Liebermans glowing endorsement of Palin: "Let's assume the best" for McCain's health
By SilentPatriot Tuesday Sep 02, 2008 9:00am
Wow. A rare moment of candor from Joe Lieberman. When asked by Andrea Mitchell whether or not Sarah Palin is qualified to be President should something happen to John McCain, Lieberman offers perhaps the least convincing "endorsement" imaginable.
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Mitchell: Do you feel Sarah Palin is qualified to be commander-in-chief if, God forbid, something should happen to John McCain?
Lieberman: Well, you know....let’s assume the best. John’s in great shape, he’s gonna be the president and let’s assume that nothing bad will happen. Why should we? But if it does…yes, she’ll be ready.
Let's assume McCain's health hold up, because if not, we're pretty much screwed when a person who admits they haven't really focused on the Iraq War (or virtually any other national issue) takes over.
This really goes to the heart of Palin's lack of qualifications to be Vice President. Putting aside her short and mediocre career as "hockey mom" and mayor of a town of 6,000 in Alaska, Palin has no documented opinions on any substantive matter. That alone should disqualify her. Couple that with her completely fabricated selling points -- like how she's a reformer who was against the bridge to nowhere, when in reality she's a former board member of indicted Sen. Ted Stevens' corporate 527 who was for the bridge before she was against it -- and her nomination ought to be laughed out of the national discourse. The funniest part of it all is that the GOP truly sees her as the future of the party. As a Democrat, I welcome that kind of future.
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Palin damned with faint praise by Lieberman.
Alice X - (Chomsky Nader) - status quObama - change you can pretend in - @ 1:
With friends like these, who needs Reptiles?
Yeah...now that's an endorsement that just don't ring true.
That's like being in a small room with a rattle snake and saying, Well let's assume it won't bite us. Not very reassuring.
I'm so glad to see people are running with this. I stay up all night to get the clip from the MSNBC replay and put it online, but it's so devastating to any claim of McCain's seriousness at a candidate that it needs to be seen everywhere.
Lieberman acts as if "let's assume the best ... let's assume that nothing bad will happen" is a remotely reasonable thing to say about a vice-presidential pick. Even putting aside McCain's age and health, the entire reason for vice presidents is the fact that bad things can and do happen.
http://gerrycanavan.blogspot.com/2008/09/lieberman-on-msnbc.html
Well that's reassuring! Let's hope? Lieberman, you are a troll.
When I was in the military they yelled at us ASSUME means you make an ASS of U and ME!
Of course I heard that in the Boy Scouts too. But our troop leader was an ex-Marine drill-sergeant, who thought we were the auxillery marines.
Hey - don't forget that Palin is briefed daily on National Security matters as CINC of US Northern Territory Defense, and that she is responsible for arming and outfitting the Alaskan National Guard. She's also pretty handy with an assault rifle, so she can go right to the front lines and lead by example. Moose all over Alaska will tell you that she is a formidable adversary.
Wait a minute - if Palin has more executive experience than Biden, she also has more than McCain.
Dump McCain, Palin for President!
September 10, 2001: "Let's assume nothing bad will happen."
Someone should make an ad showing Thompson saying that being a POW doesn't qualify you to be president along with this Lieberman quote. Seems those two could pretty much sink the McCain campaign creds.
Lieberman = putz.
OMG, K-Lo is on Morning Joe. Why? What cred does she have? What a shit.
c. atrox @ 11:
Once a Loserman, always a Loserman.
ok...let us assume the best...OBAMA '08
You guys should listen to the right-wing wackos on C-Span. The higher Obama goes in the polls, the more hysterical they get. I would be funny if it weren't so important.
Palin's choice shows lazyness, contempt, or both.
Mitchell should have asked Lieberman the question "Is she more ready than you"?
listening to women commentin on Palin, especially mother women, this selection is insulting to many of those they hoped to grab, even single moms.
Earlier in her career when asked, she had no opinion on Iraq. Said she hadn't thought much about it. Not a forward looking admission for Krustys' soulmate.
