It dawns on me that, while I am a political junkie, most people are not. Unfortunately, 'most people' are the constituents of an election.
There is a point here.
After Fridays debate, I was a little sad. I kind of wanted Barack Obama to wipe the stage with John McCain.
I felt he didn't.
I appreciate that he didn't.
But there comes a time that we've got to say to the party that gave us ... Rove-Cheney-Bush-Gonzalez-Rumsfeld-Torture-Greed-PatriotAct-UnwarrentedSpyingOnAmericanCitizensBeforeNineEleven-Iraq-FinancialMeltdown-NoBidContractsToCheneysOwnCompany-LettingBinLadenRoamFree-SacrificingAmericanSoldiersForIraqOil-LyingToCongress-ObstructingJustice-VoteCaging-MonicaGoodling-NotEnoughArmour-MomAndDadAndCousinsAndSistersAndFamilyFriendsBuyingArmourForTheirLovedOnesInBattle-HarrietMeyers-KATRINA!!!-ShoddyConstructionThatElectrocutedAmericSoldiers-AndSoMuchMoreThatIDon'tHaveTimeToMention ... should be wiped from the stage.
This constituency may deserve, at the very least, the joy of seeing the Republican Party wiped from the stage.
Unfortunately, the lions share of the American Electorate are not political junkies, and it actually served Obama well on the last debate.
I actually heard a Republican pundit say "McCain did well ... he didn't lose his cool".
Imagine that ... the fact that this man didn't put his fist through the wall, or punch a congressional page, means he did well. Give me a break.
McCain has not the temperment to be President. And in fact, McCain is too old for a career change into the toughest job in the world.
Back to topic ...
It ends up most Americans do not watch the whole debate from minute one until closing credits. They see Obama as cool and collected, and they see McCain grinning like a Rottweiler ready to jump at your face.
McCain (Oh I hate to say it again, I say it so many times on my blog) ... McCain is an idiot, and he even brought up Palin ... as if ... 'you like what you see now? Wait until Sarah growls at Biden ... yeah that's the ticket ... you want us on that wall!!! ... Obama? I'll eat him with my raw eggs'
Well that's what the American electorate saw. That is why McCain didn't fare well in the subsequent polls.
That's my blog for tonight. I am proud to support Barack Obama.
The world needs a change, and if America does not offer the change, then America does not deserve to lead the world.
George Bush hurt us a whole lot, but we are Americans. If we can get past the McSame Paling malarkey ticket, I believe the whole world will look a lot better come November.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Judgement
Let me sum up John McCains judgement in three words; Iraq, Economy, and Palin
1. Iraq
In 2003 ... McCain told the American people that the Iraq War would would be quick and easy, that we would be greeted as liberators, that the animus existing between Sunni and Shia was overblown by the unpatriotic, and that the oil revenues would pay for the war.
In 2008 ... McCain can't eat enough tums to alleviate the indigestion that is Iraq ... the failed policy that is Iraq. He clings to the success of the tactic of the surge, yet he fails to mention how many dollars are spent as hush money to keep the citizenry from killing each other, he fails to mention the success of the ethnic cleansing that has occurred in the region, and he fails to mention the millions of displaced due to this ethnic cleansing. He never reminds the American people of the cost in treasury and global stature that has impeded the United States since this fatefull decision in the spring of 2003.
He fails to acknowledge how we took the eye off the ball and allowed the Taliban and Al Quada to recharge while we were busy chasing Cheneys corporate pet project for Halliburton under the very administration that McCain marched lockstep with for the past eight years.
2. Economy
John McCain has forever promoted the concept of an unregulated free market economy.
At the Republican Primary Mitt Romney stated that John McCain would take a weed whacker to the government regulations. Clearly this unregulated free market economy is not the safest mode of transport for this nations future.
Now, McCain is trying to paint himself as a proponent of tighter regulations.
John, you can't lie when your statements are on video tape.
3. Palin
Palin may not make it to November. She may bow out of the race and cite family concerns as the reason.
I have spoken much of my distaste for the malarkey that is Palin. To substantiate my point further I guide you to an article printed in the National Review. In case you are not familiar with the National Review; it is the choice publication for the Republican Party. It is to the Republican Party what The Nation magazine is to the Democratic Party.
Even the National Review is calling for Palin to remove herself from the race.
To quote Kathleen Parker in her article "Palin Problem She's Out Of Her League' National Review September 26 2008 ... 'Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.'
"Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves," Parker writes. "She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first."
After this debate tonight, it was conspicuous that Palin did not talk to the press while Joe Biden did.
When Palin removes herself from the race, that action will be quite substantial in reminding the American people what an irrational knee-jerk idiot John McCain really is.
1. Iraq
In 2003 ... McCain told the American people that the Iraq War would would be quick and easy, that we would be greeted as liberators, that the animus existing between Sunni and Shia was overblown by the unpatriotic, and that the oil revenues would pay for the war.
In 2008 ... McCain can't eat enough tums to alleviate the indigestion that is Iraq ... the failed policy that is Iraq. He clings to the success of the tactic of the surge, yet he fails to mention how many dollars are spent as hush money to keep the citizenry from killing each other, he fails to mention the success of the ethnic cleansing that has occurred in the region, and he fails to mention the millions of displaced due to this ethnic cleansing. He never reminds the American people of the cost in treasury and global stature that has impeded the United States since this fatefull decision in the spring of 2003.
He fails to acknowledge how we took the eye off the ball and allowed the Taliban and Al Quada to recharge while we were busy chasing Cheneys corporate pet project for Halliburton under the very administration that McCain marched lockstep with for the past eight years.
2. Economy
John McCain has forever promoted the concept of an unregulated free market economy.
At the Republican Primary Mitt Romney stated that John McCain would take a weed whacker to the government regulations. Clearly this unregulated free market economy is not the safest mode of transport for this nations future.
Now, McCain is trying to paint himself as a proponent of tighter regulations.
John, you can't lie when your statements are on video tape.
3. Palin
Palin may not make it to November. She may bow out of the race and cite family concerns as the reason.
I have spoken much of my distaste for the malarkey that is Palin. To substantiate my point further I guide you to an article printed in the National Review. In case you are not familiar with the National Review; it is the choice publication for the Republican Party. It is to the Republican Party what The Nation magazine is to the Democratic Party.
Even the National Review is calling for Palin to remove herself from the race.
To quote Kathleen Parker in her article "Palin Problem She's Out Of Her League' National Review September 26 2008 ... 'Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.'
"Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves," Parker writes. "She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first."
After this debate tonight, it was conspicuous that Palin did not talk to the press while Joe Biden did.
When Palin removes herself from the race, that action will be quite substantial in reminding the American people what an irrational knee-jerk idiot John McCain really is.
Bush Paulson plan; proceed with caution
With the Republicans refusing to approve the Bush - Paulson bail out plan, it could provide ammunition for this electoral cycle where the Republicans can claim that the Democrats are moving in lockstep with President Bush, and it’s the Republicans that are fighting for the rights of the taxpayers.
