Charlie Gibson's War

OK, I am not copying your comment on my post, BG, but this is an awesome post! Awesome! It is all laid out on the table for America to choose - either moderation or extremism. Period. If we go with McCain, things will be imperfect but able to be improved upon. If the nation chooses Obama, game over for anyone who holds dear to Judeo-Chritian values and traditions. What is worse is thatwhere you state the truth about McCain really being the bipartisan olive-branch, the left continually makes him out to be the etremist and Obama the centrist. As you state, the truth is the exact opposite. Wellsaid. Well done!

The Obama supporting author rightly notes: "American constitutional law is stable only because of the principle of stare decisis, which means that in general, the Court should respect its own precedents...(a)decision to overrule it would not only disrupt and polarize the nation." I highly doubt they would take the same position regarding the recent SCOTUS ruling on the Second Amendment. I shudder to think what would happen if they tried to re-define that ruling under an Obama Administration. That would be very, very bad for our country.
Great Post!

has anyone told whoopi goldberg that strict followers of stare decisis ONLY would, in theory, have kept her a slave?

WHAT DO WE WANT?

McCain acquittal!

WHEN DO WE WANT IT?

NOOOWWW!

5 on rcp poll in...

NEW YORK?

sounds like trouble in ny, nj, minn & mi...

that's something that can't be making his campaign too happy...

I'm sure the new pollos aren't making Obama's peeps happy - but they sure make me smile :-)

Very well presented -- You have a gift for "straight talk"! -- hehe -- Have you seen the cartoon at American Thinker re Sarah vs. Charlie? -- You will love it! --

got it!

http://www.americanthinker.com/cartoons/

that's just about what charlie needed...

hockey mom versus hockey puck!

amazes me. All it does is give State's rights. The Abortionists are way more zealous than any Christian I know.....Charlie Gibson needs a slap upside the head....Is "She" coming back???

bet: obiden gaffeteria, already serving, will be open and in full force during the veep debate, and possibly the pres debates, also.

it could happen. not too many tickets operate their own... gaffeteria.

the media will be served! but will they bite?

(laughing. the ribs must be on my brain...)

Excellent analysis, The only thing i disagree with you on is who came out more injured, Charlie had to give up a piece of his perceived fairness, That's his bread and butter.... he seemed to do it without reluctance. He sacrificed in service to the liberal cause. People will not soon forget what he did. The question is, what did he achieve?... A possible "mini-gaffe"...maybe. Hell of a price to pay for a so-called journalist.

The Enemedia definitely bites.

right. even the journalists are committing gaffes! it's contagious! OGS, obiden gaffe syndrome. (see also: OFPS, obiden faux pas syndrome)...

if only we could be sure this gaffe contagion would carry over into foreign policy, we could sleep much easier with President Arugula in office. perhaps the russians would start calling nato play-dough rather than what they do now, which is call it nato, but treat it like play-dough.

a head of arugula in every pot!

your Roe v. Wade post reminded me of an interesting conversation i recently had, it was a typical discussion about the barbaric act of extinguishing your own offspring, with a friend who is never speechless. His position was the age old one of.......

"I don't think it's right, but i won't push my views on others",

without missing a beat I asked, " what other issues do you feel strongly about,that you won't speak up about?........he had no answer.

i thought the comment you left at skep's was priceless. me and my mom were laughing our heads off (redmeat, if you're reading this, go over to skep's and look at dave's comment, too funny, and true, too/btw, i also know that bickering with pro-choicers is hand-to-hand combat)...

the comment always enshrined as single most hilarious thing me and mom (collective vote) have EVER seen on TH: sarge noting that el presidente pelosi would turn mexico into the globe's first, fourth-world economy...

picturing hill being driven to obama's house is right up there. this stuff is hilarious, but i'll tell you, i am SSOOO sick of watching politics on tv. problem: nothing else on! went to watch a movie the other night, just... nothing.

... though I'm not nearly so optimistic that the outcome of this presidential election, should it end up in a loss for BHO, will come anywhere close to ending the culture war. Media's still a business, after all, and a McCain/Palin administration would mean plenty of completely unhinged coastal and urban dwellers looking to find their fears validated in the big city rags, network news, Hollywood movies, etc.

Best just to ignore them, do what you can within your own family/community to promote a more sane worldview, and hope for the best.

all the tv shows are coming back. Problem is, they've been gone so long I forgot what they really are. Lost? Huh?

Gibson is just doing his bit to help defeat Obama. Susan Estrich is having a coronary trying to get the media's attention. She may be a big lefty but she understands the damage the media is doing to their own cause.

