I ran into Michael Steele at Denver Airport
By John Amato Sunday Aug 31, 2008 1:00pm 
As I was trying to get from one end of Denver's airport to this past Friday after United Airlines screwed up my flight completely, I literally bumped into Michael Steele with coffee in my hand walking to the gate. The news of the Palin VP pick was just announced on TV and I asked him if he was voting for Obama now. He said, "No way." I yelled that McCain just lost the experience argument that he's been trying to use on Obama.
He picked up his walking pace as I continued.
"She's got plenty of experience," he said.
"And it was a move to try and win over some fictitious Hillary voters and appease the religious right, but one problem was that nobody knows who she is."
"Everyone knows her," he said.
"Really? In what way?" I asked. "Do you even know who she is?"
He then ran away...
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NICE!
They need to be confronted at every turn...
Thank you John!
will McCain-Palin get a baby-bump in the polls?
LOL. Yay John.
She does have plenty of experience. She lives right next to Russia, which clearly qualifies her to be an expert at foreign affairs. She has, or is about to have, plenty of experience in cleaning up family messes, which clearly qualifies her for the position of vice president. Her father is her biggest adviser, clearly qualifying her for the duties of vice president (even thought she's not sure what those duties are). She is blessed with four children and a grandchild (and another on the way), which clearly qualifies her to be the next Dick Cheney.
Ah, yes! Michael Steele, our former Lt. Governor! He's a hollow suit the GOP loves to trot out in an effort to recruit the minority vote.
Michael Steel, proving you CAN be a black, gay and a Republican.
He then ran away...
That co0uld be any Republican; it's what they do.
He's an idiot like McCain.
John: You must've been wearin one S&*t eatin grin when you boarded your plane.
Another Republican Roach running for cover.
Michael Steele comes from a long heritage of actually seeking out and working for white christian slave traders going all the way back to Africa.
all right, John, keep after those mf'ers. They do need to be confronted at every turn. Iff not they go on in blitheful ignorance believing the heartland and the rest of america is supporting them. you deserve our thanks on this one. it's hard to confront even when or perhaps moreso when it's just a neighbor and not major news hack.
Well, now that her daughter's CURRENT pregnancy has been confirmed by CNN, two things are clear.
1) She can't control her own daughter's uterus, what right does she have thinking she can control America's.
2) She showed no regard for her own child's life making a nine-hour flight after her water broke, why would anybody think that she would have regard for anyone else's life?
Michael Steele does not need to worry. I don't know who she is either and nobody else does. This may sound petty and I realize it is petty but her voice is already starting to drive me up a wall.
A yes, but has she ever shot an old man in the face, eh?
I'm SO BUMMED. I was SURE that Hurricane Gustav's landing today would be widely interpreted as retribution on the Republican Party BY GOD for the insufferable governance they have laid on this country during the last eight years. Now, it seems, that they will be ablt to use hurricane aN EXCUSE NOT TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT PALIN AT THEIR CONVENTION.
Ladies and Gentleman . . . . . . Sarah Palin.
CowBoy Bob in Austin @ 15:
I was kinda hoping people would notice that when they prayed for rain to ruin Obama's convention . . . . . well . . . .
I'm still waiting to hear a comparison between Gov.Palin and U.S. Senator Biden........i've heard plenty
of comparison of Palin and Obama which is ridiculous.
the media is NOT comparing like kinds v.p. nominee(s).
Last night i watched meet the press and brokaw allowed that comparison instead of Biden/Palin
What a wanker. I'm bet his side of the story is that you were throwing Oreo cookies at him.
Anyways, John, if you really want to talk to Republicans at the airport, you should just camp out in the bathroom.
yes, she killed the "experience" argument and she just shot down half the rights social agenda with the unmarried teenage daughter. how long before the fundies start peeling away and suggesting that she needs to drop out to "spend time with her family"?
