Palin Silent on Supreme Court Question

Dumb and bumber

The woman has zero interest and knowledge about America, it’s history or foreign policy.
Unfortunately many of her supporters don’t care about any of them either.

Quick name me 3 superme court cases………..from 1972…….go

Is McCain going to show up at the debate to support his soul mate?

She should just quit. She just does not have what it takes to be even the VP, forget about the presidency.
I feel sorry for her.

all journalism should be gotcha journalism. Palin is obviously an idiot.

Isn’t that kind of like voting “present”? At least she didn’t say it was above her pay grade…….OY!

Sarah you are only a lipstick tube of a candidate, Ms Couric could have asked you many tougher questions but instead allowed you to come up with a case, ANY case, but you flumberedstumbled. Gotcha is only gothca if you dont have an answer…any answer. Thank you to Moravian College an Prof. J Reynolds for making me write so many reviews of courts cases during summer Constitutional law class! I know more than a V.P. candidate. Take away her lipstick and she’s got nothing.

This was a political choice – and not much thought was put into the decision to pick Sarah Palin. She is an airhead, and he might as well have picked Paris Hilton.
The sad part of this picture is that she is not bright enough to see that she is a “fool” – and how silly she looks – If I ever thought I was out of my comfort zone as she is, I would back out -

and biden saw fdr on t.v

Could ANY Obama supporters name one Obama’s interview that had ANY substance besides his empty suit?
Think about this, he is very slick ONLY with “printed materials on the teleprompters.” Otherwise, he is going to huh, huh, huh, oh, oh, oh…

“and, like, such as”

liberati: I dislike Katie Couric, but I don’t think Gov. Palin is being targeted on account of her sex or her political views.
Gov. Palin is being asked these questions because, until McCain chose her as his running mate, she was unknown outside of Alaska. We still know very little about her.
I guarantee you that if Barak Obama had selected a running mate as little-known as Gov. Palin, he or she would be get the same questions from Couric — fluff, but an attempt to find out who that person was.

I can see the moon from my house. I’m now qualified for space walk!!!!
You got to be kidding. Sarah Palin is the most unqualify VP candidate ever. What was McCain thinking. Certaintly not the country first.

Perhaps Joe 6 Pack could not answer that question but for someone who wants to be one of the top two leaders in this country? I find it sickening that she is not capable.
Someone said shame on Couric but there is no shame in knowing and doing your job..unlike Palin who can’t do her’s apparently. Reach a little too far there Queen of the Moose hunters?

she could have cited Gore vs. Bush
a decision that has resulted in the bankrupting of America, an unnecessary war, and a President who now has the lowest level of approval in the history of the USA.

Robert, sweetie I’m simply commenting on your asute personal knowledge of who Gov. Palin is. I figured if you knew that much about her you probably know her on a social level such as church outings and whatnot….

Voter in America,
It appears that you are a Palin supporter. Can you name something Palin said is intelligent in any interview she gave??
BTW, she did give a great speech that Bush’s writer wrote for her during the GOP convention.

For those of you who think this is gotcha journalism, how’d you feel about Palin’s inability to name a single newspaper or magazine that reads regularly? Still more gothca? Quit apologizing and admit it: she’s not qualified. She lacks the kind of curiosity about our country that is frighteningly on par with the person whose seat she seaks (and for those Palin apologists who think I just made a gaffe, think about who’s really been running the joint up there the last 8 years and who’s just been along for the photo-ops).

Palin called herself a “Federalist”. Isn’t that the exact opposite of what she was trying to say. A Federalist is for a strong central government; not each state deciding its own laws. But then I’m not running for VP.

Even if the media is playing Gotcha!, which it isn’t…if she can’t handle Katie, how is she going to handle Putin and other world leaders. Are we going to blame Putin for being too tough on McCain’s girl? Palin and McCain are high risks, a risk we can no longer afford to take. Maybe McCain should have picked Katie for his VP pick.

Liberati: “Biased treatment of the McCain campaign”
She posed the exact same questions about the supreme court to Biden.
If you can put aside party politics for a second, you would have to admit Palin is not ready. You can claim it is ‘gotcha’ journalism, but she knew in advance she was going to be interviewed, it is irrelevant what questions Katie Couric asked her, Palin should be prepared. I do not expect her to know the answers to every question, but I do expect her to sound intelligent when she does respond– She does not!

The world is facing the worst crisis after The Great Depression and to take America and the whole world out of this should be the top priority of the next president.This great job requires leadership,skill and understanding of economic issues.John McCain has already showed his ignorance on these issues.I can only sympathise with those conservatives who still thinks that Palin has the qualifications to be the VP and Commander in Chief if need arises.Only God can save america from the Conservatives and Palin maniacs!!

Seems there is another john here, but we seem to agree for the most part. I’d be happy if she’d just ANSWER all the questions, kinda hard on her without McCain there holding her hand.

It is time for Sarah Palin to recuse herself to spend more time with her family.

oh, by the way, did a history check and the questions Katie asked were nearly the same questions she asked Biden. Only difference is, Biden answered them with intelligent answers. It has nothing to do with her being a hockey mom, or a women or even experience…it has to do with this, can you lead America? I’m afraid she isn’t ready, maybe in a couple decades, but not now. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if America wasn’t dying, but it is and she’s too dangerous to be a heartbeat away from the oval office.

The more commentators try to paint her as a backwater know-nothing hick the stronger she gets with middle America, I hope you are aware of that. So she isn’t as versed on Washington in’s and outs.. big deal. Most Governors aren’t, and that’s why McCain picked her cause she is an outsider. I’d take someone that is a bit new to the Washington scene as a VP for on the job training anyday to a green President who cites running his campaign for President as experience to become President. Obama is a socialist, and that’s not the direction most Americans want. Hence the publics rejection of the “bail out” plan. You want Socialism were the Governments punishment on the wealthy for their hardwork stagnats an economy, vote for Obama. You want Capitalism where you can actually make money and climg a ladder to success, vote for McCain… It’s that easy America!

I watched him walk around Ohio and many other campaign speeches with his hands in his pockets WITHOUT a teleprompter. So it’s your turn, when has Palin performed without a TP or earpiece?

I suppose the McCain campaign are just running out of excuses. Time for them to go to plan B…rig the election. I swear, Palin makes Bush look like a genius.

MiddleAmericaFYI. A bit new to Washington??? Is that all it takes to buy your vote? Someone who is a bit new? Call me crazy, but why not throw in some intelligence, some awareness of external events, and maybe just the hint of comprehension of the issues of the day. By your standards (and McCain’s), who couldn’t be vice president?

yes .. we should only have LAWYERS as President and vice President.
I’d rather have some that studied OTHER than the law…
the lawyers have screwed up way too much already.

First it was Gore’s election was “stolen” (if he’d have won his HOME STATE of Tennessee he would have won the election). Then Kerry was “swift-boated”. Now if McCain wins it will somehow be “stolen” again…. Give me a break. Maybe most Americans just dont like the mean spirited and leftest principles of the current Democratic party? But I guess being a Democrat by definition makes it easier to be a victim.

