Joe Biden has been on the Washington political scene for what, 35 years or so? Sarah Palin has been on the Washington political scene for a bit over a month?
Joe Biden makes a gaff and it's cute, funny, and, you know, "just Joe".
Sarah Palin makes a gaff and she's not ready for prime time.
Joe Biden has an interview with Katie Couric and she's touching his knee, cutting up with him, obviously comfortable with him (and he still makes a gaffe ;-)
Sarah Palin has an interview with Katie Couric and the setting is stilted, Katie manages to control her facial expressions but not the gotcha mentality and she gets her moment.
I was listening to Fox & Friends for a minute or two this morning and they were talking about the women who absolutely hate Sarah Palin. One of them commented that it seemed to be big city not mid-America who had a problem with her.
I've heard that before and have kind of picked up on it myself.
Here's my theory on that one:
Sarah Palin is fulfilled and happy. She has a career and is accomplishing something meaningful with her life. She has five beautiful children and a real-dude husband who's cute and supportive (which is like extra icing on the side, eat it with a spoon!).
These New York types and Hollywood-the-world-revolves-around-me types see how shallow their lives really are. She shows how meaningless much of what they do actually is, how little they bring to the table. She makes them feel inadequate.
For the rest of us, those who don't have the need for public adoration and don't need to have our egos propped up by others, Sarah is a true, true breath of fresh air, someone we can admire. We're pleased she has accomplished all she has and don't feel the need to tear her down to make ourselves feel better about who we are.
We can have our inadequacies but we're able to accept ourselves and we're strong in ways that the women who have to tear others down to feel good will never be.
Strong women, truly strong women, love Sarah Palin. Those who need outside props to fill their inner space can't handle anyone of competence.
Think about it! Just by being who she is Sarah Palin makes them feel small. The cling to their groups (not their guns and religion ;-) to give themselves an identity.
I can understand not liking some of the things Sarah Palin believes in and not wanting to vote for her. But hate? But this obsession some have with her? I heard Tina Fey talking the other night about playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. She was having real problems with it, said she hoped she never had to play her again after November 4th. It wasn't so much what she said as how she said it that showed her absolute need to be accepted by her peers.
Ah well, I could go on in this vein until long after all the cows in the world were home in their barns and still not touch on all the underlying personal instability that makes a person have to hate someone they don't know. Irritation that the Party they hate and vilify might be the first to accomplish what should be there's by right (first woman President) plays into things for some. The Democrats blew it when they didn't choose Hillary Clinton and they can't stand it that the Republicans might beat them to yet another first. They are fanning the winds of resentment and hate just as much as they can.
It's up to us to fight the good and decent fight for Sarah Palin, John McCain and true Republican values (not the ones some of our so-called leaders have ignored for these past years).
Don't let the media get you down and don't make the mistake of letting your moods swing with the various leanings of the media or the polls. Stay strong, keep your spirits up no matter what the media tries to cram down your throat and let's win in November!!!
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
New ad on Sarah Palin titled "Disrespectful"
Not sure I like this commercial (although all I've done is read, haven't watched it yet). I don't know that it's possible to convey all the nastiness that is being thrown in her direction by the so-called support women and minority liberals. As a woman I am doubly offended by what is being done to Sarah Palin. I am wondering how Democrats can hear one thing from their Party that espouses equality and support then see them in action and believe a thing that is said. When you compare facts, real hard data, the Republican Party has more minorities and women in positions of power in the White House than any Democrat ever has. I don't understand how people can be so easily led and ignore facts for rhetoric.
I'm off subject but it's related! I'll watch the commercial and see if they're able to convey all the background data that is listed below. If it's not, then the commercial doesn't really hit the mark for me because unless you're like me, and you listen and read a lot of political stuff, it doesn't connect the dots well enough. Here's the info on the commercial and a link so you can watch it:
Today, McCain-Palin 2008 released its latest television ad, entitled "Disrespectful." The ad highlights the Obama campaign's desperate efforts to attack and smear Governor Sarah Palin. Yet, despite all their tactics, Governor Palin is demonstrating time and again that she will be the strong vice president our country needs. The ad will air in key states.
VIEW THE AD HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b0pSXmT10I
Script For "Disrespectful" (TV :30)
ANNCR: He was the world's biggest celebrity, but his star's fading.
So they lashed out at Sarah Palin.
Dismissed her as "good looking."
That backfired, so they said she was doing, "what she was told."
Then desperately called Sarah Palin a liar.
How disrespectful.
