The Democrat Thread

[HuskyCaucasian]

Hockey Mom Palin

 

Get your mind out of the gutter!

LOL ok ok. Hockey MomPalin works for me. HMP all the way!

[Steve9347]

LOL ok ok. Hockey Mom Palin works for me. HMP all the way!

Then it's official.

[HuskyCaucasian]

Never good when you have campaign leaks:

 

McCain Camp Removed Bush Criticism From Wall Street Statement

 

In private late Tuesday evening, the McCain campaign circulated a draft statement on the Wall Street crisis that attacked the Bush administration for a slow and "inconsistent" response, and charged that executives at several financial firms had made "misleading and false" statements.

 

But the criticism never appeared. After being circulated not only among McCain aides but also major campaign donors who have worked in the investment industry, the language was softened.

 

The official McCain statement released Wednesday morning made no mention of the Bush administration, instead accusing management and speculators of "creat[ing] this mess."

 

The earlier draft, obtained by the Huffington Post, was circulated among top advisers such as Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Matt McDonald, as well as some major donors, including Greg Wendt of the Capital Group. It expressed "concern that the Administration has been inconsistent with the way they have dealt with each crisis. Taxpayer money was used for Bear Stearns, it was not used for Lehman Brothers and now it is used again for AIG. The American people need to know the thinking and the standards behind using taxpayer's money to support these private sector institutions."

 

The draft added, "We also should know why the Administration did not deal with the problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sooner."

 

McCain's final version simply stated, "Important questions remain to be answered by Wall Street. Did executives mislead investors and regulators about the severity of the problem?"

[HuskyCaucasian]

Palin - VP May Not Be Part of the Executive Branch

 

When Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain’s running mate, President Bush said that she “had the executive appearance and that’s what it takes to be a capable person…in the executive branch.” But like Bush’s own vice president, it’s not clear that Palin would consider herself to be part of the executive branch.

 

The Hill reports that it inquired with both Joseph Biden and Sarah Palin about whether they would consider themselves to be part of the executive branch in the next administration. The Hill’s Kevin Bogardus reports, “Sen. Biden (Del.) believes the office he is seeking is solely in the executive branch, according to his staff. But aides to Alaska Gov. Palin did not answer the question”:

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Dick Cheney, and his chief aide David Addington, have repeatedly tried to argue that the vice president is not part of the executive branch. Cheney, who has referred to his office as “a unique creature,” has tried to exempt himself from a presidential executive order designed to safeguard classified national security information.

[NorthSideSox72]

Palin - VP May Not Be Part of the Executive Branch

Your headline is 100% misleading. She said nothing of the sort. The article simply iprojects the bizarre and over-the-top sentiments of Dick Cheney onto Sarah Palin.

 

Kind of like when posters here lump everyone on the board who may be on the other side of the aisle into the same person.

 

[Harry Chappas]

Your headline is 100% misleading. She said nothing of the sort. The article simply iprojects the bizarre and over-the-top sentiments of Dick Cheney onto Sarah Palin.

 

Kind of like when posters here lump everyone on the board who may be on the other side of the aisle into the same person.

 

No it's not, the would may leads you to believe that it may be true or it may not therefore only 50% misleading.

[NorthSideSox72]

No it's not, the would may leads you to believe that it may be true or it may not therefore only 50% misleading.

OK, fine. Its 50% misleading.

 

 

[Balta1701]

The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells.

 

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Pastor Muthee has frequently referred to this witchhunt in his sermons as an example of the power of “spiritual warfare”. In October 2005, he delivered ten sermons at the Wasilla Assembly of God, the audio of which was available on the church’s website until it was removed around the time Mrs Palin’s candidacy was announced. The blog Irregular Times has listings and screen grabs of the sermons.

 

It was during that these sermons that Mrs Palin, who was then preparing for her gubernatorial run, was anointed by Pastor Muthee. His intercession, she says, was “awesome”.

 

Her June 8 speech was to mark the graduation of students from the Wasilla Assembly of God’s Masters’ Commission, which, as Pastor Ed Kalins explains, believes Alaska will be the refuge for American evangelicals upon the coming “End of Days”. After her speech, Mrs Palin was presented with an honorary Masters’ Commission diploma.

Yowza. That's some holy entertainment there.

[NorthSideSox72]

Yowza. That's some holy entertainment there.

So Palin has her Rev Wright now?

 

[BigSqwert]

It's lines like these that will keep Obama ahead of McCain. Ouch.

 

At a rally in Coral Gables, Obama responds to McCain's shots:

 

"This morning Senator McCain gave a speech in which his big solution to this worldwide economic crisis was to blame me for it.