How come every body think she should no about a court thing that did not concern her. Here in Wasilla we is tought to mind are own business. ……..
http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/10/01/rednecks-for-palin-wasilla-aa/

Please let this poor woman alone. It is too painful too see in writing what she has said – she is speaking in tongues out arising from an inner sense of panic. The kindest thing that could be done for her and for the nation would be to let her go back to Alaska where she was comfortable. She is a fish out fo water and we should blame McCain for placing her in this tortured position. She lives a daily nightmare that we have all had of being in the public spotight and not knowing what to say. She doesn’t deserve it and neither do we.

cbot2255, She has executive achievements as the Governor of Alaska, and as a Mayor and head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission. Foreign policy isnt her strong suit I’ll give you that. The point is that she has executive achievements beyond anything Obama has and to portray her as a shoeless hillbilly only strenghtens Middle Americas resolve and love for her.

I have noticed that the quality of the statements used to defend Gov. Palin has been steadily declining over the past few weeks, not that it was anything special to begin with. Whereas a month ago people were quick to spout the default tripe about “executive experience” or “proven reformer”, now they are unable to actually defend her and must resort to the tried and true fallacy of attacking the messenger.
Seriously, if you want to defend Gov. Palin, TALK ABOUT WHY SHE IS QUALIFIED. Don’t waste your time or mine by bringing up stuff that has no relevance (ie, Katie Couric’s ratings, Rev. Wright, etc).

The only thing her supporters see is female trouble is she makes all females look bad for shame

> Gee..If these questions were directed at Obama, I wonder what his answers might be? <
Well, given the fact that he was editor of the Harvard Law Review, and a lecturer at Univ Chicago Law school for 12 years, I'd say they'd be pretty insightful.

Many on this blog site Gov. Palin’s lack of experience disqualifies her for the Office of V.P…..However, you will note from all the years of experience that members of our federal govt. currently have they continue to mismanage our hard earned taxpayers money. Looks like experience isn’t necessary to hold a position. I don’t particularly like any of them.

Why isn’t joe Biden ever considered an insult to Americans-or at least, Dems. Biden was rejected 3 times for president. They thought he wasn’t qualified. Now, where he couldn’t get in the front door, he sneaks in the back. That’s an insult.
Independent for Sarah Vin@www.wegotsarah.com

“Well, given the fact that he was editor of the Harvard Law Review, and a lecturer at Univ Chicago Law school for 12 years, I’d say they’d be pretty insightful.”
Just what America needs… Another Lawyer in Charge with more hot air then a blimp. Maybe with all his insight he could have not just voted “present”.

This was painful to watch and listen to.

For a president to be effective congress both houses must be willing to work with the president and vice versa, you just can’t have it one sided. And the president can not have tunnel vision . And must be able to juggle 9 or 10 things at once. This country is in the mess it is in because we have had a president that got up in the morning and did not see America he saw Baghdad. And if you want to be honest with your self you will alll agree with me.

This woman is dangerously unqualified. If McCain had any integrity at all, he’d ask her to step down.
I wouldn’t vote for Sarah Palin for president of the PTA, let alone Vice President of the United States of America.

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Please, please, please I spent most of my life in Europe before returning to the U.S. I remember people could not even name who the vice president of US is. Just check out Jaywalking segment on Jay Leno show and it will tell. People are worried about their finances not supreme court decisions. By the way, the gentleman who has been ib Washington for 36 years is getting it wrong on depression and the president in office.

Can’t wait to see Tina Fey on SNL this week. SHOULD BE HILARIOUS!!!!

Can’t wait to see Tina Fey on SNL this week. SHOULD BE HILARIOUS!!!!
Posted by: Lily Bell | Oct 1, 2008 10:27:45 PM
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She probably cannot believe all the free copy she gets from Palin. She doesn’t even need a writer.

The people defending Palin sound eerily similar to those who defended George W. Bush. This is getting scary. We need leadership people. Not some folksy mom with 5 kids and zero knowledge of the world.

They took Palin on a field trip a few days ago to meet nine heads of state and Bono. When she was done she was a bona fide expert on foreign policy. When you add this to the experience she gained looking out of her window to one of the Russian islands, she became completely prepared to lead the free world. Isn’t that special?
On the way home they took her to the store and bought her balloons and candy.

If she said she disagreed with the Dred Scott case, Jake Trapper would run the headline, “Paldin disagrees with Supreme Court decisions, could affect Roe Vs. Wade” I’m happy she’s not playing the Media’s “gotcha” scam.

Did anyone read where Palin’s advisors were trying to “dumb her down” before the debate so she can only come out looking better than expected??!!

Do not under estimate Governor Palin.
Remember the convention?
Also, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say it anything at all.
Remember your parents taught you to be respectful. Who knows your parents may be reading this stuff.
Undecided in Minnesota

Her problem is: She had no knowledge of the Dred Scott case, or any other case, for that matter. If she calls every question asked of her a “gotcha question” and doesn’t respond, she’ll just look like and idiot. If she responds as a person capable of being president, she’ll be treated accordingly.

I think that i am most concerned about the fact that this lady could possibly be president of our great nation. I guess that it might be too much if i asked for someone with a little education and not another president bush in the white house!! I AM ALSO SORRY!!! BUT I DO NOT WANT “JOE SIX PACK” IN THE WHITE HOUSE.. HE WILL BE TOO BUSSY GETTING DRUNK TO DO ANYTHING…

Palin is talented at zingers, you know like that nasty bully girl in high school. That skill doesn’t go far when it comes to leadership skills needed.

I would say that 32% of people who will vote in the general election, will vote for a candidate that they like (someone they can have a beer with). Those voters could care less about leadership. To them, it will be the “like-a-bility” factor.

yeah, but she’ll be the most fertile VP ever!!!!!!

I was doing business at a hospital recently and ask a service worker which candidate does she supports in the presidential election. Her answer was, “I know I am not voting for Obama because he is not American. He look like he is from Somolia.”
That answer floored me. I told her that I his mother was American and father was from Africa, and that he grew up in Hawaii.
She responded, “Well, he don’t look like it.”
I said, “Have a nice day, goodbye.”
True conversation

I’m really starting to feel sorry for this woman. Perhaps she has some sort of learning disability. That, or her well coiffed do is there to hide the pull-string at the back of her neck that sometimes gets stuck.

She responded, “Well, he don’t look like it.”
I said, “Have a nice day, goodbye.”
True conversation
Posted by: Kenneth W. of Minneapolis | Oct 1, 2008 11:10:20 PM
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I wouldn’t predicate any projection of the election on the ignorance of people. And, fortunately, they are in the minority.

Ok, as everyone can tell I’m an idiot. My post are quite unintelligent. I know this, but this is my way of being devils’ advocate. I am a small minded person (pea brian really). I almost graduated from the 8th grade. I still live in my mothers’ basement. But I do have a FOX News first rate education. I even have a degree to prove it. I’ll keep posting stupid post, so don’t hold it against me. I’m just stupid … Like Sarah P.

Again…This election is over already
Posted by: jcool | Oct 1, 2008 11:15:32 PM
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I think most people are prepared to say; President Barack Obama.”

Ron –
Read the law. Miranda was decided in the ’60s. It has been extended since then. Public intoxication is not a felony (unless you’re driving in most states), and if the police arrested, they would be required to Mirandize you before asking you how much you to drink. Please stay away from complex legal questions if you don’t know what you are talking about.

At least Sarah Palin did not think the questions are above her pay grade.

P.S. to Ron –
Think about it. Many times, a person is called into the police station without any charges against them (and in many cass, the police won’t know if the crime is a felony or a misdemeanor until after they have completed their investigation, which INCLUDES the interrogation). So if Miranda applies only to people charged with felonies, the police could escape the Constitution by not charging someone wiht anything until after they interrogated the suspect.

