Politics, Parenting and War

The “war on terror” is a fraud.
Expose the 9/11 Big Lie.
http://www.ae911truth.org/

What difference does it really make if her son goes to Iraq today or later this month? Must be a slow news day.

I was right. It is a slow news day. Now we have Bots posting inane comments that have nothing to do with this non-story. Geez.

Great, once again Palin pimps out the kids. When will America see her candidacy for the cynical, shallow narrative that it is?

True as that may be you can’t get that thru the thick skulls of beer swilling Billy Bubbas and their Bubbette wives. LOL hope the Al Qiada terrorist who know he’s coming don’t get him.

Even a dip like McCain knew better than advertise his kid was over there.

Disgusting Aaron. You want to get dirty. Tell me:
- How Obama pimp his mom being half white?
- How Obama pimp Michelle Obama and Oprah for his campiagning?
- How Obama pimps his kids in every Speech and convention?

I am grateful to all who serve.

WestCoastMessanger, welcome back we were missing you, please get over it, if McPalin will succeed, the will bring America upside down, you will not recongnize this place after four years of the same. Hillary knows that and she is fighting for Obama/Biden to win and get America back on track. God save America from McPalin.

Must be a cover-up. Good grief, what difference does it make whether it’s 9-11 or later in the month. He’s GOING and most of us will sit at home and watch hefty, young male football players playing with a a ball and going nowhere near Iraq. Why doesn’t this reporter get his butt over there to that third world hell hole and then he’ll have something to say about Sarah Palin and her family’s sacrifice. Sick of the liberal media. How biased can you get?

I wonder if Obama and William Ayers are planning to issue a joint statement about 9/11 today?

Just like Republican…Facts don’t matter…Just symbolism….

“On this day of mourning and utter patriotism, where seven years ago, America united under terror,”
That’s pretty true. However, the democrats have broken away from that sense of urgency in fighting terrorism. It’s the repubs that are left to fight for this country.
(Oh, and 9/11 occurred in 2001, not 2000). How soon they forget.

I’M VERRY SICK WHIT THIS WRITER , AND SOME OF THESE COMMENT.WHY DON’T WE TALK ABOUT TRUE & FAIR ,SOME ONE CAN BE GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY , HER SON WILL BE IN IRAQ NOW, LATTER OR NEVER , IT STILL BETTER THAN YOU HAVE A BIG MOUTH ,TALK TOO MUCH DO NOT THING…ZIPPP YOUR MOUTH

Don,
I have family members and many friends that are democrats and have been in wars. Why do the repubs try to own patriotism?? I do think it is foolish for palin to use her kid politically and possibly put him in danger as well as his fellow troops. Even mccain is aware of this. It seems to me that the democrats are just smarter at fighting terrorism, and the repubs are smarter at getting people to talk about non-issues like “lipstick”. “Swiftboating” at its best. Obama/Biden 2008!!!

“It seems to me that the democrats are just smarter at fighting terrorism, and the repubs are smarter at getting people to talk about non-issues like “lipstick”. “Swiftboating” at its best”.
Meeting with terrorist leaders with no preconditions is not being “smarter”. Declaring our Iraq was a defeat and retreating is not “smarter”. Fighting every effort such as the Patriot Act is not “smarter”.
As far as “lipstick”, all you have to do is read Victoria’s deep thoughts above to prove that democrats don’t have anything.
As far as “Swiftboat”, it’s a shame that you belittle the words of virtually an entire company of soldiers who were actually there to make it sound like a McCarthyistic witchhunt. Shame on you.

http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/#clip89002
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card

From:
Head of State
http://tinyurl.com/6lbfdv
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Palinism: Politics as The Content-Free Violation of Expectation
What is Palinism?
What is it about?
What policies?
What ideas?
What positions?
Even in the Lincoln-Douglas debates, while no doubt many were motivated by regional partisanship, local prejudices, and “the measure” of the candidate, one suspects that at least a rough rendering of the issues–secession vs. Union, free vs. enslaved–was carried in and animated the crowds.
Now, it is pure reaction to pattern. To one impulse expectation violated by the provocation of another impulse, that feels–good.
We have reached the content-free phase of American politics.
A form, an image–glasses, hair, a voice, what it suggests–is enough. She could be speaking the words to the airport timetable, the swearing-in speech of Ferdinand Marcos, the ingredients of a box of Sizzlean– the image, the sound, and the gathering impulse, the bare stirring from dull lack of novelty–is sufficient to awaken the crowds to angry perturbence at…the stimulus to be perturbed, and the bare sense of actual directed action and purpose that comes with doing so.
Palin herself wears a glazed, slightly confused look in her eyes–what is it that has unleashed this roar, this approbation. Being used to herself, and having been among those who are well used to her, she is unaware of the novelty that her mere form releases in the dazed electorate, yearning for a pretext for expression. Soon, she’ll believe it herself.
And, after all, isn’t that what democracy is all about? The ability to choose to decide without knowledge? Better yet, to choose your knowledge, irrespective of fact, in correspondence with the liberating, confirmation-free impulse?
This is what today’s moment stands for.
These are our satisfactions and securities in this golden age.
Cite:
Head of State
http://tinyurl.com/6lbfdv

