Yesterday I created a web page for people to write letters or notes in support of Gov. Palin. After all the attacks and smears she had experienced in the last five day, I thought she might need to read about the support she has across America.
Go read some of the letters. They are wonderful and touching.
But I realize now that Sarah Palin didn't need support. This lady rocked the house, she rocked the T.V., She rocked the country.
She hit Obama hard on the things where he is weak.
She proved that she is MORE than able and experienced to be the Vice President.
She was a breath of fresh air. She was like a cool breeze in a hot humid room.
She represents all of us who are sick of Washington politics, high taxes, wasteful spending, and elitist thinking.
She's perfect for us. She said the right things. She didn't hold back...and let's face it... She kicked ass.
She just did.
I'm thinking the Obama camp is scrambling. They thought they could scare us into letting her go.
But this woman is a fighter on our side. A fighter who isn't afraid of a fight. She isn't afraid of their smears. She isn't afraid of the powerful. She isn't afraid to speak the truth.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you watched Sarah Palin's speech tonight, then you got a good first look at our next Vice President.
History will be made, just not the way the Democrats thought it would.
Transcript of the speech here.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Sarah Palin Is Amazing...
Michael Williams will be speaking tonight!
Due to the schedule changes at the Republican National Convention from Hurricane Gustav, Chairman Williams will now be speaking tonight (Wednesday) instead of Thursday night.
For uninterrupted coverage of Chairman Williams’ remarks tune to C-SPAN tonight.
Williams will be speaking shortly after 7pm (central) tonight from the floor. At 10pm tonight, Chairman Williams will be making the formal Motion to Nominate Senator John McCain as the Republican nominee for President of the United States.
Williams, if you remember, is the Railroad commissioner of Texas that I interviewed for Texas Magazine. So be sure and check him out! He WILL NOT disappoint you. He rocks!
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Keep sending those letters!
Letters to Palin!!!
I've contacted the Governors office and I am hoping they will send the url to her so she can read them on her blackberry before the speech tonight!
Show Your Support for Palin!!
I've created a webpage to show support for Gov. Palin. Write you brief letter in the comments and I will publish them. I'll find a way to send them on to her.
GO! Now!
The Issue That Haunts Us
Once again abortion raises it's ugly head in an election. Make no mistake about it, the main reason the left is snarling mad over Sarah Palin is not because of experience or vetting or anything like that. It's all about her stance on life.
We on the pro-life side were thrilled with the choice of Palin. To finally have a truly conservative woman on the ticket was a wonderful thing. But to the left, where abortion matters more than anything else, it was an unacceptable choice. Even though it's our party, our ticket, and our choice, they on the left will not have it.
There is something seriously wrong when many people get so upset over a politician who thinks that an unborn child deserves the right to live, but doesn't blink an eye when the Democratic nominee doesn't even think a baby born alive from a botched late term abortion should be kept alive.
Such is what the culture of death has brought us.
It has brought us a Democratic party that cannot break free of it's dedication to destroying unborn life. It has brought us a party who will not even listen to the other side.
Obama has now put together an ad touting his abortion rights position and slamming McCain for his pro-life stance.
In 1973 nine men in robes decided that the unborn child had no right to live. We as a people were never able to have a national debate on this issue. It was never decided by the people. 35 years later, with technology that tells us much more about when a baby's heart begins to beat and brainwaves are detected, we still ignore the reality of unborn life and what it means to end that life. We have never studied what abortion does to women physically or emotionally. Abortion was our demented Uncle in the attic. We pretended he wasn't there. But he bellows from the dark place he lives and he never gives us peace.
This entire disgraceful and disgusting attack on Palin is rooted in abortion. The distaste that so many feel for Obama is based on his deeply rooted belief that a child is a "punishment" for those who are in crisis pregnancies.
It is past time for our country to have a true national debate on this issue. It's time for Americans to face the truth of abortion. We need to see it. We need to hear from women on both sides. We need to hear from Doctors on both sides. We need to finally let the people decide what we really want and what is really right.
Because if we don't, this issue will continue to be the divisive, hurtful, hateful thing that it is.
Overturning Roe v. Wade, that was based on lie after lie, will not outlaw abortion as many on the left would like you to believe. It will only allow us to have this important debate and decide for ourselves whether this is what we want for our future.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Sen.Joe Lieberman's speech
Because it's just that good:
Thank you for that warm welcome. I am honored to be here.
We meet tonight in the wake of a terrible storm that has hit the Gulf Coast but that hurts all of us, because we are all members of our larger American family.
At times like this, we set aside all that divides us, and we come together to help our fellow citizens in need.
What matters is certainly not whether we are Democrats or Republicans, but that we are all Americans.
The truth is, it shouldn't take a hurricane to bring us together like this.
Every day, across our country, millions of our fellow citizens are facing huge problems.
They are worried about their homes, their jobs, and their businesses; they are worried about the outrageous cost of gas and of health insurance; and they are worried about the threats from our enemies abroad.
But when they look to Washington, all too often they do not see their leaders coming together to tackle these problems.
Instead they see Democrats and Republicans fighting each other, rather than fighting for the American people.
Our Founding Fathers foresaw the danger of this kind of senseless partisanship. George Washington himself — in his farewell address to our country — warned that the "spirit of party" is "the worst enemy" of our democracy and "enfeebles" our government's ability to do its job.
George Washington was absolutely right. The sad truth is — today we are living through his worst nightmare, in the capital city that bears his name.
And that brings me directly to why I am here tonight. What, after all, is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention like this?