Something doesn't add up. If the McCain campaign knew Sarah Palin's daughter was pregnant, did they actually think the rest of the world wouldn't find out? Why didn't they mention it when she was first announced as McCain's VP pick? Or maybe they were duped and didn't know either.
And how does this make Mitt & the other short-listers look? McCain picked an inexperienced, unqualified governor of a small state with a pregnant 17 year old daughter for Pete's sake. This was the best McCain thought he could do?
Charles @ 6:
Gay?
Sarah: "Parents should have the ultimate control over what their children are taught."
When I was growing up, the most important things mothers taught their teen daughters was "Keep your legs crossed." Just as the "experience" argument is going way for them, could it be possible the Republicans might lose the "family values" argument as well?
The bump from this GOP Convention this cycle is going to be a "baby bump."
Didn't he run as a Democrat last time?
Is it okay to refer to Bristol as Levi's 'baby mama'?
to me and i'm liberal. i wonder about the parenting skills of the member of the family values party.two
teenage girls pregnant. in addition to that although i don't underestimate women....how do you raise 4
children and become second in command of the united states potntially to become the first in command.
i would like to know her secret....one of these 4 children is a down syndrome newborn...maybe i'm wrong but it seems irresponsible.
charlie @ 2:
Sarah is obviously a failure as a mother. She had no influence over her own daughter. How does she plan to have any influence as President?
Sarah's long discussion with her daughter about abstinance went out the window quickly when her panties became wet. And there were no satanic condoms handy, so she went ahead and exposed herself to gonorrhea, syphilis, chlymidia, HIV, warts, and a whole host of STDs. Not to mention pregnancy. Who knows how many men she has exposed to these? There must be nothing more diseased than a right wing christian cootie. Sarah's daughter proves it.
Ahhh....my former lieutenant governor. He's not so much black as totally transparent, tried to pretend to be a Democrat on his posters in his failed run for the Senate two years ago. Good recruit for Fox News, though. We have every right to be concerned about "President Palin", however. McCain's father (70) and grandfather (61) both died suddenly of heart attacks.
I wish no ill upon McCain, just a restful and imminent retirement.
Bristol is named after the headquaters location of ESPN
Bristol,Connecticut.......wow.
cnn said they wanted to dispel the rumor that palin´s baby is actually her daughters baby, making palin the grandmother... so they were releasing the info that her 17 year old un-wed daughter is pregnant, but is planning to marry the father... i don´t really understand christians, but aren´t you supposed to get married first, before having sex? and palin is a staunch abstinence supporter... how´s that workin´out for ya there, miss runner up?
I would have asked him, if Bristol Palin did not give birth in May, WHO DID? I've seen the pictures of the Governor. Should I believe the New York Times, or my lying eyes?
ldzppln @ 21:
They were trying to bury it by releasing the news on a national holiday which also happens to be the same day as a hurricane. They're going to turn this story into a pro-life hero story. Just like Palin is supposedly a hero for *not* aborting her child with Down's Syndrome. Bravo, Sarah.
governor palin raised taxes on oil company profits. why is that OK but when obama talks about taxes he gets beat up?
http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/08/30/palin-raised-taxes-on-oil-c...
This can't be true about Palin's daughter.......I haven't seen ANYTHING about it on FAUX NEWS.
constituent @ 33:
Because she's a Republican, and he's a Democrat. Her action will be lied about, rationalized and/or regarded as a harmless anomaly. His, on the other hand, fuels a preconception about Democrats.
In today's politics, the worst thing you can do is fuel a preconception. It allows your opponent to twist the knife, and the media to further its precious narratives.
“Everyone knows her,” he (Steele) said.
Possibly in the biblical sense?
Cuz there STILL ain't all that many surplus wimmin up thar...
Steele is a loser who has never held an elected office, other than being Erlichs running mate. He is intellectually dishonest and a tool. Thank God maryland voters saw thru him and voting against him in wide margins He lost by double digits
McCain f*cked it up again. Can you say "political suicide?"
