Clarifying the Election
Clarifying the Election
#1Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 11:10am
From John Aravosis's AmericaBlog. Despite his noxious anti-Hillaryism, I still respect his ability to sum things up.
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I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....
* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."
* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story.
* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.
* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.
* If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.
* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.
* If you teach teach children about sexual predators, you are irresponsible and eroding the fiber of society.
* If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible.
* If your wife is a Harvard graduate laywer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America 's.
* If you're husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that hates America and advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.
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#2re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:09pm*standing up applauding at my computer* This is brilliant! Thanks for sharing! However, Obama is not running against Palin. McCain is actually at the top of the ticket. This article needs to mention the accomplishments of Biden and his wife- which would still blow the McCain/Palin list away!
#2re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:31pmBravo!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#3re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:39pm
To be honest I'm as tired and fed up with the screaming radical left (AmericaBlog, Huffington Post, etc.) and I am the far right.
Both are self-serving, instead of serving the people.
Updated On: 9/13/08 at 12:39 PM
#4re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:41pmYeah no one cares Yawper. Do you happen to support the choice of Sarita?
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#5re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:43pm
I am a left-leaning independent moderate and in no way support the nomination of Sarah Palin for VP.
#7re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:51pm
Great list! Supportivemom, as true as what you said is, that it's not Obama v. Palin, that's what the media has made it (re: the Republican party) and that's how a LOT of people will be deciding.
I was willing to accept McCain (at least as better than Bush) until Palin, and now the ticket is as repulsive as the thought of another 4 years of Bush/Cheney.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#8re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:51pm
* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.
Actually, the the VP should be qualified to be the nation's Highest Ranking Executive.
But first the White House will be converted into a nursing home for McCain.
Good summary, btw
#9re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 11:07pm
Just one to add...
If you're in the senate for 143 days before starting to run for President, you are "The Messiah" of change.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#10re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/13/08 at 11:14pmAnd, vetted by the voters and hundreds of interviews, debates, etc.
#11re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:08amOh I'm sorry, that "qualification" was invented for this election..."running for President makes him qualified to be President"
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#12re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:13am
The voters verified that is qualified to be President.
You do not really believe the words that you are typing.
#13re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:14am
Which voters...the 18 million who voted for Hillary?
The voters can also validate that he is not qualified. there's still an election you know.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#15re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:20amWaiting on November 4 to see who the voters deem the "most qualified"
#16re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:21am
The Bowler is back. I'll be in the bunker.
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:14pm
Must be McCain. When I googled Bammy, I got this cartoon of McCain and Palin...
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: Clarifying the Election
Posted: 9/14/08 at 2:01pmWhy do republicans always think it's the height of political commentary to make fun of a candidates name? I guess it's because, like 4th graders they are too stupid to do anything else.
#22Eight Years of Palin...
Posted: 9/20/08 at 6:01pm
You know, you are SO right. I sincerely apologize. I haven't heard anyone on the left make any jokes on Sarah Palin. No, not one.
LOL
#23Eight Years of Palin...
Posted: 9/20/08 at 6:18pmWhat were the jokes made over Palin's name? Other then those she chose to name her kids?
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#24Eight Years of Palin...
Posted: 9/20/08 at 6:28pm
"Other then those she chose to name her kids"
Well, that's a good start.
Baba WaWa said "Sarah Plain"
But, hey, that's just a dem. sense of humor, there was no nastiness intended or anything...
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