Sarah Palin

I'm just a dumb guy but I'm taken with Sarah Palin's Mama Grizzlies effort to empower women. Something has gone horribly wrong with our government and something needs to be done about it. The leftists (progressives, communists, socialists, Marxists, statists, collectivists) should never have been allowed to take over the DNC and BHO should never have won the nomination. Had the DNC rules and bylaws not been changed in 2007, HIllary Clinton would have won the nomination. Without the corruption and voter intimidation in the caucuses, Obama would never have won. Had Hillary won the nomination, she would be president now and the country would probably be on the right track. Obama is president, we're on the wrong track, and we're screwed. Even though Hillary is a self-professed progressive, we'd be doing far better than we are now.

Being a citizen in an America led by Obama has its challenges; we’re expected to pretend we’re as clueless as our media. This is especially hard right now, because we're also told to suspend our disbelief. The Clueless game from what I've pieced together has at least four rounds.                

ROUND 1: He's Different

Is it possible that Obama’s Indonesian education did not include the study of the Louisiana Purchase? We know he is geographically challenged when it comes to America; they tell us it's because he can't be bothered with trivial things. He belongs to the World.

In a little over 600 words, Sarah Palin has responded to the POTUS' hour-long Healthcare Speech. In her message, she argues that Democratic proposals will not lower costs or provide better healthcare. She also calls the President out on a few things,   including his failure to respond to arguments she has raised against bureaucrats making healthcare decisions. Since the media  hasn't really provided information on Sarah Palin's response, I am posting it here for Partizanes:

After all the rhetoric is put aside, one principle ran through President Obama’s speech tonight: that increased government involvement in health care can solve its problems.

Many Americans fundamentally disagree with this idea. We know from long experience that the creation of a massive new bureaucracy will not provide us with “more stability and security,” but just the opposite. It's hard to believe the President when he says that this time he and his team of bureaucrats have finally figured out how to do things right if only we’ll take them at their word.

editors note:  I attended a function full of Democratic women, last night, Aug. 24, 2009 and the main topic among the women was still "that crazy" Sarah Palin.  It seems a good time to re-visit Izarradar's wonderful post from October, 2008.  nh

They laugh at your voice, your accent.  They make fun of  how great you look, and how many kids you have.  They smirk because you played the flute in a beauty contest, and strutted your stuff in a swimsuit.  They say you’re dumb, you didn’t go to an Ivy League school, and God forbid you didn’t even have a passport until last year.  You’re small town, from a small, unpopulated state, scrutinized, belittled, and scorned.

On the issues, you and I don’t agree.

But every time they laugh at you, they laugh at me.  Every time they call you dumb, my I.Q. is questioned.  When they make fun of you, they make fun of me.  When they attack your family, they attack mine.  When they comment on how you look, my looks are also ridiculed.

At Violet Socks' place, there is an incredible discussion going on regarding why mainstream feminists trashed Sarah Palin so viciously, and even made up lies about her to justify their hatred. There are about 300 comments in response. I highly recommend that you read it if you have the time.

Make no mistake, soon-to-be-ex-Governor Palin can easily be legitimately criticized on the issues. As a liberal, I don't agree with her on much. But the amount of manufactured outrages that were passed around, from Trig's parentage (still going on, at least in Andrew Sullivan's diseased mind) to the rape kit smear to the banning books smear, all passed on by feminists...it is utterly baffling to Dr. Socks. Why all the hatred and vitriol for this woman? Why couldn't they just tell the truth about her and have done with it?

Although there was no doubt some elitism involved (her accent! her lack of Ivy leage education! that hair!), to me, the answer is clear, and comes down to one word: Pro-Life.

Roger Simon wrote a wondefully snarky piece that Kenosha Marge found.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24606.html

By ROGER SIMON

Sarah Palin violated several commandments and is now getting roasted by political mandarins and media elites.

 

Sarah Palin is a sinner. She has violated several commandments and thoroughly deserves the savage beating that she is now getting from political mandarins and media elites.

 

If it were not for one simple fact, I would say she was through in politics. And that fact is that if the Republicans were picking a nominee today, they would pick Sarah Palin.

 

No? Don’t believe me? Who would beat her? Tim Pawlenty? Bobby Jindal? Haley Barbour? Mike Huckabee? Mitt Romney?

 

All of these men might build credible, attractive, even powerful political operations by 2012. But right now? Today? Today, Sarah Palin would be the winner, because more than anyone else, she has won over the hearts and minds of the Republican rank and file. (And tell me that a Sarah Palin-Newt Gingrich ticket would not set conservative hearts aflutter.)

 

It's happening - the promised awakening that resulted from the misogyny directed at both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin during the election of 2008. Women are realizing that they are a force to be reckoned with, and that their power lies in standing strong to support other women.

Just look at Barack Obama's executive order, signed on March 11, which created a White House Council on Women and Girls. Many Presidents have had similar councils, including Presidents Clinton, Kennedy and Roosevelt. This council was not part of the President's original plans; but womens' groups have been lobbying him to make this happen for several months. And lo and behold, it did!

Just a hodgepodge of interesting bits floating around the Web the past couple of days.

Amazing inauguration day, Jan 20, 2009, hi-res photo. You can zoom in and scroll around using + and - keys and arrow keys:

Fullscreen Gigapan Viewer

Awesome photo of the Milky Way from Maunakea:

I have been wanting to write this post for a while. Since we are taking a breath to regroup and determine our goals for the PUMA movement going forward, I think it's finally time to say:

Thank you.

I was listening and chatting on BTR last night and had Fox News on in the living room. At one point I ran out to the kitchen and on the way back caught a snippet of Greta Van Susteren's interview with Governor Palin. The little bit I caught was enough to make me go hunting the video this morning! Greta and the Governor were discussing the whole brouhaha over her clothing and the nasty rumours regarding her debate prep. At the very end Greta asks if there is anything else that the Governor found disturbing. The Governor makes reference to "bloggers in their pajamas in their parent's basements." I like this woman more and more! The specific bit is near the end of the clip at around the 8:40 mark.

You can watch all of the interview at Fox News!

Here are some Democratic bloggers who have articulated their reasons why they are not voting for Barack Obama. Keep checking back because I will be adding more to the list through tomorrow.

i am a feminist, i am a women’s activist, i am voting for sarah palin, by Prameela Bartholomeusz, DNC Platform Committee Member

i am supporting the mccain-palin ticket because, by hireheels

If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for, by Dr. Violet Socks (there are 12 so far!)