Washington Post blows it
In a page 1 news story, Washington Post reporter Anne Kornblut accuses Sarah Palin of asserting “that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.”
Just one problem: Palin said no such thing. She simply said that Iraq-bound U.S. troops would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.”
As McCain Campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb notes, “It seems we are to assume that this group [al Qaeda in Iraq], despite sharing a name and leadership with the group responsible for the 9/11 attacks, has nothing at all to do with those who ‘planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.’”
Video of Palin’s speech here.
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Since they think tying 9/11 and Iraq together is headline news now, perhaps the Washington Post can next publish a front-page story slamming our troops for making a connection between 9/11 and fighting in Iraq. Let me reprint one of the excerpts I posted in my main 9/11 anniversary post yesterday:
Sgt. Desion Fulks watched the World Trade Center towers come down on television from Fort Rucker, Ala. He re-enlisted three weeks later.
Capt. Joseph Mason, a reservist at the time, immediately volunteered for combat duty after watching what happened in New York and Washington, D.C. He deployed to Iraq two years later with the first wave a troops.
“I was sitting at home, looking at the television, seeing the carnage of the Pentagon and the Trade towers, and I felt I had to do something,” he said.
Both men, and about 5,000 other soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas begin training at Fort Irwin on Thursday, the seven-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and one other commercial jet. Many of the soldiers, who will deploy to Iraq at the end of December, said the images of Sept. 11, 2001 still flash through their minds.
“I will never forget what happened on 9/11,” said Sgt. 1st Class Mark Linares. “It’s been so long since 9/11, but it is still in my mind like it was yesterday.”Linares, who was with the 82nd Airborne Division when the attacks occurred and knew he would be one of the first soldiers on the ground where ever they had to go. Some soldiers in the 82nd Airborne were in Afghanistan the next month. Capt. Jennifer Bowersox was part of a unit that went to Kuwait when the ground war in Iraq began in 2003. She said then soldiers talked about Sept. 11 as their reason, and they still talk about it today.
“It must be on every soldier’s mind. It’s certainly on mine,” she said. “You’re wearing the American flag on your sleeve. You’re thinking this happened in my nation, and we can never allow it to happen in the United States again.”
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Boy did President McCain pick the best VP going – she’s intelligent, witty, plain spoken, and to the point (what Democrats call nuance, normal folks call lying) – but the best thing about her selection is, since he named her as his VP, she’s kept Obama and Biden out of the hadlines for nearly two weeks!
Things are not well in Obamaland – two weeks is a lifetime to be off the radar of the American voter, especially for independents.
If she’s such a dud, why does Obama have to rachet up the attacks?
It’s already been hell. The paperwork is an inch thick and rising. The kid was 13 when his social worker contacted me and he’s 14 now.
Some people think more government bureaucracy is a good idea.
I quit calling them journalists in 1964.
The moderators for the Columbia Forum with John McCain and Barack Obama, Judy Woodruff and Time magazine’s Richard Stengel, did a pretty good job of asking direct questions without a condescending, patronizing demeanor as Charlie Gibson did with Sarah Palin. She might want to consider an interview with one of them. I favored Richard Stengel over Judy Woodruff a bit.
Now the buzz is Sarah Palin has had a passport for only one year implying she has no foreign policy experience. So what. How many heads of state did Bill Clinton meet with prior to winning the Presidency? How about Jimmy Carter? Barack Obama had his first meetings with heads of state while campaigning. You don’t deal with heads of state on the foreigh affairs committee. Why is Sarah Palin held to a higher standard?
Any fool can have a passport and could have traveled the world over twice but that doesn’t make them foreign policy experts.
On September 12th, 2008 at 9:06 am, graysonret said:
Amazing that the MSM heavily supports an ideology that will censor them and heavily regulate them, once they have total power.
Total agreement,they are fools with an agenda.
lgm,Palin is a bad choice?They are coming out of the woodwork all over this country for her.Open your so called educated eyes.
This deserves about 5 seconds of time – just enough to skim through it and decide – naaahh!
Sorry to hear that. I’m sure it’s rough on you and the kid. He probably knows someone wants to give him good home, but is being held up by red tape. God give you peace in all this.
lgm?