This bailout possesses the potential political ammunition that can be used to unjustly format an inaccurate picture of the very nature of the Republican and Democratic parties.
It is ultimately urgent to have both the Republican and the Democratic parties accept this proposal with majority approval from each side of the aisle.
Democrats do not want to be caught holding the bag with an ill conceived Bush failure and let the Republicans paint them negatively for supporting this Bush policy.
The Democrats do hold the slim congressional majority and could move this along without Republican support, but that would put the Democratic Party in quite a precarious situation.
If Republicans do not provide majority support for this Bush policy, the Democrats should let it fizzle and begin working towards a new policy.
This plan could be a partisan trick, sort of a unique October surprise. After all Bush was playing ‘chicken little’ a few nights back, and the world hasn’t ended. The market could have enough stability to endure while the congress puts together a plan that does not have the hallmarks of a knee-jerk unplanned unmonitored reactionary political football.
This bailout possesses the potential political ammunition that can be used to unjustly format an inaccurate picture of the very nature of the Republican and Democratic parties.
It is ultimately urgent to have both the Republican and the Democratic parties accept this proposal with majority approval from each side of the aisle.
Democrats do not want to be caught holding the bag with an ill conceived Bush failure and let the Republicans paint them negatively for supporting this Bush policy.
The Democrats do hold the slim congressional majority and could move this along without Republican support, but that would put the Democratic Party in quite a precarious situation.
If Republicans do not provide majority support for this Bush policy, the Democrats should let it fizzle and begin working towards a new policy.
This plan could be a partisan trick, sort of a unique October surprise. After all Bush was playing ‘chicken little’ a few nights back, and the world hasn’t ended. The market could have enough stability to endure while the congress puts together a plan that does not have the hallmarks of a knee-jerk unplanned unmonitored reactionary political football.
The Elephant In The Room
If McCain is looking for distraction from his flailing reactionary misjudgements throughout the recent economic crisis, well then, mission accomplished.
However, this distraction has not been a positive distraction for McCain.
The agenda of this tact is clearly seen for what it is, a cheap ploy, an attempt to disrupt the scheduled debates.
By using this tact to disrupt scheduled debates in order to better position him politically, John McCains actions are the antithesis of his campaign mantra ‘Country Fist’. He is indeed putting politics above country. So maybe he should change his slogan to ‘Country First (umm, right after political positioning)’.
Such an interruption would provide two advantages for the McCain camp. Or should I say remove two huge liabilities for the McCain camp.
However, this distraction has not been a positive distraction for McCain.
The agenda of this tact is clearly seen for what it is, a cheap ploy, an attempt to disrupt the scheduled debates.
By using this tact to disrupt scheduled debates in order to better position him politically, John McCains actions are the antithesis of his campaign mantra ‘Country Fist’. He is indeed putting politics above country. So maybe he should change his slogan to ‘Country First (umm, right after political positioning)’.
Such an interruption would provide two advantages for the McCain camp. Or should I say remove two huge liabilities for the McCain camp.
1. If the crisis could be resolved before the debate, then McCain will have some footing going into the debate.
Face it, McCain has been one of the strongest voices for deregulation during his tenure in elected office. He is even pushing to deregulate the medical industry by using financial industry deregulation as a model. Deregulation of the financial industry, as championed by McCain and architected by his chief economic advisor Phil Grahm; have led to this current crisis. Yes; the same Phil Grahm who insisted the economy was fine and we are all just a ‘nation of whiners’.
For McCain to debate while this crisis is ongoing, would remove any credibility to his economic positions.
2. If postponed long enough, there may be an opportunity to avoid a Vice Presidential debate.
By now, the shine of Sarah Palin is wearing a bit thin due to her incomprehensible responses to the few questions the media has been permitted to ask.
Additionally, the fact that Palin and McCain are currently trying to disrupt an ongoing investigation into abuse of power allegations aimed at Governor Palin does not leave Palin on terra firma. Before any cries of Democratic partisanship could be made regarding this investigation, the facts had made it clear that the Palin abuse of power investigation was initiated by a Republican Majority commission.
So, you may ask, what of this ‘elephant in the room’?
The recent tactics of John McCain can legitimately lead one to question this mans sensibilities and leave one questioning whether he is of sound mind. His demeanour is looking weak and he seems a bit out of touch with reality. I’ve heard radio pundits cite instances of speculation where some wonder if he has had a stroke or strokes.
Cancelling a debate at such a critical time, is not only unprecedented, it is absurd! It is an insult to the electoral process, and a broad statement of McCains readiness (or lack thereof) to undertake the office of President.
My dad, at 75, is a few years older than McCain. My dad led a great life and retired after a commendable career with NASA.
All due respect dad, I would not consider you as a reasonable candidate to initiate a career change right now, especially one that would lead you to the most difficult job in the world.
The elephant in the room is starting to speak, and the elephant is clearly suggesting that John McCain may very well be too old for the level of responsibility he is vying for.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
McCain should be ashamed
I love writing this blog. Even though I know it is read by very few (if any), and even though time rarely permits, this is something I feel compelled to do.
Believe it or not, during the course of the day, my mind plays with ideas, content, and concepts that I hope to convert to the written word for this blog. Believe me, the Republicans offer so much to write about.
Tonights column was intended to expand on Sarahs little 'field trip' to the United Nations so she can have her picture taken with world leaders. I was all set to write about this, and expand on how the GOP refuses to let the press talk to her. In case you haven't noticed, she is such a liability that any of her answers carry great odds to be an embarrassment to the Republican party.
Now, instead; I have to deal with the fact that McCain decided to bow out of the first debate, forty eight hours before the debate. This is a political stunt. The 'drama' of McCain. Give me a break. I couldn't even bow out of my PMI exam forty eight hours before it was scheduled.
This guy is against the ropes because he is, perhaps, the biggest champion of the very policies that have ruined the American economy.
I applaud Obama for his eloquent response to such an immature display of drama. Obama said;
"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess," he said. "I think that it is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."
Bravo Barack.
There is speculation that McCain is attempting to delay the first of two presidential debates, hoping that time restrictions will not permit a vice presidential debate that is certain to further embarrass the Republican ticket. It's funny how this happened after Sarahs field trip to the United Nations.
Maybe Sarah didn't learn enough on her field trip?
Believe me, compared to the other blogs out there, I am being nice to Mr. McCain.
I've said many times on this blog how I feel McCain is a disgusting politician, right now I pity him and see him, again now, as I have before, as quite pathetic.
Believe it or not, during the course of the day, my mind plays with ideas, content, and concepts that I hope to convert to the written word for this blog. Believe me, the Republicans offer so much to write about.
Tonights column was intended to expand on Sarahs little 'field trip' to the United Nations so she can have her picture taken with world leaders. I was all set to write about this, and expand on how the GOP refuses to let the press talk to her. In case you haven't noticed, she is such a liability that any of her answers carry great odds to be an embarrassment to the Republican party.