 

This is a guy who's spent nearly three decades in Washington, and after spending the entire campaign saying I haven't been in Washington long enough, he apparently now is willing to assign me responsibility for all of Washington's failures."

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Yowza. That's some holy entertainment there.

 

You know it sucks because saying your car accident was caused by a Kenyan woman's spells doesn't get you far in traffic court.

 

I'm glad someone is fighting for us.

[Texsox]

So Palin has her Rev Wright now?

 

/pops bowl of popcorn and passes some to Kap

[HuskyCaucasian]

You know you have crossed the line when FOX NEWS tells you to remove their stuff from a Republican ad:

 

Fox News sent a cease and desist letter to the McCain campaign today over a new ad that includes the voice of correspondent Major Garrett, according to a letter obtained by Politico.

 

From the letter sent to Trevor Potter, general counsel for the McCain campaign:

"We demand that you immediately remove Mr. Garrett's voice from this ad. As Mr. Garrett is a non-partisan news correspondent covering the Obama campaign for Fox News, it is highly inappopriate, among other things, of your campaign to use him in your ad."

 

[Balta1701]

So Palin has her Rev Wright now?

Actually this is like her 2nd or 3rd, the media just hasn't paid that much attention. The head of "Jews for Jesus" spoke at her church a while back also, amongst some other people.

[NorthSideSox72]

Actually this is like her 2nd or 3rd, the media just hasn't paid that much attention. The head of "Jews for Jesus" spoke at her church a while back also, amongst some other people.

What's the problem with Jews for Jesus? Seriously, I don't see the biggie there.

 

[Steve9347]

Seriously, I didn't like it when they went after Obama for Rev Wright, so I'm not going to go after HMP because of this.

[Texsox]

Seriously, I didn't like it when they went after Obama for Rev Wright, so I'm not going to go after HMP because of this.

 

Exactly. I really don't care who she listens to. It's her actions that are more important.

[HuskyCaucasian]

Interesting thing brought up by Olberman tonight:

Palin was in CR Iowa yesterday promising to put the federal governments checkbook online like she did in Alaska... the problem? The federal checkbook is ALREADY online... thanks to a bill brought to you by... Barack Obama and supported by John McCain. OOPS!

 

Also, Olberman is donating $100 to charity for every lie Palin makes. He's starting the tally tonight. No doubt he'd donate more, but at $1000 per lie, he might be broke by the end of the week.

Edited September 20, 2008 by Athomeboy_2000

[Heads22]

Palin's bigger problem in Iowa was she didn't know what city she was in.

 

Referred to Cedar Rapids as Grand Rapids.

[HuskyCaucasian]

Palin's bigger problem in Iowa was she didn't know what city she was in.

 

Referred to Cedar Rapids as Grand Rapids.

Oh, I'd say this is MUCH bigger:

 

Exclusive: New Doubts Over Palin's Troopergate Claims

An internal government document obtained by ABC News appears to contradict Sarah Palin's most recent explanation for why she fired her public safety chief, the move which prompted the now-contested state probe into "Troopergate."

 

"The last straw," her lawyer argued, came when he planned a trip to Washington, D.C., to seek federal funds for an aggressive anti-sexual-violence program. The project, expected to cost from $10 million to $20 million a year for five years, would have been the first of its kind in Alaska, which leads the nation in reported forcible rape.

 

But the governor's staff authorized the trip, according to an internal travel document from the Department of Public Safety, released Friday in response to an open records request.

 

The document, a state travel authorization form, shows that Palin's chief of staff, Mike Nizich, approved Monegan's trip to Washington, D.C., "to attend meeting with Senator Murkowski." The date next to Nizich's signature reads June 18.

 

In response to inquiries about the document Friday, the McCain-Palin campaign provided a statement from Randy Ruaro, another aide to Palin.

 

According to Ruaro, Monegan asked for -- and received -- approval for the travel without telling Palin's staff his reason for going. "As a matter of routine, the travel was approved by Mike Nizich ... weeks before the actual purpose was made clear by former Commissioner Monegan," Ruaro wrote.

[Heads22]

Oh, I'd say this is MUCH bigger:

 

I'm talkin about Iowa specifically. It's useless for the two of them to spend time here.

[Steve9347]

HAHAHAHA

 

Edit out drunk post.

Edited September 20, 2008 by Steve9347

[fathom]

Funny stuff here: http://freelevi.org/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher.html

[BigSqwert]

Funny stuff here: http://freelevi.org/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher.html

 

...just let the Palin womenfolk look after it for a while, one more infant in that Mormon compound they call a house won’t bother anybody – they’ll barely notice another kid at the table, and soon they won’t even remember whose seed it was that produced young “Trink” or “Truck” or “Puck” or whatever f***ed up redneck name they give him.