Fowler Fouls: Hurricane is God's Favor to Democrats

Fowler had to apologize, and lied about the reasons for his remarks. Listen to his remarks again and see if you hear any reference to Falwell.

Then read his apology again and be prepared to get nauseated with the heavy helping of oleaginous “god talk” he is serving.

And according to ABC News:

"One doesn't anticipate that one's private conversation will be surreptitiously taped by some right-wing nutcase,"

As arrogant and offensive as Fowler has always been, I fear he is on to something. The national media is in the process of making Palin “another Quayle” and she had better be more aggressive in her defense than Dan was.

No Palin will do just fine. The Media has lower approval ratings than Congress.

I can’t help but think there’s a good television ad McCain’s people could put out to use the Democrats’ smearing of Palin against them.

NO, not
Palin = Quayle
Palin > Obama

The party of really sick puppies.

The national media is in the process of making Palin “another Quayle”

I'm sure that is what they wish to do, but can you cite examples of this? I get a lot of my news from the Internet and I see examples of this only from Left wing blogs.

Dan Quayle was polite. Sarahs nick is Sarah Barracuda.

I’ve been waiting for the TV ads for her. It’s fine to slow to a crawl because of Gustav but we need more meat on the campaign.

And the really bad news for the dems is that Gustave looks like it’s going to hit well west of NOLA and the city will see about Category 1 winds.

We’ll know for sure when we see pictures of all the TV trucks in New Orleans packing up to head for Houma and Morgan City.

I’m trusting that his team is on top of it, and will be effective on this by the end of the week.

You’re right. It is about trust and I think that over the past two or three weeks, McCain’s campaign is hitting its stride.

Democrats don’t have anything intelligent or constructive to say. So they just demean people who don’t agree with them.

Who is this idiot Fowler in the first place? Chairman of the DNC only indicates that he can wheedle money out of contributors.

Times are different now. Dan Quayle was in a time when the MSM stilled controlled the dissemination of information, before the age of the internet.

It’d be a lot more difficult to pull off what they did to Quayle today.

"..."One doesn't anticipate that one's private conversation will be surreptitiously taped by some right-wing nutcase..."

One might reasonably counter:

"One doesn't expect to sit on a plane behind a high level Democrat party operative (in a public place) and listen to them stupidly denigrate a person and gloat over the fact that citizens his party ostensibly "cares more for than the Right-Wing Nutcases" are possibly going to encounter a natural disaster that is going to cause inconvenience and hardship to them, if it doesn't kill them or those they love."

As for "Quayling" her, I wouldn't worry about it.

For one, she sounds like she can take care of herself.

Second, the McCain campaign may actually want them to do that, thereby driving female voters into their camp via a sympathy vote.

Third, while it is true that Quayle was no Dan Quayle the way they unfairly and viciously portrayed him, Palin is arguably better qualified than both on the Dem side as shown below. We should trumpet this everywhere. It can be found at RedState.com

