Endorsement of McCain alienates Palin supporters

Oh Noes! Sarah done gone and did her supporters wrong by coming out on the wrong side. She gonna have to do some back peddling and fast.

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The corporate union is up and running strong.

Too late to stop it.

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At the end of 2009, debt held by the public exceeded $7.5 trillion, or about 53% of GDP, the CBO noted in its report. By the end of 2020, “debt is projected to climb to $15 trillion, or 67% of GDP,” Mr. Elmendorf said on his blog post. “With such a large increase in debt, plus an expected increase in interest rates as the economic recovery strengthens, interest payments on the debt are poised to skyrocket.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575026942464525862.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond

LOL!

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I still love you Sarah but ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

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These Facebook followers, they really do live in a special place where reality rarely intrudes, one supposes.

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I don’t trust Palin, she went on the Oprah show after Oprah went against the people and played racist. Now she is going to campaign for McCain. Another thing, do you remember how Bush got into office, all of a sudden the media started to push him on us by attacking him and the next thing you know he is in. They are doing the same thing with here, they pushed her to the forefront by attacking her, thereby picking our next leader. We need no names in office. We need to shake up the establishment by putting in people that are new to politics like Medina in Texas.

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Pat, if not Palin, then who? Jay has to return to his liberal talking point well as often as possible but there’s one big problem for him and the liberals; that well for them is getting shallower and shallower because of their own disconnection with the American people and their own continued effort to try to justify everything Obama (a “President” for whom there is no justification, other than saying he is just not a leader). It is an act of desperation for Jay and the liberals, if you will. They will return to Palin, to Cheney, to anything in the past so that people don’t have to look at what they are doing to the present.

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So Jay are you glad McCain may have trouble or no?

Cause from where I’m sittin it seems more democrats adn[sic] those who identify as liberal would be happier with McCain, than with Hayworth who seems to be very conservative.

You are presuming that a Democrat will lose to a Republican in AZ?

Did you miss the lesson of MA?

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“These Facebook followers, they really do live in a special place where reality rarely intrudes, one supposes”

Do you think they’ll ever catch on that she’s playing them for suckers?

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Sen-elect Brown won as a social left of center, fiscally conservative Republican. I believe the Republican challenger for Pres Obama’s old Senate seat, showing good numbers, is of the same mold. Sen McCain’s detractors don’t get the results of the MA election any more than many Democrats don’t get it.

As for Palin – that act alone cuts through a lot of the stuff put out by all those negative, anonymous sources.

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PAUL

The Republican running for Fierce Advocate’s seat…rumor, spread by his Democrat supporters, is that he’s another Pink Elephant…

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“Then said same is true with farright Reps, but it’s particularly evident in the farleft of the Dem party”

So what he’s really saying is that there are nuts in both trees. Like we didn’t already know that?

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I am a member of Team Sarah…we had these “so-called” Palin supporters on our site too…Trolls doing the work of the Left-Wing…we learned a long time ago how to spot these “fake” Palin supporters a long time ago.

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PSUL–

The group think elements have hijacked both parties. That’s the problem,

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Dusty–

“You do keep the local libs happy, all twelve of them.”

Make that 11 of them. He doesn’t always make me happy…

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You do keep the local libs happy, all twelve of them.

Jay is not responsible for my happiness–I am.

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Of the 3, well ….who cares about a state that won’t use daylight savings time.

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josef nix – Doggone/GA

It was more of a passing comment in response to a questioner.

The link is here. Well worth the time to listen to the interview. The lead-in was “Shankar Vedantam: The Hidden Brain

“The power of our hidden brains: How our unconscious minds elect presidents, control markets, wage wars, and routinely, but imperceptibly, influence our daily lives.”

http://wamu.org/programs/dr/10/01/26.php#29320

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Correct me if I’m wrong, jay, but aren’t the people of Arizona the only ones who can re-elect John McCain/ It’s not like he’s running for national office. Maybe Sarah Palin isn’t as extreme right as your side has painted her to be. Big tents and all that stuff.

By the by….what’s with Rahm Emanuel calling your party’s extreme left “F—ing retards”? I don’t think any higher-up in the Republican party ever called conservatives F—-ing retards.

I see where you set out to get the progressives all riled up over campaign finance reform yet again. For those progressives who think Obama’s contempt for this ruling has anything to do with big corporations….think again. It’s partisan politics that spurs his rancor. He ain’t lookin’ out for you!

One of the best articles I’ve ever read on the subject. Excerpts are provided for those whose attention spans are lacking….something on which Obama relies heavily.

The Myth of Campaign Finance Reform

March 24, 2009, may go down as a turning point in the history of the campaign-finance reform debate in America. On that day, in the course of oral argument before the Supreme Court in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, United States deputy solicitor general Malcolm Stewart inadvertently revealed just how extreme our campaign-finance system has become.

The case addressed the question of whether federal campaign-finance law limits the right of the activist group Citizens United to distribute a hackneyed political documentary entitled Hillary: The Movie. The details involved an arcane provision of the law, and most observers expected a limited decision that would make little news and not much practical difference in how campaigns are run. But in the course of the ­argument, Justice Samuel Alito interrupted Stewart and inquired: “What’s your answer to [the] point that there isn’t any constitutional difference between the distribution of this movie on video [on] demand and providing access on the internet, providing DVDs, either through a commercial service or maybe in a public library, [or] providing the same thing in a book? Would the Constitution permit the restriction of all of those as well?” Stewart, an experienced litigator who had represented the government in campaign-finance cases at the Supreme Court before, responded that the provisions of McCain-Feingold could in fact be constitutionally applied to limit all those forms of speech. The law, he ­contended, would even require banning a book that made the same points as the Citizens United video.