The answer is simple.
I'm here to support John McCain because country matters more than party.
I'm here tonight because John McCain is the best choice to bring our country together and lead our country forward.
I'm here because John McCain's whole life testifies to a great truth: being a Democrat or a Republican is important.
But it is not more important than being an American.
Both presidential candidates this year talk about changing the culture of Washington, about breaking through the partisan gridlock and special interests that are poisoning our politics.
But only one of them has actually done it.
Only one leader has shown the courage and the capability to rise above the smallness of our politics to get big things done for our country and our people.
And that leader is John McCain.
John understands that it shouldn't take a natural disaster like Hurricane Gustav to get us to take off our partisan blinders and work together to get things done.
It shouldn't take a natural disaster to teach us that the American people don't care much if you have an "R" or a "D" after your name.
What they care about is, are we solving the problems they are up against every day?
What you can expect from John McCain as president is precisely what he has done this week: which is to put country first. That is the code by which he has lived his entire life, and that is the code he will carry with him into the White House.
I have personally seen John, over and over again, bring people together from both parties to tackle our toughest problems we face —to reform our campaign finance, lobbying and ethics laws, to create the 9/11 Commission and pass its critical national security reforms, and to end the partisan paralysis over judicial confirmations.
My Democratic friends know all about John's record of independence and accomplishment.
Maybe that's why some of them are spending so much time and so much money trying to convince voters that John McCain is someone else.
I'm here, as a Democrat myself, to tell you: Don't be fooled.
God only made one John McCain, and he is his own man.
If John McCain was just another go-along partisan politician, he never would have taken on corrupt Republican lobbyists, or big corporations that were cheating the American people, or powerful colleagues in Congress who were wasting taxpayer money.
But he did.
If John McCain was just another go-along partisan politician, he never would have led the fight to fix our broken immigration system or to do something about global warming.
But he did.
As a matter of fact, if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite Democrat.
And I'm not.
Sen. Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But eloquence is no substitute for a record — not in these tough times.
In the Senate he has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party.
Contrast that to John McCain's record, or the record of the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton, who stood up to some of those same Democratic interest groups and worked with Republicans to get important things done like welfare reform, free-trade agreements, and a balanced budget.
Gov. Sarah Palin, like John McCain, is a reformer who has taken on the special interests and reached across party lines. She is a leader we can count on to help John shake up Washington.
That's why the McCain-Palin ticket is the real ticket for change this year.
The Washington bureaucrats and power brokers can't build a pen strong enough to hold these two mavericks.
And together, you can count on John McCain and Sarah Palin to fight for America and to fight for you! And that's what our country needs most right now.
What we need most is not more party unity in America but more national unity.
Especially at a time of war, we need a president we can count on to fight for what's right for our country — not only when it is easy, but when it is hard.
When others were silent, John McCain had the judgment to sound the alarm about the mistakes we were making in Iraq. When others wanted to retreat in defeat from the field of battle, when Barack Obama was voting to cut off funding for our troops on the ground, John McCain had the courage to stand against the tide of public opinion and support the surge, and because of that, today, our troops are at last beginning to come home, not in failure, but in honor.
Before I conclude, I ask the indulgence of those in this hall tonight, as I want to speak directly to my fellow Democrats and independents who are watching.
I know many of you are angry and frustrated by our government and our politics and for good reason.
You may be thinking of voting for John McCain, but you're not sure. Some of you have never voted for a Republican before and in an ordinary election, you probably wouldn't.
But this is no ordinary election, because these are not ordinary times, and John McCain is no ordinary candidate. You may not agree with John McCain on every issue.
But you can always count on him to be straight with you about where he stands, and to stand for what he thinks is right regardless of politics.
As president, you can count on John McCain to be a restless reformer, who will clean up Washington and get our government working again for you.
So tonight, I ask you whether you are an independent, a Reagan Democrat or a Clinton Democrat, or just a Democrat: This year, when you vote for president, vote for the person you believe is best for the country, not for the party you happen to belong to.
Vote for the leader who, since the age of 17, when he raised his hand and took an oath to defend and protect our Constitution, has always put our country first.
So, let's come together to make a great American patriot our next great president.
Get Ready for the Blowback from attacks on Palin
The left and the MSM thought they could smear Gov. Palin on an issue that affects millions of American parents. They thought they could call her a "bad mother" and they actually thought that the mothers across America would think that was ok?
They thought they could question her ability to do a job with children at home and not imagine that people could ask the same of Obama? They couldn't see how sexist that was?
They misjudged this one. Fred Thompson is getting ready to set these people straight tonight in his speech. I look forward to it. I have never seen the base so fired up. They were fired up on Friday when she was announced, but now they are fired and ANGRY at the way the left has tried to smear her. We are going to be sending a message to Sarah that we stand behind her 100%. We are going to fight every attack and every smear they throw at her.
We are ready. Bring it on.
I have a feeling that when Sarah Palin speaks there will be no doubt that she is up for the challenge. This woman rocks. She represents the millions and millions of women who are strong, but know how hard it is to raise a family in this culture. She represents all of us who knows what it takes to work and get kids to practice and plan the week for everyone. She represents all of us who went to work with swollen ankles and a bad hair day. She represents all of us who never let the obstacles get us down. She represents all of us who face our problems head on and keep moving forward because so many people depend on us.
The left made a big mistake in attacking her on a personal level. Sarah will stand up to all the vile things said about her and she will make us all proud to be women, proud to be Americans, and proud to break through that glass ceiling, not with anger or bitterness, but with hard work and determination.
