Palin countered with a smile, “Say it ain’t so, Joe. There you go again, pointing backwards again. You prefaced your whole comment with the Bush administration,” She argued that Americans now need to “look forward.”
Stepping up the Republican ticket’s attacks on Senator Barack Obama, Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday seized on a report about Mr. Obama’s relationship with a former 1960s radical to accuse him of “palling around with terrorists.”
You’re expecting the Republican ticket to be coherent?
Say it ain’t so Sarah!
There you go again doggone it! Lookin back to the sixties to smear a presidential candidate. Why don’t you and the Joe Sixpack go watch a Steelers game and forget this election thingy.
You betcha; wink wink
Oh, and MAVERICK!!!
Too bad John McCain picked an AIP traitor as a running mate…
Wait, what? Isn’t it Sarah Palin that sleeps (indeed, procreates) with a separatist traitor?
Obama chums around with a known terrorist
Ayers and you traitor bastards are going to vote for him?
Hypocrisy, an essential GOP (that stands for Republican) attribute. Heck, if ya aren’t two-faced, then ya just gotta go somewhere other than Wasilla, ’cause us Alaskans, well, ya know, we’re right between two foreign countries, Russia and Canada, so ya gotta have two faces so ya can watch both of them foreign countries. You betcha. You’re darned right. (Wink, wink, blow kiss.)
Where do you folks on the right come up with these people like Palin and Rossi? Your bench seems so thin that you’re going to have to start drafting Newfoundland dogs to run for you.
“Through his lofty position at Carlyle and as a consultant, George Bush Sr. is closely linked to the bin Ladens. As are other powerhouse U.S. politicians.”
“Orlando Bosch is the perpetrator of a 1976 bombing of a Cubana airplane carrying seventy-three civilians who were all killed.”
“The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.”
“The contra leaders said Republican presidential candidate Robert Dole recently contributed $500 to rebel coffers, and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) donated $400.”
Another NGO compiled a year’s worth of Contra atrocities, which included murder, rape, torture, maiming children, cutting off arms, cutting out tongues, gouging out eyes, castration, bayoneting pregnant women in the stomach, and amputating genitals.
McCain campaign chairman covered up tech exports to Saddam.
Let’s not forget Iran-Contra.
With all those ties to terrorists, you want us to vote Republican?
@5: Answer the question. You’re voting a traitor into the vice-presidency? Obama’s association with Ayers was because Ayers was actually doing something else at the time. (Chicago school reform. Look it up.) What’s Palin’s excuse?
Face it. McCain is a dishonorable coward.
Roger Rabbit Quiz
Who’s the governor of the state with the highest per capita spending?
(Hint: Below is a list of per capita spending by state, arranged from highest to lowest.)
Alaska, $14,383
Wyoming, $12,256
West Virginia, $11,300
Vermont, $7,981
Hawaii, $7,475
Alabama, $7,418
Delaware, $6,627
Connecticut, $6,476
Rhode Island, $6,296
New Mexico, $6,180
Massachusetts, $6,098
Wisconsin, $6,043
Oregon, $5,569
Arkansas, $5,520
New York, $5,417
Maine, $5,411
North Dakota, $5,181
Mississippi, $5,104
Kentucky, $5,041
Minnesota, $5,036
Iowa, $4,963
New Jersey, $4,886
Louisiana, $4,875
California, $4,812
Montana, $4,761
Maryland, $4,733
Ohio, $4,664
Oklahoma, $4,594
Nebraska, $4,546
Washington, $4,439
Pennsylvania, $4,359
Arizona, $4,263
South Carolina, $4,221
Virginia, $4,219
Kansas, $4,170
Michigan, $4,128
North Carolina, $4,056
Tennessee, $3,940
South Dakota, $3,819
Georgia, $3,669
Utah, $3,554
Idaho, $3,528
Indiana, $3,489
Florida, $3,473
NewHampshire, $3,430
Illinois, $3,414
Missouri, $3,397
Colorado,$3,291
Texas, $3,102
Nevada, $3,074
Source: Kaiser Foundation; data for FY 2006
Hey, it’s easy to be governor of a state that has no taxes and all the job requires you to do is say, “Wheeeee! How much money do I get to give away this year?”
