Here’s a clip by ABC News about Sarah Palin and banning books:
Didn’t we, the United States, already settle this question? Didn’t we already determine that banning books was unconstitutional – a violation of free speech? So, here we are in 2008 and another small town Mayor is wanting to ban books. The fact that Sarah Palin would even ask about the possibility of banning books is chilling. Do we really want her as our Vice-President? I don’t.
The Republicans are at it again – accusing Obama of insulting Palin by using a “lipstick on a pig” phrase in a speech. This is an old saying, in fact, even John McCain has used it. Now, who is being disingenuous here?
Are you tired of the McCain campaign yet? They can’t talk about the issues so they make something out of nothing.
Here are some more examples – funny how Republicans also use the same phrase…and they don’t get attacked…
“I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” – John McCain, in reference to Hillary Clinton’s health care plan, last year.
“George Bush has given a mission to General Petraeus, and he has done his best to try to figure out how to put lipstick on a pig.” – Barack Obama, last year.
“Or as we say out in our home state of Wyoming, you can put all the lipstick you want on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” – Dick Cheney, 2004.
“It’s all about withdrawal or not withdrawal, okay? I mean that’s what it’s all about. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” – John McCain, last year.
“You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it’s still a pig.” – Texas Gov. Ann Richards.
“John Kerry tries to put a bunch of fancy, fancy talk…but there is nothing you can do to really — to really obscure that record. You can try, though. And in Wyoming, we’ve got a saying for what it is when you keep trying to make something that’s not so good look good, we call it putting lipstick on a pig.” – Lynne Cheney, 2004.
“It gets down to whether you support what’s being done in this new strategy or you don’t. You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig in my view.” – John McCain, last year.
NYTimes article regarding remarks Barack Obama made:
He has declared her family off limits. He has praised her biography, telling an audience, “Mother, governor, moose shooter — that’s cool.” But he has taken sharp aim at her record as Alaska governor, vigorously questioning her evolving stance on the state’s so-called bridge to nowhere.
“She was for it until everybody started raising a fuss about it and she started running for governor and then suddenly she was against it,” Mr. Obama said, speaking over an applauding crowd in Michigan. “I mean, you can’t just make stuff up. You can’t just recreate yourself. You can’t just reinvent yourself. The American people aren’t stupid.”
Umm, Mr. Obama, 50% of American voters re-elected George Bush and you’re telling me they’re not that stupid? That fact that this election is so close should serve as another example of American stupidity. Don’t give Americans too much credit – you’ll save yourself a lot of grief.
It’s time to get serious about our two wars and the troops who are fighting them. We Americans need to start contributing more than we have. This country is fighting TWO wars. Never in our nation’s history have we fought one war, much less two wars, and cut taxes at the same time. Our government is NUTS. Americans need to be contributing more to the war effort and need to be more affected by it.
Therefore, it is time to implement a wartime military draft. Our military is stressed to the max and needs relief. And those of you who voted for Mr. Bush the second time around need to stand up and accept your responsibility. If you are too old to join, then you should be encouraging your children to join. You may not have known what you were voting for in the year 2000, but you damn sure knew what you were voting for in 2004. There are no excuses.
Now get yourself or your kid to the nearest recruiting office. Waving a little Amercian flag doesn’t cut it with me – support our military by joining up. Oh, and by the way, I am a military veteran.
God bless America.
After two months of working 4/10s, I went back to a regular 8 hour workday today. Although, I loved having Friday off – I felt I was losing the other four days of the week.
With my guitar lessons starting up again from summer break and our neighborhood association meetings starting up again – the 4/10 just didn’t work. Getting home later, around 5:50pm for me, meant pushing back dinner, less time for the dogs, and being very tired by 8pm such that I didn’t want to do much of anything, not even play my guitar.
Last week I had a chance to see how working 7am to 3:30pm felt – and I liked it. I got home early and was able to have dinner almost ready by the time Mir got home. The dogs had more outside time and we were done with dinner before 7pm. We even took several walks last week after we ate. This is the kind of lifestyle I like.
So, I’m glad I had the chance to experiment with a different work schedule, but in the end, for me and my family, 4/10 is out and working the conventional five days is in.
Anne Killkenny is a resident of Wasilla, Alaska and immediately after the announcement of Sarah Palin as VP candidate, wrote this letter to friends and family. The letter began circulating the internet. It’s very interesting and gives you good idea about who Sarah Palin is.
For those of you skeptical, the letter has been verified by Snopes as authentic and written by actual Wasilla residence Anne Killkenny.
Nerve.com is having a Photoshop contest with the theme “pitbull with lipstick”. This was created by their “design geeks”.
Quite frankly, Palin’s joke was an insult to pit bulls.
Here’s another joke:
What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney? Lipstick.
I’m watching “Meet the Press” right now – Joe Biden is being questioned by Tom Brokaw. I see now why Sarah Palin is not doing these shows – she wouldn’t be able to answer any of the questions. It’s amazing how much Senator Biden knows about Iraq and the Middle East.
I also saw a brief clip of Bill O’Reilly interviewing Barack Obama. I have to give Obama a lot of credit being interviewed by Bill. I will be going back and watching the entire interview. Personally, I wouldn’t have given Bill O’Reilly the time of day – he’s certainly no journalist – he’s just a mouthpiece of the Republican Party.
You know this is so unfair – Tom is asking Joe about domestic issues now. Where the hell is Sarah Palin?! Why isn’t she out there answering these same questions?!
There are only about 60 days left until the election – and the Republicans are telling us that they are not yet ready to allow Palin to answer any questions?
If you’re not mad as hell, then you’re not paying attention.
It’s been a few days since my last posting on this blog. I was waiting for Sarah Palin’s first real interview to take place – apparently, the McCain campaign is keeping her under tight wrap. Hmmm…methinks the campaign is afraid of what she might say in an unscripted moment. I also read recently that Charlie Gibson might have been given the first opportunity to conduct an interview – how Republican! Give the interview to one of your soldiers.
Ladies and gentleman, forgive the cliche, but Sarah Palin is literally a “heartbeat away from the Presidency”. John McCain is 72 – he likes to parade around his 95 year old mother – but everyone knows women live longer than men. Papa McCain died at age 70 of natural causes. So, if John McCain wins the election, there is a very real chance that he would die in office and Sarah Palin would be our next President.
So, to those of you supporting McCain – think very carefully about this election – if he wins, the odds are that Palin will become President. In your heart, is this really what you want?
As soon as Palin has her first real interview, check back here for my comments.
It’s a real shame when a comedy show does better journalism than ABC, NBC, NYTimes, Washington Post, etc.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml
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