Sarah Palin Draws Crowd Of 60,000 In Florida
Clay
September 22, 2008
THE VILLAGES -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told
wildly cheering, flag-waving, chanting supporters that John McCain is
"the only great man in this race" and promised Sunday he will fix the
nation's economy if voters give the GOP four more years in the White
House.
"He won't say this, so I'll say it for him," the Alaska governor said
in an almost confidential tone at the close of her first Florida stump
speech. "There is only one man in this election who has ever really
fought for you. John McCain wore the uniform of his country for 22
years -- talk about tough."
The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has
about 70,000 mostly adult residents -- many of them military retirees
-- who vote reliably Republican in statewide races. Tens of thousands
inched along roads into the picturesque town square of the complex,
where they stood in sweltering heat for about four hours as local GOP
officials and a country band revved up the crowd.
"Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" they chanted at every mention of her name,
applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were
distributed -- along with free water bottles -- by local volunteers.
The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.
Admiring throngs mobbed the Palin family's arrival and departure,
snapping souvenir pictures. Autograph seekers thrust campaign signs,
caps with the McCain-Palin logo and copies of magazines with her face
on their covers, and the Palins responded warmly.
Palin, her husband and three of their children arrived in Orlando but
spent a family day at Disney World, she said as she introduced her
entourage to the enthusiastic crowd. She joked about similarities and
differences of the two states at opposite corners of America, but was
all business when she focused on the need for a large voter turnout in
a hotly contested state with 27 electoral votes.
Recent polls have given the McCain-Palin ticket a single-digit edge
but Florida is clearly up for grabs. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,
campaigned from Jacksonville to Miami late last week and the Democrats
have mobilized a massive volunteer effort statewide. McCain, who led
the Jan. 29 state primary with a big boost from popular Gov. Charlie
Crist, has strong support in the vital I-4 corridor and across North
Florida, where conservative southerners tend to register as Democrats
but vote Republican in statewide races.
In a theme Palin would pound home, GOP Chairman Jim Greer Greer said
Obama and his running mate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, have records of
voting for higher taxes and have said on the campaign trail that they
would increase regulation of financial markets.
"John MCain and I are going to take our case for reform to every voter
in every background and every party, or no party at all," said Palin.
"We're going to Washington to shake things up."
She said "John McCain warned Congress that we needed to do something
before these problems became a crisis," but that Washington --
including Obama and Biden -- did not act for months as financial
giants teetered and toppled.
"Americans are caught in kind of a perfect storm between high taxes,
high gas prices, greed on Wall Street and a shortage of courage in
Washington," she said. "But we need new leadership in Washington -- we
need serious reform on Wall Street."
Palin, whose son shipped out for Iraq this month, made a point of
asking veterans and military members in the crowd to raise their hands
for a round of applause.
Then she recalled that McCain took an early, unpopular stance in
support of the Iraq troop surge, a policy shift now widely credited
with stabilizing Iraq. "That's the kind of man I want as commander in
chief," she shouted, as applause and whoops rose in the town square.
"John McCain is the only great man in this race."
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-C-
trotsky
> by Bill Cotterell
Who?
Lubow
"trotsky" <gms...@email.com> wrote in message
news:ixLBk.299662$TT4.95133@attbi_s22...
> Clay wrote:
>> by Bill Cotterell
>
>
> Who?
Gotta tell ya... Hardly a day goes by when I'm not thinking about -- what's his
name? -- oh, yeah, Bill Cotterell's view on the world scene is.
NOT!
Joe Steel
58190b...@73g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
> by Bill Cotterell
> September 22, 2008
>
>
> "Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" they chanted at every mention of her name,
> applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were
> distributed -- along with free water bottles -- by local volunteers.
> The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.
>
So?
What's your point?
Are you implying a crowd of 60,000 desperate slugs with too much time on
their hands validates Miss Wasilla's candidacy?
Clay
...