A RESPONSIBLE MOTHER?
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By announcing to the world the VERY DATE that her son “Track” is deploying to the war in a Iraq, Gov. Palin has painted a big target on his chest.
Be careful what you say, Al Quaeda is watching….
At the very least WE NOW ALL KNOW Al Quaeda in Iraq has started plotting to kidnap Gov. Palin’s kid.
Thanks Gov!
The Country you put first thanks you for your willingness to unnecessarily put you son in harm’s way!
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Don said :(Oh, and 9/11 occurred in 2001, not 2000). How soon they forget. ”
Isn’t that seven years ago, as I wrote? Unless that sarcasm was aimed at another poster… Not sure what you meant.
As for the repubs being abandoned in the fight: I completely disagree. You (the right-wing) fight in the simple, archaic, primitive sense: very flamboyantly, loudly, wrapping yourselves in the flag, etc…
The thing about the American empire is that it is probably the last place on Earth where being common, dumb, and traditional means being “true”, “real”, and consequently, “better fit for higher office”. America is probably the last place on Earth where the premier leader of the country will be criticized for being educated, levelheaded, measured, objective, open-minded. That’s elitism, right?
You guys seem to forget (or just probably are ignorant about the fact) that the empire experiment is faaaaar from being a new one. You are learning the hard way that managing an empire is a haaaard job!!! hahaha
Others, many others have preceded you in this, and they’ve learned. You keep banging on the same rusty nail with the same rusty hammer because the thought of getting a brand-new, more efficient hammer, and of switching to a clean new nail, is like an affront to the memory of the good ol’ forefathers. lol
“The surge worked”, said the oldman and his pitbull. Wrong. It’s been demonstrated that there are many explanations to the softening of the resistance in Irak.
But even if you had indeed won this softening by the strength of your boys, is that really victory? NOPE! hahaha
Killing all the psycho extremist islamists: thanks! Good riddance. But crushing, in the process, a people who was not a direct threat, destroying their country when there was no valid reason… You’ve just created a nation of millions of new anti-Americans.
Bravo! You’ve wiped out some sand-crazies who let their own kids blow there arses up for some “religious” cause (a lie). But by undermining diplomacy, so as to not insult the chauvinism of the good ol’ forefathers’ values, you’ve just ADDED to the menace on the homeland.
So, repubs are f***ing it up, NOT fixing it.
But why am I talking about Irak? You were discussing al-Qaeda… hahahahaha

Marie Stewart: the best post yet. Bravo!

niccolo : You have a great username! Watch how people will actually think it’s your name… hahaha
Those who’ll get it will probably call you elitist. Quick! Grab a beer and go shoot some moose! Than chant: “USA!USA!USA!”

Rather than attempting to degrade the comments of a parent whose son will probably serve in Iraq or Afghanistan, perhaps ABC News would be better served to commend and honor the sacrifice of our men and women in the armed forces.
Or, perhaps, ABC News could have stuck to articles and comments that remember and reflect on the sacrifices of those who died in and as a result of the attacks of 9/11.
As for the sleazy comments of disrespect and degradation posted by the Obamabots…exactly what the rest of us expected…
After all, the Obambot posters have to get in their time to get paid…
Anybody But Obama…

Besides, if McCain is all bluster and no action, what does that say about his qualifications to be president?
You threatened the lawsuit. Now you have to go through with it.
Actually, thinking about it, I’d prefer if McCain, assuming he wins the election, didn’t follow through on his bluster. But the bluster alone is damaging, and the lack of follow through would damage U.S. credibility.

