[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Comparisons

[pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net]

Do you do your own thinking?

Listening to the mainstream media these last few days I've learned a few
things about the GOP's VP nominee but also had to learn a few things on my
own. To wit:



1. From the media I learned Sarah Palin's husband has a DUI conviction
from 22 years ago. On my own I learned that Ted Kennedy (hero of the
tribute at the DNC) was drunk while driving a car off a bridge in
Chappaquiddick. That same crash killed a young campaign volunteer with
whom he was having an affair. Oh, and that woman was pregnant with his
child.

* Mr. Palin's (who is not running for office) DUI came a mere 4 years
after Barack Obama (who is running for president) stopped using cocaine
and marijuana (by his own admission in his autobiography).

Shocking - it's OK for the presidential candidate to use drugs or the
party patriarch to kill someone while driving drunk yet the husband of a
VP candidate should be demonized for something done 22 years ago.



2. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant.

* On my own I learned that Joe Biden's (the other VP candidate) son was
paid a large amount of money as a consultant to credit card company MBNA.
That same company had business before Senator Joe Biden concerning
regulation of consumer credit practices. After the company paid a hefty
sum to Mr. Biden's son, he voted in favor of legislation to help that
company.

* That same son, Hunter, is also engaged in a legal investigation and suit
for defrauding a former business partner.

Shocking - it's a crime for the Republican VP candidate to have a child
who's pregnant even though it's irrelevant to how she performs her job.
It's ok, however, for the Democrat VP candidate, while a senator, to vote
in favor of a company who paid his son over a quarter of a million
dollars.



3. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin should be considered
'selfish' for agreeing to run for VP knowing about her daughter's
condition. Knowing that her public role would bring extra scrutiny on the
family is selfish and she should have declined to protect her child
(actually heard this on ABC).

Strange - the same people who said Sarah is selfish for running for VP did
not seem to care about any impact on Chelsea when Bill Clinton had his
dalliance with Monica Lewinsky. That was a private, personal matter you
see.



4. From the media I have learned to be 'concerned' that Sarah Palin
probably won't be able to manage her family and do an effective job of
being VP at the same time.

Funny - I never heard anything about Hillary's ability to support Chelsea
while re-doing healthcare or any of the other feminist icons who say you
can balance work and family. They also never mention that Barack will have
to balance time with his children while meeting with heads of rogue
nations.

5. From the media I have learned that Sarah Palin is 'too
inexperienced' to be a heartbeat-away from the presidency.

* Apparently taking on corruption in your own party and running a state
that's the same size people-wise as Delaware (hint hint: that's where Joe
Biden is from) is not really experience.

* However, time spent as a 'community organizer' and less than 180 days in
the U.S. Senate where you've authored no significant legislation is just
the type of 'change' we're looking for from the top of the ticket.

Funny - inexperience at the top of the ticket is a mantra for 'change' and
'hope' while strong practical everyday experience as the #2 is cause for
concern.



6. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin's husband once got a ticket
for fishing without a license.

* I haven't heard much about the fact that if he were still a practicing
attorney, the VP candidate Joe Biden could be dis-barred for plagiarism,
not once but multiple times.

It's ok to break the rules if you're a Democrat candidate, but not Ok if
you are the spouse of a Republican candidate.



7. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin doesn't know much about Iraq;
in fact we wonder if she even knows where it is.

* Sarah's son volunteered into the US military and is now deployed in
Iraq. I guess that doesn't count.

Sarah has spent more time with troops in Iraq (as commander of the Alaska
National Guard she visited Iraq last year) than Obama has even while
running for president. In fact, when Sarah went to Iraq she spent
time with the troops. When Obama went there, he skipped a base visit to
instead go work out at the Ritz Carlton.



8. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin is a 'lightweight' and she
better be a 'quick study' to keep up with this team.

Funny, nobody is talking about how, after Barack Obama had 'visited 57
states' according to him he only had '5 more to go' or endless other
stupid gaffes that expose who he really is.



9. From the media I have learned that (gasp!), Sarah Palin's husband was
once a registered member of a 3rd party that favored states' rights (man,
this is really bad stuff).

* That same media has been silent to the story that when Barack Obama
announced his first senate run, he did so in the home of William Ayers.
Mr. Ayers is an un-repentant terrorist convicted for bombing the pentagon.
This same Mr. Ayers said on 9/11 that he and his group did not
do enough to harm our military and he wished he had done more. During the
same time as that comment, he was serving on a board with Barack
Obama.
All notes and information about their serving together is now locked up by
the corrupt Chicago machine and reporter access to those records are being
blocked by the Obama campaign.

If we've had any doubts about the bias of the media, it's pretty clear now
where they stand.




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