Front. And. Center.



The Battle Plan II: Sarah "Evita" Palin,
the Muse of the Coming Police State
--Naomi Wolf, Huffington Post

Three Deranged Quotes:

What's the plan? It is this. McCain doesn't matter. Reputable dermatologists are discussing the fact that in simply actuarial terms, John McCain has a virulent and life-threatening form of skin cancer. It is the elephant in the room, but we must discuss the health of the candidates: doctors put survival rates for someone his age at two to four years. I believe the Rove-Cheney cabal is using Sarah Palin as a stalking horse, an Evita figure, to put a popular, populist face on the coming police state and be the talk show hostess for the end of elections as we know them. If McCain-Palin get in, this will be the last true American election."

Under the coming Palin-Rove police state, you will witness the plans now underway to bring Iraqi troops to patrol the streets of our nation. This is not McCain's fantasy: it is Rove's and Cheney's."

Scharansky divided nations into "fear societies" and "free societies." Make no mistake: Sarah "Evita" Palin is Rove and Cheney's cosmetic rebranding of their fascist push: she will help to establish a true and irreversible "fear society" in this once free once proud nation. For God's sake, do not let her; do not let them."

Sounds to me like Ms. Wolf lives in a "fear Society" already-- the one in her own diseased mind.

Here then is proof positive that Palin Derangement Syndrome really exists. And it's more virulent than Bush Derangement Syndrome. For Democrats, it seems, "Fear" is the only hand they know how to play.

"Yes, Virginia, there is a fear card. And the more you use it the crazier you become."

--Moi

Jack-booted democratic hypocritical thugs...

Over at Betsy's Page: Shutting Down Opposition Voices

This is who Barack Obama is. This is who the Democrat Party is. The Party of New McCarthyism.

That's right, McCarthyism. Intimidation. The Democrat Party is the party of intimidation. Barack has given his brood new marching orders...

I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they're independent or whether they are Republican, I want you to argue with them and get in their face."

'Get in their face'? Sounds like intimidation to me. Sounds like the tactics Chicago politics is famous for. Sounds like Barack is just another democratic thug. Worse than a thug-- a hustler.

[Obama] is nothing more than a Chicago thug street organizer in the mode of Saul Alinsky, and, by the way, Saul Alinsky's kid works for public television in Boston and wrote an op-ed congratulating Obama on executing Alinsky tactics to the T, said it was a great honor to his father.

--Rush, Sept. 18

The OpEd in Question? Son Sees Father's Handiwork in Convention

It's very short so here it is in full:

All the elements were present: the individual stories told by real people of their situations and hardships, the packed-to-the rafters crowd, the crowd's chanting of key phrases and names, the action on the spot of texting and phoning to show instant support and commitment to jump into the political battle, the rallying selections of music, the setting of the agenda by the power people. The Democratic National Convention had all the elements of the perfectly organized event, Saul Alinsky style.

Barack Obama's training in Chicago by the great community organizers is showing its effectiveness. It is an amazingly powerful format, and the method of my late father always works to get the message out and get the supporters on board. When executed meticulously and thoughtfully, it is a powerful strategy for initiating change and making it really happen. Obama learned his lesson well.

I am proud to see that my father's model for organizing is being applied successfully beyond local community organizing to affect the Democratic campaign in 2008. It is a fine tribute to Saul Alinsky as we approach his 100th birthday.

--L. David Alinsky

This is the change Barack want to bring America. He doesn't want to heal racial divides, he wants to widen them. He doesn't want the middle class to become prosperous, he wants to enslave them. He doesn't want to see America strong and independent, he wants to see her humbled before the rest of the world.

I don't know what Barack Obama believes in, but it's not America. Nor, I believe, is it God.

George Bush has been in office for seven and a half years. The first six years, the economy was fine.

A little over one year ago:

1. Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2. Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3. The unemployment rate was 4.5%;
4. The DOW JONES hit a record high--14,000 +
5. American's were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacations o'seas, living large!...

But American's wanted "CHANGE"! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress, and yep, we got "CHANGE" all right!

