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Leave Sarah Palin alone. She's a distraction. If any man questions or challenges her, he will be accused of sexism. The Hillary/Sexism meme will just turn into the Sarah/Sexism meme. I've already heard talking heads saying this.
Instead, AGREE with with the GOP that Obama is inexperienced in relation to McCain, but since McCain believes that Palin has other skillsets in absence of experience that make her qualified and capable of running the country, that Obama ALSO has skillsets and qualities that make HIM capable of running the country, with better judgement to boot.
MEN should NOT attack Sarah Palin in any way, shape or form. That's what the GOP wants. Do not say anything about her children, especially the baby. If anyone attacks Sarah Palin, it should be a woman.
I would say "sic Hillary on her," but no. Highlight Hillary and her accomplishments, highlight other Democratic women and their accomplishments and Sarah Hasselbeck will end up looking like the silly beauty queen she is.
Those who forget history are doomed to... never mind, history's never been Obama's strongest subject. I guess Obamabots will have to learn defeat from firsthand experience.
I said it as soon as the choice was announced:
She is the most cynical selection in politics since Clarence Thomas. And while I don't come from the same point of view as Joel Pollak, he's right about this being a shrewd response to Joe Biden.
The VP debate has now turned into a disaster waiting to happen. The attack dog can't attack at all. Gwen Ifill will be the moderator. If Joe makes one false move...
Barack beat one white woman. Now the thugs are daring him to beat too. And for anyone who wants to get revenge against the "inadequate black male" here's their chance.
It makes me sick.
Turn a positive into a negative. Turn a negative into a positive.
This is where Barack and Joe need pillowtalk consultations with Michelle and Jill. Nobody can strategize against a woman...like a woman.
Under no circumstances should Joe Biden grind down Sarah Palin at the debate. Sarah Palin is the political equivalent of a pretty receptionist at the construction company office: she wasn't hired for her skillset.
ALL of it.
Co-sign!!! :>) :>)
Craig, I'm sorry to quote your comment, it's not you specifically ... this was just the straw on the camel's back for me, or whatever that is.
I promised myself I would not get sucked into more election drama stress after the primaries. I hated that and truth is I have enough to worry about in my life without getting sucked into election drama.
But then. All the talk/energy (generally) about something bad may happen at the convention sucked me in again. And guess what. Everything went fine. Better than fine.
I am tired of the constant "what ifs" and "this could be so bad" etc etc.
The only time this drama stopped getting to me is when I stopped paying attention for a period of time.
Because when I do, there is all this "disaster may happen" talk. All the fear, come to NOTHING in actual reality.
Over and over in the primaries. Over and over before the convention. Over and over now, apparently it never ends.
Well, maybe I just need to stop reading the political blogs.
Again, Craig, sorry to do this from quoting your comment -- really it's not about you specifically. I just hit my limit right then.
I don't want to tune out. I don't because this is an important time and because what I can do on the ground for the campaign is limited in certain ways.
But tuning in in any way seems over and over to lead me to stress that never has any actual point. And now that I think of it, me paying attention doesn't seem to DO anything useful anyway for getting Senator Obama elected.
I don't know.
And I take to heart your frustration.
I might have a solution for us:
We need to write letters to the editors of every paper, big and small, across this great nation.
And all we need to say is something along the lines of this:
John McCain's selection of a runningmate is disturbing. Not because he picked a candidate whose resume reveals little to recommend her for the job. But because John McCain is telling us that, in a dangerous world, he would leave this nation in the hands of a person he's only met once. Or twice depending upon who you believe.
If I made out a will and entrusted my children to the care of a person I'd only met one time, what would that say about my fitness as a parent?
John McCain is dangerously unfit to lead this nation.
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No flaming. No women bashing. Just a simple analogy to reveal that McCain has NO judgment and is dangerously UNFIT to be POTUS.
Good idea! :>) :>)
Who knows NOTHING about Iraq.
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This is our moment. This is our time. We must bombard publications with this letter (or one like it).
Thank you all in advance.