Family Man. Your 6 reasons on critical thinking are why I have problem with the human created global warming belief and evolution theory.
Everybody understand: There are two intentions whenever the MSM does as Charlie Tuna did.
The first reason–the bias side one–is to plant false ideas in people’s heads. By asserting the false premise in a question, they are planting it in people’s minds. If people believe the interviewer, the job is done.
The second–the journalism/”vetting” side one (and one that actually makes sense in journalistic ethics)–is to test the understanding, skill, and wit of the interviewee (in this case, GOV Palin). By putting such things forward, one can see how well the interviewee can handle such situations. If the interviewee can handle such questions well, they look good. If not, they don’t.
Charlie Tuna is not ignorant. He knew what he was saying, and he knew some of what he was saying was not true. He will justify doing so by claiming to simply be pushing to see GOV Palin’s ability to respond. This will cover his obvious biased intent.
I said elsewhere that Charlie Tuna surprised me, in that I didn’t think he’d go so far with the second reason so as to additionally do the first. Both parties there failed: GOV Palin failed to adequately put Charlie Tuna down, and Charlie Tuna failed to adhere to any sense of fairness in questioning.
Just my perception.
HuffingtonPost joined in the smear!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com/2008/09/anrianna-cannot-help-it.html
Thanks guitar player. This is the wrong forum into it, but for various reasons, it will be a real act of faith to take this kid in.
Lileks batted that one yesterday.
Everyday I am further convinced that Sarah is a brilliant choice for VP. The more the sea gulls (fly in, make a lot of noise, crap all over everything, then leave) and trolls foam at the mouth and do the fish with their head spinning around as if they are posessed, the more I know there is a God in heaven. God bless Ameerica and God bless Sarah Palin!
Fixed it for you. If Obama had picked Hillary, this election would be over but the “one” let his ego get in the way.
I’ve been advocating either that or simply retiring “journalism” as a major for some time. When the “reporters” become wannabe political players, and instead of reeling them back in their “editors” become enablers, it’s time for a professional mercy-killing.
As in, put them out of our misery.
But we all knew this was coming, or should’ve known. The media have been acting like split personalities at a football game: one moment they’re cheerleaders for Hopenchange, the next moment they’re on the field blocking for him.
What has them in an enraged frenzy right now is that, despite more than two years of building him up and covering for him, Hopenchange is losing. And so they turn up the volume of the attacks on Palin, because they associate her with his recent reversal of fortune.
But hey, at least they’re moving back to garden-variety lies, smears and distortions about things like her grasp of foreign policy, instead of gossiping about her family.
For “journalists” these days, that’s a real sign of progress.
Actually, it was reported on a New York local affiliate station that lgm was voted the biggest dud in the university system.
source: msm
Whenever I read articles like this I am reminded of the story of a Soviet defector who was being shown around an American city by his CIA handler. The defector expressed amazement that there were homeless people. His handler said he had read several articles in Pravda that talked about the homeless problem in America. The defector said: “Yes, but it was in Pravda, and they lie so much that I thought everything they said was a lie.”
I no longer trust anything I read or hear in the MSM unless I otherwise know it to be the truth, or can verify it by independent, credible means.
I did not watch the Gibson/Palin interview, but have read the transcript. There is a striking difference between how she answers a question and how Obama does the same. She does not stammer, stutter, use um, ah, er, and the like to the point of incomprehensibility. And she uses complete sentences!
Yeah, lgm, you’re right! What a dud!
Scary to think that Gertrude (lgm) is moulding young minds.
and what’s even scarier are educated people who have faith that middle school history classes are actually teaching HISTORY..baaaaaahhhhh But then again, I guess if they teach your “view” of things, who cares if it is true or not.
Most intelligent people assume any report on palin to be a lie anymore. So keep it up MSM, you are killing yourselves andf obama!!! BTW it seems as though Obama thinks that old people are worthless based on thier latest ad.
lgm fires blanks that’s why he thinks everything is a dud except for his Angry Left Buddies.
there was nothing but a loud Kerthunk over the Bidet pick… lmao.
and the silence over Odopeys speech still cracks me up….
