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It is nice to see McCain select someone old enough to be his daughter and not young enough to be his grandchild.

Yeah and she is a prolifer...
It is so damn awful this country can't find a man that is capable of being vice president. That must mean we have been cursed and it can get worse.

i expect the pick takes AR out of the in-play column.
(and AK. LA was already there, unless Gustav changes the equation)

Desparate Choice. Update got it right. She will be a negative. They don't have a Presidential candidate in either slot.

Their Rush Limbaugh, Fauxnews, nanananabooboo I'm plastic and you're glue, idiot propaganda has left them void of ideas that make any sense. It had to come home some day.

Today is the day.

Actually, I think today is his 72nd birthday...

Not to mention. The one thing he had to do, he did. He left the field open for Huck in 2012.

Actually, I think today is his 72nd birthday...

No, Leslie...he can't. This pick officially takes Obama's lack of experience off the table...not to mention she is anti-choice, pro-gun, pro-drilling and has been guv for only a year and a half. If this is an attempt to attract Hillary supporters I'd say it's a stretch. Actually, I'd say it's plum loco...

And isn't today McCain's birthday?

Yes, today is McCain's 72nd birthday. He will be having shrimp.

And Palin, his VP pick, is currently under investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.

Sounds about right. Anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-gun lobby and already politically corrupt.

18 million cracks just got broken through.

This is the most inexplicable Veep choice I could have ever imagined. For some one who's campaign is practically contingent on berating Obama for his lack of experience, I don't know what else to do except drop my jaw and laugh at the hypocrisy. Palin's "experience" amounts to less than two years as governor and prior to that, sitting council member and mayor of some small, random town in AK. His pick is so duplicitous, it literally amazes me. McCain is going to be forced to eat his words. This is nothing more than a thinly veiled effort to pander to Hillary's voters and it freakin' REEKS of desperation.

Maybe some one can finally teach Cheney how to properly use a rifle after she and Straight Talk Express demonstrate their right to bear arms by moose hunting in the wilderness of Alaska. This is seriously laughable.

Proof that the old man is crazy. Was this decision made with a dart and a map? I'm feeling more and more confident that Barack and Michelle are going to be grinding all over the White House. I also love the idea of kids in the White House. Cute little black kids.

Squirm, Republikkklans. All your dirty tricks won't work this year.

One House, one spouse,
O-bama, oh-eight

THis takes the whole argument that Obama is too inexperienced to be President, has no military experience, all that crap and essentially throws it out of the window. This lady is one heartbeat away from being President. He just can't argue any more with a straight face that experience and military service mean anything. Just handed Obama a gift, one I'm personally mighty grateful for.
This is baffling. Unless of course, you are cynical and think he did it only to appeal to women voters. NAH, not good ole Maverick McCain. Not the guy that wouldn't bow to pressure as a POW, not the guy who would bow to special interests.. nope, not him. See he was against inexperience and such, before he was for it. That's it.

ChasV

Over half the US population is female and one gets picked to run for VP and that is a sign we are cursed?

Nearly 60 elections times 2 vp candidates equals over a hundred (early on vp was second vote getter) vp candidates and Geraldean Ferraro and now Palin are running and the country is cursed?

It is harder today to make sense of your post than the odd ones before.

Wow.
This is a ... surprise.
If Grampa's gonna pander, why doesn't he pick a woman that everybody...somebody...has ever heard of?
HA! Dana Bash just reported that Palin was a runner-up in a beauty pagent, when she was a little bit younger, in ALASKA! Out of all those women up there....
Well, that does it for me.
Screw you Dems!
I'm going for this dream ticket the REpugs have put together.
Move over Chasv, Strange, et al. Make room for ol' Rick.

Heh, a dart and a map. Exactly.

Dan Quayle.

Can you say, "Eagleton".

As unknown as this lady is, she may not make it to November.

I a few hours McCain may be looking for dirt on her.

Our possible future Vice President during her DYNASTY faze:

Oh, wait. She's a Van Halen fan. Damn. Okay, she gets one point. Please also tell me she went to a Wham! concert to balance the scales.

Van Palin?! Wow! This lady sounds totally bitchin'

young/old versus old/young
metro/metro versus desert/tundra
black/white versus male/female
lawyer/lawyer versus pow/milf
think/deal versus bomb bomb/drill drill

McCain: "OK. All that Obama commander-in-chief experience stuff... I dunno where that came from, we were just shootin' from the hip on that one. What I really meant to say was 'Obama has never had any BEAUTY PAGEANT experience'. Yeah. That's it."

She named her kid Trig Van Palin because she's a Van Halen fan? I know Van Halen appeals to a lot of people, but not grown up people. Naming your kid is like getting a tattoo. You shouldn't end up embarrassed about it a couple of years later.

I do remember their song Hot for Teacher, which is about what a few teachers have done for some lucky lads right here in Arkansas, and then got sent to the pokey for doing it, and I mean doing it. You know, the nasty. I bet a bunch of sourdoughs, young and old, are Hot for Governor.

This really makes the old man look looney.

I like Van Halen but the combo of naming your kid after them, plus also an area that is known for redneck snowmobiling, is hmmm.. non-presidential.

I've only heard of this person in the context of her advocacy of aerial inhumane slaughter of thousands of wolves to protect big-game interests. What a gal.

Looney, or just hard up? Naw, not at his age, even if Cindy surely hasn't been putting out since he called her a runt or whatever.

August 15, 2008

Sarah Palin, 44, Governor of Alaska, has some controversies attached. There is a controversy over her ex brother-in-law, Mike Wooten. Mike Wooten and Sarah Palin's sister divorced. Mike Wooten worked as a state trooper.

The legislative panel have a $100,000 budget to investigate if Sarah Palin fired Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner because he refused to fire Mike Wooten. Sarah Palin has denied her involvement. Palin denied having her hand in her husband, Todd Palin, dialing Wooten's bosses. Palin's administrative staff also made many calls to Wooten's superiors. When questioned,

The Palins alleged that Mike Wooton drank beer in his patrol car, and fired a Taser at his step son, age 11. Mike Wooton was accused of threatening the safety of Sarah Palin's father.

Here's my favorite headline thus far:

McCain taps Alaska governor for VP (AP)

Hoo-boy, this IS going to be the most interesting election season EVER. AND Hill can't catch ANY break. Even if the "CCCers" (Clinton Conspiracy Clones) are right, McThuselah wins and either croaks or bows out for '12, the Repukes will ALREADY have a woman at the top. What that means is that even tho' there is no rational explanation for a M/P victory in '08 they got it anyway and the Dem party is TOAST. IF Obama/Biden don't thump this December/May dynamic duo, WE are toast and here I come New Zealand!!

