I don’t recall who was the interviewer, but the “Mission Accomplished” banner was part of the mea culpa along with the nonsense behind his sabre rattling “Cowboy” diplomacies (Dead or Alive). Same thing two years later with CNN’s journalist-du-jour.

Once she masters the details of national policy, she’s going to cause anyone whoever doubted her to reconsider the hasty judgment they made about her qualifications.

You do realize the first part of that sentence completely justifies why so many of us correctly judged her not ready based on her qualifications. She would have been a good choice as Energy Sec. or something along those lines, but she clearly wasn’t ready for the VP slot. That said, we’ll see how she fairs in the next couple of years.

I caught some of the Bush interview on CNN yesterday. I have not seen him that at ease in a very long time. Looks like he’s glad the ride is almost over. I don’t blame him – who would want that job.

McCain lost my respect years ago and his lack of defense of his VP pick just confirmed it. Being a hero doesn’t mean being good or decent. It means being heroic. See those old Greek stories…

I admit to eating hot dogs stuffed with that fake cheese too. Simple pleasures

A very simplistic response:

I don’t have any anecdotal evidence to agree with or counter this assertion, but I know several conservatives who stayed home because they refused to vote for McCain, stating he ‘lacks principles’. Disagreement is a two-way street.

Republicans fall over themselves to disagree with one another because by and large we are interested in truth, in the extent of government, in preservation of what is proven, etc. We are constantly arguing the small stuff and emphasizing our individualism by begging to differ. We understand that government should be of law, not of men and so we unify behind ideas rather than political figures — thus, we ‘throw each other under busses’ because we are loyal primarily to philosophy; our prescription for a harmonius society is equality of rights before the law and the rest is ideally left to self-determination.

Democrats are only interested in power or at least preventing Republicans from getting it; they may not fully agree with certain leftist figures, but understand that the only way to further their agenda is to be in a position to enact it. It’s far easier for them to rationalize the bad behavior of Ayers because 1) it happened so long ago and 2) deep down, they understand that their agenda is sympathetic with radicalism — they figure they don’t want to go quite that far, just a few steps in his direction. It’s similar to those who say something like “Communism doesn’t work, but it’s a great idea, is understandable why so many were attracted to it, and I’m sympathetic with what it tried to do”, not recognizing that it’s evil precisely for what it does and because it doesn’t work.

In a sense, leftists tend to be idealists and attempt to constantly change society by force of law to conform to their ideals such as addressing perceived injustice whereas rightists tend to be realists and are left the task of defending what is imperfect because they recognize that imperfection is human nature and the nature of government. Leftists tend to speak in terms of ‘change’, ‘hope’, ‘frontiers’, ‘horizons’, etc. while rightists tend to speak in terms of ‘God’, ‘country’, ‘tradition’, ‘damn those leftists’. They look forward, we look backward. As this election proved, it’s easier being the tide rather than the bulwark.

Feel free to throw me under the bus.

Ditto. Obama will be easier to fight against than McCain.

Here’s something that came up in a mods vs cons debate last night. Liberal Democrats have no trouble defending the extremes of their own party. Point out Bill Ayers or Jeremiah Wright to a mainstream Democrat and they will say, “I don’t agree with them personally, but I totally can defend why they say what they say.”

But it seems moderate Republicans will throw conservatives under the bus just to curry favor with liberals at cocktail parties. Democrats defend William Ayers… a terrorist… but moderate Republicans can’t be bothered to say “Even though I strongly disagree with Sarah Palin on some issues, I don’t think she’s stupid.”

Mainstream Democrats are more willing to defend terrorists like William Ayers than Moderate Republicans are to defend others in their own party whom they disagree with on policy. Does that seem right to anyone?

As soon as someone in North Carolina used Rev. Wright in a campaign Ad, McCain was all over him. It’s been 10 days of smears, and finally on Leno he says something nice about Sarah. Sorry, too late.

This is one of the reasons I can’t get too upset about the election results. I am not looking forward to our new socialist overlord. But I can’t bring myself to be too upset that McCain lost.

Since the filter ate my previous comment, I reposted it here .

When Chris Matthews said it was his job to make Obama succeed, he was saying out loud what nearly all of the MSM had quietly vowed already. Up to a certain level of incompetence, they can probably cover for him.

I propose a new unit of measurement for political incompetence. Call it, “the Carter.” If the Obama administration is safe up to a level of about .9 Carters because the media can still cover for them. From .9 to about 1.2 Carters, Obama is in trouble, but could still ride it out. Above 1.2 Carters, his future becomes more cloudy. And no politician can survive above 2 Carters.

Before I rip into McCain, I will ask you to comment on why McCain has been AWOL on defending Palin after some of his staff opened fire on her after the defeat.

As to Greta, I think she has been amazing. “We report, you decide.” Shepard Smith said his program does not engage in “crime and slime.” He was on stage with all the Fox people during an anniversary special. Greta’s face contorted at the comment.

She has found a path away from being 24/7 Aruba cheerleader mystery program. Fox has two huge ego bookends: O’Reilly and Geraldo. (I can’t even think of Geraldo’s last name.) Greta has decided to be on the shelf above them. She is actually becoming more like Bret Hume than the news lite crowd that dominates the channel.

Did you notice that Sarah Palin was cooking up some hot dogs with velvetta down the middle in one of those segments?

http://www.aldenteblog.com/2008/07/five-hot-dogs-t.html

God must love a politician in the kitchen.