For sound judgement and where country is truly first:
Obama/Biden 08
great role model for parenting two teenage girls have been/are pregnant. palin herself accept position second in command with potential to be first in command while
doing shared parenting of a down syndrome newborn.
barkin @ 30:
So Sarah's un-wed daughter is pregnant with her second child? With her first child already being raised by Sarah as her own child? What the hell? Sounds like a Britney Spears storyline. Who's the celebrity now?
barkin @ 30:
Check this out. It may help...
StirFry @ 38:
I am surprised McCain walks without a cane, for all the times he's shot himself in the foot during this campaign.
woody, tokin librul @ 36:
Hee hee.
The abrupt "Everyone knows her" is a typical Republican response. Just say the opposite, truth be damned. Say it with a straight face, and repeat it often.
It's a lot like this.
If you only had pictures of him fleeing...
After finding out that he 17 year old, unmarried daughter is pregnant, I am starting to give more credence to the idea that they are just going to throw this election. They know on the inside the real possibility that the United States economy will completely collapse and they are willing to do as much as possible to make that happen as long as a Democrat is in the White House. Then they can blame the Democrats and retool to regain power in 4 years.
It's so depressing when your paper thin argument is punctured by a shotgun blast of reality. I'd feel bad for Steele if he wasn't such a schmuck.
See Controversies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Steele
The website's broken? I demands that I sign in if I want to quote a previous comment.
"IT demands. Sorry."
Am I still dreaming or did McCain actually choose for VP an inexperienced mom with family problems who will excite republicans for about 2 weeks? I love watching train wrecks.
Maybe it is genius, I knew a republican fundie (he wouldn't use the internet, it's evil) who worshiped Anne Coulter just because she's "hot" (I disagreed). They chose Anne Coulter as VP, basically.
has anybody heard a good comparison between
Senator Biden and Governor Palin.....no not a comparison of Palin and Obama but the two v.p.
nominees side by side?
If Palin has only had 20 months of experience as governor, but has a 5-month-old, did she take a month or two off to give birth to her son? Probably not important, but most reporters are rounding up, saying that she's been governor for 2 years. Has she actually been the acting governor of Alaska for less than 1.5? It just seems that there's something much less okay about having been on the job for a year and a half, like that's crossing a line that not even the most strident party hardliner can support.
Nit-picking, perhaps, but maybe something to add to the to-do list for your reporter in Alaska.
You should of asked him about the misleading voting flyers distributed hired homeless people.
Michael Steele explaining himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBWFLrg6gP8
constituent @ 29:
ya...cuz she was born when sarah was trying to get a gig with espn
but if you watch any of her on-air stuff at the time...she didnt have a chance
attractive...yes
good copy...no
Here is the reaction from the right wing christians concerning Sarah Palin's un-wed daughter's pregnancy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lORCuR84-_8
Here's another talking point you hear from pundits and trolls:
"Bu bu but look at the polls! "
Now they admit that McCain's been playing dirty and using gimmicks, and that it's working as if the presidency is fantasy football.
That stuffed shirt is good for little sound bites, because when he tried to sit in for vannity, he was a neocon disaster!! He was being twisted all over by his guest, and he only has sound bites and "bad lies", those that haven't been thought all the way through so you can see how ridiculous they are right from the start.
Hope he gets a spot on the propaganda network. They really need a minority fascist there, since malkin is history. The party of the old white evangelicals and "sky is falling dip shits".
The ship is sinking...and only the dumbest of dumb ass rats are left to go down with the old tub.
Adam @ 51:
she took 3 days
i dont know why this recent "my daughter is pregnant" story, kills the original one
it only kills it if there really ends up being a baby in another 4 months
if not, bristol is being used for cover
which is weird, as bristol is the mother of trig
and how healthy is it to force your daughter into marrying some kid who hangs out at the local 7/11
Michelle Malkin says:
Leave Britney, oops I mean Bristol, Alone!
