Posted on 06/06/2010 11:10:41 AM PDT by Josh Painter
The lamestream media doesn't like it when Sarah Palin calls them out for their distortions, innuendo and what the governor calls "making things up" -- which is her rather polite way of saying that the media are liars. The latest example is Helen Thomas' recent comment regarding Israel, for which Gov. Palin scolded the reporter on Twitter, and Thomas promptly apologized.
But Sarah Palin let Thomas' colleagues have it with both barrels with another tweet for their failure to criticize the reporter for her remark:
Helen Thomas press pals condone racist rant?Heaven forbid"esteemed"press corps represent society's enlightened elite;Rest of us choose truthThat was simply too much for the left wing NY Daily news to abide, so it churned out this gratuitous hit piece:
WASHINGTON - A top adviser to GOP star Sarah Palin was once dispatched by ex-President Richard Nixon to sweep Jews out of government service, newly released tapes show.This is so lame on so many levels.Nixon aide Fred Malek's role as what Democrats call a "Jew counter" for the disgraced President was already well known, and he has spent decades apologizing for activities that later cost him a Republican National Committee job in the 1980s. But he remains a prominent GOP powerbroker.
First of all, Sarah Palin was five years old when the Nixon presidency began, and she was ten when it ended, so the attempt by the Daily News to paint Gov. Palin as an anti-Semite through her rather casual association with Fred Malek is laughable. But notice how the News ran a photo of Sarah Palin right next to one of Nixon with the story in its lame attempt to link the two. The photo of Malek is smaller and located below the other two. Subtle as a sledgehammer, and a swing and a miss for strike one.
Also, Malek has never been a paid staffer for Sarah Palin. He has offered her some free advice on how to get along with the Washington establishment, and he has introduced her to some of the beltway's major players, but that's about the extent of it. He has never endorsed her for any political office, and though he likes her, at the top of Malek's list of his preferred presidential candidates is Mitt Romney. Malek is also partial to other moderates such as George Pataki, Mark Kirk, Mike Castle and Jon Huntsman. Strike two.
Finally, this NY Daily News straw man isn't even new. It's simply a regurgitation of an older smear job notorious Palin-hater Geoffrey Dunn cooked up at nutroots leftist website Huffington Post a year and a half ago. So again we have the major media getting its material from the wackosphere. It was FAIL then and EPIC FAIL now. Strike three. They're out... of their minds if they think that they can brand Sarah Palin, one the the most vocal supporters of Israel today, as an anti-Semite.
It's not for nothing that Gov. Palin calls them the lamestream media.
- JP
Piyush Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Amar and Raj Jindal, who came to the United States as immigrants from India.[1]
Jindal attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School, graduating in 1988. "He always had his eye on, first of all, where he wanted to go, and second, how he was going to get there," said a former teacher. He competed in tennis tournaments, started a computer newsletter, a retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent his free time working at the concession stands during LSU football games.[6] Jindal was one of 50 students nationwide admitted to the elite PLME program at Brown University, guaranteeing him a place in medical school. His interest was in public policy. Moved by a sense of indebtedness to his father, who overcame abject poverty in his native India and wanted his eldest son to become a doctor, Jindal completed a second major in biology. He graduated in 1991 at the age of 20, with honors in both majors.[7][8]
Jindal was named a member of 1992 USA Today All-USA Academic Team. He was accepted by both Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School, but studied at New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He received an M.Litt. degree in political science with an emphasis in health policy from the University of Oxford in 1994 for his thesis "A needs-based approach to health care".[7] He turned down an offer to study for a D.Phil. in politics,[9][10] but instead joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
Your point???
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What is your definition of "heavy weight thinker?"
Someone that can understand the exact agenda of the opposition, and develop a strategy to thwart it in real time in an active public forum.
Palin does it daily, hourly, sometimes minute by minute, but Jindel couldn’t do it once, even with a pre-written speech.
Those that bury themselves in academia are never heavy thinkers; that’s why they are there, where they are protected. Can’t ride around the block without their training wheels, no matter how long they’ve been riding.
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Jindal has not been buried in or part of academia.
Palin resigned as govenor so as to be more outspoken.
As for the horrible Jindal speech, he had a cold and was in an echo chamber. He talks too fast for me, but...
The point is, Jindal is very intelligent and not a lightweight thinker which was your initial comment.
One can be intelligent yet not be a heavy thinker. It’s not a function of just intelligence, but also personal initiative, and desire.
Very few have the drive to think fast on their feet.
You obviously are not very familiar with Jindal.
Frankly, Jindal bores me to death.
He reminds me of my mother-in-law.
Bless your heart!
LOL! Pity wasted young lives!
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