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1. #442977
   On September 6th, 2008 at 7:26 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

   On September 6th, 2008 at 6:53 am, conservativesRus

   Bravo! Standing Ovation!

   It appears from this Hot Air Post that Biblical Creationists outnumber Anti-ID Evolutionists more than 2 to 1, and if you add the middle ground folks, the Pro-ID crowd outnumbers the Anti-ID crowd nearly 3 to 1.

   Tell that to the folks at “Expelled Exposed” who claim:

   We’ll show you why this movie is not a documentary at all, but anti-science propaganda aimed at creating the appearance of controversy where there is none.

   Red Pill on April 22, 2008 at 4:31 AM

2. #442979
   On September 6th, 2008 at 7:33 am, Dimsdale said:

   I wonder, since Obama “clearly and forcefully” condemns these sorts of attacks, he will allow Palin to post these sorts of attacks by his minions on his site “fightthesmears.com?”

   As an aside, one might note (particularly you Obama supporters and other admitted liberals who complain about the attacks on this site) that there have been NO additions to this site since the inarguable Ayers associations. I just checked, by the way.

   If Palin starts a “fightthePalinsmears” site, she would be able to say the same?

   From the looks of it, I don’t think she would be able to keep up with the volume and intensity of smears against her and her family. I mean, are there individualized sites for each of the Obama family members as at HuffPo?

   I await some thoughtful input from Bemusedlib, lgm etc.

   By the way, wouldn’t it just be easy to go into any Alaskan library and see if these books are there, or ever were? You know, while relaxing after a long day of digging through her underwear drawers to claim some Soros money? How about a memo or any other document from Palin showing she did this. You can bet Emmons would have those.

3. #442995
   On September 6th, 2008 at 7:58 am, eforhan said:

   “Powered by Hope“, indeed.

4. #443006
   On September 6th, 2008 at 8:09 am, jangar said:

   For all the mud they’re slinging around, you would think that they’re worried about something.

   It’s either sheer despiration, or psychotic episode. Maybe both?

5. #443010
   On September 6th, 2008 at 8:15 am, GJCorby said:

   On September 6th, 2008 at 12:37 am, JHSII said:
   Wanting to ban Harry Potter 2 years before it’s even written…

   Apparently the first test of The Sarah Palin Time Machine has been successful. This puts her on par with The Dick Cheney Weather Control Device that directs hurricanes to only hit liberal cities and enclave.

   Danger!! Sarcasm Overload!! Danger !!

   btw, wasn’t Harry Potter that Colonel guy from M*A*S*H*?

   You are thinking of
   Colonel Sherman T. Potter played by Harry Morgan

6. #443015
   On September 6th, 2008 at 8:18 am, jones said:

   Anyone have a list of guns Obama is trying to ban.

   Pretty much all of them. It would be shorter to write what he’d “let” us keep.

7. #443017
   On September 6th, 2008 at 8:21 am, GJCorby said:

   On September 6th, 2008 at 12:15 am, thefoundingfathers said:
   The list forgot “Catcher in the Rye”. Another innuendo with no backup documentation. From my past research most librarians and Library Associations are mostly left of center types, like the NEA.

   They refuse to allow internet filters on computers in libraries to prevent minors and adults from viewing porn on a library’s public computers.I believe the authors of the first ammendment did not include pornography as protected speech.

   It is “The Catcher in the Rye” and is twenty-sixth from the bottom of the list.

8. #443018
   On September 6th, 2008 at 8:27 am, GJCorby said:

   The Democratic Party slogan:
   : “Smearing our opponents with all the lies fit to print…and even with some that aren’t, because we can’t win any other way.”

9. #443023
   On September 6th, 2008 at 8:39 am, Dimsdale said:

   On September 6th, 2008 at 2:06 am, mistressjustice said:

   On September 6th, 2008 at 1:25 am, BuckNutty said:

   I see what you’re saying, but when McCain closes in the polls or takes a rare lead, many conservatives are quick to gloat on this blog. I’m certainly not saying you are one of those people.
   I am saying, a person who quotes polls can’t have it both ways.
   The people who gloat when McCain has done well in the polls, would have to honestly feel highly disappointed if McCain doesn’t take a small lead next week. He’s had his best two weeks of the campaign by far.
   Of course a lot could happen in 2 months, and the debates could change a lot of things. Lastly, I think Obama can escape the relevance of the Bradley effect. There’s never been a minority candidate with his mass appeal. I would hope that this country is beyond the Bradley effect, period. Any person who loves their country and wants a colorblind society would feel the same way.