Excellent points! Just as timely and pertinent today as when you made them regarding Joe Biden’s comments regarding his son.
Oh, wait a minute, you missed that one… How shocking…

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niccolio, haven’t you caught the bus to the border yet? Only morons and idiots don’t “know” Sarah Palin. All it takes is a few mouse clicks to Alaska. No, not the fruitcake site dailykos.
There you will see Palin, pictures of her shooting, hunting, and fishing. Ya know, like normal Americans. Not like those of you holed up in your apartments hiding under your bed, scared of BUSSSSHHHHHHH.
Palin is a breath of fresh air, not like Hairplug Joe gasping for breath. She will bring about CHHHHANNNNGE in Washington, not like a 66 yr. senator mired in liberal voting.
But, at least Joe DID VOTE. He never voted “PRESENT” 140 times.
Palin – 08

she was using 9/11 for political purposes, standard republican tactic. also, she is now all but assured that her son will likely not see significant combat as he will be a safety risk to his entire unit.

“She will bring about CHHHHANNNNGE in Washington”
Yeah…Hitler brought about change,too!

Sarah “Serial Liar” Palin – good fit for the Republican Party.

Well, Paul,
I’m sure your demands will weigh heavily on John McCain’s legal decisions regarding the National Enquirer…
Perhaps your energies would be better served investigating Obama’s ability to discern sexism from politics…
Desperation…
Obama-style…
Anybody But Obama…

niccolo: TOLDYA!! HAHAHAHAHA Thank you LarryMan. You’re the best, we love you.
Illiterate cowboys are the BEST! The best way to spice up the day with comedy.
And he even spelled it niccolio, to further illustrate the dumb-ass cowboy touch.
Yayks. The US is on its way dooooooown…!!!! Unfortunately for the rest of us in the Western world.
LarryMan: niccolo is probably not foreign. His name is probably Larry Johnson. His username is a reference to a classic political essay, written 495 years ago and still studied in ALL higher political science academic institutions. You know, UNIVERSITY? That place your family kept you away from to make sure you never became an elitist and stayed a NORMAL, true American?
Now hush up, get yourself a horse-pea beer (Coors, Bud, etc) and go out and shoot at something. Preferably your own arse.

Oeilsevere…well done!!

Paul,
Throughout the primary, we all witnessed the Obama positions flip-flop at will…
Obama and his bots called is “revising a position.”
But, when Sarah Palin investigates a project and decides against it, Obama and his bots call it political…
Desperate partisan politics…
Obama-style…
By the way, Paul…
How are things in Nebraska?
Anybody But Obama…

LarryMan…please don’t try to impress us with that 5th grade education you are so proud of!

Jayhawk…flip flop?? McSame might have possibly been called a maverick years ago but he has flip flopped on everything because it is political career, not country first with Gramps! You really need to get your news from somewhere besides your subscription for Highlights for Children!

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olioserve, you and your sister Victoria need to stop meeting like this. People will talk.
I was in college before you were a wet dream for your mommy and daddy. So don’t tell me about university liberals.

Jayhawk: “You can do better than simple, desperate one-liners…”
And this from a McCain supporter? Oh man, that’s too funny.

There you will see Palin, pictures of her shooting, hunting, and fishing. Ya know, like normal Americans.
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Of course like normal americans she’ll have to shoot someone like Cheney did.

Jayhawk: “Or, we could get our news, as Victoria does, from the National Enquirer…”
Actually, Jayhawk, it seems the only one referenced in this conversation who even pays attention to what the Enquirer writes is John McCain.
No one would have commented on it, if he hadn’t gotten all hot and blustery, and threatened to sue them back to the stoneage.
But that kind of fits. McCain is obsessed with celebrity, like the Enquirer. In a lot of ways, McCain and the Enquirer are a perfect fit.

Jayhawk: “By the way, Paul… How are things in Nebraska?”
Sorry, try to answer all direct questions, but my answer to that one is I don’t know. I’m not in Nebraska, but I drove through the state once.
There’s someone else who comes here from time to time named Paul. Its been kind of a grudge match to see which will break down and add a last initial first.

Jayhawk: “Should John McCain decide on legal action, I am sure that his legal advisors will make the legal decisions…”
Fair enough. But then why all the kneejerk, hotheaded bluster? If McCain is threatening to do something he won’t even decide himself, that’s doesn’t speak well for him.

