That Old Delaware Blue Hen May Be A Match for Sarah Barracuda
Let us not carried away by Palin power. She’s really thrilled some Americans, but there’s no spot ready yet for her sculpted face on Mount Rushmore.
Lost in all the Palin fever is Delaware Joe. Although he has never run a town of six thousand, and although he doesn’t hunt ( I don’t think so), Biden is one of the most down-home politicians in America. Sarah Barracuda is currently on a roll, but America doesn’t know Joe like we know Joe. Once the Palin fever simmers down, Joe will be a great asset.
Back to Palin.
I watched her, in person, on stage at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul. In many ways, she is Reaganesque. Palin knows how to speak people-speak. She’s real and snappy. But the question remains: can she handle the ebbs and flows of a razor sharp campaign? I think the answer is possibly yes. The first polls show she has had a positive impact on the McCain campaign, but two things are clear: Palin has already drawn evangelicals back to McCain. But her presence is also sending Hillary fans right into the Obama camp. The Palin factor works both ways. In the end, Americans will make the choice. Those of us in the media will just report the facts. But there is one thing that disturbs me about both conventions.
Targeting the media is nothing new. We took it on the chin last week when some of the media extremists went after Palin before she even got out of the block. That overkill was met by a barrrage of attacks on the media. Message to politicians: It’s a fraudulent line of attack. While it may have temporary impact, the American people understand our role. In the end, we get more respect than the fabricating, fear-mongering politicians who seek to rally all of you against the “scary media.” Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson should be ashamed of attacking the press. At least Sarah Palin did it with some humor. And John McCain held back. Hillary Clinton has attacked us from time to time, but she knows what’s right. And Bill Clinton loves to bash media when he says something he’s sorry that he said and we have the gumption to report it.
As far as Governor Palin, she will soon learn that the media does its job, regardless of threats from the left, the right or the center. That’s just the way it is.
And, by the way, the night of the big media attacks was last Wednesday, I was very proud to be in the land of the free doing my job, and ignoring the attacks on the press. It is not true that I put my credentials in my pocket on the way out of the Excel Center! I walked into the dark of the night, fearless, into the streets of St. Paul, along with colleagues, in search of the one thing missing from both conventions, the genuine truth, and the most important thing of all – healthy and nutritious late night snacks.
Speaking of food: Denver was supposed to the home of all organic convention food. That was bogus. Ironically, the best food was in St. Paul. The Republican concessions were better than the Democrat concession stands. Also, it is true. I am the only person who asked for a Coke at the Pepsi center in Denver where all they serve is…………..
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Larry, while this doesn’t necessarily apply to you, look at the hatchet jobs from CNN and, well, this news organization and tell me the media isn’t capsizing hard a-port. Conventions are silly affairs, televised preaching to the choir, but the strident whining from your colleagues who are for “anyone who is not a Republican” is obvious and, frankly, infuriating to anyone who is intelligent enough to understand the issues. By the way the issues are 1. Economy 2. War 3. Taxes 4. Everything Else.
Larry:
The Joe Biden you may know and like is a far left-winger whose ‘experience’ is simply one that has consistently been wrong on all the major issues of my lifetime.
A few examples: he voted to de-fund the Vietnam War which paved the way to the Communist slaughter by millions in South Vietnam that is known as the Killing Fields; he voted against the Gulf wars and against the successful surge in our current war against Terror; his numerous votes to cut back military spending that left our country vulnerable to enemies of America; his votes against Constitution protectors like Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Sam Alito; his confirmation vote for radical ACLU lawyer Ruth Ginsberg, and finally, his little-reported favors to his corrupt lobbyist son and brother.
I’ll leave his blatant Kinnock plagarism charges for the media to also report on, which I am sure you guys will handle responsibly–ha, fat chance!
This Joe Biden ‘experience’ will be dealth with in November on Election Day.
Larry,remember me I give you ride in rickshaw you not tip you want coke in pepsi senter you crazy, my wife Kim Lee and daughter Lee Lee and son Bruce Lee we all vote for John Mccain and Sarah because they mavericks we like mavericks they bring change to Washington we not like Joe Biden he like old godzilla and steal people speech.
Sonny Lee you’re one of the most spot on Bloogers, perhaps as good as John Kerry!
Larry, we’ve been bahaving a little better since you got back, Leo and I even had a love fest of mutal agreement yesterday.
You obcviously know Joe Biden and made the correct call on him. However, I maintain you are misjuding how people who don’t know him will react. He’s a hot headed old school Irish Catholic politician who is aways on the ready to blow a gasket (Jeff Gordon knows what that is). He’s angry and condescending and Palin will get the best of him in debates. He has two modes; bombastic and condescending, which will make taking Palin apart very diffuucult. He has zero experience in the senate dealing with woman of her gereration and moxy. First, he will try to talk to her like a wayward daughter, then when that doesnt work he’ll dress her down like a smart mouthed trophy wife. All the while the American people will realize what an old tool he is and root for Palin and support her as the underdog.
What you saw in St Paul was a “Norma Rae” moment (sally field movie) and it is a political tsunami that you missed while you were at the concession stand chowing down on good Republican food and being a wise guy asking for Coke at the Pepsi center. Were the bathrooms clean? They were, so thank the good people at Pepsi Cola for that, and hopefully you “struck a NARROW stance” while in the stall!
Larry,
Who are the “media extremists” who “went after” Palin? What I saw were a number of reporters trying to do what reporters do: looking through records to try to report facts about Palin’s background in government (and beyond, since there’s so little governmental experience). It’s amazing to me that anyone falls for the GOP refrain that equates investigation with “smears,” which is what the McCain campaign was inaccurately selling. Sure, some bloggers started raising questions about who really gave birth to Trig, but I don’t recall seeing any of that in the main stream media. McCain wants to be able to trot out an unknown, to keep anyone from scrutinizing her record, and to brand her as his campaign thinks will be most advantageous. What we’re seeing is that the McCain campaign is willing to lie shamelessly about Palin’s record. She did not say “no” to the Bridge to Nowhere. She voted for it before she voted against it. And she only voted against it because of public scrutiny. But she took our federal tax money anyway. Some backbone. She’s no reformer.
As for your comment that “Palin knows how to speak people-speak. She’s real and snappy,” I’d like to know what that’s based on. You saw her read a speech in St. Paul that was written by Dubya’s speechwriter. (Is it any coincidence that the last governor from the GOP who came to Washington as an “outsider” and a reformer has caused the disaster of the past eight years?) Surely, you’re praising Dubya’s speechwriter, are you not? She delivered the lines well, but she didn’t write them. How “real” is that?
I’m waiting for some kind of softball interview between Gibson and Palin, where he’s afraid to go beyond script for fear of losing future “gets” of McCain or Palin, just as McCain cancelled on Larry King when a CNN correspondent asked a legitimate question of McCain staffer Tucker Bounds and had the temerity to expect an answer, not a poorly considered talking point. I doubt Gibson will press even that much. So much for the media doing its job. The GOP really gets you guys in a tizzy.
