She will go far and fast in the Republican Party!

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"Washington Post
Sen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic running mate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, records show. Obama succeeded in getting $192,000 for one of the clients, St. Xavier University in suburban Chicago.""

What else is there to be said of earmarks

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Note the operative term, "almost."

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Reasons for voting against Insane McCain

Dear Hillary fans. If, after clicking on the link above and reading the presented material, you still won't support Barack Obama, for the sake of America and your loved ones, vote for all Democratic, independent and/or Green Party candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives on your ballot.

A veto-proof Congress of freedom-loving Americans may be the only thing that saves us from four more years of Republican insanity.

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"...Palin opposes programs that teach girls how not to get pregnant, lobbies against their right to decide whether to have a child, then kills social programs that exist to cushion the impact of those policies."

Well, of course she does. Only bad girls get pregnant without getting married. So they need to be punished by being made to suffer for the rest of their lives. That is the Republican and religionists' ethos.

And of course her own daughter has, no doubt, had a good talking to, and will wed soon, so she doesn't have to be punished like all those other girls. Although I wonder what the hold up is on the marriage. If she is five months pregnant, shouldn't she have married about four months ago? Every day she is single is another day of living sinfully. Or did Mom just find out about her condition? Or is future hubby reluctant to tie the knot? Hmmmm.

If only reality would cooperate with Palin's values and ideas, and the people in it would just do as they are told by people higher up, like Palin, we would be living in paradise. Gosh darn it.

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Sounds like a shotgun wedding. And of course Sarah was holding the gun. But at least Bristol is a mature 17. She would be married by age 12 or 13 in some societies right here in the USA.

Obama is our only choice in Nov.

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The Repugnicans have attempted to discredit Obama with various mocking tactics. Let's fight fire with fire. The Sarah Palin Admiration Society (www.SarahPalinAdmirationSociety.com) is a cool Social Network for people who want to offer up their own taunts and satirical twists about Sarah Palin. It's got great stuff from Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, The Red State Update, Andy Borowitz and others. Join us and pile on...

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And she was chosen extremely quickly purely on an image basis that was perceived to appeal to a large section of the electorate

Even I quickly discovered her association with AIP from a simple Google search before I saw any mention of it elsewhere.

Her association with the Alaskan Independence Party actually improved my perception of her, but will probably totally infuriate the vast majority of potential Republican voters.

There will be extremely powerful economic and other reasons for Alaskans to seek independence, some of which have parallels with Scotland seeking independence from the UK.

Scotland will almost certainly gain its independence sometime within the next 10-15 years because it is becoming clear that is what most Scottish people want.

Of course Alaska stands no chance or it will suffer a similar fate to Iraq.

But Regional independence and self Government is highly desirable as it is the only way that true Democracy can be attained rather than the current form of Centralised Dictatorship currently endemic throughout much of the planet.

However, such independence is diametrically opposed to almost all the core values of Republicans.

I'd give her a few more days before she resigns due to "family pressures"

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For the mostpart, the "8 issues" with Sarah Palin motivate me to vote for Sarah, especially after filtering out the innuendo and defamatory nonsense. I like this woman. I´d vote for her with or without John McCain, she has more experience than Obama or Biden, and despite what you infer, is the most ethical candidate we´ve seen in years. Awesome!

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Why I'm Voting Democrat?



I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job spending the money I earn than I can.

I'm voting Democrat because people who believe in sensible restrictions on illegal immigration are racists and because I know that compassionate liberals sleep with their front doors wide open.

I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq , the bad guys will stop planning to kill us because they'll realize we're nice people.

I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody claims to be offended by what I have to say.

I'm voting Democrat because people who can't be sure if it will rain tomorrow can assure us that the polar ice caps will melt in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.

I'm voting Democrat because religion has ruined our country and because atheists, who believe only in the rules they make up for themselves, will probably run the country less selfishly than those who agree on the principles of the Ten Commandments.

I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of innocent babies as long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

I'm voting Democrat because we should leave our own oil in the ground and continue to depend on the Saudis to sell us theirs at a fair price.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to keep earned profits but should give 80% to the government for buffalo DNA research and bridges to nowhere.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe brilliant judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few months to satisfy ideological extremists who could never get their agendas approved by thinking voters.

I'm voting Democrat because I think the kids who did no homework and carved graffiti on the classroom desks while I was learning in school deserve a healthy percentage of my earnings today.

I'm voting Democrat because in a compassionate nation with plenty of A's and B's to give away, good government should allow no child to be given a failing grade on his report card.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe we shouldn't fight the terrorists "over there" and because I don't want to have any guns around the house to fight them with when they come here.

I'm voting Democrat because Guantanamo should be closed and because terrorist suspects should be held in less intimidating facilities closer to my child's school.

I'm voting Democrat because who or what I kiss in public is my choice, so I've decided to role model for America's kids by calling my relationship with my hamster a marriage and filing for tax benefits.

I'm voting Democrat because I think sanctuary cities should protect the identities of not only border jumpers but also of those who break any laws that people smarter than the rest of us don't think are that important.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that an oil company's standard profit of 8% on a gallon of gas is obscene but that the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% is not.

I'm voting Democrat because I accept that Barack Obama will bring the same kind of change to the White House that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have brought to the Congress.

In fact I sometimes wonder why anyone would EVER vote Republican.

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That's all to be expected after the past 8 years....

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Let's see if the Obama/Biden camp can capitalize on it. If not, they're USELESS !

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You posted a perfect resume for national office.
Did you expect a person with integrity to run for vice president.? Or president?
When will we progressives learn that Gov Palin's faults are the right qualities for public office and that Mc Cain looked for those qualities just like Bush did for C Cheney.If voting actually meant something it would be banned.

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I know I'm nit-picking, but... "Any hard working woman whose been passed over for a promotion could have told the McCain campaign that." The proofreaders had the day off, I assume; that should have read "Any hard working woman who's been passed over... "

On the plus side, of course, the point of the sentence was valid!