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Image: trolls libtards and Dems sucking wind.
Gotta love those that will skew “history” to fit their view of the world. Then it helps to suck the ability to critically think out the young’s gourds so they can’t take in the raw data and form their own opinion. Once that’s done, you cram their heads with all the liberal pap you can and, presto!, you have a lib-bot.
Hey all, I took a bit of a hiatus for a bit, I’ve still been reading here and there though.
I have to say; at this point I’m pretty fed up with the race.
The irony is, I’m likely going to vote for McCain / Palin now (as opposed to voting for a 3rd party as a confidence vote) because it seems they might actually have a chance to win in my state. Plain was a good choice, she was a shrewd choice; she was likely the best choice (politically). She was also chosen because she is a woman and it plays well to the voters IMHO.
I know this is going to drive many of you insane, but I share the opinion of a few others here. IMHO, Romney is a more qualified candidate. Previously the Democrats could be accused of running a candidate only because that candidate is a female or is black. Now, we are guilty of the same thing. Honestly, does anyone truly think a white male with identical experience, views, and record as Palin would have been chosen? Of course not and I can’t understand why this doesn’t annoy people on some level.
McCain / Palin will get my vote, but as it’s been said before, I’ll be holding my nose when I do it. I am glad we can defeat the left, but I can’t bring myself to be a cheerleader for this. Last election we complained that Democrats were the “anything but Bush” crowd. Now we are the same thing, Karma I guess.
LGM Would fail my daughters university classes on critical thinking,
I watched Sarah Palin last night and I was STUNNED. She said she was wired a certain way. That is absolutely accurate. The word that best describes her mindset is the German word, “Dienst.” The word in English means “service” but with implied obligation or committment. Her word is her bond. When she agrees to something the committment is total.
She has the decisive mindest of a combat arms soldier. Mission focus. If she agrees to coordinate fund rasising for a charity, she will meet the contribution goal. If she is a fireman, she goes into a burning building without hesitation, if needed. If she is a platoon leader and told to hold a position, she will hold it and inspire her people to hold with her.
If our country is committed to assisting another country, she will not waffle. Her word is her bond.
She is probably not fully qualified at the moment to be the President if need be. But she will be at 12:00 noon on January 20. If they both started preparing today, I would bet my house she would “do her homework” better than Obama. NO DOUBT and that is not meant to be a criticism of Obama. She is just that focused and obligated.
I have been priviliged to work and serve with a select number of people like her, but I have never seen these traits exhibited so clearly by someone at the national level. This is a superlative leader, who sees herself as a public servant. How rare and refreshing.
Hey. What ever happen to the teaching of the Federalist Papers in school?
Of this I too am convnced. Obama is a poor candidate by any measure.
It used to be we turned to the academic scholars and political scientists (before they all turned liberal propagandists) for informed, expert opinion on domestic and international states of affair. When did we decide that these talking heads on tv who came from who knows where are subject matter experts just because they can pontificate and someone is giving them a forum?
Are we the fools for listening to them and in doing so, encouraging more of the same?
Obama do his homework? He already has people doing it for him. Why else do you think he has 300 foreign policy advisors?
Sadly I don’t think most people in the MSM care at all about whether what they are writing is true or not when it comes to politics. It just has to serve their personal agendas now, for editorial approval. We are so sharply divided because they (The Liberal Media) have chosen insanity over reason.
All we can do is just keep pointing out their obvious lies. I find it very sad, & I hope they all go the way of MSNBC/NBC in the ratings.
It’s what they deserve..
Two things…..
LGM is an idiot, but please, let’s keep his religon out of this. I read WAPO and every time there is an article about the War on Terror, the leftist nuts throw out the Israel-Jews control our country, etc. They are undermedicated, we shouldn’t be playing in their idiotic sandbox. ’nuff said.
Secondly, Palin has changed the dynamics of the election because she has made people think about Obama’s qualifications as President, because she has more as a VP candidate than he does as the Alpha Dog. Basically, McCain used the political martial arts against his opponent, very effectively.