There was an audible gasp in the courtroom. Then Justice Alito spoke, it seemed, for the entire audience: “That’s pretty incredible.” By the time Stewart’s turn at the podium was over, he had told Justice Anthony ­Kennedy that the government could restrict the distribution of books through Amazon’s digital book reader, Kindle; responded to Justice David Souter that the government could prevent a union from hiring a writer to author a political book; and conceded to Chief Justice John Roberts that a corporate publisher could be prohibited from publishing a 500-page book if it contained even one line of candidate advocacy.

Under the rules established by the “reform” regime, editorial-page editors, columnists, and talk-show hosts may endorse candidates — but others may not pay to take out an ad of equal size or length to explicitly endorse their candidates.

Easing the restrictions on campaign contributions would not ­constrain any of these other forms of political support. Rather, allowing more contributions simply permits more people to participate in the ­system — thus diffusing influence, rather than concentrating it. Campaign­-finance reform, then, actually undermines the effort to ­promote equal access to the political arena.

Easing the restrictions on campaign contributions would not ­constrain any of these other forms of political support. Rather, allowing more contributions simply permits more people to participate in the ­system — thus diffusing influence, rather than concentrating it. Campaign­-finance reform, then, actually undermines the effort to ­promote equal access to the political arena.

During his first year as President, Obama has worked hard to alienate Americans from corporate America. His most recent attack of the SC ruling does it once again. Get behind him on this and your freedom is his for the taking.

This fight is between the political parties. Regardless of what he wants you to believe, he’s just not that into you progressives. Just like Rahm, he thinks you’re f—-ing retarded.

My apologies for the long post.

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The cons are producing a gop litmus test in Hawaii.

Even Andy will not pass the gop test.

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For all the Dynamic Duo has done for the Democratic Party, I’m amazed I don’t hear more Pelosi/Reid 2012 cry’s! I hear the only tax credits they would support would be for Plastic Surgery! lol

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If MA taught us anything, it would be that the center has a voice. Both parties would be wise to focus on the center and cast loose their extremists. When it comes time to vote, the extremists will vote the party or not vote at all and the independents will vote whichever group is less extreme.

The dems fooled the center in 2008, doubt it will happen again. The reps best pay attention and cast off the far right, something the dems neglected to do.

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[[Maybe Sarah Palin isn’t as extreme right as your side has painted her to be. ]]

Hmmm.

Naw //sarc//

Meant more as a comment on the portrayers than on the portrayed -

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Paul,

So…..how was the visit to the ABBA theme park?

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Is Joe Lieberman “the mavreick” up for re election?

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Paul,

Why I never!

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Hef

Yeah. ‘Waterloo’ is the number one oldies request in Massachusetts!

Bosch

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Hef,

Waterloo coaster? Sweet!

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Paul,

What was his platform other than “Obama sucks and vote for me……and did you get a gander at this hot chick that I pulled out of no where [God, I wish she'd shut up]?”

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Seeing comments that LA is gone what happened to him.

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Pogo.

I said much the same thing as you about the “vacationing” LA. Mine got left on the last page of the last blog (which few read). Were you surprised? I wasn’t.

josef,

You are double dipping, serving out a bit of lib here and bit of conservative there. I can’t manage that, as broad minded as that may be.

Bookman enjoys the few strokes he gets from a select few. Somebody’s got to do it. Don’t tell him that this crowd could talk a mile a minute without a subject given. Maybe he could just drop the introduction and see what happens. Remember his vacatiion week?

I am off (in my orange shorts, of course) on my usual schedule. Gotta keep the “orange” thing going for RedNeck. He doesn’t have much excitement in his life.

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Dusty,

“I am off (in my orange shorts, of course)”

You tease.

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Bosch

No, I missed that?

Where? Was is Palin in orange shorts?

Regarding the vindication thing: didn’t he have more of a “it’s necessary but let’s not overdo it” economic approach? The same thing Pres Obama’s now walking back? Wasn’t he for conservation but not cap n trade? Didn’t he take a harder line on national security/terrorism than Pres Obama – and in so many ways Obama is Bush II, except when it comes to all this criminal prosecution stuff, with the Christmas Bomber highlighting all the missteps and disorganization of the Administration.

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I’ll admit it. I’m a Palinite. I enjoyed her book. She’s a breath of fresh air with common sense values this country needs in those we put in positions of power. The Ivy-League elitists now in power just don’t understand what this country is all about.

Palin embracing McCain is disturbing. When asked in a recent interview about why she was doing this, she extolled his fight against Obamacare and the pork-laden “stimulus” bill.

All fine and good. Unmentioned was his opposition to drilling in ANWR, support of amnesty for illegals, sponsoring the unconstitutional campaign finance laws, etc. All positions she opposes.

What really got to me was McCain’s admonition to a crowd at a campaign rally that Obama wasn’t someone to be afraid of as president. Jeeesh, what a dope.

She’s loyal, I’ll give her that. But it’s a buzzkill for me.