I told you Palin should have come to Va Beach. Rasmussen has Va back to tied and Michelle touring the state on top of it. Touring Northern Virginia is not going to carry the state for the GOP. They might as well be campaigning in NYC as be in NOVA

I didn't see the Whoopi thing but I got the quote. Did McCain ask her what did she mean by, "again"? Fess'up, who owned Whoopi previously?

Loved the Village People "YMCA" comment! I was off most of the day yesterday and ot of ytouch with reality. It felt kind of good. I got online today and saw a picture of Obama in the cowboy hat and almost blew a mouthful of coffee all over my computer screen. Reminiscent of Dukakis in the tank, I thought - though not quite as obnoxious. Soooo... stop by later - I think you'll enjoy what I intend to post today. Ah.... the Massachusetts miracle... is why I live in Florida now!

to have been out of touch w/this reality is something i'd desperately enjoy for a whole day.

they're everywhere. every time you turn on the tv, or radio, or computer. there are barack and joe, or one of the usual pundits. i swear, i'm declaring this sunday my own, personal No Media Day, and i'm not turning ANYTHING on in the house. no tv, no computer, no radio, no nothing.

to be honest, the blogs on here, along w/RCP and mclaughlin group, are the most interesting things around for the election cycle. have you heard hugh hewitt's radio show? you know, it's pretty good. i caught the whole thing the other night, and it was super interesting.

are swinging back and forth, back and forth. that's one of the states where the outcome ought to be fascinating. if it's this bad, it might not go mccain's way, and i mean, my God, if it's close, we will have president obama. i'll tell you what, though, i'm hoping it won't be all that close. the debates definitely would seem to be favorable opportunities for mccain and palin.

oh, please, don't even get me started on whoopi. "the view" that day was incredible, trust me. mccain didn't always look all that amused at certain points, either.

i know what you mean about susan estrich. she seems like one of the least strident lefties out there.

i don't really watch any tv other than news and movies. looks like i'll have to wait for the release of "an american carol," and content myself w/any good flick i can find in the meantime.

ed, seriously, i do ignore the lefties. but i'm surrounded by them, and trust me, they are NOT going to be ignored!

fatal attraction!

I caught a bit of the show one day last week and liked it. Is it kosher to listen to talk radio during dinner? Anyway, I finally got the thing posted for today. I wanted to put a couple of pictures up with it, but couldn't figure out how to do it - just call me John McCain. It's too bad - would've enhanced the experience....

is really good. i'm heading over to your place now. (i can't do visuals, either)...

TELEPROMPTER TO A RODEO?

(see chad's blog)

TELEPROMPTER TO A RODEO?

Oh yes he did! Enjoy - make sure you didn't just take a mouthful of coffee or water when to hit this link -

http://stuckon-stupid.com/2008/09/16/will-obama-need-a-uhhh uhhhuhhhh-teleprompter-for-the-debates/

disgusted at the same time. he brought a teleprompter to the rodeo. to a rodeo. a teleprompter to a rodeo.

he better not try giving a speech FROM A SWIMMING POOL OR A HURRICANE SITE.

chad, you have made my day with this...

so will they let him have a teleprompter at the debates?

and i really believe that if they'd let him do it, he'd do it!

Good job kiddo,

Did you notice the disapproving school master look old charlie sent to Lady Sarah?

In regards to health care: Having worked in health care I believe patient charges are grossly artificially inflated it could be from a number of reasons but one in particular may be the litigious society in which we live. Malpractice insurance continues to skyrocket while good physicians leave the big cities such as Philadelphia and New York in-search of more lucrative medical practices outside the malpractice zones. This Country is in dire need of tort reform. By putting a cap on a plaintiff's malpractice award we may see healthcare costs go down. Every person walking into an emergency room is gauranteed health care service according to the Hill Burton Act which entitles any person addmitted to an ER the right to emergency care regardless of race, creed, color and inability to pay.

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hburton.html

that's a good one, I'll remember that.

What an excellent job of analysis. You have described in brillant detail the current state of the MSM and so called "journalists" a truly great job!!!

I am quite impressed with this post. How then, apart from only "buying" media that is not so left of center, do we fix this problem? More regulation is not an answer. Boycotts and protests usually accomplish little. How do we the people change this behemoth that threatens to destroy us all? I wish I knew

forget what william f. buckley did for the right with his magazine. it has spawned a new frontier in the media, outlets everywhere for non-liberals to be heard. this bunch in the MSM, they never change. so while they stay the same, things have, and will continue to change around them. and this will be an election unlike any other, and we'll have played a part in it. that's a very nice thing to have to remember. even if we lose, the next time, as the outlets get bigger, and stronger, we might win. the same spirit exhibited at your own blog, to make this, you know, brilliant suggestion about the drilling, that's the kind of change washington really needs. smarts!

