this is rich coming from the party that choose an inexperienced one-term Senator who has spent more time running for the presidency than he has actually serving in the Senate and who has no executive or foreign policy experience.
Campaigning Saturday in Ohio, Obama shied away from directly criticizing the newest addition to the Republican ticket, reflecting a campaign strategy to refrain from direct attacks on Palin. Instead, surrogates went on the offensive against Palin.
"Barack Obama and John McCain had one major test of their judgment" in the campaign, said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) at an evening rally in Dublin, Ohio. "John McCain chooses someone who is a mayor of a town of 7,000 people, then was elected governor, has been governor of a state for 18 months, a governor of a state that has half the population of Franklin County and yet she is going to be a heartbeat away from president."
The crowd, which booed at the mention of Palin, began yelling: "No way!"
"No way, no way is right," Brown said. "On the other hand, in his first exercise of good judgment, Barack Obama chose Joe Biden... John McCain's 26 years in the U.S. Senate certainly hasn't helped him build good judgment."
BTW, you can just see the contempt for small towns in that quote. Nothing like a small town to bring out the Democrat elitism.
All they can do is point to Joe Biden for experience, not Obama. Our experience is on the top where it should be :-) Hmmm...hey, McCain people, that would make a nice tagline for a campaign ad, don't you think? :-)
That upset male pundits? I was going to write a post about how the Palin pick has demonstrated the misogyny on the left but then I noticed that it has also brought out the misogyny on the right. I thought Rick Brookhiser's was the most offensive to conservatives and women alike. He blathers on about experience and disrespecting the vice presidency (yeah, I snickered over that one as well) and then he said this:
We have shown the same color-by-numbers mindset that liberals did when they rallied to Obama. Liberals love Obama because he is a Numinous Negro. Conservatives love Palin because she has a Downs baby and an M-16. For both sides, that is all on earth ye know and all ye need to know. You might call it mystical and childish.
Um...that is just offensive, it makes us look like gun nuts and sexists who are interested in her only because she fulfilled her role as a woman. I'm used to the left accusing us of being gun nuts but why is the right doing it? Why can't conserves actually like a woman who is obviously successful, bright, articulate and holds to the same principles we do? That's why we like her, she isn't afraid to be a conservative when so many of the current pack of politicians are.
As to the foreign policy experience, who could McCain have picked that could lain claim to that experience? Romney and Pawlenty? Where is their experience? If McCain had selected those guys, I'm sure that the misogynists on the right would have made the effort to peddle their executive experience to offset their lack of foreign policy experience. Why can't they see that she's had years of the same experience? First as a mayor and then as a governor. It's obvious to me that they can't see past their own prejudice.
I was excited about this candidate because it said something about this party, it said that women had finally arrived and it's about time. It only took us how many years after the Democrats did it? Not only did they have a woman as VP but they almost ran a woman as president. I was excited that we could begin saying that the glass ceiling was finally being breached on our side as well. That women really do have a place at the table instead of just behind the scenes. That we can be governors and the vice president and one day even run a candidate for president the way that the Democrats did. We have a woman candidate who isn't just window dressing, who wasn't just selected because she's a woman. She brings something to this ticket, she brings enthusiasm and money. Already McCain has picked up $7 million since his pick was announced and that enthusiasm means more volunteers. Here's an example:
Speaking about GOP grass roots on fire, here in Cuyahoga County we have four victory centers, and in mine alone in the all-important city of Parma, I had 47 calls between 12:30 and 2 p.m. yesterday, all asking how they could volunteer and how they could get a yard sign, a ton of independent women
That's Ohio, guys. You know, a battleground state :-) And there's another example at the link of a woman who hasn't been involved in politics who decided to volunteer because she could relate to Palin as a mom and she was moved by Palin's exhortation to get involved. She stayed for two hours making phone calls. These are just two examples of the excitement her candidacy has generated, there are many more in the article I linked to.
Instead of beating up their candidate for engaging in identity politics by choosing a woman, maybe the male pundits on the right might stop and think about why he choose her. It was obvious to me when he announced his selection that she fit in with his campaign theme: that he's a reformer who will fight for you. Thankfully, other males at The Corner understand that. I guess there's still hope for the male punditry at The Corner :-)
Looking at a hurricane in light of it's political advantage is a little low even for Moore. Really demonstrates that the guy lacks basic human compassion.
Of course Olberman and Moore lay the entire blame on Bush and doesn't even mention the mayor or governor (Democrats, of course) who failed to do their job and evacuate their people ahead of the storm (a mistake that the current Republican governor isn't going to repeat).
And of course a hurricane is the equivalent of praying for rain during Obama's speech in the world of the left.