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“Personally, I lost all respect for McCain when he campaigned for W in 2004 after W attacked his family so viciously”

For me that capped it, but I lost my respect for him when he didn’t have a CLUE how to respond to those attacks.

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Kamchak

So, once again, his fingers got the best of him… I seem to miss all the good stuff when work has me busy.

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They should be called the Political Keystone Kops.

Amazing what their supporters will believe. Like the Bush tax cuts. They disappeared for the middle class by 2005, the small business supports were sunset in 2006. All that is left is the cuts for the top 2 percent.

And the Bush “Tax Credits” for buying a new home. They were simply an advance on the next five years. You paid them back out of the future tax returns.

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DoggoneGA

Don’t you know the best way to respond to most verbal attacks is to ignore them? Be above it all and such as that. I know that’s the best way to handle it but the most difficult. I can’t do it myself most of the time.

Still the best way.

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Tim Tebow starring in pro-life Super Bowl ad.

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Sarah, what a shock that you are supporting McCain. I really thought you were a conservative, and a breath of fresh air. Please reconsider Hayworth. However, I think you may have shown your true colors.

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Paul,

I don’t buy the “Obama is Bush II” bit. There are some things that Obama’s done that I disapprove of, but most of what he’s done is overblown by the wingnuts which we’ve all discussed here, one by one.

OMG, I fell asleep Friday night and missed Caprica – did you see it?

Dusty,

Who? I know not whom you speak of. Yes, it is best to ignore personal attacks, but when someone attacks my family, you become sh*t in the “Gospel of Bosch.” I think you are doing a much better job of ignoring personal attacks!

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TGT,

Oh God, please don’t go there.

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I didn’t vote for McCain, I voted for Sarah. If she hadn’t been on the ticket I wouldn’t have voted. In NY there was an election between a Dem, a RINO, and a conservative. When it became apparent that she couldn’t win, the RINO threw her support to the Dem who was elected. McCain did everything that he could to sink Bush – including his judicial appointments (remember the Gang of 14?). His stand on enhanced questioning has hurt our national defense. His stand on legalization will do nothing but assist the Dems. The comment made about McCain was that he spent so much time reaching across the aisle that he should move there. How in the world can Sarah support him?

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Sarah Palin owes her national prominence to John McCain and even if her politics skew more toward J.D.’s she really has no choice here.

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josef nix

Tell a liberal they’re biased against women?!!? LOLOLOL!

Wait’ll you listen to the entire segment. Guy references studies done with transgender people. Real quick: the women had income decrease and loss of responsibility at work. The men had just the opposite result. Wow.

In other words, women aren’t taken as seriously or valued as much as men… even when they started out as men! Incredible.

AmVet

I think it’s one of two CDs of theirs I kept. I like the story/series nature. Plus the instrumentals.

Bosch

Don’t buy Bush II? May I introduce you to this thoughtful guy goes by the name of josef?

The Caprica I recorded was the same as the DVD I watched months back. So far the only tie-in to BSG is the fact it’s on one of their planets.

The Tebow ad? What makes it interesting, as I understand the story, is that his mom was advised to have an abortion. Baby wouldn’t be normal. She was pregnant with Tim.

Then again, he did end up going to Univ of Florida, so the ‘not normal’ thing was spot on -

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“Tell a liberal they’re biased against women?!!?”

And what about a “liberal” like me that thinks she has all the makings of a first class con-artist? And seems hellbent on proving it.

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DoggoneGA

The author wasn’t discussing Palin. He was discussing men and women in general, both of whom exhibit bias against or for men and women.

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Bosch: Is this what you mean?

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An example of bias based on looks on us on this blog. Even the liberal Democrats freely join in the roast of John Edwards, but never say anything about Barney Frank whose pecadillos make Edwards look like a choirboy. Even the conservative Republicans joined with glee on the snicker-snicker thread with “cute” Crist, but come out swinging in defense of such as Larry Craig..But, are they biased against attractive people with a brain? Oh, no, never….

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Americans do not trust the major tv news operations in the country- except for Fox News.

Our newest survey looking at perceptions of ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News finds Fox as the only one that more people say they trust than distrust. 49% say they trust it to 37% who do not.

CNN does next best at a 39/41 spread, followed by NBC at 35/44, CBS at 32/46, and ABC at 31/46.

Imagine what they’d say about newspapers.

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You gotta watch Caprica. They made their first Cylon.

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So gitmo, what do you think of obozo applying his magic touch to the Saints, hahahahahaha, oh well, maybe next year…

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Make that unintended consequences.

(IHB)

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The Facebook entries on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page are genuine, the sentiment sincere. This should show the world that people are/were in to Palin because of her conservative politics and views, not because of any charm or good-looks that she may possess. The Left has tried to diminish her without success, but one old man who’s best political years are behind him successfully did her in. I’m sure he did it with malice in his heart in order to make sure she is not a contender in any 2010 or 2012 election, either as a candidate or a supporter.

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Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. — both face re-election this year in Republican-leaning states — said they would oppose the strategy Democratic leaders are considering to reconcile the House and Senate bills and put comprehensive legislation on Obama’s desk.

Dead!

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Does anyone plan on watching the State of the Kenyan ….. I mean State of the Union …….. address ?

