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1. Pajamas Media » Outta the Ball Park, Sarah!:

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Sep 3, 2008 - 11:11 pm 2. Joshua II:

Gov. Palin’s speech tonight brought to mind, of all things, U2’s Bono introducing the band’s cover of “Helter Skelter”: “This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We’re stealing it back.”

In this analogy, Palin is Bono, Obama is Manson, and Hillary Clinton is the Beatles. Obama stole Hillary’s thunder in the Democratic primaries; now along comes Palin to steal not only Obama’s own thunder, but also the thunder Obama had stolen from Hillary. By the time 2012 rolls around, Hillary may well find herself being the “other” woman in the campaign; for all we know she may even (heaven forbid) be up against a female incumbent.

(Cross-posted on, well, a whole bunch of blogs

Sep 3, 2008 - 11:22 pm 3. Philip W.:

Put a fork in B. Hussein Obama. He’s done.

Sep 3, 2008 - 11:29 pm 4. Typewriter King:

Woot!

She was perfect.

Sep 3, 2008 - 11:35 pm 5. Patterson:

Her speech will go down as one of the greatest speeches of our era.

Sep 3, 2008 - 11:36 pm 6. nick:

a speech by a lying stupid creationist book burner,

yep such a good one to vote for.

Sep 3, 2008 - 11:48 pm 7. Tired Old Cliche:

She was good, nothing profound but good for “preaching to the choir”.

Too bad that she’s being promoted now as the “secret real president” who’ll be the power behind “poor old dottering” John McCain.

Not my words, but lets face it … John McCain isn’t exactly the right-wing’s favorite candidate.

Sep 3, 2008 - 11:53 pm 8. newton:

“nick:

a speech by a lying stupid creationist book burner,”

You’re a liar. (From the AP)

And a bad one at that! Good luck explaining that one!

Jerk!

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:01 am 9. newton:

Oh, BTW nick: better put some ice on that…

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:01 am 10. erik:

>>a lying stupid creationist book burner,

grammar much?

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:03 am 11. California Dreamer:

When will the styrofoam Greek columns show up on eBay? I’m bidding two-bucks. Poor BO, Josh II is exactly right–he’s got to be wondering how this happened? This is Hillary with a personality and he only has 9 weeks to figure it all out. At least he still has his Senate seat–next to Kerry and Biden.

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:08 am 12. Chris Jones:

Sarah is the most refreshing person to enter politics in my lifetime. She is the living embodiment of a strong conservative woman. I was excited to vote for McCain anyway, but with Gov. Palin on the ticket I am absolutely ecstatic. Her folksy charm and great sense of humor is completely irresistible. With the exception of the hardcore left-wing partisans, I think Gov. Palin could attract Americans of all stripes to this ticket.

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:08 am 13. Patterson:

“a speech by a lying stupid creationist book burner”

Well she has over an 80% approval rate in Alaska. She must be doing something right.

Nice job formulating your very well spoken statement by the way….right…

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:10 am 14. Sunny Boaz:

Wow! What a relief! Palin exceeded such a high expectation built up over past 5 days right up to that moment of her acceptance speech.

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:15 am 15. Richard:

Nick-
The first defense of a leftist is to attack the messenger.
At which time, you’ve lost.

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:15 am 16. Sargeant Rock:

Mozart, Pavarotti, Michelangelo,’27 Yankees, Sarah.

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:25 am 17. Lank:

Great speech delivered by a totally hot babe, plus she gutted Obama like a sheep.

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:54 am 18. Night Owl:

Just saw the speech. My gut tells me she will play well in Kansas. Maybe Thomas Frank should start writing a sequel to “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”. He can call it “What’s the Matter with the Democrats: How the Democratic Party Lost a Race They Should Have Won”.

(My gut is often right. But sometimes following your gut makes you talk out of your @$$. So who can say for sure?)

Sep 4, 2008 - 2:14 am 19. Son of Max:

Being Australian, I can’t vote for McCain/Palin. This is a great disappointment to me.

Sep 4, 2008 - 2:15 am 20. Navytech:

Authentic change. Sarah Palin changes EVERYTHING. Including the Republican party.

Fasten your seatbelts. Everything you thought you knew is about to change.