Now, instead; I have to deal with the fact that McCain decided to bow out of the first debate, forty eight hours before the debate. This is a political stunt. The 'drama' of McCain. Give me a break. I couldn't even bow out of my PMI exam forty eight hours before it was scheduled.
This guy is against the ropes because he is, perhaps, the biggest champion of the very policies that have ruined the American economy.
I applaud Obama for his eloquent response to such an immature display of drama. Obama said;
"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess," he said. "I think that it is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."
Bravo Barack.
There is speculation that McCain is attempting to delay the first of two presidential debates, hoping that time restrictions will not permit a vice presidential debate that is certain to further embarrass the Republican ticket. It's funny how this happened after Sarahs field trip to the United Nations.
Maybe Sarah didn't learn enough on her field trip?
Believe me, compared to the other blogs out there, I am being nice to Mr. McCain.
I've said many times on this blog how I feel McCain is a disgusting politician, right now I pity him and see him, again now, as I have before, as quite pathetic.
Hanks Bucket
In my layman mindset, let me see if I can understand this …
1. A bunch of greedy unethical criminal executives created a bucket of crap.
2. They can’t get anyone on this whole entire planet to buy any part of this bucket of crap.
3. Now they want to force the United States Taxpayers to buy this whole bucket of crap for $700,000,000,000.00
4. They use a man named Henry Paulson (Republican Partisan) to play the role of used car salesman, or in this case ... used bucket of crap salesman.
5. Henry threatens the US Taxpayers by telling them they must buy this bucket of crap, as is, with no guarantee; or the world as we know it will end.
6. Henry claims that the sellers of this bucket of crap have absolutely no liability for this product known as the bucket of crap.
7. They hide the fact that the actual cost of this bucket of crap to the US Taxpayers will be $1,200,000,000,000.00.
In my opinion, the Republican Party is the bucket of crap.
1. A bunch of greedy unethical criminal executives created a bucket of crap.
2. They can’t get anyone on this whole entire planet to buy any part of this bucket of crap.
3. Now they want to force the United States Taxpayers to buy this whole bucket of crap for $700,000,000,000.00
4. They use a man named Henry Paulson (Republican Partisan) to play the role of used car salesman, or in this case ... used bucket of crap salesman.
5. Henry threatens the US Taxpayers by telling them they must buy this bucket of crap, as is, with no guarantee; or the world as we know it will end.
6. Henry claims that the sellers of this bucket of crap have absolutely no liability for this product known as the bucket of crap.
7. They hide the fact that the actual cost of this bucket of crap to the US Taxpayers will be $1,200,000,000,000.00.
In my opinion, the Republican Party is the bucket of crap.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Hanks "Plan"
George Bush and Hank Paulson, both obvious Republican partisans, have a plan. The plan is to give Hank Paulson $700,000,000,000.00 of taxpayer money without having a plan for what to do with it. They back up this plan (or lack thereof) with a stipulation that states Hank Paulson can not get in trouble no matter what he does with this $700,000,000,000.00. In fact, nobody can get in trouble for any misuse of this money. The Supreme Court will not even be permitted to review any improprieties.
Ironically, this stipulation is called 'section 8'.
Hanks plan does nothing for the taxpayers and offers no form of oversight.
Fortunately, there are members of congress and the financial industry (Republicans and Democrats) who object to this careless knee-jerk reaction.
Ironically, this stipulation is called 'section 8'.
Hanks plan does nothing for the taxpayers and offers no form of oversight.
Fortunately, there are members of congress and the financial industry (Republicans and Democrats) who object to this careless knee-jerk reaction.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Wow! GOP are you kidding?
GOP Representative to Environmentalists: Jesus Already Saved The Planet
By Eric Kleefeld - August 12, 2008, 2:00PM
We like to keep track of the, er, intriguing sayings of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, the Christian Right champion from Minnesota. But this latest is really out there -- Bachmann says we don't need pesky environmentalists like Nancy Pelosi around, because Jesus already saved the planet!
"[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she's just trying to save the planet," Bachmann told the right-wing news site OneNewsNow. "We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet -- we didn't need Nancy Pelosi to do that."
Wow.
Other recent Bachmannisms include the claim that there isn't actually any wildlife in the areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where she wants more drilling, and the allegation that Democrats want high gas prices so as to force people to move into "inner cities" and "the urban core."
By Eric Kleefeld - August 12, 2008, 2:00PM
We like to keep track of the, er, intriguing sayings of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, the Christian Right champion from Minnesota. But this latest is really out there -- Bachmann says we don't need pesky environmentalists like Nancy Pelosi around, because Jesus already saved the planet!
"[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she's just trying to save the planet," Bachmann told the right-wing news site OneNewsNow. "We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet -- we didn't need Nancy Pelosi to do that."
Wow.
Other recent Bachmannisms include the claim that there isn't actually any wildlife in the areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where she wants more drilling, and the allegation that Democrats want high gas prices so as to force people to move into "inner cities" and "the urban core."
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
"He Meant ... "
Today I saw a brief clip of Sarah Palin explaining John McCains comment "The fundamentals of our economy are strong".
She stated that "He meant the people", the working people, when he said fundamentals. Her tone indicated that she believes this should have been obvious.
Since when are people fundamentals? People may be fundamentalists, but fundamentals are not people.
Even if he really did mean the working people are strong, this is still a ridiculous comment ... so the economy is taking a tailspin, the worst since the great depression and McCain says "It's okay, the working people are strong". What in the world does that mean? That we're healthy enough to go dig a victory garden in our backyards to feed ourselves? What in the world is this man talking about?
By the way, with this particular blunder, as with the other McCain verbal blunders, it was one of those rare moments when he wasn't reading a prepared statement from paper or a teleprompter.
John McCain is an idiot. And his people try to spin his idiotic statements as if he is really saying something intelligent?
Even John McCain has to say "What I meant was ... " when receiving the criticism of how out of touch his remarks appear to be.
This isn't the first time the McCain camp had to come to the defense of John McCain with the words "he meant ... ", and it wont be the last.
What will happen when he is leader of the free world and he makes a idiotic statement in a critical diplomatic situation at a critical time?
Will someone from his administration run into the room, stop all conversation, and say "he meant ... ".
Is he really too stupid to actually say what he means without getting it completely wrong?
Above all; what is really ridiculous, is this whole malarkey about the "fundamentals" being the working people of America (as if he and Cindy know what working people are) ... this whole thing is to cover up the fact that this idiot John McCain actually believes the economy is strong.
She stated that "He meant the people", the working people, when he said fundamentals. Her tone indicated that she believes this should have been obvious.
Since when are people fundamentals? People may be fundamentalists, but fundamentals are not people.
Even if he really did mean the working people are strong, this is still a ridiculous comment ... so the economy is taking a tailspin, the worst since the great depression and McCain says "It's okay, the working people are strong". What in the world does that mean? That we're healthy enough to go dig a victory garden in our backyards to feed ourselves? What in the world is this man talking about?