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McCain was never there for Palin when his staff trashed her. Now Palin is supporting him and jeopardizing her total career. Palin has done so much good in fighting against the Marxist health care and the job killing Cap-In-Trade. I will not allow the left wing Republlicans change my mind with Sarah Palin. She’s done too much good for the Conservatives. Palin promised McCain she would campaign for him. He’s taking full advantage of her promise and integrity. If McCain was honorable he would release her of her promise to support him. If I was in Arizona I would vote for Hayworth, but I will not allow my support of Palin be compromised because she’s a person of her word. McCain is using Palin to get elected and if this ruins her he could care less. But this won’t work for me. If Palin goes down, I’ll go down with her. This is the second time the McCain Campaign has tried to ruin her and we Conservatives can’t let them succeed. She’s done too much good.

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Right-Wing Fringe Rebels Against Palin Over Her Endorsement Of ‘RINO’ McCain

This just begs the question: Is there anyone the right won’t turn on?

We really need them to run things.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/26/right-rebels-palin/

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josef:

Check this out from MSNBC no less ………..

Headline: “Poll: Public fed up with Washington. Seventy percent say the government isn’t working well, according to a NBC/WSJ survey.”

I’m telling you, Congress had better wake up …………… pitchforks & torches will be next.

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Are we talking about Palin again? Yawn…

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josef:

I think “lemmings” is a better analogy ………….. of course “metaphorically” but tell that to our Founding Fathers ……….. you know, all of that “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” silliness.

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Well, somebody mentioned John Edwards, and all I got to say is, he knows what to do with supporters. The rest of them do it to us anyway, only we don’t notice it much. Maybe because we don’t have babys from it.

Now it’s really good night everybody. I got a load of hauling tomorrow if I’m going to keep you drunks in beer. The missus is snoring good and I can get to sleep. Sort of like hearing the birds singing outside.

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Jay – once again, Palin. We’re thinking you’re a bit enamored with the lady….

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Where it matters is in voting one’s conscience and so long as we keep casting our votes for two-bit wh*res, that’s what we’ll get…

And not voting will give one the same clean conscience.with the net result being the same.

There is no guarantee that the third, fourth, or fifth party candidates aren’t four-bit, six-bit a dollar wh*res.

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This James O’Keefe sure is a pimply faced lad.

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Jenifer

More about “independent film-maker” James O’Keefe:

http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=7753

and

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/09/acorn_videomake.php

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The ACORN tapes were obtained illegally as well. This clown obviously thought he could get away with it again.

I hope they put this piece of sh*t in a cell with the 10 biggest and baddest brothers they can find.

And make sure to tell them O’Keefe is a rightwing bigot who lied to try and destroy ACORN.

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jennifer…

“I hope they put this piece of sh*t in a cell with the 10 biggest and baddest brothers they can find.”

Why is that?

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But as the nearby chart shows, Mr. Obama’s major contribution to deficits has been a record spending spree. In 2007, before the recession, federal expenditures reached $2.73 trillion. By 2009 expenditures had climbed to $3.52 trillion. In 2009 alone, overall federal spending rose 18%, or $536 billion. Throw in a $65 billion reduction in debt service costs due to low interest rates, and the overall spending increase was 22%.

In one year.-WallStreetJournal

Just sayin….

You can be disingenuous if you want, Bookman.

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Algonquin J. Calhoun

Joseph Goebbels? Are you new here or are you just plain stupid?

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Jennifer…

So, i may deduce that you see rape as a fitting punishment for those whom you find distasteful?

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“The ACORN tapes were obtained illegally as well. This clown obviously thought he could get away with it again.”

So where was the FBI/Justice Dept. after the ACORN sting went down? Nobody had to lie to show what a fraud ACORN was/is. Little doubt about their legitimacy when the House votes 345-75, and the Senate 83-7, to defund them.

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Jennifer…
Don’t go into such a snit. You’re the one who said it, not I. I’m not opposed to stocks and egg tossing myself, but this particular wish of yours speaks to something I find disturbing.

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I think it’s safe to say that Faux News is carrying a load in their shorts over this one.

Good Karma.

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John McCain is one of the few voices of reason in Congress. You’re not going to get 100 percent concensus on EVERYTHING, that’s just unrealistic. There will be compromises. John McCain is reasonable, respectable, and a seasoned Senator. I’d vote for him if I could. He’s respected by many of his collegues. More than Jay is giving him credit for.

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“Jennifer…
Don’t go into such a snit. You’re the one who said it, not I. I’m not opposed to stocks and egg tossing myself, but this particular wish of yours speaks to something I find disturbing.”

josef,

It just does not matter to me what you find disturbing.

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They don’t listen to him anymore Andy.

Both parties are too busy fundraising for unlimited donations.

Priorties.

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Sarah is completely ignoring her supporters on this issue. There are hundreds of comments on her Facebook page begging her to drop McCain, but she has not said one word about it…very sad. I was a huge fan, but I have lost all hope in her. PRAY THAT J.D. WINS!!!

I am pretty sure Glenn Beck has lost her trust as well.

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Hey Midori, how are you this fine evening?

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Val…

“More than Jay is giving him credit for.”

“Thomas, it doesn’t really matter much, as far as I can tell. The political McCain I once admired — the maverick — disappeared beneath his ego some time ago.” Jay @ 5:24

He gave him credit. He feels he overspent it.

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Hi, midori., glad you’re feeling better.