Sep 4, 2008 - 3:18 am 21. J. Conaway:

Richard, I was going to ask when the Nazi comparison would come into play, but I forgot, they already played that card….

Sep 4, 2008 - 3:38 am 22. god:

All the Rep speeches tonight showed that Reps are aggressive, aim to demean their opponents, love wars, are paranoid about foreigners, show no substance, no plans for the country, just catchy phrases. The American idiots will buy this crap, but the smart ones will see their intentions. Unfortunately, the idiots and the smart ones are about 50-50.

Sep 4, 2008 - 3:49 am 23. SAF:

Expect many more personal attacks against her. The American press spent the entire week trying to shake her up with all the lies and innuendos they published. In that light her delivery was exemplary.

Should be an interesting political contest.

Sep 4, 2008 - 3:55 am 24. sydney jane:

I…don’t know how most Americans will receive it. I missed the speech last night. When I read it on paper, I liked it. But, when I watched it this morning, or at least the snippets I saw on TV, I got a different reaction. It seemed a little, well, smarmy. And, maybe because I only saw the parts where she was being sarcastic, and I didn’t see the whole thing in context. I can see why people on the right like it…just not sure about how independents might feel.

On the other hand, there was definitely kind of a Reaganesque quality to her speech. And, I’m interested now to hear more from the unscripted Palin. I wonder when we’ll see her on the late night talk shows…and Meet the Press. And, I wouldn’t be surprised if her debate with Biden will get more viewers than the Biden-Obama debates.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:02 am 25. Terry Gain:

“a speech by a lying stupid creationist book burner” Nick

Words of a deserate liar.

When your candidate is a naive panderer, who does not understand the strategic impotance of supporting Iraqis in their struggle to defeat the same people (Islamists) who attacked us on 9/11 you make things up.

Victory is now in sight: in Iraq and Washington. In a perfect world the vast majority of Americans would prefer that Obama withdraw from the latter rather than have the country resile from its obligations as leader of the free world.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:04 am 26. Broadsword:

Nick, you misspelled book. It has two syllables, and is spelled “Capital B, a, r, a, k.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:24 am 27. RE:

Sarah just snatched Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes away from her. Forever.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:24 am 28. Zhombre:

a lying stupid creationist book burner …

I suppose that will characterize the tone of the poor aggrieved lefties as the hockey stick sweeps them off the ice and into the sidelines.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:30 am 29. George Clarke:

“a speech by a lying stupid creationist book burner”

Nick,

Try to follow this:

What Palin said about the supposed dispute between there being a creator of the universe and “the theory” of evolution supposedly showing there is no independent force behind the creation of the universe [a/k/a "The Big Bang"] is the following:

“Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both.”

Your side doesn’t want to teach creation, which 90% of all human beings, throughout a million years of human life, have always believed in, even through today.

Now I ask you.

Who is closer to the book burners? You or Palin?

Sometimes I don’t know why we bother arguing with you ignoramuses. You’ll never get it.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:33 am 30. Sin-U Nam:

I knew it! I knew she would and could do it! She did it better last night! Watch out, Kim Jong-il! You’ve been waiting for Obama to take over? Here comes Sarah! She and McCain will crush you like a roach, which you are! Thanks, Mc, for finding this beautiful co-fighter pilot against the evils here and abroad.

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:03 am 31. BC:

Palin in her speech said, “For a lifetime, John McCain has inspired with his deeds.”

Forgive me if I’m mistaken, but don’t those “deeds” include cheating on his wife, Carol, the first one, the mother of three of his kids, and the one who stayed loyal to him while he was a POW? The one who also very unfortunately got disfigured in a auto-accident 3 years prior to McCain returning home? His current wife Cindy was then a former rodeo beauty queen and very wealthy and McCain pursued her while still married to Carol because he didn’t like what the accident had done to Carol’s appearance.

For some reason, I’m not finding this deed particularly inspiring.

Nor did I find his birthday cake photo op with Bush on August 29, 2005 — the day of Katrina — very inspiring either (and the cake was left behind uneaten). And ditto with his abandonment under GOP party pressure of his old, trusted friend Joe Lieberman for VP in favor of a rushed, purely marketing driven choice of Palin.

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:15 am 32. AdrianS:

I say, what the heck, let’s at least recognize the idea that the world may be round — it will make for a creative discussion; not just the theory of a flat world. Who knows, maybe the world is round?

