Comments on: Comparing Electoral Success of Palin & Obama

By: GayPatriot » MSM’s Missing Stories of Obama

GayPatriot » MSM’s Missing Stories of Obama — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:29:03 +0000

[...] Asking him how his campaign succeeded in removing all the names from the Democratic primary ballot in his first bid…. [...]

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:21:38 +0000

I personally donâ€™t think campaigns make you any better at governing but Obama should not be underestimated for what he accomplished this election year.

Go with your first thought there. Applying for medical school is not medical experience; running for Sheriff is not police experience; running for President is self-promotion, not Presidential experience.

By: Mark J. Goluskin

Mark J. Goluskin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:14:35 +0000

Hmm, I think that the real reason Sen. Messiah Barack won the nomination is because the “Democrats” have a system that is, well not very Democratic. First, they set up this “proportional” distribution of delegates based on the percentage of votes for said candidate. Then, in caucus states, no one really knows the actual vote totals. Totally goes aginst the secret ballot concept. And when that was all said and done, Sen. Messiah Barack was barely ahead roughly about 100 delegates. But, no worries. In come the “superdelegates” and they get to stick their finger in the air and see which way the wind is blowing and back whoever they want. And, they flocked to Sen. Messiah Barack. No, even though he was not my first choice, Sen. “F— You” McCain won out right the GOP nomination. Some states had caucuses, some based on congressional representation and some winner-take-all. Sorry, an 18,000,000 tie broken by “superdelegates” is not a way to win a party nomination. BTW, GPW, great post and I linked it to my blog!

By: V the K

V the K — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:44:35 +0000

DER, it was helpful to Obama that he had the entire American news media acting as his PR firm.

By: Darkeyedresolve

Darkeyedresolve — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:12:04 +0000

Not to really refute that but you did leave out that Obama, and this is a serious claim people make for being a good president, did beat the Clintons in the primary. He was able to do something that hadn’t been done since the 80’s when Bill Clinton lost his Governorship before regaining it later. I would say its comparable to Palin beating out the incumbent Alaska Governor in her primary but its not of the same level.

I personally don’t think campaigns make you any better at governing but Obama should not be underestimated for what he accomplished this election year.

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:29:50 +0000

And yet, michael, in your other comments, you want to kill Down syndrome babies in a program of Nazi eugenics. (If that seems like a strange non-sequitur... well, I'm just trying to speak to michael on his level, or a level he might understand.)

By: michael

michael — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:26:03 +0000

i love the mayor of jacksonville, florida. a true republican and a true american.

By: V the K

V the K — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:17:49 +0000

GPW, trying to change the subject when the facts are not on their side is standard leftist operating procedure.

An argument a leftist could make is that Chicago politics are dirtier and for higher stakes than Alaska politics. (Because, you know, as the Obama campaign indicated in their “town of 9000″ sneer, unless you live in one of the three largest cities in the USA, you’re a dumb hick.) So, Obama had to be play by the harder rules, but that experience makes him a more seasoned political actor than his minimal experience and meager legislative achievements would indicate.

I think it’s a weak argument, but it’s probably the best an Obamunist could make.

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:14:13 +0000

V the K, you forgot to mention that the guy illegally shot a moose.

I love it how the Dems all claim to be for the ‘little guy’. But you notice they really don’t mean it. They make comparisons to small cities in large states and claim that being a mayor of such places is so much more impressive than being a governor of a very important if remote state.

On the personal side, a woman can do and be anything she wants – except for being a mom and a successful politician. Since they are the party of abortion that is not surprising in the least.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:09:56 +0000

Um, do some of the Palin-critics commenting to this post want to address its actual content. I mean, it’s about a woman who takes on incumbents, even from her own party and wins while Barack moves to get them removed from the ballot.

By: V the K

V the K — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:06:19 +0000

As for “abuse of power,” some might apply that term when an ABC journalist gets beaten down and arrested by the police for filming high-powered donors coming out of a high-level DNC meeting.

By: V the K

V the K — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:04:17 +0000

So, “secrecy” is now an issue with the campaign who tried to block access to the Annenberg Challenge collection of documents? “Secrecy” is now a problem with a campaign that refuses to release its candidate’s medical records? “Lying” is a problem with a candidate who can’t keep his story straight on why he opposed a bill outlawing infanticide? Lying is a problem for a candidate who claims the unrepentant terrorist he sat on two boards with for six years and in whose living room he launched his political career is “just some guy from my neighborhood I barely know?”

Yeah, The Obama’s honesty ranks right up there with his experience.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:03:07 +0000

the mayor of jacksonville, florida has more executive experience and savvy than the governor of florida. grampa john would have done better to opt for that. the lberals are a shoe in this fall…… pray for the folks in the way of the wrath of god.

By: gillie

gillie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:44:13 +0000

What smear? Its about her misuse of power, her secrecy and her lieing about it. Then she blamed her aides.
Classic!
Wait..now I understand why you like her! She is just like the current admin!

By: V the K

V the K — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:33:22 +0000

So, the left is so “giddy” about the choice of Palin that they’re going to spend the next few weeks trumping up a scandal, the “victim” of which is a state trooper who tasered his stepson and threatened his wife and father-in-law with violence?

All for the sake of smearing the reputation of a successful woman, who happens to be a mother of five?

Yeah, that should totally win over the soccer mom vote.

By: Tim O

Tim O — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:32:39 +0000

You mean Obama took a page out of the GOP Playbook? I thought you guys would love the voter suppression angle?!?

By: gillie

gillie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:27:50 +0000

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=tQx42Tsz5NQ&feature=related

Doesn’t this remind you of Gonzales?

What a liar!!! That’s your gal!

By: gillie

gillie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:21:21 +0000

When do you put the “DAYS SINCE SARA PALIN HAS BEEN TO IRAQ” counter up?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:19:14 +0000

I read a comment on another blog (I forget which one, and I don’t know who said it), but it was such a classic line, I thought it was worth quoting here. Although, as some other comments point out, as the governor of a state with two foreign borders who has negotiated a pipeline deal with one of those countries, she has more foreign negotiation experience than most members of commerce, there will be those who still complain about her lack of credentials in this area. To those folks, there need be only one rejoinder: “Fortunately there’s still time to get her on a flight to Berlin so she can give a speech in Europe.”

By: gillie

gillie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:03:48 +0000

You forgot to mention how she lauged when her supporters called her (cancer survr opponent “a cancer” and “a b###h” classy!
or how she killed a wind farm and a clean coal plant.
Or how McCain only met her once or twice!
Oh yeah, troopergate too!
Yup.
She is awesome! For the next pres. Obama!

As I said before, the left is giddy with this choice…

Anyone see McCain and her together? Yikes! Talk about uncomfy!

HA!