Is that smile Jen’s direction in approval for her support of rape as a punishment?

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The AP reports that a magistrate set bond at $10,000 each after they made their initial court appearances wearing red prison jumpsuits…

because the pants they were wearing when they were arrested were so befouled, they had to be destroyed.

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Is that smile Jen’s direction in approval for her support of rape as a punishment?

This may be a case of making too much stew from no oysters. Jenifer never said anything about rape.

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Midori,

Sounds like, looks like, smells like, feels like, tastes like

************************WATERGATE****************************

Goodnight.

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Thanks, Kamchak.

I don’t know why some folks try to put words in a person’s mouth. Geez…

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Another Palin Post? Slow day JB??

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no Josef – you know better than that!!

I’m laughing at the guy who was busted, that’s all.

He deserves to be locked up – for a very long time.

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TGT,

Only in your world

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Josef Goebbels, from reading your incessant, boring and predictable posts, I’d say it would be a stretch to label you a moron. Keep spewing the Nazi bull fool!

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Krusty, you want freedom of speech for only those of a like Nazi persuasion? still a clown!

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Midori,

I gather you think that Acorn approving people to run a whore house was AOK? Because someone gathered evidence in a sort of “citizen’s arrest” made Acorn into some kind of ethical model? The fact that Acorn was doing something against the law doesn’t seem to bother you. How come???

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Oh, and josef,

My 8:57 does not mention rape. Brush up on your reading skills.

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Sarah,
This is a big mistake on your part. He is a PROGERSSIVE, not a Republican.
I HOPE this doesn’t hurt your plans for the future.

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And make sure to tell them O’Keefe is a rightwing bigot who lied to try and destroy ACORN.

Sorry josef, still no mention of the word rape. Lotsa very bad things happen in prison/jail, not all of them rape.

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And this: Fox News Finishes Week #1 in All of Primetime Cable

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Thanks again, Kamchak. I have found that a lot of people only see what they want to. Sad, but true.

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K’chak–
Oh, for the love of Pete…! That’s what it is and you know that.

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Hi Amvet

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Kam (at 8:34), for now.

And yes, those stats are for a candidate that was essentially a GOP-lite/pre-Libertarian. (BTW, I voted for him.)

(Also, (from Wiki) Ralph Nader did not formally run in 1992. Rather, he tried to make an impact in the New Hampshire primaries, urging members of both parties to write-in his name. As a result, several thousand Democrats and Republicans wrote-in Nader’s name. Despite supporting mostly liberal legislation during his career as a consumer advocate, Nader received more votes from Republicans than Democrats.)

But until very recently no one who has run in a big way, said he would try to fundamentally change the status quo. Just a little tweaking here and there. But nothing encompassing and certainly nothing “radical”.

It is too safe and too popular to not to. And who among us, is really willing to do what is said in that beautiful and sacred quote Scout referenced from the Declaration of Independence?

But… there are more and more Americans looking at the man behind the curtain/flag now.

And there are vanguards and we will keep trying.

This is the most powerful shared monopoly in the history of mankind. It will not be threatened or taken down easily.

But one day hopefully (and changefully?), enough people will no longer tolerate it’s entitled failures.

This duopoly, which has in my opinion, abdicated its sacred duty to “us” has surpassed it’s role as the only acceptable option for “we the people” to govern ourselves.

And to keep losing in this attempt is honorable.

How can I change the world when I can’t change myself…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZEDyjrnpqQ

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Thanks Midori

Jenifer does bring it and if he can’t do the time he should not do the crime.

He can use the state secrets defense and try but he is not a politician.

The house gop gave him a resolution for pimping.

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josef:

1) Please don’t use “snit” when talking to women (aka “wo to men”) as they think it is sexist. Try usign the phrase “getting the vapors” or something like that instead.

2) Instead of “lemmings” how about “unwashed masses” ?

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James O’Keefe starring in WHODATGATE!

Goodnight all.

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Dusty–

I appreciate your covering my back, and I mean that from the bottom of my cold, liberal heart. They know what they’re saying and trying to parse a two-step around it and we know why they’re taking me on with such venom. So be it. This is hypocracy run amok and since I would like to try and keep a civil tongue in my head…this is the same mentality which says “look at the way she was dressed, brought it on herself…”

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josef:

Excuse me at 9:55 ……. I meant “using”

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It looks like Paul left but just in case he returns….

NPR? I’m getting the hell out of Tower II even if the boss tells me to stay put.

I was convinced early on that Palin has no interest in running for political office. She’s much more dangerous without the burden.

I’m thinking McCain will win in Arizona.

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josef:

Do you know my favorite line from “Gond With the Wind” ?

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K’chak
I have objected to such. Repeatedly.

Then I beg your pardon. The only comment I can remember you making was “inquiring minds want to know” in response to me asking why conservatives were obsessed with this particular metaphor.

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josef:

From the old grandfather guy with the huge hearing aid:

“Yankees in Atlanta, Yankees in Atlanta, well, who let ‘em in?”

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Looks like the U.S. has given Turkey it’s jumping off point where it can yield regional influence. It’s Afghanistan.

We’ll see…

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its

(IHB)

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Scout–

Gotcha! It’s time to refugee to Macon as soon as I can find my smellin’ salts….