Did you find anyone at either convention who was willing to start investigating price differences at local gas stations? In Wynnewood, I saw one station charging $3.58, and the one across the street was charging $3.62. If I didn’t have to work, I’d be there picketing. But I need to know you haven’t forsaken us.
Mr George you our favorite blogger you and JR you gentlemen are maverick and straight talker not like Leo he like noisy gong my daughter Lee Lee big fan of Sarah we not like Joe Biden he mean and nasty just like godzilla.
I’m announcing my plan to return to Paris & run as a ” arrondissement organizer “.If it can work for the Obama,it can work for the Captain.The Sixth Arrondissement will have its first organizer.I will clean up St.Germain Blvd & the surrounding area.If the people say “What is thees organizer “,I will just say je ne sais quoi.Maybe I can replace Sarkozy when it is time.Don’t overestimate my people,don’t forget we elected Mitterand.
Larry,you said angry joe biden ‘never run a town of six thousand’true and he never was governor of the biggest state in USA.
When team Obama has to put attack ads against Palin it does not make him look good,Palin’s experience is much greater than obama,the obama/biden ticket is coming across desperate,it’s amazing how Mccain and Palin team have turned the game around in one week.
Good Luck and God Bless America!
Larry, I think SEPTA needs more than a new coat of paint. http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080909_Psycho_hammers_subway_passenger.html
Please explain how this new “hammer” program will increase SEPTA ridership. Will FREE AIR or new paint address this issue? I’m just amazed the victim managed to get out of his seat, what with all of the sticky crud left over on the seats from people who eat on, or foul themselves on, the El.
Larry, you can not defend the media and their biased approach to coverage of the election and conventions. CNN and MSNBC are so blantantly biased I think there may be a backlash. I know you are in the liberal tank but this is embarrassing for you to defend the media. They are desperately searching Sarah Palin’s past for something, anything they can get their teeth into. In the absence of substance, they are creating illustions. It is shameful. You should be embarrassed by this, not condoning it.
Concession food at the convention is your “insight”? Who paid for you to go? We hear your were holed up in your hotel room in St Paul watching reruns and eating Cheetos. Does that explain the orange crumbs on your chin?
Angry Joe may be a fighter but he’s not likeable. Again you let your parochial interests steer your thinking. If Obama had chosen Kathleen Sebelius, this election would be over. By making a “safe” pick of Angry Joe he left the door open for McCain to select a woman. His experience is not necessarily a positive when you look at 34 years of gridlock and trying to sell a story of change.
I’ll bet you don’t walk fearlessly in the mean streets of Phiully at night.
Leo, SEPTA? Are you trying to change the blog topic already or conceding the election?
OOOJ, don’t kid yourself about Sebelius. If Obama had chosen her, the McCain campaign would have said he was crazy for picking an inexperienced governor. McCain would have gone with Romeny or Ridge or Lieberman. As Obama said, McCain’s message was experience, experience, experience, and now it’s change, change, change. The biggest flip flop of the campaign goes to McCain for that one.
OOOJ, I brought up SEPTA because Larry’s shown an alarming lack of attention to SEPTA, FREE AIR, and gas station price gouging in recent weeks.
There’s no reason to concede. Obama will win.
I agree with blog #12. Larry has been chosen to put the #1 and #2 crises of our time on the backburner: Free Air and SEPTA.
I also agree that Sebelius would be closely scrutinize as the Governor from nowhere but with the same verocity as the media witchhunt that exists with Palin today. Sebelius has more executive experience and is more qualified than Obama to be President. The same experience factor could be argued for Angry Joe albeit legislative. Yet we get Obama and Obamanomics. Go figure.
Palin has caused a mini-surge for McCain but in the end it will not be enough. Only a strong economic plan could ultimately save McCain’s listing ship and that ship appears to have sailed.
OOOJ, “verocity”? That sounds like silk sock puppet “Sonny Lee.” She probably wouldn’t have set off such a firestorm becuase 1) she was at least somewhat familiar to people already; and 2) her body of experience wouldn’t have drawn as much attention to see whether she has sufficient experience to lead the free world.
To paraphrase Reagan, the seven scariest words in English: “Sarah Palin, leader of the free world.” She’s energetic and she has an engaging personality, but I don’t see her yet as having the deliberative wherewithal and intellectual capacity to get on the RED PHONE with Putin or to negotiate serious treaties, etc. That’s not to say she’s stupid; it’s just that I haven’t seen anything whatsoever yet that convinces me that she’s anything more than a sock puppet for GOP talking points.
Voracity is what I meant. Veracity might apply. Verocity does sound like Sonny Ree. LOL.
At the end of the day, none of these characters are qualified to run the free world. It comes down to your personal opinion of the least of all evils.
It’s a portmanteau word, like chortle. Ferocity + voraciousness = verocity. There may be room for you in the press yet.
Individual politics aside, I find Palin to be the scariest prospect of the four by far. She might make some voters feel good with her personal presentation, but she is more frightening to me than even Dubya was in terms of the damage I think she’d do as president. Of course, that’s my opinion based on the limited reporting of her actual record vs. the soft media lovefest for her hairdo and wireless glasses and pitbull jokes.
Where are the sock puppets today? The fresh blog topic seems to be holding them off.
A line I liked that I read today said that if McCain were the true maverick he claims to be that he would have stood up to his party and picked Ridge or Lieberman for VP since they were his personal favorite potential running mates. That’s pretty perceptive. I’m sure the Kane Man agrees.
LB, I’m most concerned about Obama of the 4. Chances are high that Biden and Palin would never be President. Obama sounds good but his rhetoric about talking to Iran, N Korea, etc scares me. These countries don’t want to negotiate in good faith, they want to posture and let the world know they are dangerous. What kind of legimacy is Obama willing to give these dangerous countries with nutjobs in charge?
Furthermore I’m concerned about the cost of all the social programs he is proposing. To say I’m going to tax the rich and business their fair share sounds good to many but it is really deceptive. All the water comes from the same bucket regardless of what side the water is drawn from.
CT, don’t you think it’s a bit ironic that a sock puppet is asking where the sock puppets are?
Has anyone watched Obama interview on O’Reilly? From what I’ve seen he’s been fair. Obama had to do it, but it seems to have diminished his aura, as he seemed to stutter and stammer more than I’d ever seen, and he was a bit diminished in the presence of O’Reilly and the simple setting. This also may be a factor contributing to his fall in the polls. Every setting he appears in after the stadium show will further bring him to Earth, and it’s here on Earth where the election will be conducted. My sense is Earthlings will judge him to be the weaker candidate compared to McCain. I’m willing to bet Free Air Gift Certificates, good for one minute of air at any ExxonMobil station located on our planet Earth.
Hey JR, Megean McCain had a great interview on Today Show this morning. Merideth Vierra was very fair with her and she was great, plus she was wearing a black pants suit! She could drop 15lbs, but its probalbly the beer and fast food on the campaign trail,should come off after election. She did a great job of speaking in a very real way for her father, she’s also smart and genuine, That girl’s got donkey zone!