You can't make this stuff up.
One line that they're taking over there is that if the Obama campaign tries to make hay over this then Obama should step aside because his mom wasn't married when she got pregnant with him. Which may be true, but she didn't wait 5+ months to marry Barack's father.
woody, tokin librul @ 41:
please fix the link....ty
Great point on Salon.com:
The unbearable lite-ness of the republican ticket, must made him run away.
Great moment, Mr. Amato, and nice job. I admit that I knew of Sarah Palin before McCain's announcement. I ran across her name while reading up on the corruption in Alaskan politics, particularly, Ted Stevens. To suggest that "everyone" knows her according to Michael Steele is disingenuous at best. A political or news junkie may have known the name but the average Joe in the US wouldn't be able to pull her out of a line up let alone know of her career prior to last Friday.
Does anyone know if she has spent any time outside of the US? Does she have any real experience or credentials concerning international politics? Does pacifying the likes of James Dobson and the religious right trump the challenges that will await her (and the rest of the world) if McCain is elected? It seems like a cliche that the VP is a heartbeat away from the presidency but in McCain's case it is an issue that needs to be confronted. His age and health issues are well documented and "his" selection of Sarah Palin is another example that his decision making is suspect. Not to worry, when Sarah Palin's experience gets ripped to shreds, it won't be long before McCain drops the POW card to explain his choice.
kerplunk @ 54:
LOL! I forgot all about this one!
The envelope she ripped up was a coupon for Jenny Craig. Damn you to hell!!!!!
For the lighter side, check out her blog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEW12XLUM7A
okay, so it is more cerebral than what she could post...
We need to quit wasting our energy on Sarah Palin right now. Here's why.
Sarah Palin will step down from the ticket, possibly as soon as next week. Her job was to distract America's short attention span from the Democratic convention. That's all. This is a strategy of distraction by the GOP. Bernard Kerick for Homeland Security Director? Harriet Miers for Supreme Court Justice? Sarah Palin for Vice President of the United States? There are more. Seeing a pattern here?
Sarah Palin was not vetted because she was never intended to be the Vice Presidential candidate in the first place. Period.
The winner in all this.
Jon Stewart.
Uppity blacks who think that their republican counterparts are color-blind when it comes to them because they wear expensives suits generally are very jealous of honest, hard-working blacks who make it on merit like Barack and Michelle. The same thing occurs in the Hispanic populations (I ain't Hispanic, that's a republican label that they try to foist upon anyone with a Spanish surname), its called envy.
Ahh, it's the old tried-and-true Republican game of bald-faced-lying.
'Hey, look, there's a red car.' 'Actually, it's blue.'
'What? no it's NOT!!!'
'Yeah, it is... let's ask these five people standing right here.'
Also great when discussing Iraq's involvement in 9/11, Oil Rigs in the Gulf being
damaged during Katrina, Global Warming, Taxing of the Rich, Outing of CIA agents,
etc.
Palin's husband has DWI arrest
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — A senior adviser to the McCain campaign confirmed Monday that Todd Palin, husband to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, was arrested for driving while intoxicated in 1984.
"Yes, 24 years ago he had a DWI," senior McCain adviser Steve Schmidt told reporters in St. Paul.
Schmidt was asked if he was worried about the news, and replied, “I was not.”
The story was first reported by David Brody, a CNN contributor and Christian Broadcasting Network News Senior National Correspondent.
http://www.bgladd.com/McSameStore/DobsonFirst.jpg
Do not expect logic from religious republiturds.
The right-wing conservative VP's daughter is a lesbian......can you beat that?
Yes, we can!!