Olbermann and Matthews got tanked, newsrooms are laying off all over the country. Students on college campus' are rebelling against the indoctrination. Actually, Academia is where to take this fight. That's where it can be won. The Hippies will start retiring soon.

He screwed himself in that interview. there were entire segments where the camera focused more on him listening to Palin's answers and smirking with barely-concealed contempt than it did on her. This was Gibson interviewing himself. It had zero impact and in fact highlighted the sneering, condescending attitude that the Obamanoid upper class has towards us superstitious peasants. They don't get that people ar sick of being preached to.
Great Post!

imagining lovable uncle charlie and his interview with poverty czar paris hilton...

of people stop being ignorant? especially when they're in the process of being educated? i don't think they'll ever clean out the universities, although i doubt the plague now in place was there to that extent pre-sixties.

they want olberman to sweat on election night w/the ca results? b/c that's about the only state left w/a still-approaching wide lead, and i'm wondering if they think it's really going to close.

okay, going searching for that commenter...

one idea worked after WWII, Flood the place with veterans going to school on the GI bill.

the same thing happening post-iraq. except that now, the sixties nuts are entrenched in the faculties and "infrastructure" of the universities, thus ensuring a horrific experience for the student-vets. and now that college is like High School 2, and everyone's in there whether they belong there (or even want to be there) or not, these places have more reach than ever. perhaps it could end up working out like the media has. conservatives will start gravitating towards certain, more "friendly" institutions, and perhaps even start new ones.

1- Those prof are aging fast.
2 - those vets aren't going to stand there and take that crap like the sheeple currently attending the indoctrination centers.

more often than not, they'd spit in the eye of some left-wing lackey. and they have the maturity necessary to know this person is an... idiot with a PhD. in no way an oxymoron!

but look what they did to the guys that came home from vietnam. good God. first, you're overseas fighting for your life, and now you're coming home... to THIS? i just don't like the idea of vets being put in one war, only to come home to another one. it wasn't like this after WWII.

these guys can't get old fast enough for me, believe me. of course, i'll be getting old at the same time (laughing)...

BEAR, conservabear, made a super-super-super-good comment on here, and i'm too under-the-gun to keep track. i'm pasting the conservabear's comment here again:

In regards to health care: Having worked in health care I believe patient charges are grossly artificially inflated it could be from a number of reasons but one in particular may be the litigious society in which we live. Malpractice insurance continues to skyrocket while good physicians leave the big cities such as Philadelphia and New York in-search of more lucrative medical practices outside the malpractice zones. This Country is in dire need of tort reform. By putting a cap on a plaintiff's malpractice award we may see healthcare costs go down. Every person walking into an emergency room is gauranteed health care service according to the Hill Burton Act which entitles any person addmitted to an ER the right to emergency care regardless of race, creed, color and inability to pay.

...

this is an awesome comment, and it's my good fortune that i got a second look. i'm super-pooped. i can only take so much political coverage. but i'm glad i caught this, and the blogs are some of the best things out there for really good information.

the health care industry is HUGE, and always in need of being watched and being improved. even i am horrified to admit i liked michael moore's movie on this issue. it's rife with problems (both the health care industry and my attachment to a michael moore film), and could use both constant oversight and aggressive legislation (that's just the health care industry; i doubt my strange interest in michael moore's films warrant legislative action, but you never know).

I will agree that the healthcare industry does need some policing and it is rife with problems. However the quality of American Healthcare far outweighs it's problems (I should post an article about this). Our challenges are not so overwhelming that we are sinking in a mired pit. We are Americans living in a wonderful country that God has given us. We should thank Him daily.

The left would have you believe we are beyond redemption (that is if they truly believed in redemption), just ask Michael Moore who constantly berates the US, our policies and George Bush because Mr. Bush had the audacity to be a labeled a Republican and to stand-up against Islamic Terrorism. If Mr. Moore would spend as much time, money and talents doing an expose on what is GOOD with America I think more folks would be inclined to BEGIN thinking of practical solutions and stop slamming The US.

out, the spoof on moore, SO badly. i hope it's funny! and you should do a post on this, seriously. i'd be really interested in hearing about it, and i know a lot of other people would be, too. i wish they'd stop politicizing the reform of health care. i really do wish, and badly, they'd make it into a bipartisan effort. it's hurting everyone.

