Comments on: Bounce

By: Corp Cactus

Corp Cactus — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:29:05 +0000

Before Westminster, Margaret Thatcher was a small shopkeeper. The MSM’s attack against Palin is pure Antichristian. She breaks their mold of how everyone is to be brainwashed into becoming Ommm chanting New Age Oprah abortionists.

By: buddy larsen

buddy larsen — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:50:25 +0000

Derek –that’s a helluva story –thanks –my dad was a POW for a year and a half –Luftwaffe ran the camp (Stalag Luft I) –he said he felt sorry for the thinking ones –they were in a rotten position, caught between nation and madman –and they knew it.

By: Thomas Jackson

Thomas Jackson — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:50:50 +0000

I.m not sure the Dalibama isn’t a high risk player. After all how many presidential candidates are best buddies with communists, terrorists, and convicted felons. Yes IU realize that LBJ, Carter and Clinton were all in the same league and JFK had many connections with the mafia but none of them sanctioned terrorists nor communists knowingly.

Tricky Dick looks like a choirboy compared to the annointed one. But then even Carter looks intelligent compared to him. Has any other presidential candidate been to 57 states?

By: buddy larsen

buddy larsen — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:23:50 +0000

”We could use a real American President who is not part of our political class”

Amen. A thousand times Amen.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:55:03 +0000

I know several people who lived for at ;east pme uear om Alaska and left because they could not handle the long dark winters. A lot of Alaskans handle the winter by drinking a lot. I have not heard her called a boozer. Perhaps the moonbats do not know this and thus have not accused her of having her last child disabled by booze.
Fishing in the ice cold northern waters is dangerous work. The peoplel who live and work in that industry are tough characters.
Life where O grew up both in Honolulu and Jakara is a sweaty lazy world.
Biden is a middle not lower income man who is a big mouth lawyer and Senator.
We could use a real American President who is not part of our political class.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:49:58 +0000

A couple of years ago I met an elderly german gentleman, tall and proud even if a bit stooped. He said he had been a mechanic on the german jets. One evening in the mess, after drinking a bit too much, he stood up and did an unflattering imitation of Hitler. Next day he was on a train to the eastern front. I think he was stationed in France.

He said the only thing that saved his life was that the jets started crashing. He knew how to keep them flying, so three weeks later he was on a train back to his base.

He told the story with pride and a light in his eyes.

Derek

By: Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » McCain’s tactics, and the Left’s confusion

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:03:38 +0000

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By: USpace

USpace — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:54:38 +0000

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This is going to be fun. History will be made, one way or another, and it looks more likely now that it will be the right history.

Even more Hillary supporters will go for McCain now. Obama is no longer a near certainty. Heaven forbid something happens to McCain, but I believe Palin would rise to the occasion. She has the right attitude. Everyone knows Obama is NOT ready for POTUS, Palin is only for the VP. Look at Dan Quayle.

YEY SARAH PALIN! YEY John McCain! Great pick! The 1st woman for the GOP VP? SCORE!

She’s conservative! SCORE! She’s a Governor! SCORE! She’s pro-drilling! She’s a hunter! SCORE! She’s a hockey Mom and played basketball in school! SCORE! She’s pro-life! And she respects women! SCORE! She fights corruption! SCORE! She’s high-energy! SCORE! She’s tough! SCORE! She’s got 5 kids! SCORE! Her son is going to Iraq in the Armed Forces! SCORE! She’s married to a Blue-collar professional! SCORE! She’s smart! SCORE! She’s young! SCORE!

And she’s a Hotty to boot! SCORE! The Left is going to go nuts! SCORE!
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absurd thought -
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never elect a woman

who’s a conservative
she’s just a gender traitor

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absurd thought -
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just HOPE to pay more taxes

DREAM about high fuel prices
CHANGE PROGRESS to move backwards

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By: buddy larsen

buddy larsen — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:19:44 +0000

@John Samford –also there was the DB’s fuel injection, which gave it a few maneuvers Merlin’s carb couldn’t match. Both fighters went thru so many improvements one has to match the time. Spits late in the war (i’m thinking X and XII –right?) were beasts compared to Battle of Britain Spits –where 109 pretty much stopped with the G model (don’t want to say Gustav), which followed Battle of Britain’s E model pretty quickly.

Battle of Britain was almost a ”last man standing” contest –one wonders, what with 109’s fuel capacity limiting it to very few minutes of combat time over England, why Jerry didn’t think of auxiliary tanks? He did later, after all. What a screw up –thank goodness!

By: RAH

RAH — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:47:51 +0000

Back to Wretchard’s original post, “Bounced”, the point is that he seems to admire the basic fighting instincts of McCain. Reminds me of Michael Barones’s article during the primaries of the “Jacksonians” who are the Scots Irish immigrants who have the warrior spirit and rugged individualism that voted in such numbers in the Democratic primaries for Clinton in PA, KY, WVA, Tenn., and Ohio. McCain is one of those Jacksonians.

So basically it is temperament and character and instincts that we are making our decision on. Now McCain has a long public record and we can somewhat predict what he will do in certain situations. Not always, since he is a maverick. Palin seems to have the right values, strength of personality, the crusading spirit and the rugged individualism of the Jacksonians. So based on those characteristics Palin may make a good President. The issue is she has so little seasoning in Washington.

Now many have constantly said the problem with our government is that Washington corrupts them. The primaries were full of “I can change Washington” and the candidates of Obama, Romney, Huckabee and McCain made the same case. But McCain was part of Washington and never could reform it from the Senate.

So it a bit inconsistent to complain that Sarah Palin is not yet corrupted by Washington, so therefore she cannot serve. The main reason that most candidates for President are Governors in the last 30 years is that the electorate believes that executive experience is better than legislative experience. This strange election it was the rarity that the candidates came from the Senate. Out of all 4 nominees, 3 are Senators and the “inexperience” one is the Governor. Based on that the most experienced candidate is Sarah Palin since she is a Governor and has executive experience.

Experience alone is insufficient to be a good leader and President. Most of the qualities are internal to the person, judgment, honesty, integrity and ability to make decisions, rather than dither. None of those come from a particular experience but from internal traits and life’s experiences.

The biggest complaint is that not that Sarah Palin is inexperience is that we have not yet had a chance to evaluate her. So far what we have heard she has all the right characteristics and we are very excited.

She seems to be an exceptional leader and has accomplished more in her limited years to change the government of Alaska than many accomplish in decades.

Most VP candidates are a mystery to the electorate. I guarantee to those who do not pay attention to politics all year around, Biden is an unknown. It seems that it is the MSM who interview and have these candidates on talk shows that we trust in the vetting process. I personally do not want to depend on the MSM to vet my candidates and determine who is OK and who is not.