George I saw her on the view today they tried to catch her but she could handle that old crow barbara walters,Megan is very cute and had the black suit on the view,I notice Elizabeth is looking very sexy lately,Megan’s got some junk in her trunk,nothing like oprah or chelle chelle they have a donkey in there trunk.
George I see you have a fan Sonny Lee said some very kind words about you.
George Obama going after palin is low rent what do you think?
Vrooom
This website is becoming a Donkey Zone if you know what I mean and I don’t mean Democrats.
John Kerry where are you dude. Its dark and you should be in by now. I need to feel you dude.
Lugnuts wearing out. Need new nuts. Go to go!
I absolutely agree with Jeff, this blog has reached a new low. George and jr discussing The View has brought me to my knees. Can it get worse than this? I mean you guys have the time AND interest to watch these bimbos discuss political topics? All I can say is WOW!!!
Leo,I blame you too for your god awful fawning over Obama and his horrific wife Michele. He might be a nice guy but your devotion to his campaign is waaaaay over the top. I am not like Larry who cops out by saying he is a journalist and thus can’t reveal his preference but my mind remains open and I am not willy nilly bringing up partisan arguments that in the long run matter for naught.
Do you know the difference between a sock puppet and a moose?
I can’t field dress a sock puppet!
Jeff Gordon, I was out all night with congressman Barney Fank. He’s been under a lot of stress with the banking melt down so he wanted to blow off some steam. I thought that meant we’d go to a wine bar and maybe sample some 50 year old Scotch. We ended up at a caberet theater watching an all male review, not my cup of tea, but these are my constituents so i was supportive, plus it was fun, and John Kerry sported wood before he didnt sport wood.(just kidding, no wood at the male review.) But I’ve had perpetual wood since Sarah Palin’s speech! I use to take the occasioanl Cialis for Theresa, actually two, but now I just google up pics of Sarah and erections lasting more than four hours are now common. Jimmy Carter told me he was again lusting in his heart for Sarah, that’s big, he hasnt done that in 30 years. I bet the NASCAR guys are behind Palin, she probably can adjust lug nuts while runing her electric her breast pump and sending a blackberry message, that girl’s got game!
JR, I missed the View, but would have loved to see all of those cat claws out to scratch her. Elizabeth has been looking good, I think she has a new stylist, as she looked great at RNC convention. I do wish the lone conservative view on the View had a little more uptairs, as somtimes she seems to need more information to effectively debate those other hags. I’m not surprised Meagan did well, she’s got a lot upstairs and downstairs, and those pigs in lipstick on the View don’t know how to deal with smart woman who don’t drink the liberal cool aid.
And JR, the more Obama attacks Palin the better. Why is the presidential candidate debating the VP? He’s so scared his game is coming apart by taking seriously the debate that she has more experience than him. He knows she does and also has more substance than him, and he’s trying to diffuse it, while diminishing himself everyday- its a beautiful thing!
Vrooom,
Jack Russell down boy. No more View for you. What are you doing watching a women’s show during the middle of the day man? Did you stop by Starbucks for a super mocha cafe laite? Did you tape Oprah?
John Kerry good to have you back. NASCAR crowd not to crazy about your cigar smoking friends. You need to be more careful where you go with Congressman Frank. Hey about Sarah Palin we love her trailer park talk and back woodsie appearance. I’d like a little northern exposure if you get my drift. Most of us in the pit are taking bets for the day CNN finds something on her. They hunting hard. They find her Swiftboat. It’s a matter of time.
Until then, you and Barney can adjust each others’ lugnuts. Go to go!
Sarah Palin: a little bit Britney, a little bit pit bull
#24 JG-I don’t watch the View (not that there’s anything wrong with that) but did catch Mccain’s daughter,and I cannot take Oprah hopefully the hockey moms turn her off too and Starbucks is not my scene man,you’re more likely see john kerry,obama,and leo sipping cafe latee’s and sharing a crousant.
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Larry,you can you tell us why obama is attacking the vp candidate?
jr, I hate Starbucks. All the coffee is overroasted, and it’s overpriced. I do see a lot of soccer moms at the ones in the ‘burbs, though, where they “treat” themselves. Plus, as you might expect, I only buy organically grown fair trade coffees. Then I dip arugula in it.
Any guesses on how many pseudo-fluffball soft media questions “Shaky” Gibson will toss to Palin? My guess is that his questions will be predictable (doing his part as a “responsible” journalist), and her answers will, for the most part, be scripted deflections designed to play up her “I’m a plucky down-to-earth type” image without getting into any real substance. If he does press her on the Bridge to Nowhere and her shifting positions on it, I expect she’ll change the subject or act like he’s being unfair.
Leo, the Gibson interview will be like watching the questions on the Miss America pagent, deep and viveting!
Dismiss Hockey Moms at your own peril.Nothing like coming off the ice thinking you’ve done a good job & have 5 Moms ready to correct your assumptions.That being said,why such scurrilious attacks on Sarah Palin ? Seems like nothing is off limits.
YAP, the more they attack Palin the better! I say bring it to her, the soccor moms will exact revenge in exactly 55 days!
Barney Frank is thinking about changing his name. He wants to know what you think about Fannie Frank? He is also considering Freddie Fannie Frank. My personal favorite is Fredie Mae Fannie Frank (tonight).
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/a-piggish-debat.html
McCain and Palin have jumped the shark.
Beating Backtrack at his own game.
So, here sits America … jammed somewhere between Fox News Channel and MSNBC. The public needs the jaws of life to be extricated. When you listen to the spin-meisters at Fox, they talk about balance, yet they produce a morning show that, with a little work, could be almost as fair as a game of chance at traveling carnival. The boys who run MSNBC try to validate their decision to forego any sense of objectivity by talking about ratings & revenue, in true G.E. fashion. Like the numbers somehow excuse the lack of objectivity. This is how the media serves us. They want to tell partisan groups exactly what they want to hear with no room for meaningful debate.If they use democracy as a marketing device, they that’s okay. the MSM isn’t alone in this. Consider the blogosphere, where you can just make any unsubstantiated assertion into a fact by just hitting the “return” key. In these circumstances, we’ve seen journalism descend to a level that’s ever so slightly above wrestling promotion. Time for a citizen smackdown. Time that network executives starting thinking about the impact of their work on the growth American democracy instead of broadening audience demography. Media has become the biggest schoolyard in the world, when it should be the biggest classroom. We accept the journalistic equivalent of graffiti as commentary. The loudest kid dominates the conversation. Technology isn’t the panacea. Doing the same things online, with some shield of anonymity only shifts the locale , it doesn’t solve the problem. Worked in TV/Radio/Web News for a long time. Love what those paths of connectivity to the audience can accomplish when engaged at full force and with full transparency. Hope we can find a better way to use the tools we have. That we can provoke debate rather than incite a rhetorical riot. It’s just time.
That said, I have to run. Missing the Price is Right How much do you think a new Chevy Aveo goes for , retail? :)
Leo, I think Paul G was talking about you…….
