Conservatives Rip Media for Palin Coverage

People like that are the reason why I hate my party(Republican that is)! I mean come on people it is the 21st century and you can’t force your beliefs on everyone else you know. God! I hate this party so much!

Holy,Holy republians almight, non sinful people, when ever you are caught in your sinful ways, you start calling people names, this time around you are not getting away with this. 17 year old pregant out of wedlock, what about that.

I hear you David from Texas! I especially liked Thompsons speech.
What’s important is not a mistake a 17 year old girl made, whats important is the future of our country.
The RNC crowd was chanting U-S-A! at the DNCC they were chanting O-B-A-M-A!
That tells me a lot.

Damn straight, Culture Wars!!
Throw down, mfers!
We’ll take you a@@holes down hard!!!
You’ll be lucky if you can crawl home to your doublewide!

First to the media – Duh? Of course they are biased (different candidates for different networks) with competing agendas. Who is naive and believes that the mainstream media is impartial? They (the media) are fake and the majority of Americans are blinded by party and incapable of critical thinking; this is, of course, a dangerous cocktail. Neo-cons and neo-libs with their personal media megaphones are playing a good number of the American public like fiddles and fools and laughing along the way. Some day, the American public will wake up…but it won’t happen this cycle.
Good Luck.

The difference between the conservative and liberal families is that a.) the liberal families are less likely to have pregnant unwed teenage daughters since their parents are supporting sex ed in school b.) if there was a pregnant unwed daughter, their mothers would have the good sense not to be exposing their daughter’s tawdry sex lives to run for vp, and c.) if you’re going to cast the first stone on everyone else’s family values that disagee with yours, you better have a hell of a family to protect you from all the stones everyone else is going to throw back at you.

It is most unlikely that The “majority” of the sheeple will wake up any time soon because they are all too enarmored of George Stepanopholis’ hairdoo. And Brian Williams dimples and Katey Curics latest face lift. Do you actually think any of them are listening to what the media has to feed them?? Get real

So Sarah Palin is Pastey McBush’s VP choice.  Wow!  What a testament to women and the “no experience” argument.  I know I’ll certainly feel calm if he’s elected because now we know if the old geezer croaks in office, the most powerful leader in the free world will be pretty AND ready to serve.  After all, the Big Mac lists her accomplishments as:  current PTA member, NRA lifelong member, former mayor, governor of our 48th most populous state, and working hockey-mom.  Whew!  That mayor’s job of less than two years is a comfort.  If we get in pothole discussions with Iran or North Korea, she’s our gal.  If there is a dispute over the size of business signs in Pakistan, she’ll know how to resolve it.  And with her experience in redrawing boundaries and annexing neighborhoods for better revenue, all our Middle East conflicts will evaporate. 
Since her state legislature only meets 90 days a year, she’s had time to exercise AND work on that resume. So what if she can’t list all those things on Joe Biden’s vita like: Harvard Law Review, longtime member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, constitutional law professor, author of the Violence Against Women Act (which federalized domestic violence as a crime) state senator, and is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? Heck, she looks smart, and she’s young, too. We can cross our fingers that she can do OJT.
And thank goodness she has five kids, one of whom is five months old with Down’s syndrome.  Can’t beat that. As a 44-year-old who doesn’t believe in birth control, maybe she’ll even have a few more. Take her “abstinenance only” stand. That sure is the way to go; just ask her 17-year-old-daughter!  Mrs Palin (she’d never go by Ms) will have a big heart about making sure all our children in the USA have health care, and that all our single moms will have the benefit of a husband who can stay at home while they’re working out of town. Come to think of it, she’ll probably throw in a nanny tax credit for the poor.  Now that’s progress!
I’m also so happy that finally we have a politician that hasn’t frequented prostitutes or had affairs.  Between salon appointments, she’s been too busy seeing that schools teach creationism, and that is just ducky.  Now that we know the Earth has only been around for 6,000 years (it says so in Genesis), no child will be left behind, and their test scores will go way up because they won’t have so much history to learn.  Yippee!  
Best of all, she’s a former beauty pageant runner-up which ensures that the Miss America and Miss Universe competitions will once again get the major network Saturday nights’ exposures they used to have before those damn feminists messed things up.  I’m so glad Johnny Mac realized that any broad is a broad, and what their position on any issue is is irrelevant.  Just think, one can vote against the major women’s issues of the last two decades and still make it to runner-up Prez! As long as dames have designer glasses, good legs and a regular period, they’re interchangeable.  And I’ll betcha a Starbuck’s gift card that Palin can whip up a double light espresso with a touch of cream and cinnamon faster than you can say, “June Cleaver.”
Choosing Anita Bryant, er, Sarah Palin was a stroke of genius. That’ll show them damn Hillary fans that can’t make up their mind. Attention everyone…. good ole maverick John McCain IS progressive and anti-Washington, and when that call comes at 3AM, he has now shown that he’s not afraid to make a quick decision and take a risk.
Lord help us.

