Todd: "Is this really the most qualified woman they could find?" Noonan: "They decided to go with this political bullshit..." Murphy: "This is how you win a race in Texas, you run it up. It won't work." Noonan: "IT'S OVER."
Noonan: "They decided to go with this political bullshit..."
Murphy: "This is how you win a race in Texas, you run it up. It won't work."
Noonan: "IT'S OVER."
Link and video can be found here. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Dept of Human Shields As much as some people may consider a Palin withdrawal inevitable, the McCainiacs are probably all too aware that throwing her under the bus would only intensify the criticism for having picked her in the first place. And for someone running on a vote-for-strong-daddy platform like McCain is to admit a mistake this big would be tantamount to conceding the election. The only circumstance that could force such a desperation move would be if a stream of continuing revelations -- as the media performs the vetting the McCain camp cut corners on -- keeps chatter about Palin's flaws alive, drowning out all serious consideration of McCain's candidacy to the point where getting a new veep is the only way to change the subject. To prevent that, two things need to happen: First, Palin has to stonewall the investigation into her abuse of power as governor of Alaska, so its findings don't come out before November, and second, the press has to be intimidated into silence. (It's notable that Joe Klein says, "Those of us who have criticized the candidate-and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past-have been subject to off-the-record browbeating and attempted bullying all year"; this is all about getting the sheep back in the fold.) And so, to distract attention from the first objective and to help accomplish the second one, tonight at the Republican convention we'll be treated to the spectacle of an entire political party trying to hide behind a pregnant 17-year-old girl.
As much as some people may consider a Palin withdrawal inevitable, the McCainiacs are probably all too aware that throwing her under the bus would only intensify the criticism for having picked her in the first place. And for someone running on a vote-for-strong-daddy platform like McCain is to admit a mistake this big would be tantamount to conceding the election.
The only circumstance that could force such a desperation move would be if a stream of continuing revelations -- as the media performs the vetting the McCain camp cut corners on -- keeps chatter about Palin's flaws alive, drowning out all serious consideration of McCain's candidacy to the point where getting a new veep is the only way to change the subject.
To prevent that, two things need to happen: First, Palin has to stonewall the investigation into her abuse of power as governor of Alaska, so its findings don't come out before November, and second, the press has to be intimidated into silence. (It's notable that Joe Klein says, "Those of us who have criticized the candidate-and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past-have been subject to off-the-record browbeating and attempted bullying all year"; this is all about getting the sheep back in the fold.)
And so, to distract attention from the first objective and to help accomplish the second one, tonight at the Republican convention we'll be treated to the spectacle of an entire political party trying to hide behind a pregnant 17-year-old girl.
An Empty Convention Center, Again? I got into the Pepsi Center once in Denver, and had to sit behind the stage in the worst seats in the house because I arrived late, that is, two hours before the program started. Every other time I tried to get in, with really good credentials, I was turned away because the fire marshal shut it down due to overcapacity. The pictures I put up yesterday of an almost entirely empty Xcel Center were taken at around 5:30pm, an hour before the program started.
An Empty Convention Center, Again?
I got into the Pepsi Center once in Denver, and had to sit behind the stage in the worst seats in the house because I arrived late, that is, two hours before the program started. Every other time I tried to get in, with really good credentials, I was turned away because the fire marshal shut it down due to overcapacity. The pictures I put up yesterday of an almost entirely empty Xcel Center were taken at around 5:30pm, an hour before the program started.
the only thing that gives me pause is watching interviews with alaskans on the tv today, and they seem to think what she is seems perfectly normal. And I wonder how true that is of the whole of the country. keep to the Fen Causeway
