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I can’t say with precision what it is. Maybe it’s her diction or tone or both. But Sarah Palin doesn’t talk like a politician; she talks like your mom.
Note that she supports drilling in ANWR. I assume she knows that McCain doesn’t.
This is not what you’d expect from a social conservative:
Palin’s first veto was used to block legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with Alaska’s attorney general on the constitutionality of the legislation.
Also, she acknowledges having gay friends, something Republican politicians rarely acknowledge.
“Change”? No, this is run-of-the-mill piffle:
The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don’t tell me we can’t uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.
• The “reality” of gun ownership is different for those plagued by gang violence. Their need for guns is greater than the hunter’s. Self-defense is a necessity; hunting is a luxury.
• Do you know anyone who supports putting AK-47s into the hands of criminals? Supporters of the Second Amendment have never had it as their objective to arm criminals, and to suggest otherwise is a lie.
• Why is this mendacious, formulaic politician billed as an agent of change? What, exactly, is the change?
Come January, the GOP may not have enough votes in the Senate to even mount a filibuster. Why? Because the party’s rank and file is as stupid as its politicians are corrupt:
The scandals that led to the demise of Republican Representatives Tom DeLay, Bob Ney and Duke Cunningham — and to the party’s loss of Congress two years ago — should have been a teaching moment. Alaska’s GOP voters haven’t taken the hint, and that may cost their party again in November.
Take note, and don’t wait for the government to save you. Plan to bring your own asses in from the rain, umkay?
Mind you, he’s just speaking hypothetically:
Suppose you’re a voter, and you’ve got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don’t think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?”
Be assured, “This has nothing to do with what’s going on now.”
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Let me be clear - since he burst onto the political scene some 17 years ago, I have been no fan of Bill Clinton. It is thus confusing and disorienting to be feeling a tingling up my leg nearly every time the former president approaches a microphone these days …
There comes a point when you can’t pay your bills, even if you’re the government:
In his famous treatise, “The Wealth of Nations,” Adam Smith noted there had never been a “single instance” of sovereign debts having been repaid once “accumulated to a certain degree.” We may have reached Smith’s threshold.
After all, The Messiah has a mansion of his own, one with a wine cellar and four fireplaces. And he got it for $300,000 below market value. So why give McCain an opening?
Barack Obama’s campaign continued to hit John McCain on his failure to answer a question on the number of homes he owns …
The old man’s retort should be both obvious and devastating: “My wife and I own seven houses, none of which were purchased in land deals with convicted felons.”
Added. We knew this was coming. The Messiah set himself up for it. But we didn’t know it was coming today. McCain’s people are speedy, no?
Back to you, Barry.
He has a five-point lead over The Messiah, according to Zogby. But that means naught. Except for teenage girls, nothing is more useless than a national presidential preference poll in August.
Reality-based foreign policy:
Putin just showed us what stirring words about democracy and freedom are worth in the face of tanks and combat aircraft. The Georgians had the noble ideas and lofty dreams; the Russians had the troops and ammunition. Guess who won?
Rarely will you see an expression of joy purer than the one on this boy’s face.
I have never suggested that Senator McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition. I have not suggested it because I believe that he genuinely wants to serve America’s national interest. Now, it’s time for him to acknowledge that I want to do the same.
But such an acknowledgment isn’t due if McCain has a point.
Three point shot:
In short, both candidates in this election pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference, the great difference, is that I intend to win it first.
McCain probably can’t say anything to get anti-McCain Republicans like myself to vote for him. But if he continues to make the clarifying remarks he made today, he won’t need our votes.
I don’t support Obama or McCain. But if I supported Obama, I’d be worried about his inability to shake McCain.
With all his advantages — fulsome treasury, ebullient volunteers, and sycophantic media — Obama ought to be up six to eight points over McCain. But he’s not; he’s tied. Which probably means that he’s actually behind.
Patrick Buchanan defends Russia:
American charges of Russian aggression ring hollow. Georgia started this fight — Russia finished it. People who start wars don’t get to decide how and when they end.
That’s the number of iPhone 3Gs sold in the gadget’s first month. Astonishing, isn’t it?
“They are seeing unprecedented demand,” says [analyst Michael] Cote, adding that there appears to be no signs of a let up yet.
The iPhone 3G debuted July 11, a month ago. And yet at the Apple store in the Houston Galleria, you still have to stand in line to buy one.
Are dogs “livestock”? Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took up that very question.
Jim McGreevey, the gay, disgraced former governor of New Jersey, owes no alimony to his ex-wife, a judge ruled. McGreevey is now a, ahem, seminarian and is living off a sugar daddy.
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… the recent economic downturn hasn’t made Americans poor by any sane measurement. No one enjoys downward mobility, but let’s ask whether telling kids to share a bedroom or downsizing to a sedan represents anything worthy of the word “sacrifice.”
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… an increasingly nasty lawsuit against the [Democratic National Committee] … has exposed the rift between gays and one of the party’s most important constituencies, African Americans.
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City officials in San Francisco and Los Angeles intend to ensure that individuals are free to do what they want, if what they want is good for them.
In Texas, justice:
In a case that has drawn international attention, Texas executed José E. Medellín on Tuesday night in defiance of an international court ruling and despite pleas from the Bush administration for a new hearing.
Medellín was one of five bastards who, in 1993, raped, tortured and murdered two teenage girls from Houston. He was the second of the five to be executed. Texas put down Derrick O’Brien in 2006. Gang leader Peter Cantu is next.
The people of Texas can’t bring back Elizabeth Peña and Jennifer Ertman. But we can avenge them.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will not rehear a case in which a divided three-judge panel invalidated my state’s ban on the sale of sex toys.