Tale of the Tape: Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama

	Sarah Palin	Barack Obama
Office being sought	Vice President	President of the United States and Leader of the Free World
Full name	Sarah Louise Heath Palin	Barack Hussein Obama II
Nickname	Sarah Barracuda	Barry Obama; "The One"
Public opinion	Smoking hot in a "naughty librarian" sort of way	May be The Messiah
Age	44	48
Children	5: two sons, three daughters	2: two daughters
Religion/Church attendance	Evangelical Christian; attends Juneau Christian Center when in Juneau and grew up attending Wasilla Assembly of God	Attended Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years, a "black liberation theology" church formerly led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright and governed according to the Black Value System
Current Job	Governor of Alaska	Junior Senator from Illinois
Previous Public Jobs	Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002); President of Alaska Conference of Mayors; City Council member (1992-1996)	State Senator (1997-2004); Community Organizer
Executive Experience	Governor for 2 years; Mayor for 10 years	None
Foreign Relations experience	Governor of state that borders two foreign countries (Canada and Russia)	Chaired Senate subcommittee on Europe but never called it into session; once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans
Military Affairs experience	Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard; Son is enlisted Infantryman in U.S. Army	None
Private Sector Experience	Sports reporter; Salmon fisherman	Associate at civil rights law firm
Speaking ability	Beautifully executed initial stump speech in Dayton, OH hockey arena without a teleprompter	An enter...wait--did you say without a teleprompter??
Spouse's name	Todd Mitchell Palin	Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
Spouse's occupation	Salmon fisherman; Former North Slope production supervisor for BP Oil	Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University of Chicago Hospitals; former Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago; former Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies; former Assistant to the Mayor of Chicago; former associate at Sidley Austin law firm
Reaction to spouse's political success	Quit 17-year BP oil job when BP became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with wife's administration	Promoted and given 160% pay raise by UofC hospitals within months of husband's election to U.S. Senate; Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband, after her promotion
Coolest thing about Spouse	Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile race champion (longest snowmobile race in the world); In 2008, while defending his championship, was injured when he was thrown 70 feet from his machine. He was sent to the hospital but still finished in fourth place	Sister of Oregon State University head basketball coach Craig Robinson
Most Courageous Moment in Public Service	Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General and the State GOP Chairman (who was also an Oil & Gas Commissioner), who was doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail.	Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators in Hyde Park in 2002
In Current Office Because...	Upset sitting Governor in GOP primary due to public support for her efforts to clean up corrupt government establishment	Republican opponent, who was leading in the polls, was forced to leave race after unsealing of divorce records exposed a sex scandal
Theme:	Change and Clean Government	Hope and Change; "Bringing Change from Outside Washington"
What they've done to live that theme:	Replaced entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because of conflict of interest; Resigned from position of Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose corruption among members of own party	Selected 36-year incumbent Senator as running mate
Family Affairs	May have removed State Public Safety Commissioner as part of effort to protect sister in messy divorce and child custody battle	Often says, "I am my brother's keeper"; Brother lives in a hut in Nairobi on $12 per year
Union affiliation	Union member, married to Union member	Endorsed by a union
Iraq and Troop Support	Formerly (pre-surge) critical of apparent lack of long-term strategy for Iraq; Visited wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany; visited AK National Guard soldiers deployed to Kuwait; Son deploying to Iraq on 9/11/08 as Army infantryman	Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators; almost visited wounded troops in Germany, but decided to go shopping in Berlin instead
Bipartisan/"maverick" credentials	Married to a non-Republican; Exposed corruption within own party; Campaigned for Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell against corrupt GOP congressman Don Young; Called out Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) to "come clean" about financial dealings that are under fed investigation	Talks about bipartisanship
Legislative Record	Passed a landmark ethics reform bill; Used veto to cut budgetary spending; Prevented "bridge to nowhere" that would have cost taxpayers $400 million dollars.	Voted "present" over 100 times as IL state senator
How they dealt with corrupt individuals in home city/state	Exposed legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders; Campaigned against corrupt GOP Representative; Ran against and defeated corrupt incumbent governor in GOP primary	Launched political career in home of unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers (and still refers to him as a part of "mainstream Democratic Chicago"; Purchased home with help of convicted felon Tony Rezko
Guns	Lifetime member of NRA and avid hunter; video can be found on YouTube of Palin firing an M4 at a military firing range	Worked to pass legislation in Illinois that would prevent all law-abiding citizens from owning firearms
Earmarks	Opposed "Bridge to Nowhere" project; Said Alaska should avoid relying on federal money for projects; Campaigned against porker Don Young (R-AK) in 2008 primary	Secured federal earmarks for wife's employer and for campaign bundlers
Abortion	Pro life; gave birth to 5th child knowing that he would have Down's syndrome	Pro-choice; only IL state sen. to speak against the Born Alive Infant's Protection Act, which required medical care to be given to live infants who survived abortions
Energy	Believes energy independence is a matter of national security; For drilling in ANWR, which is in her state	Says Americans should "get tune-ups" and "check tire pressure"; Says "we can't expect the world to be okay with" our use of heating and air conditioning
Environment	Chair of Alaska Conservation Commission (2003-4); Announced plans to create sub-cabinet group of advisors to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in AK	Talks about the environment a lot
Athletic prowess	Runs marathons	Has reporters tailing him to the gym

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Thank you for this post. Lots of excellent information ... easy to read and consider comparisons. Let us get this outside of Free Republic into the broader domain.

HERE WE are informed in a big arena; yet we tend to do most/much of our discussing here in this forum. (and I love it).
Still ... this needs to have broader/wider exposure.

The ugly stuff the bloggers are writing and accusing Sarah Palin of, is an attempt at character assassination. They are making a big leap to find anything negative to say. So they are saying contemptible things.

Isn't this what they always do. Liberals operate under the premise that ‘all is fair in love or war. No ethics for them. What else is new? NOTHING!

Dan Quayle let himself be placed on defense and largely stayed there, the ‘’Murphy Brown’’ speech notwithstanding. The people who evaluate leaders (mostly liberals) rank him and Agnew as the worst vice presidents, despite Quayle’s work with the Competitiveness Council.

Agreed. We should not be surprised at the behavior of liberals, but this is what we have come to expect.

The sad part of it is the people that love the tabloids are going to believe it and spread it as true.

They do vote. Don’t bother them with truth; they vote unquestioningly for Democrats.

Unfortunately.