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Paul, Obammy was a celebrity, a true “community organ grinder” back when democrats were trashing Hitlery. Now when it becomes time to make decisions, he says “PRESENT’.
Now Obammy has been Outcelebritied and he can’t stand it. Palin is the true fresh face in the campaign. Obammy is old news.
Palin Panic has set in and the only cure is to have Hairplug Joe get cancer, drop out. Or, for him to be Vince Fostered.
Palin – 08

“There you will see Palin, pictures of her shooting, hunting, and fishing. Ya know, like normal Americans.”
Do normal Americans sing “bomb bomb Iran?”
And what is this Republican penchant for wanting a president who is as ignorant and average as the common man or woman? Don’t we want our chief executive to be above average?

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Paul, Paul, Paul, we send you to websites and send you to websites and all you do is look at the dirty pictures. Shame on you.
Palin is AMERICAN, not like you New Jersyites and La La Landers sipping your mocas. The rest of the country HAS a 2nd Amendment and actually enjoy our Constitution, not try to change it. Therefore, we LIKE our Senators and Representatives who support our rights.
Try to think like someone who has a brain, enjoys a brain, and USES a brain.
Palin – 08

Paul. Don’t talk above Average folks. I worked with Harvard kids and Boy they are way from reality. They can read hundred books and counter your argument but cannot factor in realities and emotions on the street. They even do not realize they are talking to Average guys and they live in their own world. They can write books and do research without putting dust on their shoes or getting scratch.

Larry: “Palin is AMERICAN, not like you New Jersyites and La La Landers sipping your mocas. The rest of the country HAS a 2nd Amendment and actually enjoy our Constitution, not try to change it.”
Now let’s address the second part of this delusional post.
I’m not from Jersey. I don’t have any problem with Jersey, but simply stating the fact I’m not from there.
And are you serious about McCain supporters not wanting to change the Constitution? Um, okay (scratches head). So all the amendments Republicans want to add about gay marriage and outlawing abortion… you do realize those would be constitutional changes, right?
McCain himself says he supports an amendment making abortion illegal. Not saying that would be a good thing or bad thing – just pointing out this would be by definition a change to the Constitution.

Obama is ignorant and not even up to a common man. A common man makes more sense.

And, then there are those of us who “cling to our guns and religion…”
Yep, I would be one of those…
Or, how about the “bitter” folks of Pennsylvania and Ohio who rejected Obama in the primaries…
Then, there are the folks like John McCain and Sarah Palin who have actually served in the military or have children getting ready to do so…
Has anyone related to Obama or his wife ever served even one day in our military?
Just curious…
Anybody But Obama…

Jayhawk: “After all, it’s not like John McCain made an ill-advised remark about cosmetics and pork…”
Sorry. I listened to the tape. Obama was talking about McCain’s economic policies being the same as Bush’s when he said, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig.”
McCain was the only person referenced by name, but the Bush reference was clear by context. It wasn’t about Palin.
It seems like yet another example of Republican faux indignation, and yet another attempt to distract people from noticing your candidate for president is a hothead who is prone to making kneejerk, damaging statements.

Jayhawk: “Has anyone related to Obama or his wife ever served even one day in our military? Just curious…”
Yep, I think so. Remember the liberating Auschwitz remark you guys loved to call an Obama “lie” because it was actually Buchenwald, or something like that.
And I notice for Palin’s sake you referenced children about to serve, and failed to note that Biden is in the same parental position.
I’ve served… how about you?

Tim: “Books are for scientists, Techies and Politics is all about people.”
Huh. I wonder if you are speaking for many Republicans there, in your view that books aren’t for everyone.
I’d rather have a president who has read a lot of books, but that’s just me.

What do you mean by Obama supporter they are paid campaigned staff?

Hey – check out this video. The language is Swedish, but it shows McCain’s arrival from Vietnam. You can hear his name clearly and see him limping. I think you have to cut and paste it…
http://svt.se/svt/play/video.jsp?a=1243728

McCain’s thirst for spotlight started when he was a POW, interviewed by a French camera crew and journalist (François Chalais)…
Liberty fries… hahahahahahaha
Now THAT was a true cowboy moment. We were all rolling on the FLOOR!! Liberty fries… hahaha
I’m sure places like Baton Rouge, Des Moines, Detroit, Juneau, Delaware, Illinois, LaFayette, Bel Air, Cadillac, Beaumont or Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (where the lipsticked pitbull and limpin’ granpa recently spoke) should change their French names too.
hahahahaha inbred cowboys.

