That settles it for me then......I can't possibly vote for McCain if I don't like the names of the children of his running mate. Add to that the fact that I think I saw geraniums in her window boxes during an interview, I prefer petunias in a window box.
Having a battle of wits with Sal is just like fighting an unarmed man who is suffering from diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of the brain.
Very well stated shadow.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
GERANIUMS?!?! Thanks, Rene! You saved me the trouble of finding out where a candidate stands on issues...and cut right to the most important point! haha
GERANIUMS?!?! Thanks, Rene! You saved me the trouble of finding out where a candidate stands on issues...and cut right to the most important point! haha
I'm sure you know where all the candidates stand. Or at least you should.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I found myself totally frustrated by recent letters from readers criticizing Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin with outright lies and distortions. After 15 minutes on the Internet at the non-partisan, non-profi t Web site http://www.factcheck.org as well as Google, I learned the following: Cindy McCain’s $300,000 convention outfit is the creation of a left-leaning Vanity Fair magazine article that ended by stating the amount was simply based on estimates by fashion designers, “assuming the jewelry is real.” No one has proven the outfit cost anywhere near that much. Gov. Palin did not seek to ban books. This rumor was started by a viral e-mail and has since been debunked. Books on the list that was circulated weren’t even published at the time of the supposed “banning.” Gov. Palin does believe in Vreation. According to a November 2004 poll reported by CBS news, so do 51 percent of Americans (otherwise known as a majority). In addition, Gov. Palin did not state that Creation should be part of school curricula. She simply said schools should have the academic freedom to allow the evolution/Creation debate. Gov. Palin is against “explicit” sex ed. During a televised debate she stated, “I’m pro-contraception and I think kids who may not hear about it at home should hear about it in other avenues.” Her position on sex ed is more liberal than the GOPs. Finally, I wonder how one reader can have the audacity to state that Gov. Palin doesn’t “think about world politics [Sept. 11 Gazette].” Where’s the proof? Is the letter writer a mind reader? How ridiculous. Unfortunately, it appears rational Americans are going to have to do their own research in order to get to the truth regarding any of the candidates this election season. Please, let’s set aside the hysteria and get back to the issues. CATE BRIZZELL Saratoga Springs
IT WILL FINALLY COME TO AN END because the liar feminist got cought with the panties down now and her emails have finally come out and it looks like massive lawbreaking on her behalf. Now McCain can get a man for a running mate and finally get his act together. Thank God she is being forced off the ticket finally over the criminality. I have been warning people just like I warned you over here about hitcing your cart to Rhinesmith's wagon the last go around with the conservs.
Obama: Lucifer Is My Homeboy by Ann Coulter (more by this author) Posted 09/17/2008 ET Updated 09/17/2008 ET
It's another election season, so that means it's time for Democrats to start uttering wild malapropisms about the Bible to pretend they believe in God!
In 2000, we had Al Gore inverting a Christian parable into something nearly satanic. Defending his nutty ideas about the Earth during one of the debates, Gore said: "In my faith tradition, it's written in the book of Matthew, where your heart is, there is your treasure also." And that, he said, is why we should treasure the environment.
First of all, people who say "faith tradition" instead of "religion" are always phony-baloney, "Christmas and Easter"-type believers.
Second, Jesus was making almost the exact opposite point, saying: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on Earth," where there are moths, rust and thieves, but in heaven, because, Jesus said, "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
I guess that's the kind of mix-up that can happen when your theological adviser is Naomi Wolf.
Then in 2004, Democratic presidential candidate and future Trivial Pursuit answer Howard Dean told an interviewer that his favorite part of the New Testament was the Book of Job. The reporter should have asked him if that was his favorite book in all three testaments.
And now in 2008, we have Democrats attacking Sarah Palin for being a Christian, while comparing Obama to Jesus Christ. (And not in the sarcastic way the rest of us do.)
Liberals have indignantly claimed that Palin thinks the founding fathers wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, which is Olbmermannic in the sense that (a) if it were true, it's trivial, and (b) it's not true.
Their claim is based on a questionnaire Palin filled out when she was running for governor of Alaska in 2006, which asked the candidates if they were "offended by the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance." Palin answered: "Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me, and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance."
As anyone can see, Palin was not suggesting that the founding fathers "wrote" the Pledge of Allegiance: She said the founding fathers believed this was a country "under God." Which, um, it is.
For the benefit of MSNBC viewers who aren't watching it as a joke, the whole point of the Declaration of Independence was to lay out the founders' breathtaking new argument that rights came not from the king, but from God or, as the Declaration said, "Nature's God," the "Creator."