And how Governor Sarah Palin proves them wrong, every day.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
AD FACTS: Script For "Disrespectful" (TV :30)
ANNCR: He was the world's biggest celebrity, but his star's fading. So they lashed out at Sarah Palin. Dismissed her as "good looking."
· Joe Biden Said One Of The Differences Between Him And Governor Palin Was "She's Good Looking." "In his introduction of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., just now on the rooftop of the Toledo Public Library, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., commented on the pulchritude of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's newly-named running mate. ... 'From our perspective the whole deal is how does the government help you get back up without getting in the way?' Biden asked. 'There's a gigantic -- gigantic -- difference between John McCain and Barack Obama, and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent. And that is that -- ' The crowd laughed. 'Well there's obvious differences,' Biden said, beginning to ham it up. 'She's good looking,' he said, laughing. 'You know there's obvious differences. But there's a whole lot -- '" (Jake Tapper and Matt Jaffe, "Oh, That Joe! (Number 4 in a Series) -- Biden on Difference Between Him And Palin: 'She's Good Looking'," ABC News' "Political Punch" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, Posted 8/31/08)
ANNCR: That backfired, so they said she was doing, "what she was told."
· Obama Chief Strategist David Axelrod: Governor Palin Did "What She Was Told." "My colleague Carrie Budoff Brown reports that David Axelrod spoke to reporters about Sarah Palin on the plane in Pennsylvania: Obama chief strategist David Axelrod said Gov. Sarah Palin is a 'skilled politician' who 'had an assignment and she went out and she discharged it.' ... 'Right down the line,' he said. 'She tried to attack Obama by saying he had no significant legislative accomplishments -- maybe that's what she was told -- but she should talk to Sen. Lugar, talk to Sen. Coburn, talk to people across the aisle in Illinois where he passed dozens of major laws to expand health care reform welfare, reduce taxes on working families. So I think she had an assignment and she went out and she discharged it.'" (Ben Smith, "Axelrod On Palin," Politico, 9/4/08)
ANNCR: Then desperately called Sarah Palin a liar. How disrespectful. And how Governor Sarah Palin proves them wrong, every day.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
· Obama Response Ad: Governor Palin "Lying" About Her Record. OBAMA AD: "They call themselves mavericks. Whoa. Truth is, they're anything but. John McCain is hardly a maverick, when seven of his top campaign advisers are Washington lobbyists. He's no maverick when he votes with Bush 90 percent of the time. And Sarah Palin's no maverick either. She was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records? You don't call that maverick. You call it more of the same." (Obama Response Ad, 9/8/08)
· Obama National Finance Committee Member Howard Gutman Questioned Whether Governor Palin Should Be Running Since She Has Five Children, Including A Child With Down Syndrome. "On the Laura Ingraham Radio show, Friday, attorney Howard Gutman -- an original member of the national finance committee for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. -- very directly criticized the parenting of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. ... Gutman said the issue wasn't one of gender, but one of parenting -- regardless of the gender of the parent. 'This has nothing to do with gender, whether Todd Palin was the nominee or Sarah Palin was the nominee,' Gutman said. 'If my daughter had just come home at 17 years old and said, 'Mom, Dad, I'm pregnant, we have a family problem,' I wouldn't say, "You know what we're going to do? We're going to take this private family problem...and you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go on the international stage and broadcast this to t he world."' Gutman continued, 'this wasn't a working mother issue, this was a parent issue... The proper attack is not that a woman shouldn't run for vice president with five kids, it's that a parent, when they have a family in need, a Down's baby who needs them -- mother or father.'" (Jake Tapper, "Obama Campaign National Finance Committee Member Criticizes Palin's Parenting," ABC News' "Political Punch" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, Posted 9/5/08)
· Carol Fowler, The South Carolina Democratic Chairwoman, Said Governor's Palin's "Primary Qualification Seems To Be That She Hasn't Had An Abortion." "South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate 'whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn't had an abortion.'" (Jonathan Martin, "S.C. Dem Chair: Palin Primary Qualification Is She Hasn't Had An Abortion," Politico, http://www.politico.com, Posted 9/10/08)