This whole Palin thing is starting to reek of a little smoke and mirrors. If we can saturate the media with enough Palin conversation we can turn the spotlight off of McCain's gaffes and flip flops. Knowing that we can talk about tire inflation for two weeks, a little baby momma drama and trooper firings should surely fill two months of campaign scrutiny. I'm very confused and suspicious of this recent decision by the GOP. On the surface, it really seems so absurd that it raises a suspicious eye.
she's not going away... and the pugs LOVE her... and since when have they let logic and facts get in the way of their idealism... not only that, she seems to be everything that the pugs hated about hillary, but IOKIYAR...
kdaDDY @ 17:
well, you need a journalistfor that, not a repub.
What he really meant to say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJTJbqKuDDM
The more I read about Palin the more I believe that the republican party is going to say "it was all a joke". She is not the nominee. Joe is the nominee for VP!
Let's assume Lieberman's mental health has major problems!
Well Joe, I take comfort in the fact that when you die, there will be no one to replace you.
The worst part of this is that McCains medical records never have been released to the public. A few handpicked journalists in a room with no way to copy material is simply not good enough. I think the message should be that we simply dont know mcCains medical status. Since he chose that way he did for their release, he simply must have something to hide.
Yellow dog @ 24:
ultvio @ 22:
Compared to that asshole speaking, she will be ready.
Dateline Feb. 2, 2009 - President McCain woke up this morning.
Quite the endorsement. Lieberman should be up there. then we could boot him out of the party with even more enthusiasm.
Joe Lieberman's face looks like it's collapsing.
The man needs to cut back on all that GOP ass sucking.
I think Joe Lieberman just didn't want to consider the death of his good friend. I doubt he even had Sarah Palin on his mind when he answered the question, so I really don't consider this to be a "rare moment of candor."
Joe "nomentum" "let’s assume that nothing bad will happen. Why should we? "
yes Joe, why should we assume nothing will happen? when your candidates motto is "country first" why the F--- should we be asked to assume anything? if you and flyboy Johnny want to gamble, take his wife's jet and money to Vegas. what happens there stays there and our country will not have to be the suffering of your "maverick" risktaking desperation.
Yes, Sara Palin is the future of the GOP. She is also the past. When Richard Nixon nominated two mediocrities to the federal bench, congress refused approval. I still remember GOP talking heads saying "mediocrities should have a place in government, too". The past 8 years proves that this is still their philosophy. It has been the revenge of Carswell and Haynesworth (the blocked appointees).
Go to the booths in Nov.
Push or punch your selections.
Hope for the best.
Any other suggestions?
Greup @ 27:
The physical aspect is cause for concern, but so is the mental aspect. Can we afford to have another president with dementia or some other problem with memory or judgement?
8 Reasons Sarah Palin is More Qualified than Barack Obama
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-grahamesmith/8-reasons-sarah-palin-is...
John Amato or a C&L staff member wrote :The funniest part of it all is that the GOP truly sees her as the future of the party. As a Democrat, I welcome that kind of future.
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Ya, right ! Why are you so happy?? You assuming that the GOPis going to fail. I see no concrete evidence of that. Karl Rove and the repugs KNOW WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THAT 40% + of the U.S, population has almost zero intellegence. The way the USA is going -- I think Sarah Palin's daughter will be in charge of the billions of dollars of funds for rebuilding Iran in 2010. There might be huge Saddam Hussein -size-statues of Sarah Palin in every U.S. major city within 10 years. Why you so over-confident C&L site maker \staff?
Palin is a sacrificial lamb...McCain is the sacrificial old goat.
This election is OVER. The GOP is a joke. Their candidates are a JOKE. Their President is a pathetic joke. Their ideology is a joke.
singwood @ 35:
No, their philosophy has changed. Now it's "competence has NO place in government". And if you say otherwise, you're an 'elitist'.
Here's a newsflash to the GOP trolls.
The election is OVER. Stay home. Don't waste your time. Better yet. Go to the polls and vote and see just how much hatred there is out in the country for you.
cometczar @ 20:
Jesus, get it right, will ya? Palin did not fire a trooper! After she became governor she fired the man who would not fire the trooper! The trooper was dealt with, given 10 days of leave (reduced to 5) but she had a vendetta against the trooper, her ex brother-in-law, and took it out on the person who would not fire him.
This is abuse of power. Haven't we had enough of that yet?
L.A. Confidential @ 36:
Forget the Hybrid BMW, Condo, Blackberry, and Plasma TV and learn to Field Dress a Moose?