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So the big question is whether Palin brings something to the McCain ticket. Will she be a bust or a plus? Given the level of excitement her pick has already generated in conservative circles (The Corner was abuzz with many people emailing that they plan to contribute and Limbaugh et al. where positivity raving yesterday over the pick), I'd say the base is pretty happy. Enough to open their checkbook and pour in $3 million to McCain's campaign!
She may not bring Hillary supporters into the fold because of her pro-life stand but she's galvanized the base and got us excited about this race the way that McCain never could (except for some who were excited by his performance at Rick Warren's forum). She will be a good alternative to Obama who spoke of change in Washington and yet choose a Washington insider as his running mate, one that's been there most of his adult life. Palin brings a fresh perspective and the experience of being both a mayor and Governor.
Oh the poor guy! Can't fly his private jet because of the high price of gas. See how the Democrats are impacting the life of Americans? This is such a sad story and one that I hope moves the left...
Uh Oh! Boy is he going to hear from his viewers! I can't believe Jon Stewart actually mocks the messiah with this spoof of his campaign video. Stewart takes on the whole, "He is the one" vibe of the convention....
Not a very rapid response! I would say they were taken by surprise, wouldn't you? The best they're coming up with is that she was a mayor of a small town with a population of less than 9,000. Isn't that...
I just got done watching the news conference and I was blown away. She lives up to her hype! She was brilliant, articulate, forceful, and made a very good case for McCain. She was so convincing that she convinced me...
Last night as I was watching Obama's speech, I was struck by how non-specific he was when he was trying to be specific. He and his sycophants in the media may have thought he was specific laying out all that...
Because Fox and NBC are saying it's Palin! Update: This is amusing coming from the party that just nominated Obama:REP. JIM CLYBURN LIKENS CHOICE OF SARAH PALIN AS MCCAIN VP PICK TO THAT OF DAN QUAYLE OR GERALDINE FERRARO SAYS...
She's going to be at the state fair in Anchorage, Alaska. What is it with these state fairs? Pawlenty is going to be at his state fair today as well, so he's out, too. Does anyone know where Lieberman is,...
I thought by now someone from the McCain camp would have leaked the VP selection but I guess his people are a little better at keeping a secret :-) Well, here's an interesting rumor, Palin was flown into Middletown, Ohio...
Joking with a National Guardsman who wanted his picture taken with him:"If I had your hair I'd be president, you know what I mean?" he told him. "I wouldn't be screwing around with this job."This is why we love Joe...
Ahhhh....How sweet :-) The Obama campaign reaction:Obama campaign manager David Plouffe -- who did not know the content of the ad until we read him the script -- just told us that the McCain ad is "a very nice gesture....
A very dark horse: Steve Forbes! He'd be a very good pick from the perspective of the economy and throwing a curve ball at the Democrats (really would love to hear Forbes and Biden debating the economy *snicker*)...
This article is amazing, the author is berating the Obamanites for their high expectations and is urging them to give Obama a break, he's not their messiah:The convention is practically over, but Barack Obama has yet to utterly transform U.S....
It is funny the transformation of Biden from a serial gaffer and windbag into an elder statesman who is fawned over by the press and the Democrats. As Dave Barry notes: 8:04 - The convention floor erupts as the big...
Various clips of Democrats saying that Obama isn't ready to lead the nation including Obama himself stating that he wasn't ready to lead. Nice contrast to the speeches of the last three nights :-) BTW, when Clinton stated that he...
Bummer! I was looking forward to soaring rhetoric not policy! But I guess since the independents want substance not style, Obama is forced to include policy in his speech:"I'm not aiming for a lot of high rhetoric," he said of...
Obama's stage is going to look like a Greek temple:When Sen. Barack Obama moves the Democratic National Convention from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field on Thursday, the freshman senator is planning to speak from a columned stage resembling an...
But her people don't seem to be in the mood for unity: Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt, to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the...
No one can say that she didn't do what she was expected to do. She was unequivocal in her support for Obama. From the beginning of her speech until the end, she made it clear that she wanted her people...
But so far all I've heard are reporters, Dan Bartlett, Joe Trippe and Romney. And saw Dukakis apologize for the Bush I presidency (if he didn't lose the election to Bush the elder the son wouldn't have been president --...
So, I watched what the networks deemed an appropriate amount of time for viewing the Democrats' convention: an hour. Actually I would have viewed it for two hours if they had deemed it worthy of that amount of time but...
Of course everyone knows that the Clinton supporters will come to their senses and vote for Obama, right? McCain is pro-life and should be anathema to pro-choice voters. When they finally "get over it," they'll realize that Obama is closer...