   Well, as loathe as I am to consider polls as meaningful, the very fact that Obama’s numbers were insignificantly different from McCain’s after the Democrat convention and before/during the Republican convention, belies the whole “mass appeal” effect you are touting.

   Considering the stadium, the buildup, the fireworks etc., he should have had a huge bump, albeit temporary one.

   If anyone should be worried, it should be Obama and his supporters, and the intensity of the vitriol aimed at Palin indicates just how concerned they are with his choice for VP. You have to admit, the Democrats were completely blindsided, both by the choice, and the electricity she brought to what would otherwise have been a fairly mediocre convention.

   Whether you like Palin or not, you have to agree that it was a masterstroke by McCain, from the very moment she was announced as the pick. Again, the ferocity of the smears against her are a tacit admission of that.

10. #443036
    On September 6th, 2008 at 8:54 am, b-cat said:

    I don’t put much stock in polls. There is a technique called push-polling, where the questions are worded such a way as to more likely generate the response the pollster is looking for. As most of the polls that are usually cited are collected by left-wing orgs like ABC, CBS, NYT, etc. I think the figures are always skewed toward the Democrat. Remember, John Kerry was leading in the exit polls.

11. #443037
    On September 6th, 2008 at 8:55 am, tarpon said:

    Maybe liberals are scared of her? Especially far left liberals, like obama-Biden.

    Liberalism’s sytrofoam temples are falling all over themselves. And isn’t that really the fun part?

12. #443040
    On September 6th, 2008 at 8:57 am, zorro said:

    Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so

    Maybe Sarah had conservative books in mind. This could have been a probing question to determine whether the librarian would refuse to make available those sort of books?

13. #443061
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:22 am, rambler said:

    BO would never have gone on O’Reilly if Palin hadn’t stolen the spotlight. It is just KILLING them. The Chicago machine deals with women by putting them in their place. How do you put an Alaskan women in her place? I think it’s called a moose hunt!

14. #443068
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:28 am, sonofdy said:

    The lies aren’t even good lies any more. They seem to be just flailing arround for anything that will stick.

15. #443072
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:31 am, Bob69 said:

    I would be very curious as to why Ms Palin would even ask this question. I think she is a great pick for VP and I support her. Twelve years ago her children were younger. Perhaps she felt there were unsuitable books there?? who knows, still would like the question answered.

16. #443082
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:43 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    The liberals, including BO (I so don’t buy his pretentions of not attacking while sending his surrogates to do so), will not stop until they destroy Gov. Palin since she is the biggest threat to them. I was watching CNN (to see what the libs do) last night at about 10 p.m. on the anderson cooper show and they did a special on her that was a hatchet job, full of misleading info and one sided. They are DESPERATE!!!!! The GOP/RNC/conservatives need to be out there, as much if not more than the libs, attacking BO and countering every falsities. Though MM is excellent at countering falsities, the GOP and RNC are kind of wimps. I wish we had 1000 Gov Palins. Maybe women need to take over the good old boys club of the “my friend”, the “distinguished gentleman”, reaching across the isle only to get sc**ed boys club of the RNC and GOP. We need more pit bulls, with lipstick.

17. #443084
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:44 am, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    I am a very strong supporter of Palin and have tried to arm myself with the facts necessary to agressively debunk any liberal smears when I hear them. This, however is troubling to me. Why would she even ask this question? Michelle Malkin, can you try to find more context on this?

18. #443088
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:45 am, TxSkirt said:

    Bob69–dude, seriously? It didn’t happen. It is a complete fabrication from start to finish. It’s like proving a false negative.

19. #443092
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:46 am, TxSkirt said:

    Oh and she’s GOV. PALIN, not “Ms”

20. #443094
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:47 am, sonofdy said:

    Got to love this issue based discussion don’t you?

21. #443097
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:48 am, sonofdy said:

    Oh and she’s GOV. PALIN, not “Ms”

    Well technicaly at the time in question she was MAYOR PALIN but you are correct as of today.

22. #443100
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:51 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    Mayor is still not MS (I believe she was Mrs. at the time). It is Mayor, a title, just as she is Governor today.