> Clay <ClaysRi...@gmail.com> wrote in news:4314e9d8-ff4b-4613-b30f-
> 58190bd7f...@73g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
>
> > by Bill Cotterell
> > September 22, 2008
>
> > "Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" they chanted at every mention of her name,
> > applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were
> > distributed -- along with free water bottles -- by local volunteers.
> > The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.
>
> So?
Large crowds.
> What's your point?
Large crowds are good.
> Are you implying a crowd of 60,000 desperate slugs with too much time on
> their hands validates Miss Wasilla's candidacy?
See that... you're pretty stupid, Joe (ergo, your nick). Sarah's last
name is Palin.
OBTW... it's a good sign that Florida is in play and may go for
McCain.
Ya think?
Too fucking funny.
-C-
Joe Steel
news:5dc9ac6b-0b9c-47b0...@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
> On Sep 22, 9:09 am, Joe Stupid asked a pretty dumb question <LOL>:
> ...
>
>> Clay <ClaysRi...@gmail.com> wrote in news:4314e9d8-ff4b-4613-b30f-
>> 58190bd7f...@73g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> > by Bill Cotterell
>> > September 22, 2008
>>
>> > "Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" they chanted at every mention of her name,
>> > applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were
>> > distributed -- along with free water bottles -- by local
>> > volunteers. The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.
>>
>> So?
>
> Large crowds.
>
>> What's your point?
>
> Large crowds are good.
>
>> Are you implying a crowd of 60,000 desperate slugs with too much time
>> on their hands validates Miss Wasilla's candidacy?
>
> See that... you're pretty stupid, Joe (ergo, your nick). Sarah's last
> name is Palin.
>
You stupider if you don't see or ignore the reason for putting her on
the ticket.
> OBTW... it's a good sign that Florida is in play and may go for
> McCain.
>
> Ya think?
>
> Too fucking funny.
>
> -C-
>
Did you read the article?
"The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has
about 70,000 mostly adult residents -- many of them military retirees
-- who vote reliably Republican in statewide races.
A crowd of military retirees who are reliable Republican voters don't
indicate a changing electorate. At best, it indicates they had nothing
else to do and wanted to see the empty-headed beauty contestant who has a
few good lines.
Ic
... is all part of the hype. Where are the photos?
Remember what happened in Alaska, where she's to be so popular.
The strange, strange world of Sarah Palin
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/564b7fba272f168c
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/browse_frm/thread/40fd7350960c22b8?scoring=d&
Not one to meet the press, for a Sunday gig Palin will have her script
ready for a 97.2% white retirement community,
The Villages “Florida’s Friendliest Hometown"
As of July 1, 2008, there were nearly 75,000 people living in The
Villages in about 38,000 homes.
“We have 20,000-plus tickets; everyone here will get a ticket,” Jean
Patterson, a volunteer at the distribution, said.
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/articles/2008/09/20/news/news01.txt
They are giving everyone a ticket and are expecting 15,000 to 20,000.
Races in The Villages:
* White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
* Hispanic (1.3%)
* Black (0.5%)
Golf Cart Tossed Aside in the Village of Caroline, The Villages, FL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Villagecaroline.jpg
The Villages in Lady Lake will be hosting Sarah Palin on Sunday
September 21.
http://activerain.com/blogsview/700437/Sarah-Palin-Coming-to
Other celebrity Evangelist's news:
Evangelist's compound raided in child abuse case
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/20/evangelist.raid/
Saturday, September 20, 2008
[][]
Palin losing mojo
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/c01e578f8f671d65
> So if, in thirty years, Obama actually retires to The Villages, he'll
> raise the percentage
I don't have a crystal ball for thirty years.
The demographics are in both ads for The Villages and wikipedia.
If you're happy that Palin plays it safe preaching to the chorus
that's fine with me.
Others see that as one of her biggest weaknesses.
