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Using Palin's Bush Doctrine Gaffe To Frighten Voters

We tend to shy away from posting Web vids. But this one's worth a look, because it's a pretty powerful effort to use Sarah Palin's Bush Doctrine gaffe to frame her experience deficit in starkly emotional terms.

The message is that we should be afraid, very, very afraid, of the specter of Palin as commander-in-chief...

The video is the work of the National Security Network, the progressive think tank started by former Bush counter-terrorism official Rand Beers.

It features all the trappings of a GOP fearmongering ad, complete with visuals of missiles and audio of a scary heartbeat. If those 527s ever do gear up on the Dem side, this is the sort of stuff we'll probably be seeing more of.


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MCCAIN IS THE TARGET. Palin is a distraction. Focus on MCCAIN!

Yer so funny. Palin and McCain are inextricably linked. No reason not to go after her dumb ass when it makes McCain look like a real flake for choosing her.

Palin is a media puppy. The more you kick her, the more sympathy she (and McCain) will get. Ignore the puppy and go after the master.

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I agree that we should focus on McCain but I disagree about the continued sympathy for Palin. That might be true if she hadn't been so nasty and dismissive of Obama. It might be true if she hadn't been caught in a ton of lies and be under investigation for abuse of power.

She's becoming increasingly less sympathetic each day that passes.

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I think this makes McCain look pretty bad as well for supporting the Bush Doctrine so fully.

It has some element of the Lyndon Johnson Daisy ad, which is fair game at this point. McCain will take us even further down the spiral into another 8 year national nightmare of war.

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No... call her on crying wolf!

Make it clear that if she can't take the heat, she shouldn't be in politics!

Yes, let the media go after Palin...they finally smell blood.

Obama should focus on McCain. Not McCain/Palin.
"I'm running against John McCain"

Biden can address Ms. Palin at times. But Barack should focus on McCain.

It's weird, every time Obama talks about Palin, she somehow gets stronger--whether they are good shots or not...she just grows in relevance. He needs to ignore her and focus on McCain.

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NEW OBAMA AD (PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE)

"McCain/Palin: Lies, Cover-Ups, Distortions, Abuse of Power. If they campaign like Bush/Cheney, you can bet they will govern like them!"

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The Dems need to Goldwater them hard and fast, for seven weeks. We're talking little girls and daisies here, and no kidding around with Dr Strangelove and his moose-killing stooge.

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The Dems need to Goldwater them hard and fast, for seven weeks. We're talking little girls and daisies here, and no kidding around with Dr Strangelove and his moose-killing stooge.

It's good, but should be shorter.

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Wow.  If this shows how much ex-Bushies fear a Palinocracy, John McSame must really not get it.

Ad count for today....
3 Obama ads attacking McCain and
1 attacking palin for her stance on aerial wolf hunting. and
1 attacking palin/McCain on abortion rights. and
1 attacking McCain for distorting Obama record on sex education. and
the ad posted here.

Not to shabby if I do say so myself, its not as if McCain/Palin hasn't given enough ammo to use in ads and they certainly have angered many different groups.

The wolf ad is one powerful attack. More please!
The one of Planned Parenthood stays close.
The Obama one about the lobbyists on McCain camp is the best of the official three launched today.
But the best attack was not an ad, was the interview on The View (known on The Simpsons as Afternoon Yak). As Johnny Carson once said, that's "crazy, wild stuff".

I woke up this morning concerned, but as the day passes, I feeling that the worst is almost over and the best is about to begin...

Joy and Whoopi, thank you.

And for the trolls, I'll offer you nothing more that a good, cold and tasty glass of STFU!

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Plus mcSham ganged up on at The View!

I think the ad is excellent!

Good day for our side!

The wolf ad is one powerful attack. More please!
The one of Planned Parenthood stays close.
The Obama one about the lobbyists on McCain camp is the best of the official three launched today.
But the best attack was not an ad, was the interview on The View (known on The Simpsons as Afternoon Yak). As Johnny Carson once said, that's "crazy, wild stuff".

I woke up this morning concerned, but as the day passes, I feeling that the worst is almost over and the best is about to begin...