23. #443104
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:55 am, Rob said:

    Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
    The Living Bible by William C. Bower

    These two should not be in a SCHOOL library as they cover topics that parents should be controlling, but I am okay with them being in an adult section of a public library.

24. #443106
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:55 am, sonofdy said:

    Right, now that we have titles out of the way. Lets play guess the next smear!!!

    a. Palin is really McCains love child.
    b. Palin is secretly a jew and plans to destroy palestine. (I mean, look at her nose)
    c. Palin is a swinger and has regular sex partys in the governers mansion.
    d. Sarah Palin used to be Sam Palin.

    Spin the wheel of smares!!!

25. #443107
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:55 am, Anton said:

    I’m a big Palin supporter. The one thing that makes me nervous about her is the record of mass firings and allegations of micro-management. New managers (first-time mayors) can make a lot of mistakes; good ones learn from them. I’ll be interested in learning a lot more about her managerial style as Governor (and watching her performance as Vice President) before I get all excited about Palin ‘12.

    I guess there’s a little “Eeyorepundit” in me as well….

    Thanks for debunking the book-list thing.

26. #443108
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:57 am, sonofdy said:

    The one thing that makes me nervous about her is the record of mass firings and allegations of micro-management.

    Are you sure this is true?

27. #443112
    On September 6th, 2008 at 9:59 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    Have you seen some of the books allegedly tried to be banned by this OLD list that I have also seen for years now circulated around, they are classics. Come on, this is such BS and people suggesting that Gov PAlin be asked about this BS are falling into the trap of the libs who put out this rumor and giving it legs. ALso, some libs may claim to be conservatives and say, well, I support her, but I want the question answered. It is not like that has not happened before over and over again.

28. #443114
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:01 am, b-cat said:

    There is ablolutely nothing wrong with firing subordinates. I am particularly fond of seeing government leeches and bureaucrats hitting the street. So I don’t really care if that part IS true.

29. #443115
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:02 am, DaveC said:

    That list has as tweak here and there for it to be somewhat current but pretty much the same laundry list of books that conservatives have been wanting to ‘Ban’ for sometime now..

    Judy Blume.
    Steven King.
    Mark Twain.
    William Shakespeare.

    throw in Maya Angelou for good measure..
    I’m surprised that ‘The Invisible Man’ by Ralph Emerson wasn’t added.

    I wonder what was so horrific about ‘Slaughterhouse Five’ that made the list when ‘Slaughterhouse One – Four’ didn’t? (kidding, I know why.. books like that only get more graphic as they go)

    Next Smear..

    “The only book Sarah Palin would let her kids read, ‘The Call Of The Wild’ by Jack London”

30. #443118
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:03 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    I am so weary of people starting out with “I am a big PAlin supporter.” And then, going on to attack her. IS this the new lib trick? Won’t work. A true conservative would be DELIGHTED by mass firings in a place where it was deserved, and as I understand, before she cleaned house, Alaska was full of cronies, incompetent fools who needed to be removed. Same thing I hope Gov Palin and McCain will do in Washington. Clean house, fire, fire fire!!!!!!!!!! Get rid of all incompetents, all fat cats, that is what we want, CHANGE, CHANGE , CHANGE, the real and productive kind, not the mafia chicago politics/communism that BO plans to bring.

31. #443121
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:06 am, b-cat said:

    You are so right, RealImmigrantChick. I would particularly be in favor of cleaning out the State Department.

32. #443124
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:08 am, DaveC said:

    I’ve never understood this meme..

    My parents are as conservative and evangelical as they come..

    I was home-schooled and I didn’t have any book kept back from me.. I read and re-read a lot of books..

    I can see a parent not letting a child read a book until he/she reaches a certain age.. that’s only good parenting.

33. #443127
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:13 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    State dept, CIA, attorneys. Anyone who deserves to be fired. No one every yelled and screamed when Clinton fired all US attorneys and put all libs in.

34. #443131
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:17 am, Jim M. said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 2:06 am, mistressjustice said:
    Lastly, I think Obama can escape the relevance of the Bradley effect. There’s never been a minority candidate with his mass appeal. I would hope that this country is beyond the Bradley effect, period. Any person who loves their country and wants a colorblind society would feel the same way.

    That has to be one of the most racist statements I have seen here in a while. So, not voting for Obama makes you a person who does not want a colorblind society as well as a person that does not love their country?