ARK BLOG: The editor just had quite a belly laugh over "McThuselah." Thanks, Larry. We needed that.

What a wonderful blunder. Her inexperience [2 years as Governor of big but very little Alaska] takes the attack against Obama's inexperience right off the table.
Her political problems [state police, milk board, etc.] make her a Dick Chaney in drag corruption target.
Her on air interviews have been vaporous - she thinks like the basketball player she was. Biden will make polar bear meat out of her.
Her right wing ideology may help secure the Republican base but it will be anathama to Independents.
At base, it reflects the shallowness of the McCain campaign. Keep it up fellows; we need lots of help and you are providing it. In the words of Bill Clinton the other night - "Thanks, but no thanks!"

In Alaska they don't use the word snowmobile, they're called snowmachines.

I can't think of anything sexual about that, so I'll lay back until DBI gets a chance to comment on the Beauty and the Beast.

Oh yeah, McCain's a runt.

MAX!!!!!!!!! Gramps is 72 today............remember 3 yrs ago, N'awlins was drowning while
Gramps and idiot were having a party in Az???

So, now we have Cunt 1 and Cunt 2........:-)

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

Today IS McCain's birthday.

August 29, 1936

72

Seriously? You're going to criticize Governor Palin for her level of experience, suggesting she MIGHT not be qualified to be President IF something happened to McCain? She has as much experience as Barack Obama, who is at the top of the Democratic ticket! That argument is absurd.

LOL. Thanks for scaring the independents McCain. He pitched the Obama campaign a huge softball down the middle.

Elephant, I think the point was that the Republicans have been citing Obama's inexperience as an issue. By picking a veep with such a short resume, McCain puts the same question on his own ticket.

Sounds like McCain doesn't plan on dying.

Cindy better watch her back.. he's got a history of swapping wives. No, wait, Palin's not rich enough. Never mind. My bad. We will now resume our regularly scheduled programming already in progress.

Hey, whatever keeps the story alive on Obama's lack of experience works for me...

I can smell the fear in the room. In only two years, Palin is going to be able to point to twice as much that she has accomplished as Governor than Barack Obama has done in 4 years in the Senate. The experience argument aint gonna hunt.

We'll see if women vote for a woman just because she's a woman. She's the anti-Hillary, for sure.

I suspect any votes McThuselah picks up from women will be canceled out by the votes he loses from people like chasv.

Every racist in America was on track to vote Republican, but now they're faced with voting for a woman. People who don't want blacks in charge don't want a woman, either.

(not mine, wish it was : )

GERALDINE QUAYLE

"18 million cracks just got broken through."

Ared, Democrats broke that ceiling in 1984.

I ALMOST feel sorry for the Republicans. This is just pathetic. Is it possible that McCain is trying to lose? I never thought Obama had a chance at winning Arkansas, but after last night and now this. He does.

Palin sounds Canadian....lol

"Hey, whatever keeps the story alive on Obama's lack of experience works for me... "

That's just the point. This kills the story on Obama's experience, it doesn't keep it alive.

maybe she was just the only Republican McCain could find with a kid going into the military?

Biden's son is being deployed but I don't recall Biden bringing it up in his speech.

Let's be honest here, there's a big difference on being unsure of the experience level of a Presidential candidate than a Vice Presidential candidate.

"Hey, whatever keeps the story alive on Obama's lack of experience works for me...

That's just the point. This kills the story on Obama's experience, it doesn't keep it alive."

Um, we're talking about it right now, aren't we??

I guess the Republicans think gas prices and oil policy can win the race. The Democrats better start pointing out the role of speculators in running up oil prices.

"I can smell the fear in the room." Posted by: TheBusDriver

Look around you, Bub. Who's in the room besides you?

Let's be honest here, no one really cared about experience in the first place. It was just a talking point. If the Dems really cared about experience they wouldn't have ended up with the three least experienced candidates on top (Obama, Clinton, Edwards). If the Republicans really cared about experience they wouldn't have nominated Bush over McCain eight years ago and they wouldn't pick a VP with less experience than the dude they're trying to nail on lack of experience.

Palin could become president at anytime if McCain were elected. So how can he talk about the more experienced Obama now? He clearly thinks that experience is not important. The VP must be someone you trust to become president.

This is the political equivalent of a hell mary pass.

Palin just said they could break that glass ceiling...does she expect McCain to die?

I've got to be looking at Palin as President since I have McCain in my dead pool.

Palin's the only one with executive experience which will help the GOP ticket. Even if it's only one term, it's more than anyone else. I expect that McCain helped himself with this move.

I'm sure McCain has chosen a Governor from Alaska because he can most easily invade Russia via the Alaska Coast.

Also, this choice should show Obama that he has everything to gain by including Nader in the debates.

Hey elephant- -

Why are you missing the point that has been repeated on this thread over and over again??? Her lack of experience nullifies McCain's argument that Obama is inexperienced. Period. It's irrelevant and brimming with hypocrisy. You can also bet your ass that anyone who has been paying attention will be all over this in about two seconds flat. Especially the damn media.

Did you WATCH Obama smack McCain sideways last night? I can't WAIT to hear this woman speak. Bring on the debate with Biden!

I don't give a sh*t if this woman knows how to harpoon whales or kill a grizzly with her own two hands. This pairing is terribly awkward and forced, in my opinion.

I'm going to have a good laugh at Republicans talking about Palin's 2 years of executive experience of a small state after they claimed Clinton's 12 years of state executive experience didn't make him qualified to be president.

LOL......LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Tina Fey look-alike's political record is about as long as mine, so there's not much to talk about. Between Obama and Biden and McCain, she's the only one of em I wouldn't mind sleeping with. Is that powerful enough to carry the Republicans to victory? I think I agree with the folks wanting to force McCain to take a test for early stage Alzheimer's.

A more cynical mind would say this choice is a slap in the face of women voters. It could show that McCain thinks women are like cattle, let the lead cow start for the barn and all the rest will line up behind her. The women I know and love are too smart to play follow the leader. McCain went for a cheap gimmick...nothing more. Biden will fillet her like an Alaskan salmon.

Obama promised last night to make America a better country. That and the word Katrina are all one really needs to know to never vote Republican again. Good luck Ms Palin...watch his grubby old hands!

Palin was probably the best choice that McCain could make.

I think the debate between Biden and Palin on Oct. 2nd will be a big factor in influencing voters. For once, people may be interested in watching a vice-presidential debate.

Experience required?
Article I, Section 1 Constitution of the United States of America

". . . No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. . . ."

Click

The best info I can find on the population of Alaska is the 2006 census. About 670,000 people.
I'd argue that some executives at Wal-Mart have more "executive experience" than this earth mama. DBI is right. This is an insult to women. He may as well have picked that Budweiser lady he's married to.
He cunt be serious.