The link above is a tool to compose letters, and a list of local newspapers you can instantly forward the letter to. Enter your ZIP code. Check off the local papers you want to send to. Compose or paste your letter and send.
I've never used it, so I hope it works ok.
That is all.
But, I wanted to put it out there who she was.
I am a woman, so I think I can attack Palin on THE ISSUES.
But, the focus, after this post, will be squarely on McCain- as it should be.
Claire McCaskill needs to become surrogate-in-chief for O'Biden.
And the campaign better start prepping Joe RIGHT NOW for the debate.
Palin could prove to be a disaster on her own without any prodding or a natural that blows everyone away. Biden has to figure out how to exploit the former and prevent the latter.
hired because she's eye candy and blows smoke up the bosses' asses, but can't do her job worth a lick. So it does no good to complain about how the receptionist is doing her job because answering phones, typing, and assisting the office wasn't what she was hired to do. And any protests against her will be framed as "you just don't like her because of X."
Question the health and competency of the company itself (McCain) rather than the work ethics and resume of the receptionist (Palin). If the company goes under, so does the receptionist.
Ignore the receptionist and question the judgement of the company, that they don't care about missed calls or unsent letters as long as they have something nice to look at. Highlight other women who are doing well instead. The Obama campaign needs to quietly introduce the meme of "Hmm, is this the best they can do, wasn't there somebody, ANYBODY else?"
Attack Palin on the issues, McCain-Palin wins. And they know it.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12998...
Female voiceover:..."Well, he's made his choice...."
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/bill-maher-has...
It is going to get very murky very soon folks.
I made a post yesterday on this same topic. As a teacher, we focus on MAINSTREAMING "disabled" students. We provide SERVICES to assist in MINIMIZING the effects of their disability in their academic and social lives!! We encourage other students [and staff] to disregard what they look/act like and to treat them with respect.
Even though I am a retired teacher, I continue to be a CHILD ADVOCATE. To that end, I attend IEP meetings, and tutor students!!
I say all of this to say that, I will "speak" for their child, even if they try to "use" him in this political process!!
I join you, in a manner of speaking, in YOUR endeavors!!! :>)
We can do this!!! :>) :>)
A) Court the pro-life crowd, and;
B) For political advantage.
If Biden has to debate her, allow her to bring up that issue. I'm remembering when Kerry tried to toss a bone about Cheney's lesbian daughter, and got hammered for his efforts to be "inclusive" by none other than Lynne Cheney.
The same Lynne Cheney who refuses to come clean about that lesbian romance novel she wrote back in the 80s. Read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_(Lynne_Che...)
I agree, Biden and Obama need to engage in some serious pillow talk with Jill and Michelle. They are the best weapons to have at this point. And they should keep Claire McCaskill, Barbara Boxer or Kathleen Sebelius on stand-by.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_(Lynne_Che...)
Dis-Appointments
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IL40yIbTO88
On the Democratic Convention and Obama
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zOZShhzkhSw#
...cerebral, but kingheathen ends by saying about Obama: "....I like the guy."
The Investigation of Sarah Palin (McCain's VP) (MSNBC-Schuster)
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=f71B_X45cKQ
McCain Didn't Even Know Palin Before Picking Her (MSNBC)
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5DD_Ds_mWjQ
Most AMAZING Night of My Life! Michelle Benard
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKu8fFoJv0
Tina Fay of SNL will jump on this for a Saturday Night parody. Isn't Tina the spitting image of Sarah Palin?
Open this link to see the video and read the story by the number one security expert, a GOP conservative, for all Banks in the US who claims he can hack any system anywhere in the world. Give him one week and 8 people of his own choosing. The vote machines are rigged.
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/94895/voting_...
McCain is like a dirty old man hiring the good looking babe for secretary out front. It has taken the GOP forty years to catch up with where the Dems were when they nominated Geraldine Ferraro.
It is martial law by December.
