For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Why people like Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin is a classic populist politician. What makes her so popular is her very nature. She is the definition of “grassroots”, a working mother who successfully entered politics at the municipal level and worked her way up to the governorship. She didn’t manage this by impressing people with her five different institutions of education, or how many books she had written on Russian foreign policy. No, she managed it because she inspired Americans who felt that Sarah was “one of them.”
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The leftoid media kooks
October 4, 2009 - 10:24 ET by notonmywatchThe leftoid media kooks haven't hated anyone this much since Reagan. That's +1000 points.
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I like Sarah Palin. And she
October 4, 2009 - 10:45 ET by ThisnThatI like Sarah Palin. And she already has my vote. And I will look very unfavorably upon any public official that tries to declare his "intellectual superiority" over her. She has moral authority -- something I value much more than book-learning.
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When the crunch time comes
October 4, 2009 - 17:03 ET by Dan The Man 2When the crunch time comes we must evaluate all canditidates again and see if they measure up. If we do not then we are guilty of that we accuse the Omamaites with, hero worship above all aelse.
It will be hard to evaluate
October 4, 2009 - 17:13 ET by ThisnThatIt will be hard to evaluate unless we clear away the smoke screen first, and the biggest target now is Palin. Not only from the MSM -- but from the RINOs, like McCain's campaign staff. What a bunch of losers that group is.
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Dan, here ya go. This is a
October 4, 2009 - 19:10 ET by Gary P JacksonDan, here ya go. This is a master list of what Sarah did her time as Governor THIS year. It would equal a career for most, this was just seven months.
Master List Of Governor Palin's 2009 Accomplishments
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Alaska is basically a libertarian state, and before Obama's thugs started attacking her, Sarah had an 80 percent approval rating. This is from a group of pretty independent citizens.
It's no secret, as far as I'm concerned, there is no one even close to Palin. She will be the next President.
Dont get me wrong I really
October 5, 2009 - 01:07 ET by Dan The Man 2Dont get me wrong I really like Palin and teh more the SCM bashes her the more I know she can win. But, we only got some of theifo on her and if she runs for POTUS then we will have to make a determination then. I like Liz Cheney also an think she can win.
I just think we should not make any decisions now, we can discuss and pontificate but the vote is 3 years and teh run most likely 2.
I loves me some Liz Cheney,
October 5, 2009 - 09:24 ET by Gary P JacksonI loves me some Liz Cheney, but her resume is mighty thin. She has some jr level foreign policy experience, and is certainly her father's (and mother's) daughter. Incredibly smart.
Liz is also a member of the "Five Cub Club" along with Sarah and Michelle Bachmann. Not sure why, but there is evidently something significant about women who have had 5 kids.
We were screwing around the other day, and if Sarah were to announce this line up the day she threw her hat in the ring, it would be a blowout for her. (like it isn't going to be already!)
President: Sarah Palin
Vice President: Liz Cheney-Rick Perry-Michelle Bachmann (in order of preference)
Secretary Of State: John Bolton
Secretary Of Defense: David Petraeus
Secretary Of Treasury: Steve Forbes
Attorney General: Rudolph Giuliani
Homeland Security: Duncan Hunter
BTW, from what I understand, Sarah and Rudy have stayed in pretty close contact, as have her and the Cheneys. And Sarah was once the party chair for Forbes for President!
It's only a fantasy team at this point, but it would be a serious winner!
All I know for sure is there is absolutely no one out there that even remotely comes close to Palin as a leader. The last one we had like her was Reagan.
Afghanistan
October 4, 2009 - 10:34 ET by ThisnThatAn attack today killed 8 American soldiers. This is really disturbing. Our terms of engagement have become so restrictive that the Taliban is really gaining a stronghold there. They are issuing all sorts of threats to local leaders, who then are allowing the Taliban to come in and set up for these attacks. On the other hand, if we make a mistake and kill a single civilian -- a single one -- there is an international and local uproar that forces us to retrench even more, continuing a vicious cycle that increasingly puts us in a more and more vulnerable situation.
In the meantime, POTUS is asleep at the wheel, going to Copenhagen, or pushing his socialist policies in TOTUS-style campaing speeches, completely ignoring the threat to American troops. This situation has disastor written all over it. The MSM is abetting by hiding its collective head in the sand.
America is getting weaker by the minute. Obama and his "progressives" are cheering our ultimate demise.
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how much worse?
October 4, 2009 - 10:43 ET by jon_torlinI don't know how you people do it, knowing how America's on the precipice by a razor's edge, how do you get through the day? It depresses the hell out of me that we're going downhill so damn fast and so many people are absolutely ignorant of that.
I try to get through the day myself by thinking of more pleasant things (friends, hobbies, working out, etc) but it always rears its ugly head somewhere to remind me that it's still there.
-Jon
It's not as bad as you
October 4, 2009 - 12:20 ET by notonmywatchIt's not as bad as you think. If you watch TV you'd have a worse opinion than is true.
In some ways things are better than they were 50/100 years ago.
http://www.newsnmax....