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If you would be so kind, please reference me on the Turkey angle…

Dusty–
Oh, it will be a good day tomorrow. And Unmentionable just reminded me of my New Year’s resolution “be calm in the face of all common disgrace and know what they’re doing it for…”

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir? Magnificent.

So, y’all…have a good night.

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josef:

As Big Sam said, “horse, make tracks!”

Taps !!

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There’s no imagination required with Limbaugh. Ewwww.

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Straight people right, left and center use it. You just pay more attention when those on the right do. I pay attention when anybody does. Women as well as men. It’s a staple of our conversation.

Why is it that I feel like I should scroll back and see what this is about, but also know full well I’d regret it?

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RW.

.Otherwise austere???? Democrats don’t know the meaning of that word.

All this amounts to their usual action. If first you don’t suceed, give..give..give…As mentioned, this time it will be a MAJOR INCREASE in funding for elementary and secondary education.

They did not mention from whence cometh the next trillion. I guess it will be the pot at the end of the rainbow. That is the only resource they have left in Washington.

And now I am off to the land of Nod singing merrily “Somewhere over the rainbow…tra la ”

Good night!!

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The bugging of Landrieu’s office looks like tip of the iceberg stuff. May reach Watergate proportions by the time it is over, engulfing a number of high level Republicans

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Good ole GOP Murcuhns. Yup!!

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real unemployment 20%, and Sara must bother you !!!!!!!!!1

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Sarah,
I understand your loyalty and friendship with John McCain, but please understand he is a progressive and against what we the people want.
Hurry Nov. 2010 and 2012! God Bless America and the Peoples freedom!

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First of all, Sarah Palin owes John Mccain a big debt. No one would have ever heard of here if it wasn’t for him. He was the one the propelled her into the spotlight, so, she should capaign for him. Second, Sarah Palin will never, ever be President of the United States. She simply is not smart enough, period. So what, she has supporters, But the majority of America would not vote for her. She has to really show that she is intelligent. That is the only way that she will ever become president.

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She’s just being loyal to the man that made her a national legend…Read: Sarah’s Loyalty….at…
http://con-men4palin.blogspot.com/

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I see that the AJC staff is back to posting it’s own Vents-

To the activist Supreme Court judges who just struck down campaign finance reform: If you like what deregulated banking did to our economy, you’ll love what deregulated election financing will do to our democracy.

Boo hoo hoo, Urinal.

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“we are rooting for the opposition and expecting them to succeed”

just like Papa Bush did with the Kurds … and we all know how well THAT turned out …

“when he and other dissidents in the Gulag heard that Ronald Reagan had declared the Soviet Union an evil empire, and erupted into cheers”

yep – and then they ROSE UP and commandeered the tanks and OVERRAN Red Square, overthrowing Gorbachev’s government!!! oh, waitaminnit …

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jay, you semi-permanently banned LA!!?!!

The guy’s rapid-fire retorts were one of the few reasons I’m still visiting.

I’m disappointed! First AJC Commie and now LA.

For shame?

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Oy. didn’t mean to leave them slanties up there @ 7.16.

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“jay, you semi-permanently banned LA!!?!!”

semi-permanently?

“The guy’s rapid-fire retorts were one of the few reasons I’m still visiting”

aw, c’mon, @@ … you know you visit for the recipes …

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Those Palin posters better be careful. There is a lot of profiling on her FACEBOOK site, and once you criticize Palin, you are defriended and can never darken her site again with your honest feelings about her. Sounds like the TeamPalin site does the same thing. The groupthink of these people scares me far more than any perceived groupthink from the left. They think that a corporation really IS a person who should be able to throw an election. Next, the Supreme Court will probably claim that a corporation should be able to VOTE. But these acts of treason seem no to concern the right one bit.

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Boo hoo hoo, Urinal.

That could’ve been the reason jay banned LA–retaliation for the SCOTUS decision.

jay, when you were little, was your dream to become a liberal “Justice”? Free speech isn’t free? If participants were paying for “the privilege” would your response have been different?

Off to the track.

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I’m not particularly a fan of Captain Queeg, but Ms. Palin’s endorsement will not hurt her with any significant number of people, and I suspect the Senator will win with 70% in the republican primary. The good Senator’s single issue – runaway spending – happens to ascend just when he needs it.

We recall that Rep Haynesworth is a one-trick pony, advocating a belief that Mexicans are responsible for all of the world’s evils. The message did not resonate even on the front line of the war, thus his unplanned retirement in 2006. I perceive that many of Mr. Haynesworth’s supporters are also “birthers;” not that there is anything wrong with that, but that is a perspective most voters do not share. I think most of us normal conservatives simply enjoy making jokes questioning the president’s legitimacy, we don’t really want impeachment hearings. To have any legs in the campaign against Mr. McCain, Mr. Haynesworth will need to diversify his message.

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Ragnar:

I was reading about an interview with Haynesworth on a local (Arizona) radio station. He was asked about his connection to the “birthers”. He was at a loss for words. He’s nothing more than a radio personality looking for his fifteen minutes of fame. Fifteen minutes is about all he’ll be getting.

NOW….off to the track!

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Palin is totally destroying her credibility as a true conservative by campaigning for McCain. He needs to be put out to pasture now…he’s nothing but Obama-lite. Not only Arizona, but the entire country needs JD Hayworth in the Senate, not another six years of an amnesty supporter. Don’t do it Sarah! If you support Johnny Mac, you are finished!!