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:17 am 33. Dodgeblogium » Sarah Palin @ the RNC:

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Sep 4, 2008 - 5:22 am 34. Linda:

Hey, all you liberal folks?? Be afraid - be very afraid.

As Mike Wallace said last night after Ms. Palin’s speech, it reminded him of the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where Butch and Sundance would look back and say “who are those people?” Hee hee. The Obama camp is saying to themselves this morning, “Who is that woman??”

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:24 am 35. Andrew Ian Dodge:

One of the best conventions speeches I have ever seen on either side of the Atlantic. The left is going to hate it but so what? They aren’t going to vote McCain no matter who he picked.

Much was expected and much was delivered.

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:26 am 36. Ron:

Hey Nick you vacuous misogynist Obamabot - best of luck treating the neurosis post Nov 4 *wink.

I’m quite enjoying watching the Democratic party self destruct, it’s like watching communism crumble before my very eyes.

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:29 am 37. chicago:

Sarah showed everyone last night that the left has more to do than just bash her on blogs and the media. Sarah is a woman that can’t be intimidated and now that she’s presented her case to the people, I think she has a lot more backing than just the conservative base.

the success is a success and only the worried left are saying that it isn’t so.

it’s so funny that after the speech, Olberman was trying hard to downplay Sarah while making comments like “Reese Witherspoon’s character on the movie election.” then there’s that lesbo analysts on Chris Matthews saying “the inflection and pronunciation of her words like ‘nuclear’ shows she’s a novice.”

Tom Brokaw’s declaration of indignation was also laughable last night - “I was struck by the stab at the media!” like they are so freakin innocent! what morons!

ONLY THE IDIOT LEFT will say such things. everyone else that’s in a normal frame of mind agree that Sarah took her critics to task and smacked it out of the ballpark!

GO MCCAIN/PALIN!

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:34 am 38. George Clarke:

When I said to Nick that 90% of people throughout all of human existence on this planet have believed in the creation of the universe by an outside force (which has essentially been confirmed by science with proof of an irreversible, i.e., non-recurring big bang) I should have added that this 90% obviously included Charles Darwin himself, who prayed to God many times and who intially intended to become a man of the cloth. In fact at the end of his life Darwin said this:

“In the last year of his life, when the Duke of Argyll suggested to [Darwin] that certain purposes seen in nature ‘were the effect and the expression of mind,’ [i.e., the Creator's Mind] Charles looked at him very hard and said, “Well, that often comes over me with overwhelming force; but at other times,” and he shook his head vaguely, adding, “it seems to go away.”

Conflicted? Yes. But an Unbeliever who could scientifically prove there was no Creator? No. Kant of course proved such proof was beyond the access of Human Reason or observation.

See here for the source of the section quoted.

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/darwin.html

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:36 am 39. Chicago Ray:

Sarah is definitively the Obama Bin Biden slayer and is a godsend to the party and race. She’ll soon send Obama back here to Illinois so we can finish him off in the next election or possible sooner for the abandonment of his office while on this failed Magical Mystery Tour of his for 3 blessed years.

Buh Bye Buh Bama and Buh Biden..

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:40 am 40. Susan Katz Keating:

Love, love, love this woman. And I love McCain for introducing her on the national stage. WOO-HOO!

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:03 am 41. jay:

Ouch, they’re going to go after her now. It’ll just be more meat for the “Barracuda”.
That should be her campaign song. She hit a homerun with that and all you naysayers can just give it a break. Onama has been on the attack since he started and now the tables are turned and you libs want to cry foul. Hahahaha what a bunch of wusses. Come to think of it though you guys are known for not finishing fights you started.

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:18 am 42. John Dubya:

I’m an old guy, I’ve voted in every Presidential election since 1960. I’ve held my nose as I voted a few times, and even crossed party lines once as I voted for what I perceived as the lesser of two evils. I was wrong, he was evil too.

Not since Ronald Regan have I been this excited about a ticket. John McCain is a man’s man,,, and Sarah Palin is a man’s woman. Her speech last night was a thing of beauty. It was delivered with style, grace, humor, and determination. I can only think there isn’t much smiling going on this morning over at the Obama headquarters.