1. Consumer confidence has plummeted
2. Gasoline jumped to over $4 a gallon!
3. Unemployment is over 5% (a 10% increase)
4. Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION DOLLARS, & prices are still dropping
5. 1% of American homes are in foreclosure
6. THE DOW dropped to another low-- 11,300 --$2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS HAS EVAPORATED FROM STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS!

YEP, IN 2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE!

...AND WE SURE GOT IT!!!

Change that didn't work!!

In the late 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and they were right. So when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at least receptive.

When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and denounced the old system, the press fell in love with him. They never questioned who his friends were or what he really believed in. When he said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said, 'Praise the Lord.'

And when the young leader said, 'I will be for change and I'll bring you change,' everyone yelled, 'Viva Fidel!'

But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the executioner's guns went silent, the people's guns had been taken away. By the time everyone was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By the time everyone received their free education, it was worth nothing. By the time the press noticed, it was too late, because they were now working for him. By the time the change was finally implemented, Cuba had been knocked down a couple of notches to Third-World status. By the time the change was over, more than a million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner tubes.

Luckily, in America we would never fall for a young leader who promised change without first asking, what change? How will you carry out this change? What will this change cost America?

Would we?

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I heard this on the radio this evening. Went looking for it, but couldn't find an author. I like the way he/she thinks nonetheless.

Say Hello to Prime Minister Tzipi Livni... a woman.
Will she be another Golda Meir? Time will tell. But for now, it looks like a woman has bested the "good ole boy" system in Israel.

There'll be another such woman come November. I'm looking forward to the sound of "Vice President Sarah Palin" ringing across the Mall when she's sworn in come January.

Keep it up, please. Every attack on Sarah, whether from Barack or not, HURTS Barack. The Leftist Kook-Fringe is losing this election for Barack Obama.

Former Clintonista Dick Morris maps out the Electoral College

There's still six weeks to go, but the election is looking good for McCain/Palin.

I saw on the shelf at Wal Mart a DVD I'd been looking for for years, but always the same thing... "this title is not current available"

The packaging was damaged, but the best I could tell the product itself was not. So I forked out the $35 to walk it out the door.

Though this has been almost two weeks ago, I am enjoying what little amount of time I can put into this 25 hour epic... an hour here, 20 minutes there. It's good to see my old friends once more.

Pasquinel, and Alexander McKeag. Clay Basket and Lame Beaver. Jake and Mike Pasquinel, Levi Zendt and Captain Mercy... I'm enjoying James A. Michener's Centennial.

Loving it, in fact.

this from the New York Post:

Obama Tried To Stall GIs' Iraq Withdrawal
--by Amir Taheri

According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.

All his promises of getting the troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible, yet while in the midst of his whirlwind tour of the middle east he secretly wants the troops to remain. Why?

To claim credit for the draw down of troops in Iraq. No other explanation makes sense, in light of his refusal to meet with injured US Troops in Germany while playing Messiah to a crowd of Germans who cannot vote.

Way to go, B.O. Way to go.

that bastion of Liberal think-speak, a surprising breath of fresh air...

Panic sets in for Obama, Democrats
--Jim Wooten

Barack Obama knows it. The election he had in the bag is slipping away.

[...]

"Democrats know something, and desperation is setting in. They have a novice campaigner who wanders off message. With every advantage in the primaries, Obama couldn’t win the big states — New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania — against Hillary Clinton, even when he got to define the rules for running against him. She could never risk alienating the base she’ll need in 2012; John McCain and Sarah Palin have no such constraints — hence the panic."

The Left however will never see the panic... or ever admit it. After all, to admit as much would be disastrous. It's like the man whose hair is on fire exclaiming,

SMOKE? WHAT SMOKE? I DON'T SMELL SMOKE!"

All the while running for the nearest source of water.

Charlie Gibson with Sarah Palin: The REAL interview.

To my mind this destroys ABC's credibility-- not that they had much to begin with, for to edit Sarah's responses prior to air is deceitful in the extreme. The way they edited her answers to Gibson's questions changes the meaning of her responses in the ears of those who watched the interview.

There is no denying it. Media has ceased to be objective... This merely nails it's coffin shut.

h/t Ms. Green for the email.