Cheers,
Ron
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QaVnsWmg8Ek
(Canadian sets the record straight: "I would choose a freakin' piece of plastic over John McCain to lead")
Re: G-Damn Democrats
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=lqyMROItf9c
(Canadian schools a whacko on Rev. Wright video: Rev Wright is a Patriot)
Barack Obama: Only in America
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=EHrb1qDxWGE#
...the end where Obama and Biden family gather on stage, fireworks and streamers
Michael Moore on McCain's VP pick! COUNTDOWN
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=86FdIURrENo#
I kid you not.
There are long linups for evacuation buses in New Orleans, but people are leaving...
My thoughts are with the people of New Orleans.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RTeZtP-T2Us
Pierre talks about the Referendum in South Ossetia - Georgia's bombing of Russian peacekeepers.
I'm with Russia on this one. I wonder what Obama's views are.
I guess this Palin thing is not good.
http://mudflats.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/was...
http://mccain.bravenewfilms.org/blog/51016-21-r...
21 Reasons Why McCain's VP Pick is Hilarious [a work in progress]
There is a video clip in this. Some of the "comments" are also hilarious!! :>) :>)
ENJOY!!! :>) :>)
How about highlighting other Republican women and their accomplishments, also? Believe this: I am so FARRR from being a Republican. Obama/Biden all the way, baby! My point is, I think by them highlighting Republican women ALSO it really shows how insulting the Palin selection is to women. Disagree with their positions if you want to, but I find this selection a total diss to Republican women such as Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Christine Todd Whitman and others. I don't agree with the Repub platform, but by choosing Palin, he slapped these other strong Republican women in the face and played to the stereotype that men only want women who are subservient and supportive to “the man”, as Palin is an attractive, former beauty queen ornament, hanging on McCain’s aging, cold, dying arms.
How about highlighting other Republican women and their accomplishments, also? Believe this: I am so FARRR from being a Republican. Obama/Biden all the way, baby! My point is, I think by them highlighting Republican women ALSO it really shows how insulting the Palin selection is to women. Disagree with their positions if you want to, but I find this selection a total diss to Republican women such as Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Christine Todd Whitman and others. I don't agree with the Repub platform, but by choosing Palin, he slapped these other strong Republican women in the face and played to the stereotype that men only want women who are subservient and supportive to “the man”, as Palin is an attractive, former beauty queen ornament, hanging on McCain’s aging, cold, dying arms.
Spread the word- Sarah is a brilliant pick!
MY FRIEND WROTE THIS TO SOMEONE SHE KNEW IN ALASKA AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME IN THAT MCCAIN HAD SELECTED HIS VP.
Do you like her as your Governor?
Sarah Palin is the US’s answer to Margaret Thatcher! Anyone who thinks she cannot handle the job or deal briskly and efficiently with ANY issue, including foreign governments … well, they haven’t met our Sarah.
As an Alaskan resident as well as a resident of Wasilla, AK, where Sarah Palin was at one time Mayor … I can speak with confidence. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska is exactly what she portrayed during her introduction this morning and exactly what our US Government needs. She is ethical to a fault (if there is such a thing), a refreshing change to the status-quo and as smart and determined a PERSON (gender really isn’t an issue here as far as I’m concerned) as anyone could ask for at the head of government.
Sarah is no naïve “small town mayor” – she just *started out* there. Btw, as Mayor of Wasilla, she brought this “small town” through a lot of GOOD changes and left it at the end of her term having grown to the 4th largest CITY in Alaska – a lot of growth and a stronger economic base than ever before.
She has EXECUTIVE experience *running a government* (something NONE of the other candidates can actually boast, even John McCain ) as Governor of Alaska and got there by defeating the *incumbent* Republican Governor, who was definitely part of the “old school” and who WAS very much in the pocket of the big oil companies. We in Alaska wanted change – and we got it in the person of Sarah Palin!
Sarah Palin is everything she looks to be and more. Her approval rating as Governor of Alaska has been as high as 95% and is currently leveled out consistently in the upper 80 percentile throughout the state (and in both parties) - the HIGHEST approval rating of ANY sitting Governor.