Joy and Whoopi, thank you.

And for the trolls, I'll offer you nothing more that a good, cold and tasty glass of STFU!

More WOLF!

Michael Vick got 23 months in prison for dog-fighting, with 6 dogs dying.

Sarah Palin supports & funds the Aerial killing of wolves, with at least 795 dying so far.

She's running for Vice-President.

When Gibson goes to explaining the Bush Doctrine, you can just see her(to my eyes at least) trying to figure out where he's going with it and the way she shifts in her chair-to me she's just a student in class...not good.

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She was clearly freaked out by the question. I bet her heart was beating 135 bpm and she had a tobacco stain in her undies.

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She was clearly freaked out by the question. I bet her heart was beating 135 bpm and she had a tobacco stain in her undies.

Great Ad.

Completely agree. Run with this. Obama needs to smack McCain where he lives. This can be brutally effective.

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YES. How do we get it on the teevee????

Yay! This is almost exactly like my (albiet much wordier) ad posted here.

But to your point, how much does it cost to run a TV ad in your local market? On local cable?

I wonder if it would be possible to have community-organized, local grassroots 527's to fund ads in small markets that are nonetheless swing districts. During the 2004 election, my parents enlisted some of their richer friends to put their own anti-Bush radio ads on the local radio stations and spent their own money to run anti-bush text ads in the local paper. TV isn't the only forum.

Instead of whining that Obama isn't being aggressive enough, we should be doing our part to get our message across. This is our campaign, remember? Post your scripts for 527 ads in my thread here.

We are talking about a resurgence of the threat of global thermonuclear war here. We should be scared sh*tless by her.

Aye and indeed. The extremism at work here is naked, from Crusade to Rapture.

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That's an OK ad - not something that would be effective on TV, but certainly it's something. Of course, if they want to put it on TV that's fine with me. And I like how they've got the quotes from McCain also endorsing the same doctrine. Sitting next to Fred Thompson was a nice touch, too.

I still think the ad about her wolf-hunting policy is gold. That one should run on national daytime TV every day.

To Schmedley: I see your concern, but I don't think its warranted. Palin should be demolished. Doing so will undercut McCain. Not the job for Obama himself, perhaps, but success in establishing Palin as radical right, unqualified, and utterly undistinguished will help the overall effort. It: 1) demonstrates McCain's poor judgment (one of Obama's key themes); 2) shows that McCain is just a craven politician, out to win any any cost (which directly undercuts McCain's only real chance for victory, namely, persuading enough voters that he is a "reformer" and will "clean house" after Bush); 3) drives a deeper and deeper wedge between McCain and the swing voters, who may be appalled at the pick once they see just how awful Palin is.

And the fact is that the prospect of Palin as president of the United States is indeed frightening. I approve of that ad.

Agreed. Once the Russia Remark came out in her interview, this is no longer about perceptions.

If McCain keels over, we can now expect Palin to point missiles back at Russia to enforce agreements which exist only in her tiny mind.

This is way huge, and we must face it down.

To demolish Palin, you'll have to disabuse the media of their love affair with her celebrity. She sells too many ad slots for them to give that up. However, if Obama comes after McCain with no holds barred, then the media will be all over that story like lookie-lous at 3 car pile up on I-95. Grab the fickle corporate media's attention and hold it for awhile, and then Palin's just an asterisk.

Good analysis. GO OBAMA!

Great opportunity for republicans to use this as a comparison of Palin vs Obama experience.

Except Obama doesn't look like a pig in headlights when asked questions he should know the answer to.

Your references are offensive but, that aside, Obama has even less foreign policy and international experience. He has none unless you count his celebrity world tour. At least Governor Palin can claim 18 months or thereabouts as a sitting US Governor.

Crude comments and lies won't win you any supporters. Maybe it makes you all giggle and laugh but it is really destructive to you and your Dear Leader.

"Your references are offensive but, that aside, Obama has even less foreign policy and international experience."

..than Sarah Palin? She has barely left the country jackass, you are just embarking yourself now.

"Crude comments and lies won't win you any supporters."

