Originally Posted by QuiteNice

It is sort of mean-spirited to put down community organizers. Community organizers don't work in the field because they want to be powerful, they do it because they want to help. It's like making fun of someone for doing community service....

Originally Posted by Si modo

If Palin had actually said "F*** YOU" about community organinzers, then she would hav been a jerk. She was comparing her experience as mayor to that of BHO's as community orgainizer. Mayors have more responsibility. But, read the speech and judge for yourself (Post No. 42).

Originally Posted by Jason Marcel

Yup, neo-con Nazis.

They sound curiously the same, like all liberal-fascists do. PARTY PARTY PARTY! COUNTRY FIRST! HAIL THE LEADER!

All the shit Giuliani, Romney and Palin spewed tonight was liberal-fascist hate-mongering. "We're the true and only patriots" kind of theme is familiar with Nazis.

Same with never admitting any mistakes or daring to confront any major issue of the day in a substantive way. Just cultish talking points.

We've heard the same Hanoi Hilton story by about 5 or 6 different people so far, all told precisely the same way, with the same inflections.

It's like ever since 9/11, the neo-cons send out their little Nazi memo, and everyone actually repeats the same thing, without any critical thought.

It's deeply troubling and certainly not patriotic.

Originally Posted by Alex

I am? wow, that is great news. Wrote a song about it...like it hear it? here it goes:

I'm an elitist factory owner....I'm an elitist factory owner....I'm an elitist factory owner....na na nah nah na na....I'm an elitist factory owner....I'm an elitist factory owner....I'm an elitist factory owner....na na nah nah na na......

Originally Posted by O'Sullivan Bere

The speechwriter made good use of gaffes and/or spins of Obama and his wife in order to attempt to drive a wedge between Obama and 'small town America.' Use of the Michelle flap was conveyed through a well written 'dog whistle' writing manoeuvre.

As Palin read the teleprompter when she went into her 'knowing small town America' she got it in: "They love their country, in good times and bad, and they’re always proud of America." The last part was stressed especially the 'always,' and the delegates cheered tremendously on cue. It would be taken poorly if she mentioned her by name but it proved to be an effective talking point earlier, so it gots tucked in there like that to make the sales pitch to the target audience (small town America) with flatteries whilst reminding them of the flap over Michelle's 'proud' comment to remind and convey to them that Michelle isn't 'proud like them' according to that talking point along with Obama's church and gun remark that she also made mention to the same effect.

Originally Posted by sousoux

See what I mean! The "topic" is who's speech was better not what was in them.

Originally Posted by sousoux

So soaring is completely wrong. By his argument that the effect of the democrats in congress is 4 years old that was when the deficit started to reduce.

In fact he's spewing total rubbish.

Originally Posted by wooyarn

Some of the truth stretching from the RNC

Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention - Yahoo! News

PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."

MCCAIN: "She's been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply ... She's responsible for 20 percent of the nation's energy supply. I'm entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America," he said in an interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson.

THE FACTS: McCain's phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she's no more "responsible" for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state — by population.

Don't they know that things like this are easy to check and the only people they are fooling are their base.

Originally Posted by Frank Peter

Oh i know that. Just my sense of Humor.

Given the fact that there is no reasonable way to defend the BUsh and republican fiancial policy it is clear that you have to take this.

What i really found interesting is how the GOP handle the economy and fiancial issue at the convention. Every speech has only one topic the economy and the financial situation of the US.

I think the american people at the moment are really interested in the bad media topic and have no other problems and with a debt of nearly 10 trillion and a new record deficit and all the other economic issues at the moment.

It is really so good to the republicans understnad the economic challenges ahead and making this their major topic. Mrs palin underlines that in her speech where she clealry benefits from her experiance as a economic giant and all together i think they really can continue the good work of the Bush adminisrtation where at the moment round about every US taxpayer pays 3500 Dollars every year just to pay the rates and given the fact that 40% is Bush made i think four more republican years are really justified.

The republicans in the US showed during the last eight years great fiscal and financial wisdom and you ar ethe party to follow here. Just continue your good work and i know there is a bright future ahead for your country.

But perhabs you better campaign against gay people and arbortion, talking about Obama being Muslem or just namecalling Osama, Nobama...and all that republican base stuff. it´s more your league and you still got the press to blame or Mc cain can simply answer asked about the economy: "i was a pow for more than five years."

Originally Posted by mudwhistle

If the way our press is acting these days isn't any indication to you why you have such a lousy opinion of my country maybe you should pay closer attention to the garbage they're pumping out and question their motives.

You're not going to hear anything good about this country from our press.