YBP, I’m waiting for Rush Limbaugh to decry all of the PC whining . . . from the GOP.
Welcome PAul G, it’s nice to hear a new voice in our echo chamber where we snipe at each other all day and are as divided as MSNCB and FOX news. I’ve asked my writing expert at U Penn to confirm that you’re not Leo, as you sound like Leo when he doesnt have an ax to grind. On the Aveo I’d bid about $10,500.
I am not Paul G.
I think I’m on the wrong blog.Good luck with this crew,Mr.Kane.
I am a sock puppet. Come on Sarah and undress me.
I ground my axe and it hurt in my pants.
But it was a good hurt Leo! Now that I’ve got you for a minute, we were discussing the Freddie and Fannie debacle the other day and you were laying this on Bush and Repubicans. The Democrats have the dirtiest hands here and I wanted to share with you the top recipients of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac campaign Contributions 1988-2008. Full details are at the link below.
#1 Chris Dodd
#2 John Kerry
#3 Barrack Obama
#4 Hillary Clinton
The list only goes as high as 25, but McCain or Palin are not on the list. This will make for interesting debate fodder. Keep that ax sharp Leo!
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/top-senate-recipients-of-fanni.html
Vrooom
The sock puppets are pulling out of the pits. I got some DuPont Teflon for lube. I would give my left nut to be Larry. Got to go!
Arrrgggh. Thinks I,this Jeff Gordon is a flashy lad. Sock puppets ahoy. Some lube would be good for me peg leg,but I prefer the ketchup from Theresa,so tangy and sweet fair lass. Avast ye dogs,my swiftboat is sailing.
Why isn’t anyone talking about Obama insisting on sex-ed for first graders ?The Messiah in action.Stop attacking Palin & focus on what Obama is saying !
The Obama camp is air lifting reporters & groupies to Alaska to dig up dirt on Palin.They’re desperate !
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Hey someone has been driving my car while I was taking a dump!
Hey Barney Frank how about changing your name to Plump Ballpark Frank?
Sock puppets disguised as other sock puppets. I’m getting a headache. Maybe its the fumes. Maybe my lugnuts are too tight. Maybe I just miss John Kerry.
Topped off. Go to go!
Sarah Barracuda will take a bite out of Delaware Joe the size of Rehoboth Beach. Joe will wish he had stayed at the Purple Parrott
Arrrgggh. That reminds me that I sees a boat of lawyers from McCain heading north in the chill waters to Juneau to club some seals and delay investigation of the wee lass Sarah,a fine wench she is too me hearties.
Vrooom
The Last Pirate sounds a bit light in his buckled loafers. No self respecting pirate talks like Barnet Frank. Get a patch and a hook for a hand and we’ll talk pegleg.
Windows cleaned. Go to go!
Great insight, Larry! I have been reading since you agreed to speak at the Business Network and I just love what you have to say. I totally agree on Palin!
Hey, no group advice on Price is Right!
Dear Mr. Kane,
I was in town briefly today and some locals pointed out your blog as a favorite for balanced coverage of events. Please keep up the good work. Your blog is so much nicer than the scrapple that people were eating at the diner where John and I were today. I was afraid to ask what it was. I cannot believe that people would actually eat something like that. Or cheesesteak sandwiches. They are so greasy. Feature me in a future article and maybe I will drop by your Comcast program good looking.
One of Them and One of Us
By Patrick J. Buchanan
One wonders: What did Sarah Palin ever do to inspire the rage and bile that exploded on her selection by John McCain? What is there either in this woman’s record or resume to elicit such feline ferocity?
What did we know of her when she was introduced?
That she was a mother of five who had brought into this world a baby boy with Down syndrome, thus living her Christian beliefs. That she was a small-town conservative who had risen from mayor of Wasilla (Pop. 9,700) to be governor of a state twice the size of Texas.
That she was a reformer who had dethroned an Old Boys’ Network by dumping a sitting Republican governor. That she had taken on Big Oil, taxed the companies and returned the money in $1,200 checks to every citizen of Alaska. And that she had cut a deal with Canada to build a pipeline to bring natural gas to her fellow Americans.
And, oh, yes. She was “Sarah Barracuda” — a fierce high school athlete, a runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant, a Feminist for Life and lifetime member of the NRA. Introduced by McCain, she praised Hillary Clinton and pledged to finish her work by smashing through the glass ceiling in which Hillary had made 18 million cracks.
What, in any or all of this, is there to justify the feral attacks within minutes of her introduction? What had she done to cause this outburst? Answer: absolutely nothing.
No. Sarah Palin is not resented for what she has done, but for who she is: a Christian conservative who believes unborn children are gifts of God, even those with birth defects, and have a God-given right to life.
Normally, the press is reluctant to rummage into the private lives of public servants, unless their conduct affects their duties or they preach virtues they hypocritically do not practice.
Yet, no sooner was Palin introduced, than the media went berserk over the news that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. As one in three births in America is out-of-wedlock and Hollywood celebrates this lifestyle, why did The New York Times and The Washington Post splash this “news” on page one above the fold?
How does Bristol Palin’s pregnancy disqualify Sarah Palin to be vice president? Why is it even relevant?
They did it because they thought it would damage Sarah Palin in the eyes of a Christian community they do not comprehend.
So out of bounds was the media that Obama, in an act of decency, declared Palin’s family off limits and reminded the media that he was himself born to a teenage single mom.
If one would wish to see the famous liberal double standard on naked display, consider.
Palin’s daughter was fair game for a media that refused to look into reports that John Edwards, a Democratic candidate for president, was conducting an illicit affair with a woman said to be carrying his child and cheating on his faithful wife Elizabeth, who has incurable cancer. That was not a legitimate story, but Bristol Palin’s pregnancy is?
Why did the selection of Sarah Palin cause a suspension of all standards and a near riot among a media that has been so in the tank for Barack even “Saturday Night Live” has satirized the infatuation?
Because she is one of us — and he is one of them.
Barack and Michelle are affirmative action, Princeton, Columbia, Harvard Law. She is public schools and Idaho State. Barack was a Saul Alinsky social worker who rustled up food stamps. Sarah Palin kills her own food.
Michelle has a $300,000-a-year sinecure doing PR for a Chicago hospital. Todd Palin is a union steelworker who augments his income working vacations on the North Slope. Sarah has always been proud to be an American. Michelle was never proud of America — until Barack started winning.
Barack has zero experience as an executive. Sarah ran her own fishing fleet, was mayor for six years and runs the largest state in the union. She belongs to a mainstream Christian church. Barack was, for 15 years, a parishioner at Trinity United and had his daughters baptized by Pastor Jeremiah Wright, whose sermons are saturated in black-power, anti-white racism and anti-Americanism.
Sarah is a rebel. Obama has been a go-along, get-along cog in the Daley Machine. She is Middle America. Barack, behind closed doors in San Francisco, mocked Middle Americans as folks left behind by the global economy who cling bitterly to their Bibles, bigotries and guns.
