Palin on Stimulus: Thanks, But No Thanks

“According to the Anchorage Daily News, the largest portion of federal stimulus money that Palin is turning down includes $160 million for education funding.” WHAT??? Palin you don’t support education of Alaskan children??? That must explain why your teenage daughter is a single mother at 17!!!!

Dumb? You betcha.

SHE PRESIDES OVER A RICH OIL INCOME STATE. Of all states, Alaska is the one that doesn’t need the stimulus money. There are less than 1/2 a million people in the entire state, and each person gets well over a thousand back each year in extra income generated by the State. They also pay no income taxes….SO WHY IS SHE TAKING ANY OF THE MONEY AT ALL? THEY ARE RICH ALREADY!!1

Figures she’d pass on the education funding – but if anything she should be asking for more of it.

This posture is just going to give Demonstrate more ammo to get more congressman into the house at 2010.

Why take any, right??? She continues to act like a real doofus. Will Alaskans wake up and get rid of Pale Palen (i.e., Barbie Doll)???

Palin…doing a great job? At what?
I live in Alaska and trust me we CAN use that money for education. The school my youngest son goes to is full of morons trying to teach. Plain needs to stop thinking about 2012 and start thinking about her state again!!

SHE PRESIDES OVER A RICH OIL INCOME STATE. Of all states, Alaska is the one that doesn’t need the stimulus money. There are less than 1/2 a million people in the entire state, and each person gets well over a thousand back each year in extra income generated by the State. They also pay no income taxes….SO WHY IS SHE TAKING ANY OF THE MONEY AT ALL? THEY ARE RICH ALREADY!!1
Posted by: LifesAJourney | Mar 19, 2009 7:45:59 PM
Just wanted to point out that Palin has seen to it that those dividend checks you are ranting about are about to end because this woman created a budget based on oil prices that SHE KNEW were higher than oil is going for right now. Get your facts straight.

She is completely correct to reject a portion of the federal money! Her statement is perfect. She rejects the Obamamania expensive expansion of the national government and for that, everyone in the US should applaud her. Spend on real stimulus, reject pork!

Pay attention people. The ARRA is controlled by the Executive Branch. This is Federally controlled money to establish a stronger Federal strangle hold on the United States. Once the Federal government gets a strangle hold in education our children will be the biggest morons in the world. Education will collapse when that money runs out. Every Governor that is fighting this is actually doing education a favor in the long run. I saw a bumper sticker on a car that says, “Education cuts never heal.” Federally controlled education will slice our children and they will never heal. No, it isn’t just education. These Federally Executive Branch controlled funds will strangle all Americans. There will no longer be a United States as States will be under complete control of the Federal Government. Returning to the children, do you remember “No Child Left Behind?” No child was left behind in the training of ignorance and education cuts. It doesn’t matter if it is Republican or Democrat, Bush or Obama, these elites have agendas and a Federally controlled education system will bankrupt and collapse the education system in two years. I support every Governor that stands tall and takes the flak to protect their constituents from a disaster that will completely strip a State of all Rights.

See can see Russian from her house.. apparently that’s educational enough for Palin.

Political Posturing
She knows the legislature will take the funds. Alaska isn’t out anything. And she can claim she refused stimulus funding in her political speeches..knowing full well that Alaska will receive every penny the ARRA offers.
Dumb? No.
Grandstanding? yes

Hey Gus, WAKE UP!!! Palin never said that she could see Russia from her house. Tina Fey said that while she impersonated Palin. It wasn’t fair.
Maybe you should be criticizing Tina Fey!

I think she is right if the states depend on the white house for money we are going to dig the hole deeper. States need to dig there selves out.

Why don’t some of you look at New York,CHICAGO, Michigan, California, all those schools that cost tax payers $12,000 per student. then look at the drop out rate at those school. do some research, it’s your money, your kids. instead of being a critic, be a good parent…. do some research

What people don’t seem to understand is that Palin does not get to decide.
The legislature decides.
Isn’t it curious that most of the Republican governors that are refusing money are considering a presidential run? When the dust settles, I’m willing to bet that every one of those states’ legislatures accept the full extent of their ARRA.
Again..POSTURING

akgirl …SHE DOES GET TO DECIDE…one thing you liberals don’t and never will it there is a constitution..READ IT…Do you realize your kids will be taxed at 70%of their payroll at the rate of this spending, is that what you want…..?

