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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #105 on Oct 15, 2008, 11:19pm »

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #106 on Oct 24, 2008, 10:18pm »

And they wonder why generally peaceful and decent people are so turned off by them...

24 October 2008
Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=....=1&cat=breaking

Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of the Boy Scouts. All are plausible scenarios if Democrat Barack Obama is elected president, according to a new addition to the campaign conversation called "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America," produced by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family Action.

The imagined look into the future is part of an escalation in rhetoric from Christian right activists who are trying to paint Obama in the worst possible terms as the campaign heads into the final stretch and polls show the Democrat ahead.

Although hard-edge attacks are common late in campaigns, the tenor of the strikes against Obama illustrate just how worried conservative Christian activists are about what should happen to their causes and influence if Democrats seize control of both Congress and the White House.

"It looks like, walks like, talks like and smells like desperation to me," said the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell of Houston, an Obama supporter who backed President Bush in the past two elections. The Methodist pastor called the 2012 letter "false and ridiculous." He said it showed that some Christian conservative leaders fear that Obama's faith-based appeals to voters are working.

Like other political advocacy groups, Christian right groups often raise worries about an election's consequences to mobilize voters. In the early 1980s, for example, direct mail from the Moral Majority warned that Congress would turn a blind eye to "smut peddlers" dangling pornography to children.

"Everyone uses fear in the last part of a campaign, but evangelicals are especially theologically prone to those sorts of arguments," said Clyde Wilcox, a Georgetown University political scientist. "There's a long tradition of predicting doom and gloom."

But the tone this election year is sharper than usual and the volume has turned up as Nov. 4 nears.

Steve Strang, publisher of Charisma magazine, a Pentecostal publication, titled one of his recent weekly e-mails to readers, "Life As We Know It Will End If Obama is Elected."

Strang said gay rights and abortion rights would be strengthened in an Obama administration, taxes would rise and "people who hate Christianity will be emboldened to attack our freedoms."..... (continued - if you can stomach it.)

Interesting that Sarah Palin was interviewed this week by James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family.

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #107 on Oct 25, 2008, 8:57am »

Incomparable. He "thought his cell phone was on mute"...

25 October 2008
After Joe the Plumber, Joe the Hothead?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=....=1&cat=breaking

WASHINGTON (AP) - First there was Joe the Plumber. Is Joe the Hothead next?

Joe McCain said Friday he'll withdraw from campaign activities for his brother, GOP presidential nominee John McCain, after calling 911 to angrily complain about traffic. Joe McCain has apologized for making the call.

The candidate's younger brother, who lives in Alexandria, Va., told Washington radio station WTOP he was returning from a campaign event in Philadelphia around 2 a.m. on Oct. 18 when he got stuck in traffic on Interstate 495 at the Wilson Bridge. Police say the call was made about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 21.

Frustrated because of the traffic, Joe McCain called 911 to find out what was going on. The operator asked him to "state your emergency."

"Well, it's not an emergency, but do you know why on one side at the damn drawbridge of 95 traffic is stopped for 15 minutes and yet traffic's coming the other way?" Joe McCain said.

The operator asked him if he was calling 911 to complain about traffic. McCain then uttered an expletive and hung up the phone.

McCain told WTOP that he thought his cell phone was on mute.

After hanging up with 911, McCain said he called Alexandria police to ask them about the traffic on the bridge and got a similar reaction.

"I did not mean to swear at the officers themselves," McCain said. If he were in their situation, "it would have really frosted me too and I absolutely understand their reaction."

Joe McCain said: "I feel terrible about having hurt the campaign over this incident. I won't be doing any more campaigning because of that." He said he's going to write a note of apology to the 911 operator and to the Alexandria police and he hasn't spoken to his brother, the candidate, about the incident.

"He's not going to be happy about it, I'm sure," Joe McCain said.

McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said: "Joe McCain recognizes his mistake and has apologized. We are moving on."

One of John McCain's rallying cries in his campaign has been to highlight the concerns of Joe the Plumber, an Ohioan named Joe Wurzelbacher who has become the central thematic element in speeches by McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

They note that Joe the Plumber accused Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama of fostering tax plans that would keep him from buying the two-man company where he works.

McCain's brother has been in the news on other occasions recently.

Joe McCain, speaking at an event in early October in support of his brother, called two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia "communist country."

"I've lived here for at least 10 years and before that about every third duty I was in either Arlington or Alexandria, up in communist country," the younger McCain, a Navy veteran, said at an event in Loudoun County, Va. Joe McCain then apologized, but the remark reportedly drew laughter at the event.

About a week later, the candidate's brother sent an e-mail blasting the campaign's "counter-productive" strategy.

"Let John McCain be John McCain," Joe McCain wrote in the e-mail. "Make ads that show John not as crank and curmudgeon but as a great leader for his time."