Now go show some $$ love for Sarah!
Thank God There Are Still Democrats Like This Left
Big Tent Democrat at Talkleft is so disgusted with the behavior of the leftwing blogs, he isn't going to blog for a while:
A personal note --I am not comfortable with writing about this election right now. I am not comfortable with the behavior of some Democrats and Left blogs regarding Sarah Palin. Of course everyone is entitled to their own views on this and I respect that. But I am entitled to mine as well. I am going to take a break and see how I feel next week.
Those on the leftwing blogs should be ashamed of themselves. Truly.
Here a few comments from that post:
by JAB on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 06:43:48 AM EST
I'm with you BTD - after reading some of the posts and comments here this week, I find its so-called "progressives" who are much worse than anything the Republicans have thrown out. Some of these comments have been down right disgusting and cheap. I thought we were better than that, but I guess I was wrong - there is no difference.
by Serene1 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 07:03:34 AM EST
They have accused Palin of literally everything. The kind of accusations that were hurled at her family by leftist bloggers to justify their rumour mongering was something altogether. It is as if nothing is sacred anymore.
by Serene1 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 06:48:58 AM EST
Thanks BTD for being one of the saner voices of the left. The biggest disappointment this election season was witnessing the transformation of many liberals into the Bush cheney republicans (during their heydays). Karl Rove has become their personal guru as they go about tearing down their opponents like rabid dogs with no regard to decency, humanity or anything.
by cawaltz on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 06:55:48 AM EST
Kudos for speaking up BTD. "All that evil needs to triumph is for good men to sit idly by and do nothing" seems appropos. Actually this kind of behavior is going to make my job in November that much easier. The blurring of the lines makes it clear to me that the Democratic party I knew and believed in is gone.
The Democrats who comment here might do well to heed these warnings from fellow Democrats. The nasty mean vile attacks on Palin these past two days do nothing but turn off the independents you wish to be on your side. The right stands by our V.P. pick and no amount of malicious rumors and nasty conspiracy theories is going to change that. So take note. You keep attacking someone for the kind of failings that people in America deal with every day and you will almost certainly lose.
Meghan McCain
She has some great pics from St. Louis. She also talks about her support of Bistol Palin. Go check it out.
Palin is exactly what we need.
Nancy Pfotenhauer from the McCain campaign writes about Palin at WSJ and does an excellent job of describing Palin as the maverick with plenty of the kind of experience we need. What we need is reform and McCain and Palin know all about that:
Ms. Palin, like Mr. McCain, has a strong record of battling the status quo, restoring accountability and effectiveness to government, and working to secure energy independence, root out corruption and curb wasteful spending.
As the chief executive of the nation's largest state, Ms. Palin oversees some of the country's largest energy reserves. She came into office at a critical time in Alaska politics, facing a system plagued by corruption. Her response was to immediately begin cleaning it up. The results of her leadership today speak for themselves: Ms. Palin's approval ratings top 80% -- more than 60% higher than that of the Democratic Congress.
Ms. Palin has a tangible, impressive record of achievement and executive experience. She is head of the Alaska National Guard and the chairman of two multistate agencies that make energy decisions that affect all Americans. While Barack Obama spent almost all of the past two years running for president, Ms. Palin has been running a state.
More:
But Ms. Palin knows that real change doesn't come from rigid adherence to party lines. She has transformed her state's government from what she called a "good ol' boys network" to an accountable, successful system. Like Mr. McCain, Ms. Palin realizes that the problem isn't a Republican administration or a Democratic Congress. It's business as usual in Washington.
Ms. Palin's experience in reforming Alaskan government shows she's ready to lead on the national stage. She stood up to members of her own party who abused their power, risking her political career by protesting ethics violations. Ms. Palin went on to pass ethics reform. She has put the people's interests ahead of her own -- like Mr. McCain.
A McCain-Palin administration will not tolerate pork-barrel spending. In Washington, Mr. McCain spoke out against the "Bridge to Nowhere," a $400 million waste of the taxpayers' money that led to an island with a few dozen residents. In Juneau, Alaska, Ms. Palin made sure the bridge went nowhere, canceling the earmark. She wasn't afraid to use her veto pen, and Mr. McCain won't be either.
Read the whole thing.
The more I read about her, the more I like her. And you know we have the right pick by the off the chart insane conspiracy theories the left is diving down into the slime for. I haven't seen the left in this much of froth since Cheney shot his friend. Those at Kos are snarling like rabid dogs over Palin.
I think we'll keep her. She must be doing something right to make those hate filled Koskids go as crazy as they have in the last few days.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Wonderful News
Between Hurricanes and pregnancies let's not miss this:
Anbar province is now under the control of the Iraqi Army. From Amit Paley in the Washington Post:
The U.S. military on Monday handed the Iraqi government responsibility for security in Anbar province, the former stronghold of the Sunni insurgency that has now become one of the safest areas in country.
from The Atlantic.com
Geeze.....
Gov. Palin's 17 yr old daughter is five months pregnant. McCain knew and it didn't change his decision. McCain just isn't afraid of anything politically or otherwise, is he? Any other politician would have run in the other direction. Could this election take any more drama? Between John Edwards and this, I feel like I am watching "As The World of Politicians Turn."
Bristol Palin will keep the baby and marry the father. Here is the statement:
The left will have a field day with this and let them. It just shows that the "party of tolerance" doesn't have much tolerance or compassion.“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.
