Bear in mind over 100 Canadians have died in Afghanistan, because Bush took the American army into Iraq… and the American army needed help in Afghanistan.
Sarah “trainwreck” Palin “quoted” Madeleine Albright in saying: “There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t support other women”.
Problem? Well, for one, it’s downright ignorant. Imagine if Obama says the same about Blacks. But even more reason why it shows Palin does not deserve to breathe, let alone talk or be on a major ticket, is that it misquotes Albright. Here is the actual quote:
“There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t help other women.”
“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself,” states prominent conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin.
Parker said Friday recent interviews have shown the Alaska governor is “out of her league” and should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party.
Parker also writes. “If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.” What is the truth?
It was fun while it lasted,” Parker writes. “Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who is clearly out of her league.”
Oh my. Dear lord. Fast forward to 7:30 and see Sarah Palin get protected from witchcraft.
Oh I think we passed church and state a few miles ago.
Mickey Edwards, Princeton lecturer and former Republican congressman:
Oh, brother. What idiot came up with this stunt?
It ranks somewhere on the stupidity scale between plain silly and numbingly desperate. McCain and Obama are both members of the senate and they’re both able to help craft a solution if they wish to do so without putting the presidential campaign on hold; after all, I’m sure congressional leaders would be willing to accept their calls if they have some important insights to impart. And while one of them will eventually become president, neither one is president yet, nor is either one a member of the congressional leadership; I’m confident that somehow the administration and the other 533 members of congress will be able to muddle through without tapping into the superior wisdom and intellect of their nominees. Sorry, john; it really sounds like you’re afraid to debate. This sounds like the sort of ploy we used to use in junior high school elections.
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Harvard:
Not smart. I agree with Mickey Edwards. It is not as if McCain has a reputation for being able to contribute to the solution of this economic problem, and it smacks of “you can run, but you can’t hide.” I think this is more likely to raise doubts rather than reassure independent voters.
Patriot Act? That killed the Constitution.
This year’s mammoth financial bailout? That made the US more communist than China.
John McCain “suspending” his campaign (hmm, note to America: this was the Mother of All Red Herrings since earlier in the day it was divulged that McCrook’s campaign manager Rick Davis’s lobbying firm was on Fannie Mae’s payroll until last month). Now he wants to suspend the debates?
Don’t you think it would be good for voters to hear what the would-be president has to say about this mess?
Ironically, the Republicans were all in favor of having their convention even though Ike was about to make Katrina look like a breeze… because it was part of the democratic process… but a debate? No, that we don’t need.
Give me a break.
It’s odd, very odd, that the Republicans are criticizing Obama for essentially being aware of things around the world… when their own foreign policy expert John McCain does not know where Spain is.
Here’s the audio - it’s only 2 minutes long - but ask yourself: do you want this “man” being the head of state… while the second in command is looking yonder at Russia, from her porch in Alaska?
Here’s the English transcript:
QUESTION: Senator, finally, let’s talk about Spain. If you’re elected president, would you be willing to invite President Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House to meet with you?
MCCAIN: I would be willing meet, uh, with those leaders who our friends [sic] and want to work with us in a cooperative fashion, and by the way, President Calderon of Mexico is fighting a very very tough fight against the drug cartels. I’m glad we are now working in cooperation with the Mexican government on the Merida plan. I intend to move forward with relations, and invite as many of them as I can, those leaders, to the White House.
QUESTION: Would that invitation be extended to the Zapatero government, to the president itself?
MCCAIN: I don’t, you know, honestly I have to look at relations and the situations and the priorities, but I can assure you I will establish closer relations with our friends and I will stand up to those who want to do harm to the United States of America.
QUESTION: So you have to wait and see if he’s willing to meet with you, or you’ll be able to do it in the White House?
MCCAIN: Well again I don’t, all I can tell you is that I have a clear record of working with leaders in the hemisphere that are friends with us, and standing up to those who are not, and that’s judged on the basis of the importance of our relationship with Latin America, and the entire region.
QUESTION: Okay… what about you, I’m talking about the President of Spain?
MCCAIN: What about me what?
QUESTION: Okay… are you willing to meet with him if you are elected president?
MCCAIN: I am willing to meet with any leader who is dedicated to the same principles and philosophy that we are for human rights, democracy and freedom, and I will stand up to those that do not.
Shameful… then again, McCain did graduate at the bottom of his class… but you figure the 26 years he spent in the Senate would help him put Spain on a map.
John McCain, the foreign policy guru, does not know where Spain in, who its leader is. This is unreal.
1) McCain didn’t know who the Spanish Prime Minister was, or our relations with Spain, and appears to conflate Zapatero with Central/Latin American guerillas;
2) The reporter tries to save his *ss by reiterating she’s talking about Spain, not Mexico;
3) He still didn’t appear to know that Spain is in Europe.
Wow.
I mean wow. How is this 72-year old bloke any different than Bush? A lot more on this here. Nex thing you know, Lipstick Palin will start referring to the “ball” in hockey.
Maybe God will feed her the answers?
From:
Todd Harris, a GOP strategist who is close to the McCain campaign, says Palin won’t be available to the press for about two weeks. His defense? She might make “a mistake.” the quote:
If she goes out and makes a mistake, that is something that [voters will] care about, and that’s something that will haunt [McCain] for awhile, so I think this is a smart move.
Wow, madness! Her’s the Video:
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