Here's the REAL interview courtesy of Mark Levin


New Definition:

Media-- (n) 1. Pimp to its own agenda; 2. Manipulative whore; 3. Liar


Update 1:
Little Green Footballs, has a write-up on this media scandal and points to criticism of ABC by UPI.

ABC's Gibson grilled Palin hard, but it may backfire

It remains to be seen if Gibson's perceived arrogance and condescension will give Palin another boost. It certainly didn't help the Democrats that ABC's chief political correspondent, Stephanopoulos, who had rushed to Obama's aid only four days before, was wheeled on to discuss her interview with Gibson as soon as it was concluded.

Liberal Democrats predictably will cite the interview as evidence that Palin is not prepared for the vice presidency. Republicans will equally predictably cite it as evidence that she is. How centrist voters will react to it remains to be seen. One thing is clear: This isn't a transformational election on either side. Whoever wins, the ugly old cultural and political divisions in America remain -- and they are deeper than ever.

Shameful. ABC is toast in terms of credibility. And Obama? He can't even heal divisions in America, let alone the planet.


Update 2:
Say Anything Blog has this to offer:

Compare And Contrast: Gibson’s Questions Of Obama vs. Gibson’s Questions Of Palin

Update 3:

An incognito Hollywood director offers evidence that ABC, in addition to deceitfully editing the Palin interview, also used camera trickery to minimize the Republican vice-presidential candidate.

From HollywoodTrenches Blog:

Charlie Gibson and ABC News Camera Trickery

Here's a thought... I am voting for McCain because, to my mind, the alternative would be disastrous for this nation. Obama is weak and cannot be trusted with the defense of this nation or its citizens-- there are numerous traits and philosophies I find abhorrent about Barack Obama.

Everyone who knows me knows I'm voting McCain. But everyone who knows me knows also that McCain is not my first choice. There are a few things that make McCain, to my mind, an imperfect candidate-- his assault and abridgment of our first amendment right to free speech, in McCain-Feingold, not least among them. But he does, NOW, present the best option for this nation's future.

Case in point, the Rasmussen poll of September 5th, 2008:

From:


Supreme Court Update
60% of Voters Say Supreme Court Should Base Rulings on Constitution

While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the justices should rule on what is in the Constitution, just 29% of Barack Obama’s supporters agree. Just 11% of McCain supporters say judges should rule based on the judge’s sense of fairness, while nearly half (49%) of Obama supporters agree."

This is MOST troubling. Our Constitution is the bedrock of our entire nation, and 49% of Obama supporters believe judges should rule on their sense of fairness. A sense, I might point out, that is a uniquely individual trait-- everyone sees things differently. Where was that "sense of fairness" when the Supreme Court raped personal property rights with Kelo v. New London?

The next president of the United States will very likely have the extraordinary opportunity of reshaping the Supreme Court for a generation or more. The need for such a reshaping is obvious in Roe v. Wade, in which the Court by a vote of 7 - 2 usurped the authority of the state. Had the Supreme Court bowed out of this case abortion would still be legal... should Roe be overturned abortion will still be legal (and in more than just a handful of states).

My point is this, these seven judges found a right to an abortion in the Constitution of the United States of America where none had previously existed. AND SINCE, the court has continued in its course-- along with Congress --in ignoring its enumerated powers and taking for itself rights our Constitution did not give them.

In this election, we have an opportunity to elect someone who will appoint strict constructionist judges to the Supreme Court, or.... OR we can elect someone who can't even take a stand one way or the other-- "Present!" --on issues of life. So, while I do find fault in McCain, he is exceedingly more preferable to the philosophically deviant and moral milquetoast that is, to my mind, Barack Obama.

Here's the challenge, then, in this post.

I have offered a pretty good darn reason to be disappointed in the man I support for President of the United States of America. Who is your candidate, and what about him disappoints you?

As do we all... As do we all.

Has Obama hoisted himself by his own petard?


Serious questions here:
Is there any way Obama can dump Biden and still win in November? And how would he do it and come across to the voting public as a strong capable leader?


Pearl of Wisdom:

You can put a suit on a community organizer, but you can't make him act presidential."

--Rush