So Palin just screwed her constituents to make a partisan political gesture? What a moron – no wonder she lost the election for McCain. LOL

ABC please pull that picture of Palin. I really didn’t need to see that. Or ever again for that matter. That ditzy ‘deer in the headlights’ look just makes me cringe.

payupmidclass
let’s just watch and see, kay?

keredte …first time you seen a hot looking women?…Nancy Pelosi is much better looking..right?

I agree with cops alot – payupmiddleclass needs to shut up and stop whining. Republicans and Obama-haters have no credibility when it comes to fiscal responsibility anymore. Y’all need to shut up and get out of the way, because your crap isn’t helping anybody.

anyone who thinks Palin is a “hot looking woman” needs to get their eyes checked – she’s a butterfaced fat-arse and dumb as dirt, to boot. LOL

akgirl …yeah..lets…you can explain to your kids why they have to work to August just to pay their payroll taxes, and huge property taxes for schools that have a 70% drop out rate, explain to them why they can’t afford college tuition, while illegal’s are getting free tuition. Just remember, once it’s in place, it’s here to stay, and you can tell your kids, you voted for this.

Totally amazing. She would deny residents of her state this money for rejected ideology. She wanted to lead this country. Republicans are in for a slaughter at the ballot box coming the 2010 elections. Only ones worth saving are the 3 that put their country first.

Jennifer Miller …you too, we will work, you sit back collect your food stamps and welfare checks. big government will take care of you, you liberals need a baby sitter

“Totally amazing. She would deny residents of her state this money for rejected ideology. She wanted to lead this country. Republicans are in for a slaughter at the ballot box coming the 2010 elections. Only ones worth saving are the 3 that put their country first.”
Posted by: rightbehind
I think people like rightbehind forget that the government must remove the stimulus money from the economy before it can put it back it (Obama didn’t snap his fingers and make it appear) — Palin and others like her are actually doing the country a favor by not accepting and spending money unnecessarily. I can’t believe that that doing so is now considered “rejected ideology” in this country! Heaven help us!

a question for “payupmidclass”
‘Does the tin foil in YOUR baseball cap get itchy?’
OVER THERE! A Black Helicopter!!!!
(Made you look! :-) )

I think I’ll do the same thing with my annual Christmas vacation. It would be stupid to take the family on a trip, do no work, just lounge around with family if I know that such a nice life is unsustainable. Right?

Good, reject the money. Alaska does not need it. Alaska receives more federal money than any other state. Reject all the money because we can and will use it in the other states.

TO JEFFREY1234: PROVE IT! Prove it right here that Alaska receives more federal money than any other state! BETCHA CAN’T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

listen up – wrong. you have no idea how the stimulus works, do you?

payupmidclass – um, I don’t take welfare or foodstamps, thanks. But I still think you need to shut up. :) Why do Republicans always think that everyone who disagrees with their insanity is on welfare? What a bunch of dopes!

colorado_hightech …LOL…You must be a Californian they moved to Colorado because you could afford the high taxes and proceeded to destroy that awesome state of Colorado with you liberal socialist agenda. the very reason why Colorado now needs a huge BAILOUT…Tin foil hat…LOL…Now that your 40 years old, maybe you can get out of your moms basement, get a job and see what the real world is all about. or are you still waiting for your check from Obama

“payupmidclass”
HA! Please continue demonstrating your ignorance. My Southside of Chicago Irish upbringing will make short work of you here, and would make even shorter work of you in person……..

You’re all a bunch of stupid nig-loving jig-a-boo welfare queens with bones through your ugly, flat noses!

I think people like rightbehind forget that the government must remove the stimulus money from the economy before it can put it back it (Obama didn’t snap his fingers and make it appear) — Palin and others like her are actually doing the country a favor by not accepting and spending money unnecessarily. I can’t believe that that doing so is now considered “rejected ideology” in this country! Heaven help us!
Posted by: listen up
Thanks for reading my post. My family has first hand experience in Alaska. One of my family actually took a teaching job there for 1 year. The children are way behind in education compared to the rest of the nation. These kids lack educational materials. More computers would have gone a long way. He had all he could stand after one year. I would have to say without a doubt that she has failed these residents of Alaska.