“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”
Update: Ed at HotAir has an even better post up. He and his wife went throught the exact same thing with their son. Excellent post. Here is the money quote:
What does this mean politically? I think AP has done a good job in addressing this, but really I don't think politics will enter into it. The Palins all chose life and lived their values.
It's true. Abortion would have been the easy way out and no one would have had a clue, but that would have been the hypocrisy of a lifetime. Sometimes we have disabled children and sometimes we have unexpected pregnancies. It is how we deal with those issues that define us. The Palins chose life every time because that was what they believed.
Update II: Obama shows some real class (maybe his supporters could show some?) and reminds us of where he came from:
"I have said before and I will repeat again: People's families are off limits," Obama said. "And people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. So I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18 and how a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be a topic of our politics."
Unity and the Hurricane
I knew a pick like Sarah Palin would wake up and excite the evangelicals, but as I surf around the blogs I see that even the hadcore Libertarians are sitting up and taking notice. Meet Adam Bernay:
Adam Bernay is a longtime Libertarian Republican activist, dating back to the mid-1990s. He has been involved with the Republican Liberty Caucus, particularly in California, in numerous capacities, since about that time. He also serves as a GOP Precinct Committeeman in Fresno. Mr. Bernay is also a certified practicing Rabbi of the Messianic Jewish Faith.
Adam had this to say about the Republican party yesterday:
I was just getting ready to leave politics. My hand was on doorknob, it was starting to turn. I had felt in my gut, it was time to go. time to make like a newborn and head out, as my brother (the paramedic and Army medic) would say.
I have grown more and more disgusted with the Republican Party over the past four to six years. I was all for them in 2001 and 2002; I saw a group of national and state Republicans who really seemed ready to lead us away from big government, towards energy independence, and more generally in a self-reliant direction. Sure, George W. Bush has campaigned on a taxpayer-funded prescription plan for Medicare, but there was a lot of good stuff he’d campaigned on as well.
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So, in this election cycle, as I saw the circular firing squad take out decent candidates, bad candidates, and party unity; as I saw Bob Barr become The Guy and then The Nominee in the Libertarian Party; and I saw more and more big government rhetoric coming out of party leaders like Mike Huckabee… well, I was about to quote Reagan: “I didn’t leave the party; the party left me.” I was about to re-register Libertarian Party; I had already been openly declaring support for Bob Barr.
And I know I am not alone. I have spoken to many disaffected Republicans and former Republicans who have been saying the exact same things, these past few weeks and months.
Then came the news last Friday morning that liberartarian-leaning Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was going to become McCain’s vice presidential nominee, and I stopped. And I watched. Their speeches that morning, and the speeches that followed, first in Pennsylvania, and then yesterday in Missouri, were brilliant, and they made me pause in my planned bolt out the door to the Libertarian Party. Pause, mind you. Not stop. The Republican Party basically has one week to stop me and bring me back. Though, So far, so good.
I am just amazed that we have a Vice Presidential nominee that is appealing to the evangelical wing of the party AND the Libertarian wing. I never saw that one coming.
I've seen a lot gloating and hateful comments from Democrats regarding the Hurricane and the convention. But I think this may turn out to be a blessing as well.
There was no way we could compete with the the over the top bells and whistles show the Democrats put on last week. Now we don't have to. We have the opportunity to show leadership in the face of a crisis. McCain did exactly right thing. Here is his first statement:
“We must redirect our efforts from the really celebratory event of the nomination of president and vice president of our party to acting as all Americans. We’ll change our program and I’ll be announcing details of it in the next few hours. But there’s very little doubt that we have to go from a party event to a call to the nation for action, action to help our fellow citizens in this time of tragedy and disaster, action in the form of volunteering, donations, reaching out our hands and our hearts and our wallets to the people who are under such great threat from this great natural disaster. I pledge that tomorrow night, and if necessary, throughout our convention if necessary, to act as Americans not Republians, because America needs us now no matter whether we are Republican or Democrat.’’
I think the American people would rather see "a call for action" to help Americans in this disaster than a big party anyway. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part but to me it illustrates which party is more ready to lead.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Mission Accomplished
The McCain pick of Gov. Palin wiped out any Obama bounce from the Democratic National Convention.
Sweet.
It's a Hurricane. Do you know where your kids are?
The most horrible thing about having grown children is they insist on making their own decisions.
I have a Senior at LSU and as of last night he just hadn't decided whether to leave Baton Rouge yet. I find it is very difficult to strangle someone over the phone.
He has a Grandmother 2 and half hours north in Jackson, Ms. But he was thinking of going with a friend of his to a small town outside of Shreveport. Why? Because he wouldn't have to drive.
When I tried to call him last night a voice would say "you have reached a non-working number." What?? Maybe it was because of so many people using their cell phones. He finally calls me at 10:00 pm. He says they may leave in a bit. (Remember it's 10:00pm!!!) Since it isn't possible to knock him over the head through the phone, I tell him to call me when he leaves and to call me or text me at least twice during the day today so I will know where he is.
And, of course, he does not do any of those things. Because he enjoys torturing me. He still hasn't forgiven me for not buying him the first big game system Sega Genesis that came out the Christmas he was two or the fact that I made him brush his teeth twice a day his entire life. Some kids hold grudges, ya know?
I just now called him and it went straight to voicemail. Which means either he forgot to charge his phone (a big possibility because planning ahead has never been his strong suit) or he turned it off in some sort of sick scientific experiment to measure the amount of worry an average mother can endure before descending into madness.