· Obama Florida Co-Chair Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) Said That Governor Palin Was A Supporter Of Pat Buchanan Who He Called A "Nazi Sympathizer." "Here's Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida: John McCain's decision to select a vice presidential running mate that endorsed Pat Buchanan for President in 2000 is a direct affront to all Jewish Americans. Pat Buchanan is a Nazi sympathizer with a uniquely atrocious record on Israel, even going as far as to denounce bringing former Nazi soldiers to justice and praising Adolf Hilter for his 'great courage.'" (Ben Smith, "Palin On Israel," Politico, http://www.politico.com, Posted 8/29/08)
· The Obama Campaign Linked Governor Palin As A Supporter Of Pat Buchanan Who They Called A "Nazi Sympathizer." "'Palin was a supporter of [MSNBC analyst] Pat Buchanan, a right-winger or as many Jews call him: a Nazi sympathizer,' Obama spokesman Mark Bubriski wrote in an email." (Marc Caputo, "Obama Camp Connects The Dots For Jews: McCain...Palin...Buchanan...Nazis," The Miami Herald's "Naked Politics" Blog, http://miamiherald.typepad.com, Posted 8/30/08)
· Obama Supporter Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) Said "Jesus Was A Community Organizer, Pontius Pilate A Governor." "Last seen in election 2008 comparing Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to the villain played by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, -- having survived an anti-Semitic primary challenge -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., feels liberated to come on the House floor and say that 'Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate a governor.' Prediction: the Democrats will soon put him in a sack and throw him in a basement." (Jake Tapper, "Obama-Backing Congressman: Jesus Was A Community Organizer, Pontius Pilate A Governor'," ABC News' "Political Punch" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, Posted 9/10/08)
· Announced Obama Supporter Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee Called Governor Palin A "Cocky Wacko." "Former Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee has called vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin a 'cocky wacko' and said her selection as John McCain's running mate has energized supporters of Democrat Barack Obama. Chafee left the Republican Party last year after losing his bid for re-election and now supports Obama. He told an audience Tuesday at the New America Foundation in Washington that the Alaska governor has revived a 'lackluster McCain candidacy.'" ("Former GOP Senator Calls Palin A 'Cocky Wacko'," The Associated Press, 9/11/08)
I'm off subject but it's related! I'll watch the commercial and see if they're able to convey all the background data that is listed below. If it's not, then the commercial doesn't really hit the mark for me because unless you're like me, and you listen and read a lot of political stuff, it doesn't connect the dots well enough. Here's the info on the commercial and a link so you can watch it:
Today, McCain-Palin 2008 released its latest television ad, entitled "Disrespectful." The ad highlights the Obama campaign's desperate efforts to attack and smear Governor Sarah Palin. Yet, despite all their tactics, Governor Palin is demonstrating time and again that she will be the strong vice president our country needs. The ad will air in key states.
VIEW THE AD HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b0pSXmT10I
Script For "Disrespectful" (TV :30)
ANNCR: He was the world's biggest celebrity, but his star's fading.
So they lashed out at Sarah Palin.
Dismissed her as "good looking."
That backfired, so they said she was doing, "what she was told."
Then desperately called Sarah Palin a liar.
How disrespectful.
And how Governor Sarah Palin proves them wrong, every day.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
AD FACTS: Script For "Disrespectful" (TV :30)
ANNCR: He was the world's biggest celebrity, but his star's fading. So they lashed out at Sarah Palin. Dismissed her as "good looking."
· Joe Biden Said One Of The Differences Between Him And Governor Palin Was "She's Good Looking." "In his introduction of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., just now on the rooftop of the Toledo Public Library, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., commented on the pulchritude of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's newly-named running mate. ... 'From our perspective the whole deal is how does the government help you get back up without getting in the way?' Biden asked. 'There's a gigantic -- gigantic -- difference between John McCain and Barack Obama, and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent. And that is that -- ' The crowd laughed. 'Well there's obvious differences,' Biden said, beginning to ham it up. 'She's good looking,' he said, laughing. 'You know there's obvious differences. But there's a whole lot -- '" (Jake Tapper and Matt Jaffe, "Oh, That Joe! (Number 4 in a Series) -- Biden on Difference Between Him And Palin: 'She's Good Looking'," ABC News' "Political Punch" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, Posted 8/31/08)
ANNCR: That backfired, so they said she was doing, "what she was told."