    A person that truly loves their country would recoil in horror at the prospect at placing its fate in the hands of a man of zero substance, zero accomplishments and zero record of benefitting anyone other than himself.

    And the intellectual dishonesty in that position is downright stunning.

    This is not American Idol, this is a Presidential Election.

    You might want to find another venue for playing the race card, because it will not work here.

35. #443137
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:20 am, Sidana said:

    I am LDS.

    What does this have to do with this topic?

    Well as a religion, we get our fair share of vitriol.

    A common technique is the one “I have been a life long Mormon. I am a temple recommend Mormon( a term we do not use and is not something that we focus on as members of the church), blah, blah, blah…. . but I am leaving the church because of blah, blah, blah”

    If you question these people, to try and find out anything that would be real to be LDS, they frequently fail. They have never been LDS. Ever.

    I would guess that these people portraying themselves as a Sarah fan, are of the same type.

    They think that they will have some sort of authority and “lead us to salvation”.

    the only problem in this case is that “salvation” leads us to the false Messiah, Obama.

36. #443138
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:21 am, b-cat said:

    I applauded when Reagan fired the striking air traffic controllers.

37. #443141
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:25 am, Sidana said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 2:06 am, mistressjustice said:
    Lastly, I think Obama can escape the relevance of the Bradley effect. There’s never been a minority candidate with his mass appeal. I would hope that this country is beyond the Bradley effect, period. Any person who loves their country and wants a colorblind society would feel the same way.

    I will tell you what being truly colorblind is.

    It is the ability to stand up, as a citizen and say to you and Obama: I can’t vote for you. You are TOO far to the left for me.

    I will not vote for you, because I have questions about your murky past and relationships that I haven’t gotten fair answers.

    I will not vote for you, because you do not answer my political view to my satisfaction.

    I will not vote for you for the very same reasons I wouldn’t vote for you if you Lily white in color.

    If you need pandering to a race and want me to vote for someone black, then you get me Clarence Thomas, you get me Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams or Condelezza Rice. If you want me to vote for someone of color, you damn well get me someone of true substance, and of my political views.

    Because I guarantee the reason I am NOT voting for you or your candidate isn’t that his skin is a little more cafe au Lait than mine.

38. #443144
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:28 am, DaveC said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:25 am, Sidana said

    +10

39. #443145
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    Jim B, you forgot that Mr. BO not only lacks substance, but has troubling associations, such as having being a member of a racist anti-semite church for 20 years, being closely linked (personally, professionally, and politically) to a terrorist of the ilk of Timothy McVeigh, being married to a woman who appears to dislike whites, as shown in her thesis, and who appears to not really like this country, a man who follows the teachings of a radical communist, Saul Alinsky (sp?) who wrote a book, the “Rules for Radicals” and tells people to BECOME community organizers as a means to achieve power and push radicalism and who dedicated his book to Satan (this is for real, I am not kidding). Oh, and BO can barely speak without a speech written for him. Again I ask, who is the real puppet master?

40. #443146
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 am, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:03 am, RealImmigrantChick said:
    I am so weary of people starting out with “I am a big PAlin supporter.” And then, going on to attack her. IS this the new lib trick?

    I assume that comment is aimed at least partially at me, so let me respond. A true conservative arms himself with FACTS, and to the extent the Anchorage Daily News can be trusted as a source of facts
    

    “…Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so”

    If I am having a debate with a liberal I cannot dispute that fact. Thus, I need EVIDENCE and CONTEXT. There appears to be no EVIDENCE that Sarah Palin tried to ban books. Good. The supposed list of banned books is clearly bogus which debunks their false EVIDENCE. Good.

    I am now armed with a fairly strong but not complete argument against the smear machine because they can still ask me to defend why Sarah Palin even asked this question in the first place. Thus, my request to Michelle Malkin to see if she can provide factual context.

    Please not use left-smear tactics to summarily dismiss me as a closet liberal just because I want sufficient information to intelligently and convincingly debunk liberals.

41. #443148
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 am, madchef said:

    Well i’m glad that she didn’t ban Pelosi’s book “Know your Power”. No sense banning a book that NOBODY has bought!

42. #443152
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 am, b-cat said:

    Well done, Sidana. It’s not the color of the skin that we’re concerned with here, but the colors on the flag. We like it red, white and blue. We don’t want color-blind if that blindness just turns it all red.

