In Newsweek we have a nasty liberal attack on Palin. On CBS we have another liberal opining 'Down and Dirty' Palin Like Agnew with 'Nasty' Attack on Obama'

This is a diverse country. Because someone is not Ivy-league trained does not qualify her or him for office. Shrewd, common sense beats elitist ponderings every time.

Leadership requires courage of convicions. After all, we do not rely on the choices our leaders have made - unless they are mostly wrong. It is the conviction that resonates with the voters. If we believe that a candidate has this courage to pursue their ideals that we approve, they will get votes. 

When the liberal elite pile on someone like Gov. Palin, they show their glaring intolerance for the 'rest of us'. Unfortunately for them, it's the collective work of 'regular' folks that keep them in their positions. Instead of analyzing how Gov. Palin rose to her position today, they are quick to dismiss her as 'stupid'. If they were to fully examine the rise by their hero, Sen. Obama, they would find an erie, calculated climb in a currupt political machine.

Personally, I hope they continue to spew their hatred because it identifies them as the true clueless members of this country's electorate.

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I thought the Liberal mantra was that Republicans were too priviliged. GB1 didn't know how to work a grocery scanner, etc.

The Left has sold its soul (however small that may be) to win this election.

Meacham is an educated snob who mistakenly believes that leadership requires aristocratic lineage. Don't get me wrong, Meacham is an educated man; he's just not that intelligent. Leadership would be out of the question for him. and recognizing leadership potential eludes him as well.

 Most of the preppies feel this way. Try as they will, they can't hide their delusions of natural superiority for long. Its essence just oozes out. It's odd, but most of us, the vulgar many, pick right up on it. As dumb as we are, you would think that it would slide right by. So, the age old process continues; they're not as smart as they think they are, and we're not as dumb as they think we are. Maybe.

Meacham finds Palin to be incurious..

It is ironic that Meachump should think this.

My OED defines incurious as: not eager to know something; lacking curiosity.

Doesn't this describe the elite MSM, of which Meachump himself is a card-carrying member, in respect to their incurious behavior regarding Senator Obama and his rise to his current position.

On just about everything? His past. His mentors. His beliefs. His land deals. His pals.

For instance, has Meachump and Newsweek shown ANY curiosity about Obama's college years? How did he get into Columbia. What happened to his 1984 thesis on so-called "Soviet Union disarmament." What did he think of the socialst conferences he attended.

Where is there one piece of evidence that he actually attended Columbia as the pretigious body has REFUSED to offer any evidence of his time there. And Obama refuses to even disclose the names of those with whom he attended that college.

How did he get into Harvard? What did he write whilst there? Who paid for that? A radical Muslim Saudi billionaire with funds laudered by a radical American Muslim?

In fact, can Meachump and Newsweek point to one act of curiosity about Senator Obama that may cast a the merest scintilla of doubt on his suitability to be a legitimate candidate for the Presidency?

I'd be curious to know. 

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Weren't liberals all for the common peanut farmer Jimmy Carter back in the seventies? I was just a kid, so maybe my memory isn't as clear as it should be. I just remember a feeling in the country that it was such a noble American ideal for a citizen of humble beginnings to make it to the White House.

Have Obama's grades been released? Wonder how much of a true brainiac he really is. What schools one attends and the grades one makes aren't really a true measure of intelligence. One of my favorite writers--Harlan Ellison--had a negative grade point average in college and dropped out. He's a brilliant writer.

Pretty soon Readers of the MSM publications need to look through FACT CHECK before digesting their articles.
But simple errors like this are immediately recognized as "Democrat Facts" and need no further "digestion"
The Republican Revolution will not be Televised

That did it for me, can't bring myself to read that rag, had to throw in the (and thats the problem) didn't they.  I guess all us country bumkins in middle America are the problem, please enlighten us since all the Liberal Havens are doing SO well. NYC, Detroit,  MA, CA , THAT is a great example to follow?

Meacham evinces ignorant elitism at its worst. These people grab the mantra of the "elite" with nothing to support it. Many, if not most, of them have no understanding of true intellectualism. Most of them are as shallow as a puddle. Most of them never take action to fix something; they ( as Obama) simply talk. They also lack common sense. Witness  the educational system in America-- a complete failure. So what makes them feel "elite"? --their money and their assinine "liberal" ideology. Some of the dumbest, most poorly educated feel "elite" as they make fools of themselves every time they open their mouths. Witness Rosie, Maher, Olbermann, Matthews, et. al. Witness Hollywood. Witness the MSM. They are not even wise enough to accept any part of the conservative point of view, even when it comes from those smarter and more educated than they. Because they haven't the ability to respond intelligently, they become condescending, vindictive, and petty. As do this clown, Meacham, and the editors at Newsweek. Sad.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

We can play this game too...