The Republicans believe they are never to be put under the media review. If you have doubt, look at the way the Bush Administration functioned with a disregard for oversight; they have the gall to disregards Congressional subpoenas. Sara Palin is an unknown and he media has the Fourth Estate responsibility to inform the American people about this person. If John McCain made a mistake, so be it as the media vetting process is working. The Republicans need to show maturity and stop the whining.

Candidates families are off limits? Someone should tell that to John McCain:
Just one example:
McCain famously made a tasteless joke about Chelsea Clinton back in ‘98.
A crude joke about a sitting president’s daughter.
The Washington Post noted that the joke “was too vicious to print.”
You self-righteous, sanctimonious right-wingnuts, get over yourselves, vicious personal attacks and slander of Democratic politicians and their families is really all you do. Laura Ingraham has built her entire career on personal attacks.
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“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
– Sen. John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998.
Chelsea was 18-years old at the time.

HEY REPUBLICANS!!
I have been watching your convention. Say aren’t there any people of color in your party??? Serious, there isn’t hardly an Asian, Black or Hispanic face in the whole convention!!!
What the heck is going on here? What a FAILURE your little Lilly White gathering is!
Say how come Bush didn’t come in person? The storm was over last night and he is only a short Helicopter flight away… And where is Cheney? He isn’t doing anything related to Gustov!!
I think you guys just don’t want the standard bearers and HEROs of your party there…
WHY NOT??? TELL ME WHY NOT!!!

“”Look, the cause of life is the dividing line in our culture and it has been for some time now, for decades,” said Ingraham. “Sarah Palin is a woman who dared to cross that line.”"
WTF does this mean? What “line” did Palin cross?

I must say that the treatment of Gov Palin and her family by the radical element of the fringe left has been disgusting. I think the character assassination and rush to judgment that is going on before even knowing her is the epitome of the dangerous partisan blinders the lemmings on each side of the aslie have on today. Unfortunate.
I’m not a believer in some of Palin’s views but I’ve seen more attacks on her personal views with no regard to how that may contrast with the way she actually chooses to govern.
Example
Creationism: Do I believe in intelligent design…yes. Does Gov. Palin, yes. Do I think the schools should decide whether or not creationism should be taught in schools or whether evolution should? No. Does Gov Palin? No, she thinks parents should make that decision, either way…so do I. Of course that is not how Gov. Palin’s views are framed.
Moreover, I credit Obama for being on what I see was the right side of the Iraq war policy…McCain the wrong side. But, what the left chooses to ignore is that Obama’s foreign policies are hawkish and he is definitely an interventionist similarly to McCain. He is not an antiwar candidate, he is an Anti(Iraq)war candudate (of which I applaud). He is for pre-emptive wars, as is McCain. I imagine Palin will now have to fall inline with McCain’s (and Obama’s) interventionist foreign policies as well….that is unfortunate. Obama voted FOR the Patriot Act….FOR it Dems….I say again…he voted in FAVOR of the Patriot Act…let’s ignore that eh? We all know the balatant warmonger McCain is for it. Obama voted FOR the Cheney energy policy…FOR it. Is that an ignorable offense as well, left?
Neo cons and Neo libs….your days are numbered….Neo Cons your days are numbered sooner than the Neo Libs, thank your buddy GW for that.
Good Luck.

