Introducing Her To America

Hi. I just watched Fox News running (at top-of-hour) a news story including a video clip of Sarah Palin being "Introduced to America."

No Kidding! Her National experience is, oh, about 0.0. Her International experience, ah, less? Oh, wait, she lives near Russia.

This individual has been hiding in a state the size (pop.) of Memphis, Tennessee. So, forgive her anonymity. And, welcome to the National and World stage. She HAS been out of the country before. However, her political experience is, limited. Mayor of a city of 6000. Well that's a lot - bigger than my High School ! ! !

The state that she has represented since last year (inaugurated in 2007), is the size in population of Memphis, TN. I guess there are 15 or so Mayors of cities bigger than Memphis that are wondering if they should toss their name in the ring - does not seem that late, considering.

All this to try to scoop the respect the nation had bestowed upon a clear contributor for decades - Hillary??? Tell me: do you feel gamed?

Meanwhile, the Focus on the Family had some technical difficulties - their prayer for 'Biblical Proportion' rain in Denver on Thursday seems to have resulted in 'Biblical Proportion' rain on New Orleans for this week. Only Technical Difficulties, I'm sure. McCain is talking about postponing the RNC Convention - lucky for him, considering they had their hat handed to them last week.

Maybe there's a good Fire Works vendor in MN that could, you know, help out with the drama for them. Got to do something, I'm sure they're thinking.

Meanwhile, Palin is being hailed as the LEAST EXPERIENCED individual on a major ticket (including Spiro, Dannie [Quayle], Geraldine, et al).

Talk about Hail Mary!?!

You GOT TO LOVE a Go-For-Broke Gambler [McCain], but, did you also want to put him in the White House? He's more suited to a late-night cable show - don't you think?

JT

Posers and Suckers

What's going on here? It Takes A Village, genuine concern for the uninsured, overwhelmingly successful Mother in protecting and raising Chelsea - these are some of the attributes of Hillary Clinton along with the rest of her political life. Yes, it would have been great to have her as our Candidate. And as our President. But she's not. And won't be this time.

So, to Honor Her Historic Heroism, you want to spit on her core beliefs and her LIFE'S WORK? You're a POSER. You are a party dog sic'd out on the attack and posing as a Hillary fan. For example -

Hillary was out campaigning for BO while he was body surfing.....next he'll ask her to wash his windows! She has done more than any Dem opponent in any election ever! No one can throw it up her face! HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN, EVEN AFTER THE CONVENTION.

LOL

As I've said, this is about as disingenuous it gets. Almost. What's more so is the present McCain ads that lead with Hillary and implore the brainless to turn against the honor of the Democratic Party in school-girl-like respite. Or, school-boy-like? You pick - it's equally pathetic.

Tell you what, that right there should offend you enough - how the McCain camp is using Hillary. Talk about washing windows! How about campaigning for a never-led-anything (and still not ready), nothing-new-to-offer, WWIII risk (!) like McCain?

So, you who post on blogs comments like the above, you're nothing but Posers - (maybe even loser guys!) with nothing but the desperate, empty feeling of nothing to lose.

Posers.

Now, who are the Suckers? Who's believing you? Dunno - maybe the Press? Not me. No one I know.

JT

Still Failing Economics

John McCain (August 2008 on Phil Gramm): "Thank you Phil, for all your friendship and support."

Phil Gramm (Summer 2008): Called Americans a nation of "whiners"; said we're in a "Mental Recession"; more than any other politician, he caused the Enron implosion and the credit crunch.

The billionaire Warren Buffet: Phil Gramm has twice tossed "financial weapons of mass destruction" into the US economy.

McCain (On 'Economics'): "I rely on the circle I have developed over many years -- people like Phil Gramm."

Who is Phil Gramm? On healthcare for 80-year-olds facing poverty, he said: "Most of us don't have the luxury of living to be 80 years-old, so it's hard for me to feel sorry for them."

Gramm championed the law freeing Enron from both regulation and disclosure, on the grounds these were "unacceptable fetters on the free market." Enron was his biggest campaign contributor, and paid his wife one million dollars. Cozy.

Enron took over the electricity market in California; engineered power blackouts to drive up the price for power. They ended up in bankruptcy themselves (creditors lost over $50 Billion), and bankrupt California's public budgets. In a surreal move, Gramm blamed "environmental extremists" even after it was proven Enron execs had paid the power plants to "get creative" in turning out the lights.

Gramm's next dozy Legislative effort in the US Senate was to spearhead a Congressional Act bearing his own name (described in a recent Legal Text): "a stunning departure from normal legislative practice" - regulated banks went to unregulated financial institutions called the "shadow banking system" offering wildly unsustainable mortgages to the poor, then bundled into exotic packages of derivative commodities.

Gramm moved on to a megabucks job at banker UBS, one bank raking in billions from his changes. UBS subsequently lost an estimated $37 Billion in the credit meltdown caused by Gramm's legislation which scuttled Banking System regulation. (This figure is estimated because, how do you get an exact figure when you're losing that much money? And, how can you get this SO WRONG?)

Within a few years, the entire system began to collapse without the support beams of state regulation, bringing down the entire US Stock Market. Sub-prime mortgages predictably fell apart, with 2 million Americans facing repossession. The state has had to step in with a much heavier hand than before - and even that will not prevent a recession now. So much for the Free Market - let's bail ourselves out with our Kids' future taxes.

Next, McCain made Gramm the co-chair of his presidential campaign, and hinted he might make him Treasury Secretary.

John McCain (August 2008 on Phil Gramm): "Thank you Phil, for all your friendship and support."

Want more?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/would-you-really-buy-a-mo_b_119440.html

(Thanks to Johann Hari for assembling these facts in his recent post - see link above.)

JT

Able to Lead the Free World?

This one will scare you half to death. I'm not sure if he's dazed and confused, or if this is our new Shock and Awe plan for the World Stage. Check out the part about 3:40 into it - huh?

Is this man really able to lead the free world? Finger on the Red Button?

Finally, Vladimir Putin was President of Russia, not Germany (yikes!), and is now the Prime Minister (of Russia ... where he was born!). Maybe you and I don't need to know that, but I think the President of the United States should. What to you think?

How do you think Bush would feel if Putin referred to him as the President of Mexico, or Canada? Would that help our World Relations some?

JT