Nyc Labrets @ 58:
malkin is a piece of work...aint she
i have friends who say they will only vote repug because of the moral issues
when i point out that the repugs only use these issues as lip service and to rile up the base, they wont listen to me
and again i ask this
how is it that announcing one scandal is supposed to cover for another?
the pic of bristol looking pregnant was taken when her mom was supposedly 7 months pregnant
the meme now is that the reason bristol is shown holding trig so much, is to cover up her pregnancy....do shoulders get fat?
these are salt of the earth people....im sure there are tons of alaskan teens getting engaged at 17 (cuz there aint much else to do), so why not have that announcement occur earlier? thereby stemming any other rumors? were they really gonna wait until the baby was born? cuz i dont think this baby is going to term....as it doesnt fucking exist
cuz the fact remains....trig is bristols baby
At heart, the story regarding Palin's daughter giving birth to the child in April called into question her Values Mom posture by alleging that her minor daughter got pregnant. Now, to rebut that story, she calls into question her Values Mom posture by admitting her minor daughter got pregnant.
Trapped in a hole, they dig faster...
RE: Palin's daughter's pregnancy:
"I think it's a very private matter," said Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America. "It's a matter that should stay in the family and they have to work through it together."
WHAT THE #$*! WAS PUBLIC ABOUT THE CLINTON/LEWINSKY AFFAIR??!!
Yes, I did mean to scream.
I have no problem with Palin's daughter being pregnant--stuff like that happens. What I *do* have a problem with is the hypocrisy the GOP and Religious Right show when something they condemn in others happens in their own midst.
And the fact that Palin is an abstinance-only supporter is laughable in light of the situation. But what bothers me most about Palin is she is not qualified to be vice-president or--God forbid--president of the United States. No way, no how. If McCain really needed a female running mate, there were many more qualified candidates than this PTA mom-cum-political neophyte.
She's a right-wing religious nut, and that's all the qualifications needed.
President PNACcio @ 65:
That makes absolutely perfect sense, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen. Possibly the McCain campaign knew about here daughter's pregnancy, and they decided to use it as the excuse for Palin's withdrawal.
BobbyG @ 60:
Excellent point! Hypocrisy is every republicans middle name.
John, Michael Steele should kiss your *ss that you (or anybody else for that matter) even recognized him. We in Maryland have been trying to forget his face and pandering politics for several years now.
such bull shxt if it was Obama's daughter he would be demonized.....the evangelicals are obviously going to use this against the (D)if too much pressure is put on
bristol(brisol,conn of ESPN) the evangelicals love this
if it's a dem parent it's poor parenting/sex....if it's a (R)
it's a private matter and she will be forgiven as long as she goes to church
Joe Scarborough spits his "Morning Joe" on the ground after hearing about the Palin pick...
Video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTbsbeY5k5k
kerplunk @ 54:
LOL!
Let me get this straight. Palin is a wonderful mother of five. Her first child is 18 and going to Iraq. Her second child is 17 and an unwed mother and her fifth child was born with down syndrome at age 43. I think she needs to pay more attention to her family and less attention to trying to reform the rest of us. Most of us have better batting averages than her.
Yes, The Deadliest Catch, cruising full speed toward The Bridge to Nowhere. Ya gotta love it.
Homeless passing of deceptive flyers with Michael Steele as a Democrat.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/001960.php
unable to provide good shared parenting but can potentially govern/manage the country. say what you want i realize people will always have children early in life but today....at 17 not married irresponsible period.
God are these people dumb. Forget that. They give dumb a bad name.
Floridiot @ 82:
Ditto
I ran into Karl Rove once in an airport, and it turned out he was actually on my plane. My dad said it was the one time he's ever hoped for Karl Rove's plane NOT to crash.
Every republican who is not rich is currently suffering from stockholm syndrome. This includes Steele.
