Um, what???

Last night I watched the Katie Couric interviews with Sarah Palin. A few days back I tried to read the transcripts. It made me feel illiterate. I seriously thought that maybe I forgot how sentences are supposed to go together. So I decided to put myself through the pain of actually watching the interviews. It turns out my ability to form and understand sentences is in tact. However, the same cannot be said for our favorite Alaskan Governor.

From the Time article Sarah Palin's Foreign Policy Follies

"A number of commentators, including The Atlantic's James Fallows and Slate's Christopher Beam, have said that Palin resembled, in Beam's words, "a high-schooler trying to BS her way through a book report," which is an insult to both high-schoolers and B.S. Palin's answers were hesitant, convoluted and at times — like when she appeared to suggest that Vladimir Putin might be preparing a one-man airborne invasion of Alaska — downright loony"

John Kerry on McCain's actual involvement in bailout negotiations-FOX

On the heels of the announcement that a deal has tentatively been struck to bail out Wall Street, John Kerry appeared on Fox News Sunday and put John McCain’s campaign-suspending stunt into perspective:

"Barack Obama was in constant touch with Secretary Paulson almost every single day, sometimes several times a day for the last two weeks. Barack Obama was the first person to speak and lay out at that meeting at the White House for about seven or eight minutes the entire parameters of what we had resolved. John McCain, when offered the opportunity to speak, passed, didn’t speak until the very end, and when he spoke, did not offer a solution and did not say what he would support. The fact is that on a Monday of about a week ago, John McCain said the fundamentals of our economy are strong. Within a few days, John McCain was suspending his campaign because of the greatest crisis since World War II. He suspended his campaign and it took him 22 hours to get from New York to Washington, a one-hour flight, had time to go do Katie Couric in an interview, had time to give a speech to the Clinton millennium, and when he got here, he wound up — I mean, he said he was going to interrupt his campaign to come down and save the negotiations. Most people believe what he did was interrupt the negotiations to come down and save his campaign."

Sarah Palin is a Dude

In the spirit of the debate, a post

When you are feeling angry, just watch this to cheer up!

Shall I start watching SNL again? I think so!

Sweeeeet SNL skit.

September 18, 2008
Palin's transparency proposal already exists in D.C.
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

Sarah Palin says she will bring the same kind of transparency she brought to Alaska to Washington, D.C..

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNN) – Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington.

“We’re going to do a few new things also,” she said at a rally in Cedar Rapids. “For instance, as Alaska’s governor, I put the government’s checkbook online so that people can see where their money’s going. We’ll bring that kind of transparency, that responsibility, and accountability back. We’re going to bring that back to D.C.”

There’s just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody’s already done it. His name is Barack Obama.

In 2006 and 2007, Obama teamed up with Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to pass the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, also known as “Google for Government.” The act created a free, searchable web site – USASpending.gov — that discloses to the public all federal grants, contracts, loans and insurance payments.

In June of this year, Obama and Coburn introduced new Senate legislation to expand the information available online to include details on earmarks, competitive bidding, criminal activities, audit disputes and other government information.

Palin might also have noted that her running mate, John McCain, was an original co-sponsor of the 2006 transparency bill that became law.

UPDATE: A campaign spokesperson insisted that Palin was referring not to that specific proposal, but rather to "that kind of transparency in general."

will this man ever cease to be a genius?!?!

STING!!!!!!

Sarah Palin Won't Blink

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Chris Matthews Battles Nancy Pfotenhauer Over Economic Fundamentals

I wish I could have tripped Nancy on her way out of the building. Can't the repubes come up with more than a one-liner these days?

What have you become?

Missing Bill

Last night I watched a show on PBS about past presidential debates. It started covering Carter and Ford and went all the way through Bush/Kerry. But the worst part was watching the Bush/Gore debates. Mostly because it was like watching the republicans today. All venom. No Substance. We have had eight years of death, greed and hatred. It has not served us. We are not safer. We are not economically sound. Our dollar is weak. We can't afford health care. The division of wealth grows wider and wider. And despite all the suffering it seems like nobody has learned from the mistakes of the current administration.

My favorite part of the debate was when Jim Lehrer started talking about the budget surplus. Yes you heard me right. I said surplus. The conversation went something like this:

JL: "One of the problems facing the next president is the current budget surplus. Right now there is a $230 Billion surplus and it is estimated that we will have a $4.5 Trillion surplus by the year 2010. What will you do with this surplus?"

AG: "Well Jim, I will put it back into the hands of hard working Americans. I will create programs that support social security, provide health care, address our environmental concerns and I will cut taxes for the middle class."

GWB: "That is ridiculous Al. Here's what I'm going to do. First, I will take that money and start a war that we cannot win based on false pretenses. Then I will give a large chunk of it to Haliburton and other companies that I'm in bed with. Then I will take what's left over, turn it into gold coins and fill up an entire room in my house with them so I can swim around in them like Scrooge McDuck. Heh heh heh heh heh."

2000: $230 Billion Surplus
2008: $418 Billion Deficit

Thank you G Dubs

Tina Fey Rocks Sarah Palin

biters

how come mccain/palin got cali tv adds, spouting about how they're republican fighters....and "real" change mavericks!?!?? how bout' you get your own campain slogan? how bout.....instead of watering down all your politics....you say what you really want......more war, more oil, more jesus......more of the same, same, same........just be honest......here, how bout i start..........this elections repulican ticket is an ancient, dust farting, war monger, fogey who can't lift his arms very high....... and a nincompoop, sad attempt at diversity, silly, empty vessel for campain slogans........ahhh....now doesnt that feel better....

Palin Interview Part 1,2 (spooky)

Part II

A favorite!

My First Blog!

If Palin ever gets near the office of president, I am leaving this severely crippled country. So yes, I am biased, but I will try to post and distribute unbiased info. It may seem biased but that is only because Palin is a pathetic attempt to pull one over on us. Her stupidity really shines through so it is hard to cast her in a good light. Read up!