Posted by: eark | August 29, 2008 11:44 AM : "Palin just said they could break that glass ceiling...does she expect McCain to die? "

There is also a glass ceiling for VP, she would be the first female VP.

I think it's a bold choice by McCain. Certainly Palin has skeletons in her closet, just like anyone who has passed major reforms. You certainly do make enemies by cutting spending and fighting pork barrel projects.

I think McCain's selection of Palin is a sign that he's serious about fiscal responsibility, and we can look forward to a government that is run in a responsible way. There will be big changes to come if John McCain is elected President, particularly since John McCain really doesn't like George Bush.

Obama seems to have used George W's formula in picking the Cheney like Joe Biden for his VP.

Wow! I was expecting Romney or Pawlenty (?). Maybe I have been giving the Republican Party too much credit for being Rasputin (or Putin) like political masterminds. What nefarious crap will they get us into before the election to scare voters?

This will not get the female vote.

If this is McSame's attempt to grab some of Hillary's supporters, he's clueless as well as sexist. In general, feminists support issues first, gender second. She's not a step forward for women.

I'm thrilled he selected her...makes him easier to beat.

Like others, I'm confused by this choice because it nullifies all that inexperience crap that McSame has been throwing Obama's way. (Though I think experience as defined by the DC gang was made moot by Monkeyboy's ultra-experienced crew...who fucked up everything they touched.)

"I think it's a bold choice by McCain. Certainly Palin has skeletons in her closet, just like anyone who has passed major reforms..."--severus

I disagree...skeletons come from shady dealings, not from being an honest reformer. But then Republicans do seem to have their own special way of looking at things. So, maybe you're right, severus, in Republican Land those 'skeletons' are probably an asset. Or, at least make her just another Republican politician.

Sounds like she is another Duggermama wanna be.

Joe Biden has a son in his 2nd deployment in Iraq, he didn't mention it to gain points.

Recon Gov. Charlie Crist will go on with his wedding??????????

After listening to Palin's speech on NPR, all I can say is that someone needs to put her in touch with a voice coach!! She is so nasal and screeching sounding it reminded me of fingernails on a chalkboard.

Obama needs to check is tire (blood) pressure. I think a natural gas pipeline trumps a fairy tale energy plan.

looks like the GOP ticket's energy plan is DRILL, DRILL, DRILL

which ironically, when the words DRILL and PALIN are in the same sentence
does cause my blood pressure to rise (among other things)

"The best info I can find on the population of Alaska is the 2006 census. About 670,000 people.
I'd argue that some executives at Wal-Mart have more "executive experience" than this earth mama. "

The population of Delaware is 853,476. So what is your point Dufus?

Bumper sticker:

"Sarah Palin: She Hasn't Been Indicted Yet!"

Bus Driver,
Are you really a bus driver, or too stupid to obtain a license?
Biden has been in congress, acquiring national governmental experience, since way before you paid less than $2 a gallon to operate that rig. Earth Mama's ONLY experience in government has been as a stixtown mayor and then a year and a half as Governor over all those people in Alaska. REpugs are citing her "executive experience".
Not there.
That's the point.
Dipshit.

Hey Rick - so what has Obama been doing? Serving in the State Senate? No better than mayor of stixtown in my book. PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING THAT BARACK OBAMA HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE U.S. SENATE. Talking about Hope and Change sounds great, but what has he DONE? His speech the other night had lots of great ideas that he promised to do - does he have a Magic Wand that he's going to wave when he's president???

Dr. Strangelove really hates to take advantage of your dilemma but it appears that McCain's strategy is working to a 'T'. Your reaction to Palin reminds me of a girls sleepover when they discover that the room is full of mice running loose on the floor. I have said many times before on this blog that I am NOT voting for McCain and this does not change that. However, I think that this campaign is going to be really fun to follow.

In boxing we call this the old one/two punch. First punch: McCain was very concillatory when he congratulated obamayomama. Second punch: Naming of Palin. The obama camp was not ready for this. They have reacted much as you did---chaos. By the way, I forgot what obama said last night.

Those of you who keep such close scrutiny of what is said on this blog will remember that Dr. Strangelove predicted several days ago that McCain would either go with the safe pick of Romney or the daring pick of Palin. Pay attention when Dr. Strangelove speaks of the repubs.

Have a nice day, guys. Zelda, I love your responses.

I think Max should've used this picture. Definitely would give young red-blooded American boys incentive to go into those private voting booths and pull their lever for her.

Okay, JenJens, we'll agree to disagree on this one. I see that it's similar to how the age issue was negated when Obama picked old-man Biden as his VP. I guess that makes us even.

Well, almost. In the spirit of mixed messages, we should also discuss how Obama's mantra of change lost some of it's luster when his running mate has been a career politician - 35 years! And Obama's disdain for lobbyists might be offensive to Biden's son, who is in that profession.

Ah, politics.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Don't attack the woman or the man. Speak to their experience and their policies. The threads on this blog are so childish and sad.

Oh, yes, I wouldn't use the lack of experience argument very much. If you express much concern about Palin's lack of experience what are you going to say when the other guy says to you: If Palin's lacks experience to serve as VP, how can obamayomama lack of experience qualify him as president?

Could it be the Arkansas Times and many Democrats are sexist these days? One wonders.....I am sure Hillary is having a good chuckle today......

Also noteworthy.... This years Alaska GOP caucus results... Gov. Sara Palin managed to help John McCain come in dead last among Republican presidential nominees.

http://news.aol.com/elections/primary/state/ak

I sure hope the MSM insists these pro lifers drag all their mutant children out for photo ops. How on earth an someone be a good parent to a child with downs syndrome and be Gov much more VP at the same time? I guess it doesn't matter to the self proclaimed family values party as long as you can pay someone else to actually be the parent and hide your children from the public eye.

The one bright spot in this nomination is that in 2 years we'll see Ms Palin in the pages of Hustler magazine....the first Governor spread in porn history. I can't help it, I'm old, but now and then I still get out the old Playboy with Reagan's daughter Patti in it. That one picture of her with those big black hands reaching for her boobs.......oh, excuse me...I keep forgetting what my wife says about me not having to talk about everything that runs thru my mind. Anyway.......Patti......call me!

I'll sure be glad when I wake up and find out that Bizzaro World was just a dream. These last 8 years.....whew....not even Paddy Chayefsky could dream up such a crazy time as we've lived thru the last decade. It's worse than black is now white or right is left......it's black is rhubarb, right is Constantinople! Please let me wake up! Now we have the oldest man on earth running with a Barbi doll no one has ever heard of....what next....they're alien love child? Will Michael Jackson be our next Attorney General.....hell, he'd be a improvement!