Demographics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida#Demographics
As of July 1, 2008, there were nearly 75,000 people living in The
Villages in about 38,000 homes.[7] [8]
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 8,333 people, 4,392
households, and 3,583 families residing in the CDP. The population
density was 1,605.5 people per square mile (619.9/km²²). There were
5,065 housing units at an average density of 975.9/mi (376.8/km²²).
The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.42% White, 0.52% African American,
0.10% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from
other races, and 0.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of
any race were 1.30% of the population.
There were 4,392 households out of which 0.3% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 80.1% were married couples living
together, 1.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and
18.4% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of
individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age
or older. The average household size was 1.89 and the average family
size was 2.05.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 0.3% under the age of
18, 0.3% from 18 to 24, 1.5% from 25 to 44, 40.4% from 45 to 64, and
57.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 66 years.
For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age
18 and over, there were 90.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,542, and the
median income for a family was $45,078. Males had a median income of
$58,173 versus $26,176 for females. The per capita income for the CDP
was $28,343. About 2.8% of families and 3.7% of the population were
below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 2.8%
of those age 65 or over.
On Sep 22, 8:18 am, Joe Steel <JoeSt...@NoSpam.com> wrote:
Clay
soooo apropos <LOL>:
...
> Clay <Clays0n...@gmail.com> wrote innews:5dc9ac6b-0b9c-47b0...@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> > On Sep 22, 9:09 am, Joe Stupid asked a pretty dumb question <LOL>:
> > ...
>
> >> Clay <ClaysRi...@gmail.com> wrote in news:4314e9d8-ff4b-4613-b30f-
> >> 58190bd7f...@73g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> > by Bill Cotterell
> >> > September 22, 2008
>
> >> > "Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" they chanted at every mention of her name,
> >> > applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were
> >> > distributed -- along with free water bottles -- by local
> >> > volunteers. The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.
>
> >> So?
>
> > Large crowds.
>
> >> What's your point?
>
> > Large crowds are good.
>
> >> Are you implying a crowd of 60,000 desperate slugs with too much time
> >> on their hands validates Miss Wasilla's candidacy?
>
> > See that... you're pretty stupid, Joe (ergo, your nick). Sarah's last
> > name is Palin.
>
> You stupider if you don't see or ignore the reason for putting her on
> the ticket.
She has executive experience (not like either Obama nor Biden). Is
that why, Joe Stupid?
<LOL>
> > OBTW... it's a good sign that Florida is in play and may go for
> > McCain.
>
> > Ya think?
>
> > Too fucking funny.
>
> > -C-
>
> Did you read the article?
Sure did, Joe Stupid.
> "The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has
> about 70,000 mostly adult residents -- many of them military retirees
> -- who vote reliably Republican in statewide races.
>
> A crowd of military retirees who are reliable Republican voters don't
> indicate a changing electorate.
Well, you got me there, Joe Stupid. I mean... it's not like it's a
crowd of 60,000 Hollywood blockheads.
Dumbass.
> At best, it indicates they had nothing
> else to do and wanted to see the empty-headed beauty contestant who has a
> few good lines.
And... the "get-together" that Steisand put on the other night...
wasn't that the same thing, shit-for-brains???
No wonder your nick is "Joe Stupid"... don't ever change.
Too fucking funny.
-C-
KR
> Males had a median income of $58,173 versus $26,176 for females.
On Sep 22, 8:42 am, Ic <lol7...@msn.com> wrote:
> > THE VILLAGES -- by Bill Cotterell September 22, 2008
>
> ... is all part of the hype. Where are the photos?
>
> Remember what happened in Alaska, where she's to be so popular.
>
>
> Not one to meet the press, for a Sunday gig Palin will have her script
> ready for a 97.2% white retirement community,
> The Villages “Florida’s Friendliest Hometown"
>
> As of July 1, 2008, there were nearly 75,000 people living in The
> Villages in about 38,000 homes.
> “We have 20,000-plus tickets; everyone here will get a ticket,” Jean
>
> They are giving everyone a ticket and are expecting 15,000 to 20,000.