Paul, the question was: “Has anyone related to Obama or his wife ever served even one day in our military? Just curious…”
You sidestepped, but you didn’t answer the question…
As for me…No, I have not served in the military, although several members of my family have…one even paid with the supreme sacrifice in World War II…
While I had my draft card and was ready to go, Viet Nam was just ending as I became eligible, and I chose to work in the private sector rather than the government.
However, I was fortunate that men like John McCain chose to serve their country with honor and make great sacrifices so that I did not…
I appreciate the service and sacrifice of all our veterans, especially those who were unfortunate enough to suffer capture and/or injury, such as John McCain…
As for Joe Biden, I seem to recall him starting his tenure in the U.S. Senate while John McCain was a POW in Hanoi…
By the way, thank you for your service, Paul.
How about you?
Have you thanked John McCain?
Anybody But Obama…

Jayhawk: “Paul, the question was: “Has anyone related to Obama or his wife ever served even one day in our military? Just curious… You sidestepped, but you didn’t answer the question…”
You might want to read what I said one more time. I didn’t sidestep the question; I referenced the flap over the statement about his grandfather in WW II, which I was assuming you would be able to see as an answer that, yes, his grandfather served.
As for Michelle’s family, I don’t know.
And as to your question as to whether I thanked John McCain, no, not personally. And if I met him I probably wouldn’t, either. Vets don’t do that to one another.
Truth be told, most Marines I know, both from my time in the Marines and from my current civilian position with the Marines, don’t really like when others try to do it. There’s something about it that doesn’t sound real.

Well, Paul, your reference was vague, at best, but such is not an exception from Obama supporters…
“I don’t know” would have sufficed…
For my part, I make it a point to thank service men and women regularly as I appreciate their service and sacrifice…
That includes several Marines who served in Viet Nam and the Gulf Wars…
And, I don’t recall ever witnessing any of them being uncomfortable when I thanked them for what they had done for me and this country…
With a few, I did notice a tear…
Several told me that no one had ever taken the time to say “thank you” and that they appreciated the gesture…
By the way, Paul, I am curious…
Which conflict did you serve in?
Anybody But Obama…

Jayhawk – the Gulf War, as in the first one – Desert Storm.
Your comment about how some of them told you no one had ever thanked them for service before doesn’t sound credible. Maybe where you are things are different, but here in Virginia we can’t get away from it.

What an interesting conversation in this blog. We are remembering a very historical date 9/11 and the Republican candidate for Vice President feels it is better to be in Alaska giving campaign speeches instead of providing words of comfort to hurting men, women, and children. Governor Palin knew very clearly that the National Guard was not due to be deployed today. She has a staff that is required to keep her informed of these important dates. Did not the Republican platform state “Country First.” I am truly disappointed in Governor Palin for not comforting the people of the lower 48 states. I forget that Alaskans first and United States citizen second. Who represent being elite now? I will be attending a prayer service for the lost souls of 9/11 and the military families of Iraq and Afghanistan. I guess when you are a celebrity it is me first and country second.

wrb: “We are remembering a very historical date 9/11 and the Republican candidate for Vice President feels it is better to be in Alaska…”
As an Obama supporter, I really don’t see your point. Are you saying the families of 9-11 victims would feel better if Sarah Palin was in a different state than Alaska right now?
Criticize her for saying she’s against earmarks when she did everything she could to get them, criticize her for the actions that led to this current ethics investigation, criticize her for attending a secessionist party’s convention (twice)… but I don’t see any reason to criticize her for campaign travel choices.

Polarbearkiller – Obama used that saying before, too. But the Republicans will remain convinced that Obama was calling Palin a pig, because that fits their imagined narrative better.
I’m starting to think maybe Republicans aren’t liars. Maybe they are just delusional.
I mean, usually liars stop when they get caught. Not these guys. They just keep repeating the same stuff about Obama and taxes, Obama and pigs, Obama and energy policies, Obama and foreign policies… on and on, no matter how many times their Republican talking points fail the fact-checking tests.

Paul “But if their allegations were true about the Palins – mom as an adulteress, son as a theiving oxycontin addict, and daughter as the school sex toy – were correct, would that change your political support?”
They wouldn’t believe these to be true even if you showed them a video of the allegations being committed!
The McCains and Palins are pathological liars who possibly are no longer even aware of their “tall tales.”

