I nominated Michael O’Hanlon “Wanker of the Day” over this:

“I thought she handled the discussion of the “Bush doctrine” fine.”

http://www.politico.com/arena/…..4A69E7D715

Perhaps Andy is just trying to angle a position in the OVP of a Palin/McCain administration.

Rule #1 — never make the boss look bad.

He’s got that one down.

“War without End Amen”. Please read what happened to European counties that tried this war is the solution foriegn policy…they went banrupt. Hey aren’t we already bankru”pt?
Sorry that was a takeoff of World without end amen” a benediction after the Sunday sermon. Peterr?

Mmmmm. Pretzels!

What aspect of her response did you think was bad CharlieBT?

On Diane Rehm today one of the guests (didn’t catch the name) was defending Palin’s ignorance by asserting that “nobody really know what it is, and besides, journalists call it the Bush doctrine.”

I screamed at the radio, “the Bush doctrine is merely the administration’s guiding foreign policy principle, you fucking fascist!”

I hope he heard me because nobody else on the show was challenging his nonsense.

Looks like the subpoenas are in place per a 3-2 vote in favor of today.

Including Todd Palin

good.

Isn’t it great that when GOP attacks Obama with lies and we step in we are a “bunch of whiners” yet when McCain-Palin are attacked their whining is named “indignation.” Who’s the elitist (and whiner too!)?

Heh. Caribou Ken, you’ve been served.

That’s the last line of the Gloria Patri, usually said at the beginning of a service.

Hey, that’s all just DC insider jargon. It’s not like the FREAKING VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES has to know anything about it.

The Bush Doctrine

Sad to say, but there’s a small part of me (albeit a very small part) that looks forward to Sarah becoming VP, then president, so that when she starts WWIII and the nuclear warheads start falling in our own backyard, I can turn to my wacky Republican friends and family and say, “Are you happy now?”

well, she’ll have it down next time.

And then we’ll ask her what “The One Percent Doctrine” is.

I hope you’re a fast talker….

Then we’ll ask her what the 7% Solution is. ;)

Just don’t go hunting with her.

She’s probably a better shot than Cheney.

Every American will be issued an official McCain/Palin missile defense shield aka Wile E. Coyote miniature umbrella.

And, then if she has 6 degrees to kevin bacon.

James Fallows nails it

Each of us has areas we care about, and areas we don’t. If we are interested in a topic, we follow its development over the years. And because we have followed its development, we’re able to talk and think about it in a “rounded” way. We can say: Most people think X, but I really think Y. Or: most people used to think P, but now they think Q. Or: the point most people miss is Z. Or: the question I’d really like to hear answered is A.

Here’s the most obvious example in daily life: Sports Talk radio.

Mention a name or theme — Brett Favre, the Patriots under Belichick, Lance Armstrong’s comeback, Venus and Serena — and anyone who cares about sports can have a very sophisticated discussion about the ins and outs and myth and realities and arguments and rebuttals.

People who don’t like sports can’t do that. It’s not so much that they can’t identify the names — they’ve heard of Armstrong — but they’ve never bothered to follow the flow of debate. I like sports — and politics and tech and other topics — so I like joining these debates. On a wide range of other topics — fashion, antique furniture, the world of restaurants and fine dining, or (blush) opera — I have not been interested enough to learn anything I can add to the discussion. So I embarrass myself if I have to express a view.

What Sarah Palin revealed is that she has not been interested enough in world affairs to become minimally conversant with the issues. Many people in our great land might have difficulty defining the “Bush Doctrine” exactly. But not to recognize the name, as obviously was the case for Palin, indicates not a failure of last-minute cramming but a lack of attention to any foreign-policy discussion whatsoever in the last seven years.

http://jamesfallows.theatlanti…..erview.php

Bacon? Are you calling her a pig?

oy!

ster!

And, then if she has 6 degrees to kevin bacon.

Per Muzzy @6 above, I think she just became more interested in the First Dood’s bacon, and how to save it….

Jim White pointed out the swing vote downstairs from your linky (thanks!)

The Senate committees granted the request. Voting for were Sens. Charlie Huggins, R-Wasilla, and two Anchorage Democrats, Hollis French and Bill Wielechowski.

Voting no were Sens. Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, and Gene Therriault, R-North Pole.

Bom dia pups

Texbetsy are you and yours safe from Ike?

John. In what respect, John? Her world view?

John, you do know that there are Islamist extremists hellbent on destroying America, don’t you? John?

She seems to make a lotta friends wherever she goes, huh?

Annoying- the talking heads on NPR said something along the lines of, “well, she didn’t have answers for all the questions. But she sure sounded confident!”

Made me want to drive off the road.

“What… is the capital of Assyria?”

that’s the polite way of saying condescending!

She said Charlie’s name so many times in the little clip I saw, it reminded me of this video that went viral with my teens and their friends.

Charlie goes to Candy Mountain.

hardee har har.

You-all crack liberals have your panties in a twist over mostly MSM gossip.

Consider the VP we’ve had for the last eight years.

Say what? Palin is lookin better already?

Where…is Georgia?

OK, in all seriousness, I reread this post and this is exactly why we are in such deep doo doo. The GOP and all the Serious People will take the most preposterous decisions of another person, the most absurd, the most dangerous and ill advised position that does no one any good and DEFEND IT.

What ARE they thinking? Are they thinking?