Sarah Palin did indeed, hit it out of the park.

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:20 am 43. jay:

I misspelled Obama (Onama) but I kinda like it.

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:29 am 44. Kevin:

To “god” : By “smart ones” you mean socialists, right? By “idiots”, you are referring to the majority of people in this great nation, correct? By the way, after last night, the ratio is probably going to be about 52-48 for the “idiots.”

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:30 am 45. The Wizard:

An amazing speech, an amazing woman! The left-wing nuts need to open their eyes and minds and stop spewing hate and venom based on nothing.

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:31 am 46. RW:

My expectations were high but Sarah shone brighter than I could have imagined.

Some devastating truths from a straight shooter. Tell me where the point she made about talking about people one way in front of them and about them behind their back isn’t going to resonate.

I think she lost the San Francisco vote and she won the Scrantons all across the land.

This is a great American!

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:48 am 47. Rotwang:

Why was she dressed like a yeoman from from the original “Star Trek”? And what was with the “ballistic attack” style cone-shaped hairdo?

McCain already has the truckdrivers, snake-handlers and hicks. Palin doesn’t expand his base beyond the core of GOP “clingers” — unless there’s some undecided subset of voters who have a fetish for the obnoxious gal with the beehive hair who works the “Renewals” window at the DMV.

Sep 4, 2008 - 6:55 am 48. jay:

Next election after McCain “Palin/Petraeus”

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:02 am 49. jay:

Rottonwang, way to go on the attack. After all the crap that’s been thrown at her she earned the right to attack back.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:05 am 50. Ed Wallis:

HEY RED CHEEKS (you DO know that’s your name in English translated from German, don’t you, “Rotwang”?!),

As far as the Leftist HAIRSTYLE WAR go: Joe has to first check if his HAIRPLUGS “count!”

Superficial name-calling is the last-ditch attempt of a political party and its “followers” exposing the last vestiges of any dignity and merit they once had.

There is nothing wrong with sarcasm when the criticism is merited.

Go head back to that stage-prop lot with the styrofoam columns RED CHEEKS.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:10 am 51. Mark:

This is also the beginning of the end of the MSM (Main Stream Media) The MSM has been accused for years of showing partiality towards liberal agendas. This year even the MSM cannot hide this fact as “their reporters” are boiling in support for liberalism while on the airwaves. (ie MSNBC) It’s time for MSA (Main Stream America) to stand behind and endorse a new set of media outlets that aren’t liberal mouthpieces. The decline of national newspapers is no accident, and it’s not all attributed to electronic media. Way to go Gov. Palin!! You’ve proven that you are not going to be intimidated.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:11 am 52. jay:

By the way “Rottonwang” those so called “truckdrivers, snake-handlers and hicks” are the ones that work hard every freakin day growing our food and moving the things around where it’s needed you A##hole ingrate! You can attack me for what I said, I don’t care.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:12 am 53. Gary Ogletree:

Obama has been putting Sarah Palin down as a small town mayor. Napoleon like to call Wellington “that Sepoy General” (referring to Wellington’s campaign in India}. But Wellington won the battle of Assaye while outnumbered 20 to 1. In Europe he beat every French Field Marshall sent against him. Obama, ever hear of Waterloo?

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:12 am 54. Self-hating boomer:

Why was she dressed like a yeoman from from the original “Star Trek”?

Why do misogynistic left-wingers insist on asking irrelevant questions that would never be asked of men?

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:16 am 55. chicago:

“Why was she dressed like a yeoman from from the original “Star Trek”? And what was with the “ballistic attack” style cone-shaped hairdo?”

true to the liberal mold, they now attack, again, with the elitist mantra that Sarah Palin is not one of them.

It always amuses me how the left attack Sarah with type of argument. how she’s dressed, how she wear her hair. I wonder why the elitists thinks that would make the regular voters would agree with that argument at all.

one of the things that Sarah was able to do last night was to shine a light on the fact that her criticas were nothing more than elitists that can’t represent the hard working Americans that will decide this election. the “Scrantonites” that the elitist left have labeled “bitter people that clings to their guns and religion” can relate more to Sarah Palin than the ivy league candidate that loves to “nuance” every issue that are on the minds of all “Scrantonites” during this election campaign.

having seen the reaction of the elitist media pundits and leftist attack dogs, it clearly shows the panic, the struggle to keep their heads above water and keep their ivy league leftist candidate’s sinking campaign in the minds of the Scrantonites they so try to get into their fold.

quite amusing to see and shows how the tide has turned against the elitist in this country.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:17 am 56. always right:

It is a great thing we have a REAL feminist model for the next two generations of young women to follow.