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Thanks for insight, @@, have a great day.

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“he’s nothing but Obama-lite”

Let’s see: if Obama is “Bush lite” and McCain is “Obama lite” does that also make him “Bush lite lite”?

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“I agree with USinUK, I enjoyed LAs posts. Does anyone know whether he is blogging elsewhere?”

hahaha .. boy-howdy, talk about misreading …

now, thanks to @@, I’m stuck with “one less bell to answer …. one less troll to feed” going through my head …

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Mrs G!! so glad to see you – saw this in today’s post – thought you could bookmark it for future postings:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/obamas-promises/?hpid=topnews

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I believe she is coming out to support him as a way to pay back for him selecting her for VP. I certainly do not agree with this at all. I believe he should loose his re-election bid. He is too Progressive. He has been there too long. TERM LIMITS are needed. I also believe he selected her in an attempt to win for himself and that is the only reason.

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Seems the Coconut wants to spend billions on high speed rail out west. Spend spend spend!! Gonna spend himself right into his political grave.

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Good morning all, Glad to see you back, USinUK. Granny G, I wish Jay would let us put up our Grandkid pictures…

As for McCain, I actually considered voting for him. I liked the way he did things and I especially liked the way he worked with Democrats when necessary. But when Sarah was foisted on him I lost interest. Sarah would have made a better First Lady, I think. Too bad John and Sarah couldn’t get married in time…

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USinUK

Thanks for the link.

Do they have it in crayon for those of the opposition who still think Reagans tax cuts increased revenue? Or that Obama tripled the debt?

Did you hear I spent yesterday putting the W’s back on all the White House keyboards and playing WMD hide and seek?

Today, I’m hosting a death panel in the hot tub.

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“Firms that broke law still get tax dollars”

I tell you I am just shocked!! And just cannot believe that Uncle Sam would continue to send OUR money to criminals and convicted frauds. NOT!

Welcome to the “free market”, as in free to get away with any and all crimes, de facto American fascism…

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/25/stimulus.breaking.law/index.html?hpt=Sbin

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Mrs G –

“Did you hear I spent yesterday putting the W’s back on all the White House keyboards and playing WMD hide and seek?”

you get all the fun jobs … have you been keeping up with the Chilcot hearings going on this side of the pond??? I hope Tony Blair has bought himself a copy of a tourist guide for The Hague …

“Today, I’m hosting a death panel in the hot tub.”

mmmm … thinning-the-herd goodness …

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Sarah Palin: The facebook page that launched a thousand Bill Shipps.

The furious response of the madding crowd on Sarah’s Facebook page went full Drudge, and my advice to her secret service escort is to set the phasers on stun.

Just 2B safe. I think the world would be a far, far poorer place without the Mother of all Media Matriarchs, Sarah Palin.

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the opposition who still think Reagans tax cuts increased revenue? Or that Obama tripled the debt?

Let’s not forget their favorite–half of all Americans pay no income tax. None! Whatsoever!

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AmVet

January 27th, 2010
8:08 am

Based on a lot of the tripe you post I bet you just loved the movie “Billy Jack goes to Washington”. Probably paid to see it in the theaters (or drive ins) at least 6 or 7 times.

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Billy, I did try to wade through some Ronnie movie once. My gawd. I had no idea that in addition to being a mediocre POTUS he was an abomination as a thespian too…

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USinUK

I carry the hope that Blair’s problems shead some light on this side of the pond. Is there a statute of limitations on wars crimes?

sfd

thanks for reminding me…..been too busy doing income taxes to remember!

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And the State of the UNION is __________

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BTW, Billy what crawled up your…….leg?

My “exposé” on the heretofore myth of corporate criminals fleecing Uncle Sam?

Or the poor, put upon right-wing’s Cult of Victimhood?

And ken, reminded me just now, I forgot to acknowledge what a fabulous cartoon Luckovich created the other day!!!

My gawd! Grinning Founding Fathers with swooshes on their lapels!

The worst government money can buy…

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MY FELLOW CONSERVATIVES……It is called Uniting the Party….McCain would be a SuperDelegate in any GOP nominating process.PALIN is collecting political IOUs…

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Sarah Palin’s future looks a lot more like Entertainment Tonight than Meet the Press. She brought “baby daddy” culture, “drill, baby, drill,” and a comical surly tone to John McCain’s presidential campaign. She was a detriment then; she is probably a detriment now. It may be a self-interest attempt to gain much needed relevance. But if it is loyalty, that would be commendable.

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Mccain is a progressive/liberal.. he just voted for the hates crime bill…The Senate gave final approval to this bill authorizing defense spending, which also contains a provision that extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include crimes in which victims are targeted because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

Sen. John McCain voted YES……
Sen. Jon Kyl voted NO……

Special Protection and Advantages: The liberal will single out specific races of human beings or people of a specific sex interest as worthy of special legal protection and/or advancement in a place of employment. Mccain says ACORN/SEIU is what makes America special. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ9wy2MI1NI&feature=related

http://nomccain2010.bravehost.com/index.html

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McCain is now a LOCAL politician with solutions to LOCAL problems. If you’re not from Arizona…GO HOME!

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When Sarah Palin goes to Arizona to campaign for Senator John McCain’s re-election to the Senate, will she support his signature issue of giving legal status or AMNESTY to 12-20 million illegal aliens?