Go Sarah! Go Sarah! Go Sarah! What are you all so scared of? If she (and he) are so bad, no problem for you. They will lose. Right? Keep up the attacks. They can only help.
Fox is reporting that there are a group of Democrats who are trying to push or force Palin off the ticket.
I would suggest it might well be instead, a group of Republicans. They are in more danger with her on the ticket than the Democrats are.
McCain's campaign is saying that they will no longer answer questions about how she was vetted. They are saying it's a false media created deal and they will no longer participate with answers.
I keep thinking about all the reasons Republicans gave for why Hillary was the most qualified to be Obama's VP, then try to reconcile that with all the excuses they're giving for why Palin is supposedly so qualified to be VP.
Poor Joe must be thinking ...
"I agree to be sodomized by you Repugs and THIS is how you pay me back, by picking HER ?"
pissed off patricia @ 46:
Ever need more proof Hannity is clueless?
We Democrats LOVE the Palin pick! Go Sarah!
Slightly off here, but still connected - what is going down with the MSM? I had CNN on this morning at about 10 and watched Soledad O'Brien tear a new one on a conservative blogger lady. The blogger was giving Soledad the same old repub lines concerning Palin's experience and I thought for a minute Soledad was gonna lose it on her. She insisted the points blogger lady had were not an answer to her question about experience (and they weren't) and actually went as far as to say she was "tired" of hearing the same thing from McCain supporters.
Is this the Campbell effect? Or is something in the water?
Lin Huhn @ 45:
Go fuck yourself.
L.A. Confidential @ 44:
I can field dress a mousse. Especially a chocolate mousse.
L.A. Confidential @ 44:
And how to shoot wolves from helicopters!
Very useful skill here in Florida, to be sure.
Major news announcements for the coming year.
Democratic landslide.
McCain announces retirement from Senate and politics.
Palin resigns governorship.
Moderate Republicans form new organization within the GOP to chart more populist path for the Party.
Universal healthcare legislation drafted by Democratic Congress. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy named honorary chairman of committee.
Final Timetable for removal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq presented and approved by Congress and signed by President Obama.
FEMA reorganized
FCC reorganized
FDA reorganized
EPA reorganized
Congress forms special committee to address global warming.
President Obama signs Kyoto agreement.
President Obama reorganizes Justice Department.
President Obama agrees to meeting with President Medeyev of Russia in Brussels to discuss Georgian situation.
Laura Bush announces divorce from George W. Bush
Bristol Palin Johnston's baby is born
Lin Huhn @ 45:
I am curious as to how the fact that this woman has become a laughing stock based on her background, history, and experience is somehow the result of people being afraid of her. This seems to be the general theme of most of the trolls, yet they have absolutely nothing else to say.
I really don't know why they even bother.
Lin Huhn @ 45:
Scared? Of Sarah and McCain? Rolling on the ceiling laughing my brain off.
You rednecks - pro teen pregnancy types need to learn Lib Speak. Then maybe you'll win an Election.
pissed@46, Damn right. Faux News would love for the sheeple to believe the evil Democrats are sinking Palin. But I'm sure behind the facade of the Convention, the Repugs are sharpening their knives. I don't think they realized what a liability she has become. Even CNN is questioning his chioce. Must be startling for McCain not to have MSM(Except Faux News) in his pocket anymore.
Acting Patriotic @ 23:
This should be replayed on some right-wing blogs.
McCain's actions over the past 2 years, his pick of Palin, Lieberman's comments (on this video and last night), Gingrich's "stout" defense of Palin's very thin resume,
all of this just points up the fact that NONE of these people, have any interest in Serving the People - they are just self-serving, arrogant, greedy fools ----
--- who also appear to have severe memory problems.
The Party of false assumptions continues its tradition.
liberalNmoderation @ 53:
Yeah, here in Florida she could shoot dolphins from a helicopter. A bit more of a sport than shooting exhausted wolves.
John’s in great shape, he’s gonna be the president and let’s assume that nothing bad will happen.
Uh-huh. His FATHER died at age 70!
Alexdem @ 41:
Thank you. You have opened my eyes. I had forgotten Grover Norquist is their leading intellectual.
While I usually have little interest in why party leaders, strategists or talking heads have to say, I have noticed that even they can't keep a straight face when discussing Palin. Most are laughing when they try to make their arguments about her qualifications and their tone seems to suggest that they are jus repeating what they are supposed to repeat.