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palin hasn't been replaced yet because?

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Of course she was vetted.

First, her daughter's teenage pregnancy plays well to the religous right, which is very displeased with John McCain in general. It was probably a plus, in the minds of McCain's handlers (Rove & Co.).

Second, she has an unblemished record of diehard support for fossil fuel interests - all the talk of her being a "reformer" is ridiculous. Even her husband is an employee of British Petroleum, who stands to make billions off the Transcanada deal that Palin brokered.

For example:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a bill authorizing the state to award a license to TransCanada Corp. to start developing a natural gas pipeline. Palin signed the bill on Wednesday in Anchorage, and expects the license to be issued within three months. The license allows TransCanada to move forward with plans to develop the 1,715-mile (2,760-kilometer) pipeline from a treatment plant at Prudhoe Bay to the Alberta hub.

IHT apr 08 2008

That's for development of the highly polluting Alberta tar sands projects.

Or this one:

Washington Post, Aug 31, 2008
The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed suit Thursday against Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, joining Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration in trying to reverse the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species.

WP Aug 30 2008

Similarly, she worked hand in hand with Randall Luthi of the Minerals Management Service, (Cheney's ex-aide from Wyoming) to get the Chukchi sea oil drilling lease sales pushed through. Here is what Palin has to say on that issue:

"There are even bigger sources of crude than ANWR . . . such as offshore areas like the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea. Congress can help us with those areas right now, bringing even more energy than ANWR and bringing it quicker." - Sarah Palin

IHT Jan 2 2008

She also claims global warming is has nothing to do with the use of fossil fuels.

All in all, her energy future outlook is identical to the Cheney program. Still, the right-wing blogosphere is vigorously denying she is involved with oil, which makes for some pretty funny reading:

Sarah Palin is no Tool of Big Oil, American Thinker

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But! But! But!

Bill Clinton got a blowjob!

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As for her, or anyone else, being a pork-barrel politician while decrying pork barrel politics, I don't believe that's either hypocritical or unethical. As a representative of your constituents, it can be argued that you should do whatever is legal to help your constituency.

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The DEMOCRATS. The democratic operatives are terrified of the ground swell of support this lady has recieved from both the Republican base and the undecided. People like her no they actually love this lady and dream of her as our next VP. Then dream that in 4 to 8 years she could be our President. MAN now that is a wonderful thought. Not the ICE PRINCESS HILLARY but the warm caring genuine Sarah Palin.

Let me insert a totally chauvinistic thought.

SHE IS A TOTAL HOTTIE.

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AlterNet you probably put up the article very quickly and didn't take the time to edit it; but you should fix this:

"Any hard working woman whose been passed over"

It's who HAS or who's, not "whose."

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You Know you have a Winner when All of The Liberal Media Types are running around like Chickens without their Heads! McCain didn't Vet her ....translation....media didn't have this Woman on their List of VP picks. The media Hates it when they have been surprised. In fact this whole Election seems to have been seclected (the candidates)by the media and they have been confident of the projected results ,untill now.

HEY, That's the "BEAUTY" Of McCAIN! He threw the Entire Liberal Media Machine off "TRACK"!
Now the they are Digging ..digging...digging to find anything to discourage this WOMAN from continuing in this race for VP. To hear the media talk about GOD is amazing stuff. Everything this woman "IS" they HATE.

Think, if this woman is successful becoming McCain's VP and McCain Wins....She (with GOD's help) Might be the "First Woman President" in 2012. Maybe God's Hand is at work here....??

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Washington Post interview, Karl Rove

He says Palin is representing honor and risk, will appeal to "soft Republicans in the suburbs" and will give McCain 2 or 3 points. Yeah right. He warns the Democrats not to be condescending.

What irks me are the suppositions always included in the questions. The interviewers are feeding him his own falsehoods (it is an even race with the Democrats) and he is pleased by it.

Rove is the master of these fools, together they create propaganda. Are interviewers really so inside the bubble they don't realize it? I thought they were faking it.

But his brightly scrubbed face looks so ernest repeating Rove's lie, I think he is actually believing it. What a fool, a total damn fool. Get wise you idiot, the race is not even! To say it is is either a sign of incredible delusion or simple treachery. Which is it Buddy?

I bet our veterans can educate this reporter if they try. He is doing them a huge disservice by promoting Rove's lies. Shame on him, shame on the both of them.

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A direct subsidy! Wonder what Ron Paul would say about that...

For the details of that, see:
http://www.adn.com/money/ industries/oil/pipeline/story/420067.html

Anchorage Daily News: Palin urges 'yes' vote on TransCanada pipeline plan

TRANSCANADA: Legislators told that rejecting plan would put state at mercy of major Slope producers.

By WESLEY LOY, Published: May 29th, 2008 12:01 AM

"The state can't afford not to support TransCanada Corp.'s proposal for a natural gas pipeline, Gov. Sarah Palin and her aides said Wednesday."

In reality, she is a creature of the International Oil Corporations. Her PR office claims that her husband, Todd, has no role in her political affairs and doesn't attend political meetings - but if you look at that article above, there's a nice picture of Sarah Palin conferring with her British Petroleum husband over the Transcanada deal.

Not only that, she's tied to the Ted Steven corruption case (she even worked to build a rail line from her hometown to Ted Steven's ski-resort residence):

Campaign money hurts Palin's outsider image, AP, Sep 3 2008

For one thing, it was reported that she accepted at least $4,500 in campaign contributions in the same fundraising scheme at the center of a public corruption scandal that led to the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens.

The contributions, made during Palin's failed 2002 bid to become Alaska's lieutenant governor, were not illegal for her to accept. But they show how Palin, a self-proclaimed champion for clean government, has been part of an Alaska political system that is now under the cloud of an ongoing FBI investigation.

That's the real reason McCain chose her - it was his declaration of allegiance to the international oil companies, including BP and Shell, and he was just making it very clear to them that he would support their interests over those of the American public.

