Even if the intent was to give Sarah Palin’s campaign wardrobe to charity afterward, would it not be more beneficial to a charity organization to have the $150,000 in cash instead of a few pieces of clothing? Maybe if they were going to do a terrible job managing their campaign budget they should have just asked their donors to donate to charity instead.
My posts are slacking. Same ol’ same ol’.. or else everything worth writing about has been heavily reported as it is. So to sum up:
ACORN is being investigated for reporting the registrations they LEGALLY had to submit but had flagged for the purposes of being investigated. Is your head spinning yet? Mine has been.
Powell endorses Obama. Yay! Yes, this makes me happy. Also: He didn’t do it because he’s black. You jackass.
McCain is still the cranky old man who cried ‘Socialist!’
Palin was in my city, and I am not sure if it was a coincidence that the weather was so cold. Har har.
Joe (Sam?) The Plumber isn’t planning to buy a business, but if he was, the one he wants would have a tax cut under Obama’s plan. Not that it matters, Joe (Sam) doesn’t pay his taxes anyway.
That Americans will finally want a President who is smart as well as concerned, but official and intelligent. Not someone they want to have a beer with or they feel is on their level. And not someone that patronizes us.
Gov. Palin, we are not your special-needs child you throw around for political purposes. Thanks.
All this hype about Sarah Palin winning if she can just be presentable and not screw up to badly, and paying attention to how Biden greets her, and all that other stuff–I’m just not buying it. Anytime the pundits talk this stuff up as much as they are everything turns out completely normally in respect to the extreme possibilities they throw out there. Personally, I’ll just be looking to see that they both actually answer the questions asked and give me some information about what to expect from their admistration and policies. Truth be told, I think Joe Biden will do wonderfully, as will Sarah Palin. Honestly, I’m expecting her to just not answer the questions she is asked. I truly hope she does though, I want to know what she has to say.
Feel free to treat this as an open-thread during the debate if you like.
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UPDATE: Post debate, I would just like to add that I hate to post directly after a debate because I like to have my feelings and opinions sink in before talking about petty things that I won’t care about in a few days, but I just have to say that in the past week and moreso tonight I seriously cannot stand her voice when she gets all folksy and makes me feel like she’s talking down to me like I’m a child.
2007 Earmarks map. What were earmarks used for in your neck of the woods? Bear DNA? Bridges to nowhere? Maybe it went to schools and hospitals.. YMCA’s and streetwork. Here’s what I found in my town and surrounding areas:
Lancaster, PA:
-$300,000 to Bright Side Opportunities Corporation, for the operation of a Community Technology Center for disadvantaged youth
-$250,000 to EDC Finance Corporation of Lancaster, Pennsylvania ; For: the demolition and remediation of the decommissioned Armstrong World Industries plant.
-$100,000 to Lancaster County Career and Technology Foundation for the Lancaster County Career and Technology Center’s Collision Repair Technology program
York, PA:
-$350,000 to Harrisburg Area Community College, for facilities and equipment for the Health Careers Center
-$100,000 to YMCA of York and York County for facilities and equipment
Coatesville, PA:
-$50,000 to Brandywine YMCA, for therapy/ rehabilitation facilities and equipment
Ephrata, PA:
-$250,000 to Brandywine YMCA, for therapy/ rehabilitation facilities and equipment
I don’t know about you, but if I pushed for any of those earmarks, or “pork” as it were, I would be damned proud to have John McCain make me famous with that old pen of his and have everyone know my name.
By the way, it’s my understanding that earmarks are requests for more money to be created out of thin air (like certain bailout proposals *ahem*), but that they are just appropriations of funds which are already budgeted. Your congresspeople just request that x amount of the budget for roadwork and bridges be sent to their town where it is needed to fix bridges before they collapse, instead of used on some bridge that will hardly be used. Doesn’t sound all that wasteful to me.
Because of the hole in the space time continuum created by the Large Hadron Collider, the Niggaro Universe has overwritten the universe of We Are Respectable Negroes. Scientists are diligently working to correct this problem, and it should be rectified in the next few days. For now, because of the influence of this alternate reality things are changed. Our Barack Obama is now “Barack O’Bama,” a white Republican, Sarah Palin is a black Democrat, Joe Biden is Joe Biden but just a Republican, and John McCain is a maverick, Democratic populist. Zora, Gordon, and Chauncey have been replaced by their doppelgangers from the Niggaro Universe. They are the same, yet different. If you too have been changed by the disruption of the space time continuum do not feel obligated to resist. Instead, indulge your new self until this Crisis on Negro Earths is remedied
Quite funny.. a recommended read if you have some spare time!
Well, this about sums up what I’ve been reading regarding Palin. Other than that, there has been the usual subject of the DNC, and Obama’s speech (nearly 40 million viewers! Shazzam!). Aside from that though, I have not been around much to hear about anything else this weekend. Anyone have any information to send my way?
McCain chose Gov. Palin today to be his VP. In my opinion, he’s trying to get the media to talk about this all day, and what better way to do that then to choose someone they know nothing about. As they find more information, they’ll keep talking. It could last all week (but it won’t). Also, I’m sure he’s trying to make sure Alaska is a lock finally, as well as appeal to women.Do I think he made a good choice? No. She does have a lot of fans in Alaska, so maybe she’s a good person and people will love her, but I highly doubt it’s going to help his chances all THAT much for winning. In fact, I don’t think it’s going to help at all, if not hurt him.
Time shall tell. That’s just how I see things at this point.
