By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Even more prominent conservatives in the media are saying out loud what many Americans think: Sarah Palin is not qualified to become vice president of the United States.
This backlash doesn't come from the liberal mainstream media that have been hounding Palin since she was announced as John McCain's running mate.
Instead, it's respected voices from the conservative side of the media aisle -- like columnists George Will and Kathleen Parker, who went so far as to suggest that Palin step down from the ticket for the good of the GOP.
The latest well-known conservative Palin basher is David Brooks, one of the very few remotely conservative voices on The New York Times opinion pages.
In a Monday speech, Brooks said Palin "represents a fatal cancer to the Republican Party."
"Do I think she’s ready to be president or vice president? No, she’s not even close to that."
Specifically, Brooks has written that Palin "has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness."
Well said by Mr. Brooks.
Palin, of course, will brush this off as another attack from the mainstream media, even though it comes from what should be a friendly crowd of conservatives.
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PilonidalCystBoy, it's "DR" as in initials not "Dr." as in M.D.,
but I do recommend you get that looked at.
My point about Yael's observation concerning who is and isn't qualified in the eyes of Ivy League conservative pundits is that basicly nobody on this year's tickets met their mininmum qualifications test.
So this may not be the best place for an Obama supporter to shout out "you go boy" to David Brooks and George Will on the happy coincidence that they all disapprove of Sarah Palin at once.
It's not really great evidence in support of the case for either side and it certainly is of no practical value to voters at this late date.
DrBuie - Yeah, actually, it is
It indicates clearly that by bringing Sarah Six-Pack on board McCain's advisers thought they'd accomplished something clever. Now it's becoming apparent they've succeeded only in narrowing their appeal to "real" Republicans, in their words, not "intellectual" Republicans. The RNC can't even keep the paid suits in the news media on board.
It's of no practical value only in the sense that McCain's toast. If you are, in fact, a sincerely concerned Republican, do you ever fantasize about what would be happening right now with, say, Romney or Giuliani out on the stump? It'd be a horse race, if nothing else.
Do you honestly believe that historically the Republican pundits have shown a chronic inability to hold their noses for the national candidates to get the win?
Come on. At some point you admit a mistake was made and move on. George Will has.
Ya'll are funny!
"Hey ya'll!"....from North Carolina. I stumbled on this thread just now....and ya'll are downright funny...you've been at this all day?? Don't you have JOBS?? LOL....just kidding. FYI fellow Obama supporters, we find the same bizarro accusations about Obama down here. Don't know about there but we still have hoards of rednecks...oops, I mean Republicans....that would rather see this country burn in hell than vote for "a black." (Except half of them still say "colored").
And this is totally irrelevant but I've wanted to say it for a while. My father in law flew F-4s Phantoms - as a Wing Commander- in the same war McCain flew in. He EARNED all his stars and bars, no father to help him out. My father in law flew over 400 missions into North Vietnam. He is a RIVER RAT - it is an elite group of VN era pilots. He lost NO PLANES in 10 years of flying them, and did NOT get shot down. He was very good at his job. HE was a damn good pilot and a HERO. Getting shot down early in your career does not make one a hero.
I guess that opinion will probably brand me a communist....
MY GOVERNMENT IS MY WORST ENEMY. I'M GOING TO FIGHT THEM WITH...
MY GOVERNMENT IS MY WORST ENEMY. I'M GOING TO FIGHT THEM WITH ANY MEANS AT HAND.
This was former revolutionary terrorist Bill Ayers, right? Imagine what Sarah Palin is going to do with this incendiary quote as she tears into Barack Obama this week.
THE QUOTE IS FROM JOE VOGLER, the raging anti-American who founded the ALASKA INDEPENDENCE PARTY, the very same SECESSIONIST party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for SEVEN YEARS and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier THIS year.
PALIN SAID TO AIP: "Keep up the good work, and God bless you."
SARAH PALIN WANTS OUR FLAG TO HAVE 49 STARS? WTF is WRONG with you Republicans??? Are you just about winning at any cost? You gave us EIGHT YEARS of BUSH and you are back for MORE?
Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd, was a member the Alaskan Independence Party working for Alaska to secede from the United States. Todd Palin registered in 1995 until 2002 when he registered as "undeclared" while his wife ran for office. She sleeps with a man who is committed to the idea of destroying the unity of the United States.
Sarah Palin and 'first dudes' political alliance with a TERRORIST WHO WAS MURDERED IN 1993 DURING "A PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES SALE GONE BAD." Todd Palin joined the party two years later.
“The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government… And I won’t be buried under their damn flag,” - Joe Vogler in 1991, Founder of the Alaska Independence Party.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, FINE. LOOK IT UP FOR YOURSELF.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/07/palins_unamerican/print.html
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. The so-called "liberal" media is ignoring this.
