For the most part the Natzis are treated comically as buffoons.
How will history treat us? As buffoons, who line up naked people in a pyramid as though it is a joke? As though we are justified in saying that we are the only country worth following? Or should we be AMONG the countries who are leading?
]]>Mr. McCain's advisers said that in his speeches, television advertisements and mailings, he would seize on a remark Mr. Obama made in an encounter with an Ohio voter, Joe Wurzelbacher, who had pressed him to explain his support for a tax increase for upper-income filers. Mr. Obama responded by saying he wanted to "spread the wealth." Mr. McCain repeatedly invoked that encounter with the man, whom he called "Joe the Plumber," during the debate on Wednesday.
"Spread the wealth around: We will focus acutely on that," said Steve Schmidt, Mr. McCain's chief strategist. "Spread the wealth around is a big mistake."
My question: What is wrong with Spreading the Wealth? It rings so much better than "Trickle Down," which republicans have no embarrassment about, even though the wealth has done nothing more than trickle up. Since so many of them don't believe in Evolution, maybe they don't believe in Gravity either.
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What is wrong with the Corporate Media? Can they not even PRETEND to be fair? This drive-by accuser should be ignored until she faces the public herself. Not one inch of footage should be aired until she acts like a legitimate nominee.
Can we start a petition? I don't know how to do it, but it seems like it is needed, since she gets to spew her stuff without any accountability. I am so sick of it!
Any ideas?
]]>4. What does he think of Obama? Answer: Well, he is smart and has learned alot during the primary -- unspoken message --> he still has alot to learn.
5. Do you think Palin is taking disaffected women who backed Hillary? Short answer: Yes, some of them, because Palin is really impressive.
I could go on but I had to leave. He clearly wants McCain to win. There is no doubt in my mind. He answers as though he has this "integrity thing" that keeps him from saying one single positive thing about Obama, when it is clearly a vengeful small-mindedness. I am furious with Bill!
Anyone else?
]]>Like it or not, she has comparable experience to our nominee..
She has governed a state that pretty much governs itself, but that isn't my point. James Fallows explains it best:
http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/gov-palin%e2%80%99s-worldview/
Excerpts follow (emphasis mine):
It is embarrassing to have to spell this out, but for the record let me explain why Gov. Palin's answer to the "Bush Doctrine" question -- the only part of the recent interview I have yet seen over here in China -- implies a disqualifying lack of preparation for the job.
Not the mundane job of vice president, of course, which many people could handle. Rather the job of potential Commander in Chief and most powerful individual on earth.[snip]
Each of us has areas we care about, and areas we don't. If we are interested in a topic, we follow its development over the years. And because we have followed its development, we're able to talk and think about it in a "rounded" way. [snip]Here's the most obvious example in daily life: Sports Talk radio.
Mention a name or theme -- Brett Favre, the Patriots under Belichick, Lance Armstrong's comeback, Venus and Serena -- and anyone who cares about sports can have a very sophisticated discussion about the ins and outs and myth and realities and arguments and rebuttals.People who don't like sports can't do that. It's not so much that they can't identify the names -- they've heard of Armstrong -- but they've never bothered to follow the flow of debate. I like sports -- and politics and tech and other topics -- so I like joining these debates. On a wide range of other topics -- fashion, antique furniture, the world of restaurants and fine dining, or (blush) opera -- I have not been interested enough to learn anything I can add to the discussion. So I embarrass myself if I have to express a view.
What Sarah Palin revealed is that she has not been interested enough in world affairs to become minimally conversant with the issues. Many people in our great land might have difficulty defining the "Bush Doctrine" exactly. But not to recognize the name, as obviously was the case for Palin, indicates not a failure of last-minute cramming but a lack of attention to any foreign-policy discussion whatsoever in the last seven years
I honestly think that most of us here at TPM would have much more nuanced, thoughtful, and knowledgeable answers to questions about foreign policy, the economy, and security than she does because we actually care and think about these issues often. She clearly has not, or she would not respond with coached phrases that belie a profound lack of knowledge.
Barack Obama has spent years developing his "worldview" regarding national concerns, which is evident in his proposed policies. His statements about the front for the terror threat is Afghanistan and Pakistan came far ahead of Bush's belated attention to the area.
Part of experience is thinking through things. That is where Palin is woefully lacking. Her mind has rightly been on Alaska; she wrongly thinks that is just fine for someone who might be president of the whole of our nation.
Thanks, but no thanks, Sarah!