>
> Races in The Villages:
>
> * White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
> * Hispanic (1.3%)
> * Black (0.5%)
> The Villages in Lady Lake will be hosting Sarah Palin on Sunday
>
> Other celebrity Evangelist's news:
> Saturday, September 20, 2008
>
> [][]
>
> Palin losing mojohttp://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/c01e578f8f671d65
>
> > So if, in thirty years, Obama actually retires to The Villages, he'll
> > raise the percentage
>
> I don't have a crystal ball for thirty years.
> The demographics are in both ads for The Villages and wikipedia.
> If you're happy that Palin plays it safe preaching to the chorus
> that's fine with me.
>
> Others see that as one of her biggest weaknesses.
>
Dennis
>> by Bill Cotterell
>
>
> Who?
Once more we see a dunce who entirely missed the message because he was too
ignorant to know the messenger and trumpeted his ignorance for all to see.
Cesspool Slurpers," an accurate and most apt description of the loony left
scummers attempting to destroy Sarah Palin and her family. I hope the CS'ers
keep it up.
Name three things of significance Br-a-a-a-a-a-ck, The Magic Mulatto has
done; just three. We'll wait..............
Gas-bag Joe, The Plagiarizer says Br-a-a-a-a-a-ck, The Magic Mulatto is
"articulate and bright and clean." But we know B,TMM just ain't a right fit
to be President; the boy just ain't got the fundamentals. At his core, he's
just another grasping Chi-town pol. Just ask Chicago slum lord felon Tony
Rezko, and now Br-a-a-a-a-a-ck's Nairobi shack-dweller brother, George.
"Stand up, Chuck, and let 'em see ya"! Gas-bag Joe, The Plagiarizer to State
Senator Chuck Graham, a wheelchair bound paraplegic.
"Hillary Clinton is...more qualified than I am to be vice president,"
Gas-bag Joe, The Plagiarizer.
Dionysus
Ic
>
> Typical Republican equality for old females
Those numbers are from Wikipedia. If incorrect they can be updated.
Worse yet Palin’s behavior regarding security:
"The legality of Palin’s behavior still is in dispute. The wisdom is
not. It was stupid of her to use those accounts for any state
business"
Feds Search Apt / hacker's IP address 'doesn't look consistent' with
state legislator's son ?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/aea8624c51daedf5
DOJ LOOPHOLE ?
The former publisher of the National Review chimes in...
"I certainly agree with the part about the Federalist Papers. Someone
should ask Sarah Palin a question or two about the Federalist Papers.
The result would undoubtedly be hilarious."
On Sep 22, 8:58 am, KR <432...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,542, and the median income for a family was $45,078.
> > Males had a median income of $58,173 versus $26,176 for females.
>
> Typical Republican equality for old females
> On Sep 22, 8:42 am, Ic <lol7...@msn.com> wrote:
>
> > > THE VILLAGES -- by Bill Cotterell September 22, 2008
>
> > ... is all part of the hype. Where are the photos?
>
> > Remember what happened in Alaska, where she's to be so popular.
>
> > The strange, strange world of Sarah Palinhttp://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/564b7fba272f168chttp:/......
Ic
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-ZhbgEr8yabPaMHO3qsYjvLQeDw--?cq=1&p=1499
"The two e-mail exchanges appear to involve state politicians —
Alaskan Lieut. Governor Sean Parnell and Amy McCorkell, whom Palin
appointed to the Governor's Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse last year. Wired magazine reported that McCorkell confirmed the
e-mail's authenticity, though she later refused to comment to the
Associated Press.
Palin's other Yahoo! account (gov....@yahoo.com) had already been
hacked, so to speak, by federal authorities who are investigating her
role in the firing of Walt Monegan, Alaska's public safety
commissioner. Critics charge that Palin fired Monegan for refusing to
dismiss her former brother-in-law from his job as a state trooper.
(The scandal has already earned a -gate suffix.) After Tuesday's hacks
were made public, both private accounts were deleted — an act that
could technically constitute destruction of evidence.