More sanctimonious drivel from underemployed elites whose parents paid their way through college. Have your partisan goggles blinded you to the numbers of powerful but really stupid people in Wall Street and Washington who have education but no learning?
Now let’s look at life’s little experiences as applied to the candidates.
A: A senator, born wealthy, went to all the best schools, with 30 years in the Senate with no track record except a well-deserved reputation for stupid statements (Stand up, Larry!).
B: A senator born (where?) who (someone) paid to go to some of the most expensive schools in the country (Punahou, Columbia, Harvard), and yet with all that book-learning has achieved exactly zero in his short life and still cannot speak three sentences without somebody writing it down for him so he can read it on a teleprompter.
C: A senator who has produced some major legislation (even though in my personal view it was some of the stupidest legislation in the past 50 years) and of course has ample evidence that “suffering” means a heck of a lot more than “can’t afford so many lattes”.
D: A woman, who took the trouble to educate herself when life didn’t hand her a free ride to college; raised kids; worked her way through the political process and actually _did_ something for her community and as a state governor has a 70+% approval rating — but happens not to have taken a pre-law course.
Gee, I wonder which two of these four we should be looking at as role models?

Yes, Palin doesn’t have a lot of experience but she isn’t the one running for president, Obama is. Palin has proven that she can lead as Governor of Alaska. She has a huge approval rating. Obama has 160 million dollars frivoled away from the Annenberg School project(his ONLY executive experience), the Garden to Nowhere, substandard housing projects, etc.

GottaBe – if you take that much time to write each entry, you’ll never keep up with the blog. Concise please. I choose A & B over Palin and her running-mate.

Why do we go to great lengths to defend a politician? Obama talks out of both sides of his mouth as well as Biden, McCain, and Stalin…oh I mean Palin.
But, I guess we have to choose one of those tickets. Unless you vote Green, constitution, libertarian, or some other political gang.
Think back to W’s promises?
Logic would say vote democrat because a republican has been the top dog for the last 98 months, and look where we are now.
Cast the right vote, we can’t afford to get it wrong this time around.

FINALLY some of you seem to be getting it — NO ONE is asking Obama these questions. I have not seen even ONE journalist put him on the spot with an impromptu question. PULLEESE – one can look up Supreme Court decisions, if one cares to know. I want someone I can understand and who is in there fighting for ME! Wonder what Sarah REALLY thinks about the “Bailout”??

I’m tired of hearing gotcha-journalism. DO we not want to ask the hard questions to get to the good answers? Bill O’Reilly has been comparing people to Hitler for years (but he’s not making any comparisons, for those left-wing liberal crazys). Let’s just have the election and vote Obama in already. I’m too young to see this happen for another 8 years…or I’m moving to Canada

I am reading a book called “SARAH” by Kaylene Johnson – written BEFORE her nomination as VP. This tells me all I need to know about the REAL Sarah Palin – GREAT reading! A true inspiration

Present –
Good thing Couric didn’t have to waste time hearing Palin give us her “two cents” on the Supreme Court. The problem is, she also couldn’t name one newspaper or magazine she read. Do you think that question was out of bounds, too? More “gotcha.”
I will say that I think she is smarter than she plays. The problem is that McCain doesn’t know what she thinks because he picked her–not because she was the best he could find for the country (as he says he puts “country first”)–because she is a base pick. A base pick is someone who appeals to all of you out there defending Palin. You ARE the base and that’s why McCain picked her.

Mr. Paul:
“I will say that I think she is smarter than she plays. The problem is that McCain doesn’t know what she thinks because he picked her–not because she was the best he could find for the country (as he says he puts “country first”)–because she is a base pick. A base pick is someone who appeals to all of you out there defending Palin. You ARE the base and that’s why McCain picked her.”
WELL SAID!

I think McCain should take 90% of the blame for the way Palin is being perceived. I think the other 10% of the blame belongs to Palin herself for accepting when she thought she was ready. He should have NEVER picked her. Doesn’t experience tell someone if another person is ready to lead or co-lead a nation? I guess not when it’s blinded by the desire to win. I kind of feel for Palin you know, because she’s just who she is and she knows what she knows. The media seems to be exploiting her because many still don’t know much about her.

Judge –
What was Jesus’s pay-grade?

John McCain, like everyone else, will die someday.
Unlike the rest of us, however, he could die in the White House, where he would be 80 at the end of two terms. So it’s rather surprising that as the general election hits the homestretch, the McCain campaign has effectively squashed efforts by journalists, medical experts and the political class to fully examine his medical records.
The most recent review of McCain’s records cannot be described as independent or thorough. In May, the campaign gave a limited group of reporters only three hours to review thousands of documents. Aside from the time limit, the selected reporters were “ensconced” in a cone of silence, as CNN reported. The campaign banned the use of cell phones or e-mail for journalists, who might have consulted with experts while assessing the medical information. It’s not clear why so many news outlets consented to such terms.

For months, the McCainiacs have said they will run on his judgment and experience. In his first presidential decision, John McCain has shown that he is willing to endanger his country, potentially leaving it in the hands of someone who simply has no business being a heartbeat away from the most powerful, complicated, difficult job in human history.
For a man who is 72 years old and has had four bouts with cancer to have chosen someone so completely unqualified to become president is shockingly irresponsible. Suddenly, McCain’s age and health become central issues in the campaign, as does his judgment.
McCOMA NEEDS A CHECKUP FROM THE NECK UP!!

Kenneth W. — I think this race comes down to a simple basic question. Who is more likely to do better for most of us? I think that answer is Obama.
Obama has demonstrated conviction. He doesn’t go to a tree-huggers hang-out to tell people we need to make more fuel-efficient cars. He went to Detroit.
He didn’t go along with the “gas tax holiday” gimmick that McCain pimped over the summer, even though it was popular with a lot of voters. He told us we needed to fundamentally change the way we think about things.
And unlike McCain, most of Obama’s so-called “flip-flops” are the public’s failure to understand a distinction in his position. For example, a lot of people say he’s flipped on offshore drilling. He has not. McCain has. What Obama said was that he was against offshore drilling. He later said that, if elected president, and if necessary to pass a comprehensive energy bill, he had to agree to offshore drilling, then he would.
McCain on the hand said he was opposed to offshore drilling (back in May) and now claims he’s for it because it will help out. Not only won’t it, but his reason for changing his position is nonsensical. He claims he switched because oil is at an all-time high. The problem is oil is no longer at an all-time high, but back when it was at a then all-time high early this year (crossing $100/barrel for the first time ever), he still said “no” to offshore drilling. So what’s changed?
He realized that Obama, by sticking to a conviction — no gimmicks, tell the voters the truth — had won over voters so McCain is once again appealing to trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Don’t let it happen again.

By the way, who wants to bet that, before this whole thing is all over, McCain will do a full frontal personal character attack against Obama? I’ll bet anyone $10,000 that that happens (unless, of course, gambling is illegal on this website or wherever it may be read). The only real bet is, what will it be this time? He’s a Muslim? The anti-Christ? (Who saw that last night?) He swore on the Koran? He’s a terrorist?
By the way, the only “small print” here is that Fox, the RNC, Limbaugh and the whacko right “count” as being within the McCain campaign, particularly where the McCain campaign is now taking its “talking points” from Fox.

