Uh, Palin didn't write her speech.

Uh, Palin didn't write her speech.

MSMcain is running a story on Palin as victim. They are reporting on all the "lies" told about Palin on the Internet. They found comments on some blogs which were fictional, then extrapolated to stories that are true, and claimed they were also false.

Example:

"The rumor that as mayor she demanded books be banned is false."

These people have no shame.

Pegler also referred to Truman as a "thin-lipped hater" (Truman, in turn, called Pegler a "rat" and "gutter-snipe").

Is this the kind of bipartisanship we can look forward to in a McCain/Palin Administration?

Cue the faux outrage....

She'd quote Hitler admiringly if a speechwriter threw it in there.

An incredibly vile woman..perfect ticket.soulmates even

Mark Halperin is like a stuck calendar; he's right about once a year. And yes, today by saying that McCain's faux outrage is just that, he's right for once.

Enough already!

New McCain ad is up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4oWay1VbE

For what it's worth,,,,,, whilst at the local gro-sta this morning all the tabloids, the Enquirer being at the top of the food chain, had some banner headline about Palin's less endearing character flaws. People that read that stuff are McCain base voters so some good should come of it.

Or the leanings of her McCain speechwriter...

I just saw a new McCain ad on Halperin. The wolves are back! The wolves are back! I'm so excited! This time, though, they are not meant to represent the scary terrorists who will eat your babies if John Kerry is elected. In 2008, they are the Dem oppo researchers sent to Alaska to find out just who is this crazy person from Wasilla.

Shooting wolves or moose or anything at all from a helicopter is not considered good sportsmanship. It's just murder, basically.

There is no excusing the speaker for using someone else's text. If you're going to say it, you have to take responsibility for it. If you can't own what you say, you're no candidate for VP.

Being a fan of conspiracies, it seems to me the writer/speaker knew who said it and wanted to convey a message to the Reich that she's in agreement with their politics.

My hunch is that Dobson's next prayer request, if McCain is elected is to pray he dies shortly thereafter.

Our entire MSM is conflicted. Nepotism.
revolving White House/MSM jobs. Deregulation for Rupert Murdoch. Totally Corrupt.

If you want to take this argument further, you start talking about who Pegler really was--think some combination of Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and Drudge, but worse.

I can relate one historical episode that is especially resonant with our times. At the end of WWII, a group of veterans started their own organization after the war (the American Veterans Committee) to provide a liberal alternative to the Legion. They were in favor of full employment, internationalism, and first amendment freedoms, among other things. For such beliefs, Pegler vehemently attacked them as unpatriotic and as Communists. One of the veterans he targeted--and one who went toe-to-toe with him in print--is pretty famous. His name is Bill Mauldin. Is this really the person Palin (she gave the speech) wants to use as her inspiration? I think the American people and, more important, American veterans deserve an answer.

And to respond to those who think we shouldn't go there, this is exactly where we should be going. This is what going on offense is about--make McCain, Palin, and their surrogates spend their time defending her apparent affinity for the worst of Pegler's sins (William Ayers, anyone?). None of the above are lies, and Palin is the one who opened the doors to these associations by quoting (with admiration, I might add) the words of a hateful and, yes, truly anti-American historical figure. As I say, the American people and our veterans deserve some answers!

If you want to take this argument further, you start talking about who Pegler really was--think some combination of Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and Drudge, but worse.

I can relate one historical episode that is especially resonant with our times. At the end of WWII, a group of veterans started their own organization after the war (the American Veterans Committee) to provide a liberal alternative to the Legion. They were in favor of full employment, internationalism, and first amendment freedoms, among other things. For such beliefs, Pegler vehemently attacked them as unpatriotic and as Communists. One of the veterans he targeted--and one who went toe-to-toe with him in print--is pretty famous. His name is Bill Mauldin. Is this really the person Palin (she gave the speech) wants to use as her inspiration? I think the American people and, more important, American veterans deserve an answer.

And to respond to those who think we shouldn't go there, this is exactly where we should be going. This is what going on offense is about--make McCain, Palin, and their surrogates spend their time defending her apparent affinity for the worst of Pegler's sins (William Ayers, anyone?). None of the above are lies, and Palin is the one who opened the doors to these associations by quoting (with admiration, I might add) the words of a hateful and, yes, truly anti-American historical figure. As I say, the American people and our veterans deserve some answers!

Pegler's reckless character assassination ended with his being sued for libel by writer Quentin Reynolds, who won the largest libel settlement awarded to that point. Pegler himself ended his career writing tracts for the John Birch Society, which believed Dwight Eisenhower was a "dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy". That's who Palin is quoting.

Peace,
Paul

Also, and FWIW: in this instance, Pegler was talking through his hat, since he never lived in any place less populous than his native Minneapolis, which was far from a small town even when he was growing up there 100 years ago.

Am I alone in thinking this is a non-issue? I mean, really. There are many issues surrounding Palin, to be sure, but how is this six-degrees-of-separation-game any better than the Rev. Wright smears Obama was getting a few months back?

Palin pal Pegler actually made similar comments about Bobby Kennedy months before he was murdered.

http://irishechoonline.blogspot.com/

Go now,
Don’t look back we've drawn the line,
Move on,
Its no good to go back in time,
We’ll never choose a frozen Maverick like you,
For happy endings we won’t be fooled,
With Obama and Biden,
Our dreams will come true

(Chorus)

Sarah, Sarah,
Change is brewing in our eyes,
Sarah,Sarah,
Anytime time is a good time for your goodbye!

Go now,
Don’t look back we've drawn the line,
Move on,
Its no good to go back in time,
We’ll never choose a frozen Maverick like you,
For happy endings we won’t be fooled,
With Obama and Biden,
Our dreams will come true

(Chorus)

Sarah, Sarah,
Change is brewing in our eyes,
Sarah,Sarah,
Anytime time is a good time for your goodbye!

Republicans aren't shy about their longing for a time before the New Deal.

And I understand this for the very rich. But why do middle class Republican voters fall for the ruse? I'm from a small town full of middle class people who believe that "family values" and hard work created the American middle class--they deny the contribution of Social Security, Medicare, labor laws, the G.I. Bill, civil rights laws. It's illogical ... and disheartening.

Pegler especially detested Eleanor Roosevelt, both while FDR was alive and afterwards when she became the First Lady of the World for her work for human rights. He called her "The Widow."

Sidebar: Characteristically, the right wing can't be bothered with fact-checking. The assassination attempt on FDR took place in Chicago, not Miami. The mis-identification of the city appears as a quotation from Pegler in Time magazine's 1969 obit. It's not clear to me whether he made the mistake or Time did. Time certainly didn't flag the mistake if it was Pegler's.

Greg, Palin didn't quote anyone. She read a script from a teleprompter. Let's stop pretending Sarah Palin had anything to do with her speech, alright? Let's stop pretending that this woman is anything but what she is: a sock puppet.

The teleprompter did not work while she was giving her speech, where do you idiots get the crap you are spewing, it certainly couldn't be coming from your brains because you obviously don't have any brains. When God was handing out brians tou Liberals thought he said trains and you missed yours.