I need my Ma to help make sense of it all! But then politics was never Ma's strong suit. We're gonna miss her vote for Obama come November, but we gots Tina Fey to kick around now and you know this is going to be fun! Google women and Alaska and then click on images......lordy what that cold Arctic air does to their chestual regions! Superb! But the Republicans may be onto something....suddenly all I can think of is DRILL DRILL DRILL!

Now I cannot vote at all. There is absolutely no one out there in the running that has a clue to what it takes to run this country. Obama thinks this country needs a change, yeah maybe it does, but is it a black change? I have blacks up and down my street, if their actions are the change Obama wants, then I really don't think so. MCCain thinks...., well maybe he doesn't think, I don't know. Whomsoever it is that takes the oval office seat is in for a wild ride with the way the aggression is in the world today then cased together with the ecological items that really need addressing more than the governments bullshiite tirades. Planet Earth, welcome to the meltdown!

I wonder if Nobama fired his advisors today as they never saw the bus that just ran them down and so much for that Labor Day bounce as well.....the press is saying McCain a man of vision......for picking a Woman VP.....while Nobama got a old Dem party hack.....sounds like change to me..

Sexual innuendo comments = lame.

DBI - Looks like you're still doing well in the meth industry.

Oops. Time for a makeover.

Geesh!
Who's on first?
This circular argument is exhausting.
I know it has gone on way too long, but somehow I feel obligated to explain to people who seem to be too....let's say "hard-headed" to understand that the POINT that got all this started is that McCain has been bitching that Obama didn't have sufficient experience to be president. Then, he goes and picks a VP (who could become P once the old codger finally croaks) who has no experience, thereby effectively negating his argument about experience.
Dimwits say, "Well, Obama doesn't have any experience." And then you try to explain it to them, again, and on it goes.
THIRD BASE!!!
I think I gotta get out of this one and go fix a Bloody Mary.

I"m about to puke...came home from lunch after McSame's choice and Faux News is all but fawning over the Van Halen Queen.

Well the PUMA's are jumping ship enmass.....what a Kodak moment....

Comparing Palin's inexperience to Obama's experience is absurd on every level.

Sara said just a short while back when asked about the Vice Presidency.. "Someone would have to tell me what they do before I could answer that."

Sara has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho in 1987.

And - She hasn't been indicted yet.. considering the level of GOP corruption and number of indictments passed around this year from a GOP DOJ... that is nothing short of a miracle.

James,

*GASP* Say it ain't so! Do you REALLY have blacks up and down your street?

Good God, what's the world coming to?

I have never for the life of me understood why minorities have stuck with the Democratic party as they have for as long as I have followed politics been the party that has fostered sexism and racism . A good example is how Hillary was more or less kicked to the curb by the Dem party good old boys, as much as I disagree with Bill Clinton I have to shake his hand for not going along with the party.

Eureka, I can't really respect your comment, especially since i heard another similar one at lunch about Palin not being a good choice because of her special needs child. I guess your guys are only for civil rights when it fits your agenda. As the father of a special needs child it has opened my eyes to the true colors of some people. Your comment makes me want to PUKE!! Her child was on stage with her not hiding. You obviously have no sense of common decency or the preciousness of life to make those statements... ....

I knew a blacks once. He was a nose picker, I knew then they couldn't be trusted! Has anyone checked to see if Em Palin really gave birth to old Screamin Ted Stevens child? The reaction of our resident wingnuts is making for a fun Friday. And think...Wes, strangelove and LargeAss are still in bed. Just wait till they wake up.

Oh.....thanks nP......Ms Palin's other children besides Trig are named Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper. Her good judgment is just bustin out all over! She's not naming children, she's naming new feminine products! Imagine what her pet name for her hubby's private part must be? Oh yes...we need this person in the White House stat!

Rick - if you want to stop the circular conversation that fine with me. we're both hard headed it seems, and i certainly don't view the Arkansas Times Blog as a venue for changing people's already strong opinions.

i did notice, however, that you artfully dodged my inquiry - "PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING THAT BARACK OBAMA HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE U.S. SENATE."

i suppose the google search you attempted didn't come up with anything barring a congratulatory resolution for the local high school or something equally vital to Senate business....

Heaven forbid if McCain is elected and he die in office. This woman would be the first female president and Hillary Clinton still a Senator? Somethin' aint right.

Love how the left leaners like to spew that venom.....must have been abused as kids....and been given wedgies in college and now bitter at the world.

Poor McCain Palin campaign, with two days remaining they are still trying to decide whether or not they should conduct their convention while a hurricane hits the gulf coast.. and they are scrambling to send busses far and wide to old folks homes and churches (with promises of a free bus ride and all the pudding cups you can eat with your teeth out) in order to be able to fill a convention hall with a miniscule capacity of ten thousand seats.

Meanwhile, Ron Paul has a sold out show in the same town in a venue with a much larger capaity.

I love this VP pick. It helps Obama big time. My opinion: What was McCain thinking?

Go Obama Go.

One of my favorites. Maybe this will help jog your memory...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixc2IHum2hg

"I sure hope the MSM insists these pro lifers drag all their mutant children out for photo ops. How on earth an someone be a good parent to a child with downs syndrome and be Gov much more VP at the same time?"

Eureka - I don't know if you meant to call her child with Downs "mutant" or just all pro-lifers children but either way it was completely irresponsible and childish on your part. Completely ridiculous.

"... i certainly don't view the Arkansas Times Blog as a venue for changing people's already strong opinions. "

Or as a venue for respectful disagreement, save for a very few posters. Oh, how I wish Max would lay down some ground rules. But nobody with a blog who wants the blog to be popular and successful is doing this, it seems.

So, flame away, 2nd graders. You've got the media establishment leading the way and supporting your every hateful little effort.

I love this VP pick. It helps Obama big time. My opinion: What was McCain thinking?

Go Obama Go.

As laughable as this is, it does seem neither party has anyone who wants to be President. At least the Democrats had Dodd, Biden, and Richardson.

I know it is not the job it used to be, but please; the mayor of Ice Road Truckers?

I'm not saying Hillary or Obama would not have been ready in 2012 or 2016, I'm just sayin'.

The idea that this pick is some sort of a sop to Hillary voters or feminists in general is a slap in the face to any woman with two brain cells to rub together. Palin doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Hillary in any way, shape, or form.

"UPDATE: We're thinking. McCain is 71. He's picked as the person who would succeed him someone whose bona fides are two years in the governor's office in Alaska, period. Can he argue she'd be an able president if he were to croak?"

As opposed to Obama, who is actually running to be president, now, and has sooo much experience to qualify him for the office...

What a hack.