Ya see it is because of bloggers such as payupmidclass, why the Republican party is done. They can elect a woman, they can have an Indian speak, or even make a black the head of their party. But, even amongst the educated, the following perception will always be associated with the Republican party;
“You’re all a bunch of stupid nig-loving jig-a-boo welfare queens with bones through your ugly, flat noses!”
Dear payupmidclass, on the whole, the country is tired of such nonsense. We would much rather judge people by their character.

Welfare is a loaded word meant for Black folks…….” Ohhh, I’m scared. I hate you” Republicans use it all the time. Telling the dopes that, but not telling them that since 1995, there is no such thing as Welfare….it’s low income workers….like working on 8.00 per hour supporting there families. And I happens to be Black, raised 3 children, bought 2 homes, and lives within my means. Never had food stamps, or anything pertaining to Welfare. I can cook a mean meal on 5.00 dollars, but can afford to go to my favorite restuarant every once in a while. And I’m not Fat, you idiot. Hate mongers Rush Limbraugh followers. Ignorant at it’s best.

oh great, someone is now just ‘poaching’ posting names… very original. they did it to payupmiddleclass and me.
someone must have had the ‘porn filters’ reinstalled at their parents’ home….

In response to payupmidclass | Mar 19, 2009 8:13:27 PM.. In September 2008 her approval rating had dropped to 68%. Where did you see that it had climbed up to 84%?……….. On another note, when the dividend checks go away in the next few years, it will not be because she is “doing away” with them, it will be due to the fact that The Alaska Permanent Fund has suffered huge losses, not only with the drop in oil prices, but in the stock market as well. It is true that she is not thinking of her State and is putting her political aspirations first because this state could most definitely use help in the area of funding education.

colorado_hightech …that was you ‘poaching’ How would you have known that happen to payupmiddleclass if you weren’t the one that did it….grow up

Why would Palin want to take education money? Educate someone and they grow up to be a Democrat. Not what she’s interested in doing to her state. I bet 99% of the Alaskans who agree with her that Adam & Eve walked around with dinosaurs are voting Republican.

I would like to hear more from the average alaskan and see if they are happy that hillbilly palin is saying to to education. After the Couric thing one would think that palin would want all the education she can get.
I guess so goes palin so goes alaskan. I guess this means everybody in alaskan is as moronic as palin.

Where do you all think this money is going to come from? it’s borrowed and printed money, it’s going to have to be paid back. Do you know who is going to pay it back, not the rich, there isn’t enough and there will be less.

colorado_hightech …your full of it..GROW UP!!!!

payupmidclass….you wish you were middle class, you ignorant, stupid, uneducated, racist, stinking Mountain Dew drinking, rotting teeth, jack-0-lantern looking fool. Using the N word shows how petty and ignorant you are. You welfare, food stamps Jerry Springer show guess. Go back in your trailer.

sngeorgia
That most likely was not the original ‘payupmidclass’ that made that offensive statement.

We, in Alaska, are not better off since she became Governor. For one, has everyone forgotten about her ethics complaints? Here’s the link to an article in the Juneau Empire. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/101508/sta_344339180.shtml And these accusations start when she was the Mayor of Wasilla. Also, if Bush hadn’t lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, we could have saved billions of dollars, and most importantly, all the lives of our service men and women that were lost because of his misinformation!!

” Easily led stupid Republicans” The party of Hate, perpetrating a “fraud”. We see you. Let her run……..she’ll be crying again on stage. Palins at home school didn’t work, obviously. Her daughter is a ‘dropout’, so is her grandbaby’s meth smoking daddy. TRAILER TRASH you can identify with!

All you clowns pounding on Pali, we’ll see in two years when the Fed money runs out, how your state will deal with covering that bill. Palin has more guts than all the yoyos we have in DC. Not only would she have made a better VP, she’d do a lot better than president Dumber Than Dirt is doing. Oh, I forgot, he is busy burning up jet fuel in his new spiffy ride! So much for global warming.

