McCain's VP: Gov. Palin is chosen

[Emptymag]

J8300 has received a 3 month "time out".

Posted since the word "banned" under a user name implies that a user has been permanently banned. That is not the case here.

[str8shooter]

Originally Posted by Emptymag

J8300 has received a 3 month "time out".

Posted since the word "banned" under a user name implies that a user has been permanently banned. That is not the case here.

I'd say it's about time, but I don't want to get banned too, so I won't say it's about time, even though it's about time.

[phillyd2]

Originally Posted by Emptymag

J8300,

If you choose to continue to make smart mouthed comments to the staff, like the one above, you will be put in the corner like a child, for a very long "time out".

You have gotten "mouthy" with me via PM in the past, and have done so again tonight. You have also been completely disrespectful to another mod tonight.(note the bold text above for the most recent example)
I've let it slide for long enough.

Always liked and respected the EM'ster but was very disappointed to read comments like this.

[jtkratzer]

Originally Posted by phillyd2

Always liked and respected the EM'ster but was very disappointed to read comments like this.

Let me guess..."back-talking" and "mouthy" ???

[625]

Originally Posted by J8300

There is a lot more than that which ties her to Ted Stevens.

This is funny. Goes against every prediction made here about Palin as choice by McCain by conservatives.

Poll: Obama/Biden Take Eight-Point Lead

CBS News started polling the evening after McCain named Sarah Palin as his running mate.

Obama's lead among women has also grown to 14 points (50 percent to 36 percent)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4405106.shtml

If you are foolish to live by the polls, then it's easy to die by them as well.

Too bad your crappy attitude got you kicked out for a few months. I would like to hear your response. McCain/Palin up 5 ponts over the other two among registered voters.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/110143/Ga...oint-Lead.aspx

I guess you can blame your buddy Kieth Oberdick.

Polls are a joke, and they always have been. It's always nice to hear good news, but polls are too easily "manufactured" simply by asking a question a certain way.

[Kaos]

Bans like that should be handled whether the comments are made to a mod or otherwise. I believe EM and the rest of the Mods here feel the same way it's just in this case it was directly aimed at PaPat.

[Pector55]

I got nothing. I was getting tired proving him wrong so much though. It did cause me to validate a lot of facts but unfortunately, the more I learned, the more I hated the media and Obama.

Glenn Beck had the lady from FactCheck.org on tonight. She ripped up several of the claims against Palin too.

[Shawn.L]

from todays WSJ


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1221...w_and_outlooks

REVIEW & OUTLOOK


Running Alaska
September 10, 2008; Page A14
One rap on Sarah Palin's qualifications to be Vice President is that she governs one of our least populated states, with a budget of "only" $12 billion and 16,000 full-time state employees. On the other hand, it turns out that the Governor's office in Alaska is one of the country's most powerful.


For more than two decades Thad Beyle, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina, has maintained an index of "institutional powers" in state offices. He rates governorships on potential length of service, budgetary and appointment authority, veto power and other factors. Mr. Beyle's findings for 2008 rate Alaska at 4.1 on a scale of 5. The national average is 3.5.

Only four other states -- Maryland, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia -- concentrate as much power in the Governor's office as Alaska does, and only one state (Massachusetts) concentrates more. California may be the nation's most populous state, but its Governor rates as below-average (3.2) in executive authority. This may account in part for Arnold Schwarzenegger's poor legislative track record. The lowest rating goes to Vermont (2.5), where the Governor (remember Howard Dean) is a figurehead compared to Mrs. Palin.

In Alaska, the Governor has line-item veto power over the budget and can only be overridden by a three-quarters majority of the Legislature. In 1992, the year Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was elected President, his state budget was $2 billion and among the smallest in the country. Compared to that, Sarah Palin is an executive giant.

[Shawn.L]

also from todays WSJ

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1221...n_commentaries

Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge
By JIM DEMINT
September 10, 2008; Page A15

"But, you know, when you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark person, that's not change. Come on! I mean, words mean something, you can't just make stuff up." -- Barack Obama, Sept. 6, 2008

In politics, words are cheap. What really counts are actions. Democrats and Republicans have talked about fiscal responsibility for years. In reality, both parties have a shameful record of wasting hundreds of billions of tax dollars on pork-barrel projects.

My Senate colleague Barack Obama is now attacking Gov. Sarah Palin over earmarks. Having worked with both John McCain and Mr. Obama on earmarks, and as a recovering earmarker myself, I can tell you that Mrs. Palin's leadership and record of reform stands well above that of Mr. Obama.

Let's compare.

Mrs. Palin used her veto pen to slash more local projects than any other governor in the state's history. She cut nearly 10% of Alaska's budget this year, saving state residents $268 million. This included vetoing a $30,000 van for Campfire USA and $200,000 for a tennis court irrigation system. She succinctly justified these cuts by saying they were "not a state responsibility."

Meanwhile in Washington, Mr. Obama voted for numerous wasteful earmarks last year, including: $12 million for bicycle paths, $450,000 for the International Peace Museum, $500,000 for a baseball stadium and $392,000 for a visitor's center in Louisiana.

Mrs. Palin cut Alaska's federal earmark requests in half last year, one of the strongest moves against earmarks by any governor. It took real leadership to buck Alaska's decades-long earmark addiction.

Mr. Obama delivered over $100 million in earmarks to Illinois last year and has requested nearly a billion dollars in pet projects since 2005. His running mate, Joe Biden, is still indulging in earmarks, securing over $90 million worth this year.

Mrs. Palin also killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation's budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credits her with killing the bridge.

When the Senate had its chance to stop the Bridge to Nowhere and transfer the money to Katrina rebuilding, Messrs. Obama and Biden voted for the $223 million earmark, siding with the old boys' club in the Senate. And to date, they still have not publicly renounced their support for the infamous earmark.

Mrs. Palin has proven courageous by taking on big spenders in her own party. In March of this year, the Anchorage Daily News reported that, "Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is aggravated about what he sees as Gov. Sarah Palin's antagonism toward the earmarks he uses to steer federal money to the state."

Mr. Obama had a chance to take on his party when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a sham ethics bill, which was widely criticized by watchdog groups such as Citizens Against Government Waste for shielding earmarks from public scrutiny. But instead of standing with taxpayers, Mr. Obama voted for the bill. Today, he claims he helped write the bill that failed to clean up Washington.

Mr. Obama has shown little restraint on earmarks until this year, when he decided to co-sponsor an earmark moratorium authored by Mr. McCain and myself. Mr. Obama is vulnerable on this issue, and he knows it. That is why he is lashing out at Mrs. Palin and trying to hide his own record.

Mrs. Palin is one of the strongest antiearmark governors in America. If more governors around the country would do what she has done, we would be much closer to fixing our nation's fiscal problems than we are.

Mrs. Palin's record here is solid and inspiring. She will help Mr. McCain shut down the congressional favor factory, and she has a record to prove it. Actions mean something. You can't just make stuff up.

Mr. DeMint, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from South Carolina.

[5711-Marine]

I just don't understand women...

South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate " whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.”