Bottom line: Under an enormous amount of pressure, with the McCain
campaign slowing, Palin did a good job. Very good. If the loan
guarantees stabilized markets and restored liquidity, and if McCain
can do as well against Obama, then McCain/Palin can once more pull
even. A lot of ifs. Yet the voters want reasons to vote for them,
since they have greater trust in their authenticity rather than in the
elegance of lawyers.
She ‘doggoned’ him
Let me elaborate. Sophisticates would rather listen to the six-term
Senator Biden suavely and masterfully mislead (on everything from the
legislative responsibilities of the Vice President and confusion about
Article I of the Constitution to Hezbollah in Lebanon) than to an
honest and sincere Palin speak directly to the people. Everyone else
would not.
So yes, Biden sounded the more impressive in terms of recall and
facts, but it was the transitory experience of a mint that melts
almost instantaneously — once you realize that almost all of the
sweeping sweet assertions you just heard were, on reflection, simply
untrue and so now gone and forgotten. The story today is an
embarrassing fact-checking of Biden’s bombast to a far greater degree
than is true of Palin’s assertions.
Listening to Biden was like hearing a probate lawyer who pounds you
with facts and figures to convince you why his fee is larger than the
size of the estate, expecting that you will leave the office
reluctantly convinced, depressed, and broke, even as you realize that
all his talents were put to no good use.
So the debate had the character of one of those 1940s “champ” fight
movies, in which the deft, cocky and more refined puncher beats up —
at the beginning — the nervous sweaty challenger with the far greater
heart. A man with three decades in the Senate, who reminds us ad
nauseam of where he was and what he has done almost every second, in
theory should have easily won; but this simply did not happen, in part
due to Palin’s charisma and Biden’s pontifications and distortions.
What worries me is not that Palin could not do the job of Vice
President, but that Obama may well be President, a man of dubious
associations, a hyper-partisan voting record, a disturbing if not
vicious campaign history in Illinois, with large lacunae in his past
at Columbia, and before and during Harvard, and a record of very
little accomplishment if not frequent failure as an ambitious
community organizer, while a politicized professor at Chicago Law
School without a trace of scholarly publication. The pattern is the
same: rhetoric, identity politics, and charisma substitute for
accomplishment as he goes from one position to the next before the
assessment of the last is in. In contrast, the mayorship in an Alaskan
outback, local politics, the governorship of Alaska, at least suggest
she had to perform in the give and take of rough and tumble Alaskan
politics and be responsible for budgets, decisions, and hiring and
firing. In that regard, Obama reminds me of a lot of the very bright
people I went to graduate school with, and Palin the very independent
and reliable people I farmed with.
…And ‘aw-shucked’ ‘em
Back to the debate: as the rounds wore on, Palin lost much of her
nervousness, smiled, and finally came into her own as the voice of an
outsider who was not impressed by the same old, same old DC smugness.
And as she did punch back, Biden began losing his composure, sighing
with occasional break-ins and interruptions.
The more data he cited (much of it, again, less than factual [e.g.,
Biden really did, as Palin noted, rule out coal-generated power; he
really did once deprecate Obama’s Iraq suggestions as ill-founded and
dangerous; and he really does wish to create a trillion dollars in new
spending entitlements; and senior commanders really do think the
tactics in Iraq, mutatis mutandis, are of enormous advantage in
Afghanistan]), the less effective he became. He’s a good debater, but
he ended up out-pointing Palin and still clearly losing.
The people, in the sense of those outside DC, wanted for some reason
for Palin to do well, as much as the media wanted her to lose.
…And she ‘you betched’ him too
I cannot think of any presidential or vice presidential candidate who
talked — manner, accent, gesture — in an authentically middle-class
fashion, and did so unapologetically. Bill Clinton could do it, but it
was a performance to be turned on and off as needed. She sounds like
voices in America (I’m in rural Michigan as I write this); but
compared to life in the DC/NY nexus, she sounds like she’s from Mars
as well. Biden often looked like an anthropological grad student on a
South Pacific island doing his field work, both intrigued and taken
back by the quaint habits of the otherwise inferior natives. I almost
thought in the fashion of John Kerry he would sigh “I can’t believe
I’m losing to this…..”
We are so ready to adjudicate political wisdom in terms of instant
recall of facts, clever political response, repartee, and spin, to the
point of never asking cui bono? What did all that learning and recall
of Biden’s matter when he could not even admit honestly that McCain
wants to do all that it takes to win in Iraq and leave a stable
government behind and Obama all that he can to get out as soon as
possible?