Sarah has been turning around corruption in the Legislature of Alaska - turning things on their ear for that matter; cutting spending in spite of the increased income the state is currently receiving due to the high oil prices - she has insisted on putting a huge amount of the “windfall” into savings for the future rather than spending, spending, spending - and has insisted from the get-go on what she refers to as “honest, ethical and transparent governing” - no more closed door meetings and dealings - the big oil companies thought she would be a pushover and have learned better to their chagrin.
She understands the “real people” and the economic issues we all face (Alaskans along with the rest of the country) - she was one of “us” not long ago. Rather than passing useless “laws” or throwing money at pet projects, she (most recently) temporarily suspended the state gas tax (on gasoline at the pumps, fuel oil and natural gas for homes, etc.) and has ordered checks issued to ALL residents of Alaska this fall in an attempt to assist with the burden of high fuel costs for the upcoming winter. I could go on and on, but that’s enough for now . She isn’t doing these things to be popular – she is doing it because her constituents are HURTING financially and she can help.
She became Governor of Alaska by defeating the Incumbent Republican Governor and doing it *without* the money or the support of the Republican Party, which was amazing in itself - and she won by a landslide. The “powers that be” at that time totally underestimated Sarah and learned better the hard way. She has done exactly what she claimed she was going to do and is just as popular today as the day she was elected - perhaps more so since even the Democrats up here seem to like her - she works well with both sides in the Legislature here.
Sarah “belongs” to us (Alaskans) … and although we are going to be terribly sorry to see her leave before she finishes the job she started here (two years ago) straightening out OUR State … we understand she is needed for a bigger purpose and hopefully her Lt. Governor will be able to fill her shoes here and continue the job.
As for worrying about what would happen if McCain were to die or step down or whatever … Theta, up here in AK we’ve only been wondering how long we would be able to KEEP Sarah in Alaska and have seen her as our first woman President of the USA from the start. It’s always been a matter of whether she would wait until the end of her TWO terms as Governor (no doubt at ALL that she would be re-elected if she ran for a second term at the end of her current term) … or end up in Washington sooner. She could do the job TODAY.
Personally, I feel a lot better about McCain now that I know he has someone as savvy, as strong, as ethical and as steady as Sarah at his back. She will be an excellent Vice President … and my guess is will be our US Republican Presidential candidate in four years - AND by then the country will KNOW here – will love and respect her as we do here - and she’ll win by as much of a landslide as she did here in Alaska. I only wonder if McCain has a clue what he is unleashing on the US of A She is going to be a fresh wind, but also a strong wind.
Is that enough of an endorsement? If not, I’ll add this … Jerry and I have for many years felt the best “vote” was to vote for the lesser of two “evils” and hope they didn’t do too much damage. Two years ago during our State Governor’s race was the first time EVER that we actually asked for not just a little sign to put in our yard showing our support of our candidate (something we’ve never felt the desire to do at all before) - we asked for a full 4′ x 8′ “SARAH PALIN FOR GOVERNOR!” sign and were proud to have it. She hasn’t let us or Alaska down. She will do the same for the USA if given the opportunity.
It seems that Sarah Palin eloped with her hubby in Aug and her firstborn son Track was born in April...that would mean he was conceived most likely in July.
Did Palin try to prevent her own daughter from the same future Sarah had having to get married in high school?
Normally, these types of questions would be considered a tremendous invasion of privacy. However, Sarah Palin does not feel a woman has the right to privacy when it comes to family planning or giving birth. Therefore these questions become not only fair game but a matter of nationa interest when she supports banning all abortion and overturning Roe v. Wade.
The other data that lends credence to this Down's baby being her grandchild is that her daughter Bristol was out of school for months with 'mono'.
Sarah never looked preganant not even at the Governors confence 2 months before delivery,.
Sarah supposedly went into labor and then flew for 11 hours back to Alaska and then drove 45 minutes to a small rural hospital..all the while she was supposedly leaking 'amino fluid'. Which would mean she was putting the baby's life in jeopardy.
Reports in the press say that Sarah never looked preganant, that her staff was shocked when she told them she was 5 months preganant...and then the baby was supposedly pre-mature...all of this says she did not know when the baby was due.