Maritza –
Dumb and angry. Bad combination. Seriously, I don’t think he’s dumb, but he did graduate 5th from the bottom of his class. He actually brags about that.
But you know the joke, what do they call the person who graduates last from medical school, right?

More “pop quiz” questions from a bias media. Sarah isn’t running for a seat on the Supreme Court. Why is that evil little Katie Couric taking these gotcha potshots? I think Katie is jealous. But just wait until the debate. Sarah will show everybody how good she is after a few days of training. Her father said she is a very fast learner. And McCain aides have been pressuring the debate commitee for fewer foreign policy questions. If that bias moderater stays away from those, Sarah is going to SHINE!

Boy! The Dems are really dumbfounded about Palin to the point of foulness, anger, resentment (for being a mother?), having a family (many Dem extremists usually have dogs, of the same gender, of course), having shot a gun (why do the celebs needs guns, they hire people to carry those), and be married for more than five years (What? Only one spouse?), actually being in a place that none of those that speak so ill of her could even approach, also not having an Ivy League education (What? Nobody can think without that, and the relgion thing (Man she should just go away, how could anyone actually believe in that stuff).
The Repubs seem to really keep asking for answers (we know you won’t get one, duh!), and keep finding out the unsavory relationships and associations of Obama, knowing that we will pay more and make less, and run from any enemy until they hit us here in the U.S., and no use even commenting on Biden (everyone knows what he’s about), but them singing kids are brainwashed.
Okay. So if America is so divided to the point that no one can civilly talk, my Ivy League religious training suggests that Isaiah’s prophecies were right: All the chariots of Egypt (the one that supported Isreal) will be gone, and the world will be in awe.
Let us bring someone fresh, that doesn’t know more than the average American — we do it with jurors all the time, and what is more important than liberty of a soul. Why can’t a mother who is in touch with the mainstream Americans be President? Who thinks they are qualified to determine who should or should not be President? If you do, state your qualifications — your Ivy League educations? your pride? your ability to be able to beat up an enemy better than any other?
The Isrealites thought they qualified to make their determinations without the temple, and without knowing they were hypocrites. Will our fate be similar to theirs? Can anyone in this blog answer that question? I’ll give you a hint: You can find the answer in Isaiah: “The advisers to Pharoah were fools and thought they were wise men.” 19:12
Oy! This poor country!

NYC –
I must disagree with you. To claim that the responses against Obama are weak suggests that punches are being landed (just that they are weak). I don’t think I’ve seen a punch (weak or otherwise) land. And I have never before voted for a Democrat for president.

shogunjse –
I like your sense of humor, but since you brought up the “guns and religion” thing, everyone needs to understand the context in which that statement was made: Obama had given a long speech discussing Republican tactics over the years to inject so-called “cultural” issues into presidential politics. Remember when people used to vote their pocketbooks? Well, for the last 8 years, either the election has been fixed by the Top 5% or that no longer happens.
Why did 11 battleground states suddenly place “gay marriage” on the ballots in 2004? Not because of any groundswell of support for it, but because Rove knew it would get out the vote of the “culture” voters who are too stupid to recognize that they are being used by Republicans and Karl Rove.
And, incidentally, I don’t know a single Democrat who wants to take anyone’s shotguns. They do want to restrict access to assault weapons, “cop killer” bullets, and similar things that have no business in a civilized society.

Pubby –
Please tell me you are kidding. Please tell me you are kidding.

The bailout has no restrictions for controlling abuse of credit by persons that spend more than their financial means. The bailout is socialistic and the bailout should not pass the house. Their must be guidelines for credit abuse by immature individuals applying for credit.
Obama wants gun control, but I have not heard a word about credit control. I guess McCain has not given credit control a thought either.

By the way, with all of the “Palin is Stupid” stuff in the media over the last few days, has anyone noticed that a serious question (the Trooper Gate investigation) has fallen off the front page.
Maybe Hillary was right and there is a vast right-wing conspiracy, and the MSM has fooled everyone–even the vast right wing–into believing that they are liberal when, in fact, they are working behind the scenes by focusing on trivial things, like what our possible next VP thinks, while suppressing important things like how Palin abused power in her home state and has covered up that abuse.
Come to think of it, that sounds familiar. Maybe Palin is VP material. What do you think, Mr. Cheney?

HEY REPUBLICANS!!!
You have less than 24 hours before your pretty Moose with lipstick Palin, takes McCain and all the rest of you Republicans down the drain!
I bet all of you Republicans long for the days right after McCain drug her out of Alaska to be VP… Those were the days, huh?
I remember how all of you Republicans were dancing in the streets back then, slamming all of us Obama supporters…
That was before you and the WHOLE COUNTRY found out she was DUMB AS A ROCK and a pathological LIAR!!!
So as you watch tomorrow nights debate, listen for that sound. That would be the sound of all McCain’s hopes and dreams for the presidency going down the drain! It will sound like this – FLUSH!!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gov. Matt Blunt sited Obama, the expert on Constitutional law, for using police tactic in Missouri. Obama gave no thought to the BILL OF RIGHTS violations.

Ron you are an idiot. Shes NOT from middle america you nitwit.
>i dont care what she knows or doesnt know; i care that she is from middle america and has our values at heart. she is not dogmatic; she is practical. and i care about the issues that confront this country not about passing a journalist’s pop quiz.
from a social studies teacher in louisiana

I guess Obama chanaged his mind again..
Sweeping federal gun control legislation proposed by Sen. Barack Obama (D-13th) would increase the penalties on gun runners who are flooding Chicago’s streets with illegal weapons.
At an anti-gun rally held at the Park Manor Christian Church, 600 E. 73rd St., headed by the Rev. James Demus, Obama also said he’s backing a resolution being introduced into the City Council by Alds. Toni Preckwinkle (4th), Ted Thomas (15th), Leslie Hairston (5th) to call for a “shot-free” millennium celebration.
Obama outlined his anti-gun plan that includes increased penalties for the interstate transportation of firearms. The maximum penalty now for bringing a gun across the border is 10 years in prison. Obama is proposing to make it a felony for a gun owner whose firearm was stolen from his residence which causes harm to another person if that weapon was not securely stored in that home. [!!!]

Davis
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall inherit the earth! Matt 5:22 (Angry with brother?)
Just thought you’d like to hear these in our time of need. But maybe you think these words have a pathological falseness of some type?
Why can’t we see ourselves in comparison to that which brought us a higher, but more difficult, light? Maybe we never sought the light.

Judge –
You sound like one of those people who don’t under nuances, like the difference between the different roles played by state and federal gov’ts.
As President (i.e., federal law), the only gun control laws Obama supports are those that 99% of all Americans think make a heckuva lot of sense. Like you shouldn’t have armor piercing bullets (does Bambi wear Kevlar?) or guns that fire 20 rounds 20 seconds. If you need that many shots to hit a deer, try a different sport?
Do you gun nuts not remember things like West Virginia? How many times do dozens of innocent people need to be shot and killed because some crazy gets his hand on a gun.

