He was your animal. And he paid. More than you could have tolerated. On Nov 7, 5:24 pm, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Politics is a blame game, no one ever takes responsibilty for > anything, its absolutely pathetic. The Republicans lost the election > because the public hates Bush and neo conservativism. Is the GOP going > to admitt that it what they stand for was repudiated by the American > public? No way, it must have been Sarah Palin's doing, yeh it was her > fault. > > As far as McCain and honor--that's really perverted, this guy > volunteered to bomb innocent people to smithereenes, he is fucking > animal. > > On Nov 7, 10:32 pm, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The Cowardly Character Assassination of Sarah Palin > > Michelle Malkin > > Friday, November 07, 2008 > > > Sunken ships loosen bitter lips. The failed McCain campaign, for all its > > high-minded talk of honor, duty and courage, is now teeming with > > unscrupulous gossipmongers. Seems the dishy staffers forgot to crack open > > their copies of Sen. McCain's bestseller, "Character Is Destiny: Inspiring > > Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember." > > > Rest assured: Their cowardly character assassination of Sarah Palin won't > > be forgotten. > > > The finks turned to Newsweek and Fox News to spread petty rumors about > > Palin's intellect and character. The magazine peddled anecdotes from > > sources horrified that Palin greeted top advisers at her hotel room -- > > gasp! -- "wearing nothing but a towel" and "wet hair." Fox News reporter > > Carl Cameron breathlessly reported that his unnamed McCain sources told him > > Palin lacked "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate" > > because, they claimed, she didn't know which countries were parties to the > > North American Free Trade Agreement and "didn't understand that Africa was > > a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself." > > > Let's assume for a moment that the McCain rumormongers are telling the > > truth about Palin (and I don't believe they are). Who would it damn more: > > Palin, or McCain and his vetters, who greenlighted her for the vice > > presidential nomination? Don't need a fancy Ivy League degree to figure > > that one out. > > > In introducing her to America, McCain praised her independence and > > backbone: She "stands up for what's right, and she doesn't let anyone tell > > her to sit down." The inside snipers are now roasting her for that very > > attribute -- redefined as "going rogue" -- because she had the nerve to try > > to schedule media interviews on her own. The nerve of her! > > > Palin's response to the campaign fragging? At a late Wednesday night > > airport press conference in Anchorage, immediately upon landing home after > > the election defeat, she smiled cheerfully. The Alaska governor shrugged > > off the "foolish things" said by the McCain saboteurs, and simply said, > > "It's politics. … It's rough and tumble and you've got to have a thick skin > > just like I've got." > > > Hollywood savaged Palin. Journalists mocked her. Liberal blogs slimed her. > > Opponents cursed her, Photoshopped her, hacked her e-mail, hanged her in > > effigy, called her bigot, Bible-thumper and bimbo, and attacked her husband > > and children. But nothing Palin endured during the election season compares > > to the treatment she's receiving from these backstabbing blabbermouths who > > worked on the same campaign she poured herself into over the last three > > months. > > > Sarah Palin worked her heart out. She energized tens of thousands to come > > out when they would have otherwise stayed home. She touched countless > > families. I didn't agree with everything she said on the campaign trail. > > But she vigorously defended the Second Amendment and the sanctity of life > > more eloquently in practice than any of the educated conservative > > aristocracy. And she did it all with a tirelessness and an infectious > > optimism that defied the shameless, bottomless attempts by elites in both > > parties to bring her and her family down. > > > Liberty needs a virtuous people to survive; self-governance requires > > virtuous leaders. "Knowledgeability" is a necessary trait in political > > life, but it is not sufficient. The elitist critics of Palin, so blindly > > enamored of Barack Obama's ability to hold forth for hours on theologian > > Reinhold Niebuhr, ignored the Founding Fathers' counsel: Character counts. > > In times of adversity and crisis, it counts more than IQ points, instant > > trivia recall and bloviation skills. > > > "The most important thing I have learned, from my parents, from teachers, > > from my faith, from many good people I have been blessed to know, and from > > the lives of people whose stories we have included in this book," John > > McCain wrote in "Character Is Destiny," "is to want what they had, > > integrity, and to feel the sting of my conscience when I have risked it for > > some selfish reason." > > > John McCain not only failed to make that message stick with the electorate, > > he apparently couldn't persuade his own staff to heed his advice and > > practice what he preached. > > >http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=3f4092a5-1543-4fc9-826c-6...- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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