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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Thanks for the WaPo link bystander.
Palin is treading on very thin ice here, but she knows she can't wait 'til freeze-up.
From Milbanks:
" Barack Obama, she told 8,000 fans at a rally here Monday afternoon, "launched his political career in the living room of a domestic terrorist!" This followed her earlier accusation that the Democrat pals around with terrorists. "This is not a man who sees America the way you and I see America," she told the Clearwater, [Fla] crowd. "I'm afraid this is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to work with a former domestic terrorist who had targeted his own country." The crowd replied with boos.
Her husband has well-documented affiliations with ultra-rightist separatists from ~10 years back. Living in the intermontane west I know rather too well who those kind "pal around" with -- they are bosom buddies with domestic terrorists of more recent vintage. The types who left pipe bombs at the doorstep of federal office buildings here in Reno, during the Clinton administration.
The Obama campaign will probably follow Lee Atwater's sage advice and refrain from interrupting their opponents while they are self-destructing. But if they have time to do a little research, I have little doubt that they will be able to document that this 'Christian' woman's husband was often less than one degree of separation away from suspected or known ultra-rightwing, militia-affiliated domestic terrorists.
Could they put him (and maybe her) in the same room as miltia-types during her first forays into politics? Might could be.
Some Obamabots should get off the phones to swing-staters (yes that means YOU, stop calling ME, fools) and do a little oppo research instead.
It hurts when the shoe is on the other foot doesn't it, Glen. Everyone thought it was great and funny when they were pounding Palin about everything from her religion, to how many times she craps a day.
But, how dare anyone question Obama, whom I call the no experienced, muslim named candidate who attended regularly a white hating racist church, and had ties to many other shady characters.
He will have a chance to defend himself just like Palin has done. If he has nothing to hide then he has nothing to worry about, but the questions should be at least asked.
McCain isn't Bush, no more than Obama isn't Bush. They are both Senators, and their lives should be open for public review, and Wright was part of Obama's life until he, and many others snuffed him out like the Boston strangler, but the videos of Wright, and his connection with Obama will live on, and may be his downfall.
John McCain increasingly exhibits what an insidious cancer mestasis in the brain would prompt.
normbreyfogle said:
you write as if the Reps and the Dems aren't in collusion, when in fact the exact opposite has been proven to be true over and over and over again.
If you're talking about the Pelosis and Hoyers of the world...I can't argue there. These jokers are facilitators of the FISA and Big Business Bailout legislative tragedies, among many others. I don't believe there's a coordinated plan between the parties, however, to get Obama in the White House.
Sure, they can work with Obama, and probably corrupt and blackmail him enough to achieve their ends--indeed, he's their fallback guy. But McCain would be so much easier to deal with. He's aching to get this fascism thing into its final stages.
The wildcard, of course, is the small group of true progressives (Kucinich, Wexler, Leahy, Sanders, et al.) who threaten the plan. You know, the ones who still believe in a little thing called democracy.
I agree with Glenn that the Democrats represent the *only* chance to divert our march toward a full-blown corporatist regime. Get Obama into office, throw out a significant number of Blue Dogs, and coerce the wishy washy Dems into a true progressive stance, a la Kucinich/Wexler, who--despite the "they're too radical!" rhetoric--clearly represent the will of the majority in America.
I think there's a huge incentive to avoid an Obama presidency because of the above scenario. The PNAC guys don't fear him as much as they fear the progressives who will force Obama to bend to their will.
McCain MUST win. How best to make that happen? Scare people! Knock them down a few notches on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Force them into "reptilian brain" mode. Who's going to keep us safe?
Let's see...half-black, ex-druggie, coulda-been-a-Black Panther, has-a-name-like-a-terrorist Obama
Or
Grampa War Hero?
There absolutely HAS to be a big scare for McCain to win. Maybe they've trotted out one too many bin Laden videos...I don't know. Maybe a false flag event will be too risky. But it is tried and true. If the Republican operatives know anything, they know terror. I don't think they'll be able to resist.
Sarah Palin was introduced by a white Sheriff in his on duty uniform, whipping up the crowd.
Sarah came to the mic and began her incendiary speech, rousing the crowd into such a frenetic and fanatic mob mentality of hatred that at one point, in one of her slanderous references to Obama, a member in the crowd yelled out, "Kill him!" I saw it live; I saw it replayed on Rachel Maddow on MSNBC TV. I saw Sarah Palin, candidate for VP of the USA, in a crazed, derranged, manic state, screaming and blatantly stirring up hatred. They were both, McCain and Palin, high on something besides hatred yesterday. Or, perhaps, they were off of something. But, I will not let it stand.
I have written to the House Minority Leader, my 2 Republican US Senators, the 2 US House Reps, the DNC, and the FBI. I do not think it is legal to use contributions to a federal campaign in a national election to incite crowds to such hatred that they are calling "Kill him!" for the opponent.
Will this be the lasting legacy of this right wing, conservative, evangelical, christian Republican Party---the death of a political opponent---resulting from Pre Nazi like rallies???
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"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