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Since Dan Quayle, Republican Presidents have established a policy of choosing vice-presidents who make impeachment, well, uninviting. How many times have you heard that we can't impeach Georgy Porgy because that would make Cheney president? Kucinich followed through with the obvious solution, but it's a very real problem and, I think, a deliberate policy. Cheney, for one, announced up front that he had no intention of becoming president - ironically, because he's too old.

So now we're presented with a blatantly unqualified, downright scary but personally appealing Vice Presidential candidate, who will also appeal to the religious wing-nuts. Sounds like a plan to me. McCain must have some skeletons in his closet we don't know about - start opening doors.

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In classic "compassionate" Conservative fashion, Palin opposes programs that teach girls how not to get pregnant, lobbies against their right to decide whether to have a child, then kills social programs that exist to cushion the impact of those policies. She then has the gall to trot out her own pregnant daughter as a symbol for "family values."

It's a shame that those "values" of abstinence were not followed by her own. It is also a shame that these young people should now be forced into a shot-gun wedding (must we really go back to those days)to appease those "values" voters. It also speaks volumes that her own daughter never appeared to have that talk with her parents regarding sex and her own sexuality!

While I do agree that it isn't my business, neither should it be the governments business when other women get pregnant and "choose" to have an abortion!

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I have been sitting here, reading articles and blogs, since late last week and can come up with only one conclusion; I went to sleep and I can't wake up. This is all a surreal nightmare and I'm trapped in it!
Every time I read another article showing Sarah Palins' incompetence, I scratch my head and wonder what in the hell is McSame thinking? It makes me wonder about his competency as a prospective world leader.
Sarah Palin obviously is not qualified to be V.P. But to here the McSame camp praising her qualifications makes me wonder about my sanity. ("Did they really say that"). One of the McSame team told Cambell Brown of CNN that Palin has made more decisions in two years as Governor than Senator Obama has made in his career. When he was asked to give an example, he talked the GOP circle and said nothing. When Brown pressured him, he talked a bigger circle, repeating that Palin had made more decisions than Obama. People, this makes absolutely no sense!!!
The kool-ade is flowing like a river and these morons are going to screw up the country so bad that nothing will fix it.
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, scares the shit out of me.

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Nice try, though.

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I am panicing, I feel sick to my stomach. Has anyone here ever been to a small town city counsel meeting? I have, and being the mayor of a small town in the middle of noplace does NOT prepare anyone to be president or vice-president! It is ridiculous. Palin knows nothing whatsoever about foreign affairs. We are at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan and middle-easter affairs in general, and facing off with Russia which is probably just another gimic for GWB/CHENEY for the fear factor vote. Health care? Home mortgage banking crisis? The economy in general? How about Constitutional law? No? They got nothin, Palin's got nothin. Well, she has mulitiple scandels apparently, family drama already through the stratosphere but I'm not supposed to be worried or even ask for her specific qualifications. Everyone knows Biden and even he was vetted in every conceivable way. Barack and Michelle have been vetted for at least 20 months. We don't know a thing about Palin's husband. Well, he was arrested for drunk driving twenty years ago and works for BP. And she will be a heartbeat away from the presidency? I'm going to throw up.

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Amazed as we all are at the Republican choice for VP, our energy will appear to have misspent as the we see in the next several weeks how this Palin nomination will implode and become yet another dismal memory in this mad pursuit for perfect leaders.

Debate instead the need for a medical system that will mend the bones from hurling sticks and stones.

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Thank goodness many of these types don't vote. The (allegedly) religious right are another matter, but their cohesiveness has declined in the face of their economic distress; they are beginning to be able to connect the dots.

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How can anyone pray to God for a gas pipeline? How can Palin and others of her ilk call themselves Christian? How can so many Christians go along with this?

How can you serve two masters, God and money?

What Obama needs to do is to talk about true Christian values--charity, humility, service, even (I daresay) love, and expose Palin and her crowd for what they are: impostors and charlatans who think God should work for gas pipelines in Alaska.

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From the contents of this article it sounds like she may be slightly cracked. That's all the country needs, a candidate for president who definitely is cracked (the Crackor) and one running for the vice presidency who may be cracked (the Crackee) and both on the same ticket!

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Alter Netters,

"8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin"? This tabloid headline is tooooo much. If only HL Mencken were alive to witness the democratic mob in 2008! When it comes to representative democracy, so-called, nothing has changed in a hundred years!

How did the Liberal / Progressive movement here in the US of A become the fear-ridden, angry, priggish and bitter Cult of Doom? I thought liberalism / progressivism was baed on the idea that people were good, kind and decent.

Sarah Palin, a person I actually know, is not the Anti-Christess nor is she some kind of Saviouress. She's simply a good and decent human being that governs the largest state in the union. There is much to disagree with her politically but why all the slander and innuendo?

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There was no vetting problem here, this is the complete abdication of McCain to the religious right and it may end up making McCain a sacrificial old goat as well. There most certainly is a good chance this woman could get her finger on the nuclear trigger and it does appear to be a trigger happy finger.

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...since you offered.

I don't find a mind like yours worth a huge effort and since I do have a life, outside Alternet I'll give you a reply to item #1

This tired, old 'Tax and Spend Liberals' stereotype is so passe it makes me sleeeepyyyy. It's much more symbolic of the era of Karl Rove than of speaking any truth about liberals and of course you and the silly 'cut-and-paste-author' know that.

The facts are very different!!

Reagan left the nation with the largest deficit in history to that point - even inflation-adjusted. He transfered the greatest portion of the nation's wealth into the hands of the smallest number of people than in any time since the era of the industrial robber barons.

Bush #1 famously defined Bushonomics as 'the transfer of the money into the highest, tightest hands'! One must resist the urge to slip the word 'whitest' in there so it reads, 'highest, WHITEST, tightest hands,' but that wouldn't be historically correct.

