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Palin inadvertently criticizes McCain
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 | 2:04 a.m.
The other day Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin sat down together in an interview with Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC’s nightly news program.
In their discussion of qualifications for the presidency, Palin commented that she is more qualified than Sen. Barack Obama because of being a former town mayor and the governor of Alaska.
She didn’t realize that what she just said applied to McCain, too. Therefore, apparently the Republicans have the wrong person running for president. It’s too bad Williams didn’t catch that at the time. It would’ve been very embarrassing for McCain.
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Obama's entire experience has been running for office or paying off with favors for his last election. Ask Resko, Wright, and Phlager. All received multi million dollar earmarks for their support. Now Obama wants "slave reparations" for every descendant of slaves for the economic equality.
"Obama's entire experience..."
Can you see Canada from Chicago? If so then you at least have to give Obama high marks for foreign policy experience. And neiman, you forgot the bomb making with Ayers! So, he would be a good military leader too, right?
Democrats LEAD with their inexperience in 2008.
Just by the fact of their patriotism, McCain/Palin shine over Obaba.Biden.
What major international crisis will Obama attract to our shores if he wins?
I'm just marking Joe's words??
"What major international crisis will Obama attract to our shores if he wins?"
If such a terrible thing happens, I hope it's not as bad as Bush's 9/11 disaster.
"I hope"?
Hopechange and changehope, the mantra of the Obamacon.
9/11: a long-term (from shortly afterward of the failure of the FIRST WTC attacks) plan to attract a major international crisis to America's shores. The result was on Bush's watch - the internal failures / terrorist planning = mostly on Clinton's.
Unless, you wanna tell me there as no planning before 1/21/2001??
I'm just marking Joe Biden's words, and NOT the sorry spin of the Obamacon-media (at least) thereafter.
Don't you believe Joe? I sure do, why not - his words are marked as he reqested!
Is your own VP candidate unbelievable?
Well, juss sayin'
"9/11: a long-term .. plan to attract a major international crisis to America's shores. The result was on Bush's watch - the internal failures / terrorist planning = mostly on Clinton's."
A really good point. And you think there is no chance that planning has not been happening now, on Bush's watch? And how many other attacks have we suffered under Bush's blunderbuss "watch" that are directly attributable to him?
"Don't you believe Joe?"
Sure do. I watched him say it, as in, "all presidents are tested". Like Bush was, right? A miserable failure, wouldn't you say?
"Is your own VP candidate unbelievable?"
Totally, dude! He's completely presidential. I'm surprised you noticed that.
Geez, can you imagine how Palin would be tested? I mean, using your standards of readiness for battle? YIKES!!!
"A really good point. And you think there is no chance that planning has not been happening now, on Bush's watch? And how many other attacks have we suffered under Bush's blunderbuss "watch" that are directly attributable to him?
"Don't you believe Joe?"
Sure do. I watched him say it, as in, "all presidents are tested". Like Bush was, right? A miserable failure, wouldn't you say?
"Is your own VP candidate unbelievable?"
Totally, dude! He's completely presidential. I'm surprised you noticed that.
Geez, can you imagine how Palin would be tested? I mean, using your standards of readiness for battle? YIKES!!!
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Liberal denial / obfuscation and minor-league projection - check.
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" watched him say it, as in, "all presidents are tested". Like Bush was, right? A miserable failure, wouldn't you say?"
The words are listed for you. WHERE does he indicate "all presidents are tested"???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpiNfuG8Y...
Nobody "watched" him say it, as it was on tape. Link a youtube in rebuttal of your claims , if you can!
Bush = no large-9/11 scale attacks on homeland since 9/11 - Liberation of Iraq VERY successful now after overcoming internal corrosion, weakness and impotence by opposition party AND LLMM.
Any future attacks in serious planning? Prove it! Joe knows more than we do?
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"Geez, can you imagine how Palin would be tested? I mean, using your standards of readiness for battle? YIKES!!!"
Mixing positions of candidates for obfuscation purposes, check! Biden fingered his patron, Obama, ALONE as inadequate before AND after this predicted attack on America.
Palin is not running for POTUS.
This late in the election cycle, I thought you'd know this. I "projected" commonly known public knowledge on to you. LOL, my bad!
Obama will give illegals full government health coverage, medicaid and medicare.
"There are many ways to lose a presidential election. John McCain is losing in a way that threatens to take the entire Republican Party down with him."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
"Mixing positions of candidates for obfuscation purposes, check!"
There's the projection part. Can you see it?
Your personal observation of "projecting public knowledge onto me" is your Ego's assertion, rather than your unconscious projection of your truth onto others. For that you would need to be vulnerable to yourself enough to actually hear it as your truth, rather than mine or anyone else.
Don't worry about it. It's easy to understand but difficult to do.
Anchorage Daily News, the largest newspaper in Alaska, endorses Obama.
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/56...
"Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth. To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time."
"Anchorage Daily News, the largest newspaper in Alaska, endorses Obama."
Here comes the fat lady!
I wonder if the NEOCons are going to take the fall for destroying the party? It's a sad day for the GOP. Too bad. Too right about everything. Literally!
But if the dems get all the control it looks like they will, there will be little excuse for any failures! Uh oh! Mr. inspiring better be ready to work or his persona is going to fade fast!
nance, spamming again?
I don't really know anymore who is worse of two evils. Palin is totally insane and would take women back to the dark ages with back-street abortions and Obama is too sympathetic to illegals. I really don't know who to vote for because in the end I feel that we are all screwed with either candidate.
I'm totally unsatisfied with the last 8 years of Republican rule. For Bush's first term, the Republicans had majorities in both houses of congress as well as controlling the white house. Under the Republicans, we got the largest national debt, the Clinton surplusses turned into the largest deficits, we got into a totally unnecssary and hugely expensive quagmire in Iraq, the financial house of cards collapsed, all the tax cuts went to the rich, the number of uninsured is up, the number of unemployed is up. The John McCain of 2000 was pretty sharp, but the dottering old man of 2008 just doesn't have it any more. And as much as I find Sarah a breath of fresh air with a smart mouth and a nice figure, she just isn't presidential timber (at least not this year). Gotta vote Obama.
Another senior Republican has problems with VP Palin
Chuck Hagel, a senior Republican Senator, openly criticized John McCain's choice of Governor Sarah Palin. "I don't believe she's qualified to be President of the United States," Hagel said. "The first judgment a potential President makes is who their running mate is--and I don't think John made a very good selection."
One wonders if Sen. Hagel, like Colin Powell, might actually endorse Sen Obama before the election...
IF YOU WANT TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES BIDEN SAID HE NEVER WANTED TO BE VICE PRESIDENT ON ELLEN DEGENERATES SHOW BUT HE WOULD HELP OBAMA OUT.
Its sad that Mccain is going to lose the race because he surrounded by idiots in his party. George W. ran a shmuck the last 8 yrs and people are fed up with a republican. BaRACK THE VOTE!!!!!!!!!
Now Obama wants "slave reparations" for every descendant of slaves for the economic equality.
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And your source of information for this is . . . what? I haven't seen this on his web site. I haven't heard these words leave his lips. I haven't seen word of this in any news coverage, not even FOX. Really, what is your source of information for this?