Judge –
Here’s the story on Gov. Blunt.
“The main newspaper in Springfield, Mo. says Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt ‘has gone off the deep end’ because of the way he responded to the Barack Obama truth squad story.
“‘This is bad, folks,’ the Springfield News-Leader said in an editorial.
“The newspaper told readers: ‘No matter who you support for president, you should be outraged at this kind of campaigning in the guise of governing. It’s not only unethical, it seems to fly in the face of disclosure laws concerning work contributed to political campaigns.’”
So I guess Blunt is unethical because the paper says he is. Oh, that’s right: it’s the liberal media. I forgot. You win.
But in case you want to read the story, here’s a link:
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/OPINIONS01/809300326&template=printart

I think it is a little tough to come up with something in a short amount of time. I know that I would have a tough time naming any decision other than Row vs Wade.
However, I think could have bumbled through a few bad decisions by description. The 1896 comes to mind which basically declared African Americans to be an inferior race — thus upholding separatism.
I thought it would have been very interesting and bought her a lot more moderate votes if she talked about the 2000 decision between Bush & Gore.

I agree John K — not many people (even lawyers) know cases by name, but they should at least be able to say something about the case.
By the way, the case you’re referring to is Plessy v. Ferguson (created “separate but equal” and concerned a Louisiana law that had separate street cars for blacks and whites). Overturned by Brown v. Board of Education. Just in case you were wondering!

They continue to mock the Sarah Palin at bottom of the republican ticket, even while she has far better credentials than the top of the democratic ticket. Isnt that kind of like bringing a knife to a gunfight?

John K P.S. — if we assume Palin is smart and knows these famous Supreme Court decisions, like Plessy, one would have to conclude that she did not mention it because she did not disagree with it.
So, we’re stuck with a choice of (a) she did not know about it or (b) she did not disagree with it. Either way, she’s not competent for the job.

Judge — I did get the facts right. I said Obama supported gun laws that 99% of America supports. I think 99% of America would support tougher penalties for your term: “runners who are flooding Chicago’s streets with illegal weapons.”
Are you trying to start a war? Why in the hell would any idiot oppose a law aimed at stopping the “FLOODING” of Chicago streets with ILLEGAL weapons? Are you a fricking moron?

“Obama is proposing to make it a felony for a gun owner whose firearm was stolen from his residence which causes harm to another person if that weapon was not securely stored in that home. [!!!]”
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This is the most sensible thing I’ve ever heard. I’ve been challenging the gun nuts on this for years.
Here is the problem, the pro gun crowd always argues with statements like “responsible gun owners”. Then the next sentence they talk about “protecting my family”. My response has always been that responsible gun owners have the gun locked in the gun cabinet, and the ammo locked in the ammo safe, which should be totally seperate of each other. If an intruder invades your house then how exactly do you get the keys, unlock all of these locks, get the gun loaded, and “protect” your family? You can’t. The only way to guarantee this protection you champion is to keep a loaded gun & readily available which puts all of society indirectly at risk……… not to mention the immediate risk to your family (especially children) because you can’t keep your eye on that loaded weapon 24/7.
To me the quoted Obama statement makes a ton of sense; you’re either a responsible gun owner or you’re responsible for your gun……

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts – not a free society.”

She is entirely unqualified to be VP. In short, she is a moron.

What scares the heck out of me is that this race is still is close.

Judge –
Once again. That is what Blunt says. The papers say he’s crazy. And so are you.

Today it’s “gotcha” journalism. Before it it was “sexim”. Tomorrow it will be “elitism”. Excuses, excuses, excuses . . .

shogunjse,
No, I don’t think I’m going to stop gun running or any crime. That doesn’t mean that when someone FLOODS our streets with ILLEGAL guns that they shouldn’t be arrested, prosectured and, if found guilty, sentenced to a long time in prison.

Paul — you ever been huntin?

I’m not a true dyed in the wool blogger, but I couldn’t resist making a comment here or perhaps it’s better to say, “…asking a question here.”
People keep talking about the candidates. But, there’s an even greater issue that we need to be thinking about, and that is the future of the children of this nation–our posterity.
People who say that knowledge doesn’t matter too much are out of step with the global market place, i.e., you don’t seem to realize that what used to be “us against them” in this country had better change to “us against them” outside of this country, namely the China and India. While we’ve been busy bickering and hating one another in this country with our stupid, petty prejudices, the world has been moving on making strides in education and technology while at the same time, stealing our weaponry secrets and everything else they could get their hands on.
Anyone who thinks this election and its rhetoric is just like it has been in the past has had their head buried in the sand. We are in trouble in this country. Period. Whether it be Obama (my choice) or McCain. If we don’t learn that it isn’t the same old game anymore, we’re sunk as a nation. I’ll bet Rome never thought it could happen to them either, but it did.
As far as Madam Palin is concerned, I’m sure to a limited degree she is dumbing down. I’m also quite certain that she has not demonstrated that she has what it takes to run this country. I’ll give it to McCain that he could run this country. I just don’t believe he’d do as well as Obama because I personally believe that he’s projecting when he accuses Obama of having his own self-interest for wanting to be president.
But, Palin owes it to this country not to “dumb down” IF she knows what she’s talking about. She certainly hasn’t shown me anything worthy of my vote.
This is as nice as I can be on the Palin question.

Paull — I guess you disagree with the Supreme Court as does Obama about the right to bear arms. Yahoooo! But my point is who needs to run guns. They are made in every lathe shop across the country.

Okay Badger –
Here it goes. Let’s assume Obama is connected with ACORN. McCain is connected to Exxon. Does that make McCain responsible for the Valdez?
As for Ayers, he’s not “connected” to him unless you count the fact that (a) they lived in the same neighborhood and Ayers once donated $200 to Obama when he first ran for the state senate. Oh, and they both sat on the board of (I believe it was) a charity.
I have been asked to sit on boards before. One had 500 members. If one of those folks was a bad guy, does that make me a bad guy?
And Allinsky? He’s most noted for being the founder of modern community organizing. He was awarded the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award, which has been awarded annually since 1964 in commemoration of Pope John, 23rd. What’s your point?
My point–and your Allinsky reference proves it–is that you right-wingers listen to Rush, Hannity and any other numbnut who calls these people radical and so you believe it.

Let’s see, which guns are illegal? Oh, ya. The ones that Iran is trying to get. Other than those, I can go get all I want a block away. No need to go to China or Mexico. Or cheaper yet, everyone knows a machinist. But who needs guns, compound bows these days are more quiet. The point is that there is no illegal market for guns, except for criminals who aren’t supposed to have them anyway. There’s your market, and they are already illegal, duh!

Why can’t she just say she doesn’t know?

Paul
I barely know how to respond to such utter baloney. Obama is much more intimately connected to Acorn, and Ayers.
Obama was chosen by Ayers to be his Chairperson for CAC . He celebrated his right of passage into Chicago Politics at Ayers home, etc.
Obama as a lawyer represented Acorn,, and has mentored many of their team members.
Alinski was completely anti-american for starters. And wrote the book Rules For Radicals
Obama is a FRAUD. Accept it and be saved.

What a waste of time this post is…
While these little minds disect how important Dred and Plessy is Franklin Raines is getting ready for another 9-11 raid on our national stability.
Just keep keepin on Kati
you will look great in a burka

The logical fallacy of guilt-by-association is getting pretty tired. All of them have at one time been associated, lived near or worked with someone who has done questionable actions.
Most arguments wind up with comments such as “you will look great in a burka” or “Barack Obama, who is good at BS-ing people”, and completely duck the real issues facing this nation. Most are nothing more than bigoted statements lacking in substance, and completely duck real issues and the differences between the candidates.