43. #443157
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:34 am, Kevin K. said:

    BRAVO!!, Sidana (#125)

    (sound of applause as well)

    Well said.

44. #443161
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:35 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    Sidana, so right on!

45. #443162
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:37 am, secondsight said:

    I haven’t seen the list, so can anyone tell me if The Audacity of Hype has ever been banned?

46. #443164
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 am, sandyb said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:37 am, JHSII said:
    Wanting to ban Harry Potter 2 years before it’s even written…

    Apparently the first test of The Sarah Palin Time Machine has been successful. This puts her on par with The Dick Cheney Weather Control Device that directs hurricanes to only hit liberal cities and enclave.

    The Sarah Palin Time Machine sounds like another in the long list of Karl Rove’s diabolical devices.

47. #443165
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    #127, it actually was not aimed at you. It was a general comment. Not sure about your stance. But in general, I am weary of people who need to prove something with statements that are contrary to what they actually say or do.

48. #443168
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:42 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    PS, # 127, there were several comments that claimed support for Palin and then went on to attack her.

49. #443169
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:45 am, Cosmo said:

    Why isn’t “Dreams of My Father” on that list? It also hadn’t been written in 1996, so it fits the criteria.

50. #443171
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    Thanks RealImmigrantChick.

    You do have a point that some people try to veil thier intentions with an upfront statement of support followed by a huge BUT…

    I can assure you that I am not that type of poster.

51. #443172
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:47 am, Kevin K. said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:52 am, tgusa said: (#26) The alphabet media are the enemy they are all in the tank for a Marxist and showing no sign of hiding the fact. Do you watch the alphabet medias other programs such as Football, the Olympics and on and on? Well you are supporting them, directly, the Marxists always said that they would sell us the rope we would hang ourselves with, I cant think of a better way to do it.

    This is one reason why I prefer to watch over broadcast TV (the few times that I bother to turn the TV on) instead of via a system that can track what people are watching. Alas, though, Lenin appears to have been right on the rope issue. There are other low-cost-labor countries that don’t have hostility to the US in their recent history as China does.

    But to go to the book banning issue, there can be a legitimate reason for a mayor asking a librarian if the latter would ban books. One could be hoping for a “no, of course not”, for example. What matters is what happens with that answer.

    As to the list itself, which has been thoroughly shown to be false in then Mayor Palin’s case: its’ a very odd list as there are some pretty harmless books on there, and only a couple that should be restricted to adults only–which is not the same as censoring them. If I were a librarian with limited funds I wouldn’t buy some of these books–”Heather Has Two Mommies”, for example–based on the fact that there are better books for my money.

52. #443173
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:49 am, alwaysright43 said:

    The concern I have with all these smears is that some people are actually going to believe this crap even when the smears are debunked.

    The Obama campaign has clearly illustrated that he is no more a “change” agent than Biden. Win- at any cost, through any means necessary should be his new slogan.

53. #443174
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:50 am, rambler said:

    Sidana, #125
    My feeling exactly. Well said!

54. #443175
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:52 am, RealImmigrantChick said:

    To get back to the facts, liberals are trying to take a strength of Gov Palin’s, her firing incompetents or crooks and cleaning house, and trying to make it into a weakness. This is not relegated to the web, but I saw it on CNN last night during the Anderson Cooper second hour (which I only watch to see what the other side is saying and to watch them squirm). Oh funny thing, AC had someone from Huffington Post on, and she was literally squirming in her chair and grimacing when others were commenting on how effective of a pick Gov PAlin is. It was so funny.

55. #443176
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:53 am, faraway said:

    This debunking is now on FightThePalinSmears.com

56. #443179
    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:54 am, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:47 am, Kevin K. said:
    ” … there can be a legitimate reason for a mayor asking a librarian if the latter would ban books. One could be hoping for a “no, of course not”, for example. What matters is what happens with that answer.”

    I agree, but that is speculative. Thus my prior request to Michelle Malkin to see if she can provide factual context for us. That context would give us a much stronger argument against the liberals.

57. #443181
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:00 am, Kevin K. said:

    Last Massachusetts Conservative (#143). Your second half of #127 expressed that well. I was already writing my comment when you posted that, though, and hadn’t seen what you had written until I was merely the author of a short agreement.