By the way, with this particular blunder, as with the other McCain verbal blunders, it was one of those rare moments when he wasn't reading a prepared statement from paper or a teleprompter.
John McCain is an idiot. And his people try to spin his idiotic statements as if he is really saying something intelligent?
Even John McCain has to say "What I meant was ... " when receiving the criticism of how out of touch his remarks appear to be.
This isn't the first time the McCain camp had to come to the defense of John McCain with the words "he meant ... ", and it wont be the last.
What will happen when he is leader of the free world and he makes a idiotic statement in a critical diplomatic situation at a critical time?
Will someone from his administration run into the room, stop all conversation, and say "he meant ... ".
Is he really too stupid to actually say what he means without getting it completely wrong?
Above all; what is really ridiculous, is this whole malarkey about the "fundamentals" being the working people of America (as if he and Cindy know what working people are) ... this whole thing is to cover up the fact that this idiot John McCain actually believes the economy is strong.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Enough With Palin ... McCain is running for President isn't he?
I'm beginning to think the Republicans are pulling some strategic nuance that actually defeats their sheer incompetence in the eyes of the public.
This is amazing. The right wing denounce the 'cult of personality' as being behind Obamas popularity. Never mind the facts of eighteen months of campaigning, countless debates, and generating grass roots donations that made McCains coffer look diminutive. And let's not forget the eighteen million plus votes Obama received.
McCain is very weak, he can't win this election. So the Republicans bring in this "personality" named Sarah Palin. The Republicans limit her access to the press to veil her ignorance of issues and Bush-like neocon positions. The genius of this Republican strategy is that there are only forty nine days left until the election, and the public has not had a chance to know this personality. And the media is so irresponsible and so dominated by corporate interests, that many Americans see her as the latest culture hero, like Michael Phelps.
Let us learn a lesson here. Let us, from now on, not wait until so late in the electoral process to finalize our primary processes.
If we had more time to research and expose this recent personality in the 'cult of personality' we would be able to expose the malarkey that is Palin. Instead we only have forty nine days.
But if I were suddenly given one hundred and twenty days, I would look at a lot. And right now I can't spend time writing about what an incompetent weakling John McCain is, because I have to spend time writing aboput what a joke Palin is.
This strategy of the Republicans will work. The distraction from McCain is quite effective.
We are trying to diminish the 'cult of personality' called Palin, while John McCains sheer incompetence and inability to draw a crowd on his own goes unnoticed in the ignorant television worshiping American electorate.
I think the Republicans have trumped us here. Talk about your "cult of personality".
Here is a list whereby, given time, I will substantiate or disavow any accuracies or inaccuracies, but the Palin effect is only a couple of weeks old, and we only have forty nine days until the election. All the while McCain is acting like and idiot, saying idiotic things like "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" and skipping away scott-free because we have to spend time debunking the malarkey that is Sarah Palin.
Here is what I would look into at a summary level:
1. As Mayor of Wasilla, she raised taxes and still wound up generating twenty million dollars in additional debt.
2. The duties of the Wasilla mayor are very limited, the only accomplishment that came from her Mayoral administration was construction of an Ice Skating rink, and even that cost far more than anticipated and wound up in court due to poor or maleficent planning from the mayor of Wasilla (who happened to have been Sarah Palin).
3. As Governor of Alaska she raised taxes. Yet while she campaigns for VP, she asserts that
Obama will raise taxes for every person in America. This is a lie that avoids the facts like Barack Obamas tax increases are targeted for those earning over 250 thousand per year. Barack Obama will give tax breaks to the middle and working class.
4. She refuses to cooperate with the investigation into abuse of power. (Sound familiar?). Even though the cornerstone of her Alaskan gubernatorial campaign was transparency in her administration “keep me accountable” was her mantra. Even though she assured the United States public that she would be transparent about this investigation since it had been active when John McCain picked her for his running mate. The subpoena of her husband was issued by a committee with a Republican majority. What else do we not know? Her refusal to answer questions is tantamount to obstruction of justice (Again, sound familiar?)
5. The Palin Camp lied about her visiting the troops in Iraq. Her handlers claimed she went to Kuwait and Iraq to visit the troops; she went to Kuwait, never to Iraq.
6. She lied about not supporting the Bridge to nowhere. Videotaped meetings and discussions provide irrefutable evidence that she supported the bridge to nowhere project, then after the national ballyhoo, she backed off the support, yet still kept the earmarks, and had already built the road that leads to the bridge to nowhere. To this day, she campaigns and persists with this lie as if it is the only thing in her record that she can stand on (which it is), and yet … it’s a lie.
7. She misleads that her record substantiates her stance against earmarks. During her brief tenure as Governor; Alaska has had the highest percapita figures for earmarks – 231 dollars per person, compared to 21 dollars per person in Illinois (you know Illinois ... Obamas state).
8. Using her children as props and criticizing anyone who inquires into their situations. She portrays her son as joining the military to fulfil a sense of duty, when in reality he has been a troubled youth (drugs, (purportedly) jail, poor academic interest) with no prospects.
The whole Republican party considers her daughter and fiance to be stand up people when in reality the Levi Johnson Face book entry posted by Levi himself paints him as a ‘F#&cking redneck ’who does not want children, and ‘If you mess with me, I’ll kick your ass’ … the entire Republican party are bringing their shotguns to this shotgun wedding.
Granted children of candidates should be off limits to criticism, that is UNLESS the candidate uses them as props to propagate a false representation of ethical values, let alone ‘family values’.
9. She did not sell the jet plane on e-bay. Okay, okay, technically this was a John McCain lie, but what makes it even more ridiculous is that John McCain said at a campaign rally “she sold it on e-bay for a profit” … “a profit”? That’s a lie on top of a lie!
10. While she was Mayor of Wasilla, Wasilla was the only city in Alaska to charge victims of rape for rape kits. It is only logical that such a policy would prevent the prosecution of rapists therefore allow more predatory sex offenders free to offend again. Capturing rapists protects the community, did Palin really think that a rape kit was a personal luxury for a rape victim? Alaska has a percapita incidence of rape larger than any state in the union.
Interesting note: in the 90’s Joe Biden sponsored a law that would ban charging victims for rape kits, and John McCain voted against it.
11. After the Federal Government assumed control over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Governor Palin stated that this had to be done because FM & FM were costing the taxpayers too much money. This absolutely demonstrated her lack of understanding of the issue, as FM & FM were private enterprises.
12. She publicly stated that God wants a pipeline in Alaska.
13. She publicly stated that God wants the US Army in Iraq. And subsequently misrepresented an Abraham Lincoln quotation while trying to defend such an absurd statement.
14. She stated to a national audience that an armed invasion of Russia would be something to consider.
15. She believes dinosaurs were put in the ground by God to test our faith.
16. She believes the earth is six thousand years old.
17. She is an end-timer.
18. She supports an American Secessionist organization.
19. She uses, and instructs her staff to use, personal email accounts for state business in order to avoid subpoena or freedom of information requests. (Sound familiar?)