Go fuck yourself with a turkey baster you knuckle-dragging bigot.

"Maybe it makes you all giggle and laugh but it is really destructive to you and your Dear Leader."

How is verbally torturing a weak willed, coward troll such as yourself hurting our cause? That's what I thought.

At least I keep my conversation respectful while you and many of your gang here can't put two sentences together without resorting to foul language and hate-filled rerogatory remarks. As I've commented before, you all make great reps for the Dear Leader---keep up the low-class work!

"At least I keep my conversation respectful while you and many of your gang here can't put two sentences together without resorting to foul language and hate-filled rerogatory remarks."

Fuck you, and that reprehensible smear merchant horse you rode in on.(Larry Johnson) Like I've said before, based on your smearing of Obama in the name of both racism and xenophobia - the fact that you characterize your bile as "respectful" is pretty laughable. As I've said before, being lectured on civility from the likes of you is akin to getting dating tips from a rapist. Kick rocks motherfucker.

"keep up the low-class work!"

..you write for the same guy who claimed there was a "whitey" tape - what in the fuck are you talking about?

She makes him look comparatively better and you know it.

The heartbeat is good, but you need a little dramatic music to set some udnertones.

Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w

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I like the heartbeat. If you're going after women, in particular, I think the heartbeat works much better than scary music.

I've listened to the ad, I've listened to the interview and read the transcript. I do not see the gaff. You may not like her and McCain's view and it might be worded many ways, but that does not make it a gaff. She didn't say anything like '57 states', or 'my Muslim faith" (though some suggest this was truth and not a gaff). Palin did not make a gaff and screaming it's one does not make it true. Or are you practicing the real Bush Doctrine: Repeat a lie often enough and it will be taken as the truth. ?

Actually you're technically right, it wasn't a gaffe, i.e. misspoke. What this was as the inability to answer a basic political question: "What do you think of the Bush Doctrine." She didn't even have enough knowledge of it to ask Gibson "Are you refering to his doctrine of pre-emptive strikes?"

This is worse than one of those Iraq-Pakistan Border gaffes.

If you can't see the gaff, then you shouldn't be voting. She doesn't know her own party's foreign policy doctrine. What qualifies her to be president if she doesn't know her own team's playbook?

"I've listened to the ad, I've listened to the interview and read the transcript. I do not see the gaff."

Of course you don't see the gaffe, you are so delirious from that smear merchant Larry Johnson constantly treating your prostate like a pinata that you literally can't tell which way is up any more. Actually, you were a gutless douchebag before you started writing for that poor excuse for a blog.

"You may not like her and McCain's view and it might be worded many ways, but that does not make it a gaff."

Asshat, she didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was. What in the world are you babbling about?

"She didn't say anything like '57 states'"

..I mean, she didn't get Sunni and Shia confused, or think that Iraq borders Pakistan.

"..or 'my Muslim faith" (though some suggest this was truth and not a gaff)."

The only people who think that he's a muslim are smoldering pieces of shit like you Matthew, thats all.

"Repeat a lie often enough and it will be taken as the truth.?"

The truth is, your guy picked a clueless VP choice - stop bitching about it, pull your skirt up, and deal with that sobering reality.

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Dear Weaver, your brilliant mind just blazes - can you explain to me then how it isn't a bad thing that Ms Palin didn't know what, why, or how about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, please?

I have all these crazy liberals bugging me for an answer.

Waiting with baited breath -
A Fan.


Agreed. A gaffe is more of a "whoops, I didn't mean to say that," like an Obama/Osama verbal slip. This is a "I don't know what the hell you're talking about so let me vomit some talking points in your lap", which is far worse. She should know this material and you know it.

Oilbama, called so because he voted for the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill, has truly exposed himself as a Sexist Pig.

Oilbama's 28 male staffers divided among themselves total payroll expenditures of $1,523,120. Thus, Obama's average male employee earned $54,397.
Oilbama's 30 female employees split $1,354,580 among themselves, or $45,152, on average.

Why this disparity? One reason may be the under-representation of women in Oilbama's highest-compensated ranks. Among Oilbama's five best-paid advisors, only one was a woman. Among his top 20, seven were women.