The Alaska governor could also face charges for conducting official
state business using her personal, unarchived e-mail account (a
crime); some critics accuse her of skirting freedom-of-information
laws in doing so. An Alaska Republican activist is trying to force
Palin to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public-
records request, the Washington Post reported last week."
[]
Alaska police union files complaint against Palin
http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/04/1347737.aspx
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Fear of retribution from Palin - a pattern amongst Alaskans speaking
out
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/21/65323/5715/815/605335
Sun Sep 21, 2008
On Sep 22, 10:38 am, Ic <lol7...@msn.com> wrote:
> > > Males had a median income of $58,173 versus $26,176 for females.
>
> > Typical Republican equality for old females
>
> Those numbers are from Wikipedia. If incorrect they can be updated.
> Worse yet Palin’s behavior regarding security:
> "The legality of Palin’s behavior still is in dispute. The wisdom is
> not. It was stupid of her to use those accounts for any state
> business"
>
> Feds Search Apt / hacker's IP address 'doesn't look consistent' with
> state legislator's son ?http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/aea8624c51daedf5
clouddreamer
> Sunday September 21, 2008
> http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-ZhbgEr8yabPaMHO3qsYjvLQeDw--?cq=1&p=1499
> "The two e-mail exchanges appear to involve state politicians —
> Alaskan Lieut. Governor Sean Parnell and Amy McCorkell, whom Palin
> appointed to the Governor's Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug
> Abuse last year. Wired magazine reported that McCorkell confirmed the
> e-mail's authenticity, though she later refused to comment to the
> Associated Press.
>
> Palin's other Yahoo! account (gov....@yahoo.com) had already been
> hacked, so to speak, by federal authorities who are investigating her
> role in the firing of Walt Monegan, Alaska's public safety
> commissioner. Critics charge that Palin fired Monegan for refusing to
> dismiss her former brother-in-law from his job as a state trooper.
> (The scandal has already earned a -gate suffix.) After Tuesday's hacks
> were made public, both private accounts were deleted — an act that
> could technically constitute destruction of evidence.
>
> The Alaska governor could also face charges for conducting official
> state business using her personal, unarchived e-mail account (a
> crime); some critics accuse her of skirting freedom-of-information
> laws in doing so. An Alaska Republican activist is trying to force
> Palin to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public-
> records request, the Washington Post reported last week."
Sarah Palin: The Energizer Bunny of scandals.
..
--
We must change the way we live
Or the climate will do it for us.
cialisfreak
non-constipated people in that part of Florida!
AND NOW EVEN CONSERVATIVES ARE WARNING AMERICANS ABOUT PALIN ...
"The Palin nomination has been a moment of truth for the right. While
many conservatives have embraced her as a fresh-faced reformer, a
handful -- David Frum, George Will and Charles Krauthammer among them
-- have questioned her meager experience. In the heat of a close
election, their defection is as unusual as the small number of liberal
columnists who have criticized Obama."
"Palin 'has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a
repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to
compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive
decisiveness.' "
When it came time to judge the Alaska governor's fitness for high
office, however, [David] Brooks watched her ABC interviews and turned
thumbs down. 'She looked fine,' he said, 'but not like someone I'd be
comfortable with as president in time of war.' "
-----------------
"David Brooks, Rankling Folks Right and Left"
"Conservative Pundit Hears It From Both Sides"
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 22, 2008; C01
David Brooks is used to hanging around with liberals -- his wife and
three children, among others, support Barack Obama -- but has grown
angry at the condescending talk about Sarah Palin.
"Three times someone told me they thought she was trailer trash," the
New York Times columnist said.
When it came time to judge the Alaska governor's fitness for high
office, however, Brooks watched her ABC interviews and turned thumbs
down. "She looked fine," he said, "but not like someone I'd be
comfortable with as president in time of war."
An erudite author and talking head, Brooks, 47, is sometimes cast as
the left's favorite conservative. At times he seems to delight in
taking on his own side, drawing fire from the likes of Rush Limbaugh,
and yet he drives some liberals up the wall.
