[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Comparisons

[pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net]

Herb - Good point. - Paul

> 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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