U2democrat
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My Leading Change professor likes to tell Biden stories He worked with him on the Foreign Relations committee and knows him very well (he knows McCain and Obama too but not as well as Biden).
Thompson Speech Hits Media on Palin, Obama on Abortion
Fred Thompson will forcefully defend the selection of Sarah Palin tonight in a speech Republicans are characterizing as "red meat." He will argue that the feeding frenzy over Palin's is the result of "panic" from the Democrat-friendly mainstream media.
"What a breath of fresh air Governor Sarah Palin is. She is from a small town, with small town values, but that's not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family. Let's be clear, the selection of Governor Palin has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic. She is a courageous, successful, reformer, who is not afraid to take on the establishment."
Thompson will also criticize Barack Obama's answer on abortion from his recent appearance at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church. Warren had asked: "Now, let’s deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since Roe v. Wade. you know, as a pastor I have to deal with this all of the time. All of the pain and all of the conflicts. I know this is a very complex issue. 40 million abortions. At what point does a baby get human rights in your view?"
Obamas responded: "Well, I think that whether you are looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade."
Thompson will criticize Obama for dodging the issue: "We need a President, and Vice President, who will take the federal bureaucracy by the scruff of the neck and give it a good shaking. And we need a President who doesn't think that the protection of the unborn or a newly born baby is above his pay grade."
The bulk of Thompson's speech will be a testimonial on behalf of John McCain, his character and his leadership. John McCain has "the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders."
well, kids, it looks like the Republicans are going to take the world by the horns and focus in on what is certainly the more pressing issue in this country, the issue that matters most, whether it's peace on earth or safety at home and strength abroad and anything else, *this* issue trumps all:
yay! a culture war! because *that's* what matters most in 2008.
Phil Gramm: "If you're sitting here today, you're not economically illiterate and you're not a whiner, so I'm not worried about who you're going to vote for," the former Texas senator told attendees at a Financial Services Roundtable event in Minneapolis on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention.
Obama spokesperson Mark Bubriski said today that Palin supported a "Nazi sympathizer"
And it goes by without so much as a fart in the wind.
Yet we are still getting the Palin-daughter story regurgitated on cable news.
Our media is an embarrassment.
Sure.Could you elaborate on the context of that?
They were trying to make Palin look bad by saying she supported Pat Buchanan in 2000. Which I don't think is true in the first place but I am not 100% certain.Then Bubriski said something to the effect of "many Jews think he is a Nazi sympathizer". Which is not only incorrect in the first place, it's used as a tool to beat Palin down with.
I haven't read up on a bunch of this but I'm pretty sure she did support Buchanan in 2000.
As for what "many Jews think" - well I don't think you can just state that as incorrect. My former supervisor and his supervisor, both Jewish, happened to think pretty much exactly that of Buchanan and could recite a half a dozen examples supporting that view. One of them was Israeli-born, the other wasn't, for what it's worth.
You are being disingenuous.
I'm not saying that some Jews don't believe exactly that, I'm saying they are wrong to believe that.
Bubriski said something to the effect of "many Jews think he is a Nazi sympathizer". Which is not only incorrect in the first place
Sure.
They were trying to make Palin look bad by saying she supported Pat Buchanan in 2000. Which I don't think is true in the first place but I am not 100% certain.Then Bubriski said something to the effect of "many Jews think he is a Nazi sympathizer". Which is not only incorrect in the first place, it's used as a tool to beat Palin down with.
By saying "many Jews think..." they take the onus off themselves as the perpetrators of such a slanderous remark. And this isn't some Daily Kos hack, this is a campaign spokesperson.
It's quite disgusting if you ask me to say that about anybody.
They are using it to their political advantage.
And fine, if someone wants to say "well, it's true!!!" I disagree and there is no need to argue it right now but the point being, that the Obama camp is using that perception as a tool to beat Palin with, so they are essentially saying "we agree" although they pass the onus.
It's almost Fox Newsian 'Barack Obama is a muslim?
Where they can say whatever they want by tossing in a '?'
Overall, the point is, nobody is making it even the slightest issue, while talk about a pregnant girl seems to be the most important news event of the day.
Obama will be on O'Reilly Thursday night. I can't wait to see this!
Too bad it will be during McCain's acceptance speech. First, I don't think it's nice to try to distract away from his speech and second, more people would have watched had it been on another night.
Still, I'm thinking this can only be good for Obama. Reaching to a new audience...
Obama yes to Murdoch's Fox news grilling | World news | guardian.co.uk
So McCain announcing his VP on Thursday night would have been completely rude to Obama, but Obama thinks this is acceptable?
Got it.
It really annoys me when republican's say they are against pre-marital sex and are soo righteous which is bullshit... and here VP-Pick Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant and McCain knew about it before announcing it. The conservatives are not so conservative it appears. Well, thats just great.
Meanwhile, Obama/Biden are kicking ass and taking names
Um, I'm pretty sure Fox is going to show McCain's acceptance speech like every other network.
Yes, as conservatives we are against pre-marital sex. But when it happens, conservatives believe the proper thing to do is to keep the baby and marry the father, hopefully with a loving family supporting you, rather than killing the baby and pretending it never happened. If you want to make this an issue, be my guest. It will backfire.
is this why she's against comprehensive sex ed that's been shown to be far more effective in preventing teen pregnancy than the abstinence-only programs favored by Gov. Palin?