20. As unbelievable as this may sound; she followed the lead of Cindy McCain and used the proximity of Alaska to Russia as foreign policy experience. Yup! Really! And John McCain said this as well. Unbelievable! I commented on this in a past blog on how silly it was that Cindy McCain had said this, yet here are the future President and Vice-President echoing the same kindergarten mentality towards foreign policy.
This is after two weeks! I am so sorry that I can't spend my energy exposing the incompetence of John McCain, I'm too busy looking at this malarkey called Palin who has usurped the Republican nomination with the backing from right-wing christian zealots.
I can not believe that, after eight years of the disastrous Bush administration, and knowing how the American people were scammed, America could be scammed again by the Republican party. But watch out, we are about to be scammed by the Republican party once more.
This is amazing. The right wing denounce the 'cult of personality' as being behind Obamas popularity. Never mind the facts of eighteen months of campaigning, countless debates, and generating grass roots donations that made McCains coffer look diminutive. And let's not forget the eighteen million plus votes Obama received.
McCain is very weak, he can't win this election. So the Republicans bring in this "personality" named Sarah Palin. The Republicans limit her access to the press to veil her ignorance of issues and Bush-like neocon positions. The genius of this Republican strategy is that there are only forty nine days left until the election, and the public has not had a chance to know this personality. And the media is so irresponsible and so dominated by corporate interests, that many Americans see her as the latest culture hero, like Michael Phelps.
Let us learn a lesson here. Let us, from now on, not wait until so late in the electoral process to finalize our primary processes.
If we had more time to research and expose this recent personality in the 'cult of personality' we would be able to expose the malarkey that is Palin. Instead we only have forty nine days.
But if I were suddenly given one hundred and twenty days, I would look at a lot. And right now I can't spend time writing about what an incompetent weakling John McCain is, because I have to spend time writing aboput what a joke Palin is.
This strategy of the Republicans will work. The distraction from McCain is quite effective.
We are trying to diminish the 'cult of personality' called Palin, while John McCains sheer incompetence and inability to draw a crowd on his own goes unnoticed in the ignorant television worshiping American electorate.
I think the Republicans have trumped us here. Talk about your "cult of personality".
Here is a list whereby, given time, I will substantiate or disavow any accuracies or inaccuracies, but the Palin effect is only a couple of weeks old, and we only have forty nine days until the election. All the while McCain is acting like and idiot, saying idiotic things like "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" and skipping away scott-free because we have to spend time debunking the malarkey that is Sarah Palin.
Here is what I would look into at a summary level:
1. As Mayor of Wasilla, she raised taxes and still wound up generating twenty million dollars in additional debt.
2. The duties of the Wasilla mayor are very limited, the only accomplishment that came from her Mayoral administration was construction of an Ice Skating rink, and even that cost far more than anticipated and wound up in court due to poor or maleficent planning from the mayor of Wasilla (who happened to have been Sarah Palin).
3. As Governor of Alaska she raised taxes. Yet while she campaigns for VP, she asserts that
Obama will raise taxes for every person in America. This is a lie that avoids the facts like Barack Obamas tax increases are targeted for those earning over 250 thousand per year. Barack Obama will give tax breaks to the middle and working class.
4. She refuses to cooperate with the investigation into abuse of power. (Sound familiar?). Even though the cornerstone of her Alaskan gubernatorial campaign was transparency in her administration “keep me accountable” was her mantra. Even though she assured the United States public that she would be transparent about this investigation since it had been active when John McCain picked her for his running mate. The subpoena of her husband was issued by a committee with a Republican majority. What else do we not know? Her refusal to answer questions is tantamount to obstruction of justice (Again, sound familiar?)
5. The Palin Camp lied about her visiting the troops in Iraq. Her handlers claimed she went to Kuwait and Iraq to visit the troops; she went to Kuwait, never to Iraq.
6. She lied about not supporting the Bridge to nowhere. Videotaped meetings and discussions provide irrefutable evidence that she supported the bridge to nowhere project, then after the national ballyhoo, she backed off the support, yet still kept the earmarks, and had already built the road that leads to the bridge to nowhere. To this day, she campaigns and persists with this lie as if it is the only thing in her record that she can stand on (which it is), and yet … it’s a lie.
7. She misleads that her record substantiates her stance against earmarks. During her brief tenure as Governor; Alaska has had the highest percapita figures for earmarks – 231 dollars per person, compared to 21 dollars per person in Illinois (you know Illinois ... Obamas state).
8. Using her children as props and criticizing anyone who inquires into their situations. She portrays her son as joining the military to fulfil a sense of duty, when in reality he has been a troubled youth (drugs, (purportedly) jail, poor academic interest) with no prospects.
The whole Republican party considers her daughter and fiance to be stand up people when in reality the Levi Johnson Face book entry posted by Levi himself paints him as a ‘F#&cking redneck ’who does not want children, and ‘If you mess with me, I’ll kick your ass’ … the entire Republican party are bringing their shotguns to this shotgun wedding.
Granted children of candidates should be off limits to criticism, that is UNLESS the candidate uses them as props to propagate a false representation of ethical values, let alone ‘family values’.
9. She did not sell the jet plane on e-bay. Okay, okay, technically this was a John McCain lie, but what makes it even more ridiculous is that John McCain said at a campaign rally “she sold it on e-bay for a profit” … “a profit”? That’s a lie on top of a lie!
10. While she was Mayor of Wasilla, Wasilla was the only city in Alaska to charge victims of rape for rape kits. It is only logical that such a policy would prevent the prosecution of rapists therefore allow more predatory sex offenders free to offend again. Capturing rapists protects the community, did Palin really think that a rape kit was a personal luxury for a rape victim? Alaska has a percapita incidence of rape larger than any state in the union.
Interesting note: in the 90’s Joe Biden sponsored a law that would ban charging victims for rape kits, and John McCain voted against it.
11. After the Federal Government assumed control over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Governor Palin stated that this had to be done because FM & FM were costing the taxpayers too much money. This absolutely demonstrated her lack of understanding of the issue, as FM & FM were private enterprises.
12. She publicly stated that God wants a pipeline in Alaska.
13. She publicly stated that God wants the US Army in Iraq. And subsequently misrepresented an Abraham Lincoln quotation while trying to defend such an absurd statement.
14. She stated to a national audience that an armed invasion of Russia would be something to consider.
15. She believes dinosaurs were put in the ground by God to test our faith.
16. She believes the earth is six thousand years old.
17. She is an end-timer.
18. She supports an American Secessionist organization.
19. She uses, and instructs her staff to use, personal email accounts for state business in order to avoid subpoena or freedom of information requests. (Sound familiar?)