"I look at a lot of commentary, and so much of it is campaign advocacy
for one side or another," he said. "That turns me off in a visceral
way." Brooks pronounces himself "disappointed" in both Obama and John
McCain.
The Palin nomination has been a moment of truth for the right. While
many conservatives have embraced her as a fresh-faced reformer, a
handful -- David Frum, George Will and Charles Krauthammer among them
-- have questioned her meager experience. In the heat of a close
election, their defection is as unusual as the small number of liberal
columnists who have criticized Obama.
Brooks wrote last week that Palin "has not been engaged in national
issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like
President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience
with brashness and excessive decisiveness."
Radio host Laura Ingraham distributed an e-mail chiding Brooks for
elitism. "Sarah Palin might not have read all the books David Brooks
has read, but she has an ability to galvanize an electorate," she says
now.
While Ingraham likes Brooks, she describes him as "a conservative
intellectual of the East Coast variety who thinks everyone else should
be more intellectual. I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't
know David who think he's a snob. He spends a lot of time around a lot
of people with similar backgrounds."
Brooks often displays his witty side on television, where he has a
regular debating slot on PBS's "NewsHour" and appears on such programs
as "Meet the Press" and "Face the Nation."
"There's a happy tweediness about him," said Washington Post columnist
E.J. Dionne, a regular sparring partner on National Public Radio.
"He's half-intellectual, half-'Saturday Night Live.' He veers back and
forth between academic studies and great lines from stand-up."
National Review's Frum, a longtime friend, praises "the suppleness of
his mind and a really warm personality." As for criticism from the
right, Frum said, "David always seems so affable and fun-loving that
you assume he's unbothered."
Perhaps Brooks's greatest apostasy was briefly falling for Obama,
based on "interviews I had with him before he became the Messiah. I
found him tremendously intelligent. I came away thinking, 'Man, he
agrees with everything I think.' We talked about Burke and Niebuhr and
all the philosophers I really like and he really likes." Republican
senators, Brooks said, "viciously pounded me" for his defection.
Brooks hailed Obama for winning the Iowa caucuses, writing in January
that he had achieved "something remarkable" and that "Americans are
not going to want to see this stopped. When an African-American man is
leading a juggernaut to the White House, do you want to be the one to
stand up and say No?"
In urging a broader, more moderate GOP, Brooks ran afoul of Limbaugh,
who opposed McCain's nomination and called the columnist part of an
"establishment" interested only in Beltway influence. "Mr. Brooks,
we're trying to save this party," Limbaugh told his listeners.
Within months, Brooks grew disillusioned, calling Obama a combination
of "Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent
this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set" and "Fast Eddie
Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who'd throw you
under the truck for votes." But he was hardly a Republican
cheerleader: Days before Obama picked his running mate, Brooks urged
the choice of Joe Biden as an experienced if loudmouthed lawmaker.
Brooks swooned over McCain during the 2000 campaign ("Even by the
standards of the media, I was more worshipful than most"), has dined
with him a number of times and admires McCain's closest confidant,
Mark Salter. When Brooks criticizes the McCain campaign, the pushback
comes "very respectfully," he says, mostly in the form of private e-
mails.
The son of two liberal college professors, Brooks grew up in Greenwich
Village in the 1960s and was a self-described socialist when he
arrived at the University of Chicago. He penned a parody of William F.
Buckley that impressed the National Review founder sufficiently to
offer him a job. Brooks called and accepted the offer years later, in
1984, by which time he had become a fan of Ronald Reagan and Margaret
Thatcher.
Brooks was tapped as the Wall Street Journal's op-ed editor after five
years in Brussels for the paper, and he joined the Weekly Standard
when Rupert Murdoch launched the magazine in 1995. He also made his
mark as a cultural observer with the book "Bobos in Paradise: The New
Upper Class and How They Got There."