President PNACcio @ 65:
say what???
when eagleton had to step down from the mcgovern campaign, because mcgovern did not use the vetting process, it was another nail in the coffin
never mind that treatment for depression should not be a big deal....america saw it as such
if palin cannot stand up to the scrutiny of bloggers (you know, us guys who sit in basements and eat chitos) then how can she be vp...and how could mccain choose her
especially since he has watched her for years?
did you see kaine on the daily show? he said that the dem team asked him about a hs girlfriend
maybe mccain doesnt want to win
but why would he also want to bring down a rising star of the repug party?
Sorry, but not a fan of harassing famous people just for the fun of it. The dude's minding his own business...
Just give you a camera crew, and you can be like that O'Reilley douchebag.
It's cute when WE do it, though, huh?
False Dmitriy @ 74:
Please no more puns concerning Bristol's boyfriend.
I ran into Michael Steele at Denver Airport
Did you call the paramedics
Or was it a hit-and-run?
Obama says back off the pregnancy crap and candidates families....
http://strategy08.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/obama-back-off/
constituent @ 86:
Politicians don't raise their own children. You think Hillary and Bubba raised Chelsea? Hahahaahahaha......right.....and I'm sure DeadEye Dick Cheney and his lovely (gag) wife raised their lesbian daughter....hahahahhaaha........oh, wait....betcha the Kennedy's raised their kids too!!!
Do you people forget you are talking about politicians? Oh wow, her teen daughter is pregnant. Welcome to reality. Happens every day across the world. THAT is NOT news and has nothing to do with how well she would govern. Good grief. There are untold millions of shitty parents that are quite financially successful, or run very successful companies. They don't raise their kids either. And hey, do you have any kids of your own? How you stop them from having sex? Lock them up? You can't lay a hand on them anymore, thanks to wonderful government interventions like the Children's Aid Society looking out for the children. Get a grip people.
Charles @ 4:
I couldn't agree more.
I live in close proximity to Canada. And my knowledge of Canadian beer and strip clubs is quite staggering.
Oh, yes---and I also have a passing familiarity with bacon.
Yes, that's right: Canadian bacon.
"barkin Says: cnn said they wanted to dispel the rumor that palin´s baby is actually her daughters baby, making palin the grandmother… so they were releasing the info that her 17 year old un-wed daughter is pregnant, but is planning to marry the father… i don´t really understand christians, but aren´t you supposed to get married first, before having sex? and palin is a staunch abstinence supporter… how´s that workin´out for ya there, miss runner up?"
One thing you will never hear about is how messed up people are in this wacky christian subculture. Practicing abstinence only, no one is on birth control or carrying condoms, so pregnancies skyrocket in the church. Many end in abortions, some completely under the radar of the parents who are too busy writing letters about abstinence only to newspapers to raise their children.
(Ditto with drugs, alcohol, running away, or any host of problems 'real' teenagers go through,... )
I remember my gay friends telling me the easiest place to go cruising was Princeton Seminary,... guaranteed tail, apparently!
I'm from Maryland. Steele is such a proud republican that when he ran for senate, his campaign signs were BLUE, they didn't even show his party affiliation, and he had a front organization advertising for him that he called "Democrats for Steele" He and Bob Ehrlich tried every dirty trick to steal the gubinatorial election, but got trounced.
He's a smart man, but he knows that the republican brand currently smells worse than a ripe outhouse on a hot day.
Hey John, did you tell him McCain was a POW?
You know, just in case he didn't know.
Palin has announced that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. How old is the father? Are they going to arrest this kid for statutory rape like they do with other kids?
Mary Kay Letourneau had two daughters when she went to jail for having sex with a 15 year old boy. Why should Palin's family situation be any different? If Palin can't be a responsible parent to a 17 year old, how can she be responsible in the White House?
Captain Bitter Whiner (about having one house) Hussein Kangaroo @ 13:
I thought I was the only one that cringed when I heard her awfull high pitched screechy voice!
"He then ran away…"
I've seen your photo :)
If anyone whines about the beating she might and should receive from Biden at the debates...