Barack has zero foreign policy experience. Palin runs a state that is home to anti-missile, missile and air defense bases facing the Far East, commands the Alaska National Guard and has a soldier-son heading for Iraq.
Barack, says the National Journal, has the most left-wing voting record in the Senate, besting Socialist Bernie Sanders. Palin’s stances read as though they were lifted from Reagan’s 1980 “no pale pastels” platform. And this is what this media firestorm is all about.
With all this talk about lipstick I decided to put some on my dog to see what would happen. Guess what, Barney Frank now wants to go out with my dog even though his name is Babe….
I put lip stick and a scarf on my male member and Theresa thought it was hilarious. Finally, I did something she likes. Maybe Barney will like too!
Pat Buchanan great article,you are a great American.
John Kerry you never cease to amaze me. You are no homophobe that’s for sure. Try some KY Jelly so the scarf doesn’t chafe. At least that what they tell me. We NASCAR drives like to tail end, rear end and scrap chasses. We like to make donuts on grass and drink milk. I thought we were a strange bunch. You Washington types are far more strange.
47 laps to go. Got to go?
I believe everyone in Phila should be armed with a hammer. Especially those that ride SEPTA. Larry do I have a hammer for you. It’s a Stanley with a claw head that would make a mess out of any interloper that might try to wake you from your daily nap on the train. Call me I’ll give you the model number.
Sometimes you wonder why white people are afraid of African Americans. That is until you see an African American beat the shit out of someone on the El with a hammer…….
First of all, the comments here are better than the blog. All of you are so on the edge!
Sonny Lee – You are an imposter. You did not take me on the bike rickshaw. If you had, you would have remembered that I was sipping a Pepsi which fell out of the bike. Messy.
Paul G– great to have some sanity. You are refreshing, but watch out -this crowd could have you for lunch.
Ed: The hammer attack could have been committed by anyone. Be cool.
Pat Buchanan’s article? Hmmm
John Kerry – you are very close to being exiled.
Jeff: sock puppets! I didn’t know you did puppet shows. Disgraceful. You and Kerry may wind up in cyberspace.
Ed: Barney Frank is a great guy. You would really like him.
Cindy: All you did was stop by the market. Why didn’t you call.. John and you could have joined me at Dunkin Donuts..with Joe Biden who goes there all the time.
Leo: You have proven that less is more.
Vrooom
Larry are you still in hotel room in St Paul or back riding SEPTA all day. Thanks for playing. See you in another week?
Topped off. Got to go!
Larry has become a recluse; he’s become the Howard Hughes of his own blog. I’m beginning to believe the stories about him holing up in his hotel room in St Paul watching reruns on TV.
The Pepsi schstick (sp?) reminds me of the old SNL John Beluchi sketch in the greek dinner. “No Coke,
Pepsi”. “Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger…”
John Kerry must live! Like Free Air, this is the next great cause. Ironically the great liberal Larry wants to exile the great Senator from the States of Massachusetts. I’m changing my tagline to OOOJ FA JKML
Now I’m taking a stand. If I get exiled in the process, so be it. It’s been great knowing you all.
YFAP, are you still exiled?
Wow. Someone sock puppeted Larry again. Didn’t the person who did that make a statement about Larry’s marriage failing? Very clever.
Palin. The moment that crystallized her image as a reformer came when she turned in state Republican chairman Randy Ruedrich after discovering he was using his state e-mail account to conduct party business.
Palin and Ruedrich were serving together as commissioners on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, a state regulatory agency, at the time. Ruedrich resigned from the commission in November 2003, and was later fined $12,000, according to a 2004 article in the Anchorage Daily News.
In 2006, Palin found herself asking forgiveness for a similar offense from her past, according to a July 28, 2006, article in the Anchorage Daily News. She had sent campaign e- mails from her Wasilla mayor’s office in 2002, when she made an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor.
“For any mistakes like that (were) made, I apologize,” Palin said of the e-mail controversy in July 2006, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
I’m having an affair with Bill Clinton. He’s a dish!
Ah,taffeta and lace for Mr. Bloom. You are such a dream,a vision of elegance.
Larry, change the topic. It’s getting a little heinous in here.
Larry do mean I would really like Barney or did you mean I would really LIKE Barney. If so, are you implying that I use my dupstchik for unintended purposes, that my yinyang is out of wack, that my towerofpeesa leans the other way, that I Like to put my franknfurter on a barneybun….
Should have realized that Larry wouldn’t actually have graciously appeared on his own blog. Good catch Leo.
Larry what I trying to say is that do you mean I use my pocket rocket for trips to Uranis, that my scud missle’s vector is towards a Victor, that my hammerhead likes hard wood, that my beanpole is attracted to cornholes…
Sarah is currently field dressing the Donkey! Barry and Joe are running for the hills.
There are several new articles out that cast doubt on just how successful Palin’s been at governing vs. manipulating public opinion. It’s no wonder McCain wants the election to be about pigs and lipstick. Ned Beatty agrees.
Ned Beatty least of all. He’s still having flashbacks.
I found Ned’s portrayal as a pig in the movie Deliverance completely unrealistic. I mean when he was asked to squeal like a pig he put no emotion into it. Now if it were me playing the part I would have let out a squeal that could be heard from here to Alaska.
I’m feeling fruity!
It’s ironic how this whole lipstick/pig/ned Beatty/Deliverence thing now brings to mind Jon Voight who has now taken the mantle up for all the Republicans left in Hollywood. Putting lipstick on that daughter of his, Angelina Jolie would be nice. However Barney Frank would say if you put lipstick on Angelina Jolie it would still not excite my oinking oink.
Cindy, Angelina and Sarah could have a competitive adopt-o-rama!
i meant oinking joint
Babe you don’t have enough lipstick buddy.
hello Larry,did delaware joe biden say Hillary Clinton was the better candidate?
you’re right america does not know joe like you know joe,he is a great asset to john mccain and sarah palin.
put a dress and lipstick on joe biden that should simmer down the Palin fever.
On a serious note, we should remember 9/11 today.
Remember the Maine!
Nice Teddy, real nice…. Yeah I know you rode up San Juan Hill, but the NY firefighters ran up the stairs of the World Trade Center trying to save lives not take them.
Remember the Alamo!
In honor of 9/11 I am refraining from partisan debate. It’s impossible to keep us the intense level of observance every year, but it should always be a reflective day in America
I second that motion George, on 9/11 there are no Republicans or Democrats, just Americans!
Ok Davey I know they wrote a song about you. And your hat was a big hit in the 1950’s but to bring up your demise on a day like this is not what we need right now. We are reflecting on the abuse we took at the hands of intrepid evil monsters who want to take us back to a time when those of their ilk ruled the world. You may have fought a cruel and over powering Santa Ana but he got his in the end . I want Osama and his people to get it in the end. And I’m not trying to set up Barney Frank with a date.
Remember Patty Duke
AW Jesus Christ, Patty you’re still alive aren’t you? “We talk alike we look alike and we even think alike ” is not the proper criteria to bring to a day that we Americans are focusing on our loses due to 9/11. If you want to be remembered try getting Barney Frank to have sex with you.