Your ALL just jealous cause Sarah Palin can make moose chillie – CHEAP! And you all can’t!

sngeorgia ….The party of Hate…LOL..read your own blog..that’s funny..The party of Hate is you my food stamp welfare collecting friend,you display it ever so well,

I have low tolerance for ignorance. Go back in your Trailer, like I said.

sngeorgia…..lot of hate…lot of hate you have, relaxe,..LOL… Like a republican would ever live in a trailer, next you will blame them for collecting food stamp and welfare..purge the hate

My oh my, all the snotty liberal comments and sarcastic cracks about Palin turning down the federal money – doesn’t care about the kids, etc. The only thing worse would be if she accepted the federal money – then I’d be reading all the snotty liberal comments and sarcastic cracks about her being a hypocrite for preaching conservatism.

Hey Sarah: Lets get that pkg and catch some of those priests!

DM says: “That means local school systems are free to apply for federal funding for their individual projects.”
So why block funds that the feds have allotted to Alaska for education? Isn’t this the usual “conservative” hypocrisy?

I agree with the DNC….it is nothing but political posturing. She has never given two cents about our State except, maybe, for the Anchorage/Wasilla area. I think it will all be for naught as the Republican Party has other candidates that are way more qualified and willing to run in 2012.

Here are a list of money she’s refused:
Weatherization
Energy efficiency.
Emergency food assistance.
Senoir meals.
Immunizations.
Infant learning.
Special education.
Education.
Electronic health records.
…and there is more. You betcha.

DM
Thanks for pointing that loophole out.
Did you notice in Sarah’s 1st press release on this subject she claimed to have turned down over 50% of the stimulus. Later she revised the figure down to 31%.
Guess Alaskan don’t need a better education.

The contortions of logic sometimes used to explain one’s actions must make one’s head want to explode.

Karma is a witch it comes right around back at you, one way or another. After the Presidents great showing on Leno you think you idiots would figure it out by now. Reread these posts, some of you people need mental health care.

If dnc is attacking sarah we know she is doing right thing–good job sarah

Hi “alaska”, That’s the real strategy of the Republicans – just say “NO”. It’s easy and does not require any thinking. Who cares about the country or the poor, right?

How come Republicans are all for cutting taxes? Why did they not cut property taxes as well? Now when the property market has crashed, all states who rely on property taxes as the main source of revenue are in the red. That’s a good thing according to the Republicans, correct?

The Republican “whack job”, Moose Barbie strikes again! Just because Palin can bilk the tax payer to support herself and her family, including her “abstinance only”, out-of-wedlock, teen-mother, love grandchild, doesn’t mean working folks get the same chance. How brave these extremist,lunatic fringe Republican ideologues are….asking others to sacrafice while they rip-off the poor, working tax payer. The citizens who elected these Republican hypocrites get exactly what they deserve. Unfortunately, the poor folks who didn’t vote for these clowns suffer innocently. So much for the Religious Right’s concept of social justice.

DM
Thanks for pointing that loophole out.
Did you notice in Sarah’s 1st press release on this subject she claimed to have turned down over 50% of the stimulus. Later she revised the figure down to 31%.
Guess Alaskan don’t need a better education.
Posted by: doug
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doug,
Did you even watch the press conf. She said she was ACCEPTING abut 55%, but was turning down the rest since there were permanent strings attached even though the monies are only for 2 years. I think she did the right thing. And to all those that think all Alaskan are so rich, we would be doing better and SO WOULD YOU if the white house would let us make an extension to our current gas pipeline and that would provide 20K+ jobs to our state

Obama’s stimulus is a bribe to expand governmental control,the hypocracy of the Democratic Party and their unAmerican agenda. Go, Palin, Go!!!!

This administration reminds me of the IBM comercials where the nights of the round table suggest they catipult bags of money at their enemy to solve a problem. GO SARA!

Yes, go Sarah…..go away!!!!

She is pretty safe saying no isn’t she, after all it’s set up to bypass the Goves. if they try this stunt. I guess they have to do this to get attetion but it stinks and is wrong. I really am tired of this grandstanding by the GOP they spent us down the river and no one batted an eye and now just to get the basics for Americans we have to hear about the trillion dollarss like it is our fault…it isn’t.

If you can see in my house then you are somewhere where you shouldn’t be, but don’t try to enter.

Well, “dullard”. so what’s the “principle”? As defined by the Republicans or the Democrats or the Libertarians or the Green Party or whatever? Surely, they all differ in Principle, don’t they?