Like I’ve said before: Obama for Senior Class President!
lgm is a tenured teacher who instructs abstract mathematics; a far cry from the real world.
He’d never make it as an engineer.
I was on a bus in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, and 3 high school girls were loudly discussing politics. They were all in agreement about one thing, which almost made me fall off my seat;
“She has a five month old baby – what was she thinking running for VP? She should be taking care of her kids.”
Now I would not be so surprised hearing that from the mouth of some redneck chauvinist pig, but hearing high school age girls effectively saying a woman’s place is in the home, looking after the kids.. well that just floored me.
I was traveling through a heavily Jewish area, so maybe that’s why (nothing against Jewish people, but in the strongly Hasidic Jewish area I live, the ‘role’ of the woman is widely accepted to be the homemaker).
The good thing was, they then moved on to Obama, and they were all going on about how he never answers a question definitively, and that he must have something to hide.
You should’ve stopped right there and that would be saying enough.
LOL Goldwater.. true.
Obama is a figurehead for a Democratic party that needs to pay back black America for all the votes they’ve loaned them.
Even the Democrats know he’s not nearly qualified.
“I think he can be ready, but right now I don’t believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.” – Joe Biden referring to Obama during the primaries.
I’ve always called Obama an empty suit. He doesn’t have anything of his own to bring to the table. He’s the perfect president for Pelosi, Read, and Dean. He’ll gladly parrot whatever they say and do what they tell him to do because he won’t know what to do himself.
America, please wake up. Your future and mine depends on it. Please.
You can watch the video (post #75) and decide for yourself. Or, you can be like
Goldwater Knight (#90):
The ad-hominem answer would be: “He’s a Christian with deep seated hate for Jews and Muslims.”, but I guess we shouldn’t use ad hominem arguments.
Bottom line: Palin said what the Washington Post says she said — the video confirms that.
You are sooo right! We’ve given the left the benefit of the doubt, we’ve sat back saying “aaah, this is America, they’re entitled to their own opinions.” or “maybe that isn’t what they really mean when they say that…” Reminds me of what happened to the Jews. Excuse, excuse, give everyone the benefitof the doubt. Now we are looking at killing babies on demand, worrying more about criminals and animal rights than we do about our children’s rights…we need to stand firm, enough is enough and we can start with Obama!
No one here is debating what she said. If read some of the comments, we happen to agree with what she said – there is al-queda in Iraq. The soldiers she was speaking to are heading over there now to fight al-queda and kick their butt.
Nope. Palin is more of a woman than you will ever be and you resent that. Crawl back into your hole.
BTW Palin doesn’t blink when confronted with tough decisions. Dims run away.
It’s not an ad hom. attack; simply repeating what you said yesterday. You hate Christians and think they’ve done more damage to Jews than Muslims. That’s exactly what you said; cut the snarky BS dillweed.
Ditto, Mister P.
and then there’s always Odopey tring to explain Abortion…
lol, what a maroon!
ty navy!
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Image: tha tha tha that’s all folks. Odama is toast.
Maybe Obama is correct and we should listen to the extremists crud that want to kill us maybe we can find common ground. I saw this on Yahoo and started singing Kumbia:
MM please file under “Blind Squirrel Finds Nut”
Propaganda, lies, partisanship. This is the sad and dangerous state of the mainstrem media in 2008. Man was Orwell a genius.
Being prepared is meaningless when you cannot prepare. Values and judgement are FAR MORE IMPORTANT. The best historical example is the atomic bomb. The day FDR died in April 1945, Harry Truman learned of the existence of the Manhattan Project. Within 60 days he had to make a decision on the “nuclear option.”
So who would handle that one better? I’ll take Palin and again that’s not to say Joe Biden would not step up and do well. For me she’s a better choice.
Since you’re in New York City it’s entirely possible they were parroting what they hear around their own home.
On September 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am, lgm said:
Is this not what you said? Do you care to clarify? Maybe I’m misinformed.
It turns out that the opinions of one of the authors are deemed offensive.
Those who own the country ought to govern it.
John Jay
Providence has been pleased to give us this one connected country, to one united people, speaking the same language.