Again, on average, Oilbama's female staffers earn just 83 cents for every dollar his male staffers make. This figure certainly exceeds the 77-cent threshold that Obama's campaign website condemns. However, 83 cents do not equal $1. In spite of this 17-cent gap between Obama's rhetoric and reality, he chose to chide GOP presidential contender John McCain on this issue.

Oilbama responded Aug. 31 to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Republican vice-presidential nomination. Palin "seems like a very engaging person," Obama told voters in Toledo, Ohio. "But I've got to say, she's opposed -- like John McCain is -- to equal pay for equal work. That doesn't make much sense to me."
Oilbama's criticism notwithstanding, McCain's payment patterns are the stuff of feminist dreams.
McCain's 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878.
On average, according to these data, women in John McCain's office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, all other things being equal, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart -- while adding $10,726 to her annual income -- by leaving Barack Oilbama's office and going to work for John McCain.

Oilbama, called so because he voted for the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill, has truly exposed himself as a Sexist Pig.

Oilbama's 28 male staffers divided among themselves total payroll expenditures of $1,523,120. Thus, Obama's average male employee earned $54,397.
Oilbama's 30 female employees split $1,354,580 among themselves, or $45,152, on average.

Why this disparity? One reason may be the under-representation of women in Oilbama's highest-compensated ranks. Among Oilbama's five best-paid advisors, only one was a woman. Among his top 20, seven were women.

Again, on average, Oilbama's female staffers earn just 83 cents for every dollar his male staffers make. This figure certainly exceeds the 77-cent threshold that Obama's campaign website condemns. However, 83 cents do not equal $1. In spite of this 17-cent gap between Obama's rhetoric and reality, he chose to chide GOP presidential contender John McCain on this issue.

Oilbama responded Aug. 31 to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Republican vice-presidential nomination. Palin "seems like a very engaging person," Obama told voters in Toledo, Ohio. "But I've got to say, she's opposed -- like John McCain is -- to equal pay for equal work. That doesn't make much sense to me."
Oilbama's criticism notwithstanding, McCain's payment patterns are the stuff of feminist dreams.
McCain's 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878.
On average, according to these data, women in John McCain's office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, all other things being equal, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart -- while adding $10,726 to her annual income -- by leaving Barack Oilbama's office and going to work for John McCain.

Oilbama, called so because he voted for the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill, has truly exposed himself as a Sexist Pig.

Oilbama's 28 male staffers divided among themselves total payroll expenditures of $1,523,120. Thus, Obama's average male employee earned $54,397.
Oilbama's 30 female employees split $1,354,580 among themselves, or $45,152, on average.

Why this disparity? One reason may be the under-representation of women in Oilbama's highest-compensated ranks. Among Oilbama's five best-paid advisors, only one was a woman. Among his top 20, seven were women.

Again, on average, Oilbama's female staffers earn just 83 cents for every dollar his male staffers make. This figure certainly exceeds the 77-cent threshold that Obama's campaign website condemns. However, 83 cents do not equal $1. In spite of this 17-cent gap between Obama's rhetoric and reality, he chose to chide GOP presidential contender John McCain on this issue.

Oilbama responded Aug. 31 to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Republican vice-presidential nomination. Palin "seems like a very engaging person," Obama told voters in Toledo, Ohio. "But I've got to say, she's opposed -- like John McCain is -- to equal pay for equal work. That doesn't make much sense to me."
Oilbama's criticism notwithstanding, McCain's payment patterns are the stuff of feminist dreams.
McCain's 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878.
On average, according to these data, women in John McCain's office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, all other things being equal, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart -- while adding $10,726 to her annual income -- by leaving Barack Oilbama's office and going to work for John McCain.

Geewhiz, Dimbicile, one dose of your excrement is sufficient.

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Agreed. But these folks just wallow in it!

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I see the trolls are out in full force.

Must have touched a nerve.

yep.


Comic relief:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUau_eru7I

The look on his face: Angry McCain getting slapped around.

Must be an effective ad, Weaver and Dumbshit, excuse me, Dem Bill C are out in force today.

