When Atheists Attack

Any analysis of Sarah Palin's experience does nothing but highlight the deficiencies in Obama's record. Contrast work as a "community organizer" with a staff of 12 and a budget of $300,000 and the Governorship of Alaska with a staff of 1,500 and a budget of $6 Billion. Maybe Mr. Harris' "education" failed to include mathematics.

We already know that it failed any lesson in humility.

I had to keep checking to see whether you were still writing about Palin or if you had switched to Nobama.

Sam Harris' ignorance is guaranteed by his breathing.

I have read page one of this drivel and think you could substitute "Barack Obama" for "Sarah Palin" in almost every sentence. Given that the current President is a graduate of two Ivy League universities, one could reasonably argue that the Ivy League is the LAST PLACE we might want to go for our next President.

Oh Lord! What about Obama without a teleprompter. Go to jibjab! This guy is a joke! Again, it would be so nice if all of the liberals would leave and create their own country and leave normal people alone! Go to Russia! Go to Cuba! Say the stupid things you say here, there!

The last few decades have been democrats preaching that they are ordinary too, just like joe six pack, they can relate to joe six pack. All of the sudden, they criticize a republican for doing a similar thing. Typical democrat hypocritical soapbox speech.

interesting how we all know government is the problem we all know that the sheep (US citizens) think it is someone else's rep who is the problem and yet we always seem to look to Washington to solve the problems that Washington has created. We are not victims we are fools we are the regulatory agency of the gvt and the constitution says as much but we have abdicated the responsibility to 'elitists' in Washington. Now an outsider comes along and vilify her for not being one of them. Push all 545 of them out and start over or quit whining.

Of the little we know about Sarah Palin she certainly does have the appearance of a zealot. I'm not an atheist or a Democrat (it's odd that I have it quantify that) and yet there is clearly something unnerving about a politician who shares Sarah Palin's views on abortion, stem cell research, creationism, ect... The 1st Amendment both protects religion from the interference of government and protects government from the interfence of religion. As an Independent, Palin represents a fundamentaly flawed notion of government and a convoluted sense of the role of religion.

A dramatic scene unfolded today at 30,000 feet as the press accompanied Obama to his next campaing stop. Several members of the media tearfully approached the candidate an expressed regret that their efforts had not so far led to a more substantial lead in the polls. "We have been trying. I wan't you to know that, Barack" said a reporter for MSNBC. The candidate warmly smiled and said that he knew that he did not doubt her sincerity. "I know. I know." he said. A reporter for Newsweek wondered what else they could be doing. "Barack you just give the word on we are on it" Mr. Obama suggested wall to wall TV and newspaper coverage of the Keating Five in the week prior to the election would be very helpful. A reporter for the New York Times said they werre ready to go on that front. "Thank you" said the candidate. "is there anythying else? Anything else we could be doing?' asked a reporter from CNN. "I will sleep on it," said the candidate.

Give me a break! Sam Harris, why are you worried about the control over nuclear weapons? Ronald Reagan was senile, Bill Clinton was ... um ... preoccupied in the Oval Office and George W. Bush is a real moron. Considering how much the best and brightest of the Ivy League have totally screwed things up, let's give the woman from the University of Idaho a chance.

Thank you, Mr. Harris, for putting into words what I have been trying to express for many weeks.
I will not be accused of bashing, so I will bash myself.
I am an elitist. I am a liberal.
I am smart. I blink when faced with an important decision.
And I have waited for eight long years for a moment like we are seeing now.
Don't blow it this time, America.

Oh, Mr. Harris... tsk, tsk, tsk. There's academic intelligence and there's emotional intelligence. Obama trips all over himself trying to make a decision, a weakness he is well known for, because he's looking for the 'right' answer. And for experience, come on. We all know by know that, all together now, he 'served only 143 days in the Senate.' In politics, he who hesitates is devoured.
Conversely, Palin knows how to make decisions and take action. And, ahem, everyone knows that women are natural networkers. However, whereas Clinton (yes, I know she's not in the race) would be much too proud to seek advice, Palin knows who she is, on *every* level, and doesn't need to secure an identity based on her job alone (sorry, Hillary).
The bottom line is that she'll be much more effective than Obama could ever hope to be.

Thank you, Mr. Harris.