– John Jay, “The Federalist Papers”
I totally agree. In the military these are the type of traits that we look for and guide them become better leaders.
Go Sarah!
#75 lgm said:
Hahahahahahaha!
Hey lgm…stand up and show us your I.Q. buddy! Oh, God love ya, what am I saying, pal…hey, everybody, stand up for lgm. and show him YOUR I.Q!
You can tell I’m new around here!
Goldwater
Is this the form of math LGM teaches?
Social Justice Math
“A Guide for Integrating Issues of Economic and Social Justice into Mathematics Curriculum”, by Jonathan Osler, founder of RadicalMath.org.
Do you wonder why our kids are having problems.
No. The bottom line is that you are willfully, deliberately and stubbornly misinterpreting what she said, and making a huge leap of illogic in order to do so.
There is no way that anyone who a) speaks English and b) is even passingly familiar with current events could take her statement to mean that Saddam had a direct hand in 9/11.
Since you’re an idiot let me use an example to illustrate. If I make the statement “US forces are stationed in Germany today to help guard Europe against a menacing power bent on regional domination” you would have to be a profoundly stupid person to think I was saying that our troops are fighting the Third Reich. But that’s exactly how you’re interpreting Palin’s statement when you insist she’s linking 9/11 to Saddam.
As I’ve said before, if you insist on doing that then Governor Palin isn’t the moron with no grip on reality. You are.
I recently did a (required) political science class at university, and the Federalist Papers were part of the curriculum. For about 2 days. The rest of the semester was mostly Marxist, taught by a Cuban liberal who did not believe in individual ownership of property. He was a good guy though and very willing to discuss without frothing at the mouth, but if you disagreed with him and didn’t relent, in the end it affected your final grade.
lgm will be back to swoop and poop another day, till then wear your raincoat.
This is just another misdirection attempt that the Obamabots like lgm are going to spew around. There’s no real reason behind it, but if they give the impression that it’s bad, that’s what people will remember.
Everybody hates Karl Rove, but very few people can tell you why. It’s only because he’s spoken of negatively in the press. Remember, when it comes to the left and their attempt to guide the sheeple, impression is more powerful than actuality.
They were just repeating what they were hearing from the far-left feminists who were featured in the MSM.
And how do they teach journalism?
On September 12th, 2008 at 10:04 am, CWinNY said:
Pravda (Russian: Правда, “The Truth”) was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1912 and 1991.
In my opinion, it would appear that the Washington Post is not interested in “The Truth”, but rather is an official organ of the Communist Party USA.
Maybe they should rename the Washington Post…to Washington Pravda
It doesn’t matter what they say, because they know that the general public will simply read a headline and believe it as Gospel. Even if they print a correction or a retraction, those are buried so deep in a part of the paper that is never seen or read by anyone.
The Internet has only exacerbated this issue. People catch on a headline or a buzzword and it spreads and grows like a wildland fire, doubling in size every minute.
It is how the Left operates. Look at the the Truthers and how their lies have grown so much.
It is the severe uneducation of people in this country that is the real problem. They believe anything they read or hear without question, without closer inspection. People refuse to find things out for themselves and simply rely on a medium with a proven and documented bias, especially if it feeds their own personal stupidity.
Is anyone watching The View?
I just saw a scroll that noted Whoppi just asked McCain if he was going to put her ancestors back into slavery?????
His answer should be “No. Despite decades of resistance from the party that Obama represents we finally put that shameful institution to rest.”
If [s]elected, Palin will be a total disgrace to this country. She is undereducated, dumb and totally clueless when it comes to world affairs. She doesn’t seem to be a very honest person. Only big fat conservative loons think she is the right person.
McCain on the other hand is a decent guy. He is not a ‘bad’ politician, he’s just repetitive and boring to an extent, however, like many bloggers have said, he is becoming senile.
I don’t always agree with him, but he is definitely much better than our current Moron-in-Chief and even though he is a Republican, he has many liberal values: he is pro amnesty, pro immigration, he is not fond of Christianity and Evangelicals, that’s because he is not religious and almost never goes to church, in 2005 he opposed a federal gay-marriage ban and he is not a fervent opponent of abortion rights. Like one of my JHU professors always says: “McCain is a Liberal in disguise”.