Wasilla High School – one of the highest dropout rates in the United States!
http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=7289165

Let’s see…Oeilsevere…Gnat…whatever you are…
You must be taking a few too many of your “pills.”
You exhibit lack of vocabulary by posting in four letter expletives, but you can’t even show enough fortitude to actually post the word…
Show some courage, woman, and say what you say without hiding…

Cretin?
This is for Victor/Victoria, who seems to have watched one too many MASH reruns…
“The risk John McCain took in choosing Sarah Palin is comparable to the 72-year-old ex-fighter pilot knocking back two shots and flying his A-4 under the Golden Gate Bridge.
McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his co-pilot was the biggest gamble in presidential history.
As of now, it is paying off, big-time.
The sensational selection in Dayton, Ohio, stepped all over the big story from Denver – Obama’s powerful address to 85,000 cheering folks in Mile High Stadium, and 35 million nationally, a speech that vaulted him from a 2-point deficit early in the week to an 8-point margin.
Obama had never before reached 49 percent against McCain.
As the Democrats were being rudely stepped on, however, Palin ignited an explosion of enthusiasm among conservatives, evangelicals, traditional Catholics, gun owners and right to lifers not seen in decades.
By passing over his friends Joe Lieberman and Tom Ridge, and picking Palin, McCain has given himself a fighting chance of winning the White House that, before Friday morning, seemed to be slipping away.
Indeed, the bristling reaction on the left testifies to Democrat fears that the choice of Palin could indeed be a game-changer in 2008.
Liberals howl that Palin has no experience, no qualifications to be president of the United States.
But the lady has more executive experience than McCain, Joe Biden and Obama put together.
None of them has ever started or run a business as Palin did.
None of them has run a giant state like Alaska, which is larger than California and Texas put together.
And though Alaska is not populous, Gov. Palin has as many constituents as Nancy Pelosi or Joe Biden.
She has no foreign policy experience, we are told.
And though Alaska’s neighbors are Canada and Russia, the point is valid.
But from the day she takes office, Palin will get daily briefings and sit on the National Security Council with the president and secretaries of state, treasury and defense.
She will be up to speed in her first year.
And her experience as governor of Alaska, dealing with the oil industry and pipeline agreements with Canada, certainly compares favorably with that of Barack Obama, a community organizer who dealt in the mommy issues of food stamps and rent subsidies.
Where Obama has poodled along with the Daley Machine, Palin routed the Republican establishment, challenging and ousting a sitting GOP governor before defeating a former Democratic governor to become the first female and youngest governor in state history.
For his boldness in choosing Palin, McCain deserves enormous credit.
He has made an extraordinary gesture to conservatives and the party base, offering his old antagonists a partner’s share in his presidency.
And his decision is likely to be rewarded with a massive and enthusiastic turnout for the McCain-Palin ticket.
Rarely has there been such an outburst of enthusiasm on the right.
In choosing Palin, McCain may also have changed the course of history as much as Ike did with his choice of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan did with his choice of George H.W. Bush.
For should this ticket win, Palin will eclipse every other Republican as heir apparent to the presidency and will have her own power base among lifers, evangelicals, gun folks and conservatives – wholly independent of President McCain.
A traditional conservative on social issues, Palin has become, overnight, the most priceless political asset the movement has.
Look for the neocons to move with all deliberate speed to take her into their camp by pressing upon her advisers and staff, and steering her into the AEI-Weekly Standard-War Party orbit.
Indeed, if McCain defeats Obama, 2012 could see women on both national tickets, given McCain’s age and the possibility he intends to serve a single term, women at the top of both – Sarah vs. Hillary.
The arrival of Palin on the national scene, with her youth, charisma and vitality, probably also portends a changing of the guard in Washington.
With Republicans having zero chance of capturing either House, and but a slim chance of avoiding losses in both, a Vice President Palin, with her reputation as a rebel and reformer, would surely inspire similar revolts in the Republican caucuses.
As Thomas Jefferson said, from time to time, a little rebellion in the political world is as necessary as storms in the physical.
The Palin nomination could backfire, but it is hard to see how.
She has passed her first test, her introduction to the nation, with wit and grace.
And the Obama-Biden ticket, having already alienated millions of women with the disrespecting of Hillary, is unlikely to start attacking another woman whose sole offense is that she had just been given the chance to break the glass ceiling at the national level.
Her nomination, which will bring the Republican right home, also frees up McCain to appeal to moderates and liberals, which has long been his stock in trade.
With his selection of Sarah Palin, John McCain has not only shaken up this election, he may have helped shape the future of the United States – and much for the better.”
And…
As always…
Anybody But Obama…

Jayhawk: “If you don’t think it credible that some veterans never get a personal “thank-you,” perhaps you need to talk to a few of the Viet Nam veterans that were spit on as they disembarked at airports and called ‘baby killers.’”
Jayhawk, you’re talking about almost half a century ago. Yeah, the Vietnam vets got the short end of the stick in a lot of ways, but that was a long time ago.