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ThisnTaht
October 4, 2009 - 10:51 ET by ricklailI was about to post something about the situation in Afgansitan but you said it better than I could. What makes me apprehensive is that in 25 short days my son in law will be headed there. Granted he is in Marine Aviation but with the way this war is being run even those in the rear area are not safe.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
Notice how the MSM has
October 4, 2009 - 11:11 ET by ThisnThatNotice how the MSM has eliminated its daily and monthly U.S. body count under Obama? These elitist, sh&t-for-brains, arrogant, two-faced SOB MSM'ers! I eagerly look forward to the day they are all unemployed and living under bridges. I have nothing but contempt for the whole bunch.
My son is also a Marine -- ground pounder -- and he says they are ready to go in and kick ass.
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Your son
October 4, 2009 - 11:40 ET by ricklailWhere is he now? My other son in law is a corpsman with a Marine ground pounder unit in Iraq.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
A big HOOH-RAH
October 4, 2009 - 13:22 ET by DEVILDOCMOMto you and your family members and thank them for their service. My son served in Iraq as a corpsman with the 5th Marines.
Why do we love Sarah Palin? My husband and son were in Alaska at an airman's meeting before she was chosen as VP. She was leaving when my son asked her for a photo, she graciously stopped (with Trig in her arms) and we now have a great photo of the three of them. She is who is she is and that is what drives the fringe media crazy.
DevilDocMom -- if it was
October 4, 2009 - 14:18 ET by ThisnThatDevilDocMom -- if it was DEVILDOGMOM, I would have caught on! Thank your son for his service.
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Well...
October 4, 2009 - 16:09 ET by DEVILDOCMOMsince he was the doc...he sure had a lot more responsibility as the doc than I do as an ER nurse...lol
RT, after two stints in
October 4, 2009 - 14:13 ET by ThisnThatRT, after two stints in Iraq, he's at Parris Island now.
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Maybe he'll get up this way
October 4, 2009 - 14:17 ET by ricklailMaybe he'll get up this way sometime. I am 35 miles from Camp Lejeune and 20 miles from Cherry Point.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
His first assignment was at
October 4, 2009 - 14:19 ET by ThisnThatHis first assignment was at Cherry Point.
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TnT....Thank you for a
October 4, 2009 - 13:07 ET by celatorTnT....Thank you for a superb post. Who would have thought that we would ever have a pretend, clueless CIC who is also a radical leftist pacifist?
Obama is at phase one of his Vietghanistan. That's what he intended all along.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
TnT, If Obama is too chickensh*t to do what is required...
October 4, 2009 - 20:43 ET by R D Helm...to win in Ashcanistan, and it is obvious to me that he is, then he should admit it, do the honorable thing, and get our people the hell out of there before they become cannon-fodder for the illiterate camel-washers.
We saw that happen in Vietnam. I don't want to see it again.
-Dave
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
Dave, Øbama simply doesn't
October 4, 2009 - 21:21 ET by ThisnThatDave, Øbama simply doesn't care for our troops. It's in his DNA. He despises our military. Just like people such as Barney Frank. He views our military as worse than useless -- they are dangerous, and represent votes he won't get.
In Øbama's case, I think it goes further -- he's actually paranoid with respect to our military. Speak to his generals? No way. That would require a decision, ultimately, and Ø's not into decisions. He votes "present" only. A truely pathetic, so-called "leader".
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HEY HEY!! BHO....
October 4, 2009 - 21:17 ET by ww thumper"HEY! HEY! BHO.....HOW MANY BOYS WILL YOU KILL TOMARROW!!!???" ? Remember the chant to Pres. Johnson..??
When you elect a communist for your President... don't be surprised when Communisem breakes out!... WW
She's a genuine person
October 4, 2009 - 10:38 ET by jon_torlinShe's not fake like a lot of politicians are, and according to my relatives who live in Alaska, they really think the world of her because of her honesty and integrity. Not to mention she doesn't act like she's better than anyone and it's real easy to relate to her. Speaking as a country boy myself, I'd find it real easy to relate to her as well.
I think she did the right thing about getting out of being the governor before the term was up because of all the problems the media was causing her and her family, that way she can really cut loose.
I don't know how she would do as president but it would be far superior to what we have right now. It's pretty obvious that she really appreciates our military, there's a video of how she visited the Alaskan National Guard over in Kuwait a year or two ago, eating with them, talking with them, even firing a few rounds (and hitting the target dead on!) with one of their weapons. She didn't dress up in some snappy suit, she was wearing a t-shirt and pants and had her hair up! How cool is that? So she would be a far better CIC than the one we have right now who doesn't believe in victory.
I hope we're still around long enough for her to run as president instead of Senator Insane jumping in(or someone as bad as he was).
-Jon
jon
October 4, 2009 - 10:49 ET by BlondeLet me add to your spot-on commentary.
I believe she refused some headline gig a week or so ago because her son was due home from the sandbox and she didn't want to miss him.
That just amplifies her willingness to put her family first, celebrity and ambition be damned.
What's not to like? (h/t LTC Danny McNight in Blackhawk Down).
I hope he fails, too.
Jon, Blonde: Sarah went
October 4, 2009 - 12:16 ET by Gary P JacksonJon, Blonde:
Sarah went to Kosovo this past June. Then she went to Germany.