No one believes McCain cut off funds to deny the troops; everyone
knows that a cessation of funds was one of the ways Obama wished to
get us out of Iraq: rightly or wrongly, Obama wanted us completely out
by March 2008.
Why not simply admit that in the heady days of March 2003, Biden was
all for charging into Iraq, (that was why he voted for authorization,
contrary to his debate spin), then bailed when things got bad (about
the very time when Obama, in contrast, for a moment said he had no
substantial differences from George Bush on Iraq), and then wanted to
trisect the country, and now, in his fourth incarnation, claims he
never really said Obama’s views were dangerous on Iraq. Why the
contortions? No wonder we empathized with Sarah when she too was
confused by Bidenism.
It’s up to McCain now in the next two debates. If he does the “We are
all members of the brotherhood of the Senate” stuff, he will lose. If
he takes on Frank, Dodd, Obama and others for Freddie and Fannie
collusion, asks why Obama won’t release his transcripts, asks why
there is always an Ayers, Pleger, Wright, Rezko, etc. in Obama’s past,
he can turn it around. McCain must realize that he is running against
someone who got both the primary and general election opposition
candidates, both Democrat and Republican, for the Illinois Senate to
pull out, by leaks and smears from sealed divorce cases. Obama is
ruthless; and he will hope and change McCain to the gallows, as he
runs a tough campaign of character assassination and anything goes
under the mantra of there-are-no-red-or-blue-states, come-together
kumbaya.
The road to perdition
I was reminded last night how tired we’ve become by all these
professionals who pontificate, strut, and then say nothing or utter
nonsense. Let me illustrate: I have watched the demagogic Rep. Barney
Frank for the last two weeks panicking like a teen-driver who was
caught with an open container, screaming and crying that conservatives
in D.C. caused all of Wall Street’s graft — when anyone who saw tapes
of the past Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac oversight hearings could see
the pompous Frank obstructing needed regulation in service to his
political agenda, with no concern about the public purse or the poor
investor, only the heady notion that he, the anointed, was advancing
liberal doctrine at someone else’s exposure in getting “the poor” into
houses by hook or crook.
Of those many embarrassing committee moments, my favorite exchange was
brilliant Rep. Frank, as the Harvard Law Graduate, genuflecting to
another Harvard Law School graduate, the equally proclaimed brilliant
Franklin Raines, who profited in the millions as he helped to ruin a
once hallowed housing agency — both smug as they engage in just the
sort of skullduggery that caused the meltdown and cost millions of
Americans hundreds of millions of dollars.
Both should read their Hesiod to learn why sometimes with intellectual
progress can come moral regress:
Rep. Frank: Let me ask [George] Gould and [Franklin] Raines on behalf
of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, do you feel that over the past years
you have been substantially under-regulated? Mr. Raines?
Mr. Raines: No, sir.
Mr. Frank: Mr. Gould?
Mr. Gould: No, sir. . . .
Mr. Frank: OK. Then I am not entirely sure why we are here . . .
Presto! There it is. The two legal eagles agree Mr. Raines is not
underregulated, so ipso facto, of course, the dishonest Mr. Raines is
NOT underregulated, the dazzling disingenuous Mr. Frank is vindicated
— and we are all on the road to perdition as Freddie and Fannie
cascade and start the avalanche.
And you wonder why people root for the likes of a fresh, but nervous
Palin against these cool composed geniuses?
A note
No apologies on the Palin parody I wrote for NRO. A careful read will
easily reveal the essay’s intent: had Palin simply said the nonsense
Biden has voiced we would think she was lunatic and she should be gone
from the race — and that disconnect reminds us again how the media
sadly ignores the most unhinged things if only they come from the
politically-correct. Imagine this: If Sarah should say, as did Biden,
that Americans once watched “President” FDR on TV in 1929 rally the
public after the Great Panic — Sarah is history. Fact. End of story.
All welcome
No one censors any comments on this site. A pajamas editor, I think,
scans all postings for obscenity and the usual hate trash, but no
political ideas are cut out by me, however strange some of these read.
I don’t mind the criticism from the Obama supporters. That’s democracy
and we all must take our hits in the arena. My only observation from
my angry email at victorhanson.com and personal email accounts, is
that there is a sort of regimentation to this bloc outraged
opposition, (reminding me of that creepy school girls singing tape
glorifying the hope-and-change prophet) in which any doubt about
Obama’s apotheosis earns a massive orchestrated response — as the
legions march out lock-step to the internet to kill the barbarians who
doubt the divinity of the emperor, and then dutifully report back to
their legates that pila are thrown in unison and swords properly drawn
and used.
http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson100408.html
For McSame go here:
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/6683/1/325/
More left wing hate from Jew haters..... LOL.... When are Jews gonna
wake up in significant numbers.
