Posted on 10/02/2008 1:48:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Okay, folks. Let's keep an eye on this debate and see if Sarah can beat down hairplug.
Kraut is wrong and so are you. She made 3 important points that completely turned the tables in this race.
The race is now Drilling for energy independence, Corruption in DC/Wall St and leaving the war in victory. That was her job and she nailed it.
Now the Maverick can come in and backfill how he is the only one that can fill the job and that including the Fannie Mae mess that Obummer is up to his ears in.
She set the foundation and now watch McCain build the house. This race is now McCain’s after tonight. She was amazing.
Pray for W, McCuda and Our Troops
Oh yeah...Welcome to FR.
Joe Lieden
bush vs algore
BTW notice ron paul did not manage to show in any of these polls.
when did plugs get the facelift?
Only 10? LOL!!!
She made it clear she is one of ‘us’ and for the people.
What? Troll? Get a grip. Or do you expect everyone here on FR to hold your opinion? So much for conservative intellectualism. Listen chief... You might research all my post before you start making an ass of yourself.
Me? BS? Wow! OK
I want to marry Sarah Palin.
Torie Clark, "republican strategist" agrees Biden won.
Donna Brazile agrees Biden won, I'm shocked. Matthew Dowd "political contributer (is he a 'republican'?)" agrees Biden won.
They didn't see what I saw. I thought she was very sharp. Biden was a lot better than I thought he would be, but I'd give her an edge, especially because she had to toe the McCain line.
Tons better than she did against democrat operative Couric.
Mojo114,
I must give credit where due, it was Cracker Jack who initially posted that beautiful quote, and indeed it was a wonderful night wasn’t it :)
Tatt
Debbie Wasserman (GIMMIE A LIGHT RAIL PORK PROJECT) Shultz is say biden won. (d)
She is a JOKE.
Cong. Shultz represents all that is wrong with beltway feminists.
Shultz WANTS TO RAISE TAXES.
BTW did she vote for the bail out?
Ditka...Ditka...Ditka...Palin....Ditka...Ditka...Palin..Ditka..Ditka...Ditka...
White flag of surrender, drill baby drill and personal responsibility. Fabulous.
“He talked about his landmark legislative accomplishments, like 100,000 cops on the street. I seem to remember that that produced practically no cops and was a complete flameout. Help?”
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100,000 Cops on the Beat? Not Even If You Use New Math
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2000—Eager to claim credit for a dropping national crime rate, President Clinton continues to boast of putting “more than 100,000 new community police officers” on the street through the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
But the first independent analysis of the program, released today by The Heritage Foundation, shows that the actual number of new officers added through COPS falls well below the 100,000 mark.
Analyzing the latest Justice Department data on COPS grants, along with crime statistics and other FBI data, researchers in Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis conclude that COPS—and a predecessor program that also funded community policing—added, at most, only some 40,000 full-time officers to the nation’s police ranks during its first five years (1993-1998).
Indeed, given the rapid growth in police hiring that began prior to 1993, the true number of police hires attributable to COPS may be considerably lower.
But a large proportion of COPS grants have flowed to agencies with relatively mild crime problems, Heritage’s team of researchers found. For example, among the 20 police departments receiving the largest COPS grants from 1993-1997, at least five (25 percent) had violent crime rates lower than the average for large (100,000+ population) cities.
from 1993 to1997, the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department received $44 million in COPS grants. During that same period, Nashville’s Metropolitan Police Department—battling nearly three times as many violent crimes and a violent crime rate three and a half times higher—received only a quarter of that amount ($11.8 million).
Some agencies added few police officers despite receiving large amounts of COPS funds. The Miami Police Department, for example, received nearly $46 million in COPS grants from 1993 to 1997. Of this amount, $34.4 million was marked for hiring new officers, yet the department expanded its ranks by only 21 officers—a cost of more than $1.6 million per officer. “Some COPS programs make those $800 Defense Department hammers look like a real bargain,”
Some funded agencies actually down-sized. The Atlanta Police Department received $15.3 million from 1993 to 1997, but dropped 75 officers (a 4.9 percent reduction) from 1994 to 1998. The biggest drop in officer strength, however, came right in COPS’ backyard: The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department received $6.7 million in COPS funds to place more of its officers on the street, yet slashed 595 officers from its payroll (a 14.5 percent decline).
From 1993 to 1997, almost half (48 percent) of the $1.58 billion dispensed to the nation’s 315 largest police agencies went to just 10 police departments.
A July 1999 Justice Department report concluded: “Clearly, the COPS grants will not result in 100,000 additional officers on the streets by the end of FY 2000. Based on projections by the COPS Office, only 59,765 of the additional officers will by deployed by [then].”
Justice concluded that two of every five (41 percent) had used the money simply to “supplant local funds”—that is, to pay officers they would have hired even without federal funding.
Yep, I noticed that and his touching her on the arm after the debate. Palin appropriately moved away and hubby asserted his presence.
Tee-hee. That's what all those Motorola guys said too. LOL
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
LMAO
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