The so-called ‘modern woman’ had been hijakced for 40 years. Now we have the real thing, genuine and warm-hearted, not afraid to fight for what’s right whild doing it with class and grace.

Thank you, Sen. McCain and your team, for bring forth the new face of conservatism. Instead of having to ‘rely’ on old media to define conservatism (in their twisted minds) for us.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:24 am 57. WJO:

god: Love your winning attitude. A real Dale Carnegie aren’t you and oh so convincing.

I feel pwned by your brilliance.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:27 am 58. Moultrie:

The Left will contnue to be victims of the misunderestimated right minded majority. Woe be upon the Left after last night’s showing.
The Nobama train has left the station and will be stopping in the WH in January!

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:31 am 59. always right:

BTW, you obama trolls,

Keep it coming. Nothing like your kind of attacks unite the Republican party and base more.

More, please. (If you dare)

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:31 am 60. T.M. Whitworth:

The media tried to make her cry. Surprise, she is tough as nails and twice as sharp. Now the media is wondering what hit them! The lefty media flying monkeys are now the cry babies.

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:33 am 61. Ed Wallis:

On the topic of feminist/Leftist hypocrisy, I found this also of interest:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09042008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/a_feminist_dream_at_the_gop_127413.htm?page=0

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:45 am 62. nick:

oh thanks for replying

LYING - she was for the bridge

and earmarks - so much for fiscal responsibility

she wanted creationism taught in schools

that is both stupid and rt wing mantra

she was a book burner

“She asked the library how she could go about banning books,” he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. “The librarian was aghast.” The librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn’t be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire her for not giving “full support” to the mayor.

You’re a liar. (From the AP)

And a bad one at that! Good luck explaining that one!

Jerk!

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:04 am 63. nick:

>>a lying stupid creationist book burner,

grammar much?

as if i want to spend a lot ot time typing and fixing grammar to a bunch of rt wing religious nuts

and I know how racist Alaskans are, so i dont doubt they like her

oh BTW I could have typed - I don’t - but wanted to show you morons that grammar is inconsequential

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:12 am 64. Alicia O'Finn:

Yes, I hope the Huff and Puffington trolls along with the KOStics keep doing their worst. They make themselves look both rabid and incompetent, and they make SarahCuda look like Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry.

If Obama is elected, I not worried about 900 FBI files going missing. I am worried about 9 million or more FBI files being misplaced. To Obama the Presidency is his just rewards for being Obama. He intends to remake the country–constitution or no constitution.

Obama’s disciples threaten bloody revolution if he fails to be coronated. But under the messiah, much worse things await.

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:19 am 65. chicago:

“LYING - she was for the bridge

and earmarks - so much for fiscal responsibility

she wanted creationism taught in schools

that is both stupid and rt wing mantra

she was a book burner”

LOL! all of these have been debunked. try again. I’m not even going to explain it, it’s time you leftist do some work anyway.

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:27 am 66. jay:

“and I know how racist Alaskans are, so i dont doubt they like her”

What a racist piece of work you are. The left is not innocent in book banning. There is another side to your bridge remark but your mind is to shut to see it. Since I disagree with you are you going to call me a jerk too.

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:34 am 67. Alicia O'Finn:

The pseudo-intellectuals who run the media and academia are lethal mutants of a decadent age. They are just about to be confronted by a reality that nothing prepared them for.

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:35 am 68. Terry Gain:

“…wanted to show you morons that grammar is inconsequential”

So your full name is nick grammar?

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:39 am 69. Jonathan:

Two faced republicans putting party first as usual. Putting an under-educated dog hunter (she kills wild dogs for fun) and mayor of Outpost Alaska who cut a bunch of rebate checks from state oil and gas so she could get her “80%” approval rating is not putting country first, it’s McCain’s Hail Mary. It’s amazing that Republicans scrach their heads at the negitive light surrounding Palin, are they that misguided as to why? That lack of perceptiopn alone should make anyone realize how out of touch and high on themselves they really are. America can take no more of the self rightousness of the right. If they could look at themselves in the mirror they’ed see how cracked they are. I like Obama’s background and real focus on what needs to change and be fixed. That’s why Obama is going to win, cause “with McCain it’s more of the same”.