I am sorry, but Palin DOES NOT represent us! This is exactly what we DON”T NEED right now! Failed family values, a mother who cares more for career than raising her children properly, possible incestuous relations between Mr. Palin and Bristol, underage sex, questionable campaign contributions, dubious relating of facts/fiction regarding the so-called birth of the Down syndrome baby…the list goes on and on!
This all adds up to a complete melt-down of American values.
To blame the liberals for this unfortunate chaos is ludicrous. Women are the root of evil and blame here!
Women cannot run families and careers! I know it! I am grateful I still stay at home and manage the homefront!
Real conservatives know what I mean. Even this excuse for a conservative Ingraham and that other failure Schlafly are a farce.
Women, go home, raise the kids, do the laundry and cook dinner! That’s it! We don’t need you gals doing anything else but that, and maybe looking pretty on a Saturday evening for your man if that’s not too much to ask.
So-called conservative women are ruining American family values far more than the liberals!
Al Gore would make a better McCain running mate than this fiasco!
Good God people. Get your heads on straight or the Chinese will be all over us before we realize it!
Wake Up America!!! Women GO HOME!

“TALK ABOUT THE POW CARD BEING PLAYED”
“Neither of them said what they would do for the country to their “Lilly White” audience of gray haired fat people…”
roflmao…a great leftist spokesperson here. Talk about the racist/prejudice/hypocrite card being played.
Both of you two sides – NeoDem/ NeoRep -you’re both hypocrites and you sure do both embarass yourselves on the interweb quite frequently.
lol

“Someone would have to be pretty stupid to take anything this buffoon Laura Ingraham says seriously.”
Let me clarify, someone would have to be pretty stupid to take anything most of you partisan buffoons (on either side) say seriously, and unfortunatley many of you still do.
Good Luck.

Posted by: Davis | Sep 3, 2008 12:52:39 AM
I also caught Thompson’s speech. It was so “fresh” to hear Sen. McCain’s experience as a P.O.W. rehearsed for us one more time. I think I’ve gotten it down, though I’ve forgotten why we keep hearing it. Even Thompson said “Being a P.O.W. does not qualify you to be President”.
One strange note: Why mention McCain’s offbase, bartending girlfriend “Red Hot Chili Mamma” (or whatever her name was, and not mention how McCain dumped his first wife, a woman who lost her beauty in a car crash that left her crippled, in order to run off with Cindy, a beer heiress half-half his age. Since the only reason we ARE being given to vote for McCain is his biography, why isn’t this episode mentioned? Doesn’t the American public deserve the whole picture?

HEY PALIN FANS!!
We don’t need any more thugs in the white house, even if they are pretty and wear a dress…
Palin’s Management Style is to Bully and Demand Political Loyalty. Palin’s tenure as mayor of Wasilla was marred by tremendous staff turnover, first when she fired most of the top staff — including the city’s librarian — because she questioned their loyalty, and then later when staff quit because of her micromanaging style.
Wasilla even lost the opportunity to hire a police chief because he said the job seemed too political.
Imagine what she could do if she had real power?? Scary….

“ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.
ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN LIES.
ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN POWER.
This year,
DEMOCRATS ALL THE WAY!!!
Because living with a Republican government is simply impossible.”
Translation:
MORE OF DEMOCRATS PURE INTEGRITY.
MORE OF DEMOCRATS COMPLETE HONESTY.
MORE OF DEMOCRATS YIELDING SUBSERVIENCE.
REPUBLICANS OTTA THE WAY!!!
Because living with a Democratic government is simply Utopia.
Yup….sounds like your average American critical thinker.
Good Luck.

