An Apostle of Alaska

OK. Barry you gotta go all out. This is the home stretch. Can't count on knock out punch at the debates. (specially since you are the one who is more likely to get KO'd. I suggest you:

1. Have Michelle attack Pallin. Have her point to Pallin' s lack education. Michelle could say something like: "Pallin thinks that a liberal arts college is where liberals send their children to learn art"
2. Have father Pflagel mock Pallin with another one of his "I am white" routines. That will really get Catholics excited.
3. Have some of your celebrity supporters deride Pallin. That will play well in Peoria. (Its a town north of Springfield. Real pretty. Lincoln gave a speech there once)
4. Hit McCain hard on his age. That is sure to endear you to the seniors in Florida.
5. Take another tour of Europe. That will really give you some momentum.
6. Keep pointing out Pallin's lack of experience. Really good tactic.
7. Continue to link McCain to Bush. That is really paying dividends for you. Keep those ads running.
8. Hey. What about stumping with Nancy Pelosi? What about Representative Conyers? Rep. Frank?
9. What about passing out free copies of your books Dreams from My Father at Detroit Redwing games? Maybe with a copy of Ellison's Invisble Man. Yep. Good ideat. Ain't it?
10. Hey. I know throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field on game 1 of the World Series. Go Cubs.

I thought Newsweek did some good stories on Sarah Palin. I had never heard of her before 2 weeks ago - and was swept up in the excitement like everyone else. Her speech was amazing - but then as these stories came out I began to realize (sadly) that this is just another slick politican - working hard to say the things we want to hear. That Bridge to Nowhere is a classic example - not only was she for it - but she took $233 million for the bridge for other pet projects.
After last nights interview with Charlie Gibson - I went from excited to terrified - she has no idea what the Bush Doctrine is and she thinks she can handle Russia because she can see their land from an island! This is ridiculous now - McCain has lost my respect and my vote because of this pick - she is unqualified. Why not pick Condi or Kay Hutchinson - women with the right background. I give Obama a lot of credit for picking a strongly qualified VP in Biden - and now they get my vote!

Do you want ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF BUSH?

Elect Cain and palin.

Here's an article I won't set aside for my husband. I'm a Democrat, an Obama supporter, a liberal. I read Newsweek cover to cover every week, and happily tear out articles for my conservative Republican husband. These articles are evidence that the source for much of my information is fairly unbiased. "See how intelligent Zakaria is," I'll say. "And here's one by Karl Rove." But "An Apostle of Alaska" is embarrassing. I started reading with the hopes that I would, indeed, learn more about the real Sarah Palin, as the sub-title promises. Instead, I learned that this magazine is incapable of looking fairly at a person who clearly poses a huge threat to the favored Obama campaign. It boasts a long list of "reporters" stationed all over the country, but I got the feeling it was more an editor's piece than a report. I don't know the magazine business, but I do know when editorializing destroys the integrity of content (Michael Moore comes to mind). Why add the attitude when the facts are enough? When my husband complained last week that the liberal media was attacking Palin on the grounds that she can't be VP candidate and still claim to be a good mother, I was appalled. I chalked it up to the cracks at MSNBC, or those say-anything bloggers. And then to see that my own favorite magazine was guilty of that very thing! "A devoted mother, Palin is now running for national office, exposing her young family to the warping effects of international scrutiny." Does this mean that Obama is warping his children too? I don't think I've heard that from you. And, didn't your own magazine ask the media to stop using the "gate" suffix? "Plamegate," you claimed, could never compair to the seriousness of "Watergate." Is "Troopergate" really necessary? The man Tasered his child (although you give him leniency since it wasn't at full strength). You call her "a politician of epic ambition who is running against a Washington establishment that, if elected, she will inevitably join, and even rule over." Isn't that what Obama is as well? We welcome him, as Democrats, because he's ambitious enough to think that he can become President despite his lack of Washington experience. He's also running against the Washington establishment, and will rule over it if he wins. How are they different in that regard? I hope to see something better in future issues. Back when I was in college, Newsweek was always on my professors' lists of approved reference sources. My husband would argue that this was because the college was liberal. I've always thought it meant that Newsweek was fair. Am I wrong?

Sarah Palin = a young female George W/ Bush

A cocky wacko Sarah Palin = Rove & Bush combined.

Bump:

Hey CareerDayTrader, I actually agree with whoisrite (at least in part) on this one. Not sure where u stand on this. I say screw Freddie and Fannie! And all the other private companies/ businesses that are going under. I SAY NO TO ALL BAILOUTS! PERIOD!

The mortgage meltdown is a healthy thing. A necessary evil if you will. It's like any other correction. I'd ask our govmt not to intervene on this issue. We gotta hit bottom b4 we can REALLY start to mop up the mess that was created by lax lending standards. Why prolong the inevitable? It's time to pay the piper! Let the chip fall where they may. Your thoughts on this CTD ...

George folled us in 2000. We said 'Shame on you George!'
George fooled us again in 2004. We said 'WTF is wrong with us. How stupid are we to get fooled again?'
Goege (the Cain Pain) is about t fool us yet again. "We the stupid people"

President Sarah!

Commander in Chief Sarah. All generals must listen to her.

Sarah waging war against Taliban and Al Quaeda.

Sarah the chief will fire any of her oppononent from public job.

Barry. Why did you not choose Hillary? Why? Why? You could have won this thing. She made her interest in the VP pretty clear. You did not even vett her. Why? And now you are running to Bill asking for his support. Barry, you knucklehead. You don't deamonize someone and then ask for their support.

Barry. Here is more advise (advice). You have to dump Biden. Get him off the ticket NOW. Tell him to feign some illness. Have Bill Clinton call up Columbia Presbyterian and arrange for Biden to be admitted to the private floor of the hospital for an extended work up. If Biden won't resign, dig up some dirt on him and MAKE him. Then you can choose Hillary which is what you should have done in the first place. Why did you not choose Hillary? Hubris?

As an undecided voter I believe that the worst thing about this election is the ease with which the media has abused its role in politics. By this I mean simply that instead of simply reporting the news in a fair and balanced way that allows people to come to their own conclusions; the media has instead, and I use this article as the example, been simply unable to contain their bias. The title, the placement of ads, the injection of the reporters own opinion into the article all of it points to the general tone of mockery toward Palin. The only issue this election has clearly exposed it the there is no integrity in journalism anymore. Newsweek has become the latest victim in this epidemic and whether you are a republican, democrat, or just undecided like me I hope that you will turn to periodicals such and the Economist for a more balanced approach to journalism. The best Newsweek can offer is sensationalized crap, which in the end benefits none of us.

Keep in mind Democrats that this race is close and whether people vote on the issues (my post below shows why anybody with an ounce of intelligence would vote for Mc Cain) Obama is going to lose.

Keep in mind about 12% of Pennsylvania DEMOCRAT voters didn't vote for Obama in the primaries BECAUSE HE IS BLACK.

These are 12% of DEMOCRAT voters who were racist. Very few Republicans will vote for Obama and 12% of his base won't either due to racism.

Palin will also steal 20% of his women vote.

He has NO CHANCE!