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #108 on Nov 5, 2008, 4:23am »

McCain gives concession speech

Source: Brian Snyder, Reuters
Published: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 3:51 AEDT

US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain addresses the crowd, as Sarah Palin looks on, during his concession speech at an election night rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 4, 2008.

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« Reply #109 on Jan 20, 2009, 8:04pm »

McCain and Obama Camps Coordinated on Building Staff Rosters for Next Government

A senior Obama campaign official shared with The Washington Note that in July 2008, the McCain and Obama camps began to work secretly behind the scenes to assemble large rosters of potential personnel for the administration that only one of the candidates would lead.

Lists comprised of Democrats and Republicans were assembled, sorted into areas of policy expertise, so that the roster could be called on after the election by either the Obama or McCain transition teams.

This kind of out-of-sight coordination is rare between battling presidential camps and provides some indication that both Obama and McCain intended to draw expertise into their governments from both sides of the aisle -- or at least they wanted to appear interested in doing so if the information leaked out about the list development process...

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #110 on Jan 21, 2009, 5:47am »

This is an interesting take on bi-partisanship. Ultimately it appears that it didn't matter that much who won. I wonder who really is the 'Manchurian Candidate'?

BTW what ever happened to 'Moose Lady'?

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #111 on Jan 21, 2009, 11:15pm »

Jan 21, 2009, 5:47am, Big Bunny wrote:

BTW what ever happened to 'Moose Lady'?

Caribou Barbie? Still crying about how unfairly she was treated by the godless liberal media... still trying to (ahem) hog the spotlight by picking fights on the intertubes...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti....LrSBiQD95RQ1IG0

Bought herself a new Viper... started snorting oxy (what is it with repubs and this damn stuff?) and got behind on her bills so she shot a couple very artistic videos for Vivid. Fell into a unrecoverable depression shortly thereafter and washed her mouth out with buckshot. Yeah, I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but my track record speaks for itself. Patience, BB. Above all else... patience.

Good thing McCain isn't hand-picking these people to run the country, eh?

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #112 on Jan 22, 2009, 9:58am »

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #113 on Jan 23, 2009, 11:13pm »

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #114 on Jan 25, 2009, 7:37pm »

The artistry isn't exactly lost on me, BB.

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #115 on Jan 27, 2009, 8:58pm »

I see Moose Lady is BACK:

Palin revs up again ... with SarahPac

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Sarah Palin ... says Republicans are at the "threshold of an historic renaissance".
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January 28, 2009 - 10:11AM

Alaska governor Sarah Palin has launched a political action committee to help support candidates for federal and state office.

The committee, SarahPac, is dedicated to supporting "fresh ideas and candidates who share our vision for reform and innovation," according to its web site.

Palin catapulted to fame last year as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate and is widely believed to be eyeing a presidential bid in 2012.

Aides said SarahPac will help serve as a vehicle for her political activities.

According to the web site, SarahPac welcomes supporters of any political persuasion and will contribute to candidates of any party who share her ideas and goals.

But Palin makes special note of the Republican Party on the site, saying it is at "the threshold of an historic renaissance" that should focus on health care, education and government reform.

Aides said Palin will limit her political activity until the Alaska legislative session ends in April.

But she planned to travel to Washington on Saturday to attend the Alfalfa Club dinner, an elite gathering of the capital's political and media establishment.

Palin was also expected to address the Conservative Political Action Committee meeting in Washington in February.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/shes-ba....2818487888.html

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #116 on Feb 5, 2009, 11:03am »

Ashley Judd blasts Sarah Palin over stance on wolf killing

In a website video, the actor criticises Alaska's governor for promoting the aerial killing of wolves

Golden Globe-nominated actor Ashley Judd is taking aim at Alaska's governor Sarah Palin.

In a new web video, Judd criticises Palin for promoting the aerial killing of Alaska's wolves. Judd says in the video: "It is time to stop Sarah Palin and stop this senseless savagery."

The video is featured on the website EyeOnPalin.org, a campaign set up by the the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.

When the campaign launched, Judd said she was "outraged by Sarah Palin's promotion of this cruel, unscientific and senseless practice which has no place in modern America."

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #117 on May 29, 2010, 1:48pm »

Marine’s cheeky Sarah Palin tattoo the butt of jokes

May 27th, 2010 | Afghanistan Battle Rattle | Posted by Daniel Lamothe

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Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Lepping, an explosive ordnance disposal technician currently deployed to Afghanistan, says former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is "the hottest cougar in the Republican Party." (Left photo by the AP. Right photo by Thomas Brown//Staff)

MARJAH, Afghanistan – When I came to Afghanistan, I expected to find many strange and unusual sights.

A gunnery sergeant with a tattoo of Sarah Palin on his buttocks wasn’t one of them.

So it is, however. Within minutes of meeting Marines who patrol this former Taliban stronghold from the Yellow Schoolhouse, a rundown former Afghan school here, I was asked my opinion about Palin, a hero to many politically conservative Americans. Before I had a chance to answer, however, I was introduced to fun-loving Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Lepping’s left butt cheek.

