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Great Primaries kid…
Posted: June 9, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/newsTags: democratic party, election 2010, primary election, republican primaries
Morning Joe: “A good night for Sarah Palin”
Posted: June 9, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/newsTags: 2010 elections, elections, morning joe, primary election, republican primaries
Boy it must have been painful to say that, but that is the story at Politico:
Some of Sarah Palin’s riskiest endorsements scored major victories Tuesday for the former Alaska governor, showing off her power in Republican primaries.
Palin had four primary endorsements in play – Carly Fiorina, Nikki Haley, Terry Branstad and Cecile Bledsoe – and three won or moved on to a runoff.
They stressed that she is a targeted weapon to use but that is true with every poll except maybe George Washington and James Monroe. Even Reagan, Nixon and Roosevelt managed to lose at least one state.
To win election Sarah Palin doesn’t need to be popular in 50 states she just needs to be popular enough in states that get her to 271 and she is a young lady (well younger than me anyway) with a lot of time to get there.
That streaming oil video is turning out to be very expensive…
Posted: June 8, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: gulf oil spill, media, obama administration
…for the administration.
Every single day you have pictures of that oil spill, the media thought it was a great tool to hit the right with. The right which is so much in favor of drilling for oil. It was a great way to show up that Sarah Palin know it all.
Hasn’t really turned out that way, instead it has been a daily reminder of failure for this administration. And now the people who couldn’t wait to blame George Bush for everything and anything to do with Katrina make excuses daily for this administration for what it has done and what is hasn’t. The media can’t help but play the live feed even if it gives no actual new news, and every drip wears down the administration’s ratings.
Fairly or unfairly the administration wanted ownership of this situation, they’ve got it.
Update: Hot air expands on the subject.
My last thought on Helen Thomas
Posted: June 8, 2010 by datechguy in media, opinion/newsTags: antisemitism, helen thomas, Israel, jews, media, radical islam
As I woke up this morning I was channel surfing and I stopped on CNN for a moment and they were discussing Helen Thomas and there was something that struck me, beyond the point that if she is function in a job at her age she needs to be held to the standards of the job.
The thought was they couldn’t believe that Helen Thomas really meant what she said about the Jews. They all knew her, she couldn’t actually mean it. She is old etc…etc…etc…
I leave you all this thought:
How many died in the last century because they wouldn’t let themselves believe people actually meant what they said? How many will die this century for the same reason?
If you want to know why people like Pam Geller gets so excited over radical Islam. It’s because she understands this basic truth.
Update: And apparently (via Glenn) some services don’t want any more last thoughts on the matter:
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