I wanted Obama to win but had my serious doubts about his being able to do it. Now, given last night and this laughable choice for Vice President--i think unless he screws up big time, he my run away with it. Wow. McCain may have just given us a present. I'm psyched!!!!!

Yes, by all means...no more disrespectful talk on this blog! No more mentioning the cruelty, torture, war lies, war profits, incompetency, 4150 of our Exxon dead, do not mention Katrina or Halliburton or Blackwater, no talk of years of vacation time by the P, no more talk of child mutilation by our VP, don't talk about lost jobs or wages, don't talk about Mark Foley or Vitter or Craig, forget Laura killed a classmate, don't say Jeff Gannon/Guckert, do not talk about the 2000 vote count or the 2004 vote count, remember Mark W. Pryor is your friend, don't say casket to a living soul, don't bring up Gonzales or Rove, don't speak of black prison sites in Eastern Europe, skip Gitmo, Haditha, Abu Ghraib, Lindy England, Heck of a job Brownie, OBGYNs practicing their love on women, the Killer Pretzel. And by god don't mention that thing growing out of McCain's cheek!

Clean up your damn talk people! strangelove has told us repeatedly that people across the nation are calling the AT Blog Mr. Potty Mouth. After Obama wins and is safely in the White House we can discuss the killers and perverts and treasonist known as the Bush administration, but for now......SHUT UP.....DO NOT TALK UGLY!

Jus sayin' I consider both Mccains adopted child and Palin's choice to have a child with down's... both children have genetic mutations.. bless their hearts.

Both parents seem to be comfortable with farming out care of those children rather than raising them themselves. Both parents seem to be hiding them from the public eye.. except when they talk about them to make themselves look better.

If a parent makes a choice to adopt or have a child with genetic mutations.. you should be a parent first and foremost.. far more so than parents of a "normal" child. And when the party of denial, the party of neanderthals refuses to discuss it.. I intend to point out their hypocrisy at every turn.

What a thread!

Fletch is right. This will be Eagleton II. She won't make it to November. They're going to find out that she really doesn't handle the ball that well, her jump shot is gone, and that she's lost a step. They're also going to find out that she's simply not corrupt enough for the ticket. Seriously, I think the party leadership is going to poll this and focus group it and have a cow.

Was it Severus who said she has been a crusader against pork barrel spending? That's an interesting description of a politician from the land of the bridge to nowhere and the indicted Sen. Ted Stevens!

She is without a doubt the best looking candidate in history. I think her addition to Mt. Rushmore will be nice. However Tina Fey would have been a better choice. She's much prettier and has more appropriate experience. She probably didn't want to give up her comedy gig.

McThuselah is screwed. (Insert comment here. Double pun intended.)

Eureka - First off, there's a pretty big distinction between 'mutant children' from your first post and 'children with genetic mutations' that you used later when I questioned your comments. Second, I don't see how this shows any hypocrisy on anyone's part. Why should they discuss it? I don't understand this. If they did, people would say they were using their kids for sympathy. If they don't, you say they are hiding their kids. I don't have any children, much less any special-needs kids, but if I was in the public eye I think I'd probably leave ALL of my kids out of the discussion. It sounds like you're questioning their parenting skills BUT I don't know how you can make that call unless you know them. And I don't think you do.

Bottom line, I don't think this has anything to do with the candidates whatsoever.

gerry ferraro on fox praising mccain for picking a w... white person.

Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trigg ... what was this couple high on when they named their kids?

And reports are that their dog, Shroom, won't be on the campaign trail, since he's in rehab.

Looks like Dr. Mengele would feel right at home here on this blog. I certainly believe that he would be welcomed by the Democratic Party.

MY - a HOT VP pick and the concomitant profane (not to mention HILARIOUS) commentary from the usual suspects seems to have drawn a record number of trolls (at least while the sun is still up) to our esteemed blog. THEN they are tsk-tsking about the great, if profane, observations. Get a life, get some FACTS and come back when you've grown up!

Do we have trolls that inhabit wingnut blogs just to be shit-disturbers? Say it ain't so, Your Dourness!!
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Of course it does. You cannot be a good parent to a child with downs and be a Governor or VP at the same time. The demands of good parenting for a child with Downs are enormous. Being pro choice..and making the choice to have that child, as the Palins did.. should require they actually raise their children, not hide them, ignore them..in order to pursue a career.

Millions of other folks set aside their careers because it's best for their children/family. The Palins and quite possibly the Mccain's should have done so.

Sorry you have trouble with the accuracy of the words mutant/mutation. I stand by their accuracy, but I'll try to use "special needs" from here on out. It's their special needs of which I am trying to support.. lord knows it doesn't look like their parents are.

Now let me see, I wonder which VP will be nomited to run for President on the Republican ticket against the inevitable Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton? Hmmmmmmmmmmm!

now without a CiC/WoT - doubly-centric GOP ticket,

another terrorist attack 'tween now and the election will not
automatically benefit the Republicans.

I bet that miss hillary is just tickled pink at the palin nomination. Don't you? How wonderful to know that once again she got screwed by the other woman.

PS: I'm now OUTRAGED that Commander McAint would pick someone who is as UN-PATRIOTIC as this looker - what the HELL kind of furren lapel pin is THAT - French? Where's the USofA flag??!!! Call Darth Cheney or Rover and get her gone, quick!!! Get a REAL Uhmerikan...
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Oh, poor Larry, how frustrated you must be! Tsk, tsk, tsk. Not to worry. The geniuses at the demo party will figure it all out and fashion a nice solution to satisfy all of you moonbats.

"but for now......SHUT UP.....DO NOT TALK UGLY!"

Fuck no.

I'm pissed...fucking pissed. China's buying Iraq's oil and Putin said Monkeyboy et al created the Georgia crisis to influence the presidential election. So...our soldiers died so China could have oil. Good thing China is such a thriving democracy that doesn't use slave labor to undercut our economy...good thing China recognizes human rights/free speech...else we would have went to war in Iraq to fuel a totalitarian regime that enslaves/abuses people. And, it's pretty sad when an American president has lied so much that KGB Putin's word is just as good as his.

Fuck no!

"I sure hope the MSM insists these pro lifers drag all their mutant children out for photo ops."

It took me forever to break the habit of calling down syndrome children retards, now they're "mutants" in screaming liberal parlance.

zelda, dearie, such anger. You should relax and not express such frustration. Surely, palin will assuage your frustrations. She does has something in common with you. I'm sure you can guess what that is. I thought that all of you broads were sisters of the pants.

zelda, dearie, such anger. You should relax and not express such frustration. Surely, palin will assuage your frustrations. She does have something in common with you. I'm sure you can guess what that is. I thought that all of you broads were sisters of the pants.