I have a couple of videos posted. The first is raw video it's starts with her getting off the chopper. You'll notice she carries her own bags.
http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/the-%E2%80%98cuda-goes-to-kosovo/
I'd march through hell for this lady if she asked! THIS is a Commander-in-Chief!
Very Nice, Gary
October 4, 2009 - 12:53 ET by BlondeThank you.
Your blog is excellent. Great stuff.
I hope he fails, too.
Thanks Blonde. It's a work
October 4, 2009 - 19:19 ET by Gary P JacksonThanks Blonde. It's a work in progress.
Thanks
October 4, 2009 - 13:36 ET by DEVILDOCMOMfor the link Gary...I sent it on to my family. I agree she is a Commander-in-Chief.
Genuine. Caring. Responsible -- Sarah Palin
October 4, 2009 - 14:36 ET by ThisnThatPalin is everything Obama is not. America should have paid closer attention to Obama's fake Greek pillars at his acceptance speech. Fakery is his hallmark. Ir-repsonsible is his MO. And caring? -- it's all about him and his quest to destroy America.
Your article, GaryP, has an interesting little point in it: In addition to the normal duties, Palin makes a point of attending every overseas deployment ceremony, and is at the airport to greet every single returning serviceman and servicewoman. You would never see Obama even think about doing something like that.
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You would never see Obama
October 4, 2009 - 14:43 ET by JasonCYou would never see Obama even think about doing something like that.
To be fair, she has a lot more free time.
JasonC
October 4, 2009 - 15:02 ET by FeynmanFanI think the main point was that it wouldn't occur to Obama to do something like that.
And Bush found time to visit wounded service people in the hospital in Washington, so I don't know that time is really an issue if it was something Obama decided he wanted to do.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
FF...
October 4, 2009 - 15:10 ET by JerDo you know for certain that Obama hasn't? He did in Iraq.
Jer
To be fair, Jer -
October 4, 2009 - 15:29 ET by BO STINKSthe Vain One did have time to go to Denmark to beg for the Olympics - he apparently had time to do something no other President in US history had time for. H-m-m-m
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" Sam Adams
Bet your house on this, Jer
October 4, 2009 - 15:32 ET by ThisnThatIf Obama were doing this, the MSM would be trumpeting from the rooftops.
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I don't recall it being
October 4, 2009 - 15:49 ET by JerI don't recall it being "trumpeted from the rooftops" when he did it in Iraq. It received very little attention until he started getting smeared for allegedly 'hating the troops' because of the military hospital visit controversy in Germany.
Jer
Jer
October 4, 2009 - 15:43 ET by FeynmanFanI don't know that he hasn't, but I think of things like this when I think about Obama's attitude towards the military.
And let me say up front I don't give a rat's a$$ that he was campaigning at the time. He could have left the press behind and gone as any other senator, like they said in the article.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
FF...
October 4, 2009 - 15:57 ET by JerI alluded to that particular "controversy" above. This has been thoroughly hashed before. At worst, it was a misunderstanding. That part of the trip, unlike Iraq, was campaign-funded. The notion that Obama wanted to deliberately "diss" the troops--or visit only if he could use it as a photo-op--is nonsense.
Jer
Jer
October 4, 2009 - 16:26 ET by FeynmanFanWe'll have to agree to disagree on whether it was nonsense.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Understood...there are
October 4, 2009 - 16:31 ET by JerUnderstood...there are plenty of other fish to fry.
Jer
Free time? You mean that
October 4, 2009 - 15:28 ET by ThisnThatFree time? You mean that Obama is spending all his time on urgent world and domestic matters like:
Going to Copenhagen
Visiting Hollywood (in May) on a fund-raising trip
romantic vacations in NYC or Chicago or the Vineyard (while calling for less vacation for the nation's schoolkids, BTW)
Appearing on Letterman show
... and on Jay Leno to appologize for his Special Olympics remarks
Spending an hour on 60 minutes
Spending extra time for 5 Sunday TV shows, rather than, say, one
Are you saying I wasn't fair by not bringing this up before? I apologize. BTW, please note that Sarah Palin cancels her appointments to meet and greet service members.
I don't know where you get your information JasonC, but it doesn't appear you're getting your money's worth.
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I doubt it Jason
October 4, 2009 - 15:39 ET by general companySeems to me that Palin has been working far harder the Obama. Also occurs to me that both are doing the same thing, promotional tours. Who do you think is more effective? Even when Obama has the full support of the media, and the Palin just the opposite,
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
I like the "balance" of
October 4, 2009 - 10:39 ET by TEI like the "balance" of today's Meet the Press roundtable: Three hysterical, militant leftist loons (i.e., Rachel Mancow, E.J. Dionne and David Gregory), an Obama loving loon (i.e., David Brooks) and someone, who only in the most charitable way can be described as a RINO (i.e., Mike Murphy).
None of those people have
October 4, 2009 - 10:50 ET by ThisnThatNone of those people have the honesty of Sarah Palin. They have all built themselves up as intellectual snobs -- especially Dionne-- who expect everyone to admire their drivel. Sarah Palin is down-to-earth and straight-forward, a quality far superior to the dishonesty brought forward by this group.
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Suicide bombers might be even more of a pain in the a$$
October 4, 2009 - 10:52 ET by shawn228I don't mean to joke about this serious matter but it looks like terrorist have figured out how to get bombs on plane that cannot checked by security.
