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Monday, September 01, 2008
Hank Adler :: Townhall.com Columnist
Audacity of Arrogance
by Hank Adler
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Note: Earlier this morning, this column was incorrectly attributed to Hugh Hewitt.

Senator Obama’s first public show of male chauvinism was in Detroit in May. Detroit reporter Peggy Agar asked a question about help for local autoworkers and received this response from Senator Obama: “Hold on one second sweetie”; he also ignored her question.

Now, on Sixty Minutes, he describes Governor Sarah Palin: "Obviously, she's a fine mother and an up-and-coming public servant." So, the three year Senator from Illinois now refers to the two year Governor of Alaska as an "fine mother and an up-and-coming public servant." Oh my God!

This is not the audacity of hope; this is the audacity of arrogance. In the dictionary, under male chauvinism, we can place a picture of Senator Obama describing a governor as a “fine mother”. This gives condescending new meaning.

While this relatively inexperienced Vice-Presidential candidate aspires to be a heart beat away from the presidency, this equally inexperienced Senator from Illinois wants to be that heart beat.

Let us be clear here, if international experience is a requirement of either the Presidency or the Vice-Presidency, neither Obama nor Palin has, as they say in poker, openers. The closest the Senator has ever come to international experience was being named to chair a Senate subcommittee on Europe. When he holds his first meeting, his international experience can begin. Like Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin brings executive experience to the table, but no international experience.

Sarah Palin’s governmental experience seems very similar to that of Jimmy Carter. I do not remember anyone referring to Jimmy Carter, the one term governor of Georgia, as an obviously FINE FATHER and an up and coming public servant when he was the Democratic candidate for the Presidency.

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Reply # 1
Date: Sep 2, 2008 - 11:48 PM EST
McCain, Go For the Jugular
John McCain needs to stop being concerned about offending Obama for any reason. Hillary Clinton found out too late that she should have gone on the attack of Obama's Background and Associations, and not on hs lack of experience.

It is his lack of character and his associations present and past that he should have been made to answer for. When Obama is properly exposed by McCain, the Liberal MSM will be forced to hear it, and Obama will be forced to answer.

Not all people truly believe or realize what a soundrel Obama is and What Scoundrels he is Allied With, and has been allied with since his days at Harvard and onward.

Michael Sall wrote the following on FSM at info@familysecurity:

"If a candidate is willing to lie about an opponent, he should let a surrogate do it. If the truth will swing votes his way, he should do it himself. The idea that negative ads should be reserved for 527s is simply wrong. If a 527 supporting McCain runs a truthful advertisement or attack, it will be marginalized by the army of liberal press who favor Democrats. If McCain makes the attack himself, however, Obama will have to answer, giving rise to more publicity and more scrutiny. Also, McCain will have numerous opportunities to refute all critics. The opposition presswill shine a spotlight on what he says rather than shooting the 527 messenger. Any focus on Wright, Ayers, Rezko, etc., can only help McCain.

What are Obama's chances? The extreme left and black voter coalition will support him, the green lobby will fall in line - pretty much all the usual suspects. But these people vote Democrat in every election. The people he will lose if his far left leanings are exposed are the Reagan Democrats, and many disaffected Republicans who have recently registered Independent or Democrat (over 10% of all voters). McCain has only one challenge. He must let voters know who Obama really is in the face of a press corps that will do or say anything to get him elected."

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Date: Sep 2, 2008 - 11:47 PM EST
KOS, CNN, ABC--Commie Rags
Subject: Kos and these Other Commie Rags
What kind of reporting do you expect from Commie Rags such as Kos, and even the Washington Com-Post chimes in. Attacking Palin and her family is their kind of reporting and Obama's kind of campaigning.

If the MSM and journalists generally gave a bit about our nation, they would be busy doing some real investigation into Obama and his current and past acquaintances, supporters, friends and co-conspirators.

Look at the list of Terrorists, Communists, Criminals, Shady Businessmen, and So-Called Spiritual Leaders he has surrounded himself with and who mentored this Socialist.

Obama's background includes Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers, Sol Olinsky, a communist, Tony Rezko, a Chicago Gangster, Jeremiah Wright, a Black Racist Preacher who Teaches Hate Whitey and Hate the United States, and Father Pflager, a Clown of a Catholic Priest who preached in Wright's pulpit and pretended to be black speaking in a black dialect and trashed Hillary Clinton.

I hope Obama keeps on. People are learning more and more about this stooge and his true leanings and beliefs. His little Change Speeches have grown stale, and people are beginning to examine the type Changes this Dangerous Criminally Minded Marxist might have in mind.

McCain and his supporters, it is time to Put Political Correctness aside, take off the gloves and Go After Obama by Exposing Him Everyday. No more mister Nice Guy. This election is too critical to even take a chance that this Clown gets anywhere near the strings of power.

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