Well, the press can’t bother to ask Joe Biden if he could give us a ballpark estimate on when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president — or maybe take a stab at guessing the decade when televisions were first available to the public.

Anyone notice that she called herself a federalist … and then proceeded to give an anti-federalist position (states rights) …. ?????
Does she know what a federalist is? She’s anti-federalist on a few other things, too, including drilling at ANWR.

energy,taxes,illegal immagration,foreign policy,jobs,russian aggression,iraq,iran,north korea,all the things you would think a reporter would ask ask i find in funny the questions the news wants to ask is what books you read ,mccains voting history might as well ask her how many molecules in water or what color pantys you like best cant the news find questions that might really be in the minds of voters

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., who appeared on the Wednesday program in a separate interview, when asked which case he thought was wrongly decided, referred to but did not name United States v. Morrison in which the court overturned portions of the Violence Against Women Act, legislation that Biden had spearheaded
he spearheaded and couldnt remember the name oh myyyyyyy

What i find most offensive is that she now tries to come off as a “Joe 6 Pack”, the average american. I sincerely hope that most americans are not like her.
I dont believe the average american believes earth is 4000 years old and dinosaurs coexisted with man. Or want creationism taught in public schools. I dont believe average americans thinks the Iraq war is a mission from God or that abortion should be illegal even in the case of rape.
Extremists are not avarage.

By the way, wasn’t she a journalism major? What did she do with that degree anyway?

liberati, why do you Conservatives always cry “Gotcha Journalism” whenever your candidate flunks the most basic or elementary questions? How difficult is it for anyone to name one or two newspapers or publications? You ask if Obama would have been able to answer the same question … hell, yeah! I can (USA Today, Wall Street Journal), and I’m not running for political office, and I’ll bet you can too. Couric’s question is not stupid as you assert. What one reads offer an insight into that person’s views and presence of intellectual curiosity. I’m not a fan of Couric myself, but she is known for her sympathetic interview style and throwing softballs to interviewees as evidenced by her helping Palin complete her sentences (providing her with the word “mocked” when she couldn’t come up with it) and the newspaper question. Perhaps you can attribute Palin’s embarrassing performances without a prepared script to nervousness and over-cramming on subjects she doesn’t know about. But the fact remains that a person who has shown such supreme incuriosity about national and world issues has no business running for the second highest office in the land. A pretty smile and charm are not prerequisites for the VP position, much less POTUS.

A Presidential candidate should be able to answer any question thrown at them with a reasonable degree of intelligence. It’s very clear this woman is trying to fake her way through.
Anyone on this post who defends the ignorance of Ms. Palin is being un-patriotic. The ONLY civic duty you have of great importance here is to competently choose the two people who will represent you here and around the world.
For the last 8 years, we’ve had a man who has been an embarrassment intellectually and it’s affected us – both in our standing and in the concrete thinking of his legislation. And look where we are.
So, for all of you who see this as a game where YOUR SIDE needs to win, it’s not about that. It’s about hiring the most competent people for this very complicated and difficult position, and this woman is far from qualified in any political scenario.

I do not understand why some feel questions asked by Couric are biased and “gotcha” questions. These are questions to a VP canidate. If you feel they were unfair question, give some examples of what a VP should be asked?
If she were a man this wouldnt even have been brought up. I want her to do good tonight. Even though I am a Obama supporter, I will sleep easier if I know she can be a good VP and has the qualifications to sit in the Oval Office if called upon. Who knows–McCain/Palin might win and if so, knowing we are in good hands is important. Biden should not take the debate lightly. Palin won the debate on the Gov. race. Why does it seem a woman canidate has to be treated with special gloves. Equality is exactly that. She should be treated the same, same questions on domestic and international issues should be asked and the debate should be fair game for both without worrying if Biden picked on her.

Sarah Palin – Meredith Viera (sp?)will not be moderating the debate…you won’t be able to use a lifeline…

I know PhD engineers that have a stack of books for reference. If a person knows how to use and understand references, that is all that is needed of them. Let me ask Obama and Biden some questions. I know that they would not be able to answer one question. The questions would about world affairs and American history. You cannot expect Sarah Palin or Obama to have total recall. You people are living in an unreal world.
No vote for Obama

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obamayomama – you blurted “I’d like Obammie to answer that question.” Were you aware that Barack Obama was a senior lecturer on Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School? I’m sure he would have had no problem answering.

I am observing this debate from Europe and just saw her last interview. I am shocked. Maybe her silence implies her acceptance of the Hamdan and Boumediene decisions? I am not sure…

Palin certainly seemed overwhelmed when asked about Supreme Court decisions. I’m fascinated more by Palin’s apparent inability to name a single newspaper or magazine that she has read. This subject is so basic, so non-gotcha, that anyone should have been able to come up with an answer. So why not Palin? Here is all I could come up with.
The McCain/Palin camp is so afraid of losing votes — any votes — that they don’t want to choose a periodical that might be perceived to slant one way or the other. This seems unlikely however when you consider she is already on the record leaning far right.
Like Chance the gardener, she gets all her news from TV. Possible, but she still should have been able to fake it, and toss off the name of any mag or paper. Unless the comparison to Chance is – I won’t go there.
She didn’t want to play favorites. Unlikely since she (or McCain) have had no problem thus far picking and choosing between TV interviews.
Can anyone come up with a good reason for Palin’s lack of an answer on this no-brainer?

Europe is approving codex. That means complete control by the prescription drug companies for vitamins, minerals, herbs, food supplements, and anything that is healthy. The drug companies will raise prices of healthy products by as much as six times.
This is how socialized medicine works in Europe, plus the long lines for necessary surgeries. Obama’s national health plan is a no vote. No vote for Obama.

You don’t know crap … Judge
“This is how socialized medicine works in Europe, plus the long lines for necessary surgeries”
In Canada, I pay NOTHING for drugs/dental/surgery whatever. Our model is based on the European Medical system.
Saves big time on the long lineups at bankruptcy court ….

Beyond the tap dance around the Supreme Court decisions, her comments on the constitutional right to privacy are fascinating. In once sentence she agrees in a constitutional guarantee, in the next she says it can be dealt with at a local level.
http://palincounter.blogspot.com/

PaulinVanc
I heard many complaints when I was associated with a 700 bed hospital in the US for over 30-years… You pretend to live in Canada, I doubt it. That is why there are many foreign doctors working in the USA.

To Voter In America
Obama is a frigging professor of law for f*** sake! That means he teaches United States law to would be lawyers and judges. Don’t you think he’ll be able to answer a supreme court question? Or are just too much of a muppet to see beyond your ignorance?

So she froze in an interview. Now we know she opposed Exxon Shipping v. Baker.
Most people can’t cite Supreme Court cases off the top of their head.

Most of you probably do not know that there has been no Supreme Court case challenging the internment of German Americans and Italian Americans during World War II.
And why is this?

Joe Biden is a law professor. Of course he knows Supreme Court cases.
Yet he gave a wrong or irrelevant answer to the Roe question. Roe does talk about trimesters. But that part of Roe was overruled by Casey. Biden was talking about a ruling that is no longer good for that point of law.
That’s a very technical error, but Joe Biden should know better.

So what if Palin is stupid? Bush is stupid too, and look how many people still support him, even on top of years of failures.
People in general are stupid. Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a place surrounded by smart people? On the other hand, it would be that much harder to get ahead.