58. #443183
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:01 am, Trollman said:

    Whoopi Golderg said:

    This girl is dangerous to me. This is a very dangerous woman, because I believe for her intents and purposes, she’s OK if everybody lives a certain way, that is to say, the way God ordained men and women to be. Well, already she’s breaking that because she’s the daddy. She’s going to run the country and the husband is going to take care of the kids.

    Oh how I would love to hear Whoopi explain why it is unbiblical for a husband to be a stay-at-home daddy!

59. #443189
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:05 am, jbh45 said:

    Whoopi said that? Wow what a shock! The lefties are crazed about Palin and the more stupid statements they make the more votes slide to McCain/Palin.

60. #443191
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:09 am, Paul-Cincy said:

    Palin says, no whining. Speaking about Hillary:

    Palin says, “When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or, you know, maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, man, that doesn’t do us any good. Women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don’t think it’s, it bodes well for her — a statement like that.”

    The presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee says that Clinton should just “work harder” and “prove yourself to an even greater degree that you are capable.”

    Palin explains, “I think she does herself a disservice to even mention it, really. I mean, you’ve got to plow through that. You have to know what you’re getting into which, I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton and to her experience and to her passion for changing the status quo.”

    The Alaska Governor concludes, “It bothers me a little bit, hearing, hearing her bring that attention to herself on that level.”

    What is it about Obama that he whines, and about Palin, that she doesn’t, or at least proposes a stance of “no whining”? It’s the difference between how their identities are constructed. Palin’s has invested a lot of herself in others, in particular, her family and friends and Alaska. As for Obama, as we can pretty clearly see, it’s all about him. If you have thin skin, of course you’re going to complain about being attacked by others. That’s how you experience life. Palin doesn’t have time to dwell on being hurt. She has so many other things she cares about.

61. #443196
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:14 am, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    Well, I think I have accidentally stepped on enough toes for today. Have a good day Kevin K and RealImmigrantChick. Keep up the good posts.

62. #443202
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:23 am, pressto said:

    Anyone remember we have another VP Candidate out there and hear any “vetting” or “research” into him? I wonder if the MSM will give this story even 1/2 the coverage compared to some of the ones on Gov. Palin.

    http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008809060343

63. #443208
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:29 am, sandyb said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:01 am, b-cat said:
    There is ablolutely nothing wrong with firing subordinates. I am particularly fond of seeing government leeches and bureaucrats hitting the street. So I don’t really care if that part IS true.
    

    Amen to that. I hope Palin can shake up Juan enough that he fires the entire State Department and all the rest of the Clinton holdovers. The lib shadow government W left keep their jobs hasn’t helped him.

    I did hear that they’re having some employees of sensitive intel areas take lie detector tests to see who’s likely or who has likely leaked classified info to the NYT and such. It’s a start, but too little, too late.

64. #443215
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:34 am, sandyb said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 10:03 am, RealImmigrantChick said:
    I am so weary of people starting out with “I am a big Palin supporter.” And then, going on to attack her.

    There was a twisted version of this on O’Reilly last night. Apparently Sally Quinn must have gotten some major heat for her appearance Thursday night trashing Gov. Palin. Last night, Quinn started umpteen sentences with something like, “I shouldn’t have said Gov. Palin couldn’t have a career and a family, but, who’s going to be taking care of all those kids?”

65. #443217
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:34 am, shooter said:

    12:21 am, b-cat said:
    Why, if she were a book banner, wouldn’t she ban Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky or anything by Noam Chomsky.

    They didn’t mention those because those books are their bibles and it never even dawned on them to include them.
    When libs try to distort or lie they forget the rest of world doesn’t think so darn radically left as they do.

66. #443218
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:35 am, William Amos said:

    This, however is troubling to me. Why would she even ask this question? Michelle Malkin, can you try to find more context on this?

    Some have suggested that Palin wanted to see if the Librarian was someone who would stand up to defend what books were in the library. There are some that to keep a job will say or do anything.

    It was a test of the librarian had any backbone to stand up to her bosses

67. #443219
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:35 am, sbw999 said:

    When does the backlash start? The MSM is a propaganda machine. It is surreal that the greatest Country on earth has a media akin to North Korea, Russia and China. There needs to be a Congressional investigation of this type of corruption. Shine a light on this. The proof is readily available.

68. #443222
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:37 am, b-cat said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:29 am, sandyb said:
    I did hear that they’re having some employees of sensitive intel areas take lie detector tests to see who’s likely or who has likely leaked classified info to the NYT and such. It’s a start, but too little, too late.