Homegirl is not THAT good looking. Damn. Am I the only one who thinks she looks like a semi-attractive hybrid of Lisa Loeb and Tina Fey? (DBI called it) She sort of has a vacant look behind her eyes....

I'm sorry the latest news about Palin has made me forget. Who was it the demos nominated last night?

Oh for petes sake.. google "Downs Syndrome genetics" - Palin, or" cleft lip genetics" - McCain.. mutant/mutations is pretty darn accurate.

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Down syndrome - Genetics Home Reference
The extra genetic material disrupts the normal course of development, causing the characteristic features of Down syndrome.

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=downsyndrome

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cleftlipandpalate.html

Good for you, bugeyedlittlefreak, "retard" is not a genetic term/descriptor.

The Palin's and McCain's should be with their children, not lobbyists and red phones.

Sheez, It was a Lunesta evening for me...stayed up corresponding with delegates. celebrating one of the finest acceptance speeches ever made...and finally took one of my sweetie's Lune tabs...and that was my very first one ever...virgin sleep I suppose and I awake to hear a woman under official investigation is nominated to be second in command with a rock n' roll kid...and of all people, chasv wants to take his "rod" to Washington and beat her into her "place" cause she threatens his testosterone rule.
Charlie what the hell, I admit it's no country for old guys...just get some Viagra feller...leave the whipping rod at home and come up to NWA with its hormone laden water supply and soon you'll be glad you did. Think the moxie of CharlesV Duggar.

"Hey sweetie, cancel the peppermint tea, and make that Morning Thunder, with a steak and 3 eggs, please!"

STUNNED. I'm still STUNNED. It's over for the GOP. No one in the party could stop this?

This is nothing but laughable. No wonder all the conservatives are using all their aliases today. They are worried and they should be.

>>agri experience and urban affairs know how.<<?????????

While I'm groping to tie my shoes...what the fuck is this Daily kos stuff all about. VP and agri, urban affairs....where in hell....oh that Lunesta....what?
How much urban affairs and ears of corn, shafts of wheat did Algore know about?

Dick cheney could not recognize a row of potatoes, nor did he ever give a shit about the price of corn,
nor federal housing plans or how cities balanced their budgets. He was an oil man from Montana. foot ball jock..draft dodger...what's this stuff about VP's knowing about the costs of feedlot maintainence?

Has anyone seen an Obama attack ad?

I would like to see if Max can say real fast with a straight face:

CABBAGE, CABBAGE, CABBAGE.

You have to be a 23 percenter to love this little cutie. Imagine her summit with Putin.

I wish her all of the best she will need it. She just jumped into the deep end of the pool. I hope she escapes with her snow shoes.

McCain seems desperate but there is a certain logic behind it.

That picture looks like the Madame Tussauds copy of her. Not quite human.

You can just make out the blonde roots.

None of this has been a serious discussion about the candidates or their VP picks. Palin and Biden will only get to debate once before a national audience. At best, one could describe most responses here as knee-jerk or worse. Definitely not good analysis or fair opinion.

The talking heads and pundits aren't doing much better, mind you. They are talking more about how the campaigns will deal with these choices rather than about the chosen people, their performance, their plans and proposals, and their positions. It's about as vapid as a Hollywood gossip report.

In the end, it looks like the Dems will make it a Bush vs Obama campaign and the Repubs will make it look like Obama vs Experience campaign. Words like trust, judgment will be intoned with God-like rumblings. Idiots of all stripes and persuasions will try to use fear, smear, and the price of beer to convince you of your inherent stupidity for not agreeing with their twisted version of the facts.

Somewhere between a hatred of lies and a hunger for the truth lies the cheap salvation of defining this American farce with highlights, hope, and humor.

And what does all the political advertisement suggest to an outsider looking in? That Americans are a culture of rubes and dupes, easily swayed and manipulated, and led by the power of an advertisement and relying too much on the advertisement of their power.

Democrats always underestimate the opposition--and except for Bill Clinton, always lose.

Biden has now been hamstrung. If he does his thing in the VP debate, he'll be bullying a woman.

I love Fox News. "Sarah Palin Seen as GOP Rising Star."

*chokes on food*

led by the power of an advertisement and relying too much on the advertisement of their power.<<

Jake, you old phrase maker. I'm going ot keep that one.

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If you liked the movie "Dave" you will love the Palin administration.

She may be the next Harry Truman, minus the nuclear weapons, we hope.

Obamayomama says that palin is only a heartbeat away from the presidency and lacks foreign policy experience. Obama's heart is the presidency and he has no foreign policy experience. You decide.

Perhaps, in 2012 she will have the judgement to select Huck for VP. Palin/Huckabee, a republican dynasty.

I am pleased to announce this year's winner of the 'Dr. Mengele Spirit Award. The award is being given to the ARKBLOG. This year's austere ceremony is being held at Dachau. Finger food will be served.

Miss Wasilla 1984, I assume Wasilla is the name of a city and not an intestinal disease, or Sarah Barracuda, as she's known as in Alaska, may be OK if she can clear herself of this government ethics investigation. We know she can win a beauty pageant in Alaska, a state not known for tons of pretty girls, and lordy, I know she can win a beauty pageant in DC, known for dog ugly people of all 3 sexes.

When McShrimp introduced her to America at the Ervin J. Nutter Center, and isn't that the perfect name, she said she was just a hockey mom....is that horse hockey she speaks of? She's a Janet, she loves to hunt and kill things. And that's about all we know about her. And probably that's about all there is to her. If very well could be she is the only good person in the Republican Party, so no wonder it took months and months of searching like the Lawd did before he found Noah and told him to build the Ark.

Hurray! Maybe, just maybe, McShrimpy found the only decent Republican....we'll know in few days. I hope someone finds Sarah Barracuda's private sex tape and puts it on YouTube! I got a 3 day weekend ahead of me and not a damn thing to do.

Since Ms Palin has such a short bio, it will be up to our wingnuts to consult their imaginary friend and make up a bunch of nice stuff to say. Won't take much digging to find the dirt on her 3 year political career. Click on my name to learn more about Miss Wasilla and see that she was indeed a knockout in 1984...and may I say that I was rather nice looking then too!

Check your politics strange. The nazis are in your group.

Watch McCain at the announcement of Palin. Is he dozing off or just checking her "assets" during her whole speech? Poor fella just can't keep his eyes off his prize. Cindy better update that pre-nup.

I don't know I heard some heavy handed eugenics here by some of the ARKBLOG regulars. It certainly sounds to me in the same spirit of Dr. Mengele. I think that if he were here he would have his arms around you guys thanking you for keeping the nazi spirit high and continuing. You guys could probably keep him a few tricks. Hitler only got around to killing 6 million human beings. You guys have done in at least 50 million. Yea, the mengele spirt award is definitely yours.