CBS) Al Qaeda has developed a new tactic that allows suicide bombers to breach even the tightest security, as CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports.
Inside a Saudi palace, the scene was the bloody aftermath of an al Qaeda attack in August aimed at killing Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, head of Saudi Arabia's counter terrorism operations.
To get his bomb into this room, Abdullah Asieri, one of Saudi Arabia's most wanted men, avoided detection by two sets of airport security including metal detectors and palace security. He spent 30 hours in the close company of the prince's own secret service agents - all without anyone suspecting a thing.
How did he do it?
Taking a trick from the narcotics trade - which has long smuggled drugs in body cavities - Asieri had a pound of high explosives, plus a detonator inserted in his rectum.
This was a meticulously planned operation with al Qaeda once again producing something new: this time, the Trojan bomber.
The blast left the prince lightly wounded - a failure as an assassination, but as an exercise in defeating security, it was perfect.
The bomber persuaded the prince he wanted to leave al Qaeda, setting a trap.
Al Qaeda has an animated movie showing the meeting between the bomber and the prince. Asieri says more senior al Qaeda figures want to surrender and convinces the prince to talk to them on a cell phone.
In the conversation recorded by al Qaeda, you hear a beep in the middle of two identical phrases that are repeated by the bomber and his handler.
Explosives experts tell CBS News that beep was likely a text message activating the bomb concealed inside Asieri.
The Trojan bomber hands the phone to Prince Mohammed. He's standing next to him, and 14 seconds later, he detonates.
"This is the nightmare scenario," said Chris Yates, an aviation security consultant.
On a plane at altitude, the effects of such a bomb could be catastrophic. And there is no current security system that could stop it.
"Absolutely nothing other than to require people to strip naked at the airport," said Yates.
And al Qaeda says it will share its new technique via the Internet very soon. There is nothing that can stop that either.
"I have a Bush man-crush, you need to understand."-Mr. Shy
oh great
October 4, 2009 - 11:02 ET by jon_torlinWhat's next, cavity searches by the TSA?
These damn terrorists....ugh. I'm gonna stop right there before I go into a tirade that might get me banned.
-Jon
Knowing the TSA, they won't
October 4, 2009 - 11:14 ET by ThisnThatKnowing the TSA, they won't be satisfied with a cavity search. Everyone's gonna have to produce a dump at the security gate, or they don't get on the plane.
Of course, one of the easiest ways to do security is profiling. But hey-- that's worse than sayin a non-muslim prayer, isn't it?
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just a minor oversight
October 4, 2009 - 11:27 ET by jon_torlinThere's one small problem with the profiling now. Wouldn't have been one before, but after the recent news, it might not make any difference.
Remember those guys that got busted for trying to set off bombs in Texas, North Carolina, and one other place I can't think of at the moment? They weren't all middle-eastern, there were a couple of white guys who were converts to Islam, I heard one of them had converted while in prison.
These days, it can be anyone. Makes the situation that much more difficult.
They should do it the way Israel does it, they have very good intelligence on who goes on board the planes and elsewhere.
-Jon
Profiling is a lot more
October 4, 2009 - 14:55 ET by ThisnThatProfiling is a lot more than physical appearance, or group membership. The ACLU and dims would have us believe the only type of profiling is racial. But consider this. We've all seen it in our favorite movies. A perp is trying to behave as "normal" as can be, either just before or right after an event. He might be trying to avoid being pulled over in traffic on his way to a burglary, and therefore is going exactly at 55mph when everyone else is going 65 in the 55mph zone. Or he is calmly walking away from the event (a smoking building) when everyone else is running towards it. From a profiling perspective, these people are prime candidates, and it doesn't make any difference on their race, religion, etc.
In the case of Texas, what man would be buying all those beauty products? Even the clerk was suspicious, and the answer "I got lots of girl friends" doesn't pass the smell test. When this is added to any other data known about the guy, we can say he matches a certain "profile".
Same thing at the airport. There would have to be a million give-aways about these people, if we only had agents trained in profiling. Instead, we have ACLU-types who believe every bad perp is actually an innocent angel -- the ACLU wants us to go after grandmas and newborns first, and the bad people last.
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If this is the case, dump
October 4, 2009 - 16:41 ET by kangarooIf this is the case, dump and fly!!! I am going to buy some stock in greenwise publix loo paper and X-Lax he he he
I saw that, Shawn
October 4, 2009 - 11:04 ET by BlondeDid you see the most excellent Denzel flick "Man on Fire". I saw that scene where he kidnapped the warlord and had him taped to the back of his car, with a "device" like described in your article, and immediately had that concern.
Frightening, indeed.
I hope he fails, too.
Shawn....One of the most
October 4, 2009 - 11:11 ET by celatorShawn....One of the most important aspects of this event (and one not reported by the national media) is that this suicide bomber was a terrorist released from Gitmo about 1 year ago (maybe slightly longer, I'd have to look it up again).
He came to the meeting with the Prince under Saudi Arabia's amnesty program for jihadists. (who knew?), and indeed slipped through all the security they had set up at the time.