Newsweek is too stupid to be allowed to publish a magazine. 

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So a magazine that three years ago was so irresponsible that it published a false story about Guantanamo interrogators "desecrating the Quran" that led to worldwide riots and more than 16 deaths calls Palin "dangerous"?

First, what is it you want us to pay taxes for? Tell me what I get and perhaps I'll buy it. - Robert Heinlein

When all else fails, mass media jumps on the age issue with McCain. I've seen "actuarials" and other calculations. But consider the actuarials regarding Sen. Obama, who technically falls into the highest risk group--African American males (I call him African-American because that is his campaign's preferred descriptive).

So if we're worried about vice presidents becoming presidents, can we go ahead and theorize the disaster Joe Biden would be as president?

 I am really tired of media bias. Really. Has Obama offered a look at his health records or birth certificate?

 best, Kay B. Day

I just want to say that I resent -- no, let me state this far more forcefully -- I really HATE everything that people like Jon Meacham, the staff of Newsweek, and the rest of today's biased media are trying to ram down the throats of the American people in this election, certainly in terms of what they want to see happen now and in any future elections as well.

I grew up believing America was a shining example of freedom for all. That America was a country of the people, by the people, and for the people -- that those words stood for something, for an ideal that we should all aspire to with every breath we have. Speaking for myself, my parents were classic Middle Class people. They worked hard, played by the rules, and struggled to achieve what they did. They worked long hours, got up early and packed bagged lunches, and saved every penny they could to send me to college. They taught me right from wrong, and in my own life since I've tried to work hard and do the right things in their name. Because when I look back on what they did and what they gave me -- or should I say what they had to give up and sacrifice to give me things -- I can honestly say I was blessed to have them as my parents.

Personally, above all else I consider myself to be an AMERICAN. Yes, like many others, I'm generationally part of the American "melting pot" since all four of my great grandparents came from various spots in the globe. But I don't want any hyphenated name describing or defining me. I'm not "something-American." I was born and raised here and this is the country I love. I'm American, plain and simple.

And let me say this: one of the things I hold most dear are the rights and freedoms our Founding Fathers gave to us. Because when you stop and think about the incredible sacrifices that people made during the American Revolution to even create this country -- or think about the fine men and women who have served ever since to keep our nation secure, to keep it's liberties protected -- it's pretty damn hard not to get a lump in your throat or to feel a tear build in your eye.

But the one thing that I've always thought was most amazing (historically speaking) was that when the American Revolution was over and our Founding Fathers had to sit down and actually create a framework for our country to operate by -- in other words when they drafted the U.S. Constitution -- that they realized this country was created to OPPOSE any sense of a monarchy or privileged elitism. Instead, they recognized that this country was born on an idea of freedom, and it was forged by the blood of simple farmers, blacksmiths, stable operators, and so on. It was bound by the sacrifices of ordinary men and women, young and old. And as a result, they realized this country should always belong to those self-same "common" people and it should be run by them, too. Because it's in the heart of the "common" citizen that the spirit of America will always reside and always find its flame eternally burning.

So, with a firm and unshakable belief in that, our Founding Fathers set two simple rules that a person had to meet to become President. I quote their wisdom:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

That was it. No rules that you had to be rich. No rules that you had to come from a powerful or politically connected family. No rules that you had to have traveled abroad to prove your worldiness. No rules that you had to have attended an Ivy league school. No, for all the requirements that they could have set, instead they went with two simple rules to ensure that this country would always belong to the "common" people who spilled their blood to found it in the first place.

So, I just wanted to thank Jon Meacham and NEWSWEEK magazine for sharing their elitist and holier-than-thou article with the rest of us. And speaking as an Independent voter, most of all I want to thank them for reminding me WHY I've chosen to vote for John McCain this time around, for a man who served his country honorably in so many ways, right down to shedding his blood like our Founding Fathers did.

I'm voting for McCain because Heaven help us if elitists like Meacham, Newsweek, today's biased media, and certainly Obama himself get their way.  Heaven help us if they successfully manage to take this country away from the "common" people. Because the day that happens truly will be the day that the spirit of America and all that it was built on will be dead.

That's all I wanted to say. I'm sorry if I wrote too much. I'm new here, but nothing has boiled my blood this entire election season as much as reading tonight about this Newsweek cover story on Sarah "she doesn't deserve to be elected because she's too common"  Palin. Just thinking about Americans writing such elitist and condesending words about ANY fellow American that chooses to run for an elected office makes me sick to my stomach.

You can see a great dissection of the cover photo that was completely untouched by Newsweek's photo editors. It shows the original photo and how it would look with just a few minutes in Photoshop.

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