Must be an effective ad, Weaver and Dumbshit, excuse me, Dem Bill C are out in force today.

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I ADORE THIS.

I LOVE THIS TO PIECES!!

I believe this is exactly the right message that needs to be getting to undecided and "weak Repug" voters.

This is it!

The Repugs have won their elections on one idea: we can keep you safe.

This just smashes their one remaining hold on America into a million pieces.

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yeah.. she broke that glass ceiling... didn't she?

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LMAO!

U so witty!

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Sanity, my dear! Humor is sanity!

YEP this is a user...get that heffa Palin for being a no nothin reTHUG hater

Good one...let's link that no nutthin heffa Palin with McSame they are both haters

Here's the excellent "Wolves" ad by Defenders of Wildlife: Wolves Ad

And the one by Planned Parenthood:

Sex Education Ad

The Wolves ad will be running in Ohio, and the Planned Parenthood would like to get funds to put up their ads.

Do they have a link requesting donations?

We forgot Weaver and SFCWallace in our poll a couple threads back...

Sure, great ad. But it's not really running from what I read.

The disagreements on how to handle Sarah Palin are understandable. We've never had an American Idol running for high office before. It is a bit of a dilemma but the Obama camp knows a hell of a lot more than I do.

Has everyone volunteered this week? This is it folks. This election has a lot less to with ads and more to do with GOTV.

More WOLF! Aerial hunting of grizzlies & wolves isn't even popular in ALASKA. It's not just that a lot of women don't like it, neither do a lot of hunters - no fair chase. More important, it's visceral, visual, and gets right into that vindictive, bullying side of Palin's. For example:

"Michael Vick got 23 months in prison for dog-fighting, with 6 dogs dying.

Sarah Palin supports & funds the Aerial killing of wolves, with at least 795 killed so far.

And she's running for Vice-President."

(Oh yeah. That Governor's plane she sold (not) on eBay? She sold it to a big-game hunter to take big money "hunters" on safaris in Alaska, yes, but mostly.... to Russia.)

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To steal a line from Jon Stewart, "Me likey!"
Let's hope the next 53 days see many more of these kinds of ads.

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To steal a line from Jon Stewart, "Me likey!"
Let's hope the next 53 days see many more of these kinds of ads.

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To steal a line from Jon Stewart, "Me likey!"
Let's hope the next 53 days see many more of these kinds of ads.

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To steal a line from Jon Stewart, "Me likey!"
Let's hope the next 53 days see many more of these kinds of ads.

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To steal a line from Jon Stewart, "Me likey!"
Let's hope the next 53 days see many more of these kinds of ads.

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Sorry about the double post. The website doesn't appear to accept the comment at all, so I retried, and suddenly they show up. Weird.

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Most troubling. She doesn't have a clue. But that doesn't seem to worry her fan club among the fundies.

There are some deep ironies with this whole topic. Bush himself would be unlikely to be able to articulate the reckless foreign policy "doctrine" that bears his name.

Remember that however you define the Bush Doctrine, it's namesake perverted the doctrine (and the law) by constructing fake intelligence in support of pre-emptive military action.

No matter what principles and beliefs you use to guide your foreign policy, Bush has demonstrated that there's nothing that can safeguard against a lying, cheating law breaker in the Oval Office.

On CNN's political ticker they've brought up Chafee's interview where he called her a "cocky wacko." This has been out there awhile, but maybe after that interview with Gibson, it has new relevance to the MSM.

The funny thing is Oilbama, so called because he voted for the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill, has far less foreign policy and international experience than Governor Palin. He has none unless you count his celebrity world tour. At least Governor Palin can claim 18 months or thereabouts as a sitting US Governor, Oilbama wrote a couple of egocentric books and gives a good speech for a Hoolywood Celeb/actor.

Idiotic Mike from Arlington says "Except Obama doesn't look like a pig in headlights when asked questions he should know the answer to"

Actually Oilbama stutters like a litrtle bitch when his teleprompter gives out, proving he is the emptyist's of sexist suits.

"The funny thing is Oilbama"

..you can always tell that someone is about to hit you with an argument that lacks substance, when they concoct some corny nickname for their target.