20. As unbelievable as this may sound; she followed the lead of Cindy McCain and used the proximity of Alaska to Russia as foreign policy experience. Yup! Really! And John McCain said this as well. Unbelievable! I commented on this in a past blog on how silly it was that Cindy McCain had said this, yet here are the future President and Vice-President echoing the same kindergarten mentality towards foreign policy.
This is after two weeks! I am so sorry that I can't spend my energy exposing the incompetence of John McCain, I'm too busy looking at this malarkey called Palin who has usurped the Republican nomination with the backing from right-wing christian zealots.
I can not believe that, after eight years of the disastrous Bush administration, and knowing how the American people were scammed, America could be scammed again by the Republican party. But watch out, we are about to be scammed by the Republican party once more.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
That McCain; What a maverick!
Such a maverick that he chose someone as his running mate who has deep ties to an American separatist organization.
Palins ties are very deep to the Alaska Independence Party.
"How deep?" You may ask. Well, we're not talking Pastor, or advisor, or even a friend she met at a political social event. We are talking Husband!
Sarahs husband Todd was a registered member of the Alaskan Independence Party from 1995 to 2002.
I would like to know if the false bills submitted by Todd Palin to collect travel expenses for "official business of the State of Alaska" (he was never employed by the state of Alaska), in any way reimbursed activity of the AIP. Oh the implications of that mess. What was John McCain thinking?!
I've got to tell you, after a week and a half, I find it easier to pick up evidence of malfeasance by Sarah Palin than I do picking up feline messies out of my cats litter box. It's no wonder the Republicans won't let her speak without a "handler", this is really quite a joke, a sad, sad joke.
Here's a quote from the AIP founder Joe Vogler ... "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. ... And I won't be buried under their damn flag."
And here's a Sarah Palin quote ... "I'm delighted to welcome you to the 2008 Alaska Independence Party Convention. ... Keep up the good work!"
I can't take credit for this statement ... but it seems like the only foreign experience Sarah Palin has ever had was trying to make Alaska a foreign country.
And what is even more hilarious is that Cindy McCain said that Sarah Palin had foreign policy experience because Alaska is so close to Russia. You can't make this stuff up my friends, Cindy McCain actually said that. Does this mean the Democrats can start a smear campaign that McCain wants to give the country to the Russians in the name of oil profits? I were were Karl Rove that's the spin I would take on this.
'Of all of the things I’ve learned about Sarah Palin in the last week and a half, this has got to be the most disturbing. While Sarah Palin was serving as the Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the city charged victims of sexual assault between $300 and $1200 for their own rape kits. A rape kit is a sexual assault forensic evidence kit, used to collect DNA that can be used in criminal proceedings to assist in the conviction of those who commit sex crimes. The kit is performed as soon as possible after a sexual assault or attack has been committed. It is usually humiliating and uncomfortable for the victim–imagine enduring that and then paying $1200 just so that the criminal who assaulted you might be caught.' op-edna
By now you must of heard about how Governor Palin has slashed funding for pregnant teen age girls in need of a place to live. Given her views on abortion, it may seem a bit unbelievable, but believe it, she did it. That's compassionate conservatism for you.
How can a woman of such substance even get close to the federal government, and how dare John McCain pull her into the breast of the federal government just to hedge his own odds.
McCain doesn't go anywhere without her now. It's like McCain is no longer running, Palin is.
Could it be he actually needs the public distraction? He can't answer questions correctly because of his expanded age. He can't have Joe Lieberman whispering in his ear all the time. Maybe he is, after all, just to old to take on a new career as leader of the free world.
In his stead he is leaving us with the best choice to secure the "agents of intolerance" that he once denounced. The very demographic that can give him the last chance of winning this election.
In his stead he gives us a candidate who was never vetted. A candidate who has never held a Federal position. A candidate who never debated on the Federal level. This is a very very sad moment for the Republican party.
If my insight is correct, then John McCains actions in the last few weeks have proven him to be nothing less than a traitor to freedom, and an extremist of irresponsibility.
This is complete and utter pandering to the religious extremists who did not like McCain.
Obama is religious, and a Christian. I, on the other hand, am an Atheist. Obama presents religion in a personal way, Obama isn't trying to tell people how to live their lives. Obama isn't trying to make me pray. Obama isn't making me feel like an outcast because I don't believe in prayer. Obama isn't trying to strip away a womans choice over moral and medical decisions. Obama just wants to bring the nation back to a stable footing.
If America falls for this Palin tactic; if America is stupid enough to give the executive administration back to the Republicans after all of the crimes and lies of the Bush administration, well, then maybe Americans are too stupid to have a democracy that would be respected by history, and maybe Americans are too stupid to be the preeminent nation of the world.
If we vote for McCain, after all that Bush has done to discredit this nations foreign policy and jeopardize our economic stability, we deserve the government we will get.
When Bush took office all ten articles of the bill of rights were in tact. Today there is only one article of the bill of rights intact. George Bush swore to uphold the constitution, and wound up using it as a urinal strainer.
Vote Republican and put the nail in the coffin for America.
Palins ties are very deep to the Alaska Independence Party.
"How deep?" You may ask. Well, we're not talking Pastor, or advisor, or even a friend she met at a political social event. We are talking Husband!
Sarahs husband Todd was a registered member of the Alaskan Independence Party from 1995 to 2002.
I would like to know if the false bills submitted by Todd Palin to collect travel expenses for "official business of the State of Alaska" (he was never employed by the state of Alaska), in any way reimbursed activity of the AIP. Oh the implications of that mess. What was John McCain thinking?!
I've got to tell you, after a week and a half, I find it easier to pick up evidence of malfeasance by Sarah Palin than I do picking up feline messies out of my cats litter box. It's no wonder the Republicans won't let her speak without a "handler", this is really quite a joke, a sad, sad joke.
Here's a quote from the AIP founder Joe Vogler ... "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. ... And I won't be buried under their damn flag."
And here's a Sarah Palin quote ... "I'm delighted to welcome you to the 2008 Alaska Independence Party Convention. ... Keep up the good work!"
I can't take credit for this statement ... but it seems like the only foreign experience Sarah Palin has ever had was trying to make Alaska a foreign country.
And what is even more hilarious is that Cindy McCain said that Sarah Palin had foreign policy experience because Alaska is so close to Russia. You can't make this stuff up my friends, Cindy McCain actually said that. Does this mean the Democrats can start a smear campaign that McCain wants to give the country to the Russians in the name of oil profits? I were were Karl Rove that's the spin I would take on this.
'Of all of the things I’ve learned about Sarah Palin in the last week and a half, this has got to be the most disturbing. While Sarah Palin was serving as the Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the city charged victims of sexual assault between $300 and $1200 for their own rape kits. A rape kit is a sexual assault forensic evidence kit, used to collect DNA that can be used in criminal proceedings to assist in the conviction of those who commit sex crimes. The kit is performed as soon as possible after a sexual assault or attack has been committed. It is usually humiliating and uncomfortable for the victim–imagine enduring that and then paying $1200 just so that the criminal who assaulted you might be caught.' op-edna
By now you must of heard about how Governor Palin has slashed funding for pregnant teen age girls in need of a place to live. Given her views on abortion, it may seem a bit unbelievable, but believe it, she did it. That's compassionate conservatism for you.