Outright Lies?
Bombastic insults will not obscure truth. The sources cited regarding Obama's funding are credible. Loud, brash posturing does not instill respect, but knowing that it is all due to Grandma's genetic predisposition, I will forgive you. Those who criticize and scrutinize Obama are doing you and all of us a great service. Those smitten by the Messiah and caught up in the rapture of his persona - like you - befuddled in a religious fervor may as well drink the Kool-Aid, too.
Let's get back to the topic of the thread, Lezzle
Make a case for why Sarah Palin is the best choice for McCain's running mate, and why she's qualified to be president if McCain should kick the bucket.
Thank you, interface,
Enough blathering for one day with PCB. His circuit board shot craps. I am happy to repeat Palin's qualifications again and why I support the Republican ticket. You would rather continue your sophomoric attacks. Why bother arguing? One thing PCB said is clearly obvious, there are few days remaining to make a difference. I'm grassroots campaigning, making calls, puttng up signs, and doing what little I can do in the face of the onslaught of the half a billion dollar propaganda by the Democrats. If the Democrats control the White House and Congress, the next thing you know, we'll all be part of a collective sharing our resources for the good of the party. Those who don't pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it. Perhaps you should begin by reading Karl Marx's Critical theory. McCain and Palin are authentic. I trust them. Obama is a fabrication, a brand, much like any entertainment celebrity. I am too cynical to accept the farce.
cynical?
Which would explain why you're lapping up the McCain/Palin lies, fabrications, and misleading statements?
O-kaaaay then....
McCain
has a resume that is not a lie or a fabrication. Palin: ditto. No one can say the same thing about Obama.
Stop digging, you're in a deep, deep, hole
You couldn't get hired as a floorsweeper at Harvard and you couldn't get elected president of the Altar Society and you couldn't organize a PTA luncheon, and you have the gall to say that Obama's resume is fabricated. Go crawl under a rock until you come up with evidence of fabrication.
Self-control
is a virtue you lack, PCB. Apparently you resort to derogatory attacks when you are frustrated.
Spik Ingris?
Apparently I'm compelled to tell the truth. You've obviously lost sight either of the meaning of the word "fabrication" or your own inability to cite one example of it in Obama's resume. Keep lying, and see if it makes McCain's numbers go up. But do it quickly: only four weeks left.
Poor PCB
now he needs a translator. His condition is getting much worse.
Here are a few of the many examples comparing how Obama characterized his job and the reality described at Analyze This (source cited below):
(Per Obama)
Eventually a consulting house to multinational corporations agreed to hire me as a research assistant.
(Per Analyze This)
First, it wasn’t a consulting house; it was a small company that published newsletters on international business. Like most newsletter publishers, it was a bit of a sweatshop. I’m sure we all wished that we were high-priced consultants to multinational corporations.
(Per Obama)
As far as I could tell I was the only black man in the company, a source of shame for me but a source of considerable pride for the company’s secretarial pool.
(Per Analyze This)
It’s also not true that Barack was the only black man in the company. He was the only black professional man. Fred was an African-American who worked in the mailroom with his son. My boss and I used to join them on Friday afternoons to drink beer behind the stacks of office supplies. That’s not the kind of thing that Barack would do. Like I said, he was somewhat aloof.
(Per Obama)
The company promoted me to the position of financial writer. I had my own office, my own secretary; money in the bank. Sometimes, coming out of an interview with Japanese financiers or German bond traders, I would catch my reflection in the elevator doors .....
(Per Analyze This)
If Barack was promoted, his new job responsibilities were more of the same - rewriting other people’s copy. As far as I know, he always had a small office, and the idea that he had a secretary is laughable. Only the company president had a secretary. Barack never left the office, never wore a tie, and had neither reason nor opportunity to interview Japanese financiers or German bond traders.
Another commenter at the Analyze This post corroborated the post's content. A "bill millar," who in part wrote (bold is mine):
Funny thing… A journalism/political science major… Writing about finance… Pretending in his book to be an expert on interest rate swaps.
I remember trying to explain the nuance of these instruments to him in the cramped three Wang terminal space we called the bull pen. In contrast to his his liberal arts background, I had a degree in finance and Wall Street experience, so I knew what I was talking about.
But rather than learn from a City College kid, the Ivy Leaguer just sort of rolled his eyes. Condescendingly. I’ll never forget it. God forbid he leave the impression that a mere editor like myself knew more about something than did Barack.
He was like that…
But know what? I can forgive him for being immature–which is probably all that was at the time. Don’t we all believe we know everything at just around that age?
That said…he was a lot older when he wrote his book. Mature enough by this time to realize that his account of his time at Business International could be described as embellishment…
Apparently not; or, he didn't care, as long as it would help him get to where he wanted to go. Also, go figure: The Analyze This author nonetheless describes himself as an Obama fan.