So to all those radical leftists and media commetators who would like these killers released, pay attention to this story.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Inevitable
October 4, 2009 - 11:29 ET by slickwillie2001I can think of a dozen foolproof ways to get a bomb onto a plane, and I've been waiting for this one. It was inevitable. We need to look at the Israeli behavioral methods of screening and see if they can be applied to our volumes. We will be hindered because our methods have to be designed for the unionized idiots in the TSA and our dependence on mechanical routines.
Suitcasing
October 4, 2009 - 11:38 ET by ricklailThat is the word used by prisoners to refer to sticking something up the rectum. It happens frequently at the prison where I work. Visitors will bring in drugs in condoms and they'll shove where the sun don't shine. With a lack of correction officers in many cases they don't catch the exchanges.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
Re Palin
October 4, 2009 - 10:53 ET by slickwillie2001Folks like Palin because she's an alternative to the Ivy-League elite that has had a stranglehold on our country for so long. This is also why the establishment Republicans fear her. If their monopoly is broken, their employment opportunities are severely degraded.
Just another hit piece
October 4, 2009 - 10:54 ET by BKeyserThis article is another attempt to demean not only Sarah Palin but her supporters as well- at least thats the way I read it. You can't throw in the stupid folk like her so she's relevant and call that complimentary. The simple fact is, she scares the hell out of the left and they can't figure out why. I like her. I don't know if she's presidential material now, or if she ever will be- or for that matter if she even has those aspirations. But I can tell you who is not presidential material...
She scares the hell out of
October 4, 2009 - 11:06 ET by jon_torlinShe scares the hell out of the left because she means what she says and does what she says. Not to mention she doesn't use a teleprompter like an addict.
-Jon
Cheer Up!
October 4, 2009 - 11:05 ET by slickwillie2001There's a spot of good news:
Socialism and Christian Bashing Crash at Box Office: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com
"The biggest disappointment of the weekend is Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story (Overture). After a $57K per theatre average on 4 screens last weekend, the picture broke to a wider 962 locations with terrible results. The 'documentary' only sold an estimated $1.3M in tickets to start the weekend, and it will finish at about $3.9M for a PTA of less than $4,000. That soft opening will almost certainly make Capitalism Moore’s weakest-grossing movie since 2002’s Bowling for Columbine ($21.5M domestic gross)."
She is the real deal.
October 4, 2009 - 11:06 ET by jondelwicheThe camera loves her, she is well-spoken yet down to earth, and she ran a state that actually was fiscally balanced.
Tort reform was the forgotten child of the 1994 Contract with America, and as somebody who was driven from office by wayward litigation, she has a chance to position herself in 2012 on a few basic, mainstreet issues:
energy, fiscal responsibility, prolife, tort reform to the extreme, and common sense.
What have the Ivy League types delivered?
Job losses, trillion dollar deficits, too many lawyers, high energy costs, war, etc etc
2012 is ripe for someone like Palin, but nobody could blame her from walking away with her young family, ie who needs the Letterman type abuse?
Letterman Abuse
October 4, 2009 - 11:11 ET by BlondeHow much do you think Sarah Palin is enjoying Letterman's little pickle of his own making?
Although she's too much of a lady to say anything, I'd love to know.
Instant Karma, Dave.
I hope he fails, too.
I like her
October 4, 2009 - 13:07 ET by StarAZPart of it for me, I think, is what Dennis Miller says--she pisses off the right people. But when she first gave her speech, my 27-yr-old daughter (no political interest except for once saying, "If that want an Obama vaccine, Mom, they could use your blood") lingered in the family room and afterward said, "Mom, that woman could do anything." I think that about covers it--she comes off to me as capable, beautiful, and defiant. She saw things wrong in her own party and threw her heart over the bar to try to fix them... She did her best on short notice to save the Republican campaign...She has put up with horrible mockery and nonsense (I heard a Dem woman call her "a bucket of slop" in the presence of Joe Biden one time). I have no idea if Sarah will run, would get elected, is damaged now, or whatever...but I keep an eye on her. She rocks. As for what "she reads," I think she was shocked--did Katie think Alaskans did not read papers and magazines--I might have frozen, too.
Ahmadinejad a Jew
October 4, 2009 - 12:01 ET by slickwillie2001This explains a great deal about this loon:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Revealed to Have Jewish Past: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
"A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. A close-up of the document reveals he was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver."
Excellent work. That's journalism.
Ahhh... so that explains
October 4, 2009 - 12:40 ET by Jack BauerAhhh... so that explains why his nickname is Putz, already.
And if you think he's Jewish, you should see his mom. Oy vey, her other son, the good one, is a Doctor.
Troops die, whilst Obama fiddles
October 4, 2009 - 12:34 ET by Jack BauerBut don't worry. The President is urgently on the case. Thank goodness.
He'll be spending the next two months urgently considering the urgent demand for 40,000 extra trooops made six weeks ago from the general he hand picked.
It's good to see such urgency, isn't it?
From the guy who is obviously the smartest military leader ever. A cross between Churchill, Patton and Alexander the Great.
John Kerry wants military $ for Kennedy Institute
October 4, 2009 - 12:38 ET by celatorWell, here's another story the national media isn't covering. John Kerry has sneaked a $20 million pork bill into the Defense Department's military appropriations bill now moving through Congress. Does he want that money to go for the needs of the men and women in the military?