LGM and others may feel Palin isn’t ready for PrimeTime, but didn’t Obama mis-speak how many states there are?
I mean really, a guy that claims to have visited 57 states already and wants to hit two of the last three not only isn’t ready for primetime, but he probably isn’t ready to be in the Illinois senate.
Maybe he’s perfectly suited to organize communities. (Into what, who knows.)
What about his “Muslim faith?”
Um, er, uhh….
On September 12th, 2008 at 11:52 am, edelweiss said:
uber sheisskopf.
I would have shot back, “Not necessary. You’ve got Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who are doing the job quite well, thank you very much”.
Got those ovens warmed up, fraulein?
How many babies did you kill today?
I think the old print and TV media is dead–they keep shooting themselves in the foot and bleeding more reader / viewer confidence in their stories / propaganda. The comments here are usually much more accurate–MM has a much better news source.
I particularly like Flyoverman 145 comments on what a good leader needs to succeed. He has a very good sense of history. Integrity, strong character, good judgement, commitment count a lot when new situations arise. About half of our population has lost or never had these values–they are like weather vanes in a storm–blindly responding to this moment’s feelings–without long term vision and clear thinking.
One of my favorite Bible stories is what King Solomon did when he became king as a teenager. God asked him what he wanted–he asked for wisdom, and then wrote it down for others (like us) to study–Proverbs / Wisdom literature. Both John McCain and Sarah Palin have the good strong Christian values–and they know how to ask God for help when things get tough.
John Bibb
Reprehensible. It is one thing to voice your political opinions here, but quite another thing to descend into vile name calling.
You really owe the folks here an apology.
Whoppi? She does tell some whoppers doesn’t she?
How does one put ancestors anywhere? They were what they were. Maybe she meant descendents?
I hope McCain told her that was the stupidest question he’s heard this whole campaign.
Fixed that for ya.
Re: #129. I think what you saw on that bus in Brooklyn is a microcosm of the feeling of the majority of people in this country. You have maybe 20% of the people that mirror the thinking of readers of this blog and will vote Republican regardless of the candidate. Then you have 20% of the people that read Kos that will vote Democrat come hell or high water. And each side thinks the people on the other side are idiots. The other 60% of this country doesn’t trust either party and then end up voting for what they perceive to be the lesser of two evils, or for personality, or race or whatever other aesthetic reason. That is how we get our leaders. On another note, may God bless the people in the Galveston/Houston area that are in the path of this terrible hurricane.
To all of the mobies who post here:
Why are you wasting your time with us? Don’t you have a job or anything else better to do than your drive-by posts?
Dear Lord,
Forgive these Liberal asshats for their complete loss of Journalistic honesty and integrity.
It’s just that they’re scared sh!tless, and know not what they do.
Amen
I was thinking this morning about the differences between the thought processes of liberal Americans and conservative Americans. It occured to me that the left, on issues like experience, trust, and honesty matter very little when choosing to support their candidate. For them, it seems that as long as the candidate is a Democrat, they will support him, no matter what.
Conservatives, on the other hand, believe honor, integrity, and truth are important attributes in a candidate. Republican candidates who appear to have idealogical flaws, are closely scrutinized and in some cases, rebuked by Party hardliners.
If the Republican Party nominated a candidate that espoused the Democrat Party standards, and who might even be a better choice for Democrats than theie own candidate, he or she would never get Democrat votes. Why? Because that candidate doesn’t have a (D) next to his/her name. Democrats will vote partyline no matter what!
At that brings me to my point. If Democrats can vote for a candidate regardless of experience, honor, or integrity, no matter what, then why can’t they seem to support their country, despite all it’s flaws, against mankind’s enemies NO MATTER WHAT?
No man, no country, no party is without it’s flaws, but to convertly or overtly supoort your country’s enemies, by words or deeds, is not patriotic. Cowardice in thought or deed does not affect freedom.
As all true patriots know, “Freedom is not ‘free’!” One would think that after 200 years, liberals would understand this…
But Palin isn’t – that’s why your side is shakin’ in its boots…er…booties!