Brooks backed the invasion of Iraq, praising President Bush for
remaining "resolute." He says now that "I was too enthusiastic. I
betrayed or neglected the core conservative principle that social
change is really complicated. Iraqi society was more complex than I
anticipated, and the attempt to radically reshape the country was
doomed to fall victim to our own ignorance."
But some liberals still view him as a neocon apologist. "No matter
what polls or elections show," Salon's Glenn Greenwald wrote last
year, "Brooks' overriding goal is to 'prove' that 'most Americans'
favor a 'hawkish' foreign policy whereby America will rule the world
by military force."
When Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. offered him an op-ed spot
soon after the 2003 invasion, Brooks wanted to turn it down, figuring
it would be hard to compress his ideas to column length. But, he said,
"I had a failure of courage." He enjoyed the increased access and
visibility of being a Timesman, but there was a downside.
"Until I took this job, I was never hated on a mass scale," Brooks
said.
Within months, he served notice that he was not a cultural right-
winger. He wrote a column making the conservative case for gay
marriage. Despite such nods to the other side, his fiercest critics
are on the left.
"Sometimes liberals get really mad at David because they expect him to
know better," Dionne said.
Brooks, who is working on a book about social mobility that includes
brain research, admits he is something of a throwback. "This is going
to sound pretentious, but I try to be a 1950s public intellectual in
2008, in 800 words."
But he is no ivory-tower thinker. Brooks went to the conventions in
Denver and St. Paul, Minn., pumps his sources for off-the-record
information and has joined conservative pundits in conversations with
Bush. Is he too deeply embedded in the establishment? "We have to get
close in order to learn things, but not get sucked in," he said.
"Sometimes we fall into the trap of sucking up and censoring
ourselves."
Whatever his journalistic gifts, not every audience can be persuaded.
After Brooks gave a lukewarm review of Obama's convention speech on
PBS, his wife, Sarah, texted him from their Bethesda home: "You are
crazy. That was great." What was worse, she reported that their 9-
year-
old son, Aaron, had said: "For the first time, I really disagree with
Daddy."
That, Brooks said, "was like a knife stuck in my heart."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR2008092102138.html
Ic
McCain-Palin Crowd-Size Estimates Not Backed by Officials
Where are the long shot photos?
...looking for a long shot photo of Sarah Palins crowd at The
Villages, Lady Lake/Lake Sumter in Central Florida
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/d5de6ddce56bce24
The "Sarah Palin Draws Crowd Of 60,000 In Florida" fantasy has not
been legitimately verified?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.rush-limbaugh/browse_frm/thread/81bdfa3827206c7a#
We need to see quality photo documentation.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.rush-limbaugh/msg/de5f6eee5a343d9d
Don't miss the huge trash area at The Villages. Where I live that much
private community land use for trash is almost a crime [when spread
out as the photo captured].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Villagecaroline.jpg
No Golf Cart recycling ? These are not rich people, nor do they show
a conservative view of land use or trash/recycling.
"The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,542, and the
median income for a family was $45,078. Males had a median income of
$58,173 versus $26,176 for females."
Methane released in the Arctic could raise global temperatures
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/23/eamethane123.xml
23/09/2008
The size of Palin’s crowd? You make up the number
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/09/22/the-size-of-palins-crowd-you-make-up-the-number/
September 22nd, 2008
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About That Palin Crowd … Florida’s Largest Political Crowd Ever?
http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/about-that-palin-crowd-floridas-largest-political-crowd-ever/
Sep 22, 2008 by William March
The crowd at Sarah Palin’s speech at The Villages Sunday was widely
reported as 20,000 or more, based largely on comments by security and
public safety officials at the scene.