Pretty effectively: This ad worked well for Clinton as Allapundit notes and its use is well timed. It fits in well with two of McCain's ad themes at the moment: Obama's readiness to lead and reaching out to the Hillary...
Finally! Someone is willing to say in an ad that Obama supports infanticide! Excellent ad. BTW, this is particularly funny: We have put up more than 50 Martin Luther King Was A Republican billboards in Denver, Colorado to welcome Senator...
If he picks a pro-choice running mate:Several prominent conservatives, one of whom serves on the board of the Arlington Group, a coalition of social-conservative organizations, and is a delegate to the Republican convention, say that should the Republican platform currently...
Remember this story when Democrats say the Republicans are the ones injecting race into this election:A black Hillary Clinton delegate on Sunday accused state Senate President Emil Jones of calling her an "Uncle Tom." Jones -- Barack Obama's political mentor...
McCain's new ad features a Hillary supporter who was kicked out of the Wisconsin delegation when she let it be known she was supporting McCain. (via) And since more Hillary supporters are supporting McCain, this is pretty good timing. Just...
Then what the heck am I doing driving through Maryland every year to meet my in-laws? Oh if it were only true it would save me a couple hours on my trip. You would think that the governor of Virginia...
This is why rock stars like Madonna might want to refrain from lecturing the rest of us about our energy use:She has urged her fans to join her in the fight against global warming. But Madonna's green credentials were looking...
Oh.My.Heck! This is a pretty amazing ad, amazing that McCain's campaign isn't afraid to paint Obama as thin-skinned and didn't pick Clinton because of the tough campaign she ran against him. You can read the transcript of the ad here...
Oh.my.heck! I finally got a chance to view the video of the new Obama hymn and I have to say it's pretty over the top. You guys wonder why we call Obama the messiah, this is one of the reasons....
Well, it's official, Biden is Obama's VP. Evidently the press found out before supporters, they got their text at 3:00am EST after it was leaked to the press. McCain already has a new ad up: McCain's campaign is pretty much...
Evidently, Obama let Kaine and Bayh know he didn't pick them and the Weekly Standard is reporting that it's Biden and ABC News is reporting that the Secret Service has been dispatched to protect Biden. It's looking like Hewitt's prayers...
Oh.My.Heck! This is too cute! The woman who started this is 70! OK, if she can be this active at 70, I think there's hope for the rest of us. BTW, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only...
The most egregious aspect of his comment is that he's talking about a communist country that pays their people slave wages. The people aren't paid the living wage that the left thinks people should be paid, they don't even get...
Wow! What a day for campaign ads! As you probably know by now, McCain was asked by Politico how many houses he had but didn't know the exact number, so he told the Politico that he would have his aides...
Another spoof of Obama's messiah complex. Prefect timing (though Allahpundit doesn't think so), just before the worshipfest Democrat convention :-) Kind of sets the tone, don't you think?...
Well, you could see this coming. The minute Obama said that Ayers was "respectable" and "mainstream" I thought someone would be questioning the relationship and here it is: (via) The Ayers connection is starting to peculate given the fact that...
Asked what his choice of running mate says about him:Hopefully, the same thing that my campaign has told the American people about me. That I think through big decisions. I get a lot of input from a lot of people,...
How about this for a change? Usually the opposition lays low during the convention of their opponents convention but this year the Republicans are sending some of their big guns to try to deflect some of the Obama publicity:Leading the...
Well, if this rumor is true, the Hillary supporters can declare victory, their protest and lack of support for Obama, may lead to her being added to the ticket. Though, I'm sure they wanted a lot more (like the presidency)....
And used to place $12,000 worth of calls to the Middle East. A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and racked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia. The hacker...
Evidently, the left are in a tizzy over this:My son is an officer in the Air Force, I'm a vet., and I was raised in a military family. And I think it's a sorry state of affairs. When we have...
Wow! They really are tenacious. Maybe with Obama's approval rating dropping by 11 points and falling behind McCain in the new Reuters/Zogby poll, they might be able to sway some of the superdelegates to change their vote :-)A massive e-mail...
Pretty decent radio ad by McCain using the celebrity theme that's been pretty effective to launch an attack against Obama's proposed spending. So, what say you, Obamanites who have complained about Bush's deficit spending, will you complain just as loudly...
It seems to be the day for rumors of VP choices. You all know that there have been rumors of a pro-choice running mate for McCain and now it appears that the pro-choice balloon has been floated not for Lieberman...
Michael Moore's list of top 6 ways Obama can lose this race includes denouncing him:I remember poor John Kerry not even being able to admit, when asked by Larry King, if he had seen Fahrenheit 9/11. "No," he said, "I...