Clinton told the truth that it would take intelligence and efficiencies - plus some tax increases to fix this deficit. If you understand history any better than your post suggests, you know he did.

Bush #2 not only gave us the highest deficit in history but he did it by channeling the money from the hands of the taxpayer into the wealthy hands of the military-industrial-complex. While doing so he fought and financed the Iraqi war 'off the books' with money he borrowed from the Chinese and Japanese and it's still almost impossible for forensic economists to ferret out the actual cost. Your grandchildren will likely be busy paying this debt, off!

Today we know that every man woman and child alive in the USA owes a share of the national debt amounting to approx. $175,000!

Soon it was revealed that the right had a specific agenda which included taxing and spending - mostly on wars of choice - until the budget was broken, with the stated goal of relieving the nation of any funds which might otherwise be spent on 'left-wing-socialist' programs. You know, things like roads, bridges, electric grids, internet, schools, health care? AND why would you spend money so foolishly on education and infrastructure when you have the choice of spending it on things that go BOOM! and kill third world children.

These Republican policies both steal resources from third world nations which would misuse them for nefarious reasons of course, and eliminate huge numbers of the children of those nations assuring American superiority and improving life style for years to come!
Certainly better than the policies of 'tax-and-spend-liberals' which would waste all that money on foolishness!!

OK folks, help the Republican - who already found his shoes this morning - to find out the real facts about these silly stereotypes!

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Yes, folks, the real powers behind the New American Empire are getting rid of the RepubliCONS and embracing the DemocRATS. They know that Obama/Biden will serve them well, just as Bush/Cheney served them. They know how to play the shell game with finesse. While the rubes are passionately arguing about the candidates, they've already blessed the dems for two terms. Nothing much will change. They want more wars and they will get them, and Israel will get its war with Iran. Fascism is the core of the Empire and will be until it self-destructs, like every other empire throughout history.

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The facts indicate that the daughter is maybe 2 months pregnant with her second child, but we won't know that until after the election . . .

We still don't have the truth about whether or not Sarah Palins 5th child is hers or not.

This is the kind of trashy mess which this "abstinence only" stuff leads -- dumb as a post, pregnant and married at age 17 and THAT'S JUST FINE with McCane and the fundies!

Not only is it just fine, this is the ACTUAL REASON they oppose abortion -- because it takes promising young girls out of school, out of college, out of work and LANDS THEM MARRIED AND PREGNANT at age 17.

That is the REASON for everything anti-choice -- to turn the clock back on women and push them back into this kind of ruined life path.

This girl -- her education is shot, she won't be a doctor or a lawyer . . . which is exactly what the fundies want.

So, OF COURSE, the fundies are happy when we have two children in a shotgun wedding over a swollen belly -- THAT'T WHY THEY OPPOSED ABORTION TO BEGIN WITH.

Abortion means female lives get back on track, girls get back to school, women are back at work, taking charge as expected, women are not derailed, pulled off the job -- women are under control and moving ahead.

NOOOOOOO!!! That would be awful!! We WANT 17-year-old pregnant twits with child and married.

McCain has APPROVED the whole nasty, trashy, underclass, sleazy mess!!

DISGUSTING!!!!!

Jan VanDenBerg

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LOL, stations are reporting that McSame says they are using Palin to tarnish hi "image". Seems McBush is doing that well enough on his own everytime he opens his mouth. LOL

Jiff
Is your ISP watching you?

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Senator Obama has been in Congress for three years and been campaigning for most of them. He has missed nearly 50% of the votes this year as have all the candidates, but this must be removed from his experience.(projects.washingtonpost.com)

Look, the Democratic party left me when it took my vote for granted while waving the abortion flag, as if all that matters to me as a feminist is babies.

Maybe the liberal bloggers have forgotten that Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act and Don't Ask, Don't Tell into law. Maybe the liberal bloggers don't realize that under the current president, the gender wage gap has been the smallest it's ever been (in 2005, 2007). Republicans have their problems -- mostly from the insurgence of evangelicals, but they also manage to get things done.

Lots of talk going on by the Democratic party. What happened to all the changes they were going to make when they won control of Congress two years ago? I helped vote them in and we now have record deficits in my state and taxes being put on our Halloween pumpkins!

The mainstream press won’t examine the issue of why Senator Obama got where he is DESPITE his lack of experience. Those who raise the issue that it came down to race versus gender, like Gerraldine Ferraro, are quickly villified.

I'll vote for McCain-Palin because it's the chance for my daughter to grow up seeing a woman in the White House. The Democrats chose as VP an old male Washington insider with 8000 votes over a woman with 18 million. That wasn't their first mistake, but it was their last for me.

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I guess a lot of people out there like to argue with the mindless. A BIG waste of time, if you ask me. All this petty back-and-forth wastes a lot space, and the time it takes to get the reasoned writing.

Alternet needs to be called to task for the headline for this "article" - the use of the word "shocking" makes it look so tabloid. In addition, some of the "revelations' weren't new, and didn't really need repeating. Let's try to be responsible, huh?

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Let me just throw something out and see what you guys think about it--

Maybe I'm overestimating Karl Rove's evil genius here, but I've heard an interesting theory that goes something like this:

Sarah Palin is quite simply a trojan horse. She was meant all along to take a beating from the "liberal media" so that she can drop out of the race in a week or two and gain sympathy for the Republicans. Can you imagine the public's disappointment that a small town "hockey mom" who eats "moose burgers" and has 5 kids including a pregnant daughter was so "mistreated" by the media (and therefore the democrats)? This opens the door for McCain/Rove to usher in their real pick, and the name I've been hearing is Condoleeza Rice.

I just want to get this theory out into the open so that should it go down, we had all heard the possibility raised.

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this woman is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Yet they accuse Obama of being wrong on every issue.

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Gov. Sarah Palin is already facing ethical questions over her firing of the Alaska public safety commissioner, and now she faces questions over the firing of a longtime local police chief.