While highly amusing, it is amazing that they have been reduced to having little to say and not really buying it themselves.
palin is a f#cking bitch, disagree with her and you lose your job...
like the librarian who would not remove books from the library
that palin thought inappropriate........fascist dictatorship..
first thing on palins agenda will be to remove the right
to free speech from the constitution and then try to block
your right to read books......
P.D. @ 57:
The MSM gets paid to entertain us while politicians and big business rips us off.
As far as Pugs sharpening their knives knowing how conditioned to screwing up they are they are probably sharpening the wrong side of a blade.
I could write this on several of your posts today but will just do it once. GOP = Grand Old Prevaricators.
Greup @ 27:
Yeah , the medical records don't support McCrazy's allegations that his shoulder injuries are a direct result of being tortured by the North Vietnamese!McCrazy injured his shoulders when he ejected his disabled aircraft and why did "Crash" get hurt?"Crash" got injured because he wasn't paying attention while his navy flight instructor was lecturing the class on the proper procedure for ejecting a disabled air craft! For all we know McCrazy was probably day dreaming about getting drunk and chasing women!
ultvio @ 16:
And desperation.
dadams @ 64:
Very thought-provoking and intellectual post. Name-calling followed by speculation on what she might do. I commend you on your high-brow approach.
I think the McCain campaign thought they had themselves a good little gimmick in picking her. Trouble is, Palin only looks worse under scrutiny. And who the hell knows what else we're going to find out about her.
My God, I can't WAIT for the V.P. debates!!!
If the Repubs had been smart, they'd have picked somebody like Hagel. That would have fucked us big time. But, instead they gave us the present that just keeps on giving... Gov. Palin.
LIEberman is such a putz. I wouldn't be surprised if he backstabs Palin to get the VP slot.
pissed off patricia @ 46:
Fox is reporting that democrats are going to try to force her off the ticket because a group of democrats have said so! Take them at their word. Republicans are fighters, remember? We are bellicose, and we don't care how we are perceived at home or abroad, and we are always unilateral in our decision making. Isn't that what you all say? We have few friends in the media, so we have to wait for liberals to make a mistake. Thank You! Keep it up.
John F A @ 9:
Yeah, that sounds kinda ominous, doesn't it? Like they're planning something Rovian, perhaps... I don't believe, let alone trust, a single word that falls from LIEberman's mouth...
Lieberman is a joke BUT all Harry Reid can say (through a spokesman) is he disappointed??? Disappointed??? Give me a break, oOUTRAGED should be the correct word. No wonder Fred Thompson pointed out that this Congress has the lowest approval rating EVER!
"Let's assume the best"????????
Not. Good. Enough.
Lin Huhn @ 72:
Oh, even better. Now we have an internet mind-reader who knows what everyone here thinks. The entire argument is based on generalizations to play the victim.
You really do just have to laugh.
I am just SO looking forward to Bristol Palin's wedding to that scumbag hockey player. The evangelicals and anti-abortionsists and Born Again Christains and Pentocostals and pro-hunting people will fall so in love with Sarah , Bristol , the Downs syndrome baby, the other three kids, the scumbag hockey boyfriend/ fiance/ shotgun wedding husband. I guess this wedding should take place 6 weeks from now. That will certainly help McCain become the next president of the US. Karl Rove - I love you !! You are a genius ! Hip hip hooray for McAnus!! This is so exciting ! I think that the Iraq war will be looked back on as being boring compared to the upcoming Iran War. It's all so exciting. Who cares about the issues, or the intellegence of the candidates?? Sarah ,like wonderful Dick Cheney , love the beautiful sport of hunting. Sarah is anti -abortion. THANK GOD HER UNMARRIED TEENAGE DAUGHTER GOT PREGNANT. That proves that she has a nice Christian family values based home. She will be the next VP. I can't wait. Only two wars ; Afganistan and Iraq ....it's getting boring. I'm sure that McCain and Sarah Palin will start many wars. Thank God for Chrisianity.
Liberal AND Proud @ 42:
I disagree. True GOPers have a "real" candidate in BOB BARR!
Rethugs: Vote Barr in '08. Vote often...
You know Liebermann very much reminds me of a weasel I knew in high school who moved from clique to clique, always looking to be part of some crowd but never being accepted or trusted by anyone. Always telling tales and badmouthing last week's friends. It's lonely at the bottom too.