How can a woman of such substance even get close to the federal government, and how dare John McCain pull her into the breast of the federal government just to hedge his own odds.
McCain doesn't go anywhere without her now. It's like McCain is no longer running, Palin is.
Could it be he actually needs the public distraction? He can't answer questions correctly because of his expanded age. He can't have Joe Lieberman whispering in his ear all the time. Maybe he is, after all, just to old to take on a new career as leader of the free world.
In his stead he is leaving us with the best choice to secure the "agents of intolerance" that he once denounced. The very demographic that can give him the last chance of winning this election.
In his stead he gives us a candidate who was never vetted. A candidate who has never held a Federal position. A candidate who never debated on the Federal level. This is a very very sad moment for the Republican party.
If my insight is correct, then John McCains actions in the last few weeks have proven him to be nothing less than a traitor to freedom, and an extremist of irresponsibility.
This is complete and utter pandering to the religious extremists who did not like McCain.
Obama is religious, and a Christian. I, on the other hand, am an Atheist. Obama presents religion in a personal way, Obama isn't trying to tell people how to live their lives. Obama isn't trying to make me pray. Obama isn't making me feel like an outcast because I don't believe in prayer. Obama isn't trying to strip away a womans choice over moral and medical decisions. Obama just wants to bring the nation back to a stable footing.
If America falls for this Palin tactic; if America is stupid enough to give the executive administration back to the Republicans after all of the crimes and lies of the Bush administration, well, then maybe Americans are too stupid to have a democracy that would be respected by history, and maybe Americans are too stupid to be the preeminent nation of the world.
If we vote for McCain, after all that Bush has done to discredit this nations foreign policy and jeopardize our economic stability, we deserve the government we will get.
When Bush took office all ten articles of the bill of rights were in tact. Today there is only one article of the bill of rights intact. George Bush swore to uphold the constitution, and wound up using it as a urinal strainer.
Vote Republican and put the nail in the coffin for America.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Are You Experienced?
Sarah Palin has been on the public stage for ten days now.
I wouldn't be surprised if a portion of Americans actually believe she is running for President. This says a lot about John McCain.
Remember John McCain? He actually won the Republican primary. He had to do those silly thing like debate, give interviews, campaign, raise campaign funds, and manage a campaign.
People accuse Obama of being inexperienced like Palin. Yet, if memory serves me correctly, Obama actually won a Presidential primary garnering about eighteen million votes.
He also had to do those silly things like debate, give interviews, campaign, raise campaign funds, and manage a campaign.
How many votes did Palin receive in her whole political lifetime?
How many debates has Palin participated in for the 2008 Presidential election? How much did Palin raise for the 2008 Presidential race?
No comparison here. When the pundits talk about Obamas inexperience and Palins inexperience as if they are one and the same, these pundits are substantiating their own malfeasance as "news" people.
All the while McCain sits back and lets Palin run for President.
Amazing, McCain is such a weakling.
I wouldn't be surprised if a portion of Americans actually believe she is running for President. This says a lot about John McCain.
Remember John McCain? He actually won the Republican primary. He had to do those silly thing like debate, give interviews, campaign, raise campaign funds, and manage a campaign.
People accuse Obama of being inexperienced like Palin. Yet, if memory serves me correctly, Obama actually won a Presidential primary garnering about eighteen million votes.
He also had to do those silly things like debate, give interviews, campaign, raise campaign funds, and manage a campaign.
How many votes did Palin receive in her whole political lifetime?
How many debates has Palin participated in for the 2008 Presidential election? How much did Palin raise for the 2008 Presidential race?
No comparison here. When the pundits talk about Obamas inexperience and Palins inexperience as if they are one and the same, these pundits are substantiating their own malfeasance as "news" people.
All the while McCain sits back and lets Palin run for President.
Amazing, McCain is such a weakling.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Irony or Hypocrisy
Irony or Hypocrisy. A staunch proponent of teaching 'abstinence only', a staunch opponent of teaching birth control, on stage at the Republican National Convention with her pregnant unwed teenage daughter.
More like irony than hypocrisy. She is a good Family Values leader. Her daughter will go through with the shotgun wedding (even if the kids might not want to get married ... who cares ... conservatives always tell people how to lead their lives and they certainly won't change now).
The well connected wealthy Palin family will make sure that her daughter has the best prenatal care, and the infant will be welcome into a nice nursery, with full loving family support.
But what about the seventeen year old girl who doesn't have a warm loving family? Or maybe lives with a single mom raising four kids without health insurance? Will she get the fine prenatal care? I think not. Will she have the nice cozy nursery? Nah, doubt it. Do you think the boyfriend is going to respond positively to a shot-gun wedding? Probably not. But Sarah Palin wants to make sure the public school systems do not teach responsible birth control practices. Do not tell the teenagers about condoms.
Just teach the kids that they should not have sex! They will listen! Trust Sarah Palin and her teen age daugh ... oops.
Sarah Palin wants to make abortion completely illegal. Not just to make it a states-right decision, she wants it to be a federal crime. Full stop. No consideration for rape or incest or the health of the mother or fetus. She wants the government of the United States to basically own the medical and moral decisions of every woman in this country. If a woman won't or can't abide, well, in Sarah Palins world, she is a felon.
So don't teach the kids how to be responsible with natural human activity, and if they don't listen to Sarah, they must get married or have the child out of wedlock. Or what? Maybe risk a black market abortion with all the health risks that implies? If she gets caught having the abortion (all because Sarah refuses to let them learn about birth control) ... if she gets caught having a black market abortion she will be a felon. This is Sarah Palins vision. She is a religious zealot. She is dangerous.
Like a prettier version of Dana Carveys "Church Lady", she has even tried to ban books from public libraries because they had bad language in them.
I originally though McCain picked Palin because she could draw some Hillary supporters, but now I see clearly that McCain picked her because she is a Christian zealot. And John McCain was failing to secure the steadfast Republican Evangelical base. The same Evangelicals that John McCain once called 'agents of intolerance'.
If this isn't putting political positioning before national interest, then I'm Annie Oakley. Shame on McCain for compromising his principles so spinelessly, and shame on any American who buys into this load of malarkey.
Well, Palin provided the irony, now I see that McCain is providing the hypocrisy, by choosing as his running mate, a person of the same ilk as those he once called 'agents of intolerance'.
The very people who this 'maverick' once spoke out against, are now running his political campaign and drowning his principles.
What a weakling John McCain is.
More like irony than hypocrisy. She is a good Family Values leader. Her daughter will go through with the shotgun wedding (even if the kids might not want to get married ... who cares ... conservatives always tell people how to lead their lives and they certainly won't change now).