Paul –
If speech were not free, then intellectually bankrupt folks like “Judge” would not be able to speak!

BFD- What does that have to do with being the V.P. Its a history lesson. Obama didnt realize the Russians freed the Auschwitz victims. Obama didnt realize his parents were not a Selma. He also didnt realize, after 20 years that his pastor was spewing hatred toward whites and the government. He also didnt know that his buddy William Ayers bombed the pentagon. Why not print that

Gomac,
Talk about “gotcha.” The Obama statement you’re referring to is one in which Obama said his grandfather helped free one concentration camp when he actually helped free another one called Buchenwald. The fact is that Auschwitz is synonymous with The Hollocaust, so what difference does it make.
What a ridiculous criticism.

Links to socialized medicine:
For Canada:
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2007/08/another_sociali.html
http://www.liberty-page.com/issues/healthcare/socialized.htmlJudge

Judge –
You seem to miss the point, again. My critique of you is based on the fact that you cite quotes from people as proof of the underlying “fact” (like you did with Blunt). Or some out of context “talking point” from morons like Rush and Fox News.
What you seem incapable of doing is critical thought, so like most of your cohorts, you resort to attacks of the “liberal” media and anything else you don’t like. For people like you and, sadly, the Republican Party, politics has become a game of “win at all costs.”
I have followed politics closely since I first became interested in them more than 30 years ago as Reagan was becomming popular, and McCain and the Republicans — and people like you who support them — have run the most dishonorable campaign I have ever seen.
Because you’re on the wrong side of this election — at least by what most polls are saying today — you resort to lies, rumors and innuendo in a lame attempt to discredit the candidate who is on the right side.
So I suspect you are telling the truth when you say you own lots of property and are sitting on a beach somewhere. And I also suspect that’s why you oppose Obama: because every INDEPENDENT economist in the country has said his economic plan is better than McCain’s for 95% of the country, and 95% of us don’t own “a lot of property FREE and clear.” We own one house and when asked, we know we own only one house.

by Pierre Lemieux
http://www.theadvocates.org/freeman/8903lemi.html
“The most visible consequence of socialized medicine in Canada is in the poor quality of services. Health care has become more and more impersonal. Patients often feel they are on an assembly line. Doctors and hospitals already have more patients than they can handle and no financial incentive to provide good service. Their customers are not the ones who write the checks anyway.”

The Vice President and President of the United States SHOULD be able to name court cases, they should be able to discuss complex issues that the “average Joe Six Pack” doesn’t know about. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD HERE!!! Not you and me going to our jobs — sure we’re smart. I’ve accomplished a lot but I am NOT ready to be a heartbeat away from becoming the President!! AND NEITHER IS PALIN!! Doesn’t mean she is the devil – but come on!!

Next time just ask her about moose hunting,i bet she still going to look stupid…NO more dummy in the white house,enough is enough..O.B.08

Judge –
I doubt the lines will be 6 hours long, and since you are so very, very, very rich, you probably have not had to worry about getting healthcare. But try your argument on someone who has been diagnosed with a rare disease and has been told by his or her insurance company that they won’t pay for your treatment.

Hey Judge,
Sounds like even McCain supports Obama. This morning, on Fox News, he basically cribbed off Obama’s economic policy for job creation by saying his policies would create more new jobs in the area of renewable energy.
Obama’s plan has been saying this for 18 months. But just 4 months ago, McCain’s plan to fix the energy problem was to give us a gas tax holiday. Remember that?

P.S. — To all you who keep railing against the “liberal media,” the difference between the media’s treatment of Obama and Palin is that the country got to know Obama over the last 2 years, and certainly over the last 9 months, but the McCain campaign has practically hidden Palin except when she’s giving speeches. Then, when the media asks her the tough questions like, what newspapers or magazines do you read, they are called biased.
Give me a break!

Time to do more important things then trying to show Obama supporters the err of their ways. America is at a critical time in its long great history, without a true leader to help it be rise high again. Obama is a socialist and we all know about Russia’s failures to a proud people, standing in long lines for a loaf of bread that was not there.
Obama points to the Chinese remarking of all their great accomplishment, like the man who was arrested for trying to earn a little extra money by selling extra pies he made and not telling the local government. He went to jail and no one ever saw him again. But what does it matter that is only a man, so insignificant unless that man is you. So look to your Obama and then one day cry, I wish I was a free man again, with the chance to serve a great country and not just one man.
Good-bye, I will be enjoying my pristine beach when the sun rises again, and for sure I will not be thinking of you. I am positive you will get what you deserve

One cannot not be this stupid its got to be an act seriously like one post said snl doesnt even have to write, Tina fey can do Sara based on Sara no script writing sad sad and just to think some want this ticket GOD HELP US!!!!

We previously discussed the language in the new Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, in particular those clauses that eliminate federal forests as a source of biofuels material [here, here]. The protests in that regard by numerous involved citizens has borne fruit.
Last week a bipartisan coalition of representatives introduced H.R. 5236 to correct the language in the Energy Act. The following is taken in its entirety from Greg Walden’s website [here].
Herseth Sandlin – Walden Bill Would Promote Development and Use of Cellulosic Ethanol Derived from Wood Waste on Federal Lands
February 7, 2008 – WASHINGTON, D.C.
Last night, Rep. Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) introduced the Renewable Biofuels Facilitation Act (H.R. 5236), legislation that would promote the development and use of cellulosic ethanol derived from woody biomass on federal lands. The bill would significantly broaden the definition of cellulosic ethanol within the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to include more biomass gathered from federal lands.
The Link:
http://westinstenv.org/sosf/2008/02/11/bipartisan-house-coalition-introduces-legislation-to-fix-biomass-definition-in-renewable-fuels-standard/
Wake up and smell the coffee.

DJZ
I am a purist. In other words, a health nut. Moreover, I am 70-years-old and my youngest daughter will soon be 3-year-old. I do not believe in socialism and socialized medicine. I do not like Obama’s background and he can never change that. I like the free enterprise system because I did very well, even though I was born very poor and fatherless. Many times, I worked eighty-hour weeks so I can be where I am today.
I must now go because where I live now it is night. The pristine white beach is waiting for me in the morning. A final good-bye

this is unbelievable! how can she be running as vp and not know at least one supreme court case she does not agree with. seems to be, based on her republican convention speech, she could have at least recalled miranda.
what i also don’t understand is all those defending palin with the “well, most americans cannot name supreme court cases off the cuff like that.” my response – most americans are not running for vp of the united states. don’t we want our vp to be held to a higher standard? or has the last 8 years really lowered the bar that much that we just want one of the gals or one of the guys in office?

