Archive for 7th September 2008
Ace on Obama’s latest:
That is precious. That is rich. That’s some weird, wild stuff.
McCain is trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. By winning the war ‘n shit. Hokay.
Hey, you gotta admit. It’s novel. And it’s better than whining, or asking the women to defend him.
No connection most of the afternoon. Comcast said lines were down.
So how many times since the Palin speech have I said they need to send her out to speak and McCain to do townhall meetings? Well, we know he’s doing the townhall meetings because he’s doing one here, and he’s sending Palin out on her own.
John McCain just told Bob Schiffer on Face the Nation that Sarah Palin would be out campaigning on her own in a couple of days and she would start with her first major media appearance on Face The Nation.
The loud popping noises you will be hearing over the next few weeks will be the sounds of liberal heads exploding.
Pics from the Colorado Springs rally yesterday (h/t to the Colorado Springs Gazette and Flopping Aces).
The Denver Post:
“We wanted to be here for this memorable day,” explained Patricia Strawser, who left her Denver house with her husband, Tom, at 5 a.m.
They arrived at the airport at 6 a.m. and found 50 people already in line ahead of them.
“I’ve never done anything like this before,” said Tom Strawser, who wore a cowboy hat adorned with little American flags. “Nothing.”
The crowd seemed made up of both veterans of political rallies and first-timers. Patricia Strawser said she worked for Democrat Al Gore’s campaign in 2000. Tom Strawser said McCain’s pick of Palin, the quick-witted, charismatic and conservative Alaska governor, made all the difference.
“Sincerity,” Tom Strawser summed it up. “She’s very authentic. I’ve never been inspired by anyone else like this except Bobby Kennedy.”
“It has energized the base,” added Patricia Strawser, a naturalized citizen from Colombia who said she became a Republican because she feels it’s the party of moral values. “And it shows how bright John McCain is. He knows how the game is played. It is game on now.”
There’s Britain and Australia. More Aussie love from Tim Blairites:
She’s a conservative man’s wet dream. Seriously. I’m in love.
And even in unlikely places:
I’ve just arrived in Beijing (no, I’m not differently enabled). It’s All Sarah, All The Time here as well. They even put that photoshop job of her in a stars and stripes bikini holding a hunting rifle on the front page of a serious (non-tabloid) paper.
Somebody’s just makin’ stuff up.
I’ve been checking on the Hillary Clinton Forum from time to time, and they’re not happy campers, or at least they’re not happy with Obama and their party. I was not expecting this photoshop, however.
very savvy — and it’s working. Turn the sound down before you watch this clip. Allahpundit calls it roaring. That’s pretty accurate.
The media estimate a 10,000 turnout for the rally in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Meanwhile, when Obama’s not whining or begging Hillary to take on that mean ol’ lady from Alaska, he’s making an ass of himself trying to get those bigger, clingy Pennsylvania votes.
A woman in the crowd told Obama she had “heard a rumor” that he might be planning some sort of gun ban upon being elected president. Obama trotted out his standard policy stance, that he had a deep respect for the “traditions of gun ownership” but favored measures in big cities to keep guns out of the hands of “gang bangers and drug dealers’’ in big cities “who already have them and are shooting people.”
“If you’ve got a gun in your house, I’m not taking it,’’ Obama said. But the Illinois senator could still see skeptics in the crowd, particularly on the faces of several men at the back of the room.
So he tried again. “Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress,’’ he said. “This can’t be the reason not to vote for me. Can everyone hear me in the back? I see a couple of sportsmen back there. I’m not going to take away your guns.’’
So let’s do an English translation. First, he claims not to be a gun-grabber. Then, when he sees that he’s not fooling people, he says even if he’s lying through his teeth and really is a gun-grabber, he can’t do it.
Tell me again, please, who decided this man was intelligent, and based on what evidence.
About the time Sarah took the HELM as Governor of Alaska, about half of the State legislature was in the pocket of big oil companies or contractors doing big projects for native corporations around Alaska, all funded by state oil revenue. Alaska government was nothing but a “good old boys club” riding a perpetual wave of prosperity. This filtered down from the legislature, through the Department of Natural Resources, Department of Labor and even spilled in to the Public Safety Department that is supposed to “preserve and protect.”
When Sarah walked into the Governor’s Mansion, she promptly dismissed the State Trooper detachment assigned to the Governor and had her and her husband’s gun case brought in from Wasilla. Then, she got rid of the former Governor’s STATE jet and told legislators that there were no more free rides. They would have to fly Alaska Airlines if they wanted to travel, just like she and her family. Next came the nut cutting (the Barracuda part) and the heads that rolled were too numerous to name. But when Sarah finished cleaning house, a number of our legislators ended up in jail on corruption convictions, or they tendered their resignations along with numerous department heads and others who had been riding the gravy train for far too long, AND THEN SHE HAD LUNCH. By the end of the day, Sarah Palin had saved the people of Alaska millions and has not yet slowed down.
Heh.