I heard on the Diane Rehm show this am that the insurance industry's actuarial tables only give a 70 yr old a ONE IN THREE chance of making it to 80.
F'ing yikes!
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain's vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday.
(I have a feeling that the Republican party is so morally bankrupt that it might actually explode in factional war after this election, and maybe even blow up altogether.)
Look at the caption: "What is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention?". When will this framing end!!?!
To win Obama just needs to repeat these words from John McCain’s book in regards to making “fast, instinctive and sometimes risky decisions”:
Is that the kind of philosophy we want leading our country? Do we want to live with his mistakes?
pissed off patricia @ 60:
The "party of life" likes to shoot and kill moose and wolves (palin), squirrels (huckabee), and old men ( cheney ). Why, even the President entered a unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq to do more killing...
What compassionate people these Republicans are.
aquarius2 @ 74:
Harry Reid only gets outraged if his toast is burned.
Peter G @ 79:
Good observation.
JUDAS
Lin Huhn @ 72:
I think you've wandered into the wrong playground, so why don't you head on home now.
Hey, Mittens is waiting in the wings in case of a catastrophic failure (which he'll be a part of as well, but he doesn't know it yet!) .
How it will go down. Palin steps down, McCain fails over biggest flipflop in the universe and all dimensions defined in string theory, then Mormonius Flippton Flopmney steps in and fails then the universe implodes on the republican wing.
pissed off patricia @ 46:
How could that even work? How in the world would DEMOCRATS have anything to do with a Republican VP pick? effin' nuts. Fox noise must be going crazy trying to justify this selection.
ultvio @ 14:
How about the worst?
Palin/Jindal '12
This is why it's our civic duty to do everything we can to elect Obama.
"The funniest part of it all is that the GOP truly sees her as the future of the party."
I have to say I hope she is not the future of the GOP. Or if so, that some other party comes along to take its place. I might not agree with anything the GOP stands for, but we need at least two functional, rational parties in this country. Democrats are just as capable of corruption and detachment from the people they govern as any other politician. And, as Bush has so excellently taught us, ideas that are not tested by debate are often some pretty damned stupid ideas. So, if for no other reason than to keep them in check, and to inject alternatives into the marketplace of ideas, we're better off with at least two parties. And, since the GOP does occasionally win an election or two, it'd be nice if its future included candidates who could actually govern competently and who are not batshit insane.
Don Rumsfeld hater @ 39:
Are you still stiffin' glue?
I get it now. Their base is "the stupid". Well, they've shorn that up for sure.
Scy @ 94:
How else would you explain their education "policy"?
L.A. Confidential @ 56:
Can you use reason, or must all your attacks be personal? Lib speak? Hmmmmm. Must be that whole second language thing. Darn. I took Spanish. By the way, in case history is not your strong suit, Republicans have won the last two presidential elections. Please don't insult me with the theft charge. Keep up this line of attack, please! Calling people of any strip, party, sex, color or soda preference red necks may just make them very proud!
LibertyLover @ 84:
Total cognitive dissonance syndrome.
Lin Huhn @ 96:
Apparently, neither history nor spelling are your strong suits.
I am hoping Palin stays in. Joe is hoping she doesn't. I think the Dems will be better off if she stays in this thing.
StirFry @ 89:
Ah, remember the good ol' days when we thought McMormon was an empty suit? Not that I care for him at all, but I'd feel (somewhat) more comfortable with him being "a heartbeat away" from the presidency than Palin.
Sure we could assume his health was good... if he was a 45 year old who hadn't had bouts of cancer.
But the man is 72 and might be in good health now, but one bout of pneumonia could put him in a box. Then we'd have Miss Congeniality as the President of the United States. A woman with no more qualifications than anyone at this blog or at the local McDonalds counter. Merely being in possession of one set of sex organs over another does not make you qualified to lead a nation. Any nation.
Sorry LIEBerman, but that's what any thinking person is going to see. The only people who don't care are the extreme right wing nutjobs who already don't like McSame because he's not right wing nutilicious enough and who would LOVE to see extreme right wing nutjob Palin take his place.
pissed off patricia @ 60:
Nah, Rethugs are too lazy. They'd opt for shooting manatees.
