Your so sexist Greg, how dare you attack Palin and her family including her pregnant daughter by pointing out that she has been lying repeatedly and got called out on it. Be more respectful of Palin, shes a mother of five and McCain was a POW!!!

And the week ends on a rising note of laughter getting louder.

LOL!

Pufferfish - you wrote "now this needs to be asked of John McCain: why did you stand by and support your Veep while she repeatedly lied about the Bridge?"

I already know John McCain's answer - "if Barack Obama would have agreed to do town halls with me this summer then ..."

Obama made them do it. It is Obama's fault they have to lie all the time. They aren't responsible for their lies. Blame Barack for John's lies.

I wonder if Gibson follows up at all and contrasts what she had just said about the "embarrassment" of earmarks vs her statement 15 seconds later that it "it's not inappropriate for a mayor or for a governor" to try to get "a share of the federal budget for infrastructure."

It sounds to me like she wasn't for it before she was against it, she is still for it! (and against it).

It has always been an embarrassment that abuse of the ear form -- earmark process has been accepted in Congress. And that's what John McCain has fought. And that's what I joined him in fighting.

I was for infrastructure being built in the state. And it's not inappropriate for a mayor or for a governor to request and to work with their Congress

Aren't these two quotes in opposition of each other? Either I'm for earmarks or I'm against them. It seems she first says earmarks are an embarrassment, and then earmarks are good for the state.

And for your amusement...

Mark Penn: I think here the media is on very dangerous ground. I think that when you see them going through every single expense report that Governor Palin ever filed, if they don't do that for all four of the candidates, they're on very dangerous ground. I think the media so far has been the biggest loser in this race. And they continue to have growing credibility problems.

CBSNews.com: Joe Biden said this week that Hillary Clinton might have been a better pick than he was. Do you think that's true?

Mark Penn: Ask Joe Biden.

CBSNews.com: Well, that's what he says. What do you think?

Mark Penn: I'm going to leave that one where it is.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/11/politics/politicalplayers/main4442492.shtml

Gibson interview 2:
She's got nothing but a string of GOP talking points.
Talk about a mile wide and an inch deep
Sounds like a schoolgirl running for head of student council
She can cut $100B from the budget with "efficiencies"
Like McCain can find $100B "in the sofa cushions"
Spinning the Bridge to Nowhere again
It's been an "embarrassment"
No shit Sherlock.
"We killed the Bridge to Nowhere and that's the bottom line"
There. That should put it to rest forever.
Thinks Roe v Wade should be repealed
She'll reach out and work with people on the "other side"
like she did as Mayor of Wasilla - "I don't feel that I have your support." You're fired.
Dodges any questions about homosexuality
"Life being an open book here as a candidate"
Rrright.
Should Obama have picked Hillary?
"I think he's regrettin' not pickin' her."

Does anyone else find it somewhat distressing that, the higher the revelations of her unfitness and general mendacity pile up, the more enchanted certain portions of the electorate seem to be with her?

I'm beginning to think that she could promise to destroy the world if elected, and a groundswell for McCain to exchange places with her on the ticket would start.

While she is full of crap and an idiot, I don't think most American's will notice or care. She reminds me a lot of W. She'll appeal to a lot of people, unfortunately.

"It has always been an embarrassment that abuse of the earform… ear, earmark…"

Notice how distracted, skittish and awkward Governor Palin is in the interviews? The classic indication of a stressed subject, caught in a series of falsehoods. Over and over she answers obliquely—it at all—tries to change the subject, offers patently false or misleading excuses and struggles to keep up with her—softball, in this case—interrogator.

It's almost pathetic: her near-drowning, as she tries to tread water in these interviews, while in hopelessly over her head. Please. Can't someone put her, and us, all out of this misery?

here's the crux of the problem. District Manager Palin is from a state that is relies on federal funds so much it's practically a member of the European Union.

she grew up in that system and that system feels natural to her and now McSame is forcing her to change her tune.

Not really a big issue but I found it interesting how she refered to John McCain and "McCain" after Obama, Clinton, and Biden had all called him "John" repeatedly in their convention speeches. Like I said not a big issue but I thought it highlited how little they really do know each other.