    Bush really did drop the ball there. Some of those people should be in prison. It is a felony to fail to safeguard classified info, much less to purposely leak it. An investigation should have been immediate and thorough. Of course, sometimes these things do take time, but I still think they just play pattie-cakes with these people too much.

69. #443223
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:38 am, William Amos said:

    BTW I love the left who is pushing the fairness doctrine is now upset about free speech. Not like they are any great defenders of Free speech.

70. #443228
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:42 am, b-cat said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:38 am, William Amos said:
    BTW I love the left who is pushing the fairness doctrine is now upset about free speech. Not like they are any great defenders of Free speech.

    It is merely bluster. They could not care less about freedoms. The only opinion is their opinion. When they complain they are just muddying the water for the large part of the population that pays no attention for more than 15 minutes.

71. #443231
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:44 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    The smear does seem to have some affect. If there are indeed still Conservatives trying to justify or explain the ban that never happened the smear did in fact work.

    Why did she ask what question? Did she? Is there is no phone record I think I would wait.

72. #443232
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:45 am, sandyb said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:23 am, pressto said:
    Anyone remember we have another VP Candidate out there and hear any “vetting” or “research” into him? I wonder if the MSM will give this story even 1/2 the coverage compared to some of the ones on Gov. Palin.

    http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008809060343

    The posters on this site are phenomenal, and the RNC would be well-served to pay attention.

73. #443239
    On September 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am, almeehan said:

    I noticed one of the so called banned books:
    

    A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

    and somehow Madeline Albright came to mind along with Helen Thomas & Warren Christopher. Am I bad?

74. #443245
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, lgm said:

    Palin tried to fire a librarian over the issue of book banning. This is true despite someone overstating the case. Palin favors censorship, period.

    Liberals often get facts wrong, but they are far more accurate than current Palin supporters. McCain said Palin had cut taxes in Alaska. Bunk:

    She was elected governor largely because the incumbent was unpopular, and she’s won over Alaskans mostly by using unprecedented oil wealth to give a $1,200 rebate to every resident. Now she is being praised by McCain’s campaign as a tax cutter, despite the fact that Alaska has no state income or sales tax.

    That article might have noted that the extra money came from a windfall profits tax Palin imposed on oil companies.

75. #443249
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:06 pm, William Amos said:

    For context

    If some wonder why there are objectionable books out there.

    Should a library carry hustler ? its a book.

    Or maybe Conservatives are ok with That saudi Muslim school in Virginia’s Books that promote violent jihad or hatrid of jews or the inferiority of women ?

    Dont assume that every single book in the world is acceptible.

76. #443251
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:07 pm, b-cat said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, lgm said:
    Liberals often get facts wrong, but they are far more accurate than current Palin supporters. McCain said Palin had cut taxes in Alaska. Bunk:

    I went to your link to see about Alaska taxes and you give me an article by Gloria Steinhem in the LA Times about how the feminist thing to do is destroy the woman? You are a very confused individual.

77. #443252
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:07 pm, William Amos said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, lgm said:
    Palin tried to fire a librarian over the issue of book banning. This is true despite someone overstating the case. Palin favors censorship, period.

    Hey LGM then Im sure you have no problems with libraries carrying books that have cartoons that make Obama look like a monkey ? Oh wait you only do that to Bush.

78. #443255
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:10 pm, Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    I was going to stop posting for the day but lgm drew me back in.

    lgm, Sarah Palin cut taxes when she was mayor. Get your facts straight.

    P.S. For accuracy in the future, do not depend on the Los Angeles Times for information.

79. #443256
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:12 pm, greenfairie said:

    Next they’ll say she’s a covert Christian.

80. #443260
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:17 pm, mockingbyrd said:

    keep it coming Michelle. I post often on a Mom’s board and I am starting a thread dubunking the various Palin smears. With lots of links to your site!

81. #443261
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:18 pm, Trollman said:

    Last Massachusetts Conservative said:

    lgm, Sarah Palin cut taxes when she was mayor. Get your facts straight.

    Specifically, I believe she cut property taxes. Back to the bat cave for you, lgm.

82. #443262
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:18 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, lgm said:

    Palin tried to fire a librarian over the issue of book banning. Palin favors censorship, period.

    According to the librarian that was fired.

