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Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« on: September 19, 2008, 05:22:11 PM »
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/19-7

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WASHINGTON -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has awesome self-confidence. Chosen by fellow Republicans to be Sen. John McCain's running mate, she told an interviewer: "I'm ready." That confidence reflects her naivete about her role that puts her one heartbeat away from the presidency.

In accepting the nomination as veep, she invoked the greatness of President Truman, based on their small-town origins. But anyone who was around during Truman's era knows there is a world of difference between Palin and Truman. Take, for example, humility.

Truman was vice president for only a short time when on April 12, 1945, he was summoned to the White House and told the stunning news that President Franklin Roosevelt was dead. Truman and FDR were not close and Truman was not deeply familiar with the U.S. military plans for World War II. He also did not know about the atomic bomb.

As the nation's new leader, Truman wanted a few days to move into the White House. He understood the magnitude of his new job. The morning after being sworn in, Truman emerged from his Washington apartment to go to work on his first day as president. He took one look at the three wire service reporters who standing in front of his building.

"Boys," he said to the familiar faces, "the moon and the stars fell on me. If you ever prayed before, pray for me."

So when Palin says she is "ready," one thinks of the two U.S. wars under way in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and the devastating market crash on Wall Street.

There is no question that Palin has given a big lift to McCain and helped boost his ratings so that he's now virtually tied with Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee. As a team, McCain and Palin are on the same page. Both are pro-guns and anti-abortion. She is literally a rifle-toting mama, against sex education and has attempted to ban books she considers immoral from her hometown library.

But Palin's evangelical rigidity on social issues puts her out of step with the modern woman. She is said to be more reactionary than McCain -- if that's possible. Is it any wonder that activist feminist organizations have come out in support of Obama?

The new Republican ticket seems like the current White House tenant. Neither McCain nor Palin appear to have any significant doubts about President Bush's disastrous policies. Palin's gubernatorial tenure in Alaska is personified by massive firings when she took office. She does not tolerate dissent and shuns the media.

It seems clear to me that we would have another imperial presidency if McCain and Palin win the hearts and minds of the American people in the November balloting. Bob Woodward of The Washington Post has been privy to the workings of the Bush White House and has written four books to prove it. In his latest Book, "The War Within," Woodward depicts Bush as a "man of few doubts" who is "still following his gut, convinced that the path he has chosen is right."

Bush, who has switched from using the word "win" in speaking of Iraq to "succeed," has the gung ho McCain-Palin team behind him. The question is, why? Woodward also wrote that Bush was intolerant of confrontations and in-depth debate. He said Bush maintained an "odd detachment" in the management of the war in Iraq "and too often failed to lead."

Bush has never explained why he invaded Iraq -- a country that had no doomsday weapons and did us no harm. It's doubtful that McCain or Palin could explain Bush's mindless mission in the Middle East if they gained the White House.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2008, 05:24:07 PM »
Helen Thomas still has two functioning brain cells?

Remember, she's pretty ancient.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2008, 08:27:09 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on September 19, 2008, 05:24:07 PM
Helen Thomas still has two functioning brain cells?

Remember, she's pretty ancient.

One tiny request, if it's ok.

Please don't use "Helen Thomas" and "pretty" in the same sentence.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM »
I thought she was dead....
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What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2008, 09:54:32 PM »
You know, I almost never get tired of this McCain=Bush line.  It keeps them at their keyboards instead of driving or otherwise being out on the streets.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2008, 12:09:12 AM »
There was a devastating market crash on Wall Street?

When?  You'd think something like that would make the news... :p
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2008, 07:29:39 AM »
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

Nobody said she isn't - Just because one died 20 years ago doesn't mean one has stopped moving around and stopped eating brains.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2008, 09:11:45 AM »
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....



She died and went to ACORN... :rotf:
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2008, 01:24:53 PM »
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

How could we tell the difference?

But I am shocked, shocked I say, that a member of the media seems so biased.  :hyper:
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2008, 01:27:21 PM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on September 19, 2008, 09:54:32 PM
You know, I almost never get tired of this McCain=Bush line.  It keeps them at their keyboards instead of driving or otherwise being out on the streets.

Unfortunately it also keeps them in their parents basement, unemployed and living on assorted governmental handouts.

Meaning we are paying them to slam us.


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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2008, 01:29:25 PM »
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

She votes the same as they do...
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2008, 02:34:43 PM »
Well I heard she was in the same High School class as Yoda.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2008, 03:50:13 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on September 21, 2008, 01:29:25 PM
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

She votes the same as they do...


at least she didn't switch party affiliation upon her death...  :whatever:
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2008, 08:29:55 PM »
Quote from: docstew on September 21, 2008, 03:50:13 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on September 21, 2008, 01:29:25 PM
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

She votes the same as they do...


at least she didn't switch party affiliation upon her death...  :whatever:

How can that be? Didn't she start out with the Whig Party?
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2008, 09:32:15 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on September 21, 2008, 08:29:55 PM
Quote from: docstew on September 21, 2008, 03:50:13 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on September 21, 2008, 01:29:25 PM
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

She votes the same as they do...


at least she didn't switch party affiliation upon her death...  :whatever:

How can that be? Didn't she start out with the Whig Party?

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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2008, 02:06:32 PM »
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

She is dead. The old hag is the Democrat's version of Weekend at Bernies.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2008, 02:11:14 PM »

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let them keep it up.  it just reminds people that the guy that the dems want to put IN the
presidency was a state senator 3 years ago.
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2008, 02:58:59 PM »
Okay, Sarah Palin and Helen Thomas should never be mentioned in the same article!
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2008, 03:52:26 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on September 22, 2008, 02:58:59 PM
Okay, Sarah Palin and Helen Thomas should never be mentioned in the same article!

But that's "fair and balanced".  A young right-wing hottie, and an ancient left-wing fugly-duddy. 
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2008, 07:44:51 AM »
Quote from: Woody on September 22, 2008, 03:52:26 PM
Quote from: DixieBelle on September 22, 2008, 02:58:59 PM
Okay, Sarah Palin and Helen Thomas should never be mentioned in the same article!

But that's "fair and balanced".  A young right-wing hottie, and an ancient left-wing fugly-duddy. 



  Is this not the *cough-cough* woman,that all of the dump wants to have sex with.

 Thhink about it. They will turn down Sarah and want to turn on Helen

 Makes sense to me/sarcasm
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Re: Helen Thomas: Palin + McCain Equals More Bush
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2008, 11:07:42 AM »
Quote from: miskie on September 21, 2008, 07:29:39 AM
Quote from: Jim on September 19, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
I thought she was dead....

Nobody said she isn't - Just because one died 20 years ago doesn't mean one has stopped moving around and stopped eating brains.
...or voting in dim primaries   :whatever:
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