Posted on 09/02/2008 10:04:22 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
For reasons only "progressive" minds can fathom, several bloggers on the left think—or more likely, are perhaps wishing—that Sarah Palin, John McCain's newly-announced choice for Vice President, will drop out of the Presidential race.
Jeralyn Merritt, probably once the most consistently rational member of the leftist blogosphere, is actively promoting a drop-out pool.
Merritt claims that McCain must force Palin out because she wasn't adequately vetted, and then quite seriously suggests that Obama was:
Obama presented himself for 17 months to the American people, they heard him debate more than a dozen times, they made their own decision that he was ready for the job and the Democrats voted him their nominee.
Obama wasn't unilaterally appointed by a party's nominee in a transparent play for the evangelical and female vote. As if Sarah Palin could fill Hillary Clinton's shoes by virtue of her gender. As if women wouldn't see that Sarah Palin is the antithesis of Hillary Clinton on issues. As if anything would evoke Palin's lack of qualifications more than to compare them to Hillary's.
We now know far more about Sarah Palin in just four days than we've learned about Barack Obama in 17 months. That is just sad. It's a pathetic reflection of the mainstream media's unwillingness to do their jobs for fear of finding stories that would hurt the candidate so many of them openly desire to win.
But periodically appearing to read teleprompters isn't vetting, not matter how many months a candidate has done it, and Obama's ability to perform in set-piece debates is both dubious—Hillary once famously took him apart—and irrelevant. Barack Obama really has never been fully vetted. He hasn't even come close.
You want examples?
(Excerpt) Read more at confederateyankee.mu.nu ...
Right out of their playbook. They do not want saneness in the government.
Has anyone found any evidence that Barack even bothered to register for Selective Service?
Fascinating ....thanks for the link...
Hmmm....good question...but then he is a citizen of the World.../s
Hussein is now relegated to comparing his experience to Governor Palin’s. This is akin to arguing that the starting QB for the Redskins is better than the backup for the Patriots.
The only thing that will take any of them out of the race is an ambulance cart....a real, provable, serious illness.
Amusing counterpoint. I’ll have to read the whole original. Thanks Ernest!
Lawsuit Filed Against Barack Obama Seeking Injunction Barring Presidential Run
Coast-to-Coast AM | 8/22/2008 | Philip J. Berg
Posted on 08/22/2008 7:25:15 PM PDT by ex-Texan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2066507/posts
The Left is not going to pick our candidates for us. The Left is not going to tell us what to do. I don’t want to be a member of their club, because they are cynical, unprincipled people.
This is a great article. It spells out so clearly why Obama cannot and should not ever be trusted.
Major ping indeed....thanks
This is great. People are going to wonder why Obama's debating McCain and not Palin.
The President doesn't have to possess a security clearance, so there will never be a background check. Kennedy wouldn't have passed one because of his infidelity and neither would Clinton for infidelity and lying under oath.
I know Barry won the nomination but I do not believe he will be on the ballot in November.
The Dems want you to believe that McCain didnt vet Palin well enough. They are just trying to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of some.
I think they are also very much afraid of Palin. They would rather pick on a minor pregnant child than take on the candidate.
Wasn’t she one of Timothy McVeigh’s defense attorneys?
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll:(McCain Down Now ONLY 3 Points...Palin Steals Obama's Bounce!)
Oh Man....that is Powerful!
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