"it's not inappropriate for a mayor or for a governor" to try to get "a share of the federal budget for infrastructure."

Well, somebody tell John McCain that because that's exactly what he rails against. What she describes is *exactly* the earmark process, and what McCain is running on is the idea that earmarks are evil.

And hey, McCain says we have to defeat evil, so he has to defeat Palin! And the best way to defeat Palin is apparently by putting her right next to his sorry ass on the ticket.

It almost sort of makes sense. In a bizarro world of anti-logic.

So when is any of this going to be reflected in the polls? When are the people going to wake up from this, the latest Republican spell?

Yeah, and we all know what an asset Penn was to Hilary's campaign.

So when is any of this going to be reflected in the polls? When are the people going to wake up from this, the latest Republican spell?

Avatars are back! Sweet!

McCain ad during ABC news between Palin segments:
Obama's more of the same!
then it lists the usual liberal bugaboos of the Democratic party-
Patrick Leahy, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin
The same female trembling-with-outrage voice over.
The GOP seems to have only 2 or 3 people doing all the voice-overs for years. The Tonka Truck guy and the trembling low and dry female voice.
Where was the Obama ad?

Sarah is a master at the practice of denial. She doesn't even feel embarrassed by this nonsense. She can believe anything she says out loud, at least while she's saying it, and it doesn't have to be rational or cohesive.
She and McCain are perfect together. Both are incarnations of Eddie Haskell.

Avatars are back! Sweet!

McCain ad during ABC news between Palin segments:
Obama's more of the same!
then it lists the usual liberal bugaboos of the Democratic party-
Patrick Leahy, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin
The same female trembling-with-outrage voice over.
The GOP seems to have only 2 or 3 people doing all the voice-overs for years. The Tonka Truck guy and the trembling low and dry female voice.
Where was the Obama ad?

The best part continues to be that her 09 earmark requests are ON HER AK GOVERNOR's website:

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/09_omb/budget/FFY09%20Summary%20of%20Fed%20Request.pdf

Do we need any more proof she's an earmarker...it's all right there.

Save a copy of it now as a pdf, I have no doubt it will disappear at some point.

And yes, on page 2 at the bottom is the $3.2 million request to study SEAL DNA!

Remember McCain, just on Sept. 10 in VA mocked the $3 million Montana BEAR DNA earmark request.

Oops. Pot, meet kettle!

I love having the avatars. Now I can see who I'm talking to and I don't get confused over who's new and who isn't.

O this is too much fun - shit posts, there are avatars. -

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!1

husseintenaX iam a big fan of yours keep spitting the truth sister!!!

The recent gaffes from McCain/Palin give Obama/Biden the ammo they need to go on the offensive next week. McCain= A Liar & Palin= Earmark Queen

While I appreciate the sarcasm, I have one request:

Headlines like "Palin: Okay! Okay! I Didn't Quite Say 'Thanks, But No Thanks,' Alright?" are actually bad.

I want everyone who happens upon this article to know the exact truth: she has admitted NO fault, and as weaselly as she is in these interviews, she's still trying to stick to her stump speech. We may all know it's complete horseshit, but she's admitted NO fault, apologized for nothing, basically given no indication that she agrees she's done anything wrong.

That's the worst kind.

Lord. Have. Mercy. Please call the grammar and diction police. Did McBush's vetting team verify that she actually graduated from high school?

The botton line here is that Obama now can hammer McCain from here til November about his support of the Governor who said thanks but no thanks.

Bottom line: Obama can hammer McCain on the Bridge to Nowhere from Now to November. Sweet.

Obama and Biden both voted for the bridge when they could have given money to Katrina so keep talking . I bet they will zing Obama at the debate :)

We all know that the lie about Barack being a muslim circumnavigated the globe several times before Truth hit the alarm clock, fell out of bed and retched into its spitoon. I think however I may have discovered the real "Muslims" in this race. Think about it; time and again McCain and Palin have reaffirmed their aversion to PORK! Oh no, wait a minute, somebody just pointed out the steaming pile of bacon, sausages, chops and ribs reclining on finest Alaska state house china in front of Governor Palin. Dang! I thought I was on to something there.

This letter is exactly meant for TPM administrator.