New reports raise questions about the firing of a local police chief.
After taking over as Mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Palin fired the longtime local police chief. The former police chief, Irl Stambaugh says he was fired because he stepped on the toes of Palin's campaign contributors, including bar owners and the National Rifle Association.


Stambaugh's lawyer, William Jermain, says the chief tried to move up the closing hours of local bars from 5 a.m. to two a.m. after a spurt of drunk driving accidents and arrests.


"His crackdown on that practice by the bars was not appreciated by her and that was one reason she terminated Irl," said Jermain.


In his 1997 lawsuit, Stambaugh also alleged that his stand on restricting concealed weapons upset the NRA.

"Mayor Palin has stated on several occasions that the National Rifle Association encouraged her to fire Chief Stambaugh because of his stance against the concealed weapons legislation," the lawsuit claimed.


Palin says she was up against entrenched insiders when she was elected mayor of Wasilla in 1996.


"We had a lot of people that were kind of dead wood," said Colleen Sullivan Leonard, a staff member in Palin's office. "We needed people with new energy and a new vision."



A federal judge later ruled the mayor, under city law, had the right to fire the police chief for any reason she wanted.


Palin is now facing similar allegations in the state capitol, that politics played a role in her firing of the Alaska public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan.


"It has every possibility of giving the Governor an ethical black eye in an area where she's touted herself as being particularly strong," said Alaskan State Senator Hollis French, a Democrat.


At issue is whether Palin fired the public safety commissioner because he refused to fire a state trooper who was the Governor's brother-in-law and going through an ugly divorce with the Governor's sister.

The Governor has denied any wrongdoing or involvement in the matter, but Senator French, who is leading the investigation has his doubts.


"The Governor first issued a blanket denial," said Sen. French, "and now she's had to back down and that's a problem."



Monday, Palin called for the Alaskan Personnel Board to conduct a formal investigation into Monegan's dismissal "to put these matters to rest".


"The idea that there had been no contact and no pressure doesn't stand up," said Sen. French. "Her credibility I think was damaged in that blanket denial."


The McCain campaign says it's clear that some insiders don't like the fact that Palin has been bucking the status quo to implement change.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5713866

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The new millenium uses freedom of the press to push promiscuity. Every movie supports and buttresses the "birth-control" social agenda with seemingly mandatory sex scenes that never once have included a mention of the word pregnancy or any derivavive there-of. I think it is a social crime that women are being flaunted as sex objects through the media. It also is becoming evident that "freedom of the press" also includes inadaquate coverage of the complete facts which disallows the average citizen from making informed decisions.

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I'm already sick of this election campaign. How can the hypocricy get any more bizarre? Palin is an albatross around McSame's neck. Let's hope she doesn't end up an albatross around America's neck!

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All this childish slandering rhetoric only strengthens Bush's stupid statements, like last nites, pointing a finger to the "Angry Progressives".

Hey, why don't you hack journalist address that issue?

We need to focus at "reflecting" that kind of rhetoric by showing their anger not ours.

Yet, we have every reason to be more than angry.
Therefore if blog articles by the writers like Isaac Fitzgerald, Tana Ganeva, and Bonnie Fuller would focus on the assinine products the GOP has bequithed Americans and all the reprocusions yet to be felt from the bastards, then maybe the dim witted "un-desided" voters would have a better idea of just why they have to vote Demo.

So, in short, cut the bad mouthing of Palin out. It doesn't help.
It's better to focus on imbicilic plans McCain has layed out and will follow already layed out by the Bush Head.

As well, It is better to focus on Just how Obama is going to repair All the domestic damage and neglegence The Bush head has set in place. Descibe these things and then even the Repuks will understand they should be angry themselves.

You know "Bad publicity is better than no publicity". I know most of you have heard that.
Stop any publicity of Palin on the part of the demo camp. It is a typical Rove/Repuk strategy that has worked wonders for them. Why can't you people get it? It's simply this,
The Repuks way of dishing and dealing politics is to:

1) Ignore the truth. That way they never have to defend their position.
2) Redirect the adversarial position when questioned.
3) Deny, Deny, deny.
4) Deceive
5) Never tell the truth (we all know that one)
6) Always tell a story that things are rosier than they really are.
Oh there are others too! But these are the core approaches

Ya see these Repuks live in a LA LA land in their minds. They never want to know or see how the rest of the world lives. What their only concern is, is to maintain their personal "life style" even if the rest of the Americans have none or are out of the loop to be able to get one.

If you people would focus on domestic issues (You know what they are. I don't have to tell you that too, do I?)
Then you could get to all people instead of fending an us against them mentality.

Use The repuks new slogan, " Country First" The bastards can't copy write that!
Everything the Repuks say and do Reflect it, instead of dodge it!

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Better Than Young Hillary?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QevraCQUc

linked video

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How many potential running mates turned down McCain before he asked Palin?

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An aged, ill-tempered, vainglorious fool, coupled with a brainless, clueless, woman-hating lightweight. A typical latter-day "republican" ticket, doomed to failure, except for the fact that the vote count will be falsified yet again. Who's got the guts to DO anithing about it, after all?

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The Bush White House Crimes and the Democrats refusal to impeach.

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She HAS been to Canada, but apparently that's NOT a foreign country in her estimation and thus not worthy of mention.

So, McCain doesn't know how many houses he has and she doesn't know the LESS THAN HANDFUL of countries she's visited. Plus, she's never met with ANY head of state anywhere.

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The republicans would try to brand Dems with the sexist label for questioning the qualifications of a woman. No one is questioning Palin's qualifications because she's a woman, it's that if she were a man she wouldn't be qualified. And no one would be calling anyone sexist if a man with her "experience" and "qualifications" had been named the VP nominee. Everyone would be (and they should be now) denouncing McCain's judgment for making such an irresponsible selection.