Well, been fun. Goodnight fanatical neocons, goodnight fanatical neolibs…goodnight rational indy’s.

A quick thumbs up to Scott before I go.

ClassicalLiberal,
Too bad McDummy is going to lose big, you Republican troll!!!!
Him and his pretty new “one trick pony” Palin!!
Bye, bye fool!!

Ah, the ol “troll” claim…yep, you got me, lemme guess, I’m a McCain secret operative? Okay, but let’s just keep this between you, me and whomever else reads this section of the interweb, okay…I wouldn’t want to blow my cover.
Okay okay, Im outta here…

ClassicalLiberal:
Did I understand you right – you are trying to pass yourself off as a high-minded, “rational”, non-partisan deep thinker, but you believe in “Intelligent Design”!!!
You then suggest that allowing “parents to choose” what to teach is “the reasonable, non-partisan position?”
Climb off your the pedestal you alone placed yourself on.
Intelligent Design is a fiction made up by creationists who want to pass off their fantasy as “science” (i.e. I.D. is snake oil). Creationism has as much scientific standing as flat-earth theory.
We do not leave it up to parents what science to teach their children. Should parents have the right to teach their children “flat-earth theory” or “the sun revolves around the earth” if that is what they choose.
That isn’t rational, nor is it “non-partisan”, nor by the way is it “classical liberalism”, it is NONSENSE.
Please, take the time to inform yourself before you start pontificating;
see:
“Judge rules against ‘intelligent design’ ‘Religious alternative’ to evolution barred from public-school science classes.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10545387/

Jim in OH | Sep 3, 2008 2:28:56 AM
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We could literally have an election stolen from us and never know about it.
Its about time the Democratic Party took a page from the Republican play book.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander (Florida, 2000 & Ohio, 2004)!

One point:
of course one should note, on the other hand, that Gov. Palin and her husband was once were members of the Alaska Independence Party, a political party committed to secession from the United States. Gov. Palin recently gave a speech to the organization (she is no longer a member) in which she encouraged them to continue in their efforts, and wished them every success. That IS rather scandalous.

This is fantastic! Sarah Palin has libarals, socialists, marxists, leninists, and other hate amarica thugs, i.e democrats, in a flat spin and their MSM agents are at a loss on what to do about it.
The democrat way -
“My fellow Americans, ask not what you can do for your country — ask what your country can do for you”
The American way -
Country first, McCain/Palin 08

“Sarah Palin represents everything they hate,” said radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham.
Ingraham is so far off the mark, and the whining isn’t becoming.
Its true the media attention has been fierce, and a little on the unfair side. But it has nothing to do with Palin and what she represents. It has everything to do with the media not knowing Palin, and her introduction being flubbed so badly by the McCain campaign which seemingly didn’t vet her.
The attention on the daughter has been off base – though driven by the campaign itself. The attention on the ethics investigation, her past positions and how they contradict from the storyline, and her involvement with a secessionist fringe party are completely warranted.

HaHa John.
No, I have never claimed to be a “Classical Liberal” in the purest form, but it is the closest idealogy that represents my views. I am quite familiar with classic liberalism, thank you.
Yes, evolution theory, yes, still theory, does have the support of many scholars and I understand why it is taught but that doesn’t change my view that if a parent decides to choose to teach their child creationism, they should be allowed to do so. I do NOT think creationism should be solely taught in public schools…I don’t think their should be a public school system, that has proven to a complete failure, but thats another subject.
As far as partisanship…what do you know about the basis for my view? It has nothing to do with any party view. Do you need to look up what partisanship means in order to inform yourself before you start pontificating, on your pedestal?
“We do not leave it up to parents….”
“We” – meaning you and your collectivist friends – should go back to your collectivist minds, comrade.

Hey Davis you asked before if there are any Republicans of color well I am one of them. I just like I said yesterday can’t stand the ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE NUTJOBS IN MY PARTY which is why after the whole Palin thing I am now voting for OBAMA!!!!!!! I have just had it with all the white-trash racists in the Republican party that act like they’re better than everyone else and think they have more values than everyone else. I mean come on they’re only a small portion of the party just like the ultra-liberals are only a small portion of the Democratic party. I mean most people are centrist. I consider myself a LIBERAL REPUBLICAN though although I am NOT overly liberal.