Heh, no wonder half of Europe hates our guts. It seems that every time there is a potential for an intelligent discussion, people from both sides of the aisle open their mouths and spill bile and hate.
I am from Alaska and yes we have received a lot of funding from the feds, in return half of our land is locked up and the price we pay for materials or fuel here is higher than you would expect. I do not personally have a problem with Palin rejecting some of the money but her motives are a little suspect.
As far as her fiscal conservatism is concerned the jury is still out but she is a real step up from the last Governor.
I identify myself also as a liberal with fiscal conservative leanings and I am troubled by the amount of spending I see. I hope that in the long run it comes out to our benefit and at least it is being spent in our own country. Remember everyone it was not very long ago that a bridge just collapsed due no real maintenance…

Gotta love this line:
“Other GOP governors such as Rick Perry of Texas, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Haley Barbour of Mississippi have announced they will reject stimulus funds intended to expand state unemployment benefits.”
This is the generosity of the GOP? Millions of Americans thrown out of work and yet, somehow, unemployment benefits are considered pork spending.
Save the billionaires and screw the poor, or else it’s class warfare…Riiiight.

I’ve never seen so many agnry liberals before. This is funny!

i applaud that she does because she couldn’t keep her daughter dress down instead it went up and her decision too!she is only hurting the people she govern okay it is not obama she need to be pleasing its her people that who put her in office and she is not a good example to me nor the american people,because this money is for your crying states and way they get behind and they refused the money then let them look bad alone and she want get reelected or maybe kicked out where she need to be,she is nothing but a devour no-show,seeking power she do not have your own party donot like you and so fix the problems there and make it is non parnision,then you will be doing something,remember you need to please your people are you will be hitting the roads jack and don’t you comeback no more no more,no more!we are tired ofyour faketious ways and want to represent someone it should be your family not the people your heart is not in it you sound “rush-lombert that hateful and evil radio-broadcaster who is very evil and on cocaine who was once arrested and have the nerves to talk,what are you whitefolks problem?

I have a bit of news that’s going to just burn you liberal Sarah Palin haters up! Newsmax magazine reported yesterday that Sarah Palin’s popularity rating in Alaska is 61.3%! Their source is Hays Research Group. Her negative rating is 32.7% with 6% undecided! Her highest rating was 89% in May 2007 about 15 months before she was named McCain’s running mate. However, 61.3% is still a great rating! Nearly twice as many people approve of her than disapprove!

TO mstee-you are totally nasty. I think the evil you mentioned is in your heart,
not in Rush or Sarah Palin.May be you never become teenager parents. Nobody can control teenager’s ways. What do think that Obama’s mom was pregrent Obama when she was 18 years old, then she gave birth Obama when she was 19 under un-marriage. Later, they got marry. Anyhow, the child, Obama became the President of USA. you never know.

DM -Sarh Palin can only get the white votes and you need more then white votes to win being the President. She is too racist and can not pull over any other race then her own. Also, they proable where all old white nasty men that what to get with her.

Lord, I sure hope President Obama gets his educational programs under way as soon as possible. They are obviously long over due. As to Palin rejecting $288 million of the stimulus plan, much of which was destined for educational programs for special needs and economically disadvantaged children, doesn’t this seem rather disingenuous from one who accepted $398 million for a “Bridge to Nowhere”, even though it wasn’t used for the bridge, all while she heaps scorn upon a President for an unintentional parody regarding special olympic kids, meant to focus on his lack of bowling prowess.

gl: Not necessarily! I happen to be a white woman, not a man, and I would vote for her! I agree with her policies and I’m also a born again Christian and a Pentecostal. And, as all of my friends would tell you, I am not in any way racist and I don’t believe Sarah Palin is either! She has never said one word against any other race that I’ve heard! I also want to remind you that her husband Todd is half Eskimo! If she were racist she wouldn’t be married to someone of another race! And another thing, I am not alone! I happen to know that there are many, many people, both men and women, from all races including black, who would vote for her!

