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Desperation is setting in on the left. It’s a complete meltdown panic attack.
Since they can’t argue the facts, they’ll do whatever they can to slander/libel the messnger.
Does anyone give ANY credence to any wikipedia article? I use wiki to look things up, but anything I read (particularly dealing with a living person) is taken with a grain of salt.
Wikipedia, the most untrustworthy source on the web.
Well, after watching both BO and Joe Blow’s lame appearances last night (BO on O’Reilly; Biden on Meet the Press), it is no wonder that they have to resort to message manipulation.
Was watching Biden last night in the company of military professionals — men and women who have actually been to Iraq, repeatedly, and were instrumental in turning around Anbar province.
I have never seen a group of people laugh so hard at Biden’s preposterous blustering and BS.
Someone needs to be keep a running tally of BO and Biden’s foreign policy gaffes, starting with Big Joe’s desire to partition Iraq and BO’s claim he is going to invade Pakistan.
The Left is worried, and they should be, as long as the Republicans keep hitting them where it hurts and stay on message:
- National Security
- Energy
- Taxes
Repeat after me.
Security. Energy. Taxes.
It would be nice if the RNC would dive in and help out a bit more to get Bill Russell and Alan West elected, but I digress.
S-E-T
Mrs. McCain can start checking paint samples, carpet samples, and curtains. I think this one is sewn up.
LOL, come on, this is Wikipedia - this sort of stupidity is to be expected there. With one of the professors at my university, if you hand in an assignment that’s clearly pulled from Wikipedia, you get an automatic F. That’s an F not just for the assignment, but for the entire course.
So N SO’s campaign is so dead now. To think he was the annointed one. HA! I no longer have to worry about not voting for McAmnesty, as it appears Palin has given him the presidency.
Go Steve Sauerberg!!!! Kick that cr@p out of Durbin.
This is why I cringe when people reference Wiki in comments. lgm can change a Wiki entry.
I loved O’Reilly’s comment under his breath about 30 seconds in: “… I don’t care if I live in a hut.”
B.O. either didn’t hear it or it went right over his head.
First, anyone who puts full faith into the accuracy of a Wikipedia entry is an idiot.
Second, if the left nutjobs honestly believe Palin is unqualified for the job, then why the vicious attacks? Could it be because they are scared of her for some reason?
Don’t count your chickens too soon, folks. That’s the error that Hillary made before the primaries, and same mistake that Hopenchange made beginning with his European “victory tour.”
You see where their overconfidence led them.
The domestic enemy is like a wounded animal in a corner right now. This can be a very dangerous time to lose focus.
“In war there is much to be said for magnanimity in victory. But not before victory.”
– Margaret Thatcher
This is one of the reasons I don’t pay any attention to Wikipedia.
There’s way to lock those down, and/or restrict admin privileges.
A nice investment consider those genteel & tolerant nutroots.
The Wiki gurus will be glad help.
she moved toward the center too soon. Hopefully, McCain will continue moving (to the right) toward the center.
We have less than 60 days to go so we cannot let up in countering the slime merchants on the left. They are going to try every underhanded tactic they know, and throw every piece of slime they can find or make up against the wall and hope something sticks before election day.
I saw on CNN last night that they have sent a slew of reporters to Alaska and are now digging through and parsing every word uttered by Sarah Palin in a church setting AND those said by others. As if she would have had any idea what a guest speaker one Sunday at church was going to say. They are trying to find Palin’s Rev. Wright– And since he doesn’t exist are going to try to create one out of whole cloth.
Anyone know of a good website that can give just the unvarnished facts about both candidates positions? I’m looking for stuff like Obama’s tax increases are going to be x,y and z, and here’s the position paper, platform plank etc. that confirms this data, and the same stuff for the GOP. When I post on my blog I want my facts and figures to be accurate. And although I have a GOP bias I would rather be truthful about what both we and the Dems are proposing and then make my argument as to why I support the GOP and McCain/Palin. But I get really tired of having to wade through so much superfluous info to find that little bit of data I can use.
http://www.americanarmed.blogspot.com
“If you’re catching flak you must be over the target!”