Sweet. Palin is a creationist. Click on blue name.

WOW!!! Jake nailed it. Nothing more to see here. Move along, folks. Move along.

Sweet. Palin is a creationist. Click on blue name.

WOW!!! Jake nailed it. Nothing more to see here. Move along, folks. Move along.

I predict a cat fight of epic proportions as Hillary finds a target for her anger in a contest for the undisputed leader of women. It will be like a lioness vs. my old tabby, though.

Strange,

nanananabooboo.

I'm rubber and your glue. What you say bounces off me and sticks to you.

That's a good game baby,

for kids, maybe even high school debaters if you can get them to bite.

You've lost. You know it. But, go down as an a-hole. It is what you do best. The adults are going to clean up the mess you 23 percenters have left. Just in the nick of time it looks like. You guys are so self deluded you think you are trying to bring about the second coming when it has only been about filling the pockets of Halliburton and Exxon.

This is definitely the place to hang out for Cheap Thrills. (Or is it Cheap Pills?)

"Oh for petes sake.. google "Downs Syndrome genetics" - Palin, or" cleft lip genetics" - McCain.. mutant/mutations is pretty darn accurate."

It seems that had she opted to abort this mutant in favor of a designer baby it would give you less grounds for criticism. Not sure who the mutant is here.

Three Kinds of 'L

Lies, lunacy, and laughter - the current prescription for sanity.

Warning: Highly addictive, causes feelings of false understanding, and one shouldn't operate heavy machinery or assault weapons when using. As always, alcohol, television, and other drugs may increase the side effects.

Misogyny, ageism, slurs against persons born with disabilities - this thread has it all.

It's interesting that certain persons here who ought to be speaking out against that stuff choose not to do so.

So, she's anti-choice, a creationist, a global warming crank (click on blue name), in the pocket of the oil companies, and under investigation for ethics problems. In other words, she's a Republican!

all I can say is that someone needs to put her in touch with a voice coach!! -Posted by: CammackLife
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Might wanna include in that class Hillary for her hard yankee edge (and feeble attempts at an ethnic accent) - and Obama for his forced artificial preacher projection - and McCain for his Johnny Carson style - and Biden for his, well just for being him.

Eugenics was heavily embraced by Margaret Sanger the patron 'saint' of Planned Parenthood. In fact she believed it should be practiced in regards to blacks who she considered inferior. I'm surprised that you lefties aren't as familiar with your leadership as you should be.

She actually supports gay rights. Her first veto as Governor was to veto a bill that would deny benefits to same-sex couples in Alaska. She doesn't support gay marriage but supports civil unions, as well as opposes these right-wing adoption measures.

She also is a dues-paying member of a union as is her husband. Frankly, I think she is an imaginative choice and she must be doing something right because Alaskans love her. Her popularity is in the 90% range.

She's also probably not in league with the Mike Huckabee people for another reason. The first order of business when she became Governor....she sold the state plane the Governor used!

Boy you couldn't make this stuff up...

Palin's portfolio is managed by.... wait for it..... Smith Barney (clicky)

This pick officially takes Obama's lack of experience off the table-Posted by: rosso
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At least, as Governor, she has a few years as chairman of the committee, the top dog.

While, as a Senator, he has a few years as just a member of the committee, an uindistinguished critter in the pack with pretty fur and a nice bark.

And she won't be in charge - she will at least be apprenticing until needed - while he will have to have OJT from Day One.

So I guess that doesn't take experience off the table - just kinda moves it from the centerpiece to the dessert tray.

You guys have done in at least 50 million. Yea, the mengele spirt award is definitely yours. <<

Plus 100,000 Iraqis. Plus 3,000,000 Vietnamese.

Yeah US.

Boy, I haven't heard much from Hilllary. What's the deal? Isn't she supportive of another broad taking her place? She ought to be nice. She will probably face this lady four years from now. The experienced vice president vs the former first lady. Should be interesting.

Hey DBI, take a look at her beauty contest photo and I must say she's a hot one for 44

I would, would you.

Hit that?

The Vietnamese that were murdered were murdered by your buddies the communists. I remember when the boat people tried to escape the holocaust that was occurring in Vietnam. I also remember the reeducation camps. They were trying to ensure that all of the Vietnamese got their minds right. Also, don't want to forget your buddies the Khmer Rouge who slaughtered the Cambodians in the 'killing fields'. Yea, your buddies the commies were such sweethearts. They have a way of capturing your hearts and minds.

Hey, have you guys killed any babies today? Yea, abortion is really great and liberating.

>>>while he[BHO] will have to have OJT from Day One.<
Donkey

C'mon DK. Please use Fred Thompson's clever phrase, "training wheels"

Hey, zelda, now that a vagina is on the ticket are you going to vote for McCain?

The word 'broad' to describe a woman originally referred to pregnant cows.
As far as I can tell, the etymology for 'broad' is simply unknown "Little big man" it ain't enough that you have a dick you gotta act like one too!

So, eating bacon is murder, eating eggs is abortion and murder; calling little lumps of cells a baby and ignoring the out of control population growth worldwide is considered morally correct; labeling one action murder but defending the killing of men, women and children as necessary evils is another morally correct attribute.

Lies and lunacy but little laughter.

But, if you want a laugh - just see how far the Repubs will distance themselves from Bush next week.

What are you, some sort of vagina boy? Do you kiss their ass because they got a vagina? Grow a pair. I spent a lot of my time in a world with guys that didn't put up with this panty waist crap. Learn to be a man or start learning to be a house boy. That is where you are headed, girlyboy.

You said it, Arch: "The idea that this pick is some sort of a sop to Hillary voters or feminists in general is a slap in the face to any woman with two brain cells to rub together."

McThuselah (thank you, Larry) to his staff: "Those Hillaryite cunts will vote for me now."

Off the top of my head, I can think of three Republican women who would make better VP candidates when you consider the heartbeat issue -- Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Olympia Snow and Jodi Rell. No doubt there are a dozen more with better credentials than Sarah Palin. But any one of them would at least verbally knock the old goat's head off if he so much as whispered his favorite word for women in their presence.

I've been saying for days that McCain had nothing but bad choices in running mates with lots of negatives (in the eyes of rightwingnuts, that is). Guess McCain said to hell with the lot of them and decided to have some fun. Wonder how well Miss Cindy will sleep tonight?

strangle- have the dominoes stopped falling in SE Asia yet? Oh, and Mengele always voted a straight party Republican ticket! Thought you knew that.

There are several ways to respond to such challenges. The best is to realize that it is a last resort and that it comes from a losing position, why else resort to specious name-calling and sexual taunts as if that makes one something better than the other person.