You’re going to dig all the way back to two days ago to come up with some sort of gotcha?
@5 I once served on a committee with a former Republican but that doesn’t make me a Republican.
Given Todd’s past history …
if Palin-McCain were to win, would HE be qualified for a security clearance?
The Concern. An individual must be of unquestioned allegiance to the United States. The willingness to safeguard classified information is in doubt if there is any reason to suspect an individual’s allegiance to the United States.
Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include:
a. Involvement in any act of sabotage, espionage, treason, terrorism, sedition, or other act whose aim is to overthrow the Government of the United States or alter the form of government by unconstitutional means;
b. Association or sympathy with persons who are attempting to commit, or who are committing, any of the above acts;
c. Association or sympathy with persons or organizations that advocate the overthrow of the United States Government, or any state or subdivision, by force or violence or by other unconstitutional means;
d. Involvement in activities which unlawfully advocate or practice the commission of acts of force or violence to prevent others from exercising their rights under the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any state.
The Concern. When an individual acts in such a way as to indicate a preference for a foreign country over the United States, then he or she may be prone to provide information or make decisions that are harmful to the interests of the United States.
Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include:
…..
d. Accepting educational, medical, or other benefits, such as retirement and social welfare, from a foreign country;
i. Performing or attempting to perform duties, or otherwise acting, so as to serve the interests of another government in preference to the interests of the United States.
The Concern. Emotional, mental, and personality disorders can cause a significant deficit in an individual’s psychological, social and occupational functioning. These disorders are of security concern because they may indicate a defect in judgment, reliability or stability.
A credentialed mental health professional (e.g., clinical psychologist or psychiatrist), employed by, acceptable to, or approved by the government, should be utilized in evaluating potentially disqualifying and mitigating information fully and properly, and particularly for consultation with the individual’s mental health care provider.
Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include:
……
c. A pattern of high-risk, irresponsible, aggressive, anti-social or emotionally unstable behavior;
d. Information that suggests that the individual’s current behavior indicates a defect in his or her judgment or reliability.
You trolls assert Gregoire is a big spender but your veep candidate spends 3.24 times as much as Gregoire spends … just thought I’d point that out.
Comparing Their Health Plans
The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center calculated that over 10 years Obama’s health plan (cost: $1.6 trillion) would reduce the number of uninsured by 34 million and McCain’s (cost: $1.3 trillion) would reduce it by 1 million.
I wouldn’t worry about what Palin has to say, RCP has Obama pegged at 264 electoral votes.
http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....cain/#data
@15: the real problem with Mccain’s so-called plan for health care is that it would cost the average american family more (it only gives a rebate on 5K and the average family health care costs 12K).
The insidious result of the terrible health care plan is that it would discourage employers from giving ANY health care benefits since these would now lose their tax exmpt status. This would result in less employer health care than we now have and more people would lose health care in the long run because they could not afford it.
McCain’s plan would cost me more and lead to higher taxes. I can’t afford McCain and his higher taxes. The only people who would benefit from Mccain tax plan and health care plan are his rich lobbyist buddies who make over 250K a year.
McCain is no hero. He’s a physically and mentally scarred prison-camp survivor. A dangerous man with an ax to grind.
I’m glad he survived, but he never did a thing in his lifetime to protect this country from anything.
My uncle was a marine who was in the Bataan Death March, survived four years in a Japanese prison camp, and went on a few years later to fight in the Korean War — where he was seriously wounded — but recovered.
THAT’S a hero.
And my uncle, a quiet, unassuming guy, never spoke a word about his service to his country.
Every other word out of McCain’s mouth is an attempt to cash in on his experience as a prison camp survivor who crashed his jet in a stupid, useless war that should never have been fought in the first place.
Patriot and hero, my ass.
Face it those of you in the middle and towards the right here, the others on this blog don’t care about Obama’s associations — everything is relative to them and from much of what I’ve read here, often agree with people like Ayers, the Rev. Wright, ACORN, et. al.
I’ve never read more acid, bile-filled posts than I do on this one — from those on both sides.