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You're all nudging it around. C'mon think it through.
Who has the most money in the world? What is in their best interest? Who wields the most international power? Who dangles the American government, the public, civic and business law, and every politician from their black, oily fingers?
Still don't smell the light, sweet crude?
How and why do you think someone like Palin was suddenly thrust into the state spotlight and somehow triumphed over everyone and became governer out of nowhere?
Bush was a prophet to the manipulators of power. You can install a vacuous literal-biblical, and stop worrying about first-downs.
Still don't see the derricks?
If there is no social conscience at the top to throw up some defense, those that control the current obligatory natural resource will score only touchdowns.
Thus it has been since the dawn of 'civilization'.
As the odors of bitumen, gold and silver slowly waft on, they are replaced by the fetor of germanium, sulphur and mmm... light, sweet crude.

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The Republicans' policies are laughable. Their foreign policy has set international relations back 50 years. Their economic policy promises a very deep recession. The budget and national debt makes even the most enthusiastic tax-and-spend liberal blush. Now they advance a man who is manifestly unbalanced and a woman with almost no qualifications to lead the country.

Obama is the most inspiring orator since Martin Luther King. He has reasonable, progressive proposals on the economy, health care, energy policy, and foreign policy. He has demonstrated his judgment by opposing the Iraq war, choosing a VP who is eminently qualified, and showing a willingness to make intelligent compromises on a whole range of issues.

.......And the polls say this election is a toss-up. It seems that lies are more persuasive than the truth.

If the Republicans win this one, it's time to pack it in. Please don't let it happen.

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Maybe if Palin was a little less busy doing this:
http://actionfund.defenders.org/palinvideo
and setting up bounties on wildlife she would be paying MORE attention to what was really important(at least what her political party preaches) HER FAMILY and CHILDREN.

I do feel very sorry for her daugher. She probably had little or no information on birth control. It sounds like she was turned into the nanny instead of having a life of her own which is not going to help the self esteem of a teenage girl. I know of parents who do this (mostly to daughters, not often sons) The girls sometimes fly the coop completely and run off with the first guy they meet. The results can be an underage pregnancy(under 18, not even finishing high school) and it's usually a disaster. This guy sounds like a REAL winner, but wait maybe he will suprise everyone and grow up.

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You amuse me.

Neither Obama nor McCain will make any meaningful changes during their presidency.

We are long past the time when great men were even allowed to run for president. At this point you have to settle for one flavor or another of mediocrity.

And our freedoms and chances of survival as a nation slip ever further.

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"1: Palin tried to ban books from local library"

That is false. See http://www.librarian.net/stax/2366/sarah-palin-vp-nominee/ "Sarah Palin, VP Nominee," by Jessamyn West, Librarian.net, 2 September 2008, and all the many comments thereunder.

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Dearest Isaac Fitzgerald . . .

I thank you for this exposé. I too am terrified by the Republican selections.

As I said aloud days ago, were it not for the seriousness of the situation, Sarah Palin could be considered a cartoon character. Her story is almost comical.

Indeed, for me, even John McCain is and was a less than viable candidate. Republican friends felt John McCain was a terrible choice. Yet there he is, perchance, our next President. You may have viewed the video Former POW says McCain is "not cut out to be President."

I can only wonder if this election is a comedy of errors, or if these selections, the two main performers are tragic heroes.

I invite your review and reflection on what I think most disastrous, the deed not done.
To Vet or Not to Vet; That is the Sarah Palin Question

Betsy L. Angert
BeThink.org

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The Berry Goldwater quote
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
.....
The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom.... I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are?... I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism."

- Barry Goldwater, (1909–1998), five-term US Senator, Republican Party nominee for President in 1964*, Maj. Gen., US Air Force Reserves, author of The Conscience of a Conservative.

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Anybody know if this is real?

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Great article. But you did not have to write about McCain's pick to discredit her. It is now clear to me that the Republicans are toast. Unfortunately, Obama will win even if many of us vote Nader,....So don't worry about a McCain presidency,it wont happen now unless they cheat again.......Watch them closely.

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I was not impressed by her speech or her delivery. It was the same old GOP cliches. And she sounded as if she had popped a few 'ludes before she went on.

Besides, I'm awfully tired of the "McCain almost died for your sins" schtick.

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These comments are my strong opinion:
I just want to say that someone in the Insane McCain camp must have planned this as a means to stop him, block him, or sabotage his entire campaign. He should check into that carefully. It was as if (one of his own REPUBLICAN folks wanted to back stab him).. ruin him(rhetorically speaking), and, did so by choosing her. It strongly appears McCain couldn't have made THIS choice SINGLY himself. Someone had to know her wacky soap opera background. Not to mention the controversy and inexperience she brings to the their ticket. Her ideas on segregating Alaska, and the oil breaks her state is given above other states, and the tiny town she is branded with managing, is ludicrous. The pregnancy issues with her child having a child is a blemish on an overall White house image and anyone that says it isn't is fooling themselves. Image counts in high public office. Always has and always will.

Another major point, McCain, doesn't even look comfortable with her, nor did he know her well enough and that was evidenced in the introduction speech she first gave. He was twisting his hands, actually ringing his hands nervously the whole time she spoke. And when he realized the cameras caught him, he quickly stopped, and minutes later, proceeded the hand ringing again. I watched this very carefully and with great concern. If he isn't comfortable, why should we be?

And to find all this out later, after the fact and more keeps coming daily? It is a dark cloud that will not go away. She is just WRONG, no matter how you turn it in my opinion. A WRONG choice. Period. It is clear, it was done in great haste. And may have been done for spite, to sabotage his campaign. Just look at the daily reports about her. The whole thing is disaster and you should read what other countries are saying in their press. It is not favorable at all.