Okay, gentleman,apparently I unintentially set off diversionary homoerotic discussions on this blog, and Larry has urged that we get back to politics 24/7, and that’s why I am up so early this morning. Of course, morning wood usually arises me at about 5am everyday, and now that I have tended to the first hard wood of the day, its time for politics.
I like many Americans am quite smitten with Sarah Palin. However I am gravely concered about these 1100 emails. My concern is that she may have been copying Todd in on confidential emails that involved the the business of Alaska. It could be found that Todd was advising and far too involved in couseling her on state business, this would not look good. Of course we don’t know what emails Bill copied Hillary on during his time as govenor and as president, but the emails might be a legitimate question. If she was found to be asking Todd dumb questions or advice about things she should have known it will be a problem.
That said, I just bought Theresa the exact peek toe pumps with 5 inch heels that Sarah was wearing on the day McCain introduced her. Theresa has agreed that we can “try them out” this Saturday night. So if the discussion can now move from lipstick to woaman’s shoes, and away from Charlie Gibsons interview questions that were too probing, we can get back to the meat of this election showdown.
You can not have a discussion about shoes without including me.
Sarah Palin did not distinguish herself on the ABC interview. Obama did not help himself on the O’Reilly Show either so Show Gate is a wash. I fear the new Obama ads depiction old guy McCain as computer illiterate will resonate. How can anyone not use the internet these days?
Most senior executives do not use the interent and such connections are usually not secure enough for presidential communication. Bill Clinton sent one email as president and he’s regarded by many as one of the great ones. Being a comuter geek does not make a good commnader in chief. Former mayor John Street was a real technophile, enough said.
George, good points all, but in an election about ‘change’ to appear out of touch with mainstream America is not a good thing. When you see the ad you’ll understand. It will resonate.
You may be right. Remember in 1992 when father Bush went to buy stuff at the market and he was baffled by the idea that prices were scanned at the register? Old waspy guys who appear out of touch do sometimes resonate- we’ll see.
I think the ‘community organizer’ thing resonated against Obama at the convention. I wouldn’t be surprised if McCain counters with ads showing Obama in his community organizer role.
Sarah Palin had a total deer-in-the-headlights moment when Charlie asked her about the Bush Doctrine. How can you be all about defending the country and not know the name for America’s military-driven foreign policy concerning preemptive defense? Ouch. Other than that, I agree that it’s a wash. People who support her will continue to support her; people who are scared about her possibly becoming president will continue to be scared about her possibly becoming president.
OOOJ, why would McCain want to show how Obama had his “boots on the ground” to help mobilize people who were suffering from economic blight when he can’t point to anything similar in his own background?
George, irrespective of whether executives use the Internet “tubes,” they do use computers. John McCain doesn’t even know how to to that. How is he supposed to help defend the backbone of American 21st century commerce if he doesn’t even have a working knowledge of computers? I guess he could get Levi Johnson to be his McSpace Czar.
Uh, MySpace Czar.
OOOJ, why would McCain want to show how Obama had his “boots on the ground” to help mobilize people who were suffering from economic blight when he can’t point to anything similar in his own background?
Because that is the closest thing to leadership in his groomed for politics life that Obama can point to. It’s admirable and a nice story but not relevant in terms of qualifications as President or Commander in Chief.
Making executive decisions about how to marshall your resources has nothing to do with being commander in chief? I thought that Palin was claiming it did.
It shows Obama in touch with working class people. McCain can’t point to anything in his background that is equivalent. He has seven homes. Spending time as a POW may be an inspirational story, but it also doesn’t demonstrate anything relevant to being a good executive.
Wait, who sock puppeted me? I’ll admit the tone was good on that one.
Chances are very high that Sarah Palin will not be President in next 4 years even if McCain wins. She is a red herring in this argument. There is the real possiblility that Obama could win and be President. His readiness, not hers, should be debated.
You make good points. I’m changing my vote. I agree that Obama is not qualified to be President.
Uh, oh. Looks like the puppets are on the loose again.
I was reprogrammed in North Vietnam. I am in a Russian Sleeper Cell. I am bound to the destruction of America. I can not help myself. Please vote for Barrack Obama. Thank you and good night.
First it was BearSterns then it was Fanny Mae and Fredie Mac now it’s Lehman Brothers. As Chairperson of the House Finance Comitte I find it very difficult to conduct a meaningful relationship with all of these banking institutions biting the dust. Some people even accuse me of not doing my job. How could I when all of these institutions were throwing money into my campaign coffers. I mean wouldn’t that be a conflict of interest? Really….
I like that phrase “who sock puppeted me?” It wasn’t me Leo.
Making fun of community organizers was fun at the convention to counter the small town mayor charges against Palin. The term community organizer, however, has a racial overtone, and that’s why it had so many white people laughing. How often do we see inner city African Americans in freshly minted white tee shirts and hats with a logo marching, in front of news cameras while a guy with a bull horn spouts off about whatever the issue is, then nothing ever comes of the protest. Often businesses or city governemnt is shaken down to fund these causes. That’s the dark side of the community organizer stereotype.
The flip side (and bright side) is that community organizing is really the grass roots of change, and while sometimes its a sham, many times important polical change occurs. Martin Luther King could have been refrrred to as a community organizer early in his career. The Republicans would be wise to stop mocking the role and talk about 2008 and beyond instead of what Obama or PAlin did in the 1990s.
Captain Sock Puppeteer: You’ve got me confused with the GOP top-of-the-ticket.
When I go to the beach I usually bring my big sock puppet along, just in case I want to impress somebody. It’s a game to me “hide the sock puppet” Some guys use Mr. Potato Head but I usually end up eating him. I once tried a clam shell or so I thought. It was alive!! Man did that hurt.
Barney,you missed fun in the bathroom in the Twin Cities during the convention. I got to pay lip service to the cream of the GOP. Some little man called Sonny Lee was there serving cream of sum yung guy,fresh from Vietnam. He said it was John McCain’s favorite dish in captivity,so it became our official meal.
Vrooom
Homophobia runs wild. Sock puppets run wild. Paranoia runs wild. What a country!
Who’s in charge of this web site anyway?
Topped off. Go to go!
Jeff will you run wild for me? I need topped off.
Hey Larry Craig not in rickshaw Larry Kane in rickshaw he not tip he drink coke at pepsi center bahahaha he crazy Larry Craig banned from Sonny Lee rickshaw he pervert.
I Finally have something to say about old Mr. Bluehen. How did he manage to say that Hillary would have been a better pick for Veep. And then I hear he told a paraplegic to stand up and take a bow. Wow. Leo can you confirm any of this for me or is it just making you a little ill?
Larry,saw you on philly.com gossip, the gossip girl Marnie Hall keeps bringing your name up,she’s not bad,not bad at all.
As the TV father of Aronold and Willis, my adopted African American children on the hit TV show Different Strokes, I am uniquely qualified to opine on the challenges and benefits of raising black children in a white world.
