Sarah Palin will be in Dallas for a $1000 a plate fundraiser benefiting the Republican party.
This will take place at the Fairmont Hotel on October 3, a day after the vice-presidential debate (assuming the Palin team doesn't come up with a convenient excuse for her to miss the debate.)
As of this date, Sarah Palin has repeated her lie on the "Bridge To Nowhere" nine times. She has also lied about her record of earmarks. The media continues to call this "stretching the truth" or "obfuscating" for some reason, but we all know that statements which are not true are lies, and people who make such statements are liars.
Let's tell Sarah Palin that we know what she is - a liar. Over a thousand brave individuals in Alaska came out to demonstrate against Palin when she returned to her home state:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/14/palin-met-by-hundreds-of_n_126276.html
Why can't Dallas do the same? The Repubs assume Texas is in their pocket. McCain doesn't even have a campaign office here. They are coming for the money, and nothing else. Let's show them that there are plenty of blue dots in this red state.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Elephant in the Room
Today, at a rally in Fairfax, Virginia, Sen. Fred Thompson made some remarks that leave me scratching my head.
He said that Sarah Palin was "the most remarkable success story in the history of American politics," for one thing. Take that George Washington, leader of the Revolution and Founding Father. And screw you, Abe Lincoln, rising from poverty, freeing the slaves, guiding our nation through a civil war. Hey FDR - you think that overcoming polio, defeating the Nazis, leading the nation out of the Great Depression and being elected four times is nearly as awesome as shooting a moose? Think again, gimpy.
He also said that Gov. Palin was "undergoing the most vicious assault that anybody has ever seen in public life."
Fred, you might want to turn around and ask that John McCain fellow what happened to him in the 2000 Republican primary. The one he lost to George Bush.
Hey remember him?
Which brings me to this comment from Sen. Thompson. "[S]he is a threat to the power that they expected to inherit, they think that they’re entitled to."
Inherit? You mean inherit the presidency, Fred?
And just who would Senator Obama be inheriting that office from, Fred?
And here we have the elephant in the room, folks. Literally. To hear all this talk of change and reform and taking on the powers that be in Washington, you'd think that George Bush - you know, the guy who's been the president for the last eight years - isn't from the same party as John McCain and Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson, and every other Republican who carefully avoids using the word Republican.
I don't really blame them. What with the national debt at its highest ever, unemployment rising yet again in August (now up to 6.1%), the housing market in a free fall - hey I wouldn't want to be advertising my affiliation with Bush either.
But just because you say it doesn't make it so. When I hear McCain calling for change I cannot help but think of Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride. "You keep using that word...I do not think it means what you think it means."
Change means not doing things the same. When McCain votes with Bush 90% of the time - that's The Same.
It's time to point out the Elephants in the room. And then send them packing.
He said that Sarah Palin was "the most remarkable success story in the history of American politics," for one thing. Take that George Washington, leader of the Revolution and Founding Father. And screw you, Abe Lincoln, rising from poverty, freeing the slaves, guiding our nation through a civil war. Hey FDR - you think that overcoming polio, defeating the Nazis, leading the nation out of the Great Depression and being elected four times is nearly as awesome as shooting a moose? Think again, gimpy.
He also said that Gov. Palin was "undergoing the most vicious assault that anybody has ever seen in public life."
Fred, you might want to turn around and ask that John McCain fellow what happened to him in the 2000 Republican primary. The one he lost to George Bush.
Hey remember him?
Which brings me to this comment from Sen. Thompson. "[S]he is a threat to the power that they expected to inherit, they think that they’re entitled to."
Inherit? You mean inherit the presidency, Fred?
And just who would Senator Obama be inheriting that office from, Fred?
And here we have the elephant in the room, folks. Literally. To hear all this talk of change and reform and taking on the powers that be in Washington, you'd think that George Bush - you know, the guy who's been the president for the last eight years - isn't from the same party as John McCain and Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson, and every other Republican who carefully avoids using the word Republican.