Friday, August 29, 2008
It Is Now An Amazing Race
I knew that I would be excited with a Gov. Palin pick for V.P. But I never imagined the reaction I would get from those Libertarian type Republicans that I hang around with on the net. I never expect the reaction I would get from Hillary supporters. I was overwhelmed with phone calls, e-mails, and comments from people who had previously told me they were staying home in November, but not now. Pundits on the right who have never had a good thing to say about McCain because of immigration and campaign finance, are suddenly excited about this V.P. pick.
Many people like to say that abortion is too important to the Hillary supporters and that Palin is pro-life. My feeling is that women in general, left or right, don't have abortion on the top of their agenda. I don't think most women who are Democrat see aborting children as their number one issue. I see women caring about things like healthcare, education for their children, and keeping the money they make.
In Palin they see a working Mom who has made a success out of her life, but has had to face adversity as we all do. They see someone with a marriage that we would all like to have. They see a someone who knows what it's like to get up at 5:00am so you can be ready at 6:00am to wake the kids, feed them breakfast, and get them out the door to school as you run off to work. They see someone who probably almost fell asleep in a meeting because they were up all night with a sick child. They see someone who was willing to go up against the big boys in corruption and win. They see someone down to earth, approachable, and smart.
In other words, They see themselves.
This kind of woman rises above the usual divisive issues that separate us as women. Because we all know what work it is to raise a family. We know that women carry the bulk of that load when it comes to grocery, schedules, and chores. Women know that Palin has been there and women like that. They like the thought of a Vice President that would know what that's like.
Palin has injected into this candidacy an excitement and glee that I haven't seen since Reagan ran for President.
I know this is an exciting time for African Americans too, and I honor that. In fact, having Palin on the ticket makes me understand it a bit more.
You thought the picture below was hot.....
Oh yeah baby!
Gov. Palin Is It!!! (Scroll for Updates)
This is due partly to her personal qualities. When she was leading her underdog Wasilla high school basketball team to the state championship in 1982, her teammates called her “Sarah Barracuda” because of her fierce competitiveness. Two years later, when she won the “Miss Wasilla” beauty pageant, she was also voted “Miss Congeniality” by the other contestants.
Sarah Barracuda and Miss Congeniality — interesting nicknames for an interesting woman. Fire and nice. A happily married mother of five who is still drop dead gorgeous. And smart to boot.
But it’s mostly because she’s been a crackerjack governor, a strong fiscal conservative and a ferocious fighter of corruption, especially in her own party that she enjoys such high marks from her constituency.
And she is unashamedly pro-life stating that “every innocent life has wonderful potential.” This played out in a real-life drama for Palin and her husband when in April of this year she delivered her 5th child who has Down Syndrome. She said this of her newborn son, Trig:
“I’m looking at him right now, and I see perfection. Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?”
She would be a decided asset and most certainly excite the base: an independent Republican governor, a woman, a fiscal conservative, a defender of life against the creeping culture of death and a fresh face in national politics.
I can't express how happy I am about this.
Beautiful, smart, articulate, and passionate.
Excuse me while I go write a check to McCain/Palin
I'll say it right here, right now
I wanted her since I heard of her. I thought it was too much to hope for. Maybe not.
The Party of Hollywood!
Just a reminder that most of us would never take political advice from a Hollywood celebrity because they are so out of touch with the average American. We do love to look at them. Maybe that is how Obama filled the stadium? You think? Here is a list of celebrities that attended the convention of THE CELEBRITY:
Oprah
Ashton Kutcher
Steven Spielberg
Demi Moore
Jennifer Lopez
Gayle King
Jennifer Garner
Black Eyed Peas
Kerry Washington
John Legend
Taye Diggs
Hill Harper
Josh Brolin
Daryl Hannah
Kanye West
Everclear
Forest Whitaker
Chris Daughtry
Kal Penn
Nelly
Jamie Foxx
Jessica Alba
Fergie
Rosario Dawson
Muhammad Ali
Alan Cumming
Fran Drescher
Tim Daly
Ashley Judd
Josh Lucas
Joy Bryant
Ellen Burstyn
Anne Hathaway
Spike Lee
Annette Bening
Fall Out Boy
Big Boi
Sheryl Crow
Outkast
The Dave Matthews Band
Charlize TheronBruce Springsteen
Stevie Wonder
Ben Affleck
Matthew Modin
Pharrell Williams
Daniel Dae
KimKelly Hu
Wilmer Valderrama
Kerry Washington
Star Jones
Jennifer Hudson
Rage Against the Machine
Susan Sarandon
Josh Lucas
Leonardo DiCaprio
Quentin Tarantino
Pharrell Williams
Wyclef Jean
Warren Beatty
Ed Norton
George Clooney
Viggo Mortensen
Sean Penn
Lou Gossett Jr.
Chevy Chase
Jon Bon Jovi
Everclear
MobyBun B.
Charles Barkley
Angela Bassett
Richared Dreyfuss
John Oliver
Cindy Lauper
Ashanti
Sarah Silverman
Dana Delaney
Alan Cumming
Gloria Reuben
Kerry Washington
Tony Goldwyn
Richard Schiff
Herbie Hancock
I have to admit when I started this list I had no idea the sheer number of empty headed (but talented) celebrities were there. It tells us much.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Chat room
I'll try to have a chat room here tonight for Obama's speech. Check back. Anyone know what time it is?
Another one in the category "You can't make this stuff up!"
Report: Britney Spears'set designer built Obama's invesco stage:
The same set team that designed Britney Spear’s last tour has constructed the enormous, Greek-columned stage where Barack Obama will officially accept the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, The New York Post reports.