Meanwhile gas and grocery prices don’t lie.

That’s right. How dare I link to anything questioning Saint Sarah. Now I’ll never be raptured

Where’s the fainting couch ;-)

wellllll …… texteen and casssie and i are safe, along with niece-in-law. nephew is working with the nat guard on evacuating hospitals and nursing homes. and cassie & nephew’s mom is in prison in an area that will get LOTS and LOTS of wind but hopefully no storm surge.

seem’s that galveston is leaving their prisoners right there while the rest of the city evacuates.

Palin would make Cheney look like Churchill.

-G

not really

here is a glimpse of Obama’s Attack-Dog, Joe Biden’s strategy going into the VP debate:

Speaking to donors in the back yard of Chicagoans Barbara Goodman Manilow and Steve Koch, he said that he’s going to focus on the issues. “Folks, look, I know what she’s going to try to do: she’s going to try to make it as personal as she can. She’s going to take a lot of straight lefts and jabs at me. She’s going to try to get me to respond. She’s going to try to get me to respond in a personal way,” Lynn Sweet reports. “That’s not my style. I’m not going to do it.”
“What I care about is: What in God’s name is she going to do—along with John McCain—about the thousands of people who don’t have health care?” Biden said. Hoping to turn the tone of the election away from personality, he said that he’ll take her on over “the superhighway of terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced down...John McCain wants to know where Bin Ladin and the gates of Hell are? I can tell him where. That’s where Al Qaeda is. That’s where Bin Ladin is. It’s not in the country of Iraq.”

http://chicagoist.com/2008/09/…..issues.php

Go Joe! that’ll show ‘em!

Who knew Terror had it’s own Highway, let alone a Superhighway? OMG what is Sarah Palin gonna do about that, huh?!?! I bet the War on Terra is the last thing she wants to talk about – Joe is always thinking three moves ahead, thats probably why Obama picked him.

I’ll stay here next to the gates of hell with ya. I got plenty of water.

Great link btw. I like sports analogies to cut through the spin.

One of the most annoying ticks of Bush – talking to us like we’re a bunch of 8 year-olds.

Palin’s got that same killer combination – the blithe ignorance coupled with utter certainty/lack of doubt about everything – that drives me nuts about Bush.

gossip? really? this isn’t just your teenage preggers story. She is abusing the power of the governor’s office and is currently under investigation.

You can’t go to Match dot com and find a better candidate!

Palin would make Cheney look like Churchill Napoleon.
See there? Fixed it for ya.

T-

Alert: It seems an actual journalist slipped past security at the AP and filed an article!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..epublicans

How refreshing…a report like this: “McCain said this, which is not true. Then McCain said that, which has been debunked many times.”

If just 30% of the BigMedia “reporters” were this truthful, Obama would be up by 20% in the polls.

Yes! That’s it exactly. chock full of swagger.

The Gloria Patri in the Episcopal Church is a part of the Rite One (i.e., old-fashioned) service, and is said after readings. It is a part of the “beginning” of the service in the sense that the “Liturgy of the Word” is the first half of the service.

Our regular programming now resumes….

Too funny. Charlie, Charlie.

Not that this’ll do any good now, but maybe next year …

A Model for Hurricane Evacuation

Software developed at MIT could save lives and money by improving hurricane planning.

http://www.technologyreview.co…..21353/?a=f

Thanks bonkers! I noticed that AP also sent someone to Wasilla as well to contribute to the report.

Pretty much to the point.

I also notice that AP put up a photo of both Cindy and John on the View. Was that from this appearance or an earlier one?

Sarah Palin is another stupid GOP extremist. Just admit it. You’ll feel better.

Obama skewers McCain as White House truce scrapped

I also was able to see a snippet of the video of Obama referenced here and it was pretty direct.

Obama campaign getting a little tougher
http://tpmelectioncentral.talk…..uld_ra.php

“The McCain campaign meanwhile aired a new ad accusing their rivals of disrespecting Palin, who appeared to stumble over key foreign policy questions in her first major network interview Thursday.”

But isn’t respect supposed to be earned?

don’t look at me…I agree with you. That’s the McCain campaign saying that. I find Palin quite condescending. I cannot stand her attitude much less her “policies” and less than that her “record”.

Palin is failing

shorter: Phalin’

Here’s a piece that gives a European perspective on the U.S. election.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ commen…008.barackobama

Haven’t seen the pic; but Cindy was wearing very red, red this am….if that helps.

”Wingnuts Twist Themselves In Knots Defending Palin’s Total Ignorance Of Completely Trivial Foreign Policy Doctrine” — Blue Texan

Mmmm, I love big ’ol hot pretzels with salt & mustard!

James Fallows nails it

He nearly always does!

“What… is the capital of Assyria?”

Damn, ask us a tough one.
You cannot be asserious!

Consider the VP we’ve had for the last eight years.
Say what? Palin is lookin better already?

Hate to burst your fantasy bubble, but if you’re willing to ignore His Evilness for the moment, Dick Cheney is a real statesman compared to Caribou Barbie.

He has real world experience of 1000 lifetimes, success in both business and politics and the humor…well, the nasty humor of 2 Sarah Palins put together.

I hate to have to support the Dick, but in this case I’d rather have my life in his hands than hers. Tough call maybe and nothing to wish for, but there you have it.

Where…is Georgia?

He ran off with Susana.