I can't see stooping to respond in kind, especially coming from one old man to another old man. It is sad that one has to resort to communicating like a Neanderthal and grabbing at your crotch. Anger makes you do ridiculous things.

For someone who claims to be a man's man, a Christian's Christian, and a thinker's thinker then this last outburst has shown how false all these claims are.

"Vagina boy" and "panty-waist crap" and "house boy" and "girlyboy" just resonate with such persuasion that I grow faint. Jeezus on a pogo stick, but I must control my raging hormones. How can I deal with such an odious assault on my manhood and my so-called dignity?

Easy. Just remember the source.

Take it away, Spam. You bore me.

Again, as a father of a special needs child you guys EUREkA have no clue as usual. I am shocked at your comments and stereo types, really thought liberals were against that kind of thing. Oh yeah thats right only when it fits your agenda huh. Gays can marry but heaven forbid if someone doesn't kill their baby and then actually dares to try and raise it to be normal... .... and still live their lives. No wonder your party is such a joke, will the real hypocrite please stand up?

and again the her precious baby was on stage with her and her family not hiding somewhere!

strange - or rather Lt. Col., thought I would pass on a conversation that I overheard the other day.

As you will remember, you had one of the best Color Guard units in the state. Won alot of awards and got to travel to quite a few competitions over the years. But those four boys who became best friends in the ninth grade were still best friends the day they graduated from Central in 2007 and still remain so today.

The call came the other day from Iraq, it was the first kill call. Had to mow down an entire Iraqi family that was in the middle of the road and wouldn't move. 50 cals can be quite powerfull.

Interesting call, "please don't tell Mom or Dad, or my wife for that matter". "You and I can talk about this". Now at $1.84 a minute to Iraq, I don't know how many conversations my son will get to have.

Care to take a guess out of your top four who this was?

My younger brother was with the Marines at the US embassy in Saigon during the last days. He had to fire his M60 into a crowd of civilians. It still remains with him and affects him.

He's not out of it like some people get from their wartime experiences nor does he suffer major PTSD problems. He just knows that on a few occasions, duty and survival forced him to do some very horrible and wicked things. He's gone thru 3 divorces and is dealing with bankruptcy right now. He'll land on his feet and start anew.

But, those are not going to leave a scar like the tragic taking of innocent lives does to a 18 year old Marine. It's like a knife that has been left buried in your gut for years. You grow accustomed to its presence and accept it as a just punishment for your actions.

He will always remember Saigon.

I apologize. I did get carried away and should have not used that inexcusable language.

You have not answered my question yet strange.

I did on the other thread:

The neglect of the veterans isn't new. I remember criticism of the treatment of veterans all the way back to the Korean War. Most of you are too young. It isn't new. It is also wrong. We ought to be treating them like kings. However, most of you jerks only get concerned about veterans when it serves your political agendas. I never hear you complaining about veterans treatment. How many of you have been to a VA hospital in your entire lives? Nil. If you are really concerned about vets support Presidents who support the military. I don't care about any party I only believe your money. Put your bucks where your mouth is. When I was a young Lt. and just out of Graduate School Igot called a 'baby killer' by a left wing college kid. The punk didn't know me. He just generalized. Most of you on this blog would have done the same. When you say that you support the troops but don't support our mission you are full of crap and we know it. In the world that I used to live in we didn't put up with any BS. You guys just are full of BS. Don't say that you support us and then turn around and say that what we are doing is a 'sucker's play'. That ain't support. Ok, jerkoff, I answered your question.

Posted by: strangelove | August 29, 2008 06:36 PM

Again, as a father of a special needs child you guys EUREkA have no clue as usual. I am shocked at your comments and stereo types, really thought liberals were against that kind of thing. Oh yeah thats right only when it fits your agenda huh. Gays can marry but heaven forbid if someone doesn't kill their baby and then actually dares to try and raise it to be normal... .... and still live their lives. No wonder your party is such a joke, will the real hypocrite please stand up?

Posted by: equalrights??

Is it normal for parents of "special needs" children to have parents who work with demands of Governors or Vice Presidents? Is that child cared for properly by its actual parents? Or is it raise d by a nanny and paraded about for photo ops, or not, only when it's convenient? I've only had a little time to check around, but it pretty easy to find information suggesting at least 5 to 6 hours a day of one on one parenting is required with children who have Downs Syndrome.

She made her choice... she needs to live up to it. She needs to do much more than that since she is a woman who thinks abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape or incest. Holding her responsible for her own standards..and expecting her children receive proper care from their parents.. well if she can't do that she sure and the heck shouldn't be a candidate for VP and may very well need a visit from AK child services (or whatever they call it up there).

Again, I got carried away with some of my terms but I wanted you to know that I did answer your question.

No, you didn't answer my question. If you are who I think you, are throw the name out there. If not, I'l be happy to give you five names.

Then, I don't know what your question is.

Did you teach Central ROTC. That's the question.

They didn't have ROTC when I was there. I told you. I am an old guy.

Wow, what a day. I was out of town but got calls all day about this from my friends. They are so outraged that McCain picked this unknown woman.
We all agreed that McCain thinks we are stupid..........he picked a woman nobody ever heard of and who has no credibility to be his choice, obviously hoping to sway women....yes, us cunts....
who supported Hillary.
McCain insulted all thinking women today.
What a joke he is.

Drew, Drew my darling: I KNOW what I'm about to say is politically incorrect stereotyping.

But then again, you wouldn't be a politically incorrect stereotype yourself if you weren't an out and proud drag queen and about as representative of the average gay male as Richard Simmons. A joke, in other words, unlike actually serious gay male politicians who're making strides and winning elections around the country.

So, may I query your drag fashionista's opinion of Gov. Palin's hair? I understand how this look plays well in Alaska and Texas. But didn't the shitzu look go out with Charo?

The overly-long bangs, the pulled-back lightly teased and ratted "natural" hair, topped with that actual dead shitzu pelt clip-on that doesn't remotely match Palin's streaked tint?

I mean, doesn't she fucking KNOW, my darling? Is she being styled by a big fat dyke at Family Cuts in Juneau?

Did nobody vet her HAIR?

I'm being serious here. Wouldn't she be eliminated in the preliminary round of the Miss Gay USA Pageant?

And trust me, Drew, precious. Palin is NOT in any way pro-gay. Perhaps the carcinogenic chemicals in your Clairol have seeped into your brain.

So what is she doing HERE? As VP of America? With that dead dog's fur perched on top of her head?

My God! I just want to throw her a frisbee and toss her some kibble when she fetches it back in her teeth and wags her tail.

Anyhoo, Drew, I know you can get to the bottom of this for me.

No pun intended, sweetness.

"I apologize..."
by: strangelove

It's 'OK...Gary, we all have our cross to bear...We All Have Our Cross To Bear.