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:06 am 70. Mabel:

She did great and I honestly believed she was the best choice for McCain…the one with the most chances of paying off.

However, I’m not sure it will be enough and attacking the media so openly might not have been wise. Committed conservatives and liberals have made up their minds. This election will be decided by the independents and the uninformed…they hear all this noise about her scandals and sinks in…like Coulter says, it takes a lot of effort in the average voter to discern the truth from the propaganda…maybe the media will be shamed into shape like with Hillary but I doubt it.

They will continue to paint her as a “weirdo” (book burning, creationist, NRA member, right winger, etc, etc.). I do not agree with Palin’s every belief but neither with my closest friends and family…that’s the point of tolerance. I think the american public has been so brainwashed with the liberal cultural values that they might reject McCain’s ticket as too extreme…I hope I am wrong.

P.S. Let’s ignore the nuts in here unless they advance an intelligent argument. It’s attention what they want after all.

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:17 am 71. Elaine:

It just thrills me to see the MSM falling all over themselves over this woman from nowhere! They tried to take her out with all their gut-cutting smears. I have never witnessed such base attacks in my 65 years of political observation. She is “Mrs Smith goes to Washington”. Go Sarah Palin! I have never felt so excited about an election. The “change” that BO talks about is Sarah Palin. Getting rid of the elitist who want to “rule” us is the change we want!

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:21 am 72. Javelin:

“On Obama: “What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet? ”
That’s right, be a good con-bot and make allusions to the messiah before trashing him. She definitely thinks in the box, she knows what the mental midgets want to hear

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:24 am 73. Ed Wallis:

“Jonathan”,

I’d feel better about Zerobama if he were openly vetted for, among other things:

* his collection of PRESENT votes to avoid disclosing his true position on issues,

* his long associations with domestic terrorist Ayers, crook Rezko and the racist Trinity United Church of Christ,

* Annenberg-gate: his “disbursement” of $110,000,000 to ‘activist’ groups.

I doubt Dems would call their pick (Zerobama) a “Hail Mary”, but it DOES reek of the last vestiges of a dying, rotting Party.

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:28 am 74. Herb:

You’re being very gracious when you write: “She did it with humor, and grace, and steel.”

Humor and steel, I’ll grant. But grace? Not sure you can call all that mocking, deserved or not, “graceful.”

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:30 am 75. Slublog:

Jonathan’s comment. Let’s see…

Mockery? Check
Dismissive comments? Check
Overused football analogy? Check
Bush = McCain comparison? Check
Change? Check

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:33 am 76. rvastar:

Rule 5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.

Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it.

“Rules for Radicals” by Saul Alinsky

Don’t be too hard on Nick and Rotwang, guys…they’re just following the playbook like any good lil’ Lefty would.

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:36 am 77. Todd:

Son of Max: “Being Australian, I can’t vote for McCain/Palin. This is a great disappointment to me.” Sep 4, 2008 - 2:15 am

Don’t worry, mate. We’ll do it for you.

Ed Wallis “on the topic of feminist/Leftist hypocrisy…” that’s an excellent article, thanks for the link.

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:36 am 78. CR:

I missed her speech last night but I just watched it online. She’s really good - the left should be scared of her, and they are. Mr. Hussein Obama is absolutely toast this November. I was already for McCain but now I’m positively fired up!

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:44 am 79. jay:

Jonathan, Give it up. These leftist posts are now just plain boring. I got half way through yours and gave up. Although watching you folks squirm is kinda funny it’s starting to bore me.

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:46 am 80. WOOT:

I got an e-mail from a socialist buddy of mine this morning who was VERY impressed with Palin’s speech last night. If he was, believe me, the Hillary crowd will be going to the polls by the millions to vote for Palin…..after all, the democratic party, the media and the narcissist Edwards made Obama the nominee instead of her. TIME TO PAY THEM BACK!