Regence: I have no idea what you sre talking about by “What did Palin mean by “real America”? I haven’t heard her use that term and you won’t find it in this article.
There are a few things that you said to devilkev that I’m going to address though!
First of all you said that George Bush won on moral values and then you asked what moral values did he exhibit. I admit he lived a wild life when he was young and he had a drinking problem, but did you ever hear of him having an affair while he was in office? Did you ever hear of him having sex with another woman right in the oval office? No, you did not! As far as any of us know while he was in office the only woman in his life was his wife Laura! Can you say the same about Bill Clinton? No, you can’t! And as for George Bush’s drinking problem, the only thing that he ever drank when he was in office was an occasional glass of wine or champaign at formal dinners! I have to say that while he was in office George Bush’s moral character was as good as any president that we’ve ever had including the present one! I remind you that Obama had his wild days when he was younger too, especially when was in college! He’s admitted to smoking pot and drinking when he was in college!
And about John McCain, you are wrong about him too! The only one who ruined John McCain’s campaign was John McCain. He ruined his campaign by running a half-hearted campaign and by not using all of the tools available to him to win. Also his speeches were too vague. He never did state exactly what his platform was and he never did say exactly how he was going to fix this country’s problems if he were elected. He also should have been more direct and should have been more aggressive in the debates. Instead he just seemed like a sick old man and didn’t even give direct answers. I voted for John McCain because I thought he was the lesser of the two evils. I was not really happy with any of the candidates who ran last year! I wouldn’t have voted for McCain if it hadn’t been for Palin! She’s one of the main reasons that I voted for him, that and the fact that I absolutely refuse to vote for someone who’s pro-choice! I also didn’t like Obama’s ideas about how to fix our economy (and I still don’t) and I didn’t like his stand on the war issues. However, I think a lot of people are like me. Sarah Palin is one of the main reasons that John McCain got as many votes as he did. he wouldn’t have received nearly as many without her! Some say that she hurt his campaign but I don’t think so! She helped him! His campaign was going nowhere until he chose her as his running mate! One of his main mistakes was trying to control her, though. For the first month or so after the conventions she was told what she could and could not say. He should have turned her loose and let her attack and say what she wanted to say! That was a big mistake on his part!
No, it was John McCain’s own fault that he lost the campaign! No one else is to blame!
And about the petty issues as you called them, I know it’s just a small thing but I wish Obama would spend less time on the basketball court and less time going on late night talk shows and more time in the oval office doing the job that he was elected to do! He’s not getting paid to play basketball or go on late night talk shows!

I will never understand people that support Palin. Regardless of whether or not you are (R)or(D). She is a selfish power hungry politician who will steam roll any one that is in her way of getting her what she wants. You ‘Palin’ supporters need to do your homework and take a closer look at her track record. She has done some really horrid things not the least of which is sueing the Bush Administration for allowing Polar Bears to be placed on the endangred list. All because it threaten her precious oil development proccess. I won’t even get into her actions that she has taken in recent years against other wildlife, most particularly wolves. For everyone out there who doesn’t give a crap about such trivial stuff as wildlife and the environment you should really try and remember that we only have one planet and that jeopardizing and depleting the
one we have is getting us nowhere. Instead of her greedy meglomanical butt worrying so much about oil maybe she should come to the twenty-first century and realize that the only way we will have a sustainable future on this Earth is if we focus on alternate sources of energy and transportation. That especially goes for all you die hard ‘Palin Lovers’. I do realize that she’s much more worried about how much money oil makes her. You should realize it too. Grow up and stop arguing with everyone and labeling them ‘liberals’ just because they have common sense. Also, as for the 2012 Election…wouldn’t you idiots prefer to have a president who knows Africa is a continent? Just wondering.