Of course not.
He wants it for to help build, hang on to your hats, the "Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate".
Oh yea.
After the fire stops shooting out of your eyes, read the story here:
http://www.boston.co...
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Palin
October 4, 2009 - 12:47 ET by charlietexasIn a nutshell, she is a beautiful, breath of fresh air. In my view, she interests the general population, the ones who vote. She turns off elites who the general population have grown weary of. Turn on the tv and what do you get? Elites, from both sides. They hate each other and frankly, use Palin as a punching bag. The viewer gets it..it is not about Palin, but who gets the most viewers.
She is articulate, smart and is well written. I know this because I see, hear with my own eyes and ears. She has actually written some great op-eds and her spoken word is articulate. Has she mastered every issue? No. Will she? I don't know. But she will have something to say. I don't know what her future holds, but she sounds like she is going to be patient, earn a lot of money, stay in the spotlight, and come out swinging when she thinks the time is right. My thinking is that she sees a total meltdown of liberals and she will emerge at the right time.
I like her.
Sarah is no "populist",
October 4, 2009 - 12:58 ET by robert108Sarah is no "populist", she's a real conservative, an individual who makes individual choices and who wants us all to be free to make our own individual choices. She isn't an ideologue, like most politicians are today. In fact, she's a real person who does politics for a living and to be a public servant. That's pretty rare in today's world of professional politicians who think we are there to serve them.
She's the real thing.
Will California be our
October 4, 2009 - 13:08 ET by ckc1227Will California be our first failed state?
http://www.guardian....
The solution to CA's problems? Become even MORE liberal, and let Van Jones the Communist show them the way, lol.
"Troops Die"
October 4, 2009 - 13:11 ET by Delsaand SOBama is now setting his sights on GAYS in OUR MILITARY.
Just what our troops have been praying for.
9 die yesterday, 2 the day before adding to a month long list and I am sure what they were thinking was, "If only I had an openly gay guy by my side"...
F Obama and his so called advisors.
They want our troops demoralized and dead!
NO OTHER EXPLAINATION!
As for Palin
October 4, 2009 - 13:13 ET by DelsaI like her but am not so fast to place her in a #1 spot.
I hope she hasn't fallen pray to her own hype because she may try third party and that will insure SOBAMAISM for years to come!
Delsa, IMHO Sarah Palin
October 4, 2009 - 18:04 ET by Free StinkerDelsa,
IMHO Sarah Palin will probably not run for public office ever again. (I hope I am wrong)
But even not in office, she is taking a lot of flak that the Demoncrats could more profitably be directing at Jindal, Watts, Kasich, Allen, and Petraeus.
"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows." --Boris Epshteyn
Free...THANK YOU
October 4, 2009 - 18:12 ET by BlondeYou were the one who introduced us all here, about a year before the election, to the fabulous Sarah Palin.
I just wanted to remind everyone of that fact.
Had it not been for you, we'd have been as surprised (and as uninformed) as the rest of the country when McLame announced Sarah as his running mate.
When it happened, I was like YEAH!!!! And proceeded to tell everyone I knew, everything about her that I knew....because of your links.
So thanks again.
I'll support SP no matter what she does. She rocks!
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde
October 4, 2009 - 18:39 ET by Free StinkerI thank Fred Barnes for writing the July 2007 article in The Weekly Standard - The Most Popular Governor.
And thank you for the nice remarks. You are too kind.
Well, Free
October 4, 2009 - 18:50 ET by BlondeFred is nice....but YOU were the one, here.
xxx ooo (and NO TED...that's not a h/t to YOU)
I hope he fails, too.
Since Sarah's political
October 4, 2009 - 20:18 ET by Gary P JacksonSince Sarah's political hero is the Great Ronald Reagan, she quotes him often, I think you can rule a third party out.
Sarah is following Reagan's 1975-1980 blueprint, so far, to the letter, and adding some frills and dressings to go with it.
If you look at her Facebook page, which has nearly 1 million members, she lists herself as a Republican. Sarah will do what Reagan did, and capture the party. She will be even more effective though, because of the times we live in.
America is ripe for a MAJOR sea change, away from communism and hard tyranny, which is where we are rapidly heading, and back to a strong Conservative way of life. back to a Republican form of government. (as in Republic, not the party!)
Sarah is going to go around the country in 2010 and stump for candidates who she believes represent her philosophy of the way it oughta be. Sarah drew bigger crowds than Obama in may venues last year. She drew 20,000 people in upstate NY this year, and in NYC, at a charity walk, the crowd to see her almost stopped the walk it was so large!
Sarah is already the leader of the party, she's one of very few who has any effect on the public debate. Once she gets dozens of conservatives elected, she will own the party, period.
I still remember 1980, the Rockefeller, blue blood, country club elites (RINOs) HATED Ronald Reagan. They were so pissed off that he won the nomination that THEY ran a 3rd party candidate! And we know how well that worked out!
Don't know how many read the partial transcript of Sarah's China speech, but it is serious red meat!
http://thespeechatim...
She's running for POTUS. Let's see:
Started PAC, check.
Wrote best selling book, check
Cleared schedule to campaign, check
Giving policy speeches nation wide, about to start.
