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As Obama urged unity, Palin brought division
The Washington Post ^ | January 13, 2011 | Dan Balz

Posted on 01/13/2011 10:14:42 AM PST by cdga5for4

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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

http://www.alternativereel.com/includes/top-ten/display_review.php?id=00085

Top Ten Quotes from 1984 - Orwell had it precisely nailed - over 60 years ago.


41 posted on 01/13/2011 10:30:45 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Williams
Btw no one is mentioning the end of Obama’s speech was a thinly veiled attack on conservative rhetoric, and his whole view of life was expressed as public service and how the little girl wanted to grow up to be in government.

I thought that Obama said she wanted to grow up to "change" America.

But then I thought maybe I just imagined that. It all went by and I am not certain If I heard what I though I heard. does anyone remember him saying that?

42 posted on 01/13/2011 10:30:52 AM PST by oldbrowser (Blaming the prince of fools shouldn't blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that elected him)
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To: cdga5for4

The WaPo columnist is just practicing the ‘new’ 0bama version of ‘civility.’


43 posted on 01/13/2011 10:34:18 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: blackdog
Actually, Palin should have turned the other cheek. "There they go again" goes a long way.

Nonsense. If there were any truth to that old chestnut, there'd be no such thing as an advertising industry.

44 posted on 01/13/2011 10:34:57 AM PST by papertyger
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To: KansasGirl

“The state run media...” repeat often...repeat often...repeat often in every reference to the MSM.


45 posted on 01/13/2011 10:34:59 AM PST by maxsand
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To: cdga5for4

First of all, this is the same guy Dan Balz who blatantyl and knowingly lied about an interview Governor Palin did with Sean Hannity in 2009 in an effort to make her look bad. I actually emailed about him and he wrote back and corrected his slander. He really has no credibility when it comes to her.

Second of all, did he ever write one article about Obama and his campaign efforts last year when he spent the entire fall bashing Republicans, insulting them at every stop, ridiculing them, laughing at them, callng on his hispanic supoprters to punish them, etc... Express any concern about division. Of course he didn’t.

Third of all, These were two different things entirely. One was the President speaking in prime time for 35 minutes on natl tv before 15000 cheering fans. The other was a private citizen simply responsing and taking 5 minutes or so to respond to a media that had accused her for 3 days of literally pulling the trigger herself. Two totally different contexts.

All that said, did Balz actually read what she had to say? Did he actually watch it?

Did he miss the following:

America must be stronger than the evil we saw displayed last week. We are better than the mindless finger-pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy. We will come out of this stronger and more united in our desire to peacefully engage in the great debates of our time, to respectfully embrace our differences in a positive manner, and to unite in the knowledge that, though our ideas may be different, we must all strive for a better future for our country. May God bless America.

A real call for division there. The only part that even remotely hinted at division was a brief aside towards the media for encouraging and fomenting the very things they criticized. No wonder Balz was offended.

In fact, the media made a big deal out of Obama using the phrase we can be better or something like that. Well, 12 hrs before that Gov Palin said “We are better...we must strive for a better future” Maybe Obama plagiarized from her. We know he’s plagiarized before.

But, the mainstream media is never going to be fair to her so it’s no surprise when they say something like this. They’ve despised and loathed her from the beginning, for reasons I don’t fully understand although I think it has a lot to do with class and her background.


46 posted on 01/13/2011 10:35:41 AM PST by jeltz25
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To: cdga5for4

Straight out of the Commie Playbook: accuse your enemy of your own sins and then if they complain about it, say that their response just proves how guilty they are.


47 posted on 01/13/2011 10:35:58 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: papertyger

Dan Balz is merely another Goebbels. What we know is that the government, Hollywood, academia, the media and some Soros-types (Gates, Buffett, Lewis, Redstone) want Communism here as they will be Party Members.

They are committed Marxists and we need to look at them as the enemy, like cartels and Jihadists.


48 posted on 01/13/2011 10:36:28 AM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: cdga5for4

the white house press corp(not corpse bozo) held their daily suck up event and the first so called journalist asked about Sarah and her word, on the 2nd question she again asked about how Sarah’s words are .
I’m so sick and tired of this corrupt biased lying sack of shite media.


49 posted on 01/13/2011 10:36:34 AM PST by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: skeeter

He actually said the little girl was just learning the “obligations of citizenship” and focused on her becoming class president and wanting to be like Gabby and maybe could have entered “public service” one day.

Nothing about marriage, family, kids, God, or God forbid earning a living in her future.


50 posted on 01/13/2011 10:38:36 AM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: cdga5for4

2012 seems like an eternity away.... I too am so damn sick of this garbage.


51 posted on 01/13/2011 10:39:19 AM PST by Gator113 (I'm voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: papertyger

it’s time for us all to protest in our hundreds of thousands outside their HQ’s and demand that they do their jobs and stop this biased pro kiss arse obama crap


52 posted on 01/13/2011 10:40:09 AM PST by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: cdga5for4
Something that most reporters need these days.

I think Monica doesn't need her's anymore.

53 posted on 01/13/2011 10:41:18 AM PST by McGruff
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To: cdga5for4

Obama needs to come out and ask his minions to dial this back. Blood will be on his hands.

I guess his own party and the media didn’t even listen last night. Not to mention that is is absolute proof that he and his speech was an abject FAILURE.


54 posted on 01/13/2011 10:43:17 AM PST by dforest
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To: cdga5for4

By what, trying to clear things up and protect her good name? gfy balz


55 posted on 01/13/2011 10:43:33 AM PST by mancini
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To: KansasGirl
I see the Washington Post has got it’s marching orders from the Obama Admin. This will be a common theme heard through all the state run media.

Yes, Bizarroworld just keeps getting more bizarre. More and more fools seem to be getting their marching orders.

56 posted on 01/13/2011 10:44:26 AM PST by Jane Long (2 Chron 7:14)
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To: maxsand

yes you’re correct but sadly there are millions of fools out there who watch the likes of the today show, GMA, Oprah, Ellen and their local news who actually believe their crap.

Last week there were about 20 of us having a few drinks, next to the fire in the back yard.
One guy was there and he said he liked bozo’s wife, that she’s great, and has a great agenda.

Right away 19 of us pointed out how she eats like a pig, how she’s a hypocrite, how bozo said to the troops they’d make a great photo op,. how cuts are being done etc etc etc etc etc etc.
He never knew anything we all said and trust me we went on for about 30 mins.
We only stopped when he said he had to get going to which I replied “well I hope you now do your homework and stop thinking that the local news, channels etc are telling the the truth.”

I guess the bozo cult can’t handle the truth.


57 posted on 01/13/2011 10:44:30 AM PST by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: andy58-in-nh

just read the commie manifesto from 1963 and it is staggering how they the commies have nearly completed all of those points.

There is no way that any Dem out there can say they’re not communists or support the communist agenda now.

Course these nitwits have no clue about the manifesto because they’re too stupid to look facts up and would rather watch the likes of dances with the stars or American idol.


58 posted on 01/13/2011 10:47:16 AM PST by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: cdga5for4

comPOST practicing hate...did they not get converted last night?


59 posted on 01/13/2011 10:49:27 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
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To: manc
it's time for us all to protest in our hundreds of thousands outside their HQ’s and demand that they do their jobs and stop this biased pro kiss arse obama crap

I disagree. We are already causing them to gradually go bankrupt by voting with our feet.

What we need to do now is shame and embarrass all those who get their information from the MSM and/or toadying academia.

60 posted on 01/13/2011 10:52:00 AM PST by papertyger
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