The well connected wealthy Palin family will make sure that her daughter has the best prenatal care, and the infant will be welcome into a nice nursery, with full loving family support.
But what about the seventeen year old girl who doesn't have a warm loving family? Or maybe lives with a single mom raising four kids without health insurance? Will she get the fine prenatal care? I think not. Will she have the nice cozy nursery? Nah, doubt it. Do you think the boyfriend is going to respond positively to a shot-gun wedding? Probably not. But Sarah Palin wants to make sure the public school systems do not teach responsible birth control practices. Do not tell the teenagers about condoms.
Just teach the kids that they should not have sex! They will listen! Trust Sarah Palin and her teen age daugh ... oops.
Sarah Palin wants to make abortion completely illegal. Not just to make it a states-right decision, she wants it to be a federal crime. Full stop. No consideration for rape or incest or the health of the mother or fetus. She wants the government of the United States to basically own the medical and moral decisions of every woman in this country. If a woman won't or can't abide, well, in Sarah Palins world, she is a felon.
So don't teach the kids how to be responsible with natural human activity, and if they don't listen to Sarah, they must get married or have the child out of wedlock. Or what? Maybe risk a black market abortion with all the health risks that implies? If she gets caught having the abortion (all because Sarah refuses to let them learn about birth control) ... if she gets caught having a black market abortion she will be a felon. This is Sarah Palins vision. She is a religious zealot. She is dangerous.
Like a prettier version of Dana Carveys "Church Lady", she has even tried to ban books from public libraries because they had bad language in them.
I originally though McCain picked Palin because she could draw some Hillary supporters, but now I see clearly that McCain picked her because she is a Christian zealot. And John McCain was failing to secure the steadfast Republican Evangelical base. The same Evangelicals that John McCain once called 'agents of intolerance'.
If this isn't putting political positioning before national interest, then I'm Annie Oakley. Shame on McCain for compromising his principles so spinelessly, and shame on any American who buys into this load of malarkey.
Well, Palin provided the irony, now I see that McCain is providing the hypocrisy, by choosing as his running mate, a person of the same ilk as those he once called 'agents of intolerance'.
The very people who this 'maverick' once spoke out against, are now running his political campaign and drowning his principles.
What a weakling John McCain is.
Block and Blame - Republican Congressional Strategy
I wont skirt the issue; I am a progressive Democrat.
With the election looming nine weeks away I find myself struggling to contain my concerns and opinions.
I find it strange; now that the Republican Party has so proven that their basic philosophies are baseless and misguided; why is it so wrong to discuss politics in public forums?
Just start bringing up political discussions in front of conservatives and watch how their friendly demeanor turns frothy. How dare we illuminate the incompetence of the right wing leadership, let alone the sheer criminal activity of the Bush crime family.
It's as though they do not want to acknowledge their failures. This coming from the very party who jeopardized American stability in the late nineties by marching a successful popular President in front of a federal grand jury to ask him if he had committed adultery. Imagine that. To further add to the amazement of such low class behaviour; two of the ringleaders of this witch hunt (Newt Gingrich and Henry Hyde) were serial adulterers.
Now think about it; twelve years of Republican Congressional control with eight years of Republican executive control and they did nothing about immigration, alternative energy, off-shore drilling, or keeping jobs in America.
The Democrats have had a slim majority in the houses of congress for one year and nine months. In the first session of the 110th congress, the Republicans broke the record for filibusters topping 70 by the fall of 2007.
During the 110th a group of around 40 to 45 Senate Republicans deliberately filibustered every major bill Democrats have tried to pass. As a result, the 110th Congress already racked up 94 cloture votes (called to end filibusters) by July 22, 2008. In comparison, the 109th Congress had a total of 54 cloture votes and the 108th Congress had a total of 49. The 110th Congress is on pace to double the number of filibuster threats and cloture votes in recent years.
Unfortunately, I don't currently have the actual number of Bush vetoes of bills passed by the 110th Congress, but I believe the number exceeds forty. I will find out and update this blog with the actual results.
Republicans grin and refer to this form of Government as "Block and Blame". They prevent legislation from becoming law, the legislation offered by the Congressional majority voted on by the majority of the American people so they can blame the Democrats for doing nothing, thus driving down the approval rating of the 110th Congress. This is typical of Republican politics. Sacrifice the well being of the nation for political control.
"Block and Blame" ... just wait until I blog about another Republican strategy ... "Blame the Victim". Remember when Cheney shot Whittington in the face and then went home instead of reporting it to the police? Well the intial spin from the Cheney camp was that Whittington walked in front of Cheneys shot. That's hilarious. Blame the Victim. Block and Blame, Blame the Victim. Republican politicians are disgusting.
With the election looming nine weeks away I find myself struggling to contain my concerns and opinions.
I find it strange; now that the Republican Party has so proven that their basic philosophies are baseless and misguided; why is it so wrong to discuss politics in public forums?
Just start bringing up political discussions in front of conservatives and watch how their friendly demeanor turns frothy. How dare we illuminate the incompetence of the right wing leadership, let alone the sheer criminal activity of the Bush crime family.
It's as though they do not want to acknowledge their failures. This coming from the very party who jeopardized American stability in the late nineties by marching a successful popular President in front of a federal grand jury to ask him if he had committed adultery. Imagine that. To further add to the amazement of such low class behaviour; two of the ringleaders of this witch hunt (Newt Gingrich and Henry Hyde) were serial adulterers.
Now think about it; twelve years of Republican Congressional control with eight years of Republican executive control and they did nothing about immigration, alternative energy, off-shore drilling, or keeping jobs in America.
The Democrats have had a slim majority in the houses of congress for one year and nine months. In the first session of the 110th congress, the Republicans broke the record for filibusters topping 70 by the fall of 2007.
During the 110th a group of around 40 to 45 Senate Republicans deliberately filibustered every major bill Democrats have tried to pass. As a result, the 110th Congress already racked up 94 cloture votes (called to end filibusters) by July 22, 2008. In comparison, the 109th Congress had a total of 54 cloture votes and the 108th Congress had a total of 49. The 110th Congress is on pace to double the number of filibuster threats and cloture votes in recent years.
Unfortunately, I don't currently have the actual number of Bush vetoes of bills passed by the 110th Congress, but I believe the number exceeds forty. I will find out and update this blog with the actual results.
Republicans grin and refer to this form of Government as "Block and Blame". They prevent legislation from becoming law, the legislation offered by the Congressional majority voted on by the majority of the American people so they can blame the Democrats for doing nothing, thus driving down the approval rating of the 110th Congress. This is typical of Republican politics. Sacrifice the well being of the nation for political control.
"Block and Blame" ... just wait until I blog about another Republican strategy ... "Blame the Victim". Remember when Cheney shot Whittington in the face and then went home instead of reporting it to the police? Well the intial spin from the Cheney camp was that Whittington walked in front of Cheneys shot. That's hilarious. Blame the Victim. Block and Blame, Blame the Victim. Republican politicians are disgusting.
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