.."so called because he voted for the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill"

You are a one trick, inbred pony.

"has far less foreign policy and international experience than Governor Palin."

Fucknuts, she has never left the country. Again, you are an embarrassment for trolls everywhere.

"Oilbama wrote a couple of egocentric books.."

The guy can write, oh the horror.

"and gives a good speech for a Hoolywood Celeb/actor."

The man is a good orator, the fucking sky is falling.

"Actually Oilbama stutters like a litrtle bitch when his teleprompter gives out, proving he is the emptyist's of sexist suits."

Besides the fact that a little bitch referencing anyone else as that is side-splitting hilarity - the "he's only effective with a teleprompter" line of attack is a pretty flimsy one. Even for a wildly discredited troll like yourself.

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Yikes. Sorry about the multiple posts. The page never changed to show the post was accepted, so after reloading the page and not seeing it, I tried posting again.

No sweat. This website has some technical issues.

Great ad. Obama should put it on TV.

I like this ad because as the mother of two young children that interview literally scared the hell out of me. It is 100% on target of how I feel today thinking that this person could be one freakin heart beat away from the Presidency under a President who is 72 and a 4 time cancer survivor. It IS terrifying! How can any American who just pays the tiniest bit of attention not have learned what the Bush Doctrine is - just through osmosis?

To someone with a conservative religious background the word DOCTRINE has primarily a religious meaning. Palin must have thought Charlie was asking a question about Bush's religious beliefs, thus her answer, "His (Christian?) worldview, you mean." Still shows her ignorance.

Keep her in Alaska hunting moose. She's too unprepared and scary for anything else.

To someone with a conservative religious background the word DOCTRINE has primarily a religious meaning. Palin must have thought Charlie was asking a question about Bush's religious beliefs, thus her answer, "His (Christian?) worldview, you mean." Still shows her ignorance.

Keep her in Alaska hunting moose. She's too unprepared and scary for anything else.

Good Lord, where do I send a check to get that stuff on the air?

Humanity_Critic likes to critize Humanity because he is a stinking pile of turd. When you learn to praise Humanity let me know and I will stop ignoring your ingnorant comments.

Humanity_Critic likes to critize Humanity because he is a stinking pile of turd. When you learn to praise Humanity let me know and I will stop ignoring your ingnorant comments.

Humanity_Critic likes to critize Humanity because he is a stinking pile of turd. When you learn to praise Humanity let me know and I will stop ignoring your ingnorant comments.

Humanity_Critic likes to critize Humanity because he is a stinking pile of turd. When you learn to praise Humanity let me know and I will stop ignoring your ingnorant comments.

Thank you Sister Sarah...now can we get this up?

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The design blue prints for the machine carrying Dr. Guillotine’s name can be found on the web. Then “Sic semper tyrannis” for really reals . . .

Does anyone know how long it would take the 527s to ramp up? That MoveOn.org ad with the concerned mother and her baby was super effective. Where's MoveOn.org? We need them with the quickness!!!

That McCain might actually become the president is as terrifying as thought that Palin could only be a heartbeat away.

He's never seen a war he doesn't like. He was advocating for attacking Iraq as early as Sept. 12, 2001, stated that war with North Korea was inevitable as early as 1994, joked about bombing Iran, has advocated for a more confrontational approach to Russia, and during the primaries promised that there would be "more wars". And there are plenty of supporters on right who think this is for the better, that Bush has been too reluctant to project American power since Iraq went south.

McCain will likely make Bush look thoughtful and judicious by comparison.

That McCain might actually become the president is as terrifying as thought that Palin could only be a heartbeat away.

He's never seen a war he doesn't like. He was advocating for attacking Iraq as early as Sept. 12, 2001, stated that war with North Korea was inevitable as early as 1994, joked about bombing Iran, has advocated for a more confrontational approach to Russia, and during the primaries promised that there would be "more wars". And there are plenty of supporters on right who think this is for the better, that Bush has been too reluctant to project American power since Iraq went south.

McCain will likely make Bush look thoughtful and judicious by comparison.

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