> For McSame go here:
>
> http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/6683/1/325/
A Marxist website...... Go figure...
The author is Jewish, dods!
So?
Sometimes Jews are their own worst enemies. You really are an idiot.
Ahem, maybe we should get David Letterman off the air before he kills
himself?!
LoL, DooDo, LoL!
Biden won the debate
Sarah is pro Israel? Seriously I doubt that. She said she will stop a 2nd
holocaust? Really How? Magic? By saying that she is almost inviting the
destruction which of course I think is going to happen instead.
"DoD" <danski...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:155805c8-6318-4697...@h60g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
She is no pro anything.
She can recite answers and speeches at rehearsed debates but that's
all
she can do. So what? Any hooker of the street can do that too.
The fact is she is too retarded an imbecile to have or form opinion on
anything.
???
Maybe you could try and engage your brain before posting... You are as
childish as webjunk...
A goddamned outsider making comments on U.S.A. politics... You don't
have to live here..Keep your
comments to Sir dingling dang or whoever.....We don't want or care for
your advice.. shithead.
He fits your "self-hating Jew" parameters.
> Maybe you could try and engage your brain before posting... You are as
> childish as webjunk...
If I engage my brain I wouldn't be discussing the moron Palin.
It's a waste of time as the media footage is self evident.
Letterman is a Jew?
> > Maybe you could try and engage your brain before posting... You are as
> > childish as webjunk...
>
> If I engage my brain I wouldn't be discussing the moron Palin.
> It's a waste of time as the media footage is self evident
Self evident from a Jew hating outsider... Stick to your own
politics..... Wait, that would mean you
have to concentrate on someone elses country.
OK! - I get it!
All Israelis, Jews and WTC terrorists live in the USA. ergo the
relevant "soc.culture.israel, soc.culture.jewish, soc.culture.usa,
alt.terrorism.world-trade-center"
that Doodo has chosen to engage.
Whaal in that case sorry to bust in on your little, private,
monologue, rave session, Doodo.
What a moron.. killfile.
Poor silly uninformed Doodo.
> > > Maybe you could try and engage your brain before posting... You are as
> > > childish as webjunk...
>
> > If I engage my brain I wouldn't be discussing the moron Palin.
> > It's a waste of time as the media footage is self evident
>
> Self evident from a Jew hating outsider
Palin is a Jew???
Quick hide her before the world gets to know!
LoL! Susan Cohen has been outdone!
... Stick to your own
> politics..... Wait, that would mean you
> have to concentrate on someone elses country.
Not necessarily if people are going to loose their
homes and retirement savings here, Doodo.
> >
> > > Sometimes Jews are their own worst enemies. You really are an idiot.
> >
> > Ahem, maybe we should get David Letterman off the air before he kills
> > himself?!
> > LoL, DooDo, LoL!-
>
> ???
>
> Maybe you could try and engage your brain before posting... You are as
> childish as webjunk...
DoD, it's another "anyone I hate is a Jew" idiot.
Susan
LoL! Susan you are one brain cell short of a hollow head.
The mighty Evangelical tandem Doodo and Koohen defending
Jews from themselves. What a cracker!
Everybody hates you, you actual th*ck Ir*sh cunt and you're anything
*but* a jew.
Eli
Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images
‘TURN THE PAGE’: Obama in Asheville. His poll ratings have risen
recently, even in red states such as North Carolina.
John McCain wants to 'distract you with smears rather than talk to you
about substance,' the Democrat says in Asheville, N.C., a day after
Sarah Palin claims Obama would 'pal around with terrorists.'
By Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
October 6, 2008
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- One day after John McCain's running mate escalated
the vitriol of the presidential campaign by invoking a 1960s radical,
Barack Obama accused Republicans of trying to distract voters from the
sagging economy with "smears"
Speaking to thousands of voters Sunday afternoon at Asheville High
School, the Democratic nominee argued that McCain shares President
Bush's economic philosophy.
"DoD" <danski...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:155805c8-6318-4697...@h60g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
And he is distracting voters from knowing who is behind the economic
mess.
Hey Frank... Didn't you say that agreeing with Palin you will get Pat
Buchanon... Doesn't Patty Buke endorse Obama?
What is with you lying liberals...
Just read this quoted in your post: "anyone I hate is a Jew". LOL!
Fits you and your sort to a "t", psychopath Grabmen!