Please remind them that there is a very great possibility that she could end up sitting across the table from some of the worlds most INTIMIDATING gangsters (and I don't mean Cheney)!
Most of these men do NOT share in the western cultural idea of equality for women.
Putin will eat her alive,
If...
she ever has to take over for the ancient (Vietnam POW that has a history of seriuos health problems) McCain!
What a joke.
The VP should be able to take over for the President starting on day one...
and to think that this woman could handle the job in this very dangerous world is completely ridiculous.
Back to the Ghost Dance
You ran in to Michael Steele, eh? I would have backed up, and run in to him again.
......Constituent says: unable to provide good shared parenting but can potentially govern/manage the country. say what you want i realize people will always have children early in life but today….at 17 not married irresponsible period......
I agree. Also Palin's future son-in-law needs to go to jail. Mary Kay Letourneau went to jail for having sex with a 15 year old and he was the father of her two daughters. Their respective family's did not get to enjoy being new grand-parents. Why should Palin?
Great job, keep after these propagandists, the truth makes these people flee!
Way to go John Amato!!!
Any black man or black woman for that matter, who is a Republican is a self-loathing delusional asshole.
The powers that be in the GOP, behind closed doors, think of them as n*****s, have always thought of them as n*****s, and will always think of them as n*****s.
And that is the gospel truth.
I don't have a TV and got confused. Anyone else think he saw the bass player from the Bangles in the airport.
BTW Another woman equally if not more qualified to be VP.
;J
Uncle Joe Mccarthy Says: President PNACcio @ 65:
We need to quit wasting our energy on Sarah Palin right now. Here’s why.
Sarah Palin will step down from the ticket, possibly as soon as next week. Her job was to distract America’s short attention span from the Democratic convention. That’s all. This is a strategy of distraction by the GOP. Bernard Kerick for Homeland Security Director? Harriet Miers for Supreme Court Justice? Sarah Palin for Vice President of the United States? There are more. Seeing a pattern here?
Sarah Palin was not vetted because she was never intended to be the Vice Presidential candidate in the first place. Period.
say what???
when eagleton had to step down from the mcgovern campaign, because mcgovern did not use the vetting process, it was another nail in the coffin
The McGovern campaign was a DEMOCRATIC campaign. The Republicans have a different playbook. Notice that the Palin announcement came the first Monday after the Democratic National Convention. The goal was to take the spotlight off the Obama campaign, and it worked. In fact, the McCain camp is probably delerious over the fact that the move has exceeed their expectations. The media spotlight is back on McCain and Palin.
Carlin's Ghost @ 108:
Hahahahhaha! Is your name Gale Thompson? Because that's EXACTLY what she told me, coming home on the bus after a long hard day of arsekissing at Nordstrom -- in 1980! when there was some statistical evidence of blacks being willing to vote for Ronnie Raygun.
Something that stands out to me as if she said it yesterday.
Moldable puppet figures fit perfectly into the system. They can lipsync with the best of them. The Military Inc. War Machine can and has used these non-thinking cyborg politicians for their sheer benefit. The same way they use the non-thinking public and GWB.
Remember the Cuban missle crisis? They pushed and pushed and pushed JFK really hard. They wanted to "Bomb, bomb, bomb...Cuba" into the next millinium. GWB, or McSame would have folded up like a cheap suit in a carry on bag. Sarah Palin would run around asking anyone, and everyone in the room, "what am I supposed to do?" "Thirteen Days", watch it.
The people don't want wars and death. Their just trying to live and stay alive in the meager existence they had. With basics like drinking water and food. The machine does everything it can to perpetuate it, including secret black ops.
The people don't benefit from wars and death. They loose their rights. Even the basic right to live and breath. The machine gets even more mega-powerful.
The people don't get rich from wars and death. The machines mega-budgets, mega-sales to waring nations, and mega-profits from those sales are kept a secret. How much money, all together, has simply dissappeared in their care? Unaccounted for, and never investigated. They even tell us public about it. But they know, we can't do a gd thing about it. So tell it to the hand!