But late in the day, the McCain campaign quoted Mike Tucker, fire
chief of The Villages, saying it was 60,000.
comment:
"Actually there was an airplane overhead that was flying a Sarah Palin
banner that would have gotten a good crowd shot." Campbell
"Give me a break. These are retired people who drive around in golf
carts just for somethin’ to do. You can get 10,000 out on an afternoon
by advertising a free scoop of ice cream. I’ve been to that square and
there is no way in hell that 60,000 could have been there. Keep
dreaming..." Deb
"So true, deb. Sara was in a place where residents lined up at 1am for
the 6am grand opening of a supermarket. The lure was a free pineapple.
you gotta luv the place! And just think, a morning visit to Disney
World, then to the Villages! what could be better!" Tike
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR200...
Ic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTkqosRiyYo
On Sep 23, 7:26 am, Ic <lol7...@msn.com> wrote:
> More hyped #s from The Villages
> McCain-PalinCrowd-Size Estimates Not Backed by Officials
> Where are the long shot photos?
> ...looking for a long shot photo of Sarah Palins crowd at The
> Villages, Lady Lake/Lake Sumter in Central Floridahttp://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/d5de6ddce56bce24
>
> The "SarahPalinDraws Crowd Of 60,000 In Florida" fantasy has not
> been legitimately verified?http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.rush-limbaugh/browse_frm/threa...
> We need to see quality photo documentation.http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.rush-limbaugh/msg/de5f6eee5a34...
> Don't miss the huge trash area at The Villages. Where I live that much
> private community land use for trash is almost a crime [when spread
> out as the photo captured].http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Villagecaroline.jpg
> No Golf Cart recycling ? These are not rich people, nor do they show
> a conservative view of land use or trash/recycling.
> "The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,542, and the
> median income for a family was $45,078. Males had a median income of
> $58,173 versus $26,176 for females."
> Methane released in the Arctic could raise global temperatureshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/23/eam...
> 23/09/2008
>
> The size ofPalin’s crowd? You make up the numberhttp://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/09/22/the-size-o...
> September 22nd, 2008
> []
> About ThatPalinCrowd … Florida’s Largest Political Crowd Ever?http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/about-that-palin-crowd-f...
> Sep 22, 2008 by William March
> The crowd at SarahPalin’s speech at The Villages Sunday was widely
> reported as20,000or more, based largely on comments by security and
> public safety officials at the scene.
>
> But late in the day, the McCain campaign quoted Mike Tucker, fire
> chief of The Villages, saying it was 60,000.
>
> comment:
> "Actually there was an airplane overhead that was flying a SarahPalin
> banner that would have gotten a good crowd shot." Campbell
>
> "Give me a break. These are retired people who drive around in golf
> carts just for somethin’ to do. You can get 10,000 out on an afternoon
> by advertising a free scoop of ice cream. I’ve been to that square and
> there is no way in hell that 60,000 could have been there. Keep
> dreaming..." Deb
>
> "So true, deb. Sara was in a place where residents lined up at 1am for
> the 6am grand opening of a supermarket. The lure was a free pineapple.
> you gotta luv the place! And just think, a morning visit to Disney
> World, then to the Villages! what could be better!" Tike
>
> On Sep 22, 4:07 pm, cialisfreak <perryneh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > NO WAYPALINDREW ANY MORE THAN, MAYBE, 6,000. You can't find 60,000
> > non-constipated people in that part of Florida!
>
> > AND NOW EVEN CONSERVATIVES ARE WARNING AMERICANS ABOUTPALIN...
>
> > "ThePalinnomination has been a moment of truth for the right. While
> > ThePalinnomination has been a moment of truth for the right. While
> > many conservatives have embraced her as a fresh-faced reformer, a
> > handful -- David Frum, George Will and Charles Krauthammer among them
> > -- have questioned her meager experience. In the heat of a close
> > election, their defection is as unusual as the small number of liberal
> > columnists who have criticized Obama.
>
> > Brooks wrote last week thatPalin"has not been engaged in national
> > issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like
> > President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience
> > with brashness and excessive decisiveness."
>
> > Radio host Laura Ingraham distributed an e-mail chiding Brooks for
> > elitism. "SarahPalinmight not have read all the books David Brooks
> ...
>
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