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1. #505568
   On October 17th, 2008 at 9:49 pm, Send_Me said:

   On October 17th, 2008 at 5:17 pm, Dasher said:
   Sounds like a BS to me.

   Here’s the “Cliff’s Notes” version of Gramsci’s ideas pertaining to cultural hegemony.

2. #505830
   On October 18th, 2008 at 12:31 pm, Dimsdale said:

   On October 17th, 2008 at 11:02 am, Red State Skeptic said:

   So, you have sat with her and spent some time with her and you know her very well – right? Oh, you are judging her by your standard of, “she signed this bill so she is not ever compassionate – ever”. NICE vertical slope there pal.

   I would rather judge a candidate by her record than her photo ops.

   Precisely! That is why I believe the top of the Democrat ticket is completely inadequate for the office of the presidency!

   And no, I don’t think she is a great family person. Her son goes off to Michigan for a year (while still in high school) and as soon as he gets back to Wasilla he enlists — not a happy family.

   So enlisting is the result of not being in a happy family? Interesting. I guess there is no chance that he actually wanted to enlist. No, he just had to get away from Sarah, right?

   You do realize how pathetic this sounds, right?

   Her oldest daughter gets pregnant at 17, and instead of considering that her kids might be better off if she spent more time at home and spent less time on her personal ambitions, she runs off to run for higher office.

   I am sure you said the same thing about Al Gore’s son, or any of the Kennedy progeny, or that scumbag son of a Democrat that broke into Palin’s email account, right?

   Not impressed with this woman in any way. Looks great on TV, but not when you actually think about her instead of drinking her kool-aid.

   I say the same thing about Obama.

3. #505849
   On October 18th, 2008 at 12:42 pm, Dimsdale said:

   On October 17th, 2008 at 3:47 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

   (snip)

   Go ahead, tell me he’s the Paris Hilton of politics. But there’s a reason he’s picked up so much support after clobbering McCain in every debate. We like him.

   Okay, he is the Paris Hilton of politics.

   The reasons he has “picked up so much support” can be stated very simply: a supportive and compliant press. People who see these debates do not see a “clobbering” until contrived focus groups and the media tell us that is what happened. To wit: the last debate was a trainwreck for Obama, but the media dutifully told us what we supposed to hear and feel, and the dumbed down public, well half of it anyway, buys it.

   It isn’t even hard to see for a liberal Democrat. They aren’t hiding it anymore. The press is so sure that they have clinched it for Obama, and they are probably right, that they have come out of the closet of objectivity and just print or say whatever they want.

   Then, just to seal the deal, we have the fine felonious work of the Obama licking ACORN group, pols like Brunner in Ohio, and miscellaneous tools on web pages like these that are more concerned with convincing themselves than convincing us of what we saw with our own eyes and heard with our own ears.

   Look at the responses of libs like you in the ACORN stories here: crickets. That is tacit approval of their actions.

   This is going to be a great America you guys are shaping up for us.

   Hope you like banana republics.

4. #506016
   On October 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   #191, BeenThere, that’s a nice link, thanks.

5. #508908
   On October 21st, 2008 at 1:44 pm, Cricket24 said:

   Sarah Palin is a wonderful woman! AND yes, I did need a couple of tissues!
   I also couln’t believe that the story came from MSNBC!

6. #510758
   On October 22nd, 2008 at 2:48 pm, kjw33 said:

   All quotes refer to previous RSS posts.

   Neither of them understood this. And does this issue matter?

   You contradict yourself, RSS. You brought this up when you asked:

   I want to know, does she understand the difference between policy and the tactical, operational, strategic levels of warfare as it relates to foreign policy and national power (diplomatic, information, military, and economic)? She has neither the training nor experience for this.

   I ask the same question and you recommend a book about Reagan published well after his legacy is established. Can you please cite a well-read publication crowing about Reagan’s depth of insight into defeating Communism and/or his uncanny grasp of foreign policy that was written before he was elected? Or maybe you could just concede the point that it’s possible that someone that doesn’t have your cherished demonstrable experience just may be able to “figure it out” – even as Vice President. Tell me…how does one gain the experience required to be President…without having been President?

   Also, consider this: 1) If one doesn’t understand the difference between a First Sergeant and a Lieutenant, for example, then how is he/she going to understand issues more complex than rank structures, such as operational and strategic levels of warfare?

   What a positively ridiculous statement. While I certainly won’t argue that it helps to have served (walk a mile in my boots…) in order to understand soldiering, I certainly don’t think one must have walked miles through the dust and dirt with no rank on their collar to one day “truly understand the operational and strategic level of warfare.” If this were the case, perhaps the Framers would have mandated that only seasoned military veterans (or today, those who have graduated from the US Army War College and other service equivalents) a prerequisite to be President? I haven’t found that section of the Constitution yet…perhaps you can point it out to me?

   2) To understand a Soldier, one cannot read a book or watch Saving Private Ryan and consider themselves enlightened as to a Soldier’s character and mindset. How can one lead Soldiers whom they do not understand and share no relation? Soldiers, of course, will respect the position of the President, but how much better if the Soldiers can respect the President as a former brother in arms when the President orders them into battle?

   I added the emphasis to point out that, once again, you contradict yourself. You understand Palin has sent her eldest to fight in Iraq, yes? And that that they are related, right? Oh wait, I forgot…he “ran to Iraq to get away from his dysfunctional family.” My bad.

   Your boy Ron Paul was a flight surgeon. If you think for a second that, “Soldiers can respect the President as a former brother in arms,” because he/she was flight surgeon…you’re smoking something you should share. John McCain was a warrior’s warrior. Ron Paul examined the inner ear of pilots returning from combat (see also REMF).

   Sarah Palin, while she has no military service to speak of, has sent her eldest into a combat theater. Soldiers will respect that greater than a guy who was a flight surgeon and never had a bullet fired at him in anger thirty-plus years ago.

   Unless the candidate has been willing to fight for, shed blood for, and potentially die for this country, how can we, as citizens, assume that person has the commitment to this country that the job requires?

   Which do you think a mother would rather shed – her blood or her eldest son’s? Commitment enough for you?

7. #510778
   On October 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm, kjw33 said:

   oh…and the “validation of choice” discussion:

   Source? I’ve watched MUCH of what she’s said that’s been available and never heard her refer to her decision to have Trig as a “tough” one. Nor her daughter’s unborn child.

   Here you go:
   Palin, who campaigns on a Christian, anti-abortion ticket, said the couple planned to marry: “We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents.”

   Nothing referred to Sarah’s “tough” choice. And really only barely concedes that Bristol had a “choice” to make. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder here. When you referred to it as a “tough” choice, I was really looking for something more along the lines of, “Our family and Bristol agonized for days and months over whether or not her unborn child would ruin her future, strap her unnecessarily or otherwise ‘punish’ (thank you BHO) her…” Instead you point out a colloquial quote that, if you’re LOOKING for it…can be construed as conceding an opportunity for choice. Kudos to you, grand master.

8. #512604
   On October 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 pm, azvoter said:

   As a mother of one of those “special needs” people, I couldn’t keep the tears at bay. I emailed this to all my family.

   My almost 30 year old with Downs absolutely adores Sarah Palin and the whole family. I just want to reach through the screen and hug Trig. He is precious.

   What a blessing Palin is to this nation. She has already made a difference.