What are the latest profits of the Carlyle Group? Anybody?
They all run from having to answer to us, and hide in their own little private circles, underground bunkers and private security forces. They must answer to us or else, it is not, in any shape or form, a democracy. Screw their "propaganda" media lies!
I thot u meant the bass player for the Bangles. This one is a tool.
Widdle baby Pukes couldn't stand the heat so they pin the baby rumor on the Obama campaign so Barack has to come out and say something about it...They are a disgusting bunch of thumb suckers aren't they.
It's just incredible the way he just lied through his teeth! This guy should be banned from public office because he's a blatant liar!
Charles @ 6:
AND UNINFORMED
Cowards and liars always run away. The whole republican party is always running away!
The faux journalists on Fox also think there's something "going on." Maybe Palin was just a red herring, but even without nature cancelling the convention, what in the world does that get McSame? No matter how they try to spin it, he still looks like a screw-up.
Jay Severin Has A Small Penis @ 25:
How'd she come by a name like Briston anyway? Is that where Palin and Todd were, or was Harvey's Bristol Creme what they were drunk on the night that kid was conceived?
I live in a state CT, near the RI border. I know
plenty about RI. They have great restaurants in
Providence, wonderful pizza in Westerly, & Atlantic
beach is nice, while Newport has lots of mansions.
Well that's it but I'm 75 years old & a RI neighbor
for all those years, except when I was sent to Korea
& learned plenty about that country. :-) To be continued
Everybody does know Sarah Palin, she's the VP Candidate who hired a Alaska State Trooper to get her 17 year old daughter pregnant.
hey if they can't make up stories, we can make up stories!
we should send around some e-mails saying this kind of crap! I know I know, we never want to become the Republican party, but as long as Americans are this uninformed we should do what we can, no?
This one's got legs, and they've been thrown wide open for the scrutiny of an aghast American public. Once again Republican morality is bared for all to see, and it doesn't look or smell good. Never mind the furtive, fumbling affairs of Sarah Palin's daughter; what concerns me is what ugly fruit will be born of the unholy union of John McCain's lobbyist cabal and the Nixonian abuses of power that Sarah Palin appears to indulge.
Sarah Palin, are you experienced? Oh yeah, she's a real pro. Sarah-cuda, I'd call her.
And this is why John Amato is my hero, plain and simple.
Then I backed up and ran into him again.
I miss him some times.
Did anybody throw Oreos at him after he ran away from you?
gempei @ 42:
Notice McCrazy when he walks, because his gait makes him look like his feet are killing him!
gremlin @ 5:
I'm from B-more as well and Steele is a POS. A well polished POS, but still a right wing tool.
I gave money to Cardin to defeat him in Congress. As a black male in Baltimore, I'm proud of Cardin and I'm sure we haven't heard the last of Steele.
gempei @ 42:
For a second there I thought you were advocating caning the 17 year old piece of tail.
Wow this fucking GOP butt kissing tool just helped me feel like Maryland sucks just that much more. He should not be allowed to think good damn the things that come out of his mouth...
Am I alone in thinking that interrogating people you run into an airport (no matter who they are) about politics is kind of an a&%hole thing to do? This reminds of the sort of ambush that a Bill Orally would do. I agree that Michael Steele seems to stand for monsterous things......but we cannot allow ourselves to behave like monsters in combating them. You won't win over anybody by what Amato just did. Anybody watching who didn't know who Michael Steele was would have thought John was an a%$hole, and may be more inclined to believe the phrase "Loony Left".
Anyone throw any Oreos at him?
;-)
...and no, that NEVER happend (except in his fevered mind).
I was all excited.
I thought this was about the bassist from the Bangles.
Michael Steele just made himself look like the ass he is on Bill Maher tonight. He is a loud-mouthed typical Repug, all hot air, no substance....
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