Over the last three weeks i have noticed a trend on how TPM is covering the candidates. By my own count, it seems McCain has more visibility on this site than Obama.

IMO, i believe McCain is just manipulating the bloggers just as he manipulated the MSM media. Even Palin is getting more coverage than Biden on the blog. What is Biden message for the day? Frankly, I don’t know but I do know what Palin message of the day is. If bloggers don’t cover Biden, how do we expect MSM to cover him?

Obama is no longer visible on this blog. His message of the day is always buried in McCain-Palin drama or controversy. Today, Obama was in NH talking about the real issues, but the headline on TPM is about Palin’s gaffe. Palin will self destruct in a matter of time, however, all energy needs to be focus on ground operation rather than Palin’s nonsense

If this trend continues, Democrats can kiss this election good bye. The republican party has managed to Psy-Ops the blog by distracting them from the real issues. It is time for TPM to reduce their 100% coverage of McCain-Palin ticket. Remember no news coverage is bad as long as they get their message out for the day. Even, McCain advertise on TPM website. Again, McCain is using TPM as a tool to get out his negative message.

Just a thought, but maybe The View can bring on Lincoln Chafee to discuss the "cocky wacko."

What about the money Sarah? Did you keep it, or say "no thanks" ??

Why do you keep using this as an example of reform you have championed?

I wonder what Obama is up to these days. Seems like we have an awful lot of news about the Republican candidates and what they are up to but not so much about the Democratic candidates.

I realize that McCain and Palin are both incorrigible liars but how many times to we have to "prove" that?

Just sayin'

For bumper sticker, how about: John McBush-Sarah Cheney '08
Worse than the real ones!

GIBSON: So you'd take military off the table, the veterans' benefits. That's 20 percent of the budget. &Do you talk about entitlement reform? Is there money you can save in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?

PALIN: I am sure that there are efficiencies that are going to be found in all of these agencies. I'm confident in that.

GIBSON: The agencies are not involved in entitlements. Basically, discretionary spending is 18 percent of the budget.

PALIN: We have certainly seen excess in agencies, though, and in -- when bureaucrats, when bureaucracy just gets kind of comfortable, going with the status-quo and not being challenged to find efficiencies and spend other people's money wisely, then that's where we get into the situation that we are into today, and that is a tremendous growth of government, a huge debt, trillions of dollars of debt that we're passing on to my kids and your kids and your grandkids ... It's unacceptable.

Unbelievable, simply Unbelievable, that as a Mayor, and as Governer...You do not know that Social Security and or Medicare and Medicad are not involved in entitlements????
And now you want to be VP of the Nation????
It's a sad day in America, People near and far are laughing their heads off...Embrassing

GIBSON: So you'd take military off the table, the veterans' benefits. That's 20 percent of the budget. &Do you talk about entitlement reform? Is there money you can save in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?

PALIN: I am sure that there are efficiencies that are going to be found in all of these agencies. I'm confident in that.

GIBSON: The agencies are not involved in entitlements. Basically, discretionary spending is 18 percent of the budget.

PALIN: We have certainly seen excess in agencies, though, and in -- when bureaucrats, when bureaucracy just gets kind of comfortable, going with the status-quo and not being challenged to find efficiencies and spend other people's money wisely, then that's where we get into the situation that we are into today, and that is a tremendous growth of government, a huge debt, trillions of dollars of debt that we're passing on to my kids and your kids and your grandkids ... It's unacceptable.

Unbelievable, simply Unbelievable, that as a Mayor, and as Governer...You do not know that Social Security and or Medicare and Medicad are not involved in entitlements????
And now you want to be VP of the Nation????
It's a sad day in America, People near and far are laughing their heads off...Embrassing

Would someone please explian to me how one can win the Popular vote and lose the Electorate? I have never understood this.

Jesus Christ.

Rachel Maddow's show looks like cable access.

Can we get her a real set, please!?

When TPM asked me if I wanted my avatar back, I said Thanks but no Thanks,but then I was like, well maybe I do.

Here you go:

http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mccainlogo2lk2.jpg

Jesus Christ.

Rachel Maddow's show looks like cable access.

Can we get her a proper set?