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:55 am 81. chicago:

“Jonathan:
Two faced republicans putting party first as usual. Putting an under-educated dog hunter (she kills wild dogs for fun) and mayor of Outpost Alaska”

LMAO! keep piling it on. the more leftist attacks we see the more of their elitist nature comes out. yes, we know that Sarah is not an ivy league product and the messiah is. we all know that and the “Scrantonites” that ‘ol Barry backstabbed in San Francisco know that as well!

Sep 4, 2008 - 10:22 am 82. Ditto:

BC said: …don’t those “deeds” include cheating on his wife… who stayed loyal to him while he was a POW…because he didn’t like what the accident had done to Carol’s appearance. For some reason, I’m not finding this deed particularly inspiring. Nor did I find his birthday cake photo op with Bush on… the day of Katrina — very inspiring either. And ditto with his abandonment under GOP party pressure of his old, trusted friend Joe Lieberman for VP

BC you’re right, of course, that his first marriage was McCain’s biggest failure of his private life and he’s been man enough to stand up and say it out loud. By the way, his first wife and he are very dear friends to this day and she (unlike some) knows the full situation and has bears no ill will against him. So yeah, he’s human. Perhaps one of the best things about John McCain as a viable candidate is the fact that all of his past misdeeds are known and have been examined thoroughly already. The press is bored with them. That’s because it’s old news BC - get over it.

Whether Bible stories are true or instructional parables, King David was a man after God’s own heart… not because of his marital problems but because of his character in public service. Look at Sen. McCain’s public service for the good of the country and Gov. Palin’s “servant’s heart” and then look at Sen. Obama. He’s a rock star with an ego the size of China and has no business bringing that kind of “change” to the White House.

And why is it that President Bush and Sen. McCain having a picture taken rankles so badly? New Orleans’ own local government did nothing to protect citizens against Katrina, but all the left seems to be able to do is throw the spotlight on Washington. The local government allowed hundreds of school buses to sit unused and did nothing to marshal its own forces to get people out. All the while high school football teams played their usual Friday night games before Katrina struck. I suppose G.W. called and told them that’s what they should do? Methinks thou doth protest o’ermuch.

Abandonment of his old friend Joe, huh? How perfectly “liberal” of you to think the V.P. seat should go to an old friend out of loyalty rather than to the person the country will benefit from having in that position the most. Under GOP party pressure? You haven’t been keeping up with the news, have you, BC. LOL McCain proved that actions speak louder than words when he chose Gov. Palin. He “interviewed” her by examining her record of her work and the way she carried her responsibilities and her ability to stand up to corruption and pork-barrel spending and “good ol boy” beltway politics.

Interesting word, abandonment… isn’t like that other guy running from POTUS who says one thing out of one side of his mouth, and another thing from the other? The guy who turned his back on Sen. Clinton and all her supporters? The guy who “was never a Muslim”? Or is that different somehow…

Sep 4, 2008 - 10:25 am 83. Keith Jones:

It was classic. I listened to snips of the speech on the radio this morning on the way in to work and it was just as good as it was last night. She’s genuine. She’s tough. She’s smart. She’s conservative. And best of all she is a good communicator and really connects with the audience.

I loved it!!!

Sep 4, 2008 - 10:59 am 84. Croisan:

Where do I vote! McCain, adding Sarah was nothing short of brilliant.

To her “First Dude” and family, they cannot attack Sarah directly so they are going to try to trick you to get you to trip up and bring her down. Beware, the witches and goblins will soon be upon you and your friends.

Game on!

Sep 4, 2008 - 1:33 pm 85. Kerry:

PLANES ON E-BAY!

Can a Vice President sell the House Speaker’s plane on E-bay? If so, that would be a good start to balance the budget.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:14 pm 86. Kerry:

Airplanes on Ebay!

Can a VP sell the House Speaker’s plane on E-Bay? That would be a great start to balance the national budget.

Sep 4, 2008 - 4:15 pm 87. BC:

To Ditto: No, sorry, Lieberman was McCain’s choice, with Tom Ridge as the main alternative consideration. And when it was looking like this was going to be the case, McCain got all sorts of crap from right blog sites, commentators, evangelical leaders, and the likes of Karl Rove and Robert Novak. Palin as a VP had only been a fringe option pushed by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and a vocal group of right bloggers, and given how very, very little contact McCain had with Palin beforehand and how cursory and rushed the vetting process was, obviously it was a last minute, and probably very reluctant choice.