Too. Funny.
Speaking of the "temple" of Obama. I hope all of you have seen the John McCain memo "Proper Attire For The Temple Of Obama ("The Barackopolis")
OMG, it's funny
NBC and Pickens
I heard on Tv Picken saying that NBC wouldn't run this "controversial" commercial, but Pickens won on this. Pickens wins everything! It sorta scary.
The Faith Problem
What is it with both Obama and Biden? People and candidates are certainly free to have any faith or no faith at all. So why did Obama stay at a church for 20 years that he now says he disagrees with? And why does Biden stay a part of a church where it's teaching says Biden should not be receiving communion because of his pro-abortion views and votes?
Both men do not live the faith of their churches. I find that curious. No one forces you to be a part of any church. Why did Obama stay so long and why does Biden stay at all?
Is Obama even going to a church now?
I don't think politicians need to pretend to have faith. People of faith can always see right through you.
I'm not saying Obama and Biden don't have faith. I don't know their hearts. But I do know they didn't have to stay with a church that doesn't share their vews.
So why did/do they?
Meet Michael Williams at the RNC
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Hillary's Speech
There is one part of the Hillary's speech that I am not buying. Not only am I not buying it, but it really defines the difference between Democrats and Republicans:
"We fought for the young man in the Marine Corps t-shirt who waited months for medical care and said, "Take care of my buddies over there, and then will you please take care of me?"
This really illustrates the Democrats view. People like Hillary and Obama, who are so much smarter than all of us, want to "take care" of all of us. They see themselves as benevolent giving leaders who use other people's money to take care of everyone.
I find it hard to believe that a marine would ask Hillary "to take care of me."
Sorry. It makes a nice story. But it is something that no Marine I know what ever say.
We lift up those who need it and we teach them to take care of themselves. That is where there is dignity. I have watched the vicious cycle of dependency my whole life. There is no dignity in depending on the government. None.
The Democratic Party Exposed
You have to got to love how the Obama people have been sending out pundits and politicians all day on the news programs insisting that the Democratic party is unified and that Hillary and Bill and Obama are all cozy now. Really. They are. THEY ARE.
Either they are ignoring reality or they are hoping saying it will make it so.
They are ignoring this and this:
"At some point today, possibly employing methods antithetical to Democracy, the Democratic Party will vote for its candidate for president. The Democratic Party will vote to nominate Hillary Clinton for president or the Party will commit suicide.
Hillary Clinton’s majestic speech last night does not help the unqualified-to-be-president Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton’s kind words about Barack Obama last night merely underline the obvious: Hillary must be the Democratic Party nominee if there is any chance to win the White House this year.
But the Democratic Party is on course to self-slaughter."
The Obama camp is keeping an embarassing roll call from the floor. Do they not see how this makes those Hillary supporters even angrier??
You don't believe me? Check out this post at Talkleft where a blogger posts an open letter to disgruntled Hillary supporters telling them why it is so important to vote for Obama. Then read every single comment that tells him to basically go stuff it.
It gets better. Check out PumaPac.org. Over 1,200 comments on the last post and all opposed to Obama. One commenter said "I hope McCain has the good sense to realize the potential gift he’s been given!!!"
He does sweetie, he does.
So while Obama is supposedly "suppressing the vote" (according to some of the commenters) an ABC reporter was arrested digging up some dirt on the "new kind of politics" that Obama espouses:
Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown's Palace Hotel.
...Eslocker and his ABC News colleagues are spending the week investigating the role of corporate lobbyists and wealthy donors at the convention for a series of Money Trail reports on ABC World News with Charles Gibson.
What fun we are having exposing the Democratic party for what it is. Old school politics where wealth and lobbyists rule the day just as they unfortunately do in the Republican party.
There is no "new politics." There is only our belief in our party's platform. It really comes down to that.
**One little update. Guess how long Bill Clinton's speech is tonight? TEN MINUTES. Can you believe that? He is going to say what he needs to and then get out of there before Obama accepts the nomination.
The Racism of Abortion
It's not getting any play by the MSM, of course, but Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, Dr. Alveda King was a part of a pro-life vigil Monday night in Denver. They protested in front of an abortion clinic that targets minorities (as many do). Dr. Alveda King had this to say about the "industry of racsim":
"Like racism, abortion allows us to treat people inhumanely if it makes our lives easier. And like racism, abortion provides a sense of justification for actions we know in our hearts are wrong."King calls abortion the true civil rights issue of today. "The unborn are obviously easier to discriminate against than any group of born humans. They cannot march. They cannot protest. They are invisible."
More:
"The fight against abortion is a new frontier in the Civil Rights Movement," states Dr. King. "We are not following Martin's dream if we do not stand up for the voiceless."
Catholic Archbishop of Denver Charles Chaput also spoke: (emphasis mine)
Archbishop of Denver Charles Chaput spoke about the dual obligations of Christian love - toward women and mothers in need, and their unborn children. "Acts of violence create a culture of violence - and abortion is the most intimate form of violence there is," said the Archbishop. "It wounds the woman, it kills the unborn child and it poisons the roots of justice and charity that binds us all into one human family."This facility in this minority neighborhood should offend every African-American and Latino family, and all of us, because every child lost to abortion here subtracts one more life, one more universe of possibilities and talent, from the future of this community."
You can't make this stuff up....
* This is the actual stage via Drudge. Good grief.
Well, I wasn't far off:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.