That often happens with a teenager who doesn't know when she conceives or who waits until it is too late for an abortion to tell her mother ...and it also means that most likely the father is a lot older as teenagers rarely have Down's syndrome baby.
All of this points to the extreme length pro-lifers will go to for their moral code..given how they do not believe in teenagers receiving sex ed ...imagine how this all would have gone over.
Something smells fishy in ALaska...and the facts of this story need to be tracked down.
I thought it was odd that Bristol was the one on stage carrying that baby at the press conference. I thought Todd should have had that baby!!
There is enough information on Palin's resume and political background to use to attack McCain on his judgement in picking her, that talking about her allegedly being a grandmother or a "hockey mom" isn't necessary and can prove to be fatal to the Dems.
Palin's LIEING and right to life issue is fair game. It should not be left to the National Enquirer as she is insisting on banning other women's right to choice. She beleives in creationism and believe it should be taught in school. She does not beleive in sex ed. All of these family values are ultra conservative and need to be addressed by Democrats. The GOP does not have a mononoploy on family values or religion. Moreover, Palin is being touted as a real trooper for flying back '11 hours in LABOR' she is being touted as having 'walked the walk' when it comes to right to life. This is a very valid issue and someone needs to insist on DNA tests. This woman needs to be outed for the hypcritical selfrightous right to life LIAR that she is. She is forcing her own daughter to live a LIE to cover up for being a pregnant teenager. That is a problem if LIFE is so precious why does Bristol have to HIDE that she is a mother?
What the Dems are doing is focusing on her inexperience and that is tthe WRONG issue. Sarah is not going to be president.
The focus should be on McCain's reckless, irresponsible, mindboggling foolhard choice. His choice of VP is not one of a man who is thoughtful or prudent or one who loves his country. His decision making process demonstrates a man who is rash, impulsive and capricious...moreover he has a long track record of being intemperate and he has to pick an entire cabinet!! McCain's decision making shows a man who is willing to gamble and risk everythin on a dare and our lives and families along with the entire nation are going to depend on his rush to judgment.
Judgment is the issue not inexperience.
Palin needs to be OUTED ...the entire motherhood righttolifer poser needs to be dismantle and dragged relentlessly through the mud just as Kerry and MaxClelland's service was.
So, yes folks. The Repug memo will be "Palin has foreign policy experience because Alaska is next to Russia".
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index...
check it out at the 21min mark
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
Long Standing Feud Embroils Palin
There seems to be more details in the continuing "brother-in-law saga."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
Palin has been under consideration since last February according to this article.
What about the bro-in-law saga??? No matter, apparently!!
Unh, unh, unh!! Shaking her head! :>) :>)
Palin Probe Could Mean Election Eve Trouble For McCain
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/...
*sigh* Andrea Martin is saying that Obama giving a list of promises in his acceptance speech is not enough. They need "meat on the bones".
Palin has outsourced to Canada the building of the pipeline that was bid on by American companies...she does not care about the American worker.
Mitchell, Gregory and the rest have completely ignored the historic significance of Obama's speech to focus on Palin.
Mitchell says that Obama needs to have "more meat on the bones" in his speeches, well she and her collegues need to have "more meat on the bones" in their !&@!&#! reporting!
I am thoroughly disgusted! UGH!
According to Joshua Marshall, "These are not the traits or temperament you want in someone who could hold the executive power of the federal government."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
"Getting Real"
This is an issue where what should be compared is the JUDGEMENT of both the candidates when it comes to being President. Palin is nothing but a DISTRACTION!!
Not only is she a distraction but engaging the 'experience' issue gains Obama nothing as at the end of the day..Palin is up for VP not President...so the experience argument is a no-win situation.
We should always shift to judgment as that is the cornerstore we used to get here and that is the cornerstore we should slay McCain with. He lacks the temperment to make prudent, rational decisions when it comes to national security. He is rash and rushes to judgment, his decision making process is horrible..it is capricious, foolhard and reckless..just like McCain's behavior has been since high school.