Speaking of embellishment: When is Oprah Winfrey, who famously dressed down James Frey in early 2006 for the fabrications in his book, "A Million Little Pieces," going to go after Barack Obama for:
Omitting, and thus not dealing with, the sordid elements of his father's life?
Creating composite characters instead of describing real people -- in an autobiography?
And now, inflating the importance of his first job out of college to the point where co-workers don't even recognize it?
As to traditional media outlets, Tom Maguire at Just One Minute, writing on another matter (Obama, Bill Ayers, and the Annenberg Challenge) has a good prediction as to when they'll get around to questioning the accuracy of Obama's books: "after they resolve open issues about Ms. Palin's 4-H dues from 1971."
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
—Tom Blumer is president of a training and development company in Mason, Ohio, and is a contributing editor to NewsBusters
WOW Lezzle nails Obama to the Cross of Reason
Do you honest to God think that by pasting quotes for BIZZYBLOG.COM, a creation of one Tom Blumer [PLEASE, people, go to their home page and see a "snap" of Mr. Tom] you're getting any traction on this? This is beyond pathetic. You obviously have nothing from any legitimate source, right-wing, left-wing, or centrist, to support your nonsense that Obama's resume is fabricated. Show that he didn't graduate cum laude from Harvard Law; show that he didn't serve in the Illinois legislature; show that he didn't get elected U.S. Senator. Then research the REAL story, why the Republican National Committee never found out what you, brave Lezzle, have dared show the world.
What a maroon. All this is accomplishing is making my fingers sore.
Marroon?
Poor PCB is weary. That's okay. You are dismissed.
It's spelled "maroon," right-winger.
:-)
Typo
noted, Mr. Perfect. ;)
I'm gone
This is too much like kicking the stuffing out of koala bears.
Stay Gone
And spare us from any more of your asinine posts.
"Us"?
Tapeworm? Mouse in yer pocket? Unplanned life-altering event?
Why do fools always try to pretend they've got thousands at their backs?
If Only it was True PC Boy....
you are "gone" like the wind stops blowing in Kansas...
Obama at WARP speed...
W right
A yres
R esko
P flager
All closing in on the messiah....
Obama, closet racist, socialist, pacifist, unfit to lead.
Very good, KCGrunt
Given up on making up funny names for Obama? THAT sure didn't work. I got it! I got it! FUNNY ACRONYMS!
Get used to it. Your Boy Bush has put a young, black, liberal in the Oval Office. Keep playing word games to soothe the pain, but you're down to four weeks and counting of pretending that Bush was anything but a colossal disaster for the Republican Party and the United States of America.
Ditto PCBoy...
typical liberal, "I'm Outta Here" for what, 15 minutes... Hard to trust what you guys say...
Keep the Obama dream alive... or is it a nightmare???
Too young to remember Nixon, are you?
"You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more" I was watching the press conference live in California. I never forgave the bastid for that lie.
PCBoy...
First, it is bastard, not bastid... You can use the preview button you know...
And, yes, I remember tricky Dick, and he was, in fact, a bastard. Similar to how ACORN views America... laws are not made for them in their mind.. May these bastards be thrown in jail for subverting the America that I love...
KCGrunt removes the mask
And shows the real dullard beneath.
"Bastard"? Rilly?
Stupid segue to ACORN, actually. You've gotten really boring real quick. Pull my chain when you've got something substantive to say.
Otherwise, artificial indignation isn't serving you people well, is it? McCain's numbers keep going down, and all the Karl Rove crap isn't helping much. Enjoy the taste of well-prepared crow, my friend.
Trust me PCBoy...
You and I would never be friends....
You liberals have nothing to say about ACORN, do you?
KCGrunt-
-but John McCain has taught me the value of real friendship. John McCain likes me just the way I am.
That's right.
You liberals have nothing to say about ACORN, do you?
Just that. And this.
Scary ACORN! Be afraid! Be VEWY Afraid!
PCBoy---you and yours have
PCBoy---you and yours have nothing to say about Florida 2000, do you?
PCBoy---you and yours have
PCBoy---you and yours have nothing to say about Florida 2000, do you?
Lezzle commits the unforgivable sin
And admits he/she has never watched Bugs Bunny.
You refuted nothing. "Refute" means you present evidence that Obama's resume is a fabrication, as you alleged. You did not. You posted some goof with a vanity site's opinions. I can find similar "proving" that John McCain is a Manchurian candidate programmed to blow up the White House. Get real, and, most important, stop embarrassing yourself in public; you're not even putting up a fight.
