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We all created Sarah Palin

December 10, 2009

In August, 2008, John McCain was looking for a quick fix to turn his campaign around. He saw Barack Obama was black, Hilary Clinton was a woman and a woman almost beat the black man to the brass ring. But, in his assessment, Hilary was too much of a man to be a woman candidate, [...]

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Never confuse ‘clear thought’ with crap

November 16, 2008

Last Saturday, Mark Lilla, a professor of humanities at Columbia University, wrote an article in the WSJ titled The Perils of ‘Populist Chic’, What the rise of Sarah Palin and populism means for the conservative intellectual tradition. It was well-thought out and objectively argued. In short, it explains why presidential candidates need to go bowling and drinking [...]

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No party for old men

November 7, 2008

It is sad what the Democrats are doing to Joe Lieberman. The only “sin” Sen. Lieberman committed was having opinions that did not quite align themselves with the new leadership.
I looked up the Senator Oath of Office. It reads:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United [...]

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Brought to you by some upstanding, God-fearing Christians

November 4, 2008

The family down the street flies the flag every day, even puts a light on it at night and takes it in during the rain. At Christmas time, they decorate their house with a large Nativity star, a manger set and a large sign that reads “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.”
It makes [...]

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105 feet… so close, yet…

November 4, 2008

This was outside my polling place in Ohio. Notice that the McCain/Palin sign is as close as the law allows. Clearly, the letter of the law is being invoked, but not the spirit. I’m pretty certain that an over-eager supporter put this there, but this really is not helping put your candidate in the best [...]

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Joe Mamma?

October 29, 2008

First, just watch the video. All the way to the end.

I know Alaska is part of these United States, but how ignorant of racism is Sarah Palin? It is almost as surreal to watch as John McCain singing “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” to a Beach Boys tune! Before she can lead America, she [...]

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A conundrum of massive proportion

October 24, 2008

My paper shredder just crapped out on me. In this economy, I can’t afford to buy a new one. But, in this economy, I can’t afford to have my identity stolen either.
Barack and John, these are the kinds of things that we “Joe the Dog” living on “Main Street” have to worry about. And while [...]

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The presidency is now a talent contest!

October 20, 2008

From the OMG! department. Is McCain really doing a call from entries to a “I’m Joe the Plumber” contest? Really??
I’m sure there are a lot of words for this, but I’m just beyond them right now.

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Do they talk american?

October 18, 2008

Here’s a tip when running for President of the United States of America: Pay attention in English class.
From an email on October 18, 2008 from the McCain/Palin camp, they write:
Help John McCain and Sarah Palin win in November!
With less than 18 days until Election Day our volunteer activities are in full swing. With your help [...]

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The $5,000 health insurance question

October 4, 2008

I am a self-employed dog who buys his own health insurance. I’ve been listening to all these pundits and political candidates talking about government “getting out of the way” so individuals can buy their own health insurance. “Let the free market do it’s thing” is the cry from most of them.
I have come to [...]

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Plain talk Palin email

October 2, 2008

Well, not really plain talk, but we’ll translate.
I received this email from Sarah Palin…. well, not from her personally, but from the Palin-McCain Campaign. I’ve attached it as a PDF file for you to read, but here are some highlights.
1. She encourages me to vote TODAY because you can vote early in Ohio. I read [...]

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Put the smart guys in charge, please

October 1, 2008

Susan Suess Kennedy wrote an article recently for the Huffington Post examining why Americans have such a disdain for smart people. A popular terms among the non-intellectuals and shallow thinkers is “elistism.” The undereducated white guys chant this, along with “drill baby, drill” (which I don’t really get as a mantra, but ok..) Here’s the [...]

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Stop the madness, Palin

September 29, 2008

When you fall off the moose, the best thing to do it get right back on? NO!!! You lie there and play dead. Please, Palin, play dead….
Pizza, cheesesteak.. what’s the difference in Philadelphia. Gotcha, voters! Hollering a question across an area? He was right there in front of her, bending into her ear.

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Moosepoop.. There, I said it!

September 27, 2008

McCain says “horseshit” during the debates? I think what he really meant to say was “Moosepoop!”

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You can reach more people with a blog than a bullhorn

September 27, 2008

Last night, I met Kealan on http://election.twitter.com. We have not spoken, I know nothing about her, but she said something during the debates that I thought was interesting and I wanted to be a part of the next really sage thing she says, whenever that is. So, I’m following her on Twitter.
I saw she tweeted [...]

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Timing is everything

September 25, 2008

Yesterday, John McCain suspended his campaign, saying he was racing off to Washington shortly after his appearance at the Clinton Global Initiative at 8:45am to fix the financial crisis in America in a 4:00pm meeting with the president, House and Senate leaders and Obama at the White House.
At 2:36pm, the senators all announced they had [...]

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Countries are not corporations so quit trying to run them like they are

September 24, 2008

Carly Fiorina’s comments about neither candidate being able to run a corporation is causing a bunch of flap. We want our elected officials to understand how to balance a checkbook, but I’m not so sure we want them to be able to run a corporation.
A corporation’s only goal is to make profit. It is a [...]

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Palin: I’m in charge now!!

September 22, 2008

Palin-McCain.. hmmm… I wonder if her running mate.. umm, what’s his name.. Oh, yeah John McCain cares about that.
Oh, wait.. is Todd Palin sporting the Obama look?

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Pay attention to the news cycle and do something with it

September 13, 2008

Yesterday, I received the monthly issue of Association News, read the front cover and was immediately in awe of the level to which this organization is paying attention to the world around them.
One could say that the choice of featuring Arizona was merely coincidental or that the state was next on the calendar [...]

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We dogs keep getting more press!! From the press!!

September 10, 2008

Paul Begala, political commentator for CNN, writes this article on The Huffington Post. He ends with:
The real debate is over whether the media will be vigilant watchdogs, sounding the alarm when McCain and Palin lie, or fall back to the role they’ve played for most of McCain’s career: lapdog.
I love all these recent references to [...]

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