot mic a la Jesse Jackson. |
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The dimwits (MSM+LIBERALS) have done the one thing John McCain was unable to do, unify the Republican party. And the dimwits do it for him in less than 72 hours. I think they call that PRICELESS. |
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Yeah I listened to the tape about an hour ago. I just checked back, 2000 hits since then.
Ouch! This is gonna leave a mark! |
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Ignorance ain't bliss.
The difference is that the MSM knew about the Edwards story and simply refused to run it. Hmmm, wonder why that was? Funny, how the same MSM didn't mind printing BS rumors about a McCain "affair." But, no, there is no liberal bias.
Oh, BTW, how many stories did the MSM run on Pretty Boy? How many front page stories were run on the front page of the MSM? Was his family smeared? A former VP candidate admits an affair after being caught and the MSM does a collective yawn.
The beautiful thing about this stuff is that it is going to backfire big time.
And, JamesB, I would worry about the fork in your boy, who can't pull away despite having the entire MSM and entertainment industry on his side. Not to mention a hurricane interrupting the RNC.
Obama and Biden: bigger egos than brains.
I can't wait for November. It's gonna be fun watching you smug, ignorant lefties cry yourselves to sleep all the while demanding recounts and trying to convince yourselves the election was "stolen." |
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If you watch closely you can see how careful the McCain campaign is to keep these stories going.
The "bump" for the dems was noticeable, but barely up to 50%, and what's their next storyline? McCain/Palin has two days of enormous publicity, and an open field of issues and areas to attack - Look for Gov. Palin to spend lots of time in the Ohio valley, and also the intermountain west, and particularly interesting if she hits Oregon and Washington (especially to campaign with Dino Rossi).
BO and Joe will be so tempted to keep up the Bush/McCain theme, but they risk falling several cycles behind the Feiler Faster theory curve. The challenge will be to extend economic fears beyond energy prices. They may do it, but it won't be simple. |
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you forgot the line about how Mitt Romney would have also been great as President... Romney Rising! |
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HH- I'll write your story for tomorrow so you can take some time off. Governor Palin gave a fabulous speech at the convention and wowed all the delegates. She justified McCain's pick of her by showing she is a true reformer and agent of change. She outlined her career and explained why she has more experience than Obama to run the country. Her compelling personal story won the hearts and minds of the viewing audience and answered the critics who unjustly and unfairly attacked not just her, but her family as well. The MSM reporters were so embarrased and ashamed they announced they were abandoning the Messiah and supporting the GOP. The polls will show a 10-15% bounce and the only ones left who support the Chosen One are Marxist, homosexual,atheistic America haters who want to take God out of public life and let the Islamo/Fascists take over this country. Did I miss anything? Enjoy your day off. |
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As it happens, the Enquirer was "filling in the gap that has been left by a corrupt mainstream media."
Is that the worm you're talking about? |
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Couldn't you also be considered a "media elite", since you are a college professor, are on the air, and have a history of working in the Federal Government?
The name-calling has got to stop. Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan are good folks. They got caught giving an opinion with the mike off, which is hardly a federal offense, they're entitled to their views, and it doesn't make them traitors. |
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We can't run the Edwards story because of it being based on "un-named sources" and being "unverified", yet there's CBS quoting the Enquirer while admitting the sources are unnamed.
We need a solid revolution that bankrupts the MSM completely.
http://brianw.blogtownhall.com
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