Posted by: ClassicalLiberal | Sep 3, 2008 9:11:13 AM
Evolution is “only” a theory?
Well, “gravity” is also only a theory (the theory of gravity)
Einstein revolutionized the world of physics with his “special theory of relativity, e=mc2, hear of it?)
These are theories, but they are scientific theories.
Is Intelligent Design a theory? Yes.
Is it a scientific theory? No.
Why is it not a scientific theory?
It is not subject to testing or contradiction.
So, what kind of theory is it?
What kind of theory is never subject to testing by evidence, or the possibility of contradiction by the facts?
A conspiracy theory!;-)
So, Intelligent Design is on par with conspiracy theories. Did you hear the recent conspiracy theory about Sarah Palin being the Grandmother and not the mother of little trig?
I dismiss it has so much rumor-mongering, but since your such a fan of Intelligent Design (a conspiracy theory) and “equal time” I suppose you think the conspiracy theory that Sarah Palin has fraudulent passed her daughter’s first pregnancy off as her own should also get equal play in the MSM….

Posted by: ClassicalLiberal | Sep 3, 2008 9:11:13 AM
“HaHa John…
“We do not leave it up to parents….”
“We” – meaning you and your collectivist friends – should go back to your collectivist minds, comrade.”
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If you’re going to quote me, please do give the full quote, so as not to completely alter the meaning.
I wrote….”We do not leave it up to parents what **science** to teach their children. Should parents have the right to teach their children “flat-earth theory” or “the sun revolves around the earth” if that is what they choose?”
The logical conclusion, based on your feeble attempt at an insult, is that to teach that the world is round and that the earth revolves around the sun is “collectivist thinking”, and something that only left-wing “comrades” (like Stalin) teach.
Good One:-)

Posted by: Theresa T. | Sep 3, 2008 8:48:56 AM
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Dear John Locke
(See what I mean? Is this your real name or do you fancy yourself as a philosopher and believe you are more “enlightened” than the rest of us?)…
The “John Locke” is just a little inside joke that I thought “ClassicalLiberal” would get. Sorry, if you didn’t get it.
Who do I think I am? An ordinary citizen engaging with other posters on this blog in a little give-and-take.
I do try to call-out bloggers who make what seem to me bone-headed or misleading statements, even ClassicalLiberal, whom I think I now recognize is
genuinely not partisan (though I think ClasscialLiberal is wrong about the teaching of I.D.).
My given first name does happen to be John.
You ask: “Are you saying ‘rational’ people don’t believe in God?”
No. For my part, I happen to believe rational people CAN believe in G*d. At least I do.
I do not believe rational people can believe in “Intelligent Design”, which as I said earlier is not a scientific theory, but a fiction made up by creationists who want to use it as a wedge issue – either get it equal time in school, or take the teaching of evolution out of schools.
[see: “Judge rules against ‘intelligent design’ ‘Religious alternative’ to evolution barred from public-school science classes.” if you want of see the
basis of my views. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10545387/
You ask: “How do you explain the intricate workings of the human ear?”
How? Well, I’d say evidence clearly shows the ear evolved through processes of natural selection and random mutation.
How else? How do you explain the intricate workings of the human ear?
Did G*d fashioned the ear out of clay on the sixth day of creation?
You ask: “What about the seasons of the year? We just ‘happen’ to have spring follow winter, then summer and fall….every single year….?”
I’ve joked elswhere that to allow the teaching of I.D. would imply that teaching “flat-earth theory”, or “the theory that the sun revolves around the earth”
should also be taught in schools.
I was joking. How do I explain the seasons of the year?! Ummm…maybe because the earth revolves on its axis around the sun, and at periodic intervals of the course of roughly
365 days different areas of the earth are tilted more closely, or further away from the suns rays”
Do you still believe the Sun revolves around the earth?

