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Michael, 'Tail Gunner Joe' Biden gets a pass because he is a now a combat veteran and war hero:

"Let's start telling the truth," Biden said during a presidential primary debate sponsored by YouTube last year. "Number one, you take all the troops out - you better have helicopters ready to take those 3,000 civilians inside the Green Zone, where I have been seven times and shot at. You better make sure you have protection for them, or let them die."

But when questioned about the episode afterward by the Hill newspaper, Biden backpedaled from his claim of being "shot at" and instead allowed: "I was near where a shot landed."

Oops...never mind. Back to the double standard.

Palin's ignorance of foreign policy is apparent, yet many still blame the person doing the interview. Same old, same old. As someone asked, I wonder how Reps would respond to Sarah were she Obama's running mate.

I never understood the hatred and contempt heaped upon Quayle, other than that those heaping the abuse were sore losers. They hated Reagan, then they hated Bush and Quayle for winning.

Quayle teamed with Ted Kennedy on the JobTrainingPartnershipAct. Did he get hailed as a bipartisan player? Nope. Anytime a Republican is "bipartisan" they get stabbed in the back. The same goes for a Democrat like Joe Lieberman, who found out that reaching across the aisle is something only Republicans are supposed to do.

Reaching across the aisle just means your opponent doesn't have to reach as far to stick his knife in you.

Poor pitbull with lipstick. Poor Sarah Barracuda. Picked on by that meanie Charlie Gibson and that other meanie Katie Couric.

Tricky, sneaky questions like, 'What other Supreme Court decisions, other than Roe v. Wade, do you disagree with?' or 'What is your opinion on the $700 Billion dollar bailout'?

Instead of issues important to America, Gibson and Couric should have asked, "Hey, Sarah, tell us about that hunky Todd! Is he going to win the Irondog again?" or "Gee, Sarah, I love those glasses. Where did you get them?"

After all, she's only running for Vice-President of the United States of America, right?

Yep, CNN is picking on her...too bad they used her real words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeMypXCUWMw

"No one in the mainstream media seems to understand that there is a price to pay for insulting at least half of the people in this nation, namely circulation losses and plummeting newscast ratings."

Too late for that, Michael. In case you haven't noticed, that has already occurred.

It's true Palin hasn't performed well thus far, but that does not negate the fact that the media has not given her a fair chance. She's been hammered unmercifully, and everyone, that is not totally biased, knows it. She has got to get back on track tonight with a good performance, but considering that she is debating Joe Biden, she has a good chance of doing that. In any event, she has to prove, as does Biden, that they are made of the right stuff tonight. It's just that Palin's bar height will be higher with a moderator that is in the financial bag for Obama. How Ifill could have accepted this assignment and not revealed that she stands to profit financially from Obama winning the election is mystifying, but then it is not surprising at all.

"It's true Palin hasn't performed well thus far, but that does not negate the fact that the media has not given her a fair chance." A fair chance. Yes, the media blindsided her by asking a 44 yr. old about Supreme Court cases other than Roe v. Wade. How dare they! And how dare Katie Couric blindside Palin by asking her about her foreign policy experience. And how dare someone ask Palin about Pakistan. The media should have been really fair and just posed questions to Palin about her children and killing moose. It's pathetic how Republicans never take ownership of any of their mistakes. It's always someone else's fault. Grow up!

There is no end to Republican whining and victim mentality.

But ORR is right, Ifill should not moderate...it's just wrong. I would not want some in-the-pocket McCain supporter moderating.

Once a reporter chooses partiality he or she relinquishes status as observer and becomes "participant" and is no longer objective. Reporters are supposed to be objective. We all know that reporters get to vote, but they became "journalists" knowing that meant sacrifice of their public opinion.

Ifill is no longer an observer or impartial and should not be participating in the debate.

John McCain says he has no problem with Ifill as moderator.

Sarah Palin says Gwen Ifill is responsible for health care reform in this country and one in five jobs in trade- in the trade sector- will bail out the states rights which are the best way to solve this, you know, debate crisis in the country as it affects the debate and all Americans in this country and that Putin in the history of the Supreme Court decision-wise, that being Gwen Ifill and her oil and gas pipeline, it certainly does as John McCain has said many times and America waits to see how he'll lead, with this, you know, this.

Palin is by far ridiculously unqualified to be Vice-President, and you folks that defend her probably all voted for George W, twice, as well-another unqualified candidate for Public Office...

But at least she doesn't blink.

Not only Unthinkable. Also Unblinkable.

A friend here at work just made a good point. The strength of both tickets is in the sum of the respective parts. And the best way to see true strength is to exchange one member from each campaign and see if it could still be somewhat beneficial for the country (recent LTE touched on the Constitutional possibility but skipped straight to the off-pages). So:

McCain/Biden

Obama/Palin

Does one of those options seem terribly disturbing to anyone else? Shouldn't the experience and judgment of one candidate be sufficient to carry the other regardless? If it's not, is the original ticket still a sound choice?

Some things just would not go together, tho, Bennet.

Matter/Anti-matter
Piranha/Puppy
Handgun/Toddler
Ford/Chevy
Whatever that stuff is third on the left in the back row at the Golden Corral buffet/Food

Oh, the taco stuff. Yeah, I always think it's meat loaf, but turns out it's not. Made a lot more sense on why they were always putting taco shells next to the meat loaf, though. Anyway...

