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http://deadspin.com/5043889/sweet-lincolns-mull...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxdvio9n2Q
BTW: no one in Alaska politics gets elected UNLESS they promise beaucoup handouts to the Alaska voters, who are the biggest, whitest welfare queens on the face of the earth. (I'll be my liberal self and exclude the Native Inuits from my snark).
Yes, perhaps many Alaskans really should move to the lower 48 where they can find gainful employement. But life in Alaska is very different. It is more like the old frontier where there are huge distances to the next neighbor, where you sleep with firearms because you can wake up with a polar bear in your bedroom and you live by your ability to cope with the wild, eating off the land. My impression is that many Alaskans could no more survive in the lower 48 than Daniel Boone could survive in the modern world today. And, my guess is that 99.9% of us could not survive the first winter in Alaska. It may well be that many Alaskans are as disdainful of Bush as my correspondent, but supporting Bush, drilling and Palin is another matter of pure survival.
http://mparent7777-1.livejournal.com/1515044.html
Official account of birth of Palin's child questioned
He was one of the "15 Most Shocking Political Sex Scandals" shown today on E network. Unfortunately, Americablog was subsumed in bloggers who kept on the story.
I couldn't find a link at eonline.com for the show but Goggle lists it, including it's inclusion on AOL TV.
She has lied about the bridge issue and about the firing involving her brother in law.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/30/palin-wante... (Yglesias)
Also from Sullivan:
We rely on elected officials not to use the power of their office to pursue personal agendas or vendettas. It's called an abuse of power. There is ample evidence that Palin used her power as governor to get her ex-brother-in-law fired. When his boss refused to fire him, she fired him. She first denied Monegan's claims of pressure to fire Wooten and then had to amend her story when evidence proved otherwise.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...
GOP = LIARS....the whole damn bunch.
I've also been using that "McCain/Palin" photo as my wallpaper. Have also emailed it to everyone on my email list. Hoping all this stuff goes viral.
Thanks houstonray...
What a f....ing phony !!!!
McBrainless said he's praying.....Does God hear liars?!!!
Alaska took the money for the bridge and used it for other projects, at the same time cutting two other projects for Ketchican...after she got their votes by supporting the bridge project.
If she was a small govt she would have made sure that the money never came to Alaska.
They should do what they have already done in practice, that is cancel their convention and concede the election to Obama. It is clear they are hoping for an Obama victory and saddling him with the total disaster, wreckage and desolation of this nation that Bush and his gang of criminals have left behind. Then one the second day of the Obama administration they will start with they knew all along Obama was a failure and it is all his fault, that Obama has destroyed this nation and flushed it down the toilet. Oops! No, I'm not advocating they trash Obama but get out of the way and let a truly qualified, capable and charismatic leader show how the president of this nation should perform the duties of his office.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/republ...
"Governor Palin will add an important new voice to the debate."
thanks for nuthin' Hill
And before anyone says she said what she should have while being respectful of his choice, I disagree. I think a good statement would have been along the lines of "I welcome Senator McCain's pick, and while I am sure Gov Palin has been a capable leader for her state of Alaska, I do not want my supporters thinking for any moment that she shares the same values and ideals that I do. The McCain/Palin ticket is not the change this country needs....blah blah blah"
"Obama described Palin as 'a compelling person . . . with a terrific personal story. I'm sure that she will help make the case for Republicans.'"
and
"Obama acknowledged Palin's ascent as the first woman named to a Republican presidential ticket, calling it 'one more indicator of this country moving forward . . . one more hit against that glass ceiling.'"
They BOTH went on to say that Palin's policies would lead America in the wrong direction.
I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere," Palin told the cheering McCain crowd, referring to Ketchikan's Gravina Island bridge.
But Palin was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it.
The Alaska governor campaigned in 2006 on a build-the-bridge platform.
Any site you can post on....post it!
"Palin is McCain’s Bridge to Nowhere. Thanks, But No Thanks."
Even five years ago, I would have said that we would not see a Black man as a serious candidate for the presidency for at least another 50 years, if not 100. And could not imagine that there could be one with the charisma, intelligence and command of the English language to generate the massive excitement that Obama has achieved not only in this country but throughout the world. In Berlin, Merkel changed the venue twice on Obama and yet he drew a crowd of 200,000 to his speech there. In Denver, Obama had a standing room crowd in a 75,000 seat baseball stadium. The Democratic convention drew the 3rd largest TV viewing audience of all time only surpassed by two superbowl games. Where ever he goes, Obama is nearly worshipped, yet he seems to be modest and unassuming. Even if he is not elected, Obama has changed the shape of American politics, moving it 50-100 years into the future.
Let's therefore give McCain the credit he is due. McCain shoved Obama's candidacy to the back pages and as a forgotten item in the liberal blogs on the internet as well as the discussion in the neighborhoods, bedrooms and around the dinner tables. Friday night, there was a very loud discussion outside my apartment back window by a crowd of my neighbors that lasted nearly to midnight. Caught my attention when I heard a very loud “Fuck Biden!” However from there, the discussion was very civil (aside from the volume) and seemed to be very positive about Obama and Biden.
Less than twelve hours later, McCain managed to steal Obama's thunder and steal it in a big way. Only, I suspect that McCain's accomplishment is negative and will be a millstone around his neck that will drown him in November. Let's hope so. From what I've seen even Republican leaders are outspokenly against naming Palin as his veep on his ticket.
Someone online called the Palin pick, McCain's dead-cat bounce. I still say the more media scrutiny his campaign gets, the better this is. The media narrative has shifted--it's actually paying attention to the McCain campaign. Hopefully we can shift the conversation to the McCain/Palin ideologies. The fact that there is more interest in them could help us fight the whole "referendum on Obama" mindset in the media.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfcG3b3qYps