That summer, in 1776, Gen. George Washington -- a charter member of the founding fathers -- rallied his troops, saying: "The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves. ... The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of the army."
So Washington not only used the phrase "under God," but gave us one of the earliest known references to the rights of the "unborn." That's right! George Washington was a "pro-life extremist," just like Sarah Palin.
There is no disputing that a nation "under God" was "good enough" for the founding fathers, exactly as Palin said.
Meanwhile, on the House floor last week, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee compared Palin to Pontius Pilate -- and Obama to Jesus. Cohen said: "Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor." Yes, who can forget the Biblical account of how Jesus got the homeless Samaritan to register as a Democrat in exchange for a carton of smokes!
Rep. Cohen would be well-advised to stay away from New Testament references.
As anyone familiar with the New Testament can confirm for him, there are no parables about Jesus passing out cigarettes for votes, lobbying the Romans for less restrictive workfare rules or filing for grants under the Community Redevelopment Act. No time for soul-saving now! First, we lobby Fannie Mae to ease off those lending standards and demand a windfall profits tax on the money-changers in the temple.
David Freddoso's magnificent new book, The Case Against Barack Obama describes the forefather to "community organizers" like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton -- the famed Saul Alinsky.
Alinsky is sort of the George Washington of "community organizers." If there were an America-hater's Mount Rushmore, Saul Alinsky would be on it. He tried to hire Hillary to work for him right out of Wellesley. A generation later, those who had trained with Alinsky did hire Obama as a community organizer.
In Freddoso's book , he quotes from the dedication in the first edition of Alinsky's seminal book, "Rules for Radicals," where Alinsky wrote:
"Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: From all our legends, mythology and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer."
I suppose it could have been worse. He could have dedicated his book to George Soros.
Even liberals eventually figured out that they shouldn't be praising Satan in public, so the Lucifer-as-inspiration paragraph was cut from later editions of Alinsky's book. (But on the bright side, MSNBC adopted as its motto: "Who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which.")
That's exactly what happens to most Democratic ideas -- as soon as they are said out loud, normal people react with revulsion, so Democrats learn to pretend they never said them: I was NOT comparing Palin to a pig! I did not play the race card! I did not say I would meet with Ahmadinejad without preconditions!
Sarah Palin might be just the lucky break the Democrats need. As a staunch pro-lifer, Palin could give Democrats an excuse to steer away from topics they know nothing about, like the Bible , and onto a subject they know chapter and verse, like abortion.
my sources said she broke the laws by sending emails on the Yahoo instead of the state email and that she could be off the ticket over this. Now the truth is sinking in and McCain and her are down 5 points at least because of her
my sources said she broke the laws by sending emails on the Yahoo instead of the state email and that she could be off the ticket over this. Now the truth is sinking in and McCain and her are down 5 points at least because of her
again sally, your sources are wrong - on both counts. McCain is up by 3 as of the latest polls by liberal cnn.
'The senator from Illinois is ahead of McCain in national polls by 3 percentage points, 47 percent to 44 percent. Obama was up by 2 points in the poll of polls released earlier Thursday.'
There's always a poll to prove anything you want it to prove. It's all a matter of interpretation. The only way there will ever be an answer is once we all go in and pull the levers in the booths...then some would even question it (I bet you that some STILL question the 2000 Florida vote).
Community organizer. This term obviously means different things to different people. To me it means that anyone working to improve the lives of others. Under this definition, my grandmother (who taught in a one-room school), my mother (who taught special needs children), my stepmother (who served in the Peace Corps, taught and then worked with emotionally disturbed children) and my colleagues, with whom I have taught for 17 years, are “community organizers.” All work or worked to improve the lives of others not only by educating them but by helping to raise money, provide food, clothing and other means of assistance when needed. We are among millions of Americans who work to improve the lives of others and therefore are “community organizers.” As an Independent, formerly a Democrat, I would have voted for John Mc-Cain had he been the Republican candidate in 2000. However, when an entire convention center full of people were roused into applause and laughter belittling Barack Obama’s “community organizing,” I was not only insulted, I was disgusted. Not because I believe Barack Obama is the “anointed one,” but because the attitude that was cheered insulted the memory of my grandmother and the lifelong efforts of my mother, stepmother, colleagues and even myself. I know why the statement was inserted and why McCain sanctioned it. Politics are politics. But an entire convention openly supporting such a message? It cut to the core of who I am, where I come from and what I believe in. My family values were challenged. PATRICIA EMBREE Scotia
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