Working to elect fellow conservatives, about to start.
Todd has even quit his job on the North Slope, presumable to play Mr Mom. That's a big step, because Todd had THE job to have!
Anybody who reads her Facebook page regularly will be in awe of the traffic. About every third poster is begging her to run!
I think the excitement from all of this won't be that she will run, and win, but HOW she does it! It will be like nothing we have ever seen before.
Make lots of money, Sarah!
October 4, 2009 - 14:00 ET by carolina09I love how it ticks off the left to see you enter a new stage of prosperity. Money will help you protect your family.
I also loved the clothes you wore before the media raised a stink about it--as if the campaign dollars I donated shouldn't go to packaging a candidate! Go buy them back, especially that red leather zip-jacket, my personal fave.
Talks with Iran a success -- says confused Obama administration
October 4, 2009 - 15:15 ET by ThisnThatFrom the AP, printed in today's Boston Globe:
This passes as success in Obama's eyes! Came to the table? Some degree of cooperation?
I'm so relieved. This great CIC of ours has the world under control. Dancing in the streets. Elect obama for a 3rd term, not just a 2nd. \sarc
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Obama." - The liberals cool-aid drinking song
Ibama has the suppurt of ElBaradei
October 4, 2009 - 20:16 ET by Dan Diego"Mohamed ElBaradei said Sunday that "Israel is number one threat to Middle East" with its nuclear arms, the official IRNA news agency reported" from DRUDGE.
Palin Not Quite Ready
October 4, 2009 - 15:32 ET by AbraxosAt present, Sarah would make a very fine Senator. I do like her, although I find her public speaking voice somewhat grating. The unbiased rap on her has been a lack of depth on issues, and her impromptu speeches have tended to include a lot of repetitive sloganeering.
I feel she needs to spend significant time studying a wide range of political, historical, and contemporary world affairs analysis so she can speak authoritatively on any topic thrown at her.
I would love to see her succeed, but not to try running until she is capable of commanding the fear and respect of the opposition, including the press. They won't like her or agree with her bedrock conservatism, but they better fear and respect her prowess.
She cannot do well if she does what George Bush did -- just ignore the swarms of political and media snipers. If she can hit back hard, that's what bullies respect.
Not yet, Sarah, but when your armory is well-stocked, and your shooting skills are ace-honed, you can do it.
I am still trying to figure
October 4, 2009 - 20:43 ET by Gary P JacksonI am still trying to figure out why people think Sarah should go within a million miles of the Senate (career wise) That would be a career ender.
Sarah already has nearly two decades of EXECUTIVE experience. This woman is a leader, not a follower.
We generally don't elect Senators as POTUS, and Obama is Exhibit A for why! The last Senator we elected was Kennedy, 50 years ago. He wasn't all that great either.
One of Sarah's biggest appeals is that she is NOT another Beltway insider, with screwed up Beltway insider thinking.
Sarah has more foreign policy experience and thoughts than people want to credit her for. Alaska is a HUGE exporting state. Governors from exporting states deal with a lot of foreign trade policy.
Don't forget that Sarah just negotiated the largest construction project in North American history ($40 billion) This was something Alaskans have tried to do for 30 years. Every Governor has promised it, she delivered!
Sarah put together an international coalition of government and business. Even better, she set it up where most of it will be done with private money, not taxpayer money.
If you can pull something like this off, you can negotiate treaties and hammer rouge nations! In fact, that will be easier than dealing with business people! Remember, Sarah is the one who stood up to Exxon-Mobil, BP and others, put them in their place too!
Mrs. Sarah is a pip!
October 4, 2009 - 15:45 ET by BO STINKSI've been voting since Carter (whom, please forgive me, I voted for). I can honestly say that (other than Reagan) when I look into her eyes I believe what she says. I believe that, to the best of her ability, she will keep her word. Her frank conservatism is refreshing and she deserves a chance at accomplishing her goals, just as VO was given a chance (shudder).
VO - The Vain One: m-m-m-m good! m-m-m-m good! Barack Hussein Obama is m-m-m-m good! (h/t to Campbell's soup)
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" Sam Adams
No worries, BO
October 4, 2009 - 16:45 ET by BlondeI did too (vote for Cahtah).....it was my very first opportunity to vote, so I registered as a Democrat and voted against Teddy Kennedy in the primary (a vote FOR Cahtah).....then switched parties and never looked back.
At the time, I thought I was pretty clever (because I loathed Ted Kennedy so much).....but in retrospect, it was pretty astute for an 18 year old. I ought to bill Rush for Operation Chaos.
VO indeed.
I hope he fails, too.
Thanks, J, voted for Reagan's 2nd term and never looked back.
October 4, 2009 - 17:00 ET by BO STINKS18 is very young. I believed that because he was a Christian, he would be a friend of Israel (too, too ironical, I know). Then, when I began to understand the reality of abortion and all its consequences, I never voted Dem again. My Dad told me about Chappa and poor Mary Jo somewhere around that time (was too young to undertand at the time it happened). From then on TK and I were sworn enemies.
Bill Rush!!! Good one!
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" Sam Adams
BO...
October 4, 2009 - 17:16 ET by BlondeBill Rush, LOL....I'd just love to meet the man.