I try to read variety to see all sides, but this one is so far out that it just distracts from any reasonable thought…
@19: You’re certainly doing a great job of parroting the right-wing talking points, eh?
@16: Mccain and the Rove proteges that are running his campaign are now getting desperate. Expect to see the kinds of attacks the trolls on here are bringing:
The stupid attacks on Obama trying to link him to Ayers:
Yup, Obama was 8 years old when Ayers was a terrorist – he probably hung out with him the (hahahahah). Obama actually served on a local Chicago committee on education with Ayers. Imagine, if I was repsonsible for everyone I served on a committee with….This is as tenuous as it gets.
Obama is a muslim: This is just a lie.
When republicans get desperate they try to throw as much mud as possible and hope that some sticks.
Ask them how that investigation into Sarah Palin is doing – seems a key witness recanted under oath that Palin was not trying to use illegal political influence.
Watch closely how Palin, her traitor husband and Palin’s cronies are avoiding subpoenas and refusing to testify. What do they have to hide? Are they afraid to testify under oath? Why are they obstucting justice?
19 If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Too bad you’ll miss out when the cookies come out of the oven.
@19: The only acid I see on here is coming from the rightwingnuts and their ridiculous accusations. ACORN is a voter registration group.
Are you against people having the right to vote?
Ayers I have already debunked and Wright is also a silly argument. Palin’s minister has bragged about witch hunting. Are you in favor of that?
You are not really in the “middle” if you are bringing up these bogus attacks. Instead, you are a “concern troll” from the right wing trying to make people concerned about non-important things.
On the issues, Obama has won the debate with the American people. Now, the republican attack squad (which you are part of) has to try and label Obama as bad. The problem is that Obama showed people in the debates he is an intelligent and reasonable politician. So now you need these smear tactics to try and swing the race back. You don’t want to talk about the economy, about deregulation or about the wasteful war in Iraq. You want to talk about false smears. It speaks volumes that false smears are all the republicans have left.
Democrats Close In On 60 Senate Seats
While all eyes have been focused on the White House race, something equally dramatic has been quietly happening behind the scenes: Recent poll shifts put Democrats within reach of a filibuster-proof 60-seat Senate majority.
It was a given that Democrats would pick up Senate seats this year, simply because Republicans have 22 seats up for reelection compared to the Democrats’ 11, and Republicans have half a dozen retiring senators compared to none for the Democrats. But earlier this year, most pundits pegged the probably Democrat gain to half a dozen or so, bringing their Senate total to 55 or 56.
Well guess what, things have changed! New polls show “a powerful surge” for the Democratic candidates, according to Time magazine.
A Friday poll shows Al Franken is poised to knock off Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota. A Colorado race that was virtually tied has “broken decisively” for the Democratic candidate. The McCain campaign acknowledges that Republican Elizabeth Dole “is certain to lose” in North Carolina. The GOP’s Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, is in danger of losing his race. Even in Georgia, Republican Saxby Chambliss now looks beatable. Republicans expect to lose in Virginia and New Mexico, and think there’s “a pretty strong chance” they’ll lose Alaska, New Hampshire, and Oregon, too.
In other words, the sky is falling on the GOP tent. A Democratic supermajority in the Senate means Republicans won’t be able to block President Obama’s judicial opponents or the Democrats’ legislative initiatives — even if moderate Republican Senators don’t help the Democrats, as they sometimes have in the past. In short, President Obama will be able to pass comprehensive health care reform — and appoint flaming liberals to the Supreme Court.
Hell, with that kind of power, he might as well go all the way and authorize renditions of Republicans to foreign countries for “special interrogations.” Just kidding! That’s a Republican joke.
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@11 Yeah. If Repugs can do it, so can I.
Todd Palin To Testify In Troopergate Probe
Now that the GOP’s lawsuit to quash the investigation into abuse-of-power allegations against Gov. Palin has been laughed out of court the First Dude has changed his tune and decided he’ll sing to investigators.
What’s he up to? Well, maybe to delay the final report until after the election by trying to control the date of his interview with investigators.