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No conservative is a conservative once they are elected. For all of their talk about balanced budgets and small government, the rise of BIG GOVERNMENT and DEFICITS is largely Republican owned from the day the party was created.

The First Republican President, Lincoln, expanded the role of government in ways in which the United States Government did not resemble what it was before. Republican presided over the influence of huge corporations over government. The only president in history to both balance the budget and eliminate the national debt was a Democrat. Andrew Jackson. In the 20th Century, the only Presidents to put a DENT in the national debt and deficit spending relative to GDP were Democrats and those who increased the debt and deficit spending were Republicans.

Even the recovery touted as a Reagan phenomenon had nothing to do with Reagan but rather the appointment of Paul Volcker to the Fed. Volcker started an artificial recession, the largest since the Great Depression starting in 1980, which lasted 2 years and brought unemployment up to ten percent, which brought inflation down, at the cost of millions of jobs. This so infuriated Reagan that he wanted to end the Fed’s existence as an independent body and make it a government controlled agency.

Volckers actions were in total opposition to Reagan’s “Supply Side” theory and relied completely on Classical Keynesian theory. Volcker called it “monitarism” for PR reasons, and most economists today concur that Volcker’s rejection of what is now called “Reaganomics” is what saved the economy in the 1980’s. Carter’s appointee to the Fed repaired the economy in the wake of two oil embargoes.

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Its time to get back to real government. It shouldn’t matter who the president is anymore. The Executive Branch has exceeded its powers long ago with undeclared wars and executive orders, and its henchmen the EPA,DOE,DOD,DOA, etc proclaim regulations enforced as “laws”. The Judiciary thinks its actually the Legislative Branch. The Senate needs to be elected by the State Legislatures again. And the House does not have the control of funding to enrich their cronies and lobbyists. Congress should not look at their positions as life time employment. No more redrawing congressional districts. Run the crooks out of Washington. With the decline of the Imperial presidency and the rest of the hooligans in Washington voted out America will become a democratic republic again. Dont get caught up in Presidential politics…that is how they divide us. Concentrate on your local elections first, then state, and change the laws there. At the same time replace your congressman and senators with patriotic Americans. That will be real American Change! Now stop talking about it and start doing!

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All the Christians in this town were rooting for you until you said you would work for McCain. Our church alone has a weekly atttendance of 3,200. We were praying for you. When it was learned that Mrs. McCain and her daughter Megan are fighting (in California) against the ban on gay marriage, all prayers for you ceased. Mr. McCain is obviously of the same persuasion as his wife, but he really does not have a FIRM STAND for anything. You are working against your best interests if you campaign for McCain. Supporters will dessert you. We read your book and it showed you are a conservative. If you assist McCain, you will be labeled a SOFT MODERATE. You relate better to the Tea Party conservatives. PLEASE STOP TRYING TO SUPPOSRT McCAIN. IT WILL RUIN ALL YOUR POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS AND YOU WILL BE LABELEED AS BEING NEITHER HOT NOR COLD. We need our US neighbor to have leadership with honesty and integrity, which you have. Don’t waste it.
Leonard Remple, 3940 Verdon Way, Abbotsford, BC, Canada

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As said before, ANY deviation from extreme right will alienate the Rovian base – eventually they’ll stay home on election day banging their highchairs and tossing cookies. It’s become a small and loud group of voters, and is insignificant to election outcome. “Normal” Republicans will (and need to) let this sector grow if they wish to win any elections – but FIRST they’ll need to provide a viable candidate, which Palin is not (she’s just a rabble rousing cheerleader to the far right [no offense to cheerleaders...]).

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Arizona is a conservative state and John Mccain is not a conservative unless of course he’s running for office. .. J.D will have no problem beating Mccain.as he is a REAL conservative . As for Palin she is done as far as I’m concerned ..

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That’s why it’s worth reviewing this interview with Larry King to determine if Palin is serious about a presidential run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZqN7XzOfk

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SARAH…..There is time to back out of your support of McCain for Senate. We thought we had a special friend, tea party advocate in you. You are in the drivers seat for 2012.
Don’t blow it by supporting McCain.

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[...] McCain may be in danger of losing his seat. He still has Sarah, at least for now–though I’m not sure that’s a good thing and even he has to know [...]

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Maybe Sarah believes she “owes” John McCain something? She DOESN’T! McCain threw Conservative supporters to the wolves years ago when he got sucked in by the Progressive Liberals and became a turn-coat… The BEST THING Arizona voters can do is put John McCain out to retirement! Illegal Aliens cost ARIZONA TAXPAYERS well over 100 Billion Dollars annually… BUT McCain wants to legalize them so they will vote to keep him in office! TOO LATE JOHN! HIT THE ROAD! Your little subversive demonstration about Obama Health Care is only a political ploy… and ARIZONA TAXPAYERS recognize a lie and a liar when they see one.. NO MORE CAMPAIGN TRICKS McCAIN! Sarah isn’t helping you because we KNOW YOU ARE ONLY FOR YOURSELF and not Arizonians!

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[...] but I really think she has jumped the shark in more ways than one…but most obviously by endorsing McCain for re-election.  Poor, poor judgement and very non-Conservative [http://blogs.ajc....  I really hope she doesn’t run for the Presidency) Tags: Boxer, DeVore, Fiorina, Senate, [...]

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