Sure enough, there’s a realistic caricature of Palin there, perhaps four inches wide and five inches tall. She’s wearing her trademark glasses and smiling, her hair in a bun.

Lepping, a technician with 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., said he got the tattoo last June while on a routine assignment in Alaska. He and a few colleagues were sent there to clear ordnance from Air Force bombing ranges, and apparently had quite a bit of fun enjoying the nightlife after work each night.

“On the way back, I decided I wanted to get a tattoo that reminded me of Alaska, because we really had a good time,” said Lepping, currently attached to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines. “I decided, ‘What could be better than getting a tattoo of the hottest cougar in the Republican Party?’”

Originally from Louisville, Ky., Lepping goes by the nickname “Gus,” a shortened version of his middle name, Gustav. He estimates he has about 30 tattoos, including a full sleeve on his left arm that pays homage to his job in a colorful mural that includes a variety of bombs and EOD lettering.

He’s also known for his quirkiness: Most nights, for example, he takes his bedding outside and falls asleep on the front stoop of the quarters where his fellow Marines live. He also has a tattoo on right butt cheek of the Southern Cross, the constellation of stars on the Australian flag.

“I had a good time in Australia,” he offered with a shrug.

Lepping said he is a fan of Palin’s, and hopes to meet her someday.

“If it was going to be a funny tattoo, I figured it had to be in a funny place,” he said. “I’d say it’s pretty famous in the southern California area.”

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #118 on Sept 5, 2010, 8:48pm »

Sarah Palin exposed

Spending $3,000 of campaign funds on underwear . . . a mean tipper . . . Vanity Fair dishes the dirt

* guardian.co.uk, Sunday 5 September 2010 20.00 BST

The October issue of Vanity Fair has just published an explosive profile of Sarah Palin. We've picked the highlights . . .

She managed to spend $3,000 on underwear

"The number and range of items purchased for the entire Palin family – more than 400 in total – is mind-boggling. For Sarah, the campaign bought roughly $3,000 [£1,940] worth of underwear (including many Spanx girdles)."

Angels protect her

"When Palin thanks prayer warriors for keeping her covered, she is thanking them for calling on angels to shield her from demonic attacks."

She is a bad tipper

"Of the many famous people who have stayed at the Hyatt in Wichita (Cher, Reba McEntire, Neil Young), Palin ranks as the all-time worst tipper: $5 for seven bags."

Her Facebook and Twitter feeds may be ghost-written

"Often it sounds less like Palin herself than someone else's fantasy version of Palin at her most vitriolic. On one occasion Palin's virtual voice contradicted remarks she made in a TV interview two days later."

She now says she wants to meet the Iron Lady, but back in 2008 . . .

"When John McCain's aides discovered that Alaska-size gaps existed in Palin's general knowledge (among those previously unreported: she had no idea who Margaret Thatcher was), they from time to time would give her some books to read in hopes of improving the candidate's learning curve."

She doesn't hunt

"'This whole hunter thing, for Sarah? That is the biggest fallacy,' says one long-time friend of the family. 'That woman has never hunted. The picture of her with the caribou she says she shot? She got out of the RV to pose for a picture.' The friend goes on to recall that when Greta Van Susteren came to the house to interview Palin "[Sarah] cooked moose chili and whatnot. Todd was calling everyone he knew the day before—'Do you got any moose?' Desperate."

Her reply

In response to the VF article, Palin said: "Those who are impotent and limp and gutless and they go on their anonymous – sources that are anonymous – and impotent, limp and gutless reporters take anonymous sources and cite them as being factual references." Just as well she was able to add that clarification.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/05/sarah-palin-secrets-exposed

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Re: John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate?
« Reply #119 on Nov 20, 2010, 11:04pm »

Mooselady strikes again:

Palin slams Obamas as unpatriotic and racist
November 21, 2010

WASHINGTON: Sarah Palin has accused Barack and Michelle Obama of being unpatriotic and has suggested they are racist.

In leaked extracts of her new book, America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate argues that the first black US president is among those who regarded the Tea Party movement as racially prejudiced and who thinks ''America is a fundamentally unjust and unequal country''.

As proof, she quoted a 2008 campaign speech in which Mrs Obama said ''for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country''.

Mrs Palin went on: ''I guess this shouldn't surprise us, since both of them spent almost two decades in the pews of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's church listening to his rants against America and white people.''

Mrs Palin's second book is regarded as a launch pad for a bid for the 2012 Republican nomination, which she admitted this week she was ''seriously considering''.

The book criticises talent show contestants and the ''cult of self-esteem'', which she blames partly on Mr Obama: ''No one they have encountered in their lives - from their parents to their teachers to their president - wanted them to feel bad by hearing the truth. So they grew up convinced that they could become big pop stars like Michael Jackson.''

Mrs Palin has begun a reality show in which she talks about her family life and home state of Alaska.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/palin-slams-....1120-181wi.html

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