Don Rumsfeld hater @ 39:
I have to agree with you. I think the problem stems from the fact that even as progressives accuse the Republicans of being out of touch with mainstream America, so are they out of touch, but in a different way: they ass/u/me that because they understand the problems faced by mainstream America, that mainstream America understands those problems in exactly the same way, and understands what appropriate solutions to those problems might be. But not everyone in mainstream America sees things the same way, nor do they agree on appropriate solutions. Most Americans just want things to be better-- now. And they are likely to vote based on whether a candidate makes them feel good rather than whether or not the candidate has good ideas or will do things that actually benefit the voter.
Bush was elected because voters felt they could identify with him, and thought he was the kind of guy they could have a beer with. He was re-elected because he convinced them that he was working in their best interests, and trying to keep them safe. The fact that his actions actually benefited the rich, and made the world less safe didn't matter--they related to Bush. Even if you believe both elections were stolen, they weren't stolen by much-- half of American voters supported Bush.
I think that same dynamic may be behind the selection of Palin for VP. I think that an awful lot of American voters are going to relate to her for many contradictory reasons: She's a working Mom who got into politics because she believed she could do better than those in office, she's patriotic, she's religious, but she's also human with flaws, just like everyone else. She's inexperienced, but she believes in herself. Mainstream America can relate to that, just as they related to Bush. The Repubs through channels like Limbaugh have already started calling Obama a messiah-- someone beyond human who should be worshipped. I think mainstream America might just be more interested in having a beer and a mooseburger with their leaders. It makes them feel safe, not humbled. That's why I'm not convinced that McCain made a fatal mistake with his choice of Palin.
Gretchen the aspiring elitist @ 88:
Free speech not allowed here? How surprising. Liberals have a habit of trying to drown out the rest of us. I do think liberals need a little bit of a challenge now and then or y'all will become a bit isolated at your blogs and cocktail parties. Hearing other points of view can be educational, and though it might not change your mind, it may help you understand the other HALF of the country. "Know thine enemy" and all that. Why do you think we cruise by "your" playground? Try it yourself. Fun.
L.A. Confidential @ 81:
Oh please, oh please!!! I can hardly wait for this explosion (implosion??)!
Lin Huhn @ 104:
I knew it was only a matter of time until the Freedom of Speech claim was used when the troll wasn't getting the required level of attention.
liberalNmoderation @ 98:
It is a joke in my family that I cannot spell well at all. In fact I spell badly. Just for you I will use spell check from now on. But then that was another personal attack, wasn't it? History, I do know something about.
Lin Huhn @ 96:
OOOooh look at me . I'm a victim! Don't make fun of Palin !! You liberals are big brutes!
It's the end of that era, Huhny. McCain has pissed off the liberal media and we're taking over. Get ready for economic growth and a balanced federal budget (just like the Clinton years! ) . And we'll make the states and local government bring back PE into public schools again to put your fat kids back into shape. It's time to tighten up that belt and quit playing Guitar Hero. Get with the program Huhny:
Obama/Biden 08
No way. No how. No artic trash.
Lin Huhn @ 107:
In typical fashion, he/she/it has now become the topic of discussion.
fastfeat @ 100:
I hate to say it, but Romney makes me feel better. But I'm hooked on this Palin gossip...I got Jerry Springer syndrome.
aquarius2 @ 74:
Let us not forget that McCain, Obama, Biden, and Clintonare members of this Congress.
The GOP is probably equal parts frightened and excited, their party is widely unpopular; and their candidates is always involved in some sort of controversy; and they no longer control the house and the senate. However, should they "win" the election, they have an ailing elderly candidate with a VP who has little experience and is almost radical in some of her beliefs. Should McCain die in office we will have a president who will be in over her head. Lord knows she would rely heavily on advisers(lobbyists) to run the country instead. Our democracy may be hijacked by a few simple words, "let me handle it madam president".
ashton @ 106:
Looks like I'm getting lots of attention. Love you too. I'm a troll? More of that lib speak? Sounds like a personal attack. You are all saying the same silly things and congratulating each other. How is that helpful?
Sam are I @ 103:
Do you forget the election fraud of both 2000 and 2004? Bu$h was NOT elected in either case... merely crooked enough with enough crooked support in "high" places to give him the presidency. Get real!
