Governor Sarah Palin is named as McCain's running mate; Democrats spew disgusting sexist remarks in response.
I have not been following the "veepstakes" as closely as some. I think the VP pick matters more for McCain than it does for Obama because of McCain's age, but really wasn't paying attention to the candidates that much. Gov. Sarah Palin was a surprise to me because I knew only vaguely of her. Being involved in my own political activities, I haven't paid as close attention as I should have.…
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76 - El Bicho
"Now Rudy is nailing Obama on flip-flopping."
Who better than a guy who flip-flopped on his oaths to his wives?
77 - RJ Elliott
Well, so far, this speech is a GRAND SLAM. And I mean that objectively.
78 - RJ Elliott
"I put it on eBay" = Win
79 - Matthew T. Sussman
Nah, I can vouch for RJ being a heartless bastard.
80 - RJ Elliott
"We're gonna lay more pipelines" = double entendre :-/
81 - Clavos
"And those styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot..."
Bwahahahahah!
82 - RJ Elliott
One leg of the McCain-Palin strategy seems to be to run against the current Congress. Smart move. I just saw a poll the other day that showed the approval rating of Congress is literally in the single digits.
83 - RJ Elliott
"There is only one man in this election who has ever *really* fought for you" = great line
84 - RJ Elliott
Alright, it's over. I say she scored about a 98 out of 100.
Next (and perhaps final) test - The debate with Joe Biden.
85 - handyguy
Good speech. But her voice is just...awful. Nails-on-a-chalkboard pitch. Also plenty of cheap shots delivered with a smile. Some folks are obviously enjoying that aspect very much.
86 - RJ Elliott
Mort Kondracke, a critic of Palin, just called this speech "brilliant."
87 - Silas Kain
Cold party. Hot VEEP. She hit this one out of the ballpark. She is, indeed, a pit bull with lipstick.
88 - El Bicho
She's seems qualified. Read a good speech, although I know some don't like their politicians to read from teleprompters, and she misled about her position on the bridge to nowhere.
89 - Clavos
The Killa from Wasilla did a great job tonight.
90 - RJ Elliott
Anyone wanna guess what the national tracking polls will be showing come this weekend?
I'm guessing a slight McCain-Palin lead, about two points. A tie, at least.
91 - RJ Elliott
From The New Republic:
Heh.
92 - RJ Elliott
Larry King has three women on his panel right now, discussing Sarah Palin. All three are Democrats and Obama supporters.
Fair and balanced? LULZ
93 - El Bicho
Every night after the Dem convention last week, Larry had on all Republicans to get their reaction.
Try to keep up.
94 - RJ Elliott
Sorry, El Bitcho. I usually don't watch Larry King. I still have a pulse.
95 - El Bicho
Sorry, BJ, that the facts got in the way of your world view. I should know better that informed comments aren't your forte.
96 - Silas Kain
I do have a serious question here especially to McCain detractors. Does John McCain's military record and sacrifice for this country mean anything to you? Which leads to an even more important question: Do people who serve in our military deserve advanced recognition and respect for their service?"
I ask this because it leads me to an even bigger question. I listened to Mike Huckabee's speech tonight and was touched when he talked about that teacher in Arkansas and the students' desks. All I could think of was this is the kind of teacher we need in every school in every neighborhood across this land. I can't help but repeat my concern that a major part of our political problem is the complete failure of our education system. Coming from a Jesuit & parochial education environment, I was spoiled. Unfortunately, most kids of meager parentage didn't get the blessings that I did. One thing that lacks in the adult world is ethics and a sense of accountability. And if we are not accountable how can we expect the same from our children? I'm a life long proponent of ethics and accountability as a foundation of the education curriculum. To me these are as core as reading, writing and arithmetic. Perhaps it is only after a generation is educated in this paradigm that we can evolve as a society and finally, I repeat finally, get our acts together and work across all aisles.
97 - Jet
Silas, any military strategy he learned is now 40+ years old and useless to us now. Everyone respects what he did, but he's beginning to sound like Bush did with his "National Guard" service-and look how that served us.
98 - Silas Kain
Ah, Jet. You forget that lessons are learned from the study of history. Military strategy doesn't really change rather it is weaponry and technology. Comparing John McCain's bona fide service to this country to George W. Bush and his paltry National Guard stint is displaying a total lack of regard for McCain. But that's just my opinion.
99 - Silas Kain
Ah, Jet. You forget that lessons are learned from the study of history. Military strategy doesn't really change rather it is weaponry and technology. Comparing John McCain's bona fide service to this country to George W. Bush and his paltry National Guard stint is displaying a total lack of regard for McCain. But that's just my opinion.
100 - Clavos
The greatest book on military strategy ever written, The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, is taught at West Point and Annapolis.
It is also taught in a number of business schools, because many of the principles discussed in it are applicable to business.
The Art of War was written 2,600 years ago, in the 6th century BC.
101 - RJ Elliott
Great point, Clavos.
102 - Silas Kain
And neither Muslim or Christian authored the book!
103 - Tom
The democrats are a party of hate.The blacks,jews and hispanics hate each other and would not even want to leave by each other.The thing they have in common is that they hate the white anglo saxons.
104 - Les Slater
From the Militant right after the pick of Palin by McCain.
“'Liberals’ anti-worker bias
“The selection of Palin drew howls of scorn from liberals who found it unbelievable that a mother of five would dare run for vice president. Article after article in the liberal capitalist press talks about her pregnant 17-year-old unmarried daughter and her daughter’s ‘high-school dropout’ boyfriend. The New York Times claims that the ‘revelation’ that Palin’s husband was arrested on drunk-driving charges 22 years ago ‘complicated the rollout’ of her campaign.
“In the midst of all this Biden joked that his ‘obvious difference’ with Palin is that ‘she’s good looking.’
“The reaction by the liberals exposes the anti-working-class arrogance and bias of the ‘progressive’ Democratic Party. It is no better than the rightist positions Palin has promoted.”
105 - Dave Nalle
Interesting quotes, Les. I ran into something similar earlier today on another site. Apparently there's an element of the reactionary left that kind of likes Palin. Go figure.
Dave
106 - Les Slater
Dave,
I hope you have enough capability to read and digest what was quoted from the Militant. It in no way expresses any likes for the likes of Palin. It just says that those liberals with 'progressive' pretensions are no better than the rightists, such as Palin.
Les