Get over yourself
Elmer. I knew what you meant.
thanks, Lezzle
for that nearly incomprehensible cut-and-paste job you lifted from some rightwing blogsite.
Not sure what it says about you, that you think that scored a point for you.
Interface
is well known for his cut and paste jobs and rampant plagiarism. I cited my source. The content was not incomprehensible for those who are literate. Obama's claims were refuted one by one. Not difficult to follow at all. One point for me.
Really, the only reason I spend any time here
Is that it gives me a reason to look up ALL KINDS OF COOL STUFF.
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JOIN ME, BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
LET YOUR VOICES RISE TO MEET THE MARXIST DAWN!
The east is red, the sun is rising.
China has brought forth a Mao Zedong.
He amasses fortune for the people,
Hurrah, he is the people's great savior.
Chairman Mao loves the people,
He is our guide,
To build a new China,
Hurrah, he leads us forward!
The Communist Party is like the sun,
Wherever it shines, it is bright.
Wherever there is a Communist Party,
Hurrah, there the people are liberated!
NOW THAT WE CONTROL CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE, LET US CHANGE OUR NAME TO THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY! LET US HUNT DOWN THE REVANCHIST ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ENEMY, STARTING WITH wossername again? LEZZLE!
sigh. it's a beautiful day outside.
Liberation
from this kind of tyranny always results in bloodshed. Be careful what you wish for.
No, really, Interface
I think if Lezzle has independently developed sources of information that even the RNC doesn't have about Obama's funding, we need to hear about them, and in particular what conclusions he/she draws from those spectacularly relevant findings. Elections are only a few weeks off, and if Obama's being puppet-mastered by sinister international forces, the American people need to know.
PCB, must I repeat everything?
As to the funding issue: Less than half of Obama's nearly half a billion is from gifts of less than $200
http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/mapApp.do?drillLevel=US&stateName=&cand_id=P80003338&searchType=&searchSQLType=&searchKeyword=
Other more sane people than you are investigating the $200 m in large ($1000 +) gifts from international sources.
http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-getting-campaign-cash-support.html
Sure
Makes you look twice as foolish.
The first link, for anyone else bored enough to be reading this, is for campaign contributions up to August 31 (i.e., for all candidates in the primaries).
Obama McCain
$200 and Under 51% 38%
$200.01 - $499 10% 6%
$500 - $999 8% 10%
$1000 - $1999 12% 15%
$2000 and Over 20% 31%
STFW? All these figures show is that McCain got more money in bigger chunks than Obama did. Half Obama's money coming from small donors is pretty freaking spectacular.
Then, lezzle (and you make it so easy) you post a link to an APRIL blog from a site called libertarianrepublican. WOW! I'm gonna buy THAT one sight unseen.
No doubt in MY mind that Lezzle has clearly shown that Obama is being masterminded by bin Laden, absolutely no doubt.
[BTW I can't get this thing to hold the columns, even with lots of spaces. Sorry]
of course
a point Lezzle hasn't addressed is that McCain got nearly 40% of his donations from small donors too.
Does that mean McCain is funded by terrorists?
No one said anything about Bin Laden
and I apologize for the dated sources. I'll update asap.
Tsk. Tsk.
So sad. It's not your fault. Nothing you can do about it. You are what you are. There are drugs that might help. Ah, but you've already tried that. Well, then...
As to the funding issue: Less than half of Obama's nearly half a billion is from gifts of less than $200
http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/mapApp.do?drillLevel=US&stateName=&cand_id=P80003338&searchType=&searchSQLType=&searchKeyword=
Other more sane people than you are investigating the $200 m in large ($1000 +) gifts from international sources.
http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-getting-campaign-cash-support.html
If you do decide to seek help, call 2-1-1.
An American Tragedy
What has this nation come to when even classic Republican insinuation and outright lies can't steal another election? Where has integrity gone when even the Republican National Committee isn't privy to the Secret Knowledge that a dedicated investigator like...like...like...what was that lame avatar again? possesses.
Seriously, you've got four weeks to get out the word. I'd rush right out on the street with a sandwich board, push the Little Caesar's guy out of the way on the corner, and get your Secret Wisdom out there so that even a fool can see that Obama is controlled by Unmentionable Outside Forces.
WhooooOOOOOooooo....
craziness
must run in your family. Congenital nuttiness. You poor thing.
Mmm, noooo....
I recognize the signs of lunacy. You don't, unless you're permitted to divulge the sources of your Secret Knowledge that's forbidden even to the desperate Minions of McCain.
It is obscene
when so much good could be done instead. Term limits and caps on campaign spending grow more attractive in direct proportion to the media gluttony feeding on this election cycle -- and to keep puny left wing pundits paid. Why don't you get a life? Go to school? To think that you think that every day Americans are funding Obama's campaign - how naive are you?
grow up.