I know what Barrack Obama’s grandparents faced when raisng young Barry, and it was not easy. Hopefully Barrack had a better experience than Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges, both of whom had numerous brushes with the law and drugs. However my white TV daughter sadly ended up killing herself, and I beat myself up to this day as to what I did wrong, and if our odd family dynamic had anything to do with Dana’s death. I pray that it did not.
Barrack appears to have grown into a fine young man, and hopefully Gary and Todd will look to him as an inspiration as to what they can achieve in life as the result of the tutelge of an elderly white man who cares deeply for them and all African American children who are abandoned by their birth fathers. I am not looking for special credit or kudos, but Gary and Todd, please do your best and make me proud, and don’t forget to vote for Barrack!
Palin couldn’t handle Gibson, and now McCain couldn’t handle the ladies of The View.
Pooty Poot has looked into their souls, and he has seen fresh fishies.
leo what are you doing whatching the view?
My son Lionel really reminds me of Barrack Obama. Not the first Lionel that lived accross from the Bunkers on Houser Street in Queens, but the one that suddenly replaced him when we moved to the upper east side. He married the bi-racial daughter of our neighbors Tom and Helen Willis.
Lionel was always a bit uppity and I think it was the sudden wealth and disconnection from people of color. His mother in law Helen is a carbon copy of Michelle Obama, so I feel like I have special insight to what an Obama white house will feel like. My wealthy neigbors from the upper east side will be very comfortable there sipping wine and talking about how to fix all of our social problems and redistribute our wealth. My husband George Jefferson, however, will never feel welcome there. He didnt go to college, worked his ass off in the dry cleaning business, eventually owning 10 stores! He is part of the so-called rich that Obama wants to tax, and its not fair that we will have to pay over half of our income in taxes. We did everything right, overcame bigotry and descrimination, and now our wealth will be redistributed to people who will never know what its like to work sixteen hour days to put your children through college and realize the American dream. Our son Lionel does not get it and neither does Barrack and his Helen like wife Michelle. Sherman Helmsley and I am voting for McCain, becasue he gets the Jeffersons!
Hey Leo, did Elizebeth Hasselback speak up to help McCain make his case, seems like going on that show was a dumb idea. Ellen Degeneres treated him fairly even though they disagree on everthing. I bet McCain called Joy and Barbara the C-word after the show, then asked Cindy why she told him to do the show and called her a C-word and a trollup, and that would be an approprite outburst, as she should not have let him do the show.
Palin did okay with Gibson, a couple rough spots, but Gibson ended up looking like an A-hole, and its a preview of how Biden will do against her. He looked like an old crank with his glasses on his nose, trying to get her with the so called Bush doctrine, nobody knows what that is, and all presidents have many initiatives referred to as doctorines, Gibson is a prick.
Hey Wheezie, stop trying to copy my style! We dont need sock puppets acting like real people. I do admire your work on televison, and think that you did a lot to help Americans see African Americans in a different light. Why didn’t you have the Bunkers over to visit more after you guys made it? Edith was always so kind to you when the neighbors in Queens didnt want you there. God I miss Edith, she was so complex, the opposite of a ding-bat, and really saw the good in people irrespective of their skin color. I think Edith would vote for Obama. Archie supported Nixon, so my guess is he’d really connect with McCain, but might have a problem with Palin and would prefer Biden. So I’m really not sure how Archie would vote today. Actually knowing how Archie would vote will tell us who wins in November.
Don’t forget to tune into or Tivo Saturday Night Live tonight. Barrack Obama live, Tina Fey coming back as Palin, it should be good!
This just in, Barrack Obama cancelled his appearance on SNL, what’s he afraid of? Bidnen’s son quits as lobbyist, its all coming apart Leo!
jr, I watch the view for fashion tips.
A whistleblower is coming forth against John and Cindy McCain, and the picture he is painting is not a pretty one. You’ve probably heard about Cindy McCain stealing prescription drugs from her charity in the 1990s. Today, Tom Gosinski, her former employee and a close friend of the McCains, came out on the record about the entire sordid episode. And it appears that McCain used his Senate staff and resources to cover up Cindy’s drug use, and potentially to prevent the Drug Enforcement Agency from investigating his wife’s theft of illegal prescription drugs. John McCain certainly used his political connections to begin a campaign of intimidation against Gosinski, because at the time – this was after the Keating 5 scandal – another major scandal would have derailed his career. Gosinski stayed quiet out of fear until today; a recent fight with cancer has strengthened his resolve. As he told me today, if he can beat cancer, he can go on the record regarding how the McCain’s do business.
Larry, what did you think about my interview with Palin. I think I did her good, REAL good don’t you think? I thought the glasses hanging off the end of my nose gave me a real professorial look. I wasn’t goona let that young whipper snapper upstage me, especially when it came to “The Bush Doctrine”. That question did her in. Who cares that nobody else knew what I was talking about either.
Anyhow I got “The Big Story” that night. Just kidding, I wouldn’t steal your line. BTW, the real reason I wrote is let you know I found your press credentials stuck in a can of Coca Cola outside the Xcel Center. You want me to send them to you?
Thanks Chuck. No need to send press pass. I’m not a real journalist anymore. I’m dabbling in blogs during my retirement. Try my smoking hot, no holds barred blog.
Pooty Poot?
Bob Harris, that’s an old story and we tried to drop it right before the RNC convention, which we should have. Now Cindy has endeared herself to the American people for all her good charity work and has long ago admitted a problem with drugs. If you recall, Betty Ford’s problem with alcohol was turned into quite a positive, so don’t lose any stool in your pants over this, its not going to work. The other story regarding the sex toys and riding crop is much jucier but the woman is not willing to come forward-yet.
I just got back from shoe shopping, I’m so excited about tonight. Ended up buying two pairs, Jimmy Chu and Bruno Maglia, for Theresa. Both have 5″ heels and are similar to what Sarah has. I’m set!
LArry, you’ve gotten very informal with your comments, I don’t beieve that is you, but many us very gullible becasue we support Palin and beleive she is a good decent person that loves her family, guns and country. That’s so naive and unsophisticated, we’re so unlike the annointed liberal class, we’re lucky to be able to learn from them.
Did anyone see Matt Damons youtube rant about Palin? He’s trying to mock her belief in creationism by saying repeatedly that he wants Sarah Palin to admit dinasours lived four thousand years ago. What? How could she admit that? they didn’t live four thousand years ago. Just another barely literate Hollywood pretty boy confusing his stardum with being an intelligent canny political observer. Vitually all of young Hollywood has barely finished high school and nearly 100% have not finished college. If Jody Foster or Brooke Shields have something to say, I’d be willing to listen, since at least it comes from an edcuated informed viewpoint. (Tom Cruise, there is a such thing as depression and drugs do help treat it)Why do people even listen to these people? I will say categorically; Dinasours did not exist 4000 years ago! Actully, the more these people talk the better it is for McCain/Palin ticket. I hope Cruise, Aflack, and Travolta weigh in soon.