After viewing this video, I truly believe McCain owes it to the American people to have a complete psychological evaluation including a comprehensive test for Alzheimers. Especially now that we are faced with the possibility that he and "I'm not sure what it is exactly that the Vice President DOES!" Palin could win the election! (Diebold, ESS, Sequoia, Rednecks etc.).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWX5u69hmzY
Seriously. These two should NOT be allowed to have control of the U.S. economy, nuclear weapons or anything more dangerous than a deck of cards.
Lin Huhn @ 107
Please tell us more about your life and pretend real hard that we give a shit.
And please don't fart when you leave (declaring your exit). That's so passe' .
Lin Huhn @ 96:
Like the East German woman's swimming medals they have asterisk next to them owing to the strongly evidenced suspicion of cheating. And then there's the total incompetence, of course. I'm pretty sure the only votes the Republicans can count on are the religious nuts and masochists.
fastfeat @ 78:
I think you've been spending too much time at the bar. ; 0 )
pissed off patricia @ 60:
And alligators!
Lin Huhn @ 113:
You trolls have no idea how stupid you all sound do ya?
Lin Huhn @ 72:
And just HOW will Democrats force the R's to dump Palin? Get a brain.
Sam are I @ 111:
Funny...I could have sworn they were all senators...
Grey Seal @ 112:
This is why we should be very afraid, and not ass/u/me that Obama has already won.
Dr Acula @ 119:
And don't forget the dreaded killer manatees. And the vicious loggerhead turtles.
Macho Lieberman Douchebag supports McSame's health - hah! Now that's a good one. Just take a look at Lieberman and you can see why dementia in this age group is of concern.
It's reckless and capricious for every american to NOT assume that, particularly in McCain's health situation, Palin will not be called on to be commander in chief. It's unconscionable in this case, above all cases in history, to assume that this will not be the case.
Having said that, it's also a medical statistical "probability" that McCain's Stage 2A/3 Invasive Melanoma will advance (there is no known total cure for this horrible cancer). It's not a question of "will it recur"/ the question is "when will it recur". Now, statistically, McCain is at the far end of the medical prognostication for Stage 2A (which his gaggle of sycophantic docs profess and which other medical experts dispute but his docs won't discuss it with any other doctors - now why is that??). For Stage 2A Invasive Melanoma, the longevity stats are 65%/10 years. This diagnosis was made in 2000 with the removal of half of McCain's face.
Fast forward to 2008/09 when McCain is on the down side of that statistic (incidentally, the stats get far less generous if, in fact, he has Stage 3 and not 2A which is definitely in debate with medical experts today). That stat is 50%/5 years. If his cancer has progressed to the next stage, we're screwed.
In fact, imagine you and your family pretending that all is well and you hear on the evening news that McCain has visited his oncologist or dermatologist to have a "suspicious mole" biopsied. Gulp, gulp.....sitting on edge and on pins and needles hoping against hope that this ignorant token female doesn't have to have a crash course on Russian history.....or the Cliff Notes on the rise of Kim Jung Il.....or the history of Iran. Good grief...it may be time to think about building bomb shelters if McCain wins. I'm totally serious about this.
God forbid, as Lieberman so aptly put it, John McCain's health takes a turn for the worse and chemotherapy cocktails and radiation are necessary which typically sidelines people for weeks, months, and forever sometimes. Is this Republican female 'political stunt' going to be able to run this country?
Hell, I just read that she had a car wash business and she failed to file the proper paperwork and pay the required money and it had to be dissolved. Is this someone you'd want to manage your business? Is this someone you'd want to have her finger on the trigger of Armeggadon??????
This should be a 'no brainer' to anyone who cares about national security, folks. Governor Palin IS, in and of herself, our next 'NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE'.
StirFry @ 108:
If the McCain ticket wins, this will be the first ticket in history to win via hot gossip. What better way to a bitter’s heart then through People magazine and the Enquirer. Rick Davis is truly an evil fuck.
liberalNmoderation @ 122:
Umm . . . Congress is made up of the House and the Senate.
Liberal AND Proud @ 118:
We haven't heard from the Ron Paul supporters yet whom McCain tried to browbeat into saying they are not for the war in Iraq and have barred him from the convention. I suspect that Ron Paul and Bob Barr will take significant Repub votes away from this zany duo of McInsane and Paltry.
now.....now for the war.....typo - mea culpa!