Health Care should be a bipartisan issue and even now as we speak congress is fighting about how to keep our economy afloat. One person claims the other side's solution is too Socialistic and so on. Me thinks that both Obama and McCain can make proposals up the wahoo, if there is no money then there is no money. The taxpayer is already footing the bill for the greed and ineffectiveness of all parties involved.

Here's a question for you, do you really want to surrender what little remains of your paycheck as well? When I worked in Philly making about 20 g's a year I rememember adding up my total taxes paid for everything per pay check and it was over 25 percent. What about you guys how much total taxes come out of your paycheck. Realize folks, You are effectively working for the government.

As always, we need to look out for ourselves and our communities kind 'o' like frontier living with public transit. We can't expect the government to bail us out. Even those of us who have some type of Social Security benefit realize this and though thankful to our fellow taxpayer and realize the strain we are to the country, are attempting to keep some form of employment. We are wondering if the SSA will still be around in 10 years forget about tommorrow and we are also concerned with the rest of the nation.
I managed to hold a job mostly full-time for over 30 years until one day I couldn't. My husband was layed-off after working for a family owned business (Not his Family) for almost 30 years. Blessing for us he was able to start over again with a very large corporation and he loves this job even more then the first and is excellent at what he does. What is my point I don't even know.

I just know that we the people will need to become even more involved with the next group of leaders to make certain they can lead the country out of the abyss it is so quickly heading.

should be illegal. I used to have a professor who literally couldn't match his socks and also couldn't remember to throw out - oops! recycle - the 100 or so newspapers (New York Times and Boston Globe, of course!) in the back of his car. And this guys was brilliant~!? Holy crap if that's brilliant, I must be a wicked-supah-awesome genius they-ah.
What were we talking about again?

Bear: nailed the healthcare thing. mr sister in law is a physician and is disgusted with the way things are done. care and cost. Tort reform! (Yes we can! Yes we Can!)

Good post!

listen, it sounds like you've got the frontier well in hand! i was really interested in what you were saying about the economy. you know, here's my take on the economy. the economy is like a labyrinth unto itself for the average voter. people can study economics for years and never really have a true understanding of its breadth. so now, you've got them all talking about these huge bailouts and people don't know how to analyze exactly what's going on in terms of an historic context, much less an economic one. massive bailouts have occurred before, but one would have to wonder if they've ever come in buckets like this. my guess is, probably. during the great depression. but since? it's something i'm reserving for a weekend digging project!

as for health care, i am positive the solution is to be found with bipartisan efforts. i'm sick of seeing polarized politics, i'm tired of listening to people talk past each other, and i think the time is ripe for john mccain. (my mother ADORES john mccain!)... when this bunch goes to washington and starts playing football politics, we're the ones who end up being the footballs. i'm sick and tired of it. and there's so much pork, and so much waste, that things that really do merit attention often end up falling through the cracks, or becoming "add-ons" in a stream of spending that sends the middle class into justified outrage.

suffice it to say i know MANY idiots with advanced degrees. they're a plague. heading over to your place now.

heading over to your place now...

New post on the Backyard Grill. Link to a YouTube about the Econ. Meltdown.

a good idea for a late saturday afternoon! heading over in a few.

... I've been hearing for 20 years now (hard to believe it's been that long) that the 60's radicals are heading toward retirement and there will be new blood in academia. Hasn't happened yet.

I'd like to believe that it's going to happen, but I have not seen any evidence that shows it happening, or truly being on the verge of happening.

More troubling, with the way college faculty recruiting is conducted, the 60's radicals are simply going to wind up being replaced by 00's Kos/Olbermann/HuffPo radicals. Where's the hope for ideological change in that?

Vets in college may indeed be less likely to take crap from lefty profs, but I'm not sure there are enough of them to have any effect on the faculty or other students. I'm more intrigued by the idea of de-emphasizing college, along the lines of recent things I've read by Charles Murray on moving toward certification training for various professions rather than using a college degree as some kind of surrogate for having a clue how to actually do anything of value.

Either way, it's more long term, uphill battles.

good comment, true statement. Tough battle , you bet. Worth fighting? I say yes. Watch the Libs scream foul if our culture turns away from an Academic education! It would serve them right, and help our nation in the long run. Good point Ed.

By the way, if Chuck Gibson spoke to Hillary the way he did to Governor Palin, there would be rumblings with the pantsuit brigade. There would be rumblings among the pants and jackets and they could over take Gibson.

Gibson suffocated by a pair of pants!

Okay - I am late to the party, but I had to put that in there!

the pantsuit army better get ready for the skirt chaser brigade...