Would someone please explain to me how one can win the Popular vote and lose the Electorate? I have never understood this.

does anyone else think it's important that, during the questioning on the economy, when Charlie Gibson mentioned entitlements, she kept referring to "these agencies." she clearly didn't know what 'entitlements' referred to, and even when he said "social security, medicare and medicaid" she referred back to 'agencies' and not programs...
is this a failing of her Cliff's notes on the economy, or does she really not KNOW what social security, medicare and medicaid are?

this seems more important to me than her not knowing what "the Bush Doctrine" means.

does anyone else think it's important that, during the questioning on the economy, when Charlie Gibson mentioned entitlements, she kept referring to "these agencies." she clearly didn't know what 'entitlements' referred to, and even when he said "social security, medicare and medicaid" she referred back to 'agencies' and not programs...
is this a failing of her Cliff's notes on the economy, or does she really not KNOW what social security, medicare and medicaid are?

this seems more important to me than her not knowing what "the Bush Doctrine" means.

There is one thing that is mystifying to us rational elitist types that seek, maybe not always successfully, to get past our lizard brain, to evolve, let's say. We fail to understand that the beauty queen hands and gestures are what people see and how they respond to her when they shift into lizard mode. Karl Rove knows the lizard brain. Part of her script was obviously her posture and her tone.

The questions about the Bush Doctrine were met with air punches and talking down to poor Charlie, who she reminded was named Charlie more then once, as if HE was the moran at the meeting. Another subliminal "signal" of her superiority and displeasure was repeating how "we will not second guess" Israel's decisions. She repeated this to let Charlie know there will be no further explanation, that is all he/we deserve.

To lizard brains she appeared strong. She was decisive! If McCain dies, she will be the Decider! My HOPE is that Obama's proposition that Americans are not that stupid will be accurate. My fear is that they are. There were, afterall, enough votes for the Reich to steal the election twice, and it seems even though people have woken up to what Bush has done, they fail to realize Palin is george Bush with LIPSTICK.

Has anyone done polling to see what this woman has done to the children of this country? She holds herself, supposedly, to such high standards but then is making a career out of lying. Does she lie like this to her kids? Do they even know if their own mother has ever told the truth? She's a seriously twisted woman who somehow missed out on the day in Sunday school when the 10 Commandments were taught.

And as far as McCain's kids...no hope there. They seem to believe only they have suffered from war. These people all live in little soap bubbles. Toxic little soap bubbles.

These two people should never have been elected for anything and shame on the voters who ever marked a ballot for either of them.

Was she out sick the day they taught the 10 Commandments in Sunday school?

I understand that Republicans like Mitt Romney have to publicly support McCain / Palin but I imagine in private it goes something like this.

"You've go to be f#@king kidding me...drink please!"

What is innteresting about this is not that the politicians are lying, but that our so called christian community which has been supporting the Republican party because of its pro life and anti homosexual stance (pardon me while I think of Larry Craig) are not chastising the current crop for lying... which is a sin also in the same community.

It is a sign that the christian belief system here in the United States has wandered totally away from the teachings of Christ and is now just another right wing cult... using the "Christian" designation in name only.

If this were not so, the leaders of the christian faith would be standing up chastising, not remaining mute when these acts occur.

I, as a professing christian find it sorrowful to see my God used this way. I also believe his admonishment of the churches in the book of Revelation can be widely applied to the majority of well known, popular sects here in this country and is especially documented during t his current election cycle...

Pinocchio Palin.

At the very end of that video, Palin says

"What I supported was a link between a community and it's airport, and we have found that link now."

Now? The airport has existed sine 1973, and I'm guessing the ferry has always run between the airport and Ketchikan. How else would people get there, sprout wings? What's this now Palin's referring to?

From Wikipedia:

A ferry runs to the island every 30 minutes during most of the year, except during the May–September peak tourist season, when it runs every 15 minutes. It charges $5 per adult, with free same-day return, and $6 per automobile each way (as of 2008[update]).[4]

http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/
Saraha Palin is working on another Bridge to Nowhere from near her house to Anchorage that will make the first bridge to nowhere look like a footpath! This one could actually cost $1 billion! I've been blogging.