Regence: At least she apologized in person and didn’t use a spokesman like Obama did! It is also obvious to everyone but you that when she said we she meant herself and her family and the McCain campaign team and that’s all! And by “real Americans” she meant middle class blue collar working Americans. The people who work in the factories, drive the buses, run heavy machinery, etc. all across America. If you didn’t have such a chip on your shoulder and if you didn’t think every white person is racist you would know that! You are reading much more into what she said than what she actually said!
Incidentally, I am a blue collar worker and so were my parents before me! My father (who was a staunch Roosevelt era DEMOCRAT) ran heavy machinery for a living and my mother worked in cafe’s and as an aide in our local nursing home. Yes, I am also white but I am anything but rich! My color has nothing to do with it. Sarah was talking about all middle class blue collar workers no matter what their color or race! If you weren’t such a racist yourself and if you didn’t hate white people so much you would know that!
And about making someone president who took drugs and was an alchoholic I remind you again that Barack Obama also smoked pot and drank alchohol in college! You can’t criticize George Bush for that without criticizing your beloved Obama too! No, that doesn’t make it ok but they both did it and you know it! I didn’t say anything about Clinton’s remark about not inhaling but now that you mention it, he smoked pot in college too! That’s not all he did! He is famous for his escapades with other women! Remember Monica Lewinsky? She was just one in a list of many “other” women that he had and probably still has!
And another thing, what are you going to say about the thousands of troops that Obama is sending to Afghanistan next month, many of whom won’t live to come home? Bush isn’t sending them, Obama is! And what about the horrendous debt that Obama is getting our country in? He is getting us into so much debt that it will take hundreds of years to get out of it if we ever do!
Also yes I do blame John McCain for his loss because the plain fact is it is his fault that he lost! It is no one else’s! He ran a half-hearted campaign! He didn’t want to win badly enough! He refused to use all of the tools at his disposal to win and he wasn’t nearly aggressive enough! He also allowed too much in-fighting in his campaign and that made him look bad too. He should also have put a quick stop to the smear campaign that the media launched against his running mate and he didn’t do that either. That was a huge mistake! In the debates he just seemed like a senile, sick old man who couldn’t even give straight or direct answers. He should have been much more aggressive and not nearly so vague!
Sure, Sarah Palin has made some mistakes, huge ones! However, what she said about the stimulus funds was not one of them! Also what she said in the speech that you mentioned above was not one of them! There is absolutely nothing racist in that speech except what you have made up in your demented racist little mind! You have added words meanings that are simply not there! And another thing, you CAN see Russia from an island off the coast of Alaska! She DID NOT say that she could see it from her house!
I didn’t say that Obama shouldn’t spend time with his family. Of course he should spend time with his family but I do think he spends too much time playing basketball and going on late night talk shows. I won’t apologize for that statement! And maybe George Bush did spend too much time on his ranch but I remind you that they have phones and computers in Texas, too! He was never unreachable or out of touch when he was in Texas! In case of emergency he would have been back in Washington in just a few hours.
And about your remark about Waco, Texas, I guess you don’t know that the Waco – Killeen area is home to one of the largest millitary bases in the United States! Ft. Hood, Texas! You can’t get any more American or patriotic than that!

Regence: I don’t think there’s any point in continuing any comments with you because neither of us is going to change. You are a racist and a bigot and you have the nerve to call me a racist and a bigot. I think the world can see from reading your comments who the real racist and bigot is and it’s not me! You are so filled with hate for the white race that you can’t see the truth and you’re not going to change.
As for the illegals, maybe they shouldn’t be encouraged but they should be treated like human beings. They should not be be beaten or harmed. I also think that if they have a job and they act like decent people and stay out of trouble and were not criminals in their native land, they should be allowed to stay here if they get a green card. The government should also make it easier for them to get a green card. I don’t think the government’s policy of just hauling them back to Mexico is working. That is not the answer. Neither is building a fence along the Mexican border. I do think, though, that there should be some way of keeping the Mexican and the Cuban criminals and all of the other foreign criminals out of this country but, like you, I don’t know what it is. There should also be some way of keeping the drugs out of this country, too, but I don’t have the answer for that either any more than you do!
As for Cindy Sheehan, I don’t know as much about her as you seem to. All I know about her is that her son was killed in Iraq and she protests the Iraq war and President Bush. I did not know that she encouraged her son to enlist. That doesn’t make sense to me. She should have known that he would be sent to Iraq. Why does she blame George Bush for his death if she encouraged her son to enlist? The one who really is to blame is the woman who’s image she sees in the mirror every morning!
However, I don’t agree with her about the war or George Bush but, yes she is an American even if I don’t agree with her. The constitution gives her freedom of speech and the right to protest as long as she stays within the laws of our country. I don’t have to agree with her and the constitution gives me the same rights that she has. I have the right to disagree just as I have the right to disagree with you and you with me!
By my comment “you can’t get any more American or patriotic than that” I simply meant that you can’t get any more American or patriotic than a millitary base! That is all I meant! It is clear that you are very good at reading more into what people say than what they actually say. You look for some kind of hidden meaning and you make up things in your demented little hate filled, racist, bigoted mind. Guess what, most of the time there is no hidden meaning! Most people are like me, they say exactly what they mean! Anyone who knows me knows that I say exactly what I mean! If I had meant to say that anyone who doesn’t agree with me isn’t a real American I would have said so but that isn’t what I said and that is not what I believe!
It is hard for you to believe, too, but George Bush had people who would have notified him if something needed his immediate attention, too, even if he were at his ranch. They have cell phones in Texas, too, and although I could be mistaken, I think he had one! Cell phones can be easily carried in a pocket even when you’re on a horse in the middle of a ranch! Crawford, Texas is not in some third world country as you seem to think! They have modern conveniences there, too!
Also, in case you’ve forgotten, when President Bush was in Texas he was not there alone. He traveled with a whole entourage of people, secret service agents, aides, etc. people who traveled with him wherever he went. No president, not even Obama, travels alone. They all have people who protect them and aides who will notify them if there is an emergency.
Since I have already mentioned cell phones, you know now that I know about them. In fact I have one. You liberals are not the only ones who use cell phones! We conservative republicans use them too! We also use computers. We are not as technically challenged as you seem to think!
I know that President Bush did not act as quickly as he should have during the Katrina disaster. He should have responded much sooner than he did and he made many other mistakes during that time. However, I disagree with you about 9/11! I don’t think anyone could have handled that any better than he did! I know that there was much chatter on the internet before 9/11 warning that something was about to happen but there was also chatter about it all the way back to the Clinton administration! It had gone on so long that no one took it seriously. 9/11 came as a surprise attack that no one saw coming and, therefore, couldn’t have been handled any better than it was handled. I was very proud of President Bush in the days immediately following the 9/11 attack! He kept the nation calm when everyone was in panic mode because we didn’t know what was going to happen next! President Bush’s only mistake during that time was that he listened to bad intelligence and was distracted from the goal that he should have concentrated on, that was finding and rooting out Osama Bin Laden and Al Queda!
I asked you what you thought about President Obama sending thousands of troops to Afghanistan next month. You gave me your answer. I wonder though, will you feel the same way about him if he hasn’t ended the war in Afghanistan by the time his administration is over? If in four or eight years troops are still being killed there will you still support him?

DM:
You are very irrational. First, you blame Obama for playing basketball, as if a President is evil because he plays basketball for recreation for a few hours a week. Then you justify Bush being away in Waco for months at a time because he has telephones in Waco. When I point out that Obama is connected, etc. via communication devices, you now say that every President is connected. Make up your blue-collar mind (assuming that you have one).
I have no quarrel with the war in Afghanistan, because that’s a sanctuary that the Al Queda used to attack our country. Contrary to your “liberal” label, I do not fit your typical stereotyping right-wing fanatical labels. I love the way we attacked Afghanistan. But we had an idiot who led us to an unnecessary and expensive war in Iraq (based on lies) and diverted our attention from where we should have really focused our resources: Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Your comment about illegals is hilarious. I strongly oppose appeasing these illegals to buy Latin votes. It is disgusting. Every sovereign nation has a right to build fences, walls, etc, so long as these are constructed on our own soil. How can any other country (like Mexico) actually object to a fence being built by the US on US soil? Disgusting! While there are thousands of immigrants who come to the US every year after completing all formalities that includes a thorough FBI check, allowing illegals to come in by tunneling under the border without any checks is just plain stupid. If everyone has to obey the law in the US, then leaving such a big hole in our security that allows literally millions of illegals to walk across unchecked is criminal.
As far as Republicans being computer illiterate are concerned, let me remind you that the richest man in the world is a computer geek, and a Republican. Most 30+ years old people in the computer industry tend to be Republicans. Please don’t think that because you are personally insecure about your own lack of literacy, all Republicans are like you.
What I remember from 9/11 is that Bush was in some elementary school in Florida, and he really didn’t get to Washington until after a few days.
I don’t think Obama has ever made the promise that he will withdraw troops from Afghanistan. His promise was for Iraq, and he is sticking to it. In fact he promised to send more troops to Afghanistan, during his campaign.
No, Bush can only be blamed for his 8 years. Obama will undoubtedly judged by what he does to not only fix the problems that Obama has inherited from the idiot, but other problems that have been ignored by the “NO” party.

Regence: There is one more mistake that Obama has made that I failed to mention. That is the releasing of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. That is a serious mistake because those prisoners will just join right back with Al Queda and Osama Bin Laden and come right back to attack us! When (and notice I didn’t say if) that happens Barack Obama will be to blame for it and he will have to live with that on his conscience!