Doctor Panta
--
Everyone check this: psychopath Grabmen glued to his computer today again as
from 06:31 a.m. Watch the poor psycho with no life AT ALL making a complete
ass of himself, AGAIN, for the next FOURTEEN to TWENTY HOURS at a stretch!
> Everybody hates you, you actual th*ck Ir*sh cunt and you're anything
> *but* a jew.
>
> Eli- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
> Susan is everyone's friend. We cheer for Susan. We boo for you. That's
> why you always lose.
>
Yes, it's amazing how desperate these lying losers are
to project their own faults onto others. Therapy would
definitely be more effective - but, then again, they have
to want to change; they' have to admit the truth to begin
w/, & we all know what will never happen. It must be so
very sad to be them.
Susan
>And he is distracting voters from knowing who is behind the economic
>mess.
The world knows who is behind the economic mess. Those responsible are the
Jewish bankers, brokers etc., who permitted greed and corruption to
overwhelm them.
They pushed a good thing just a little bit too far.
Lehmann's got out of it OK though. They transferred $400bn to Israel before
they declared they were in trouble.
>
>On 6-Oct-2008, mpsur...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Susan is everyone's friend. We cheer for Susan. We boo for you. That's
>> why you always lose.
>>
>Yes, it's amazing how desperate these lying losers are
>to project their own faults onto others. Therapy would
>definitely be more effective - but, then again, they have
>to want to change; they' have to admit the truth to begin
>w/, & we all know what will never happen. It must be so
>very sad to be them.
>
>Susan
How sad it must be to be a shitske wannabe jew - with no chance of
ever changing race & becoming a real jew.
No wonder you're so angry, you actual th*ck Ir*sh cunt. It must
really suck to be you.
Eli
When do you admit to the truth you are not a jew, cohen?
When do you admit to the truth that you embarrass real yids?
When do you admit to the truth that you are insane, cohen?
The best part of it is she will die with that wish on her cracked, spittle
covered lips.
>
>"Eli Grubman" <eli.g...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>news:8bnle41flqverfru6...@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:32:36 GMT, fla...@verizon.net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On 6-Oct-2008, mpsur...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Susan is everyone's friend. We cheer for Susan. We boo for you. That's
>>>> why you always lose.
>>>>
>>>Yes, it's amazing how desperate these lying losers are
>>>to project their own faults onto others. Therapy would
>>>definitely be more effective - but, then again, they have
>>>to want to change; they' have to admit the truth to begin
>>>w/, & we all know what will never happen. It must be so
>>>very sad to be them.
>>>
>>>Susan
>>
>> How sad it must be to be a shitske wannabe jew - with no chance of
>> ever changing race & becoming a real jew.
>>
>> No wonder you're so angry, you actual th*ck Ir*sh cunt. It must
>> really suck to be you.
>
>The best part of it is she will die with that wish on her cracked, spittle
>covered lips.
Nobody can fail to have noticed the deterioration in our Suzy's
spirits since she waxed lyrical and starry-eyed over her first meeting
w/Gary!
(if anybody would like to reproduce that finger-down-the-throat post,
please do!)
Eli
> On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:32:36 GMT, fla...@verizon.net wrote:
>
>>
>>On 6-Oct-2008, mpsur...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Susan is everyone's friend. We cheer for Susan. We boo for you. That's
>>> why you always lose.
>>>
>>Yes, it's amazing how desperate these lying losers are
>>to project their own faults onto others. Therapy would
>>definitely be more effective - but, then again, they have
>>to want to change; they' have to admit the truth to begin
>>w/, & we all know what will never happen. It must be so
>>very sad to be them.
>>
>>Susan
>
> How sad it must be to be a shitske wannabe jew - with no chance of
> ever changing race & becoming a real jew.
>
> No wonder you're so angry, you actual th*ck Ir*sh cunt. It must
> really suck to be you.
>
> Eli
You don't perhaps sometimes yourself get the impression that you sound like
a complete retard, psychopath Grabmen?
Maybe you need more sleep? LMAO!
Everyone check this: this poor psychopath has been posting last night again
until 01:02 a.m!!!
...and resumed trolling and spamming already at 05.30 the same day again,
after about FOUR HOURS of sleep!!!!
No this is not an exception. It's the rule with this degenerate, subnormal
swine and loser as you can verify if you check the time stamps of his sick
postings!
LMAO!
Doctor Panta
--
Everyone check this: psychopath Grabmen glued to his computer today again as
from 05:30 a.m. Watch the poor psycho with no life AT ALL making a complete
But you fail to see what people notice about YOU, psychopath Grabmen!
You are so dumb and neurotic, you do not even realize that EVERYONE can see
that you live locked up in your room 24/7! LOL