I am so hoping this report is true and Biden is Obama's choice. Imagine a campaign with two gaffe machines :-) it's certainly going to be a lot of fun....
Interesting insight into the Obama/McCain faith debate that took place on Saturday:>Before last night, McCain had been widely criticized by Christian activists for keeping mum about his faith and about values issues like abortion and marriage Last night seemed to...
Used on both McCain and Obama's blogs. Pretty funny visual representation. Further fuel for those who say that McCain isn't running a positive campaign for his election, he's running as an alternative to Obama. (Wasn't that going to be his...
It looks like Obama owes the pro-life groups an apology for slandering them. His campaign admits that the state bill protecting babies born due to botched abortions was identical to the federal bill:His campaign yesterday acknowledged that he had voted...
And apparently Obama is the one who is lying. Obama says that he supported the federal bill that provided assistance to babies who survived an abortion:...I hate to say that people are lying, but here's a situation where folks are...
Ahhh...it's music to the ears of an American traveler to hear that the dollar is surging while you are on foreign soil especially when you haven't exchanged your money yet! When we went to Montreal I exchanged a hundred US...
Smart move by McCain! I'm sure the rhetoric will be over the top, so filled with piety and hubris that McCain could do so serious damage if he used his ads to poke fun at it. Sen. John McCain has...
I just got back last night from Montreal and was too exhausted to blog and now I'm getting ready for church but I saw something from Friday that I plan to comment on. Full blogging will resume later today...
Here's a bonus digest of a book that presents the three views of Genesis and a digest of a paper by Mark Futato on Genesis 2. I had to write the digest for my Doctrine of Man class. Normal 0...
OK, so I didn't really like this paper at all. I'm not sure what grade I received for it since I haven't picked it up yet. I did get an A- for the course so I must have gotten a...
Herman Bavinck: Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2: God and Creation I. God's Incommunicable Attributes A. To understand the Trinity it is necessary to understand the divine nature. The Bible supports understanding God's nature before understanding the Trinity since God's nature was...
This is the exegetical paper I wrote for General Epistles and Revelation. It is the only exegetical paper that I've written at Westminster that I've actually loved. I loved the whole experience of writing it. I love the passage, I...
Herman Bavinck: Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2: God and Creation I. Old Testament Seeds A. Creation is viewed by Scripture as being by God, his Word and his Spirit. The Trinity is revealed in God's revelation to Israel. YHWH reveals himself...
This is my exegetical paper for Gospels. I wrote it at the same time I wrote an exegetical paper for Old Testament History and Theology which I won't be posting since I was very disappointed with it. I had great...
Herman Bavinck: Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2: God and Creation I. The Incomprehensibility of God A. God has revealed himself in Scriptures but it is hard for the finite mind to understand. According to Scriptures, God has revealed himself in his...
OK, so the writing isn't the best. Professor Enns said that the reason he didn't make us write an exegetical paper for his OTI was that the papers we write in seminary aren't really that good. I agree with him...
Everyone will be focused on the Olympics, Obama is taking a vacation and who really cares what McCain is doing (unless it's a snarky ad about Obama :-) and I'm not interested in the love life of a potential VP...
Another excellent McCain ad aimed at the female vote (probably disgruntled Hillary supporters), again focused on Obama's celebrity status and raising taxes. Excellent job of turning a positive (good press coverage) into a negative. Here's the Obama campaign's response:"This ad...
This so funny! The American people get it! Obama is focused on conservation, not in helping them meet their energy needs but McCain is:By substantial margins, voters believe that McCain's top priority is finding new sources of energy while Obama...
Oh.My.Heck! Well, the title says it all. One nation joined together in our worship of our political savior, raising our hands and clasping them above our heads in unity forming the "O" that expresses our "hopes and progress." What think...
Well, I could say all kinds of things about this, can't I? At 71, hasn't he learned patience yet? What about loving his neighbor as himself? As a preacher he's probably preached on these topics so they should have been...
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Oh how cute! A little boy says to Michelle Obama, "Let's finish what we started in Iraq!" Isn't that too cute? Kids say the darndest things, don't they? :-) I was struck by how gentle she was with the kids....
The Republicans are still protesting in Congress and are willing to vote for just about anything that includes drilling, even Paris Hilton's plan :-) As they plan for another week of House protest, those Republicans have found an unlikely ally...
About 60% of the kids have signed up for the program: This fall, Ripon College in Ripon, Wis., is offering freshmen free mountain bikes, helmets and locks in exchange for a promise not to bring a car to campus. The...