Posted by: ClassicalLiberal | Sep 3, 2008 11:22:07 AM
ice reach…
Where exactly did I advocate for equal time again?
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You argued that the evolution and intelligent design have equal standing as scientific theories,
You went on to argue that neither evolution nor I.D. should be taught in school, but that it should be left up to the parents to teach what they want their children at home.
I don’t know what you think you are saying, but its plain to me you are arguing that since I.D. and Evolution are of equal footing, but they are to controversial to be taught in school, they should BOTH be taken out of school.
That is equal time….i.e. no time for either approach.
But Evolution and I.D. ARE NOT on equal footing. Evolution is a scientific theory, Creationism/I.D. is a fiction, or at best what I’ll call from now on a sub-species of “conspiracy theory”.

Newsflash ClassicalLiberal:-)
Your write: “I do not believe in dictating to parents what they should or should not teach their children. You **apparently** do.”
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1. Apparently? No, I emphatically do not think it is ANYONE’s business, not the neighbor’s nor the government’s business to “dictate” to parents what they should teach their children in the privacy of their homes. The idea that parents should be able to teach their children whatever they want in the privacy of their home – whether scientific or otherwise – well… that’s not even controversial.
I am in fact a Classical Liberal, and I think an individual’s privacy rights are sacrosanct. Let parents teach their children whatever they want – in the privacy of their homes.
But it is the job of the public school system to teach scientific theories, not fictions. Evolution IS a scientific theory, I.D. is not. To put them on equal footing, to imply that they are somehow equivalent, to argue that because of that standing neither explanation should be taught in school is disingenuous.
2. Sorry to take you away from your productive work, it happens to be my day off. I wouldn’t be spending my time on the blogs if it were a work day, but what you do with your time is your business.
Enjoy the rest of your work-day, I’m going to take off, too – and step out into the wonderful sunshine of this miraculous summer day.

ClassicalLiberal | Sep 3, 2008 12:42:51 PM
I’ve enjoyed battling wits with you:-)
Good Luck and God Bless.

I wanted to let you know that I appeciated the discussion, John. I’m glad you don’t take my snide remarks too seriously, I’m just poking fun and don’t mind getting poked back…:)
I always find myself a little torn on this topic, pulled in multiple directions, I assume because of the complex nature of it and internal conflicts associated with it for me.
I see your point about “equal footing” when taking both out of the public school system.
I’m not sure I’ve come to terms one way or another completely yet as I’ve thought about your good points, Ill awknowledge that. Sometimes I think I have found my stance on this issue but other times not.
Have a good day!

Sarah has EXECTUTIVE experience *running a government* (something NONE of the other candidates can actually boast, even John McCain as Governor of Alaska and got there by defeating the *incumbent* Republican Governor, who was definitely part of the “old school” and who WAS very much in the pocket of the big oil companies. We in Alaska wanted change – and we got it in the person of Sarah Palin!
Sarah Palin is everything she looks to be and more. Her approval rating as Governor of Alaska has been as high as 95% and is currently leveled out consistently in the upper 80 percentile throughout the state (and in both parties) – the HIGHEST approval rating of ANY sitting Governor.

I like Sarah Palin but I do think she needs to pay attention to her daughter and special needs baby. Her daughter is in crisis. I highly doubt two 17 yr olds will stay married in this day and age. (maybe he feels pressured?) That baby NEEDS her. Unfortunately, she is being swayed by her ego and power. Children NEED their mom. Period. God sent her a big message with her teen daughter’s pregnancy. She obviously wasn’t paying enough attention to her. Yet she continues to plod onward. What message is that sending to her younger daughters? What message does that send to bring her daughter’s boyfriend on the scene? Looks to me like they are rewarding her for their bad behavior. She is not getting this message. Soon another one will appear and she will have to learn. I do hope she wins. I think they will keep us safe. But God help those kids. Nannies don’t compare to your own mom!