The stage, similar to structures used for rock concerts, has been set up at the 50-yard-line, the midpoint of Invesco Field, the stadium where the Denver Broncos' National Football League team plays.
Some 80,000 supporters will see Obama appear from between plywood columns painted off-white, reminiscent of Washington's Capitol building or even the White House, to accept the party's nomination for president.
He will stride out to a raised platform to a podium that can be raised from beneath the floor...
Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.
via NRO
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Hillary!
My only thought during Hillary's speech was.."Thank God she didn't get the nomination."
She was fantastic. Seriously. Passionate and well spoken. There have got to be Democrats all over the United States knowing now, without a doubt, that they did not nominate the strongest and best candidate.
Hillary reminded everyone how she got to where she is. She rises to the task and proves she is tough, tenacious, and strong.
If that had been the acceptance speech of the nominee I would be really worried. The Obama campaign has got to be a bit worried that Hillary's speech will outshine his own. We all know Obama can be inspirational with a teleprompter, but that speech will be a hard one to beat.
Obama showed a serious lack of judgement by not asking her to be the V.P.
As a Republican, I am so grateful for that mis-step.
Michael and Me!
A funny thing happened on the way to the convention...
Byron York t NRO compares a few lines from Michelle Obama's speech last night to recent speech in North Carolina:
In Denver, Michelle Obama described America as a place of hope, a place where people find success during the course of “improbable journeys.” In Charlotte, her America was a dark and ugly place, where people who work hard are knocked down by sinister forces — a place where even young children burst into tears when they realize the deck is stacked against them.
In Denver, Mrs. Obama said, “My piece of the American Dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me.” Those forebears, she explained, were “driven by the same conviction that drove my dad to get up an hour early each day to painstakingly dress himself for work — the same conviction that drives the men and women I’ve met all across this country…That’s why I love this country.”
In Charlotte, Mrs. Obama said, “We’re still living in a time and in a nation where the bar is set, right?…You start working hard and sacrificing and you think you’re getting close to that bar, you’re working and you’re struggling, and then what happens? They raise the bar…keep it just out of reach.”
I'd like to know what bar Michelle tried to reach that they kept raising so she couldn't reach?
Michelle has told us who she was for awhile now. That didn't work to well, so they sent her home until last night with a sweet prepared speech that no more reflects her true feelings than the views she expressed on "The View." Both performances were carefully crafted and done well.
The Obama campaign confirms the New York senator reached out to Mrs. Obama after her primetime address to the Democratic convention. The two did not connect, but Clinton left a message.
Clinton will address the convention herself in a highly anticipated speech Tuesday night.
Moonbats On Parade
Jason Mattera at HotAir goes undercover as moonbat. I think he has a future in acting. Anyway, he interviews some of them and it really is too funny:
Monday, August 25, 2008
The Ted Kennedy Tribute
I find it uncouth to speak ill of anyone who is suffering as Ted Kennedy is. They gave him a lovely tribute. I will just say that Ted Kennedy is exactly the kind of Democrat that other Democrats admire. Defined for what he did as a Senator. To how he guided government to do things that they see as helping Americans. Ted Kennedy does define the party, there is no doubt about that. He is the consummate Democrat in how he lived and how he participated in public life.
Chaos Coming? (Scroll for updates!)
Oh, I hope so. Tornados around Denver aren't the only things swirling around this convention.
Bill Clinton isn't happy.
A delegate from Wisconsin won't be showing up at the DNC. That's because she has endorsed McCain. Check out her video below:
The young evangelical and editor of Relevant Magazine slated to deliver the benediction on the DNC's first night backs out at the last minute.
Although former Presidential Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards won't be at the convention for obvious reasons, the guy who kept the press at bay long enough for Edwards to fool America is now working for Biden to handle his press.
The Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, once called a "great mayor" by Obama and now charged with felony charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, and on separate assault charges, sadly won't be attending the convention due to the electronic tether around his ankle.
Black Republicans hit Obama...hard:
And the hits just keep on coming. Texas Republicans are making sure Obama regrets ever bringing up the housing issue with McCain:
Update: You think the Clintons aren't happy? Well neither is Pennsylvania Gov. Ed. Rendell:
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell was supposed to give “closing remarks” during this afternoon’s Shorenstein Center-sponsored panel discussion with all three Sunday show moderators — NBC’s Tom Brokaw, ABC’s George Stephanopoulous and CBS’s Bob Schieffer — but instead, he opened up a can of worms about bias in 2008 election coverage."Ladies and gentleman, the coverage of Barack Obama was embarrassing," said Rendell, in the ballroom at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel. "It was embarrassing."...“MSNBC was the official network of the Obama campaign," Rendell said.
Update II: Tonight Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece will be leading a pro-life vigil in Denver.
The "Light in the Darkness" vigil, organized by the Denver Archdiocese's Respect Life office and the Office of Black Catholics, will begin at 7:30pm in Martin Luther King Park (E.38th St.), one block from the Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains abortion clinic, and will end with a candlelight procession all around the perimeter of the new clinic.Dr. Alveda C. King had this to say:
"The fight against abortion is a new frontier in the Civil Rights Movement," states Dr. King. "We are not following Martin's dream if we do not stand up for the voiceless."
Update III: Hillary tells her delegates that she is voting of Obama, but they can vote they want to. I love how Hillary is just manipulating all this. She looks wide eyed innocent at reporters and insists that she fully supports Obama, but she so wants that roll call and hear her name over and over. Her and Obama are working on that roll call thing and Obama just wants it over quickly. Heh.