Does anyone have Dalmation puppys offered for adoption?
Sarah Palin thinks Dinosaurs still exist. In fact she said one still resides in West Virginia. The Byrdasaureus. It is a green back herbivore that has eaten over 3 Billion dollars worth of earmarks in his career as a Senator. If the Democrats or movie stars want to debate her role as mayor or governor than may I suggest we discuss this former KKK member and current senile Senator’s ability to reside in the Senate.
Vrooom
Matt Damon is a dope. Why would anyone listen to him anyway?
John Kerry always a pleasure to see your words of wisdom. Being from Massachusetts you have a good take on Damon. You are a righteous dude and only you could put up with wife like Therese. I guess her money is nice huh.
112 laps to go. NASCAR rocks. Go to go!
America….. the land of the well insulated and the home of the well connected.
Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
Angry Joe, if you can get me a stick I’ll pick up that turd and fling it where it should be flung, right at the pc crowd, who think their turds don’t stink……
Larry, you’ve got to do me a favor, and this is a serious request. Read in today’s Wall Street Journal, section W1, an article by Lee Siegal entitled: The Triumph of Culture Over Politics. It’s the best thing I’ve read explaining the current election dynnamics, and I’d encourage others with serious interest in the election to take a look and share your take. Leo, I’d even be curious to hear what you think.
I’m in a tizzy awaiting SNL tonight. Barrack realized a little too much show business is a bad idea when you’re down in the polls and dead people are floating in TX.
The dumbing down of America is complete. In order for the Government to clear the impact zone of Hurricane Ike they claimed people who stayed would meet certain death and the surge would reach 25 feet.
Well the people who did stay didn’t meet certain death and the surge was 13 feet.
This is how are government views us today. They use the lowest common denominator as a yardstick and the rest of us who have half a clue don’t matter.
I’ll stand in for Barrack. He won’t let me do anything else. Or maybe Hillary can fill in. She’s more qualified than me anyway.
Hey, Larry, ole pal. Do you STILL think I was a good pick for VP? Polls would indicate otherwise
George, I just read that article you mentioned and can really relate to the boy listening to rock music in his room. The other parts were good too, I had to re-read it a couple of times to understand it though, my grades at Yale were actually worse than GW Bush! My take is people like me in the Democratic party still don’t get it, and frankly we don’t, thats why I was out buying womans shoes and a bottle of Heinz 57 ketchup today.
I’m hoping to get a spot on SNL later this season. Since I can’t tell a joke without screwing it up and offending those serving in Iraq,I think a skit of me pompously trying to tell offensive jokes that fall flat at VFW Post would be hilarious. Anyway, I got the shoes ready, Theresa didn’t like either pair I bought, so I went out and picked up some Milano Blaniks, and they really did the trick. We should be done in time for SNL.
John Kerry, I don’t get it. Are you trying to be funny or do you just want to hear yourself talk. Why don’t you join Teddy (may God have mercy on his soul) Kennedy and keep your mouth shut.
Ed, I’m more amused by annoying ignorant people like yourself.
Hey “John” at least I use my real name you putz. Normally don’t criticize the sock puppets here but you are an exception. Your attitude is close to morose. Thanks for commenting.
Report: Palin Did Not Visit Iraq
By Anne E. Kornblut
WASILLA, Alaska — Aides to Gov. Sarah Palin are scrambling to explain details of her only trip outside North America — which, according to a new report, did not include Iraq, as the McCain-Palin campaign had initially claimed.
Send her to bed without any supper?
Try cutting a habanero pepper in half and giving yourself the Barney Frank treatment with it. Delicious pain.
Leo what the F are you doing here? “John” and I are having it out tonight. I don’t care what Jeff Gordon has to say. I can live without “John Kerry” posting on this blog. There I said it. I think he is an asshole who tries to be funny but isn’t. he needs to be told.
Hey Ed I’m the angry one here. Don’t take your anger out on Leo. He’s just doing his liberal noise machine duty. If he thinks that anyone is listening to his Sarah Palin bashing he’s mistaken.
Be easy on John. He has to live with Therese.
Vrooom
Ed take a chill pill dude. Leave John alone. This blog is morose not John. Hes a funny dude.
Loosen your belt and have a beer. This is just a stupid blog dude. We aren’t saving lives here.
Got to get my sleep. Big day tomorrow. Go to go to bed!
Hey Joe I didn’t bad mouth Leo. I am however going after that pock suppet “John Kerry”. He is the bane of Larry’s blog and he doesn’t even know it. He thinks he is clever, yet his humor is morose. I just can’t take it anymore.
Jeff I created you and all of your sock puppet friends. I apologize to Larry for all that I have done and will do my best to rectify the situation.
Boys please you all sound like a cackle of geese. Unless you want to be goosed I would suggest that you cease and desist at once. If I could I would ameliorate the situation, but since I like muff you all have to take care of yourselves.
Leo, you have held up the lamp of our savior, the Barrack Obama against the tide of Republicans who dare to confront his most pious of intentions. If the blasphemous Sarah Palin gets in his way don’t hesitate to call on Chris Matthews to aid you in attacking her obvious infidelities.
Sock puppeted again.
Anyway, at least Hillary was in Bosnia, even if she didn’t face sniper fire. Palin is lower than low. The lies out of the McCain/Palin campaign are so gross it’s amusing.
Thanks for your support gentleman. Ed seems to be having delusions of grandeur on this string, even believing he is responsible for the advent of sock puppets. I beleive Leo coined that phrase a long time ago. Ed, open a window and turn on the ceiling fan, the air is getting hot and tight in your row house, you’re losing the oxygen to your brain.
Boys, I go away for a day and you can’t play nicely. Shame on you.
Leo, you have become a one man Palin bashing instrument. A veritable Mr Bojangles. One hit wonder. Congratulations. Your mother would be proud. Remember, she’s highly unlikely to be President. Focus your attention on McCain. VP is largely a perfunctory function. If you want to rail on a dangerous situation, rail on liberal nutjob Nancy Pelosi as 3rd in line!
Ed, you are angrier than Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton combined. You appear to be a bit jealous of JK’s wit and popularity by your comments. Just my observation. LARRY IS 100% TO BLAME. He should be changing blog topics every 24 hours. After a couple of days of rehashing the same old stuff, bloggers get “creative” and wander. Don’t blame JK, blame Larry.
Weekends are down to 4-5 bloggers and their sock puppets. It’s no wonder they get on each others’ nerves.
Play nice. Hopefully Larry will change topic today before we get to 200…
OOOJ, look more carefully. I pointed out that it was the McCain campaign that set forth the lies about Palin visiting Iraq. McCain’s precipitous choice of Palin also reflects poorly on his judgment, which is highly relevant to whether McCain would make a decent president. It’s obvious, between his lies and hers, that they’re a losing ticket. McCain 2008: When you can’t run on the facts, make shit up!
Democrats’ Credo: When you can’t run on the facts, make shit up!
Promise the world, deliver nothing.
GOP maybe catching on but they are far behind.