By quite a large margin. Even though it's been widely publicized it has only sold 2,737 copies. Evidently she didn't know her power was limited in selling books :-) BTW, it's a sad day when a book that sells only...
A man is violently killed and beheaded by a psycho who might have eaten some of his flesh and PETA decides this would make a good ad:This tragic incident will certainly leave scars on the minds of the other passengers...
Obama tried to run an attack ad which accuse McCain of failing to do anything about finding alternatives to oil but the station that broadcasts on the TV monitors on gas pumps in Florida refused the ads. The Obama camp...
Slightly more people found Obama riskier (though it's within the margin of error):In the poll, conducted July 27-29, 57 percent say Obama would be a risky choice, while 54 percent say the same of McCain. I think the people are...
I like the new McCain ad. It get's to the heart of the matter: taxes (McCain has to hit this constantly from now until the election if he wants to win this thing). You guys want an issue ad, well,...
I'm surprised the number is so low. Every time I turn on the TV news they're talking about Obama. That number includes half of independents and a third of Democrats (probably the bitter Hilary voters :-)...
Finally! The message is getting through that Congress is not doing anything about the high price of oil:Americans rate price gouging by the oil companies, price gouging by foreign oil producers, and a lack of effective action by Congress as...
Using Microsoft's administration software Russian hackers have been able to take control of computers and steal information:A criminal gang is using software tools normally reserved for computer network administrators to infect thousands of PCs in corporate and government networks with...
Have you seen this segment? Pretty funny skewering of the charge of racism that the left has made against McCain's celebrity ad. Allahpundit has the links to some examples. I think that the charge of adding phallic symbols to the...
Muslims in China who want to break away from China and form their own Islamic state attacked a group of 70 policemen as they jogged in the street:The two men who killed 16 policemen in the Kashgar massacre were today...
A farmer makes a fence out of three cars as a way to say to his neighbors that it was his farm and he could do what he wanted with it. After they moved in they starting complaining: "The people...
Instead of Canada this time. It sounds very similar to the feet found there, though they are not saying if it was a sneaker or not. (via)...
Actually I think this is a good idea, I wouldn't mind spending $7 for a fresh pillow and blanket that I can take home with me:JetBlue Airways said Monday that it would sell a pillow and blanket set for $7...
So, I'm surfing the Internet this morning and I keep seeing links to this story by a CBS blogger that Obama's chair on his campaign airplane is marked "president" and I thought, "How presumptuous!" But then I checked it out...
Well, I'm glad someone is standing up to her royal majesty and not giving up without a fight:House Republicans will be back on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives again Monday to continue the unprecedented protest that began...
Just like Bush, taking contributions and giving them tax breaks but fails to mention that he voted for Bush's energy bill and has taken contributions as well: "Now Big Oil's filling John McCain's campaign with $2 million in contributions," citing...
Way short! They needed 4,678 pledges but only got 877: Campaigners hoped to raise the raise the £23,400 necessary to buy a prominent two-week slot on a "bendy bus" by collecting £5 pledges from atheists online. They even made a...
I guess since the campaign couldn't come up with any examples of McCain pointing out Obama's race, Obama has backed down from his earlier remarks: "I don't think it's accurate to say my comments have nothing to do with race,"...
PETA is so over the top! There is something pretty nutty about complaining about what type of dog Obama wants to purchase. "No one needs to tell you that this country is proud to be a melting pot, and that...
Ouch! Oh how deeply the words of our daughters wound us to our very soul! That's a quote from a mother-teenage daughter review of a new British movie by the director of "Bend it Like Beckham" called "Angus, Thongs And...
But I'm not getting excited about it because we all know this is just to take the issue off the table. We all know that the Democrats won't allow offshore drilling because Pelosi wants to save the planet and the...
McCain's new ad is brilliant! It spoofs Obama's messiah complex :-) I've always thought that the way to counteract the adoring publicity Obama has received from the press is to laugh at the whole thing. To show how silly it...
Of course I'm over a week late with this news! I never promised to be timely that's for sure! Well, I'm pretty bummed because I was hoping to have him for wisdom literature. I figured the class would be pretty...
Bayh would be an excellent choice for Obama's running mate. He would give Obama the centrist credentials that he lacks:Type ObamaBayh08.com into your web browser. Where do you think it'll take you? Go ahead, do it. Bet you didn't expect...
This has got to be the most disgusting news of the day. How in the world can you live in a house infested with rats? Yech! And their poor neighbors had to put up with it for years trying to...
In 2006 he notes that it's easy to demigod demagogue this issue by blaming the oil company profits to win elections but in 2008 he demigods demagogues the issue: In 2006 he notes that the question after the election is,...
Yeah, that won't be noticed by the cops....
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