The RNC waged attacks on Obama, and the media, but what another major mistake. The attack wagon will be boomeranging in return coming for them, through her. Hate was heavily laced throughout their entire third night at the RNC. Just Plain Hate. It went way beyond attacks. That kinda thing never wins, it always looses and has no place in uniting and fixing the many many problems this nation now faces. It was ugly, a real turn off to watch. Sad to see so much HATE. The HATE alone is a major reason, I could never vote for the Insane McCain campaign. And one last thing. The word Reform has the identical meaning ...identical MEANING/WORDS that OBAMA talked about and presented in his platform.
Change/Reform/Change. Why steal it to carbon copy and claim it as your own? We see through that and through Pallin as well. I am fed up with the entire last eight years. Pallin 8 is scary, unacceptable. Eight horribly difficult Bush years. Eight revealing risky facts about Pallin per this article. Correlation maybe? We have already suffered to the tune of $4 a gallon at any gas pump in the nation, as each day the cost of Iraq continues adding into the billions. Somebody stop the maddness!

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"Domino's Scientists Test Limits Of What Humans Will Eat"

Replace "Domino's Scientists" with "GOP Strategerists",
"Humans" with "American public",
and "Eat" with "vote for".....

..and we've got ourselves another American election.

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So what's going on with John McCain? Or his advisors? It's hard to believe that he has noone around him to run a better campaign. It most likely is a total set-up for a former maverick who is not quite there anymore. Really sad in a way but on the other hand, when you make the real decisions about what and who matters, then, that's there forever. Given the really shrill, disgusting, and hateful tone of the RNC convention tonight well I'd say this doesn't remind me of the McCain 2000. It's a class war alright in some ways but you might notice the people not happy or clapping with this kind of hate speech. What a beautiful family? Kinda like John's first family or what? Well I hope Obama/Biden call these frauds out -without shame. Actually, I never knew this before as a college graduate from Wu (St. Louis) and a soccer Mom etc. that I was qualified to be VP. Dang it .. just an inferiority complex, I'd suppose.

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What's John McSame's favorite dessert?

Half-baked Alaska.

Ba da bing, ba da boom.

Since I don't watch TV, and only read a few blogs and such on sites like Alternet, I don't know if anyone else has put this forward. If so, I swear I didn't pull a Joe Biden.

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I know Alternet isn't quite keen on religious dogma, but the second part of #5 (Palin's comments in church) aren't really that bad. If you're a religious person, and you have family over there, you believe God has a purpose and a reason for your kids being in harm's way. There's no existential way to deal with this for Christians.

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Republicans are fond of comparing Obama to Palin, but not Obama to McCain. Of course, we know why. But they appear to be singularly unaware of the two's background. No surprise there. Palin was never vetted. If they say she was you can be assured she was NOT because every day is Opposite Day. In addition, there is that nasty little problem with a compilable background check.

Whenever anyone goes into an interview their qualifications are looked at via a resume or CV. So, unless you know someone who might be able to hire you without said background check, the CV or resume is usually consulted.

We all know Obama because of a national vetting process. No one knows Palin. No one.

Interestingly, the Republicans want us to 'believe' them with respect to her qualifications. And trolls around the nation want to pretend that Obama came from nowhere and is thoroughly unqualified.

I know for a fact (altho Republicans don't use facts) that the following is true. They don't because they don't care.

Obama's CV:

• In the US Senate, Barack Obama has served on the FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOUR & PENSION COMMITTEE.
• Before being elected to the US Senate Obama in a landslide (70% to 27%) against a Republican, he served 11 years in the Illinois State Senate.
• Barack Obama graduated magna cum laude ('91) from Harvard Law School.
• Barack Obama also has a degree in Political science specializing in International Relations.
• Barack Obama worked in Chicago, Illinois as a community organizer. Obama, as the director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago, helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants" rights organization in Altgeld Gardens.
• Barack Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for a community organizing institute.
• Barack Obama worked as a Civil Rights lawyer for 9 years.
• Barack Obama was also a University of Chicago Constutitional Law Professor for 12 years.
• In the U.S Senate Obama has served on the FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR & PENSION COMMITTEE.
• In the US Senate Obama has written 890 pieces of legislation, and co-sponsored 1096 pieces of legislation.

Palin's CV:

• She was mayor and a council member of the small town of Wasilla.
• She was the chairman of the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's oil and gas resources, in 2003 and 2004.
• Palin applied for and received her first passport in 2007. She lied about how many countries she's visited.
• One of Palin's most important accomplishments is being a runner up in a state beauty contest.
• She was a member of the school PTA in Wasilla.
• After being mayor of Wasilla she left the town tens of millions of dollars in debt.
• She has stated publically that she has no idea what a VP does on a daily basis.
• Frank Gaffney is sure that Palin is qualified as a foreign policy expert because of 'osmosis'.

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Some serious trolls on this site, and it seems to have started with the selection of palin. Maybe part of the repug strategy is to invade progressive web sites. I say we ignore them completely.

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Every time you get annoyed by an annoying, moronic, dittohead right-wing troll, just make a small donation to or volunteer at a Democratic campaign or progressive organization. And simply chime in with a comment like this: Another troll! Another donation! I just donated $15 to barackobama.com.

(Stolen from BlueOregon.com)

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Just what I said.

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When will actual FACTS be published concerning Alaskan oil PRODUCTION BEING SHIPPED to ASIA not the USA. AND, OFF-SHORE DRILLING LEASES HAVE BEEN AWARDED BUT ARE NOT USED BY OIL COMPANIES BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER FOR THEM TO BUY FOREIGN OIL THAN TO DRILL.

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I will NEVER vote for a book banner! That just stinks of the power hungry.

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You libs are scared Sh*tless. face it. Palin is a powerhouse that has completely stole the thunder from Obama and Biden. McCain is gonna win and we will forever be contemplating if only O would have chosen Hillary as VP...

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Can’t anybody see the reasoning behind Palin’s announcement of her daughter’s pregnancy? Surely, it was less catastrophic than the revealing of the truth of her latest child. Surely, it couldn’t be her daughter’s child, or could it? Is her daughter really five months pregnant? Or, perhaps, just a few months along, conceiving after the last child was born. The issue is, of course, that Palin may have outwardly deceived the American public by outwardly lying about the “fifth child”. Somebody really needs to get back on this. Not only is it a disgrace, but it is the ultimate cover-up to use her own daughter as a scape goat. Think of it…now the boyfriend can emerge and we have one big happy family to keep us all amused while the country goes to hell.