And, in reference to credibility…
I posted this on another blog, but it is just too good to not share it…
Even with Obamabots…
From the Boston Herald:
“Let’s start with the obvious and inarguable: Of course Sen. Barack Obama’s comment about “lipstick on a pig” was a reference to Supergirl Sarah Palin.
You know it, I know it and the partisan crowd that literally rose to their feet and cheered when they heard it know it.
And it’s nothing new. Democrats shot the lipstick line at Gov. Palin on their official Web site last week with a posting entitled “McCain’s Selection of Palin is Lipstick on a Pig” – accompanied by what I’m sure was intended to be a flattering photo of the Alaska outdoorswoman.
And – coincidence or something more? – the same day Obama made his crack, a Democratic congressman introducing Joe Biden said of Sarah Palin, “There’s no way you can dress up her record, even with a lot of lipstick.”
If there was anyone in the audience still too dense to get it – say, an employee of CNN, perhaps – Obama immediately followed up with a reference to the McCain/Palin campaign wrapping “an old fish in a piece of paper called ‘change.’ ”
A lipstick-wearing pig and an old fish? Gee, who could he possibly be talking about?
So please, my Obama-supporting friends, let’s stop the nonsense about how Obama’s lipstick talk was, as he put it yesterday, an “innocent comment,” or that the reaction is “phony outrage.”
You want phony outrage? Flashback to Hillary Clinton’s “3 a.m.” ad. Remember it? The helpless children asleep in bed, the insistent ringing of the phone, etc., etc. And some Obama supporters immediately cried “racism” because, they claimed, the ad played on white fears of black home invaders.
Or, even more laughable, that the first three letters of the word “night” in the kid’s “Goodnight Moon” pajamas were highlighted for nefarious purposes.
Now that was phony. What has happened to Sarah Palin in the past 10 days is, for many women, far too real. And for whatever reason, on Tuesday Obama chose to personally join in the, ahem, “fun.”
I say this as someone who is by nature an eye-roller when it comes to charges of sexism and racism. I tend to greet these accusations with a Freudian reminder that “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
But this time, the overt sexism towers like a Berlin pillar over an Obama campaign speech.
Smart people are asking why Obama would do something so dumb. He couldn’t have meant to say it, they argue, because he had to know it would exacerbate his biggest political problem – women voters abandoning the Democratic ticket.
I agree. This wasn’t a political plot. It was a Barack Obama point of personal privilege.
What we’re seeing is how Barack Obama performs under pressure. And so far, it isn’t pretty.”
And…
As always…
Anybody But Obama…

Jayhawk: “Service defending our country and the respect that should be paid is not limited to the present period of time, unless that is what you infer…”
What is it about Republicans and their difficulties with the English language.
First, I can imply and you can infer what I mean, but I can’t infer something to you.
Second, there is a difference between respect that should be paid and respect that is paid. We clearly were talking about the latter, and I’m guessing anyone else who is reading this exchange (which probably means no one) assumed we were talking about recent years, and not the treatment guys in the Service were getting decades ago.

So, no it’s Paul the English teacher,
Interesting…
When the issue starts to get tough, change the subject…
Typical Obamabot tactic…
As with most of your posts, the only clear context (in your mind) is what you deem it to be…
Such is a classic example of Obamabot confrontational tactics among bloggers…
So, understand the context of this, Paul…
Neither you nor any of the Obamabot posters dictate the tone or content of exchange…
The credibility of your arguments is nil at this point…
Just read and learn…
And, remember…
Anybody But Obama…