· Obama Chief Strategist David Axelrod: Governor Palin Did "What She Was Told." "My colleague Carrie Budoff Brown reports that David Axelrod spoke to reporters about Sarah Palin on the plane in Pennsylvania: Obama chief strategist David Axelrod said Gov. Sarah Palin is a 'skilled politician' who 'had an assignment and she went out and she discharged it.' ... 'Right down the line,' he said. 'She tried to attack Obama by saying he had no significant legislative accomplishments -- maybe that's what she was told -- but she should talk to Sen. Lugar, talk to Sen. Coburn, talk to people across the aisle in Illinois where he passed dozens of major laws to expand health care reform welfare, reduce taxes on working families. So I think she had an assignment and she went out and she discharged it.'" (Ben Smith, "Axelrod On Palin," Politico, 9/4/08)
ANNCR: Then desperately called Sarah Palin a liar. How disrespectful. And how Governor Sarah Palin proves them wrong, every day.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
· Obama Response Ad: Governor Palin "Lying" About Her Record. OBAMA AD: "They call themselves mavericks. Whoa. Truth is, they're anything but. John McCain is hardly a maverick, when seven of his top campaign advisers are Washington lobbyists. He's no maverick when he votes with Bush 90 percent of the time. And Sarah Palin's no maverick either. She was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records? You don't call that maverick. You call it more of the same." (Obama Response Ad, 9/8/08)
· Obama National Finance Committee Member Howard Gutman Questioned Whether Governor Palin Should Be Running Since She Has Five Children, Including A Child With Down Syndrome. "On the Laura Ingraham Radio show, Friday, attorney Howard Gutman -- an original member of the national finance committee for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. -- very directly criticized the parenting of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. ... Gutman said the issue wasn't one of gender, but one of parenting -- regardless of the gender of the parent. 'This has nothing to do with gender, whether Todd Palin was the nominee or Sarah Palin was the nominee,' Gutman said. 'If my daughter had just come home at 17 years old and said, 'Mom, Dad, I'm pregnant, we have a family problem,' I wouldn't say, "You know what we're going to do? We're going to take this private family problem...and you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go on the international stage and broadcast this to t he world."' Gutman continued, 'this wasn't a working mother issue, this was a parent issue... The proper attack is not that a woman shouldn't run for vice president with five kids, it's that a parent, when they have a family in need, a Down's baby who needs them -- mother or father.'" (Jake Tapper, "Obama Campaign National Finance Committee Member Criticizes Palin's Parenting," ABC News' "Political Punch" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, Posted 9/5/08)
· Carol Fowler, The South Carolina Democratic Chairwoman, Said Governor's Palin's "Primary Qualification Seems To Be That She Hasn't Had An Abortion." "South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate 'whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn't had an abortion.'" (Jonathan Martin, "S.C. Dem Chair: Palin Primary Qualification Is She Hasn't Had An Abortion," Politico, http://www.politico.com, Posted 9/10/08)
· Obama Florida Co-Chair Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) Said That Governor Palin Was A Supporter Of Pat Buchanan Who He Called A "Nazi Sympathizer." "Here's Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida: John McCain's decision to select a vice presidential running mate that endorsed Pat Buchanan for President in 2000 is a direct affront to all Jewish Americans. Pat Buchanan is a Nazi sympathizer with a uniquely atrocious record on Israel, even going as far as to denounce bringing former Nazi soldiers to justice and praising Adolf Hilter for his 'great courage.'" (Ben Smith, "Palin On Israel," Politico, http://www.politico.com, Posted 8/29/08)
· The Obama Campaign Linked Governor Palin As A Supporter Of Pat Buchanan Who They Called A "Nazi Sympathizer." "'Palin was a supporter of [MSNBC analyst] Pat Buchanan, a right-winger or as many Jews call him: a Nazi sympathizer,' Obama spokesman Mark Bubriski wrote in an email." (Marc Caputo, "Obama Camp Connects The Dots For Jews: McCain...Palin...Buchanan...Nazis," The Miami Herald's "Naked Politics" Blog, http://miamiherald.typepad.com, Posted 8/30/08)
· Obama Supporter Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) Said "Jesus Was A Community Organizer, Pontius Pilate A Governor." "Last seen in election 2008 comparing Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to the villain played by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, -- having survived an anti-Semitic primary challenge -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., feels liberated to come on the House floor and say that 'Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate a governor.' Prediction: the Democrats will soon put him in a sack and throw him in a basement." (Jake Tapper, "Obama-Backing Congressman: Jesus Was A Community Organizer, Pontius Pilate A Governor'," ABC News' "Political Punch" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, Posted 9/10/08)
· Announced Obama Supporter Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee Called Governor Palin A "Cocky Wacko." "Former Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee has called vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin a 'cocky wacko' and said her selection as John McCain's running mate has energized supporters of Democrat Barack Obama. Chafee left the Republican Party last year after losing his bid for re-election and now supports Obama. He told an audience Tuesday at the New America Foundation in Washington that the Alaska governor has revived a 'lackluster McCain candidacy.'" ("Former GOP Senator Calls Palin A 'Cocky Wacko'," The Associated Press, 9/11/08)
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