Btw, you do know Vice President Palin will be this nation’s first female President, don’t you?
Oh that’s right, you’re a Democrat! Of course you do – advocating for the rights of women and their elevation into the “all boys club” is what you guys are all about! You’d never knock a female for risin’ above her station in life, now would you?
Sorry, I pulled an Obama…I meant ‘covertly.’
Do these journalists even care about Democracy anymore? Or only if voters don’t vote “their way?” These journalists are beginning to sound a lot like the propaganda arm of countries such as North Korea, China, and Russia.
What happened to journalism? When did they start looking out for one particular political party and not the American people? Where I am in Virginia (Hampton Roads), the media is in the tank for Obummer. They make snide comments about people being hit by “hard times,” yet if you go to any mall in the area, something doesn’t hold true in that assertion.
What a sad, pathetic industry the news biz has become. What’s even sadder is the “news” that they “report” are invented stories so that their DNC overlords are happy.
What a sad, sad country the US has become…. we’re on the same track as Great Britain and Canada. When there is no respect for the truth, a civilization dies.
Palin is a serious threat to their house of cards; even if McCain loses there has been major damage done to the liberals and the MSM.
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I’ve been thinking the same thing for several years. but it’s not just at the malls. Look at the attendance numbers from at any sporting event, movie, or music concert!
Admission to two of the three is NOT inexpensive. Look at the attendees…most do not appear to be what the left would consider financially blessed.
With a hat tip to “dissfunktional“, I have added the following TRUTH to the ever-growing list:
Truth: In his first year of elected office, as the Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th district, Barack Hussein Obama was the sole sponsor of SENATE RESOLUTION 90_SR0110, which concluded:
A majority of people saying the MSM is actively trying to promote Obama and hurt McCain. Hopefully, people will start to take everything they put out with a
graintruckload of salt and start researching issues themselves. That will spell the end of the MSM.President Bush never said Iraq carried out the 9-11 attacks.
But Al Qaeda did, and they themselves said Iraq was the main battlefield against us right now and they are IN Iraq still. They’re in Afghanistan, too. These guys ARE going to go fight Al Qaeda!
This would definitely apply to lgm and mj who equates popular history and media coined terms with actual historical facts.
I think the media, and some of our favorite liberals, have been reading Howard Zinn’s book a little too long.
Palin is not merely a threat to liberals for this election; more critically, she is a severe threat to them existentially!
If she & McCain end up winning, then from their perspective, not only will the last 40 years of bitter femi-Nazi dogma have been for naught; but in addition, the first female to have actually acquired power at the highest level will comprise the antithesis of their entire doctrine.
“Persecuted womyn”? A-okay.
“Conservative woman”? The anti-Christ!!!
For the first time in their collective lives, they might become actual victims (of their own delusions, of course), and they are reacting accordingly: with abject desperation.
ummm.. c’mon Edel – this is a pathetic comment. Please try to adhere to some sort of an honest intellectual plane. Really, “…big fat conservative loons…” is beneath the dignity of this audience.
Iraqi agent Ahmed Hikmat Shakir facilitated the Al Qaeda summit meeting in January 2000 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia attended by Khalid al Mihdhar, Nawaf al Hazmi, and Salem al Hazmi. All three Saudis later joined the all-Saudi terror cell which skyjacked American Airlines Flight 77 on Sep 11 and flew it into the Pentagon, killing 184 innocent people.
Ramzi Binalshibh, one of the Al Qaeda plotters and possible missing 20th skyjacker, also attended the meeting.
Ahmed Hikmat Shakir was arrested in Qatar shortly after 9/11, having been hastily recalled to Iraq. The Qataris found he carried telephone numbers for the safe houses of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers.
That meeting indisputably connects Iraq to the Sep 11 attacks, among other evidence. You can argue about how deep that connection was, slight or deep or somewhere in between, but you can not deny it exists.
I really hope Palin is not hurt by being on the liberal’s ticket. She could be President in the future.
I’m not worried so much about the ticket. I’m more worried how the politics of DC may corrupt her. I’m hoping she’ll hold tight to her “small-town values”. If she does, she’ll make a great president.