This man is dangerous. He has a track record of being rash and imprudent. From crashing navy planes, not reading the manual and knowing how to eject himself almost resulted in him dying when he crashed the first plane. McCain is a cut-up, a rebel who lacks the ability to lead. McCain thinks that the only purpose of rules and regulation is to break them. This man needs to be hammered on his flawed decision making..he has a lifetime of them and that should be the target.
Palin also needs to be taken down but on the hypocrisy of her right to life stance, even if they do not want to prove that Trig is her grandson...woman all over this country should be uniting behind her stance of banning all abortion even in cases or rape and incest as well as her wanting to teach our children creationism.
So, Marshall is not on target on this...the focus is McCain's decision making process, his character and judgment which is full of ripe instances of idiot, foolhardy mindboggling phuckups!!
I agree with you. I was just trying to site a statement about her "unqualified" nature -BUT NOT in comparison to Mr. Obama. My bad!! :>) :>)
Oh, I found another article where she doesn't approve of the use of contraception WITHIN MARRIAGE!!!
WHAT!!! She's been way too influenced by the Alaskan rabbits!! :>) :>)
Thanks for your THOROUGH elaboration!! I really appreciate it!! :>) :>)
http://vodpod.com/watch/976837-new-obama-biden-...
http://vodpod.com/watch/974680-klobuchar-palin-...
McCain = Outright Lie On Taxes
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
Really what is your point... we are Republicans dummy and this is what we do. It looks like the polls are still in a dead heat.
Why dose Clarence Thomas gets thrown under the bus still? This is a shame
If americans will vote for another Republican term, then I don’t know if Americans are just dumb or just blind.
I like Sarah Palin. I am impressed with Sarah Palin. "Mrs. Smith goes to Washington," an authentic citizen legislator, driven not by personal ambition, but a call to serve. Someone with whom I can connect with on so many levels. She seems to more like me than anyone in modern politics and I am giving her a closer look and a chance to earn my vote.
I am curious to learn more about her. I have been busy doing my own research and I will be looking to have my questions and concerns addressed in a meaningful way.
But I will no longer be doing that here.
I have watched this blog descend deeper and deeper into the hateful fever swamp that is today's Democrat Party. No moderation. No tolerance. No independence. No consistent respect for honest debate or critical thinking. JJP has now rendered itself completely irrelevant to authentic political debate. This blog is now little more that a third-rate war room filled with angry hacks.
As a right leaning. independent, who voted to send Obama to the US Senate, I stumbled upon JJP, hoping to be reassured that I could trust Obama with my vote in November. I gave him my vote in Illinois because, the truth is, he was the only choice in a very unimpressive field. His speech before the Democrat Convention has impressed be and I was pulled in, excited by the possibility that he could deliver on his message of 'Change we can believe in." I was leaning towards Obama looking forward to more. An independent looking to jump on board.
At first I was welcomed, but when I would push for substance, or look to have my concerns allayed, I was told, go to the website, do your own research, if you don't know, I'm not going to tell you, etc. I've been called a troll, and worse here, but I kept pushing legitimate issues and relevant questions and topics.
I am now, completely turned off by this blog and the main posters here. Where is Jack?
Where are posts on issues? Where is the support for 'post-partisan' change and defense of Obama's vision for the future? Where is thoughtful, rational rebuttal to legitimate issues raised by the McCain campaign?
Obama may be change. But he is not about "reform."' He is looking at this election as nothing more than a 'power grab' for his party. He is a man who has been grooming himself to be the 'ultimate politician' but along the way he has lost his 'authenticity' and his claim that he is' Change we can believe in." He is a product of the Chicago political machine, his ties and tactics are firmly rooted in the sorry corrupt culture of this state.
Biden is a Washington insider to his core and no amount of 'repackaging' as the scrappy, stuttering boy from Scranton is going to erase his lengthy partisan record and beltway bona fides.
JJP has, in my opinion totally missed an opportunity to 'become the change you want to see.' Squandered it's promise to inform, persuade, and become a respected, credible advocate for 'the change we need.'
Truly trifling. Good bye.