Gov. Palin is a threat to the left because she represents everything they despise. She’s a devoutly Christian, conservative, Pro-Life, hunting, fishing, tax-cutting, fraud busting executive who got where she is through hard work and merit. She embraces her femininity rather than deny it. She is showing American women that you don’t have to buy in to the radical feminist dogma to succeed. I prayed when I first heard of her selection that she would have the strength to weather the coming storm. I believe now she didn’t need my prayers. She strikes me as one who takes it all in and thinks to herself: Game On!
No, this is politics. New varnish is added every day. Voting records are the only true indicator.
I caught that too and wondered if it was intentional.
Republicans start unnecessary wars, Democrats deface Wikipedia pages. Let’s keep some perspective.
Oh, we all caught it too. It was hilarious, but BO just kept flailing along. I found it interesting that he can’t respond if taken off message even slightly. Truly sad.
And I agree with the other posters — this is no time to get cocky or overconfident, but continue to work steadily towards victory and keep the momentum going.
Every vote is going to count. It will still be THAT close.
As far as Wiki — I don’t take it seriously (wouldn’t use it as a cite, for example) but it is telling that they feel that Wiki bombing is an important strategy. The supporters of the “DREAM” act/amnesty use the same strategy.
I guess that’s because “they” use Wiki as a credible reference, just the same way they still think the NYT is a credible paper. Sad.
Snort. lgm, it’s “your” guy that wants to invade Pakistan.
Dexter Alarius
Try THIS
OOPS!
Sorry. Meant to respond to
31bravo
Try THIS LINK for positions by the candidates. At one time, they were pretty good, I don’t have any reason to think they still aren’t.
governmentdrone said:
Thanks, good site. But, I think that was meant for 31Bravo.
Which party was in power for Vietnam?
lgm listen nimrod…. you’re ignorance of history is appalling… list the number of Democrat leaders versus Republican that “started ” wars. usually it’s Republicans that end them.
Breaking in….completely off - topic :
Michelle — I LOVE the video/ad at RWN.
I won’t sit down and shut up, either!
http://www.rightwingnews.com/#post12603
Let’s see… what American National Security interest was served by the Kosovo campaign? The area provides much of the globe’s oil?… no, that’s not it. Harbored a group of terrorists that executed the most devastating attack on America, ever?… no, still not it. Uh…um…
… well, anyway, there’s Somalia! Yeah, Somalia! That was an important National Security interest because of… uh… don’t tell me… it’s right on the tip of my tongue…
David, thank you!!
And … how many wars are started by people without ANY actual military experience themselves?
I was working in DC on 9/11 …I remember walking into the office on 9/12…my husband was essentially in lock-down & worried …the liberal morons in the office were high-fiving each other, playing armchair general…
“we should do this, we should do that, send troops here to kick azz…” ad nauseum.
These guys were all under 35, and I asked, “so, are you all joining the military, or at a minimum, the National Guard?”. They all looked at me like I had three heads.
It’s easy to shoot your mouth off with big ideas (invade Pakistan, partition Iraq), unless, of course, you’re one of the ones who has to put on Kevlar and a web belt and actually implement the strategy.
People like lgm make me want to puke.
And which party was AGAINST the civil rights act? I have to agree with Dexter “If you’re catching flak you must be over the target” I have a feeling that line will make it on to my blog in the near future.
And thanks for the link. I just wanted something that I could look down column A and see the McCain data, and column B to see the Obama data. Like I said, I don’t want to be inaccurate or skewer the man’s positions in any way, they’re bad enough on their face as it is.
On September 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm, lgm said:
Hmm. Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq. Which one of these things doesn’t belong?
Obama’s tax increases will be above your pay grade.
AlohaGuyPedia
Doh! THe initial Somalia deployment was at the end of Bush I’s presidency (after the ‘92 election). STill, I think the ’stone throwing in glass houses’ rule applies to lgm wrt unnecessary wars.