It's that pesky Constitution again. Specifically the 12th Amendment.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxii.html

If there's a tie in the Electoral College:
The House of Representatives elects the President.
The Senate elects the Vice-President.

Unlikely combinations, but the possibility exists. Maybe even a strong possibility.

"John McCain says he has no problem with Ifill as moderator."

If he said he did he would be accused of the same whining some of you here whine about.

Verelse and ORR are correct, Ifill has a vested financial interest in Obama. After all her book is entitled: "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." Let's see, will her book sell better if Obama or McCain wins? Hmmmm, that's a tough one.

At any rate it is what it is at this point. Let's see how it goes.

Prag, your incongruous items are humorous. Might I add:

alcohol/driving
Jesse Jackson/Jesse Helms
government/fiscal responsibility

and:

me/my ex-wife

I ate at Golden Corral once, after I saw a woman sneeze on the "food" I gave up buffet food forever.

quite frankly, i think it will be interesting to see a black man controlling the democrat party, instead of the other way around.
guten nacht!

Dan,
Here's another one:

Dan said,

"One time I went to the beach for a weekend with some buddies when I was in college. One of them brought some cocaine. They all tried some so I decided to as well."
May 21, 2008

Sorry. The devil made me do it.
Heck, maybe Sarah Palin's minister can pray the witches and devils away for me.

Welcome back Demon Deacon. It took all of five days after WFU got sunk, at home nonetheless, by the Midshipmen for your to crawl out of your cave. But like hemorrhoids, you are always guaranteed to reappear.

I have no idea what my coke quote has to do with Gov. Palin, but if you wish, I will entertain.

First of all, here is my entire post, you conveniently leave off the last four sentences:

One time I went to the beach for a weekend with some buddies when I was in college. One of them brought some cocaine. They all tried some so I decided to as well. The high was terrific but once the high wore off I felt depressed and realllllllly wanted more. Thankfully there was no more. I quickly realized how addictive that stuff is. First and last time I ever tried it.

Yep I'll admit I used cocaine one time in my life about 24 years ago. Ok, now that that is public, are you reeeeealllllly sure you want to go with this?

I have a treasure trove of your moronic posts in response such as:

THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE said:
Earnestine,
Funny how you miss the letter writer's entire message. (You had some of Dan's blow?)

Dan's wanting to 'spend more time with his family', now that he's been blown off his "Morality Mountain" through recreational drug use. Maybe he'll describe his euphoria to the kids! He's a real doozy!
Posted on May 23, 2008 4:07 PM

I'll be glad to provide more if you wish.

watch Ifill routinely on the PBS News Hour .. the only TV news show I watch and perhaps the most fair, balanced, and moderate (see Caveat). It is genuinely informative – with good questions asked of qualified people whom one does not see elsewhere.

Ifill fits the above description: fair, balanced, poised and moderate; one who asks good questions and listens to the answers.

As I understand it, she has been writing this book for a long time and the SUB-Title is relatively new, added by the publisher (Doubleday) to sell more books – same motive as publishing it on Inauguration Day.

Palin will do fine, but I find it interesting that those objecting to Gwen are the same folks that complain Palin has been blindsided by her hectic interview schedule. Think of it this way: if after several weeks of sequester and mentoring, if Palin does not do well .. how will she really perform in the world stage. If instead she holds her own, worst case scenario: we know who will be running for “Prez’ in 2012.

CAVEAT: Ray Suarez being the exception – he is an arrogant ass.

I would add:

Stratocaster/BlackFace
Gibson/Marshall

Here's the thing - All politicians get hammerd for gaffe's, a gaffe is basically a social blunder, a faux pas, flubbing an answer you actually know. Palin's respones are not gaffe's. They are painful illustrations that she doesn't understand the questions. Some of the most basic questions.

It's not mean or unfair to ask obvious questions every political figure out there has had to face time and again (what do you read, what supreme court decsions do disagree with, what are your qualifications...). It's not a double standard to expect her to know some basic information on some very important issues that are directly related to the office that she is seeking.

This is case of trying to shoot the messenger. The media is not responsible for HER lack of knowledge and they should'nt be required to give her a pass or treat her any different than any other politician out there. She's not ready, it's clear she is not and this fact is illustrated, not by the media's words, but by her own words.

So it turns out that Ifill should have been replaced, but not because of bias, but rather incompetence. Did EITHER candidate actually answer a question or did I miss something?
Seemed to me like it all went like this:
Ifill: What is your candidate's plan to restore faith in the American financial system and to address the underlying issues that led to this crisis?

Biden: Well, Gwen, as to the financial crisis caused entirely by McCain and George Bush, my candidate has the best plan to help make better cheese, outlaw poisonous potato eyes and ants at picnics and the McCain is guilty of being the other guy, not being my guy and HATING THE MIDDLE CLASS but Obama has great values and cares about you and that is why we need change!

Palin: Well, Gwen, as to the devastating financial crisis caused entirely by the Obama but not you Joe I remember you opposed him on that vote, now din'tcha now, welly well well but my candidate has the best plan to help navigational charting, softening the seats at stadiums and replacing our aging fleet of grocery carts but Obama is guilty of HATING THE TROOPS and that is why we need change!