    Most members of the librarian’s association are hive-minds such as yourself. I need more evidence than just a she-said hive-mind said.

    The second half of your post, concerning taxes blah blah, comes from the LATimes, a publication of the collective. Yawn. I’ve never been excited by the tax cutting arguments – would rather see tax abolishing myself.

    Can you give me anything more exciting to beat you up with, hive-mind? The body you have infected is really quite boring and ineffective. How much is the Obama campaign paying it, anyway?

83. #443264
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pm, mistressjustice said:

    Some of you (Jim M.) fail at reading comprehension. Making your decision with Bradly effect qualities means that society is no longer colorblind. Either a person is trying to impress a pollster by lying to seem “down”, or they are going to the privacy of the booth and find themselves unable to vote for someone who is a minority, only because of his color, despite otherwise willing to cast the vote. It could be a combination of both.

    I have stated unambiguously several times that there are plenty non-race related reasons to not vote for Obama. Nobody is a racist, simply for not wanting Obama in office. Casting a vote or not voting based on race is not behaving in a colorblind manner. That is bad for the country.

    You see what you want to see Jim M. and others, and your lack of honest is pathetic. Grow up.

84. #443267
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:24 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:06 pm, William Amos said:

    Don’t assume that every single book in the world is acceptible.

    Yeah, I can’t go with you on that one. Freedom is freedom, especially when it comes to books / speech, and can’t be curtailed except under the most dire of circumstances, or when children are involved.

    Even the worst of the worst – Mein Kampf, the Koran, pornography, slasher movies, etc. (all in the same category) – I would prefer to be free to read.

    Freedom + know the enemy etc.

85. #443269
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:25 pm, Sidana said:

    Grow up? You still seem to be making the color-blind instruction manual for people that are far more color blind than the color pandering left(look at the vitriol that Michelle Malkin receives on a constant basis for example). Just an observation.

    Perhaps Growing up isn’t the best thing to tell a debating opponent. It might just boomerang back at you.

86. #443270
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:27 pm, mistressjustice said:

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    strong>Because I guarantee the reason I am NOT voting for you or your candidate isn’t that his skin is a little more cafe au Lait than mine.

    Duh. If Bradley effect qualities don’t apply to you, there’s no reason to explain yourself. I’m obviously only talking about people who create the Bradley effect. THEY CAN BE IN ANY PARTY AND PART OF ANY RACE. Re-read my initial post, and tell me how I have stated otherwise. I think and hope Obama is beyond race mattering in any manner for most voters.

87. #443273
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:31 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    # 161 W A – GREAT LINKS!!

    Tactic-take over an area-a little at a time-
    Dearborn , MI- Islamic prayers – over loud speakers -one of first cities to allow;
    Virginia-purchase of tract-section off-build “schools”;
    Sue because of “out rage”–CAIR and et al..
    Purchase properties owned by dying Christian congregations- build a mosque-W.H.,CA

    The Slippery Slide–The ‘camel’s’ nose – under the tent….

88. #443274
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:31 pm, DBNinKY said:

    This is a strawman argument against Palin if ever one existed!

    No books were ever in any actual danger of being banned as Palin merely used the scenario as a test of the librarian’s flexibility in remaining compliant with community standards and subordinate to her superiors’ directives in maintaining those standards.

    This entire thing is a diversionary tactic to lessen Palin in the public’s eye while affording Obama more time to avoid answering questions on his notorious past acts and associations.

    The MSM needs to get over it and accept the fact that a conservative Republican is going to be our nation’s first female VP and, eventually, President!

89. #443275
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:31 pm, Trollman said:

    Forget the Bradley effect, after this election, we will be talking about the Palin effect.

    The Palin effect: Otherwise liberal women who, pretending not to support her in public for fear of a backlash from their leftist peers, will go into the voting booth, whisper “You go girl”, and vote for McCain/Palin.

90. #443276
    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:33 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On September 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pm, mistressjustice said:

    You see what you want to see Jim M. and others, and your lack of honest is pathetic. Grow up.

    How wonderful that hive-mind does not think me racist for hating Obama because he is a hive-mind collectivist. Thank you hive-mind, thank you.

    If the hive-mind can indulge me, can hive-mind disclose how much the body infected by it gets paid for posting in forums for the campaign? Or is it donating time outright to the hive-mind?

    Hive-mind loves to donate time, especially if the host body’s parents are paying for them to exist at college.