By the way, Paul,
Your assumption didn’t necessarily make Cicly a “no one”…

Shout out to my homeboy “Oeilsevere” & my homegirl Victoria. Keep the lil’ doggies running scared…
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As to “Larry Man”, I’ve found the following ol’ cowboy sayin’ a good rule for dealing with lil’ “Larry Boy” and his nonsense…
As Will Rogers used to say:
“Remember, silence is sometimes the best answer.”
I’m gonna break that rule this once.
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Hey “LarryMan”
Ciao “LarryMan”…
Come Stai? Stai Bene?
Mi Chiamo Niccolo…Niccolo M@chiavelli.
Sono nato a Firenze…
Sono un filosofo, scrittore e politico italiano.
Voi conoscere un po di piu?
Vedi qui…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccolò_Machiavelli
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BTW: Larry Boy
You seem strangely obsessed with “kindergarten” – your thoughts always turning to kids & kindergarten, you tell other posters with whom you disagree to “Go back to Kindergarten”, harping on the perils of “teaching kids sex ed in kindergarten”.
Is there something you’d like to share with the rest of us, Larry Boy? Any dark, secret vices that dare not speak their name?
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Still, I am impressed that a “pickle-head” such as you are can type at all…how do you do it “Larry Boy”?
http://www.larryboy.com

Paul: “But for the rest of us, who maintain a little emotional detachment, like I would hope most voters do, our part of that war began more than 46 years ago, and the helicopters were tossed off the roof of the embassy, what 34 years ago?”
Sadly enough, there are some who believe that chosen context or emotional detachment justifies misinterpretation or disrespect.
These individuals even go so far to group themselves in a larger arena they label as “the rest of us.”
Sorry, Paul, but that just doesn’t get it.
Whether 34 years, 34 weeks, or 34 days, the service and the sacrifice should not be taken lightly.
Anybody But Obama…

Now, that one got a laugh out of me, Niccolo…
Good one…

Posted by: Jayhawk | Sep 11, 2008 4:05:53 PM
:-)
BTW: I greatly appreciate your comments and insights, though we do not share the same political views.

ABC site has become just another place for nimrod Obamabots to smear their excrement. I never knew how nasty, small-minded, narcissistic, ignorant, vicious, vacuuous and malevolent the lefty-loonies were until this election. You’ll be left scratching your…head again after this election and wondering how so many people could have voted John McCain and Sarah Palin into the White House.

Isn’t it well known that Joe Biden’s son will be deployed to Iraq in October? I’ve even seen Dem quotes that the whole campaign for the month was being set around that point and that “republicans would do the same.” That was before Palin, of course.
Why is it OK for Obama and Biden, but not for Palin?
Just wondering…

niccolo m@chiavelli and Victoria : We, in the civilized West outside of the USA, are wishing intensly that your country produces more people like you.
If ever you decide to get envolved in public service, you might get slammed by some high school-educated rivals in the GOP, who’ll say you’re not in touch with the people, too uppity, etc, but keep at it!!
The world revolves around your stability. If the bible/gun toters go too far in their hijacking of this democracy, we’ll ALL have to learn Mandarin, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but… I’d rather my future kids keep the French language alive and yours the English. The language thing of course is a metaphor; it’s our civilisation that I’m really referring to.
So niccolo: pay no mind to tuhbakkah-chewin’ jesus-and-bazooka-worshipping bigots, who (as I accurately predicted) are too ignorant to understand that your username is a username, that you really aren’t an Italian foreigner, and who will tell you to leave the country.
Both of you: pay no mind to people who think: “Anything America does in the world, good our bad, I’d rather die than criticize it, even constructively” (a Palin conception taken from her RNC speech).
Pay no mind to people who, animated by inferiority complexes, like to belittle THE FIRST OF THE WESTERN EMPIRES, i.e. EUROPE, who’ve already been there and done that in terms of blind nationalism, imperialism and colonialism and who understand their perils. Pay no mind to people who, wrapped in a flag, praise somebody for having sustained physical torture, but conveniently forget that that somebody got captured in the first place as he was on his way to bomb a civilian power plant, in a LOOOOOOST war (hahahahaha) which, as Irak, was a fraud and unjustified, in a country that wished no harm to the US, but which only wanted its people to stop being 2nd class citizens IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
There’s still hope; after the people get off the “dancing baby” buzz of the annoying pitbull with an annoying accent and voice (I’m sensitive to annoying voices… sorry!), some people will lead the (dumb) mass back to the right path: towards understanding THE G*DD*MN ISSUES. And you gotta be there to help!
Peace to you my friends and keep doin’ what you’re doin’. Higher consciousness will prevail. Backwardsness will die down along with the old, fat-covered brains like that of the Falwells and Palins of your country (I hope…!)
And sorry for my broken English.

they are all priviledged.

Why don’t you dissect every word out of Biden’s mouth? Or are you too busy doing exactly that to everything Gov Palin says?