Point well taken. I too am cautious about declaring victory. A lot can happen in 55 days.
My God. You are such a lightweight, and you simply don’t seem to realize it.
Are you a political masochist or something?
Sometimes I find it hard to believe anyone can be as obtuse (intentional or not) as lgm, even a lib. I almost wonder if he’s really here to make the libs look
badworse. If so, you’re doing a great job lgm.The articles on Anime are pretty good…
did I just say that out loud?
There. Fixed that for ya’. No need to thank me. Just bein’ neighborly.
My collie says:
Yeah! Darn those Republicans for starting unnecessary wars like Vietnam… no wait…
Ok, there was that whole Somalia thing… no wait…
Well, there’s Bosnia… no wait…
Damn! lgm just might be absolutely wrong on that unnecessary war thing.
I suppose we can safely say that any party that would pick a fight without National Interest being the foremost reason could also slander their opponents through data manipulation.
They probably are doing it to soothe their poor precious pitbull’s feelings after being so viciously used for political gain.
I personally do not use Wikipedia, if anyone can contribute to the site what makes you think it’s truthful?
Sarah’Cuda has ‘em running scared and I love it!
McCain/Palin ‘08
Palin/Jindal ‘12 & ‘16
Jindal/ ? ‘20 and beyond
Even Liberals are tired of that failed argument.
So… what you’re saying is you think it’s fine to publish lies. Ok… that’s what many of us here have been arguing all along.
Dems Lie.
Thanks for the confirmation.
Umm, one minor clarification… we didn’t loose the Vietnam war. The left simply gave up and caused us to loose at home.
Jim C
OK, you can debate whether invading Iraq with too few troops and faulty intel and no plan for stabilization was good or bad, but Folks, we have more important issues than Palin’s Wikipedia page.
Misdirection: that’s the Republican strategy to win when the issues are against them. Keep people talking about anything but the issues. Recently we’ve been talking about Palin — her pregnant daughter, what some blogger somewhere said about her, what some waitress said she overheard. Let’s talk about her record (ten times more earmarks per person than Obama), the McCain economic proposals, the state of the economy, even the (improving) state in Iraq.
Never underestimate the ability of the uninformed, undereducated or just misinformed who stumble on Wikipedia, see “encyclopedia” and use it as gospel–not knowing its source material.
Just last week I had a conversation with a high school junior who raved about how “Wikipedia has everything I need to write a report. The articles are great!”
He won’t be voting this cycle, but you can bet that there are plenty of adults who share his views who will pull a lever in November.
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FauxNews Alert”LGM,Besrerkley tree sitters and ground rodents going down, just like the Obama campaign.
film at 11:00
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Yes, we do, and they get discussed here. But a lot of folks here believe, and I agree with them, that the attacks on Palin are a strong sign that the Democrat party is SCARED TO DEATH of her. Your friends on the left are providing all of the misdirection anyone needs by bringing non-issues (or imagined ones)up in the first place. You want to discuss issues? Start with this one:
Why has Obama refused every single invitation to one-on-one debates with McCain to discuss issues?
Not sure how Palin got earmarks in the Senate as a governor, but hey, if she can get more done by not being a senator than Obama has by being a senator, isn’t that a strength?
Also, wouldn’t the per capita earmarks be more of a reflection on the small population of Alaska in relation to Illinois–and the need to do things like protect resources in the state of Alaska–which is 100x larger than Illinois?
I guess I don’t follow the argument.
From the master of misdirection, that is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. Any misdirection on Palin was NOT started but the Republicans. Let’s try being truthful here, LGM, at least once in your miserable life. Who did the initial piling on when se was announced? Who is keeping up the personal assaults on her person, character and background? The Republicans? I doubt it.
You have to be one of the most smarmy, clueless(deliberately?), tasteless individuals I’ve ever heard of. You have repeatedly put down the military, trashed our hostess, tried everything in your power to misdirect threads by popping in and dropping your crap all over this site.