I guess I have always been a conservative, although at one point (waaaay back when) I was pro-choice. But I never did buy the democrat line of BS.
One of my very best friends (who died last year) was a self-proclaimed socialist. She was pretty much a twin of Grace Kelly. She'd been married to a rather rich man, divorced, a girlfriend of a super-rich man, then married someone ten years younger. Never worked. But was all for the Obama-insane redistribution.
We had some of the best political arguments ever.....oh how I miss her.
I have no idea why I posted that here...oh yeah, because it drove her insane that I was a Reaganite, and she thought Jimmuh was the bees knees. LOL....RIP, Whit!
I hope he fails, too.
So sorry for your loss, J....
October 4, 2009 - 17:25 ET by BO STINKSIt must be very difficult for you. She sounds like a pistol! I would have loved to have met her. It is fun to sit down with someone and hear their life stories.
Don't you love people's 'stories?' Even if we have different lifestyles\viewpoints, I love to hear about others' experiences and learning moments. Fun and informative. I'm sure you have wonderful memories and hope you have lots of photos to cherish.
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" Sam Adams
Thanks, BO!
October 4, 2009 - 21:19 ET by BlondeShe'd have had a good laugh at us (conservatives).
You are so spot-on....the stories are what keep us sane, yes?
Truly, thanks for your comment, and your condolences....it's only begun to sink in with me (six months later) that my friend is truly gone. Dammit!
I hope he fails, too.
I too voted for Jimmah and
October 4, 2009 - 17:49 ET by Dan The Man 2I too voted for Jimmah and after his reign went to vote for Reagan.
Idi Amin Obama?
October 4, 2009 - 16:18 ET by slickwillie2001A comparison of the Bamster to Idi Amin; fairly well written:
Being Promoted Beyond Your Abilities, But Not Your Ambitions: http://www.floppingaces.net
"Although the differences between these two men are substantial, we are analyzing a few similarities to stress a point. Mainly that is advancing a man beyond his abilities while he harbors a secret agenda, can be a recipe for disaster.
President Idi Amin was a man who was unquestionably promoted beyond his abilities, like Obama he was a vain narcissus who didn’t like to be told no or to fail. Neither of them had any executive experience before taking the leadership of their respective countries, although President Amin came up through the ranks of the British military."
Part of why I love her is
October 4, 2009 - 17:59 ET by GrannyGrump42Part of why I love her is that she scares the snot out of the hardcore Lefties. They can't stand a strong woman who can accomplish her goals without climbing to the top on a pyramid of her unborn children's bodies.
My thoughts exactly
October 4, 2009 - 18:49 ET by Gabrielle EI think that's what she's doing now, studying up on issues.
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.
Art Spander
She is Greeeaaatttt!!!!
October 4, 2009 - 21:17 ET by nan101I love Sarah, and I believe that if she would work to support Tim Pawlenty we could actually have a strong white house.
With all of us voting the bums out of the other positions and get some good conservative voices in. I believe there is still hope that we can save our constitution and close our borders.
Then we can fix some of damage inflicted on us by this administration.
If God is for you, who can be against you.
Judgement Day Nov, 2 - 2010 - Glenn Beck speaks for me!!!
Hey, Gang,
October 5, 2009 - 00:09 ET by ChaitealoverWhere can I find a "Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Sarah" bumper sticker? I betcha someone's making them; it's time. ;-)
Chai
“When all government...in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided...” Thomas Jefferson
chait -- how about a bumper
October 5, 2009 - 12:43 ET by Jack Bauerchait -- how about a bumper that reads:
Well,
October 5, 2009 - 16:30 ET by Chaitealoverwhile McCain was certainly not my choice, and he can be cranky, he's still an American War Hero, so publicly dissing him on a bumper sticker goes against my grain.
BTW, there's no "t" in my signature because then it would be Chiat, as is lib writer Jonathan :-(
Chai
“When all government...in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided...” Thomas Jefferson
Off topic, Fox News reported
October 5, 2009 - 09:16 ET by Radical1979Off topic, Fox News reported that Jesse Jackson blamed Bush for Chicago not getting the 2016 Olympics. The lack of surprise is palpable.
Radical
October 5, 2009 - 09:21 ET by FeynmanFanOf course Jesse Jackson blamed Bush. You didn't think for a second that he'd even consider the idea of problems with Duh One, did you?
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
crooks and more crooks
October 5, 2009 - 09:54 ET by jon_torlinI guess it never occurred to the Soetoro folks that the IOC are a bunch of crooks that probably didn't want the competition by working with another bunch of crooks as bad as they are.
-Jon
I can only speak for myself. I liked her when I first heard...
October 5, 2009 - 12:38 ET by jawebster1her speak after being picked by McCain. I thought, "Here is someone who speaks my language". Unlike most people, as you learn about them, you like them less. Just the opposite in this case. I also like her because of the enemies she attracts. The very people I can't stand, can't stand her. That's good. Jim Webster
Palin
October 5, 2009 - 12:46 ET by Sergeant ROCKThe problem with a lot of Republicans and some conservatives, is that they allow liberals to define them. You know, what acceptable 'conservatism' is. Palin hasn't done that.
Then there's McCain...
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason