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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
So willie99, you're pretty impressed by the hate, lies and trickery of the Republicans huh? Good for you fella, they need all the weasels they can get. It is amazing that all it takes for the Republicans to impress you are some literate speakers and all the vitriol that will fit in a T.V screen. And I suppose it is also pretty impressive that an auditorium full of partisans were crazy impressed with the speeches and speech makers. So now while people continue to ask where are the details of Obama's plans we can just not question McCain and his plans at all. While Obama continues to have to be perfect in every way McCain can just get a free pass because he never promised to inspire anyone and he certainly never will. O, bravo, bravo.
What's the difference between Reagan and Bush Jr? They're both hard-edged conservatives, but one of them, Reagan, knew when to adjust -- take the troops out of Lebanon after the marine barracks disaster, roll back some of his early tax cuts when his budget director told him the deficit was going out of control. Bush, on the other hand, either out of ignorance or simply not caring -- or both -- went full speed ahead on his issues no matter what, and that's where we are today.
Palin is much more in the Reagan mold -- hard-edged conservative but willing to deal to make things work. Probably comes from her humble origins, much more like Reagan's than Bush's snotty, privileged background. Combined with her obvious intelligence, drive and voter appeal, I think she will be formidable and should not be underestimated, whether you like her or not.
Two weeks ago everyone agreed that the VP's role is attack dog. That works for the Dems and GOP. If miss prissy bitch Palin can't handle the heat of her job then she should go home to the frozen north. In either case, STFU. All of a sudden after almost 2 years of insane Hillary bashing BECAUSE she's a woman, you find a Stepford Eskimo Wife who thinks she talks to God and it's hands off the delicate flower?
And oh? Yes I will vote for Obama. I hate his supporters though.
I would love to see VP Palin give a screechy nagging lecture to some Iranian mullahs, Assad of Syria, Putin or the Myamar Junta. They will laugh at her. And her supporters are the morons who maintain that the US MUST be taken seriously in the world. Good luck with that, retards.
Dude, you don't even need kool-aide and you are already slurpin up the giz. Talk about a cheap date...
"the request reveals either she was using the power of her office far beyond its mandate, or she was woefully unaware of the mandate she was given"
"I’d say she’s a lot like W – clueless and damn proud of it, not about to let mere laws and good sense get in the way of whatever she happens to want."
AND THEY LOVED IT!! that the ugly vibe in the crowd's MAD response to her smug, mean drone -- literally sickening to me. those people looked like the geriatric cult from rosemary's baby.
stop them. get out the vote.
...when she predicted the kind of woman who would finally be voted into the White House -- no-nonsense, military background (w/ family members actively serving), familiar with industrial infrastructure, admired by the working class -- all of which seems to be embodied by Sarah Palin.
Time will tell if Ms. Palin lives up to her billing during the debates, which will likely be widely-viewed by many segments of the population -- and not just by the cultural elite. This political season is shaping up to be much more interesting than the snooze-fest I was expecting. It is heartening to see a vigorous political debate.
my pit bulls would not be allowed out with hair looking like that.
lots of pit bull (etc.) homies without homes due to this sector of the bush/cheney failure-rama:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/IndustryInfo/Story?id=4211173&page=1
WWSPD? shoot them, probably ...
http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm
There are so many reasons to reject her. BTW, switched my McCain vote to Obama because of this grievous misstep, or maybe, it was a reminder. John McCain is a (really old) Republican. I'm awake now.
ABOUT SARAH PALIN
> >
> > I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992.
> > Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a
> > first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her
> > father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a
> > first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more
> > City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the
> > residents of the city.
> >
>
> > Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000
> > (at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about
> > 670,000 residents.
> >
> > During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running
> > this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been
> > pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had
> > gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had
> > given rise to a recall campaign.
> >
> > Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a "fiscal conservative". During her 6
> > years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over
> > 33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the City
> > increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation
> > (1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a
> > regressive sales tax which taxed even food. The tax cuts that she
> > promoted benefited large corporate property owners way more than they
> > benefited residents.
> >
> > The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration
> > weren't enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed
> > money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it
> > with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage
> > the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said
> > she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a
> > new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a
> > multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of
> > property that the City didn't even have clear title to, that was still
> > in litigation 7 yrs later.
> >
> > As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus
> > in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will make
> > us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she proposed
> > distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state.
> >
> > In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she
> > recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while she
> > proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today's surplus,
> > borrow for needs.
> >
As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren't generated by her
> > or her staff. Ideas weren't evaluated on their merits, but on the basis
> > of who proposed them.
> >
> > While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected
> > City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from
> > the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents
> > rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's attempt
> > at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her
> > termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the Librarian
> > are on her enemies list to this day.
> >
Palin fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as
> > Governor she hired or elevated new, inexperienced, obscure people,
> > creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally
> > grateful and fiercely loyal--loyal to the point of abusing their power
> > to further her personal agenda, as she has acknowledged happened in the
> > case of pressuring the State's top cop (see below).
> >
> > As Mayor, Sarah fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he "intimidated"
> > her, she told the press. As Governor, her recent firing of Alaska's top
> > cop has the ring of familiarity about it. He served at her pleasure and
> > she had every legal right to fire him, but it's pretty clear that an
> > important factor in her decision to fire him was because he wouldn't
> > fire her sister's ex-husband, a State Trooper. Under investigation
> > for abuse of power, she has had to admit that more than 2 dozen contacts
> > were made between her staff and family to the person that she later
> > fired, pressuring him to fire her ex-brother-in-law. She tried to
> > replace the man she fired with a man who she knew had been reprimanded
> > for sexual harassment; when this caused a public furor, she withdrew her
> > support.
> >
> > As Mayor, she had her hand stuck out as far as anyone for pork from
> > Senator Ted Stevens. Lately, she has castigated his pork-barrel
> > politics and publicly humiliated him. She only opposed the "bridge to
> > nowhere" after it became clear that it would be unwise not to.
> >
> > As Governor, she gave the Legislature no direction and budget
> > guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing
> > projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative
> > action restored most of these projects--which had been vetoed simply
> > because she was not aware of their importance--but with the unobservant
> > she had gained a reputation as "anti-pork".
> >
> > Like most Alaskans, she favors drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
> > Refuge. She has questioned if the loss of sea ice is linked to
> > global warming. She campaigned "as a private citizen" against a state
> > initiaitive that would have either a) protected salmon streams from
> > pollution from mines, or b) tied up in the courts all mining in the
> > state (depending on who you listen to). She has pushed the State's
> > lawsuit against the Dept. of the Interior's decision to list polar bears
> > as threatened species.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
