Posted on 09/12/2008 10:00:09 AM PDT by IrishMike
Once upon a time it was inevitable that Hillary Clinton would be the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee. It didn’t work out that way.
A few weeks ago, it seemed inevitable that Barack Obama would win the presidency handily. It isn’t working out that way.
A few weeks ago, it seemed inevitable that John McCain was in for a drubbing. It hasn’t worked out that way.
In political campaigns things can always change, of course, but as of now it appears that John McCain is headed for the White House. That’s not inevitable, but at the moment it looks as if he’s headed for the winner’s circle, thanks largely to his choice of a running mate who has electrified most of the electorate.
The Obama campaign’s stunned reaction to this totally unexpected development has been at first to ridicule McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin, then to underestimate the effect she was having on the McCain campaign, and now to go all-out in attacking her.
Obama’s reaction to this sudden turn in his fortunes has been nothing less that sheer and visible disorientation. It’s obvious that he simply doesn’t know which way to turn, and his confusion has led him to launch a sleazy campaign to destroy Gov. Palin’s reputation -- no matter what it takes -- before she destroys his presidential hopes.
A prime symptom of his disorientation was the ill-advised comment about putting lipstick on a pig. The old self-confident, sure-footed Barack Obama, safe in the cocoon woven about him by a worshipful media, would have understood the consequences of making such a remark and the almost certain probability that it would be a boomerang that would smite him on its return trip, and would have thus avoided it.
This disaster, however, is nothing compared to the catastrophe that is waiting in the wings as a result of his scorched-earth attack on Sarah Palin. Unable to grasp the obvious fact that the media’s ongoing effort to slander Palin is backfiring, he has allowed his campaign to dispatch an army of lawyers and private investigators to Alaska to dig for dirt in Palin’s backyard.
Obama must understand that Gov. Palin, with a favorability rating in excess of 80 percent, is unpopular among the old-boy’s network she has uprooted, and has easily fended off their attempts to damage her reputation.
Turning to these malcontents for ammunition, when their arsenal of anti-Palin weapons has proved worthless, is a massive waste of effort that is certain to backfire again. They haven’t made a dent in her popularity.
Nor will Obama’s scandal mongers. Try as they may to make a mountain over the so-called “troopergate” molehill, for example, they will have a hard time explaining why it would be wrong to want to see a four-times married and divorced law enforcement officer kept on the job when he had tasered his 11-year-old stepson, illegally shot a moose, drank beer in his patrol car on one occasion, and told others his father-in-law would "eat a f'ing lead bullet" if he helped his daughter get an attorney for the divorce.
According to the Anchorage Daily News: "Col. Julia Grimes, then head of Alaska State Troopers, wrote in March 1, 2006, ‘The record clearly indicates a serious and concentrated pattern of unacceptable and at times, illegal activity occurring over a lengthy period, which establishes a course of conduct totally at odds with the ethics of our profession.’"
She warned that if he messed up again, he'd be fired.
"This discipline is meant to be a last chance to take corrective action," Grimes wrote. "You are hereby given notice that any further occurrences of these types of behaviors or incidents will not be tolerated and will result in your termination."
This is the man the media and the Obama gumshoes want to pillory Sarah Palin for wanting to have stripped of his badge and gun, and portray him as a victim of heartless Sarah.
Talk about panic.
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Never play poker or shoot dice with someone named ‘Barracuda’ or with someone who was a combat fighter pilot. You will lose.
The trends in the polls and the obvious disarray in the dimrat party are certainly cause for optimism. But it ain’t over yet. We must stay focused. Send $ to the GOP. Volunteer your time if you don’t have the money. Or do both if you can.
Obama does seem to be acting like a radio controlled toy where the handset off stage is malfunctioning. I love the fact that he is getting a taste of what it’s like to have to fight every day for even a sound bite. Here we are at the middle of September and it’s still all Sarah Palin 24/7...and Charlie has two more segments left to air.
By the way, did anyone hear the National Service discussions last night? I don’t know if it’s just me but I am at the point where I cannot stand hearing Obama’s drone over and over again. It comes across as nothingness, like the Orwellian figure in the original Apple 1984 ad. It’s funny, Obama began the campaign with a spoof on Hillary using that retooled ad, and now he sounds closer to the talking head in it than Hillary ever did.
As a matter of fact, if any of McCain’s folks are out there, why not retool that same ad? Start off with Hillary talking on the screen...then morph it into Obama droning away. Then have Sarah Palin come down the aisle with the hammer and throw it through the screen.
Fade to: McCain Palin...Real Change...Right Now.
As a matter of fact, if any of McCain’s folks are out there, why not retool that same ad? Start off with Hillary talking on the screen...then morph it into Obama droning away. Then have Sarah Palin come down the aisle with the hammer and throw it through the screen.
Fade to: McCain Palin...Real Change...Right Now.
please next time the DNC sends a letter for donations
stuff the dnc paid envelope with other papers & mail it back w/ priority mail written on it
In the words of Dennis Miller, “Sarah Palin is so far into BO’s head, he doesn’t know wether to defecate or wind his watch.”
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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Rush said that the other day too. I would suggest rather to send $ to specific candidates so the GOP can't use your $ to fund RINOs.
I've always thought he sounded like he was doing a bad John Kerry impersonation.
Sara Palin is someone we love to love.
She does NOT owe her success to anyone and did not gain standing or recognition in politics and American public life because she was hanging on to anyone’s coat tails... (got that, Evita?)
She is a person every single honorable American can respect because Sara Palin IS the epitome of the American dream....Gov. Palin is walking, talking and living proof that anyone in this country can reach the WH.
Unlike Obama… Gov. Palin did not gain success, status and genuine popularity with Americans because she excels at trash talking the establishment or for apologizing to Europeans and others for our success and strength. Instead, she expresses heartfelt respect for working Americans, the Military, our commonly held traditions and an unalloyed pride in BEING American … which Obama (if he mentions at all) cannot match.
vs.
- A metrosexual “community organizer” who screams in shrill tones every time someone spills toe nail polish on his dress.
Well said words of wisdom.
Your post lays out the very reasons the left is in a panic. The Republican ideology of individual hard work can turn anyone, from any back ground, into an American success. Palin is living proof that the American dream is alive and well and is obtained from hard work and a positive attitude.
Unexpected by who?
Obama's team already had their attack plan in place when she was announced.
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