To Palin’s credit, she delivered a good sounding speech last night (although, if you review it on YouTube, it comes off as a bit dopey and rather tacky in its Republican business as usual smears of Obama), but she’s an empty suit (or dress) with nothing in her history whatsoever to indicate that she, along with McCain, would have anything good and constructive to bring to a US government in much rougher shape than anyone realizes thanks to nearly 8 years of Bush.

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:50 pm 88. Dave:

How long until the ‘calendar girls’ scenario, where some intrepid media wolf lies to an innocent and well meaning friend or family member to get a reaction from them, and takes the photo or tape or video triumphantly back to the network so they can RUIN PEOPLE”S LIVES?

I hope those people are surrounded by a couple of battalions of infantry and an electric fence… with Dobermanns inside it.

Because the media will stop at NOTHING to ruin that woman.

Sep 4, 2008 - 5:59 pm 89. vinman:

Palin nailed it! Obama, the forward thinking agent of “CHANGE” reached waaayyy back and picked…….Joe Biden? Biden? That’s change? WTF?

Sep 4, 2008 - 7:20 pm 90. nick:

impressed by speech by a

creationist,
liar, and
book burner

amazing

Sep 4, 2008 - 8:48 pm 91. RuleTopia:

Palin is real in a way that Mr. Teleprompter can never be. She’s a living embodiment of the historic greatness of America and the promise of our future. Thank God for her.

Sep 4, 2008 - 9:35 pm 92. lee:

Everyone’s been glowing over Palin’s good looks, but has anyone looked at Cindy Mccain? She’s pretty hot.

Sep 4, 2008 - 10:06 pm 93. god:

Kevin: the “smart” ones are not necessarily socialists, but people who understand the basic needs of other people. I know I’m no Dale Carnegie, but you have to be sarcastic to get people’s attention. I call idiots people who think that having wars is a solution. WWII was a real war. Iraq is in invasion. The idiot leaders were too lazy to get proper intelligence, and cooperation from allies. Now they’re wasting $10 billion a month that could be funding our real needs. Who’s getting this money?? Add all the other problems and one of these days we’re going to get our asses beaten by countries like China . . .

Sep 5, 2008 - 3:28 am 94. god:

Dave: you’re right. That’s going to happen real quick. But the problem in not just the media. It’s the mindset of the lurid public who base their opinions on looks, sex life, and people defects rather than their brains and ability to do things right. This country is not different from a Banana Republic. And the media knows that . . .

Sep 5, 2008 - 3:38 am 95. Sargeant Rock:

Sarah Palin is evidence God loves America, and wants us to be happy.

Sep 5, 2008 - 8:41 am 96. Mark:

This speech was epic in that a woman has been groomed and getting ready to be a leader in a reformation. Our incredible nation is eroding from within and Sarah Palin is ready for “such a time as this!” Now’s the time ! Awesome!!!

Sep 5, 2008 - 10:50 am 97. constitution first:

Nick. Do you just troll around and post the same thing over and over? All I see from you are one line insults with no substance. If you want to attack someone it’s your right. However the burden of proof lies with you to prove your statments. That’s the beauty of the 1st amendment while you have freedom of speech You can’t spread lies… But you also have the responsibility to know that others are going to think the issues can be handled in better ways… They are killing you right now because they convey their message clearly… Try improving your message rather than just using trite one liners

Sep 5, 2008 - 11:07 am 98. Turfmann:

Sargeant Rock:
Mozart, Pavarotti, Michelangelo, ‘04 Red Sox, Sarah.

Sep 4, 2008 - 12:25 am

Fixed it for ya!

Sep 5, 2008 - 1:26 pm 99. [axpat:

Lank,
You mean gutted like a moose!

Sep 5, 2008 - 3:00 pm 100. nick:

There was no grace with lies being perpetuated, Im just surprised she didnt say come to Alaska boy, we will show you fish, a cross, and a rope.

Sep 5, 2008 - 6:40 pm 101. Ed Wallis:

Dave and NOT”got”, it’s certainly more than about “looks”, etc…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8

Sep 6, 2008 - 3:08 am

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