I don't really blame them. What with the national debt at its highest ever, unemployment rising yet again in August (now up to 6.1%), the housing market in a free fall - hey I wouldn't want to be advertising my affiliation with Bush either.
But just because you say it doesn't make it so. When I hear McCain calling for change I cannot help but think of Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride. "You keep using that word...I do not think it means what you think it means."
Change means not doing things the same. When McCain votes with Bush 90% of the time - that's The Same.
It's time to point out the Elephants in the room. And then send them packing.
Texas Dems, We've Got to Take This Into Our Own Hands
Texas volunteers to the Obama campaign have been diverted to New Mexico, where the candidate stands a much better chance of carrying the state and capturing its electoral votes. I understand that need and I would much rather see Obama win the election than see him on a campaign stop.
But this does mean that we have got to step it up - register new voters, get new volunteers, and work our precincts like never before. We've got a whole slate of Democratic candidates to elect, not just Obama/Biden. We've got to get this state on the road to turning blue.
But this does mean that we have got to step it up - register new voters, get new volunteers, and work our precincts like never before. We've got a whole slate of Democratic candidates to elect, not just Obama/Biden. We've got to get this state on the road to turning blue.
Stars for Sale, Cheap!
Congratulations to newly promoted Lieutenant General Craig Campbell of the Alaska National Guard!
If that name sounds familiar, it might be because General Campbell has been quoted recently in the news. On August 31, responding to claims that Gov. Palin's nominal control of the Alaska National Guard gave her foreign policy experience, General Campbell told the Associated Press that no, that he and Palin play no role in national defense activities, even when they involve the Alaska National Guard. The entire operation is under federal control, and the governor is not briefed on situations.
Then on September 3, General Campbell made the same comments to the Boston Globe in this article: "T]he Alaskan governor is not in the site's chain of command and has no authority over its operations, according to Maj. General Craig E. Campbell, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard who commands the roughly 3,800 state militia members. "
But by September 5, General Campbell apparently had a change of heart, appearing on Fox News with quite a different story: "I'll tell you, in the last few days, I've been watching the press, and I've not been very pleased with what I've been seeing about the chastising of the National Guard by having it diminished by the insinuation that a commander-in-chief of the National Guard doesn't really control the military. The National Guard has 500,000 people in it around this great country, serving in states and overseas. National Guards are state military forces run by governors, and Sarah Palin does it great."
And on September 8, in what I'm sure is simply an astonishing coincidence, General Campbell received his third star and promotion to Lieutenant General.
This is Maverick and Barracuda's idea of change? Well I will admit, it is a bit of a change. Most dirty politicians are a little more subtle with their bribes.
If that name sounds familiar, it might be because General Campbell has been quoted recently in the news. On August 31, responding to claims that Gov. Palin's nominal control of the Alaska National Guard gave her foreign policy experience, General Campbell told the Associated Press that no, that he and Palin play no role in national defense activities, even when they involve the Alaska National Guard. The entire operation is under federal control, and the governor is not briefed on situations.
Then on September 3, General Campbell made the same comments to the Boston Globe in this article: "T]he Alaskan governor is not in the site's chain of command and has no authority over its operations, according to Maj. General Craig E. Campbell, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard who commands the roughly 3,800 state militia members. "
But by September 5, General Campbell apparently had a change of heart, appearing on Fox News with quite a different story: "I'll tell you, in the last few days, I've been watching the press, and I've not been very pleased with what I've been seeing about the chastising of the National Guard by having it diminished by the insinuation that a commander-in-chief of the National Guard doesn't really control the military. The National Guard has 500,000 people in it around this great country, serving in states and overseas. National Guards are state military forces run by governors, and Sarah Palin does it great."
And on September 8, in what I'm sure is simply an astonishing coincidence, General Campbell received his third star and promotion to Lieutenant General.
This is Maverick and Barracuda's idea of change? Well I will admit, it is a bit of a change. Most dirty politicians are a little more subtle with their bribes.
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