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This is a Republican Governor of Alaska... and I would like to ask if it's even possible for a candidate to SNIFF THE BALLOT if they aren't bought-'n-paid-for by the oil industry.

After all, follow the alaska money.

And her fundie attitudes about all things, why is that a surprise or shock?

And one more thing.

I don't understand why the fuss about her utter lack of experience in anything remotely resembling national/international governance. After all, there WILL be "handlers" for her. My guess is that, given a choice, the handlers would choose the "blank slate" rather than the person who already has preconceived notions about "stuff".

lexicon

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http://www.iotconline.com/radio/aview/show%20172.mp3

Comments welcome.

John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com

Recovering Republican

JLof@aol.com

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I canceled my trip down to South Jersey tomorrow to see my son and his family because our local weather prognosticators are predicting torrential rains and heavy winds. Evidently Hurricane Hanna is about to pay a visit to the East Coast tonight and tomorrow.

So it got me thinking about how hurricanes seem to be visited upon us much more frequently these days. In rapid succession there was Hurricane Gustav, then Hurricane Hanna and now Hurricane Sarah - the so called ( hockey) mother of all hurricanes.

To the lay person hurricanes seem to be formed in total secrecy, gather power as they consolidate their blowing winds and hot air, and then appear as if out of the blue to cause damage wherever they land.

Hurricane Sarah is like that. A minor depression just weeks ago, Sarah has now become a storm and appears ready to take on the role of a full-blown hurricane.

But unlike Gustav and Hanna - hurricanes which people can only prepare for, not stop - Hurricane Sarah is preventable.

How you ask?

By telling everyone you know, including daughters and mothers, husbands and wives, sons and fathers, lovers and partners, that Hurricane Sarah when coupled with Tropical Depression John, will wreak havoc on their personal lives and the lives of the people they love.

Don't wait. Act now. The storm clouds are building. Don't let this disaster hit our shores.

Posted by Roger
http://unratedunfiltered.blogspot.com/

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Sarah’s comparing herself to a pit bull wasn’t cute. Pitbulls are vicious...banned in many cities...and are notorious for attacking innocent children. Is this the real Sarah Palin?
You bet, but she aint cute!!! Check out pitbullattack.wordpress.com

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I also read today that the same lobbying firm of Abramoff (Greenberg Traurig) that is related to Palin is also related to the attorney general Eid of Colorado. A republican who is letting the 3 meth heads go that were going to try to kill Obama. His ultra conservative wife was recently appointed to the Colorado Supreme court. Lots and lots of smoke and a fire that looks like it spreads across the states in the republican party.

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Just a few questions:
1.Residents of Alaska get annual dividends from oil revenue. Doesn't Prudhoe Bay belong to all citizens of the U.S.? Where are our dividends?
2. Why does any of the Prudhoe Bay oil go to countries like Japan and Korea? Why doesn't Congress repeal the law they passed allowing our oil to go anywhere but to Americans. Some will remember that in order to get permission to drill, they had to agree that it would be used by Americans.
3. If ANWR or offshore drilling is opened up, how much of it will be sold to Americans? Anyone care to guess?
4. Why in the world do we pay subsidies to the major oil companies?

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We are all doomed.

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The head starts to eat its tail. Then on towards the middle. Now all that remains is from its middle to its head. Its name is USA. Go figure!!

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Does anyone know which books she tried to ban from the library?

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eeks!

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I've got 1) Lack of intellectual curiousity 2) Sold to us as folksy American West type, while actually rich kid 3) No understanding of the complexities of foreign relations 4)Karl Rove's bitch

But that's all I've got so far, and little time to write/research. Take it somewhere, y'all. 'Cause the similarities really scare me.

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Yes - she's unqualified, deeply corrupt, irresponsible, hypocritical, superstitious, etc. So what? You can't possibly be surprised that the Republicans think she's (literally) God's gift. She's W in heels - happy, proud and ignorant.

Palin isn't there to appeal to the middle - she's there to excite the right wing nut job "Jesus loves America" contingent. And she's doing a great job. And, the more the left beats her up, the more determined they are to put her into office.

Palin isn't worth the keystrokes. McCain has a lot of vulnerabilities - we should be hitting him hard - enough of the "American hero" crap. That is the only way to win elections in 2008.

Sorry, but this is not going to be an Obama landslide - it's going to come down to the same old counties in the same old battleground states. And if the Democrats lose this one - with the best candidate in the last 40 years and the worst Republican administration ever in office - I'm not sure the party will survive.

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You keep writing about her I will cancel my subscription

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I would really like to know what books she wanted to ban and I've not seen it in any report or article.

The banning itself is a problem for me, but what books...I'm curious...

Harry Potter?
To Kill a Mockingbird?
Huckleberry Finn?

Seems someone, somewhere ought to know which specific books got her attention.

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1) As soon as Palin appeared on the scene, the Internet exploded. 2) It's all turned up here, fast, everything from the book-ban attempt to her charging per diem to sleep in her own home. 3) About 20% comes out on CNN and MSNBC (although Asskisser Blitzer lets people get away with saying anything). 4) The MSM just seem bored, or maybe just very eager to please their corporate masters. 5) Today they did a bit on all the women who are gaga over Palin. Some of the ladies were interviewed. Not one had a clue where Palin stands on issues---but they "just love her" or they "like her Chutzpah" and plan to vote for her, with McCain tagging along. Somebody last night described Palin as The Trojan Moose. Exactly. And unless the media start educating the public as to what's inside that beast, she is going to be VP very soon. And after that, God help us all. Meanwhile McCain gets away with putting out despicable commercials---the latest one presents Obama as a sexual deviant.

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Story That Will Make The Racist Supports of John McCain Turn Tail

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