Update IV: Hillary: "I got more votes, give or take." She is perfectly evil! Now that she isn't a threat. I love it!
Update V: Just keep believing: CNN reports:
Reports that Clinton was planning to ask her delegates to support Obama were greeted by some there with angry disbelief. "Have you heard it from her mouth? Have you? Have you? Did her campaign say it on the record?" demanded a woman in a black pro-Hillary t-shirt. "Yeah, I didn't think so," she said, and walked away.
"Yeah, I didn't think so." I'm dying here this is so good.
I think I'll just keep bumping this with updates. Fun week.
More Hillary supporters going for McCain
Sweet.
Sixty-six percent of Clinton supporters, registered Democrats who want Clinton as the nominee, are now backing Obama. That’s down from 75 percent in the end of June. Twenty-seven percent of them now say they’ll support McCain, up from 16 percent in late June.
“The number of Clinton Democrats who say they would vote for McCain has gone up 11 points since June, enough to account for most although not all of the support McCain has gained in that time,” says Holland.
Go PUMAS!!!
Meet The Protestors
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What a sad excuse of humanity.
For some fun reading go here.
Unwashed hippies and losers yelling "F" you to the camera! The Daily Kos Kids love it of course!
Scroll these fantastic pictures of what's happening outside the convention center!!!!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
This pretty much sums it up
via Sheridan Folger
Although that does sum it up, I thought a review of what Democrats actually said and did might be helpful:
When Bush doubled down with the surge in early 2007, Democrats placed a huge bet on failure and sat back to enjoy and cash in their winnings. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Harry Reid released a joint letter that said a surge would be useless; Senators Joe Biden and Chuck Hagel introduced a resolution opposing the buildup; votes of no confidence followed in rapid succession. "We are going to pick up seats as a result of this war," Reid exulted. Democrats in the Senate spent much of their time forcing a series of votes designed to get their opponents on record as backing the war and the president. In June 2007, Reid declared the war lost.
By the end of that summer, disturbed by some hint that better news might be coming, Democrats tried a preemptive strike on the testimony to Congress of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. "Dead flat wrong," Biden pronounced their assessment, before it had even been delivered. Rahm Emanuel predicted a report deserving of a "Nobel Prize for creative statistics or the Pulitzer for fiction." Hillary Clinton said the reports of improvement in Iraq required a "willing suspension of disbelief." Signs of success gave Democrats the vapors. In the face of an optimistic report from General Jack Keane, one of the principal authors of the surge strategy, Representative Nancy Boyda of Kansas became so unnerved that she fled from the hearing. "There was only so much that you could take until we in fact had to leave the room for a while," she said.
If the mere possibility of small signs of progress could so unnerve Democrats last summer, the party might want to lie down and rest for a while as it contemplates a convention, a campaign, and an election to follow, with no failed war to run on, and no George Bush to blame for it. If the war has been won, somebody has to have won it. They can still claim the war failed (in spite of succeeding), or is likely to flare up again at any moment, but that makes Obama's lack of experience still more disturbing.
Read the whole thing. It's delicious.
This is what a goober I am.
I get into bed at 10:00 last night and watch the entire speech Lyndon B. Johnson gave at the Democratic National Convention in 1964 on C-span.
It struck me that it seemed to be that at one time we all agreed on where we needed to go, we just disagreed on how to get there.
Now, sadly, I think we no longer agree on where we need to go.
The Celebrity Continues...
It is interesting to note, as First Read does, that Obama has not held a press conference in over two weeks. The press having access to Obama has been declining except for....People Magazine. They were the first group that Obama and Biden let have access to them as a ticket. No hard questions on Russia there I imagine.
Really? People magazine.
Figures.
I cannot wait for the debates.
Catholics, Let's Be Clear
Archbishop Chaput in Denver lays out the teaching on abortion perfectly: (emphasis mine)
Lopez: Is there an abortion litmus test for Catholics?
Archbishop Chaput: “Litmus test” is a media expression that’s front-loaded with the assumption of some priestly censor checking off behavioral-compliance boxes. That’s not how any sincere believer thinks about his or her faith. Faithful Catholics want to live their faith fully — and one of the principles of Catholic social teaching is that we can never deliberately kill innocent human life. Abortion always, deliberately kills an innocent unborn child. Nobody can honestly claim to be a faithful Catholic and then support a false “right” to abortion; it’s just an elegant way of evading the brutality of what abortion actually does.
Lopez: Is there any virtue to the Cuomo-esqe personally opposed, etc. formula we see over and over again with politicians, especially Democrats?
Archbishop Chaput: The problem isn’t unique to either political party, and no, there’s no virtue to the “personally opposed” argument at all. The word “virtue” comes from the Latin virtus meaning strength or courage. I don’t see much courage in maneuvering around the reality of abortion with sanitized labels like “pro-choice.”
Lopez: Whenever I write about Catholics and abortion, I am immediately asked, “What about war? What about the death penalty?” What about them? Can a Catholic vote for Senator “Surge”? We have killed people in Iraq, after all.
Archbishop Chaput: I’ve written and spoken against the death penalty for more than 30 years. And along with most other American bishops, I opposed our intervention in Iraq. But these issues are different in kind, not merely degree, from the violence involved in abortion. Anyone rooted in Scripture and Catholic tradition will understand the distinction if he or she reasons honestly. Genocide, euthanasia, abortion, and deliberately targeting civilians in war — these things are always grievously wrong. But in Catholic thought, war and capital punishment can be morally legitimate under certain carefully defined circumstances. Abortion is never morally justified.
via NRO