Sam are I @ 128:
Is there any chance that you are related to Sarah Palin? Good grief....what is this US Goverment 101 for cripe's sakes?
Dr Acula @ 121:
I didn't say they could, did I. Dems said they would try. They will not succeed.
If we have to educate ignorant trolls here what the composition of "congress" is, it's evidence of the level of ignorance which is rampant today. I can't believe the stupdity of this poster.
Lin Huhn @ 126:
We cannot entrust the safety and running of this country to two such people. Republicans do not even know Sarah Palin let alone the rest of the country. They just know they are suppose to root for her because she is on "their team."
He is too old and she is too unknown. This is too dangerous to be allow to happen.
Frankly, since Palin is toxic to McSame's ticket, I hope she is not dumped by the GOP. Sarah Palin is McCain's "greatest gift to Barack Obama". Just look at the polls. People aren't buying this total charade but let McSame move forward in his senile dementia. He's not only shown the people what lack of judgment he personally has (time and again) but has drawn in this pathetic "republican tool" named Sarah Palin. Before all is said and done, Palin's family will be teetering on collapse, she will need rehab herself, she will lose her position as Governor, and her political future will be nada. McCain's capriciousness and recklessness will now spew over into the destruction of the lives of Sarah Palin's family. He's destroyed his own family once and is now doing it to another family.
sophya @ 131:
LMAO....
Wow! Buncha friggin mental "giants" in here today, eh sophya?
Lin Huhn @ 132:
Stop watching Fox "News" and think for yourself. The claim that the Dems want the R's to force Palin off the ticket is ridiculous. I could say the same thing by claiming that you repubs wanted to force the Dems to put Hillary on our ticket.
StirFry @ 116:
Please tell us more about your life and pretend real hard that we give a shit.
And please don't fart when you leave (declaring your exit). That's so passe' .
I've learned so much more about YOU and that is what is important!
sophya @ 136:
McCain/Palin: There's no fool like an old fool; and there's no "tool" like a female tool. Says it all.
If elected, the WH would need to be converted to a hospice to accommodate the special needs of McCorpse.
Of course if Sara becomes the VP, the undisclosed location will need upgrading to a high school so she can learn some American & World History.
The GOP is so fractured right now that the joke of the cracks in the glass ceiling applies to their party. It's cracked, ruptured, and fragmented. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. They tried to hide behind the mantle of concern for the hurricane when we know that no Republican gave a shit's worth of concern for days while people drowned in New Orleans. Who do they think they're kidding? Not intelligent americans, that's certain.
The only question we need ask any republican is this: Since McCain will probably get sick while in office, do you trust the future of this entire country in the hands of a one year governor of a state the size of Austin, Texas? The answer should be obvious unless you're mentally ill.
Jamie Lee Curtis had a great piece on "relatability" not being interchangeable with "credentials". It's great. Check it out. Sure, women can relate to another woman but does that make that woman "capable"? Short answer: Never.
"I didn’t say they could, did I. Dems said they would try. They will not succeed."
I could try to use a butter knife to cut a diamond too, just doesn't make any sense. The only "Democrat" I know of who might have any influence in what the 'Thugs do is Lieberman and it would not surprise me at all if he was trying to do just that. The rest of us have no purchase from which to try to use any kind of lever on the 'Thug nomination.
sophya @ 142:
Jamie Lee's piece is on the sidebar over at Huffington Post. www.huffingtonpost.com
Lin Huhn @ 132:
You truly are living in a land of make believe aren't you?
All I know is Palin is easy on the eyes and probably does wonders for McCain's blood pressure. good pick!
olo @ 141:
ask yourself: Would you hire a woman with 5 kids and their attendant needs when one of them is a handicapped 5 month old still on her teet to run your office? Says it all.
Liberal AND Proud @ 118:
That's what my sponsor and probation officer say too...
Lin Huhn @ 139:
Now that we've gotten to know each other. Are you a lady? Are you hot? Do you look like a Palin? All this hot sexxy trash from the McCain campaign has got me all horned up.
Add another one in 4 months to that Palin gang since the marriage to Johnston is a total sham. The kid said on his myspace site that he "did not want children". He's being railroaded into this one and it will not work. What will the home of the Veep become - a boarding house for wayward children?
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