Here’s how Joe Klein, writing in Time magazine, summed up the race:
“Bush’s decisions over the past eight years — to go to war in Iraq, to neglect the war in Afghanistan, to aggrandize the rich and neglect the middle class — created the dreadful moment this country faces right now, and people know that. Fearful for their futures and the nation’s, they seem to be looking for … steadiness, knowledge and some clear ideas about what to do going forward ….”
(Quoted under fair use.)
I think Joe’s dead-on.
Terrorist, fugitive, unremorseful, unrepentant. Bill Ayers.
Even the NYT finally had to admit Bill Ayers existed and might have had a little somethin’ somethin’ going with Barry. Of course, they published their whitewash in the Saturday edition, which has a readership slightly less than the North Seattle Herald.
This dickhead (I’m referring Ayers BTW, with so many dickheads in the Democratic Party, you might have lost track…) pissed away between $50 and $160 million with the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Sound familiar? That’s right, it was Barry O’s big start in the grown-up world. Too bad it failed miserably, closing in 2002 with no positive results. Nice going Barry. Failure.
And for those of you in complete denial that Obama is a shit stain and claim, “But Obama was only 8 when Bill Ayers was planting bombs.” The author was 9 when the Weathermen tried to kill his family.
http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0430jm.html
re 28: “Terrorist, fugitive, unremorseful, unrepentant. Bill Ayers.”
Bill Ayers: professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, holding the honor of Distinguished Professor.
“I am a black war criminal.” John McCain
G. Gordon Liddy is a convicted felon, a traitor, and totally unrepentant for his crimes against we the people. McCain is a frequent guest on his show.
Discuss.
@29
Stains UIC pretty badly, too. Ayers was claiming as late as 2001 that “he hadn’t done enough”. Now he’s just shut up. Thankfully.
delbert@28- was that article supposed to help your argument? The author was 9 when the Weatherman tried to kill his family and guess what? He didn’t grow up to become a terrorist either.
Famous rightwing conservative columnist. Rick Lowery abut Palin at the debate:
Isn’t McCain’s hand-picked running mate married to a card-carrying successionist? But she was only 8 when…….oh, wait….
@35- Proof that in the Republican world, women are taught to be seen and not heard.
Another one of my fan club.
Why are most sockpuppets democrat?
The incredible, thuggish stupidity of Sarah Palin-
05 Oct 2008 12:17 pm
“If you don’t support me, you’re going to hell.”
Incredible.Sarah Palin’s message to undecided women is “Support me, or burn.” Is she out of her mind? Has she mistaken Sean Hannity for America? Does she really think this is going to sway women who are on the fence? Does she think Madeline Albright is going to give her cover? Does she have any concern for her own career?
But that isn’t even the half. McCain–equally stupid–has somehow gotten it in his head that Palin is an effective attack dog–but she has no credibility, why would anyone believe her? She basically represent a profane, thuggish populism–but nothing else. George Bush had “compassionate conservativism” and “the ownership society.” What else do these guys have? They’re just running on a kind of tribal neandrathalism–nothing else.
UPDATE: What manner of Christianity is this? I can’t talk because I’m not exactly a believer, but seriously–is claiming to know who will burn for eternity Christ-like? If you’re a serious Christian isn’t this offensive? There’s something almost Taliban-like about it. Imagine Barack Obama saying “there’s a special place in hell for black people don’t support other black people.”
@37- Yeah, it’s almost like she’s on a witch hunt or something…
I smell desperation. McCain is falling further and further behind. Now the attack dogs will come out. Luckily, we already have the rightwingnuts on here as harbingers of the latest republican talking points – hey how obvious are you guys and how much is McCain/Rossi/BIAW paying you?
Marvin?
Delbert?
Middle?
@36
I don’t know Marvin. Why are most public men’s room cocksuckers Republicans?
Was that you I seen in Church today Marvin? I noticed the shoe polish was scuffed off the outside edge of both your shoes. You must be one of those wide stance Republicans I’ve heard about.
@33
That smile! That Sarah Palin smile alone qualifies her to lead this great country.
Jesus Christ what fucking idiots the conservatives in this country are!
@43 Ted, are you gay?