I challenge you - put up or shut up. If you don’t like the military, for example, why not at least educate yourself on what we’re all about, instead of pouring out your venomous pronouncements with absolutely no clue whatsoever as to what you’re talking about.
There have been many instances where you have used Wikipedia as your source for information. If it is such a bad or unreliable source. why do you use it?
Why don’t you at least try to think for yourself for a change, instead of pulling out the talking points of your groupthink comrades, and believing they make you sound polished and witty?
I am neither a Democrat or a Republican. I am an individual. I think and act for myself. I can both read and understand, which seems to be beyond your list of accomplishments.
I have made many mistakes in my life, and I have freely admitted them, and accepted the consequences for them. I doubt if you ever have. You seem to be the type of person who tries to shift the blame whenever possible.
In short, you disgust me.
/rant
I had visited that site when all the hubub from the Liberals about the claim that GOVERNOR Palin was editing it herself, (You know, because after she was announced, she had TONS of time to sit down and do that) and the site had claimed to have been locked down forbidding anyone from changing it.
This is why Liberals just LOVE to use Wiki as their sources when debating you. Because they can very easily go there, change any and all information on whatever page or subject they are attempting to sound knowledgable and informed on, and then show the person that they are correct.
Wiki, while a good idea in theory, is flawed from jump street. As long as they allow anyone to change anything on their site without it having to go through channels and be subjected to scrutiny long before it is ever published, it will remain nothing but the joke of the Information Age.
I just LOVE how the Dems and the poo-butt trolls are complaining about how it is the Republicans who are guilty about misdirection and not talking about the issues.
Seems to me that the Republicans and Conservatives are not the ones out there spreading all the lies, slander, and libel about Sarah Palin. Seems to me that it is nothing more than projection on teir part, especially from the crown fool of posting things in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with the content of that thread in an effort to “misdirect” and what-not.
Ahh hypocrisy, thy name is Liberal.
Thanks lgm, this could get interesting.
I was going to respond to lgm’s latest statement of buffoonery, but then I read this and decided he’d already nailed it.
Well done, chief.
LOL - Misdirection? Coming from the master of thread hijacking. Wow. Thanks for the laugh, though! I needed it!
Obumbler’s handlers are probably telling him what my grandmother would tell me when I was a little boy and about to do something stunningly stupid, “You daresn’t do that!”
Umm.. Earth to deranged man it’s the far leaning left that has been keeping Palin in the news on non-issues.
1. Palin’s daughter: non-issue being hounded by the left
2. What some waitress thought she heard based on pure hearsay: non-issue brought up by the left
etc, etc, etc
Go clean up your own side’s house before coming over here and saying we’re not talking about the issues. And while you’re at it, why don’t you get them lefty nutballs to let conservatives post over there without getting banned on the spot because they just can’t handle dissent. The fact that you can post here at all speaks volume for which side of the fence practices bi-partisanship and hearing out all views.
OK…something I need to say, just for the point of counter-perspective. I’m an editor at Wikipedia for those who don’t know. But for this purpose, I’m not a Wikipedian, I’m simply a user.
Yes, pages get defaced. And yes, Wikipedia does have its problems. Doesn’t each webpage?
For the record, due to the ‘wars’ going on there, the page was protected for an hour. I’ve flagged it for protection again.
On September 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm, Regulus said:
Very well put.
It was only a matter of time. The day she was announced as the VP candidate, I looked at the site and it said that nothing could be added until after Sept. 5th. I’m surprised it took this long. Wiki has become nothing more than an open thread tool anyway.
You mean like Vietnam? Or were you referring to Kosovo? Please be more specific.
And yes, we have been playing free and loose with the confidence for almost two weeks now, but as long as they keep spreading false rumors, slandering, and libeling GOVERNOR Palin, and now having the entire Dem ticket resorting to kindergarten level name calling, I feel pretty secure in my overconfidence. The day the Left stops is the day I will go back to being worried about TGC winning, but I just don’t see that happening any time too soon.
Wikipedia is a joke.
Treat is as such.