[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Comparisons

Fri Oct 17 10:55:38 EDT 2008

Herb,

I've told the story here before about the "crime prevention" HUD grant
I audited for a CPA firm shortly after graduating from college.  These
"community organizers" routinely scrape 20% off the top of any grant
that passes through their hands - all perfectly legal.

There's a damn good reason the MSM and the Obama campaign don't want
people poking around Obama's community organizing days.  I'm posting a
link here instead of the story because there's lots of links embedded
that are worthy, especially the first one.  Many of these stories have
been out there for months but the MSM is far more interested in Todd
Palin's DUI or Joe the Plumber's unpaid taxes.

BTW, there's only one candidate in this race who's ever balanced a
budget, run a business, and personally eliminated crooks -  Sarah
Palin.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/barack-obama%e2%80%99s-war-on-black-america/

Brad

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> The one "correction" I'd recommend -
>
> I wish everyone that writes about Obama being a "community organizer"
> would add the important descriptive term "a government paid community
> organizer"
>
> It's not as if he was doing some kind of volunteer work.
>
> pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
>> 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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