Palin's teen daughter is preggo...

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

For the record, there are things I've heard about Palin that I don't think are true. I've read people here that say Bristol already has a child... I don't think that's true at all. I don't think she was once a member of a party that wants Alaska to secede, either. That's just stoopid.--->JMS

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

songsmith wrote:Only slightly shorter. And I'm far more interesting... case in point:
Isn't MSNBC a Marxist left-wing pinko propaganda machine? What the hell are they doing being quoted by a known conservative? Aren't they brought up everytime the phrase, "Faux News" is mentioned?

This makes the story even more credible.

(Unless they are trying the old "that's just what they are expecting, so we will tell them the exact opposite so they will believe what we really want them to believe" trick.)

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

So now MSNBC is credible. I'm getting vertigo from the veering turns today!

-------->JMS

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

songsmith wrote:So now MSNBC is credible. I'm getting vertigo from the veering turns today! -------->JMS

I'm going to say thats because the article also seems to poke at Kerry..

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

Yeah, you have to admit, Kerry was easy to bust on. I was just pulling Jeff's leg.------>JMS

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

songsmith wrote:Yeah, you have to admit, Kerry was easy to bust on. I was just pulling Jeff's leg.------>JMS

Gore was the easiest, after all, he "took the initiative in creating the Internet"...

I still cringe when I hear that clip...

But its no fun shooting fish in a barrel...

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Friday Sep 05, 2008

I think I just had a seizure ...

r:>)

Dem Bonz · Post by **Dem Bonz** » Saturday Sep 06, 2008

that just gave me some kind of anal twitch...weird. like the way your stomach feels on the night before christmas when you're a kid.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sunday Sep 07, 2008

I spent a lot of time going over the major candidates' resumes. I've been a McCain follower for years (2000 primaries+before), but he's a legislator, not an executive. Not on the list...

Biden isn't much more than a windbag. I don't think he is qualified to do anything but win a Senate race in a state that has 3 (count them, three) counties...count them, 3.

I looked at O'bama's background (having had the balls to interview O'reilly, the apostrophe is hereby granted) and he is not even qualiified to be my personal assistant...I don't need a speechwriter and I already have a company of trial lawyers (if and when I need them)....

Now Sarah Palin...she is a different story. I would work with her in a heartbeat...she knows how to run an organization. She is really the most qualified out of the whole bunch...

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Sunday Sep 07, 2008

lonewolf wrote: Now Sarah Palin...she is a different story. I would work with her in a heartbeat...she knows how to run an organization. She is really the most qualified out of the whole bunch...

Could you expand on that ? The things I read about what she has done (for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it - The 27 million in earmarks for her little town - etc.)(in other words for earmarks before she was against them , or, She's for them if they help her get elected, but against them if anyone else gets them.) are things I thought you were against.

McCain is the new "voice of change" ? He thinks the government needs a change ? He voted with Bush 90 % of the time. Did he just notice we need a change ? Where has he been the last 8 years. All yeah, supporting Bush .

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Sep 07, 2008

Just to be a devil's advocate:

Obama voted with his leader in the senate, Harry Reid, 99% of the time. So he is a follower of his party's leadership. McCain voted 90% with his leadership. Who is willing to change and confront their own party's dogma more often?

Please do not vote for McBama.

DO NOT VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Sunday Sep 07, 2008

I really honestly can't say that I care for Biden... he seems kinda smarmy... I'm a salesman, and I still say he seems like a timeshare salesman or some other hard-sell salesman. (You'll never get a hard sell pitch from me, I'd rather create a long-term relationship than a quick buck.)
Oh, my Lord, that was a criticism of a left-wing politico... what would ucjoe think!

McCain once had the worst attendance record in Congress, probably still does, as he tends to sit out of his congressional duties when he's campaigning.

I missed the Obama interview, I'll have to catch the other parts this week. Bill-O's a lot more nuanced and subtle than the other dimwits, it should be a good interview.

And Her Exalted Highness, the woman who can run the country and indeed the world with aplomb only available near the Arctic Circle; Annie Oakley, Mother Teresa and Ann Coulter all rolled into one, hey, we've proven she can skin a buck and run a trotline. And lobby for earmarks. And fire her brother-in-law for divorcing her sister. Other than the abuse of power, blind political ambition, and lack of credible experience, I guess she's okay.--->JMS

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sunday Sep 07, 2008

Hawk wrote:
lonewolf wrote: Now Sarah Palin...she is a different story. I would work with her in a heartbeat...she knows how to run an organization. She is really the most qualified out of the whole bunch...
Could you expand on that ? The things I read about what she has done (for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it - The 27 million in earmarks for her little town - etc.)(in other words for earmarks before she was against them , or, She's for them if they help her get elected, but against them if anyone else gets them.) are things I thought you were against.

McCain is the new "voice of change" ? He thinks the government needs a change ? He voted with Bush 90 % of the time. Did he just notice we need a change ? Where has he been the last 8 years. All yeah, supporting Bush .

Sure. She's the only one who's actually run a business and actually managed a budget...a multi-$billion budget at that.

Because of the limited means of generating revenue, running a municipality is one of the more difficult tasks in government. Aside from "funded mandates", one of the more pathetic power-grab tactics of the big government DC establishment has been the local block-grant carrot on a stick. Ask anyone at the local political level and they will tell you that.

Come on out to my house around Thanksgiving and you can check out my new sidewalk. Yes, its only a few $million, but dozens of residents on Broad Street (Rt 22 in Hollidaysburg) will get a new sidewalk this fall. Of course, this pales in comparison to the millions they already spent on Juniata street (PennDOT & State Police Barracks road) and ending with a magnificent red-brick sidewalk and landscaping for the multi-million $ US Hotel and Restaurant.

What we call pork barrel earmarks from the federal point of view has sadly become bread and butter funds from the local government point of view. Any mayor would be derelict of duty if they did not pursue these revenues for their city.

Try Googling: Altoona, PA block grants. I got 185,000 hits

What really impresses me about Palin is that once she actually became governor and was exposed to this kind of thing up close, personal and on a larger scale, she actually rejected the idea. That is some real political guts that I haven't seen anywhere else.

If you know of any other politicians who have independently taken on this change of attitude, please let me know so I can support them in their next election.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sunday Sep 07, 2008

As far as the present and prior administrations:

Do you remember Windows 95 (and Windows NT4 soon after) ?

Had that been Wndows 99, we would all be bitching about how badly the entire 90s decade completely sucked and how 401Ks became 101Ks after the 2004 election and how great it was that we almost had a balanced federal budget in 2002. Instead, the 90s only completely sucked donkey dongs up until around 1996 and the rest is history.

Bill Gates had a hell of a lot more to do with the prosperity of the late 90s than any one person and more than any politician could even dream of. Its too bad that during that time he was pursued with more vigor and resources than Osama Bin Laden. Despite all their shortcomings, some presidents are just luckier than others--even when they try to kill the proverbial golden goose.

What amazes me is that there are people who actually believe the pure unadulterated bullshit that our federal government "creates jobs" and is responsible for the well-being of the economy.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Monday Sep 08, 2008

songsmith wrote:I really honestly can't say that I care for Biden... he seems kinda smarmy... I'm a salesman, and I still say he seems like a timeshare salesman or some other hard-sell salesman. (You'll never get a hard sell pitch from me, I'd rather create a long-term relationship than a quick buck.)

That's why I could NEVER vote for John Edwards. He just seems so much like the cheesy used car salesman from True Lies to me. The only thing that he needs is a polyester suit.