How rediculous is it to say that Couric was out of line asking her to comment on a Supreme Court decision, she’s running for Vice Preident for Christ’s sake. And now you can’t even ask what newspapers she reads?? Give me a freaking break, conservatives are absolutely pathetic with these “Gotcha Journalism” claims.
How come Biden had no problem giving an answer? I think CBS has truly stumbled upon a great new way of enlightening the public to the shortcomings of the Republican candidates. I don’t see the Democrats railing about how unfair it was for her to ask Biden that question and when you put the two side by side it’s clear she has no clue what the hell she is talking about.
She is doing herself, the country and her party a disservice by continuing to run in this election especially since party members have to go out there and defend her by defiling themselves making rediculous claims about “gotcha journalism”. Can you really look at John McCain the same way after hearing him say that asking Palin about what newspapers she reads or to name a Supreme Court decision is out of bounds and “Gotcha Politics”. Give me a break.
If you feel differently feel free to email me bziegs@yahoo.com, I’d be happy to hear your opinion

Palin is her own worst enemy !! All the late night comics have given their joke writers the day off because all you need to do is repeat Sarah’s words. She is a complete idiot !! My 5th grader speaks better than she ever will. All we get from Sarah is ramblings, disoriented facts (if you can call them facts), exaggerations and lies. I can guarantee that Sarah will rely on her nasty digs and uncalled for remarks to win points at the debate. There will be no substanance to anything she has to say. She is a common street fighter who only knows how to throw low blows and has the mouth of a truck driver. This is not the debate for Governor of Alaska. This debate is for the VP of US. She is totally out of her league. Let’s not give the rest of the world more reason to laugh at the US.

What matters is that a person who is a heart beat away from leading this country knows nothing about the major issues facing it. she is NOT from middle America and whom ever suggested that is a fool. What a joke. Palin is G W Bush jr. No experience and a weak gov from a weak state. How does the rest of the country not see this?
From a social studies teacher in Ohio!

She thought the question was about the musical group the Supreme’s and she seems to know more about Country music.

As a lawyer, I am not concerned that Palin could not recall a Supreme Court case during the interview. (Since she was recently critical of the court’s handling of the Exxon punitive award, you would think that case would have popped into her head.) No, what shocked me was her statement that the consitution does provide a right to privacy followed by the contradictory assertion that the state was the best party to protect that federal right! She apparently has never considered the legal arguments that have gone back and forth in the abortion debate for decades. She just thinks the issue is “so important” the states should decide. Non-sequitur.

You repubs get on my nerves. At first I was ignoring your unwarranted hate for Obama because you want your candidate to win I understand that. However Obama can name Supreme Court cases and he can speak about foreign policy. Gibson asked Palin “tough questions” and people were mad because they were issue questions not the softball questions Obama supposedly gets. Katie Couric ask her to list things and those are “gotcha” questions. Do they need to ask her about shooting things and having babies for them to be fair questions. I can’t think of any question easier than name periodicals that shape your worldview. I just got asked a similar question in my graduate level Research Methods course, instead of periodicals I was asked to list experiences. She could have said that my life shapes my worldview not the media. That would have a been a gotcha answer.
I know Obama understands the constitution and how to relate to people of other cultures, and how the economy runs. I actually can say that about McCain too.You don’t have to agree with Obama on these things but you do have to admit he at least understands them. The same can’t be said for Palin.

I have never liked K. Couric. However, I am beginning to get very worried about Sarah Palin. I should John McCain should have chosen someone else as his running mate.

Why don’t you ask Obama if he knows the answers to the questions that Palin has been asked. He has even less experience than Palin but yet who qustions him? Obama has been in senate for 2 years and only around 6 months to vote. Yet what did he mark when he was there–present. God forbid the man have an opinion. Thanks to Tina Fey, who knows nothing about politics, we have an impression of Palin that all liberals and Bush haters love. Let’s actually get serious and look at the fact people.

I agree with the poster above who said that if Tina Fey can do the impersonation without one drop of script change from the original…we are in deep doo dah.
And Obama’s grand father was in the liberation group that freed Buchenwald in Gen Eisenhower’s army. It’s synonymous and symbolic as is Frigidaire with refrigerator or tissue with Kleenex.
Why doesn’t everyone just admit to the the fact that Senator McCain and Governor Palin have WHITE PRIVILEGE. Google it and see what it means.
I just know that President Obama will not imprison people or have an enemy’s list and that makes my conservative sensibilities feel nourished.

Why does anyone really care which Supreme Court decisions she agrees with? She’s not an attorney, doesn’t need to study the law – even if she doesn’t agree with a ruling, the vice president (or even the president) can’t overturn SCOTUS decisions – neither the president or the vice president decide which cases are heard before the SCOTUS. All the president can do is APPOINT a justice if there is a vacancy – What Katie Couric should have kept her questions relevent – what characteristics would you look for in a Supreme Court justice; which justice do you least agreed with, or which justice you would not have appointed. Asking her to list rulings she doesn’t agree with is crazy. As a voter, I don’t care about that, I just want to know who she would appoint and why.

Mc cain is awsome, palin is the smartest woman i have ever seen. You are all to ignorant to realize the truth about the true patriots!

“I agree with the poster above who said that if Tina Fey can do the impersonation without one drop of script change from the original…we are in deep doo dah. ” Thats not what I said. You can take any conversation and twist it the way you want w/o changing any words. Its not hard, ask all those sketch people. What does Obama’s lineage have to do with him being experienced enough for President. IloveJESUS made a GREAT point. Come on people, STOP believing the media and their one side. God forbid we don’t listen to what they have to say and take their every word to hear. And sallylacovitzer, lets touch on your topic. What does money have to do with Conservatives? Hilary Clinton is a liberal, yet she has one of the highest dollar amounts of earmarks. So I guess we can deduct that liberals only do what is in their best interest and not of this country. McCain, by the way, has NONE and he has been around longer than Clinton.

after the debate to night, j.mccan, will come up with a way to canciel the election for president.
sorry j.mccan, you lost.

Obama’s experience has been in question, however, he has been on the campaign trail for over a year, managed to overcome a most formiddable opponent to achieve the nomination, and has EARNED his way to where he is. His hard work, values, intellect, judgement, emotional intelligence… is very apparent, and is why the American people support him. Palin came in on top, a handout if you will, and has promptly convinced the majority of people that she is NOT QUALIFIED. You can’t compare the two, the differences are obvious and glaring.

I am not a big Political person and therefore not a huge Obama supporter…but i will say this, Ron “the teacher” is an idiot.
I mean really…saying “she can learn”..since when is VP an learn-on-the-job type of position.
Really, a teacher? Louisiana must have really low standards for teacher credentials.

I live in Singapore and US politics interest me. For few days now, our radio hosts has making fun of McCain/Palin. “When we look outside our window, we see Malaysia our neighbor country. That makes us qualified to be Foreign Minister.” Laughable. I believe Obama/Biden ticket is the best for Americans. They are both intelligent and charismatic people and Democrats has full loads of intellectuals smart people compared to Republicans.
In Asia, we hope and wish Obama/Biden to win the election. We see Obama/Biden as an ideal figure to lead and bring prosperous and respects to the USA. May God Bless America!

Urrrrghhhh! I am so disgusted to listen to all of this ridiculous bunch of garbage about how Sarah relates to middle America. Give me a break! If there is anyone out there that does not believe that the most powerful political leaders in this country have to have a HIGH LEVEL OF INTELLECT, you are just plain ignorant yourself. To be an effective leader, you have to have critical and creative thinking. People with high intelligent display these characteristics. She is about an embarrassment to the American people. She knows NOTHING about NOTHING, except how to NOT answer a question. Why? Because she cannot think on her own. She LACKS intellect. She is so out of her league.
And, to the social studies teacher who made the comment about not caring what she knows, are you kidding me? Please tell me that this is not what you teach your students. Please tell me that you do not tell them to judge their potential political leaders by if you feel comfortable having a cup of coffee with them. Goodness…our students need to understand their responsibility as American citizens on a higher standard than this. Hopefully, you will think about those statements and reevaluate.
I pray that this country wakes up and screams from their rooftops, we are not this easily manipulated.